Tips to prepare for NATA Exam

Will you please give me some good tips to prepare for National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA)?? Also provide me syllabus………..

[Arvind Kumar]

Here I am telling you some tips which will help you in getting success in the National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA):

Clarify misconceptions
Prepare in time
Practice often
Present what you want to
Time Management
Use a Time Table
Avoid Distractions

NATA syllabus:
The tes t i s in two par ts . A paper based drawing tes t fo r two hours and
computer based on l i ne aes the t i c sens i t i v i t y tes t fo r one hour .
The tes t measures apt i tude o f the candi da te th rough two sec t ions – a
paper based sec t ion fo r d rawing and computer based sec t ion fo r aes thet i c
sens i t i v i t y .
Drawing Tes t
This i s a two hour paper where cand idate has to a t tempt t wo ques t ions .
One o f the ques t ions has two sub ques t i ons .
The drawing ap t i tude i s judged on the fo l lowing aspec ts -
 Abi l i t y to ske tch a g i ven ob jec t p ropor t iona te l y and render ing the
same in v i sua l l y appeal ing manner .
 Visua l i s ing and drawing the e f fec ts o f l i gh t on the ob ject and
shadows cas t on sur round ings .
 Sense o f perspec t i v e drawing .
 Combin ing and compos ing g iven th ree d imens iona l e lements to fo rm a
bu i ld ing or s t ruc tura l fo rm.
 Creat ing in te res t ing two d imens iona l compos i t ion us ing g i ven
shapes and fo rms.
 Creat ing v i sua l harmony us ing co lours i n g i ven compos i t ion.
 Unders tand ing o f sca le and propor t ions.
 Drawing f rom memory th rough penc i l sket ch on themes f rom day to
day exper iences .
Aesthet ic Sens i t i v i t y Tes t
This i s computer based tes t o f one hour where cand ida te has to answer 40
mul t ip le cho ice ques t ions .
The aes thet i c sens i t i v i t y tes t measures percep t ion , imagi nat ion and
observa t ion , c reat i v i t y and communica t i on
a long wi th a rch i tectu ra l awareness and compr ises o f -
 Visua l i s ing th ree dimens iona l ob jec ts f rom two d imens ional
drawings .
 Visua l i s ing d i f fe rent s ides o f th ree dimens iona l ob jec ts .
 Indent i f y ing commonl y used mater ia l s and ob jec ts based on the i r
tex tura l qua l i t ies .
 Analy t i ca l reason ing.
 Menta l Ab i l i t y .
 Imaginat i ve comprehens ion and express i on.
 Arch i tec tu ra l awareness .