National Institute Design Aptitude Test Sample Question Paper 2016 : nid.edu
Organisation : National Institute of Design
Exam : Aptitude Test
Year : 2016
Paper: Design Aptitude Test
Document Type : Sample Question Paper
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Design Aptitude Test Sample Question Paper 2016
Section A :
Total: 70 marks
Multiple choice objective type questions varying from 0.5 marks to 4 marks each.
Related / Similar Question Paper : NID B.Des. DAT Prelims Exam Sample Test Paper
A1. Knowledge based questions test the candidates ability to remember and recall factual / general knowledge.
A2. Comprehension based questions test the candidates’ ability to understand, explain, compare, infer, summarize, classify, exemplify or interpret.
A3. Analytical and Reasoning based questions test the candidates’ ability to select, compare, separate, distinguish or differentiate, deconstruct.
Section B :
Total: 30 marks
** Subjective Type questions
** Problem solving and Creativity based questions test the candidates’ ability to judge, evaluate, integrate, hypothesize, design or construct.
Example B1 :
you have to make rotis/puris and have no rolling pin to flatten the dough.state and illustrate four alternative ways, using object from the kitchen by which you could make the rotis/puris
Example B2 :
In each of the square below complete the drawing to create an object.Minimum number of using pencil lines. also write in English the name of the each subject in the space provide below each square
Example B3 :
The Existing buckets are not convenient for use by elderly persons,sketch /illustrate a bathroom bucket for elder people with ease of use for bathing as well as safe and easy to carry when filled with water
PART-I Sample Question :
** Questions 1 to 88 are multiple choice questions. The correct answer must be marked in the OMR answer sheet provided separately. Do not write your name anywhere in the booklet. This may lead to disqualification.
** Question numbers 1 to 44 carry 0.5 marks each. Please read the question carefully and select your response from the options provided.
Q1. Colours of Coriander and Cabbage fall under which colour schemes?
(A) Split Complementary
(B) Analogous
(C) Complementary
(D) Harmonious
Q2. What is the full form of EMI?
(A) Equated Monthly Installments
(B) Equal Money Installment
(C) Equal Monthly Investments
(D) Equated Money Investments
Q3. When you buy a mobile phone you look for the SAR value of a handset. SAR value is an indicator of Specific Absorption Rate of , to which human body is exposed to
(A) Radio Frequency Electrostatic Field
(B) Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Field
(C) Microwave Frequency Bioelectric Field
(D) Radioactive Electromagnetic Field
Q4. Cartography is the study and practice of making
(A) Cars.
(B) Maps.
(C) Artwork.
(D) Carts.
Q5. “I believe in going with the flow. I don’t believe in fighting against the flow. You ride on your river and you go with the tides and the flow. But it has to be your river, not someone else’s. Everyone has their own river, and you don’t need to swim, float, sail on theirs, but you need to be in your own river and you need to go with it. And I don’t believe in fighting the wind. You go and you fly with your wind. Let everyone else catch their own gusts of wind and let them fly with their own gusts of wind, and you go and fly with yours. “Which one of the following options best sums up the passage above?
(A) Determination
(B) Self-esteem
(C) Decision Making
(D) Growth
Q6. If a human figure is standing in front of a full length rectangular concave mirror how will her/his reflection look like?
(A) Taller and thinner
(B) Shorter and fatter
(C) Taller and fatter
(D).Shorter and thinner
Q7. Among the major processes in making a cloth, Ginning is a process of
(A) harvesting ripped cotton bales.
(B) cleaning and opening the cotton bales.
(C) spinning the yarn.
(D) removing the cotton seeds.
Q8. Which is the first silent feature film made in India?
(A) Alam Ara by Ardeshir Irani
(B) Shakuntala by Suchet Singh
(C) Devdas by Naresh Mitra
(D) Raja Harishchandra by Dadasaheb Phalke
Q9. Which airport in India became fully solar powered in 2015?
(A) Cochin International Airport
(B) Bengaluru International Airport
(C) Chennai International Airport
(D) Hyderabad International Airport
Q10. Which is the most abundantly available fossil fuel in India?
(A) Natural Gas
(B) Coal
(C) Petroleum
(D) Biogas
About Design Aptitude Test :
** Design Aptitude Test (DAT) seeks evidence of Knowledge, Comprehension, Analysis, Reasoning, Problem Solving and Creativity in the applicant.
** There will be ONE question paper of 3 hours duration.
** The question paper will be in English.
** The question paper will carry a total of 100 marks, out of which Section A carrying 70 marks will be of multiple choice objective type questions and Section B carrying 30 marks will be of subjective type questions.
** All questions are compulsory.
** There will be no negative marking.