NIFT paper consists of Maths, English, Reasoning and a creative aptitude test.

In English, Make sure you have a good practice in the vocab section. The questions can be asked from- synonyms, antonyms, idioms & phrases, spot the errors, cloze test, fill in the blanks, sentence correction, analogies, spelling errors, one word substitution and ordering of sentences/ passage.

In reasoning the questions can be asked from- verbal & non-verbal - series, coding decoding, directions, ranking, sitting arrangement, syllogism, calendar, clocks, eligibility criteria, blood relations, cubes & dices, line counting, graph, puzzles.

In Maths, Prepare for number system, ratio proportion, averages, ages, profit & loss, speed time, upstream & downstream, mixtures & alligations, pipes & cisterns, work time, simple interest, compound interest, mensuration, set theory, trigonometry, height & distance, permutation n combination and probability.

Main section is creative aptitude test, which includes, concepts of three dimensions, perspective drawings, product design, space design, human figure, colour rendering and illustration skills, colour interpretation, visual communication questions like poster et al, product life cycle, process drawing and many more creative varieties.

• Practice a lot of sketching.
• Take ideas from various advertisements, posters, banners etc., you come across.
• Give importance to detailing.
• Concentrate more in proportions and form

Some of the books you can refer are:

1. NIFT Entrance Exam Guide by Surendra

2. NIFT Exam Guide by Verma

3. Prashant Kumar’s NIFT Entrance Examination Preparation Guide

4. NIFT Entrance Examination- Guide-D Mittal

5. NIFT/NID/IIFT Entrance Exam Guide-Surendra Kavimandan

All the best.