Quick guide to crack NATA 2019 Exam

As an architecture aspirant the next few months are probably the most crucial ones in your career path! These few days are the most important days of your life & can take your career to another level! With limited time left now, its important you stay focused & work hard to crack the NATA exam!

Also most importantly the NATA exam dates are slated tentatively for the second or third week of April 2019!

First let’s delve into the elementary aspects of the exam below:-

Eligibility Criteria for Candidates to appear for NATA exam

• 10+2 or equivalent passed/appearing or
• 10+3 Diploma (any stream) passed/appearing recognized by Central/State Govts

Pattern of Questions and Mode of Answering

Part A comprises Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) to be answered online & Part B is answered on A4 size drawing sheets.

SUBJECT DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS TOTAL MARKS

Part A

Mathematics

(20 Questions) 20*2 40

General Aptitude

(40 Questions) 40*2 80

Part B

Drawing 2*40 80

Total 200

Now let’s move onto important trivia on the NATA 2019 exam syllabus to ensure your completely informed & prevent any surprises!

Find below a basic framework of the syllabus:-

TOPICS COVERED IN MATHEMATICS

• Algebra Trigonometry                                                                                                                                                                    
• Coordinate geometry
• 3-Dimensional Coordinate geometry
• Theory of Calculus
• Application of Calculus
• Permutation and combination
• Statistics and Probability

TOPICS COVERED IN GENERAL APTITUDE

• Objects, texture related to architecture and built environment.
• Interpretation of pictorial compositions,
• Visualizing three-dimensional objects from 2D & 3D drawings
• Analytical reasoning, mental ability (visual, numerical and verbal)
• General awareness of national/ international architects & famous architectural creations
• Mathematical reasoning

TOPICS COVERED IN DRAWING TEST

• Scale & proportion of objects, geometric composition
• Shape, building forms & elements, aesthetics, colour texture, harmony & contrast
• Conceptualization & Visualization 
• Drawing of patterns 

Now that we’ve got a basic understanding of the exam structure, let’s delve into the key preparation tips for the NATA exam:-

• Thinking if you draw well, you draw well you will do well, is a complete misnomer! Good sketching is essential, but one needs to hone their skills in the topics mentioned above to be able to excel in this area

• Be Creative - On questions based on drawing, always draw with a light hand first, focusing on outlining without the details

• The drawing questions tests creativity & imagination, in addition to your sense of perspective. For eg "say you are a fish in an aquarium, and a little boy is staring at you. Draw what you see", to "say you are sitting on top of a tiger in a room with only a small hole, and light is pouring in through the hole. Draw what you see"

• Time management: Its crucial to present your ideas & thoughts in a limited timespan

• Practise past NATA papers: Go through all previous exam papers of NATA & solve at least 10- 20 past papers within the time limit

• Increased awareness: Focus on the construction work happening around you, read the newspapers regularly & Increase your observation power. Also try to find out about famous architects & their works & how they have contributed to architecture

• Practice your skills in sketching using dry mediums

In addition to the above immense determination, focus & hard work is required to make your dream come true & this is inherent, which needs to come from you!

“You must prepare for success! It’s important you get success even if there is no indication of it. You must prepare for success even if you have become accustomed to failure. You must prepare for success even if nobody in your life ever achieved anything. Take time to prepare hard.” John Deere, Prepare for Success

Now that you are deep into the exam preparation process, its important you get access to good study material, for which DQ Labs, gives its students FREE access to NATA exam & JEE Paper 2 study material/ resources:-

• Free online study material: Selected question & image banks across various topics
• Free e- books: Access to the theory behind the artwork required
• Free online drawing videos: Access to selected drawing videos that would help you crack all architecture entrance exams
• Free sample mock test: Take a sample mock test to get a feel of the architecture entrance test
• Download: NATA & JEE -M Paper 2 2017 question paper

Our expert faculty ensures you understand concepts via online platforms or through our classroom coaching under their personal guidance. For which we offer home study options or physical classes at any of our centres in Bangalore, Mangalore, Chennai and Pune.

The world today is competitive & needs an individual to be on top of the game to stand out & excel! And this requires academicians to give the right impetus for making life-long learners of students. This is where DQ Labs bears the responsibility of developing students to crack competitive exams & go on to becoming responsible leaders in society.