Hello Sukhi,

Please consider some below tips for nata

1. The most common misconception among NATA aspirants is that if you draw well, then its half the battle won, which is totally false. Though good sketching is essential, the questions are framed on topics like effects of light & shadow, sense of perspective drawing, understanding scale & proportions, memory drawing, composing 3 - Dimentional elements etc. So, developing these skills are equally important.

2. Be Creative - Creativity is a mysterious trait. Many people have tried to define creativitiy in their own ways but there is no single universally accepted definition. It is difficult to summarise in a few lines but we can say that creativity is the ability to come up with new, original ideas which are not conventional. It is the breaking away from the stereotype, routine, accepted set of thoughts and possessing a deeper insight to problem solving. In short, a creative person experiences rebirth everyday with his or her ideas.

3. Understand that your drawing & creative skills are useless if you are not able to present your thoughts in the exam in the limited amount of time. You stand to lose marks for the questions you fail to answer or which are left incomplete, it doesn't matter how good you are at your work. So speed is equally important.

4. Go through all previous papers of NATA . Solve at least 10 - 20 past papers within the time limit. Find out a comfortable sequence of answering the paper. If you are faced with a mental block , breathe deeply, relax and then try to answer the question.

Also you can practise the questions for NATA

https://mosaicdesigns.in/material-detail/nata/nata-instant-downloads

Hope this helps

Shubham goel

Hey Sukhi,

National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA)

The first and the foremost thing, when you start preparing is to know the pattern of the paper.

Part – I Duration: 1 Hour 30 Mins.

Mathematics (20 MCQ ) - 40 marks

General Aptitude (40 MCQ) - 80 marks

There is no negative marking.

Part – II Duration: 1 Hour 30 Mins.

Drawing (Two Sets) in A4 Size Paper – 2 Qs x 40 = 80 marks.

Preparation Strategy:

1) Books that you can refer:

• Architecture Entrance Book by P. K. Mishra

• NATA Examination ( Verbal / Non- Verbal / Reasoning ) by R.S. Agarwal

• NATA Entrance Examination by Arihant Book

2) Practice 2D drawing, 3D drawing and develop Perspective for the drawing part.

3) As a part of your preparation, note down famous national buildings and international buildings. You might be asked to spot the structures.

4) Try previous year question papers! - *must*
This will help you understand the types of questions asked in the exam.

There are no set number of hours that you must study to crack this exam. I think studying smartly is more important. If you will start enjoying the preparation – you will end up clearing the exam with ease.