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NIFT Exam Analysis 2025: Section-Wise Analysis, Difficulty Level

Shubhangini Priyadarshi
Shubhangini Priyadarshi

Updated on - Feb 10, 2025

NIFT Exam Analysis 2025 has been shared. The NIFT 2025 exam concluded at noon on Feb 9, 2025, and according to student feedback, the exam was moderately difficult. This year, only two passages were asked, with some questions based on synonyms and antonyms. The grammar part also featured general fill-in-the-blank questions. In the maths segment, the emphasis was on the probability chapter, and the question paper was of the 10th-grade level. 

 The exam analysis of NIFT 2025 will provide insights into the exam, including - the sectional and overall difficulty, types of questions asked, expected cut-off, good attempts, and much more.

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NIFT 2025 Section wise Exam Analysis

The NIFT 2025 GAT part for BDes, MDes, and other courses ended at noon. The overall difficulty of the question paper was moderate. Check out the detailed analysis below.

  • The overall difficulty of the exam was moderately difficult.
  • Reasoning and Mathematics sections were the easiest. The English section was moderate. The General knowledge section was the toughest of all.
  • The question paper was doable and was not lengthy.

Sections 

Details

Analysis

Overall Difficulty Level

GAT

Easy-Moderate

CAT

TBA

Section-Wise Difficulty Level

Quantitative Ability

Easy-Moderate

Communication Ability and English Comprehension

Easy

Analytical and Logical Ability

Easy

General Knowledge and Current Affairs

Moderate

Was The Paper Lengthy

GAT 

No

CAT

TBA

Also Read: What After NIFT Exam 2025?

NIFT Paper Analysis 2023

As per the students who appeared in the NIFT 2023 exam, the exam paper could have been more manageable. The exam pattern was the same. The NIFT GAT exam was for 2 hours, and the exam for BDes contained 100 multiple choice questions, while for MDes GAT, there were 20 more questions. The medium of the exam was English and Hindi for M.Des and B.Des streams.

NIFT Paper Analysis 2022

Students must know the paper analysis for 2022 to prepare better for the exam. Following is the NIFT 2022 Paper Analysis.

  • The question was moderately difficult for some students but quite easy for most candidates in the NIFT 2022 CAT.
  • In the NIFT CAT, a total of three questions were given a maximum of 100 marks.
  • The NIFT applicants claimed that the GAT paper was highly challenging.
  • The QA component was challenging for most NIFT exam takers, although the English section was simpler.
  • The GK and current affairs sections were quite simple.
  • GAT questions were relatively challenging for applicants taking the NIFT entrance test for admission to the MFTech and B.FTech programmes in 2022.
  • Others found it challenging to respond to questions requiring analytical and logical ability.
  • Many students were having trouble logging in to the NIFT entrance exam in 2022 because of problems with the home page.
  • Some students complained that the photo submission window would take longer than expected.

NIFT Paper Analysis 2021

NIFT 2021 Paper Analysis for the NIFT exam 2021 was not difficult. The GAT paper featured clear and simple GK and English, in contrast to the CAT paper, which tests the student's creativity and imagination, with two simple ideas and one tough one. Questions about quantitative and analytical abilities were also simple and achievable. See the CAT and GAT NIFT Paper Analysis 2021 for the NIFT 2021 exam below.

NIFT Paper Analysis 2021 GAT (BDes)

The section-by-section difficulty level of the NIFT Paper Analysis 2021 GAT paper for BDes is available for candidates below.

NIFT Paper Analysis 2021 GAT (BDes)
Section Difficulty Level Total Questions
English Comprehension Easy 25
General Knowledge and Current Affairs Easy 15
Analytical Ability Moderate to Easy 15
Quantitative Ability Difficult 20
Communication Ability Moderate 25

NIFT Paper Analysis 2021 GAT (BFTech)

The section-by-section difficulty level of the NIFT Paper Analysis 2021 GAT paper for BFTech is available for candidates below.

NIFT Paper Analysis 2021 GAT (BFTech)
Section Difficulty Level Total Questions
General Knowledge and Current Affairs Easy 25
Quantitative ability Easy to Moderate 30
Communication Ability and English Comprehension Easy 45
Case Study Moderate 25
Analytical and Logical Ability Moderate 25

NIFT Paper Analysis 2021 GAT Section

Candidates can view the table below to learn more about the NIFT Paper Analysis 2021

and questions that were asked in the NIFT Entrance Exam 2021 for GAT section.

NIFT Paper Analysis 2021 GAT Section
NIFT GAT sections Topics
General Knowledge and Current Affairs
  • Brand and brand ambassadors
  • Awards
  • Nobel peace prize
  • Sports
  • Joe Biden
  • Coronavirus vaccine
Quantitative Ability
  • Speed and time
  • Numerical ability
  • Number systems
Analytical Ability
  • Rearrangement
  • Sequencing
  • Coding-decoding
Communication Ability and English Comprehension
  • Passages
  • Grammar
  • Antonym
  • Synonym
  • Word meaning

NIFT Section Wise Paper Analysis 2021

Following is the weightage of CAT and GAT in NIFT 2021 Entrance Exam for  MDes and BDes admissions.

BDes Weightage

  • CAT - 50%
  • GAT -  30 %
  • Situation Test - 20%

MDes Weightage

  • CAT - 40%
  • GAT -  30 %
  • GD/PI - 30%

NIFT Paper Analysis 2020

According to experts, the NIFT Entrance Exam 2020 went as planned, and applicants who had adequately prepared for GAT and CAT considered the exam to be simple.

The comprehension section of the NIFT GAT paper contained challenging questions, however, the reasoning component's problems were simple to solve. There were three questions on each of the NIFT CAT exams for MDes and BDes programme admissions.

FAQs on NIFT Paper Analysis

Q: When will the NIFT Exam Analysis 2024 be released?

A: NIFT paper analysis 2024 will be announced after the exams are over. The exam is expected to be held in Feb 2024- First Week.

Q: Why should I study NIFT paper analyis 2024?

A: The paper analysis of NIFT will allow students to understand the past year trends, topics to studying the exam, common topics to practice and the difficulty level of the papers. Students will be able to comprehend previous year difficulty, question trends and topics to study form the syllabus for the exam with the paper analysis of NIFT 2024.

Q: How was the NIFT 2023 paper?

A: The NIFT 2023 paper was of moderate to difficult level as per the examiners. Students could have spent more time on the paper while the exam pattern was unaltered and every question came from the syllabus.

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