Aptitude test is compulsory for admission to the 1st Year of B. Arch. Course at all Schools/Colleges/ Institutions of Architecture in India (including Government, Government aided, Private unaided, University departments and Deemed Universities, etc.).
This book NATA - National Aptitude Test in Architecture is a super guide for the success in National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) conducted by National Institute of Advanced Studies (An academic unit of Council of Architecture), Pune. Test is conducted once in a year at designated cities. The candidates who dream to be good architects may find better Schools/Colleges/Institutions of Architecture for their admission by obtaining high score in NATA with the help of this guide. This book is prepared synchronizing the revised syllabus of the COA and takes care of all changes.
The Council of Architecture, New Delhi has revised its syllabus for conducting NATA. It will make an assessment now in Drawing and Observation Skills, sense of Proportion, Aesthetic Sensitivity, Mathematics and Critical Thinking Ability of the candidates who intend to become architects.
This guide carefully covers full information and syllabus of NATA in Six units and Eleven modules; First unit for General Information; Second unit for Preparatory Notes and Third unit of Exercises for Practice. Unit four is devoted to Testing for Success and Unit Five is for Model Test Paper. The General information consists of two modules; one for architectures as career and second for about B. Arch. Course and details of NATA. The Preparatory Notes are given in Next Three Modules for Mathematics, General Aptitude and Drawing Test. Unit Three is for Exercises for Practice and consists of next three modules having exercises for Mathematics, General Aptitude and Drawing Test. In Fourth unit and module 9, three sample test papers are given for testing of success in NATA. In Fifth Unit, Model Test papers are given for candidates for the Self Evaluation Test for the preparation of the students for exams. Lastly in Unit Six : Worksheets for Begineers under the Module-W : Practice for Freehand Drawing is also given.
It is hoped this book will be equally useful, as earlier editions; to the candidates who intend to become architects from reputed institutions of architecture