NIFT Exam Pattern 2025 for BDes and MDes
There are two parts to the NIFT 2025 written test:
Depending on the programme chosen for admission, the candidate must take the CAT or GAT written tests, or both. The exam format for the two test components is described below.
NIFT Exam Pattern 2025 - GAT
The GAT test pattern for the BDes and MDes programmes is provided in the table below.
Course | BDes | MDes |
|---|
Name of Paper | GAT | GAT |
Language of GAT | English or Hindi | English or Hindi |
Total Duration of Exam | 120 minutes | 120 minutes |
Section-wise NIFT Exam Pattern 2025 for BDes GAT (Revised)
Subject | No. of Questions | Marks |
|---|
Quantitative Ability | 20 | 20 |
Communication Ability | 40 | 40 |
English Comprehension |
Analytical Ability | 15 | 15 |
General Knowledge and Current Affairs | 25 | 15 |
Total | 100 | 100 |
Section-Wise NIFT Exam Pattern 2025 for GAT MDes
Subject | No. of Questions | Marks |
|---|
Quantitative Ability | 20 | 20 |
Communication Ability | 30 | 30 |
English Comprehension | 30 | 30 |
Analytical Ability | 25 | 25 |
General Knowledge and Current Affairs | 15 | 15 |
Total | 120 | 120 |
NIFT Exam Pattern 2025: Negative Marking
For each incorrect attempt on the GAT exam, the candidate will lose 25% of their final score. To succeed on the GAT, a candidate must use discretion when answering questions for which they are unsure of the correct response. It should be noted that the CAT paper, which is a drawing-based exam, does not have negative markings.
NIFT Exam Pattern 2025 - CAT
Below is a description of the test format for the NIFT 2025 creative ability test.
Exam format: The CAT is a paper-and-pencil test
Time: three hours
Skills Required: Skills considered include the candidate's design aptitude as well as their power of observation, concept innovation, and intuition. Additionally, it will put candidates' inventive and creative colour and illustration skills to the test
The Creative Ability Test, popularly known as NIFT CAT is conducted to evaluate the candidate’s power of observation and other such parameters given below:
Number of Questions | 3 |
|---|
Type of Questions | Drawing questions |
Duration | 3 hours |
Maximum marks | 100 |
Mode of examination | Offline |
NIFT Exam Pattern 2025: Situation Test
The second part of the NIFT entrance examination for the BDes course is called the Situation Test. Those who pass the written tests (CAT and GAT) are required to take this examination. It should be noted that applicants for Master's programs must appear in a personal interview as opposed to taking the Situation Test.
The Situation Test will assess the applicant's "material managing and inventive capabilities." They will be tested in areas such as "innovative and creative use of given material, colour scheme, space visualisation, component structure, construction abilities, model refinement, and general presentation, among others".
Prospective students must turn in a written explanation of the reasoning or idea underlying the model they produced at the time of the Situation Test. Additionally, since English is the primary language of instruction at NIFT, the write-up should also be in English. Reports written in any other language will not receive scores.
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Situation Test for NIFT 2025 BDes Admission
Those who pass the BDes NIFT Written Exam have to show up for the NIFT Situation Test. Using a specific collection of materials, applicants will be evaluated on how well they handle materials and how creatively they can solve problems. The following are the criteria that will be used to evaluate the student:
Note: The report must be written in English as no marks shall be awarded for writing it in a language other than English. The jury will make its verdict shortly after the completion of the exam.
