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Student Type: Class 12

Institute: Pahal Design

Exam Date: 21 December 2025 (Prelims)

Study Duration: 6 months (Oct 2025 – Mar 2026)

Perfect, thank you 🙌

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

On the 2^nd of January 2022, NID (National Institute of Design)Exam 2022 successfully conducted NID DAT Prelims in pen and paper mode across 23 test cities in the country. National institute of Design conducts its entrance exam in two phases; DAT Prelims & DAT Mains. NID DAT Prelims is the first examination of the two phase entrance process.

Students from across the country aspiring to study and build a career in the field of design appear for NID DAT exam every year. Candidates who qualify NID DAT secure admission in Bachelor of Design (B.Des), Graduate Diploma Program in Design (GDPD) & Master of Design (M.Des) courses offered by National Institute of Design.

Approximately 15000 students appeared for NID DAT Prelims 2022 across the country. Even though the candidate count of 2022 is 25-30% less than the number of candidates who appeared in NID DAT Prelims 2021, the dedication and enthusiasm of the students was clearly visible across all test centres in the country.

NID DAT Prelims for B.Des is a 3 hour examination of 100 marks comprising multiple choice questions (G.K, Logical Reasoning, and English) and creative section whereas NID DAT Prelims for M.Des is a 2 hr 30 minutes examination with a 30 minute common design aptitude section and a 2 hour discipline specific creative section. If the candidate has chosen 2 disciplines, then the exam duration is increased to 4 hours 30 mins.

Question 1– a simple picture of tap was given and we had to design it for 3 different types of people in 3 different boxes, one for each.

a) a six year old

b) an artist

c) impaired eye person

Question 2- story boarding

A fisherman is sitting near the shore/sea and a kingfisher bird is there too. They both are having an intense conversation and it ends with

Kingfisher- ” at last, you’re a human being”*

Make the story and give it a title, write the story in the given box and illustrate the story in the 3 boxes given.

Question 3 – all the parts of a cycle were given (even the vvvvv little ones, way too many parts were there in different angles).

Draw a proper cycle using all the parts.

Question 4 – perspective question

A room was given with alot of details and a person was looking at his friend peeping from the window. We had to draw what the friend of the person would see. The whole composition was given in one point perspective.

There are 5 major faculty/streams at NID for students to choose from –

Faculty of Communication Design
(Animation Design, Film & Video communication, Graphic Design, Photography Design)
Faculty of Industrial Design
(Ceramic & Glass Design, Furniture & Interior Design, Product Design, Toy & Game Design, Transportation & Automobile Design, Universal Design)
Faculty of Inter-Disciplinary Design Studies
(Design for retail experience, Strategic Design Management)
Faculty of Information technology Integrated programmes
(Digital Game Design, Information Design, Interaction Design, New Media Design)
Faculty of Textile, Apparel, Lifestyle and Accessory Design
(Apparel Design, Lifestyle accessory Design & Textile Design)

Students who appeared for DAT Prelims 2022, found the difficulty level of the examination to be moderate. The B.Des question paper had 27 multiple choice questions from static G.K, English and non verbal reasoning of 40 marks. The creative section carried 60 marks covering 4 questions of frames, observation and assembly, story boarding and perspective.

When interviewed by our counselors at Pahal Design, many students were ecstatic after attempting the examination and were extremely thankful to the faculties for their guidance. Maximum students found time management an essential component to deliver their best during the examination and were very grateful for the consecutive mock tests which helped them take a feel of the examination beforehand.

NID DAT is a tough examination; hence students need constant practice and guidance from faculties at every step of their preparation. The students who will qualify NID DAT Prelims will proceed for NID DAT Mains.

NID DAT Mains for B.Des/GDPD/M.Des is the studio test of 100 marks. It includes doodling concept, 3D Modeling, Clay Modeling, Wire moulding, Psychometric test, Audio Visual test, Interview and portfolio round. The final score of the candidate is calculated on the basis of both their DAT Prelims (30% weightage) and DAT mains score (70% weightage).

Bachelor of Design (B.Des) is offered at NID Ahmedabad (Gujarat), NID Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh), NID Kurukshetra (Haryana), NID Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) & NID Jorhat (Assam) with a total intake of 425 seats.

Masters of Design (M.Des) is offered at NID Bangalore (Karnataka), NID Ahmedabad & NID Gandhinagar (Gujarat) with a total intake of 347 seats.

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