The official NATA exam syllabus for 2022 has been published on the official website of nata by the Council of Architecture (CoA). The specific information of NATA syllabus about the subjects, topics, and units that must be studied for NATA 2022 will be available to candidates. The NATA exam will be administered by the authorities in a single examination. Candidates appearing for NATA will be assessed on their aptitude and the candidates will accordingly have to prepare for the examination. The NATA syllabus is a crucial component of the test, students are encouraged to review it beforehand. Learn more about the NATA Syllabus 2022 by reading.
NATA Syllabus 2022
The table below contains information on the NATA exam syllabus 2022 for candidates to review.
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Topics under NATA exam syllabus 2022 |
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Mathematics |
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Physics and Geometry |
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Aesthetic Sensitivity |
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Colour Theory |
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Graphics and Imagery |
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Visual Perception and Cognition |
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Lateral Thinking and Logical Reasoning |
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Language and Interpretation |
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Building Anatomy and Architectural Vocabulary |
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Basic Techniques of Building Construction and Knowledge of Material |
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General Knowledge and Current Affairs |
The authorities will bear in mind a variety of issues when crafting the questions as per Nata 2022 syllabus. Candidates may examine the following elements:
- Candidates will be evaluated on their general knowledge and their capacity to apply it in various contexts in the abstract reasoning section consisting under the nata syllabus.
- Nata syllabus also tests candidates' aptitudes for problem-solving will be examined under the Situational judgement section.
- Candidates will be examined on their capacity to resolve straightforward numerical problems under numerical reasoning section.
- Solving of discern patterns and facts through inductive reasoning should also be noted.
- Verbal reasoning skills is also an important part of NATA 2022 syllabus.
- Identifying patterns, relationships, sequences, and other logical constructs and Candidates ability to deduce facts from diagrams under the diagrammatic reasonings section will also be tested according to nata 2022 syllabus.
NATA Exam Pattern 2022
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Mode of Exam |
Offline mode as a written test |
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Duration of Exam |
3 hours |
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Language of Exam |
English |
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Total Number of Questions |
A total of 60 questions |
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Total Marks |
200 |
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Type of Questions |
MCQs for Part A and Numerical for Part B. |
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Marking Scheme |
2 marks for every correct answer |
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Negative Marking |
No negative marking |
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Sections |
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NATA Exam Syllabus 2022 (Topic-wise)
These are the 3 sections under the NATA exam syllabus 2022:
- Drawing
- Mathematics
- General Aptitude
NATA Exam Syllabus for the Drawing Test
- Geometric Composition and Shape
- Understanding Scale and Proportion of Objects, Building forms and Colour Texture, Harmony, Element, Aesthetics and Contrast
- Conceptualization and Visualization through Structuring Objects in Memory
- Drawing of Patterns – Both Geometrical and Abstract
- Form Transformation in 2D and 3D like union, Subtraction, Rotation, Surface and Volumes
- Creation of 2D and 3D compositions using shape and forms
- Generating Plan, and 3D views, the elevation of objects
- Sketching of Urbanscape and Landscape
- Perspective Drawing
- Common day to day life objects such as equipment, furniture, etc. from memory
NATA Exam Syllabus for Mathematics Test
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Topics to cover |
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3-Dimensional Co-ordinate geometry |
The distance between two points and section formula, equation of a straight line, equation of a plane, a distance of a point from a plane, direction cosines and direction ratios. |
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Trigonometry |
Trigonometric functions, addition and subtraction formulae, formulae involving multiple and submultiple angles, general solution of trigonometric equations. Properties of triangles, inverse trigonometric functions, and their properties. |
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Coordinate geometry |
Distance formula, section formula, area of a triangle, condition of collinearity of three points in a plane. Polar coordinates, the transformation from Cartesian to polar coordinates and vice versa. Parallel transformation of axes, the concept of locus, elementary locus problems. The slope of a line. Equation of lines in different forms, angle between two lines. Condition of perpendicularity and parallelism of two lines. Distance of a point from a line. Distance between two parallel lines. Lines through the point of intersection of two lines. Equation of a circle with a given centre and radius. A condition that a general equation of second degree in x, y may represent a circle. Equation of a circle in terms of endpoints of a diameter. Equation of tangent, normal and chord. Parametric equation of a circle. The intersection of a line with a circle. Equation of common chord of two intersecting circles. |
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Logarithms |
Definition; General properties; Change of base. |
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Matrices |
Concepts of m x n, real matrices, operations of addition, scalar multiplication and multiplication of matrices. Transpose of a matrix. Determinant of a square matrix. Properties of determinants (statement only). Minor, cofactor and adjoint of a matrix. Nonsingular matrix. The inverse of a matrix. Finding the area of a triangle. Solutions of system of linear equations. (Not more than 3 variables). |
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Algebra |
General term; Summation of first n-terms of series; Arithmetic/Geometric series, A.M., G.M. and their relation; Infinite G.P. series and its sum, Definitions of A. P. and G.P.; |
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Theory of Calculus |
Functions, the composition of two functions and inverse of a function, limit, continuity, derivative, chain rule, derivatives of implicit functions and functions defined parametrically. Integration as a reverse process of differentiation, indefinite integral of standard functions. Integration by parts. Integration by substitution and partial fraction. Definite integral as a limit of a sum with equal subdivisions. The fundamental theorem of integral calculus and its applications. Properties of definite integrals. Formation of ordinary differential equations, solution of homogeneous differential equations, separation of variables method, linear first-order differential equations. |
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Application of Calculus |
Tangents and normals, conditions of tangency. Determination of monotonicity, maxima, and minima. Differential coefficient as a measure of rate. Motion in a straight line with constant acceleration. Geometric interpretation of definite integral as area, calculation of area bounded by elementary curves and Straight lines. Area of the region included between two elementary curves. |
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Statistics and Probability |
The measure of dispersion, mean, variance and standard deviation, frequency distribution. Addition and multiplication rules of probability, conditional probability and Bayes' Theorem, independence of events, repeated independent trails and Binomial distribution. |
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Permutation and combination |
Permutation of n different things taken r at a time. Permutation of n things not all different. Permutation with repetitions (circular permutation excluded). Combinations of n different things taken r at a time. Combination of n things not all different. Basic properties. Problems involving both permutations and combinations. |
NATA Exam Syllabus for General Aptitude
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Chapters |
Topics to cover |
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Objects |
Texture related to architecture and the built environment. Interpretation of pictorial compositions, Visualizing three-dimensional objects from two-dimensional drawing. Visualizing different sides of 3D objects. Analytical reasoning, mental ability (visual, numerical, and verbal), General awareness of national/ international architects and famous architectural creation. |
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Mathematical reasoning |
Statements, logical operations like and, or, if and only if, implies, implied by. Understanding of tautology, converse, contradiction, and contrapositive |
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Sets and Relations |
The idea of sets, subsets, power set, complement, union, intersection and difference of sets, Venn diagram, De Morgan's Laws, Relation and its properties. Equivalence relation — definition and elementary examples. |