The creative ability test in NIFT Entrance exam is conducted to test your Observation power, Discernment ability, Design ability and creativity in thought development. This is given more weightage than any other parts of the exam. Creative ability test is nothing but picturised manner of any incident, you can be asked to paint the room that you can see from top, express emotions through colours, any product, or illustrate any incident etc. The best way to know about Creative ability test is YouTube. You can check YouTube videos to gather ideas. But it is always advisable not to copy anything, cause you must be creative and imaginative in order to clear the test. Books like Arihant NIFT Entrance Exam Self Study Guide, NIFT Exam Guide by Verma etc you can follow to prepare for the Exam. Go through previous years' question papers so that you can get idea about which type of questions are asked. Try to solve these papers by your own.
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