This page has the NID DAT 2023 B.Des Prelims paper as a free PDF, recalled by candidates after the 8 January 2023 test. It covers the 40-mark aptitude section and the four 15-mark drawing and design questions. NID published no answer key.
The official question paper for this exam is not released, so this paper is put together from the questions candidates remembered after the exam. The questions come from the actual exam, but the wording and options may differ slightly from the real paper, and any answers given are not from an official key.
NID DAT 2023 Question Paper
The memory-based NID DAT 2023 B.Des Prelims paper, free to view and download.
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NID DAT 2023 Question Paper PDF
About the NID DAT 2023 Paper
| Exam date | 8 January 2023, 10 AM to 1 PM |
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| Duration and marks | 3 hours, 100 marks |
| Part A (40 marks) | 16 one-mark and 12 two-mark questions: GK, reasoning, arithmetic, English |
| Part B (60 marks) | 4 drawing and design questions of 15 marks each |
| Papers on this page | 1: B.Des Prelims, memory based |
| Answer key on this page | No |
NID declared the 2023 B.Des Prelims result on 16 March 2023. In NID’s official list of last candidates admitted to B.Des 2023-24, NID Ahmedabad’s Open category closed at a score of 65.80 (rank 47).