NIFT Delhi All Questions

Dear Aspirant,

NIFT entrance exam has the Creative Ability test (CAT) for courses Bachelor of Design and Master of Design. In B.Des., the weightage is 50%, while in M.Des. the weightage is 40%.

CAT is designed to evaluate your creativity, design quotient, illustration skills and your basic streak to design, paint, draw and portray your ideas. There are six aspects which are evaluated:

1. Creativity
2. Observation Power
3. Innovation in Development of a Concept
4. Design Ability
5. Innovative Use of Colours
6. Illustration Skills

There is no specific syllabus for the same but here are some topics which could help you prepare for the exam:

• Design Theory
• Colour Terminology
• Inspiration & Design Development
• Colour Psychology & Optical Illusions
• Natural & Geometrical Form
• Elements & Principles Of Design
• Principles of Composition
• Mood, Theme & Colour Inter-relationship
• Creative thinking & writing
• Innovation in Design
• Understanding Light & Shade
• Visual Logic
• Optical Illusion
• Colour, Pattern and texture
• Logo Design
• Theme Development
• Drawing Fundamentals
• Picture Analysis
• Ornaments and Motifs
• Memory Drawing
• Use of Measurements, Scale & proportions
• Typography or Calligraphy
• 3D Visualisation
• Presentation Techniques
• Graphics & Pictograms
• Perspectives
• Live drawings of the surroundings
• Process drawing
• Strokes
• Designing for problem-solving

This test does not judge your drawing skills primarily but the portrayal of ideas and the ability for creation and making colour combinations and solving the purpose of a particular design. Concentrate on perfection and the correct manifestation of the idea you want to showcase. Work on your observation skills because they will keenly reflect in your work. Speed is very important, so work relentlessly to get perfection with speed. Do exercises everyday to enhance imagination and creativity.

Hope this helps. All the best!

Dear Aspirant,

The NIFT entrance exam is a pen and paper test with two papers- Creative Aptitude Test (CAT) and General Aptitude Test (GAT). For B.Des. and M.Des., GAT is conducted for 2 hours and for B.F.Tech., M.F.M., and M.F.Tech., GAT is conducted for 3 hours because of the differences in the weightage. The number of questions also differ from course to course.

CAT evaluates your creativity and deigning aptitude. This is important if you are seeking Bachelors of Design as your course.  Your intuition skills and observation skills should be put into practice to achieve good marks in the same. Colour and illustration skills become important and will also be evaluated in this.

GAT evaluates the academic aptitude like Mathematics (class 10th level), Reasoning, English Language and Comprehension. It also consists of GK, current affairs and the knowledge of the fashion industry.

English consists of spot the error, sentence correction, analogies, syntax, synonyms, antonyms, idioms and phrases, one word substitution, fill in the blanks, spelling errors, grammar and arranging the sentences or passages in the correct order.

Reasoning consists of verbal and non-verbal series, directions, ranking, calendar, sitting arrangement, coding-decoding, cubes and dices, clocks, syllogism, puzzles, blood relations, eligibility criteria, line counting, graph and related things.

GK and Current Affairs section apart from the GK and current affairs, also consists of questions based on fashion. Be aware of TV endorsements and their taglines used for different products in the same, fashion terminology, entertainment events, brands, logos, celebrities, Miss Universe, Miss World and fashion trends both which are in and out. Other than that, be thorough with current affairs consisting of the political, economic and social situation and also with sports, culture and history of India.

Mathematics consists of the pipes and cisterns, work time, simple interest, compound interest, averages, mensuration, set theory,  number system, ratio and proportion, ages, profit and loss, speed time, height and distance,mixtures and allegations, trigonometry, upstream & downstream, permutation and combination and probability.

There are 100 questions for B.Des. paper which are divided as follows:

English Comprehension- 25 questions

Quantitative ability- 20 questions

Communication ability- 25 questions

Analytical ability- 15 marks

GK and current affairs- 15 marks

For more details, visit:

https://design.careers360.com/exams/nift-entrance-exam

Hope this helps. All the best!

Hello Jayshree Kashyup,

Nift cutoff  is varies year to year and all the previous cutoff  ranks can be found in the below link for all category and this information is useful for you to know how much rank you wants to get in the nift exam..

https://design.careers360.com/articles/nift-cutoff

Hope this helps you..

Hello Jayshree Kashyup,

According to the analysis about nift exam, it is easy to attempt and candidates need to took NIFT exam for BDes and MDes course admissions had to appear for two tests  and they are Creative Ability Test (CAT) and General Ability Test (GAT) .

Hope this helps you..

Hello Gunjan Mishra,

M.des nift previous question paper will helps you to increases your practices levels and  you can know the paper pattern in which way it is used to be given for the exam.And the previous paper can be found in the below link..

https://design.careers360.com/download/nift-entrance-exam-sample-papers-previous-years?sort=recommended&utm_source=google-search&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=nift-ebook-sp

Hope this helps you..

Hello Vicky

Here's the list of some courses whose time period is of 2 years other than B.des

• Masters OF Fashion Management
• Master Of Design
• Masters Of Fashion Technology

Also there are many certificate courses which is of 1 years or less

For more information about the courses i have mentioned above you can click here https://www.careers360.com/university/national-institute-of-fashion-technology-delhi/courses?college=590

Hope It Helps

Best Wishes For You!

Dear Aspirant,

National institute of Fashion technology is entrance exam to various design courses such as Bachelor's of design(B.Des),Bachelor's of fashion technology (B.F tech).

Here is a link mentioned below by visiting that link you can know about cutoff of nift from past few years and you can also know about important dates
You can aslo know about seat matrix and no of enrollments


https://www.google.com/amp/s/design.careers360.com/articles/nift-cutoff/amp

Thanks

All the very best

Hello dear student,

It's still a good time to crack NIFT entrance test. I would recommend you to join a coaching institute that provide a crash course because that is really helpful. And if you are studying there with all your senses open you really crack the exam . They provide all the study material and notes that are needed. So check for the right coaching institute . Else you can check the course syllabus that comes in teh entrance test online . I hope that helps

Thank you

Hello Chitra

National Institute Of Fashion Technology is one of the best  Fashion Institute in INDIA.To get Admission you need to clear CAT(Creative Ability Test) and GAT (General Ability Test).

Here's some tips for you to crack its Entrance Exam-

• Start Solving Sample Papers - It will give you an idea that which types of questions comes in the exam
• Improve Your Speed- Practice as much as you can,doing regular practice can improve your speed.
• Be Innovative-Will help You to give ability to come with unique ideas to design something new.
• Prepare For General Awareness- You should be well aware of Static GK as well as Current Affairs.

Here's some tips for you,Also you can get more information and tips at https://design.careers360.com/articles/how-crack-nift-entrance

I Hope This Helps

Best Of Luck! for the exam.

Hey,

You can work in a boutique or work with a fashion stylist as an assistant for part time experience.

You can also start blogging. Blogging is very demanding in today's market. You can start your own blog and can collaborate with others from the same field.

You can also work with a styling industry or a modelling industry just to gain exposure.

Companies like Mark and Spencer, Raymond, etc also hire interns and fresher for fashion stylist work. You can also go for such jobs.

Also,if you are a student, then you can join a local advertisement firm or local photo studio and work as fashion stylist there.
There are unlimited opportunities if you look for. You can start at home too. You can style your own self and earn on social media too.

Hope this helps!