IICD Entrance Exam will be conducted in offline mode (pen and paper-based test). The entrance exam consists of 2 Part i.e. Part A – General Awareness, Creativity & Perception Test and Part B – 1. Material, Color & Conceptual Test, 2. Personal Interview. IICD 2022 application forms are available until March 21, 2022.
Some of the important highlights for IICD 2022 Exam Pattern can be seen in the table below:
Name of Exam | Indian Institute of Craft and Design Entrance Test |
Courses offered | B.Des. and M.Des. |
Mode of Exam | Offline |
Type of Questions | MCQ, Creative Writing and Practical Creation Based |
Number of Questions | Not Fixed. Generally around 40 for both the tests combined. |
Time Allotted | 2 hours for each of the two tests. |
Negative Marking | No |
IICD Entrance Test 2022 includes two papers followed by Personal Interview. All the processes are conducted on the same day.
Let’s take a closer look at the examination pattern for both the papers of IICD Entrance Test 2022:
General Awareness, Creativity and Perception Test
Material, Color and Conceptual Ability Test
The exam pattern for UG and PG courses will not vary too much in terms of total marks, time allotted, type of questions, etc. There can be a slight change is number of questions asked in PG examination in Creativity and Perception and Material, Color and Conceptual Ability Test, but the crux of test is exactly same.
The marking scheme for IICD Entrance Examination 2022 is fairly simple. Let us take a look at some of the highlights of marking scheme of IICD Entrance Exam 2022:
Let us now understand the division of marks in each of the two written tests conducted in IICD Entrance Exam 2022:
General Awareness, Creativity and Perception Test
Material, Color and Conceptual Ability Test
Indian Institute of Craft and Design will not specify any syllabus for IICD Entrance Test 2022. To define syllabus for such an entrance will actually impose restriction on the creativity of the candidates which this exam aims to judge.
However, here some things that candidates can learn or focus on for IICD Entrance Exam 2022:
Subject | Topics To Be Covered |
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General Awareness | Indian Culture, History, Basic Visual Reasoning, Number Series, Alphabet Series, Basic of Computers, Measurements and Sizes, Tourism, Famous Personalities related to Design and Fashion |
Creativity and Perception Test | For this test, candidate should be able to distinguish between various shapes and figures, understanding their details, differences and properties and also know how to express some artistic situations in words. |
Material Usage Test | Candidates must know how to use various materials in creating artistic things. For this, candidate needs to understand the properties of various materials, as candidate will have to create something out of provided material. They must also know how to define his/her creation. |
Color and Conceptual Ability Test | Candidates must understand the types of colors and also the kind of feelings or emotions these colors represent. They should have the ability to use various colors to be able to express the emotion that his/her creation as well as define the usage of colors. |
Candidates are advised to carefully go through some important instructions to fill OMR sheets while appearing for IICD Entrance Exam 2022. It is very important to follow the instructions to avoid any discrepancy in the exam:
*The article might have information for the previous academic years, please refer the official website of the exam.