NATA Previous Year Question Papers with Solutions [PDF Download] – 2025

You can download NATA previous year’s papers from the SILICA website. Click on the links mentioned on this page and you will be directed to a page where you can select the year for which you want to download the papers. The previous year’s papers are available in PDF format, and you can download and save them on your device for offline use.

Application Start Date: March 2025 (Tentative)
Application End Date: April 2025 (Tentative)
Exam Dates: April 2025 (Tentative)
Admit Card Release Date: April 2025 (Tentative)
Result Declaration Date: April 2025 (Tentative)

Part A : Cognitive skills, visual perception, and aesthetic sensitivity tests.
Part B :
MCQ and NCQ (Non-MCQ) – Computer-based Adaptive Test lasting 90 minutes (108 seconds per question) and worth 120 marks.
Language Interpretation : Ability to correctly and logically generate meaning from words and sentences, understanding English grammar.
Design Sensitivity and Thinking : Ability to observe, record, and analyze people, spaces, products, and environments. Critical thinking, reasoning, and identifying subtle communications. Understanding semantics, metaphors, problem identification, definition, and analysis of given situations.
Numerical Ability : Basic mathematics associated with creative thinking, such as unfolding space using geometry.

The official notification for NATA 2025 is expected to be released soon on the Council of Architecture (CoA) website. nata.in

Duration: 3 hours (180 minutes) .
Total Marks: 200 .
Part A: Minimum 20 marks required.
Part B: Minimum 30 marks required.
Overall qualifying marks: 70 out of 200

Starting from Saturday, 6th April 2025(tentative), the NATA exam will be conducted every weekend in 2 slots, across various test The slot times will be – Session 1: 10.00am to 1.00pm & Session 2: 1.30pm to 4.30pm. Students have to select their choice of date, time slot and city of examination while applying. The test center will be allotted by the Council, as far as possible, on the basis of cities and sessions preferred by the candidates.

Part A tests creative and artistic skills through drawing, sketching, and 3D visualization.
Part B assesses cognitive and analytical skills through language interpretation, design thinking, and numerical ability.
The exam is designed to evaluate both artistic aptitude and logical reasoning , which are essential for architecture aspirants.

Eligibility to appear for NATA 2025: Candidates have to fulfill following educational qualification criteria to appear for NATA 2025-
Passed or appearing for 10+1 Exam with PCM Subjects;
Passed or appearing for 10+2 Exam with PCM Subjects;
Passed or appearing for 10+3 Diploma Exam with Mathematics as a Subject.

Eligibility for admission to B.Arch program : Qualifying the NATA exam does not assure admission to the candidate in an Architecture The criteria for admission to B.Arch program is issued by the Council of Architecture as follows: “No candidate shall be admitted to architecture course unless she / he has passed 10+2 or equivalent examination with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics as compulsory subjects with at least 50% marks in aggregate or passed 10+3 Diploma Examination with Mathematics as compulsory subject with at least 50% marks in aggregate.”