Student Type: Class 12
Institute: Pahal Design
Exam Date: 21 December 2025 (Prelims)
Study Duration: 6 months (Oct 2025 – Mar 2026)
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You’re a Class 12 student with Pahal Design coaching (12 hrs/week), strong in Creative Thinking, and want to improve Time Management — and you’d like Weekly Mock Tests included.
Here’s your 6-Month Structured NID DAT (B.Des) 2026 Prelims Plan – Oct 2025 to Mar 2026
🗓️ MONTH 1: OCTOBER 2025 — FOUNDATION & CONSISTENCY
Goal: Strengthen sketching discipline + basics of design aptitude
Weekly Focus:
Week 1: Line quality, proportion, shading, basic objects (cups, bottles, furniture) Week 2: Human figures, gesture drawing, basic anatomy Week 3: Perspective (1-point, 2-point), indoor/outdoor spaces Week 4: Observation exercises — draw from life (daily 15–20 min)
Theory + Aptitude:
Daily 15–20 min GK (design, art, culture, logos, current affairs) 2 reasoning exercises (pattern, analogy, visual puzzles) each week
Mock Test: 1 every Sunday (2 hours)
→ Focus on completing all questions within time.
Creative Challenge: “Everyday Object, New Use” — redesign an object with a new function.
🗓️ MONTH 2: NOVEMBER 2025 — IDEA DEVELOPMENT & SPEED
Goal: Improve idea generation + learn to draw fast & clean
Weekly Focus:
Week 1: Storyboard sketches – create 4-frame visual stories Week 2: Product sketching – draw 10 everyday products in 30 mins Week 3: Scene composition – perspective + storytelling Week 4: Design thinking prompts (“How to reduce waste?”, “Redesign a classroom”)
Theory + Aptitude:
Logical reasoning: sequences, odd-one-out, spatial reasoning Visual GK: identify famous designs, logos, products
Mock Test: Every Sunday (3 hours full-length)
→ Target 90+% completion within time.
Creative Challenge: “Festival Reimagined” – redesign a festival logo/poster.
🗓️ MONTH 3: DECEMBER 2025 — EXAM SIMULATION PHASE
Goal: Full Prelims simulation, build confidence before exam
Weekly Focus:
2 full-length mocks per week Time practice: sketch completion in < 15 min per question Daily warm-up: 10-min object sketch + 1 creative idea prompt
Theory + Aptitude:
Quick revision: reasoning, GK (art movements, NID facts, design pioneers) Review all mock tests and note recurring mistakes
Mock Test:
Sunday = Full 3-hour DAT Prelims simulation Wednesday = Sectional speed test (Creative / Aptitude)
Creative Challenge: “Design for a Social Cause” – poster or visual concept.
🗓️ MONTH 4: JANUARY 2026 — FOUNDATION REVISIT + MAINS PREP START
Goal: Revisit weak areas + start early exposure to Studio Test-type activities
Weekly Focus:
Perspective + proportion refresh Quick idea thumbnails (draw 5 ideas for 1 topic) Basic model-making concepts (paper, clay, wire exercises)
Mock Test: 1 full paper weekly + 1 quick 60-min challenge midweek
Creative Challenge: “Redesign your school bag / workspace.”
🗓️ MONTH 5: FEBRUARY 2026 — ADVANCED IDEATION + MASTERY
Goal: Expand imagination and improve clarity in presentation
Weekly Focus:
Week 1: Product + environment combos Week 2: Comic strip storytelling Week 3: Unusual combinations (e.g., “Tree + Phone” design challenge) Week 4: Personal portfolio sketches
Theory + Aptitude:
Solve 1 reasoning set daily Design awareness flashcards (NID, NIFT, Indian crafts, famous logos)
Mock Test: 2 per week (alternate days)
Creative Challenge: “Nature + Technology” concept illustration.
🗓️ MONTH 6: MARCH 2026 — FINE-TUNING & MAINS BRIDGE
Goal: Maintain speed, polish creativity, and transition to Mains prep
Weekly Focus:
Time trials: finish full papers in 2.5 hours Focused improvement on weak areas from mock analysis Brainstorming drills (idea web, mind mapping)
Mock Test: Every Sunday (with peer or mentor review)
Creative Challenge: “Future Living” – visualize city life in 2050.
For any details call 8800-22-6864
Pahal Design has been training and mentoring students for more than 25 years in Design and Architecture, like NID, NIFT, NATA, UCEED, JEE Paper 2, BFA. With 7 centres in Delhi, no students is too far from Pahal Design Centre, each of which is located at just walking distance from the metro. Pahal Design offering Weekdays and Weekends Batch for the students. We have Classroom Coaching, Online Live Coaching and Study material available for the students. The batch size of the classes conducted here is kept small so that each student receives individual attention by the faculty and all their doubts are resolved before the exam. 
for this design entrance exam are then eligible to appear for NID DAT Prelims. Aspirants who clear the first stage of NID admissions then need to appear for NID DAT Mains. Finally, candidates who clear this admission round as well are offered admission in the course/ college of their choice.
NID result for BDes admission was expected on April 20 but the exam authorities postponed it due to COVID-19 outbreak. The NID admission cell has also changed the shortlisting criteria for NID BDes/ GDPD admissions 2020. Further, due to the current scenario, NID DAT Mains will be conducted as an online interaction.
NID has declared its first phase result of B.Des/GDPD on 20th march 2019.The first phase of exam was full of surprises for the students as the pattern was changed and emphasis was more given on creative part.The 30 marks aptitude and 70 marks creative section was complete opposite to the previous years papers of NID ,though the difficulty level of the paper was moderate .
