Exam Tips for GAT section of NID and NIFT entrance exam
Expected Paper Pattern:
NID
25 / 100
marks are GAT based
NIFT
100 / 200
marks are GAT based
Expected Topics & Questions in NID & NIFT
Here is an analysis of the GAT section of past exam papers
| Topics | NID | NIFT BDes | NIFT Other |
| I. English Communication | |||
| – Correct Spellings / Spotting Errors / Singular-Plural | – | 5 | 5 |
| – Antonyms & Synonyms | – | 5 | 5 |
| – Idioms & One-word Substitutions | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| – Direct-Indirect Speech / Active-Passive Voice | – | 5 | 5 |
| – Sentence Completion / Rearrangement | – | 5 | 5 |
| II. English Comprehension | 2 | 15 | 25 |
| III. Quantitative Ability | |||
| – Simplification & Mathematical Operations | – | 8 | 8 |
| – Topics like Average Percentage, Ratios Time – Work, Interest, Speed-Distance, HCF / LCM, Mixtures | 5 | 12 | 12 |
| IV. Analytical & Logical Ability | |||
| – Statement & its Product, Assertion & Reason, Cause & Effect, Statement & Inference | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| – Topics like Analogy, Coding-Decoding, Number Series, Clock-Calendar, Cube-Dice | – | 5 | 5 |
| – Topics like Direction Test, Seating Arrangement, Venn Diagram, Blood Relations | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| – Visual Reasoning & 3D Visualization | 3 | – | – |
| V. GK & Current Affairs | |||
| – Topics like History, Geography, Economics, Science, Civics, Nobel Prize, Padma Awards, Indian Culture | 7 | 20 | 20 |
| – Art, Design, Architecture, Fashion GK | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| VI. Case Study | – | – | 20-30 |
| TOTAL | 25 | 100 | 120-150 |
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