NIFT Exam Analysis 2021 - More about Difficulty Levels

National Institute of Fashion Technology conducted the NIFT Entrance Exam in 21 cities across India on February 14. It was held in two slots and in pen and paper mode.

Students were to present a mandatory self-declaration for Covid-19. The first session of the exam, the Creative Ability Test was conducted from 10 am to 1 pm. The second session of the exam, General Ability Test was held from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. In accordance with the NIFT exam analysis by the expert, NIFT 2021 was overall moderately difficult. As per the feedback, students said that they had sufficient time to solve the NIFT CAT questions. Candidates found the Quantitative Ability section of GAT difficult whereas, the English section was easy. The NIFT Result will be released in March 2021 and the answer key has been released on February 17, 2021.

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National Institute of Fashion Technology conducts the NIFT Entrance Exam every year for admission to BDes, MDes, BFTech, MFTech, and MFM courses. Candidates are required to appear for NIFT GAT and NIFT CAT exams depending on the courses they have chosen. The institute evaluates the knowledge, skill, and aptitude of the candidates through the national level design aptitude exam. 

NIFT 2021 Exam Analysis for GAT

Here is the GAT expected exam analysis of NIFT 2021.

• A total of 100 questions appeared in this section for B.Des while 150 questions for B.F.Tech.
• Questions were based on Quantitative Ability, Communication Ability, Case Study, English Comprehension, Analytical Ability, and General Knowledge & Current Affairs.
• Communication Ability & English Comprehension had the most number of questions while General Knowledge and Current Affairs had the least number of questions.
• Those who solved the last year’s question papers and sample papers will be able to crack the exam easily as the exam pattern & format were the same.
• Every wrong answer had negative marking and aspirants had to answer all the questions in 2 hours.
• The General Knowledge section was a little tricky.
• The quantitative Ability section was the most difficult one.
• English comprehension & Verbal Ability section was comparatively the easiest one.
• In B.F.Tech exam, aspirant found the Analytical & Logical Ability section as the most tricky one.
• Questions followed the exam pattern of NIFT 2020.

NIFT 2021 Expected Exam Analysis for CAT

The difficulty level of the questions was quite subjective and depended on the creative & analytical approach of the candidates. The questions were framed to test the basic understanding of designing and measure the out of box thinking.

Three questions were asked to answer in a time limit of 3 hours. Candidates were offered 100 marks in this section. Applicants had to impress the authorities with their Designing & Intuitive ability, Concept Development Skills, Observation Skills, Creative Approach, and Illustration Skills in this section. 

NIFT Exam Analysis 2021 - General Ability Test (B.Des)

According to the NIFT 2021 exam analysis, the overall GAT paper was difficult to moderate. Most of the candidates found the QA section of GAT difficult whereas, a few candidates found it moderate to difficult. The English and General Knowledge and Current Affairs section were easy.

NIFT 2021 Exam Analysis - General Ability Test (B.FTech)

Here’s a detailed NIFT Entrance Exam Analysis for 2021 by Pahal Design.

How was the NIFT 2021 Exam? Was it lengthy, difficult, or moderate? What’s your analysis of the exam?

The paper pattern of NIFT B.Des entrance paper didn’t see any changes. The paper format and the number of questions were in accordance with the announced NIFT Exam Pattern with the difficulty levels being moderate, all in all, the paper was quite doable for any consistent student. There were six passages, each passage of around 120-150 words, they were small and weren't time-consuming in reading, however comprehending was more on inference-based questions, which was a little tricky for the students. Students with a good reading habit will surely find it easily doable. the topic based was on varied subjects, ranging from opera, music and art fair, aquatic animal to the weirdest profession, other section of English was easy to moderate, the easiest being to identify the plural form, same was with one-word substitution and to identify the correctly spelled word, idioms and phrase were moderate and same with antonyms and synonyms.

Reasoning had a mix of topics like Assertion and reason, puzzles which were little time taking but doable, other topics of cubes, series, Odd ones out, blood relations, directions, coding-decoding, ranking & positioning could be attempted carefully.

Quantitative on the other hand saw all major topics covered from number system to ratio & proportion, SI, CI, profit & loss, work time, mixtures & allegations, etc. The General knowledge segment was moderately easy with questions which has question three questions from brands, two questions on the noble prize, and four questions from static GK everything that we have been recommending and mentoring for found its presence in the exam. It will be fit to say that there were no surprises.

GAT section was not at all lengthy, 100 questions could be comfortably attempted in the allotted time. If all the sections were attempted properly any score above 65-70/100 could be easily achieved

Creative Ability Test is conducted to judge the Design Ability and Creativity of the student. Out of the three questions asked in the NIFT exam, which one required the most effort and was the easiest?

Analysis of questions is very important and also it’s imperative to understand what the examiner wants, In CAT this year too there were three questions to attempt. Two were from visual communication and the third was a creative product representation based.

Question No 1: “Design a virtual space for Webinar”.

This was for some tricky but at the same time a little brainstorming could have given students an edge, as everyone is now well versed with EdTech platforms like Zoom, Google meet, Go to a meeting, etc. thanks to COVID 19, we all had learning /interactions/meetings on these platforms, the question demanded to design a hypothetical digital meeting/learning platform and not the one that already exists as the question was not on Re-design, it was altogether about design a new interface display, wherein a student had the liberty to coin new brand, slogan as well as its logo altogether. Reading the question properly and inferring it, was the key, as some students even ended up drawing a physical recording studio for the webinar. That’s why it’s not about “How you draw’ but it’s all about “what you draw “

Q2: Design Emojis for the following:

(a) See you again (b) I don’t know (c) Good morning (d) Good night (e) sh...

It was again a visual communication question, where emojis for different communication has to be designed, one needs to be very particular and avoid drawing the same circular-shaped emoji, instead define, what is emoji, it’s basically a visual which interpret a message, many of students would have interpreted it only as emoji face, which is very conventional.

This was the easiest question in CAT but at the same time your creativity is being judged, how much you think “out of the box”

Q3: choose any musical instrument and depict any four festivals each in a given box.

The challenge in any design exam is “what you interpret” from the question.

There were clear instructions to innovate, design, change the shape, color, pattern of the instrument. Students were confused as to whether they had to choose one instrument and interpret it for four different festivals differently or four different instruments have to be used for each festival separately. Since the instrument could be completely renovated in terms of its shape and form as well, it would be very interesting to see one instrument take four completely different forms.

Ideally, a musical instrument is classified by the method of producing sound i.e. Wind instrument, stringed instrument, percussion instrument, etc. So ideally the question demands using a musical instrument type for different festivals, so if you choose string instruments then it could be guitar, violin, sitar, and harp for the different festivals.

Knowledge of musical instruments, as well as festivals, was the key, this question can be a decider for the range of marks the students are expecting in their CAT part.

Which were the toughest sections in the NIFT 2021 General Ability Test (GAT)?

Students found the quantitative section tough as compared to other sections in GAT, this year the questions were more application-based rather than on an implied basis, it was a little time taking as one need to apply their understanding of the topic. Questions were from average, percentage, time & speed, S.I & C.I, Profit & Loss, Ratio proportion, and Number system.

Was there anything unexpected in the NIFT Entrance Exam? If yes, then what was it?

Not at all, there was nothing unexpected as such, it was in line with what NIFT had notified in their notification

How should students prepare for the Situation Test? What are important aspects they must keep in mind?

After the student clears the CAT and GAT exam (CAT 50% and GAT 30%) weightage is given to this test, NIFT situation test is conducted (20% weightage). It is to evaluate the candidate’s skills for material handling and innovative ability in a given situation with a provided set of materials. Candidates must know how to crack the NIFT situation test as their admission also based on the performance in the situation test which is the final round of the admission process. A total of 3038 seats across Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) programs will be offered admission to the shortlisted candidates across the 16 campuses of the NIFT institute.

The following are the key to do for the NIFT Situation test.

1. Make yourself familiar with materials, materials could be anything that you usually find at your home i.e. Plastic (bags, bottles, packaging, utensils), Cloth fabrics, strings ( jute, rubber bands, plastic, etc.), scrap metals, needles & threads, different papers, etc.
2. Always learn and practice in a group especially in the classroom, as there will be lots and lots of brainstorming, boosting your ideations and creativity
3. Exchange thoughts, ideas with your mentor and also be very open to learning.
4. Explore unconventional use of materials, handling them effectively and productively is something that requires time, so start your Situation test preparation early. It’s very important to acknowledge that situation tests will definitely be a key to boost up the ranking, and getting top NIFT Campus is altogether based on your ranking. Even a small difference in marks creates a wide gap in the ranking. so take the situation test very “SERIOUSLY"

According to you, when must a NIFT aspirant start preparing to get the best results?

Start early, stay ahead with your strategy and make a Strategic plan to get an edge over others. Successful are those who know what they are meant for, where their interest is & which field they are passionate about. Once you make yourself clear that your goal is to pursue art & design as a career devise productive time management strategies with a view of acing the NIFT exam with a good rank.

Ideally, it is recommended that one should start preparation at the high school level, but do not assume it to be mandatory, as the NIFT exam is all about your ability to effectively execute your ideas and creativity in a piece of paper, so first identify your existing skillset and what level you need to take these skill sets to score good ranking in the exam. as your school grades are not an indicator of these skill sets, so it becomes imperative for NIFT aspirants to choose a mentor & guide, who would actually identify your skill set and at the same time hone up your own set of competencies to make you stand out in the crowd.