NATA Exam Complete Study Notes

National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) is a national level undergraduate exam which is conducted by the Council of Architecture (COA) for admission to 5 year B.Arch and B.Planning programmes.

CoA released the NATA application form 2022 at nata.in. Applicants are advised to check the eligibility criteria before NATA registration 2022. The application process of NATA 2022 comprises NATA registration, filling application form, uploading documents and payment of application fee. To appear for the exam, applicants must need to fill the NATA application form before the last date. Applicants also have to enter their NATA exam centre choices in the application form. CoA has also released the NATA exam date 2022 on the official website.

CoA has released the NATA result 2022 phase 3 at the official website. Applicants can now check their result of NATA through login credentials. Earlier, NATA 2022 phase 3 admit card at the official website. Applicants can download the NATA admit card 2022 through email ID and password. Candidates appearing for the exam must carry their NATA hall ticket along with one valid photo ID proof at the exam centre. Earlier, CoA has extended the last date to fill the NATA phase 3 application form till July 27. The authorities has declared the NATA 2022 result phase 2. Candidates can check NATA result 2022 for phase 2 at nata.in. Applicants shortlisted on the basis of NATA results will be eligible for the admissions to NATA participating institutes 2022.

The exam conducting authority has released NATA application formon April 8 at the official website for all three phases. The last date to complete the NATA registration 2022 session 3 is July 24.

The authorities have also revised the NATA exam date 2022 for phases 2 and 3. NATA 2022 exam for phase 2 & 3 will now be conducted on July 7 and August 7 respectively. However, NATA 2022 exam session 1 has been conducted on June 12.

The authorities has also released the NATA form last date. The last date to fill the NATA application form is May 23, June 20, July 11 for session 1, session 2 and session 3, respectively. To apply for the NATA 2022 exam, candidates should have passed 10+2 level or equivalent from a recognized board. Applicants who have passed 10+3 Diploma Examination with Mathematics as a compulsory subject will also be eligible to fill the NATA application form. Candidates preparing for the exam must refer to the NATA syllabus for their preparations. Applicants can also refer to the NATA exam pattern 2022 and NATA aptitude questions to ace the exam with a good score. Candidates can go through NATA preparation books to check important topics and chapters asked in the examination.

NATA 2022 Latest News and Updates

NATA 2022 - What’s New?
The exam conducting authority has released the NATA 2022 brochure at nata.in. Applicants can access the application form from NATA login 2022.

NATA Exam 2022 - Year Statistics (First Test)
Applicants appearing for the NATA 2022 exam can check the statistics from the table given below.

Past Dates and Events

16 Aug, 2022

Result - Session 3 | Mode: Online

07 Aug, 2022

Exam - Session 3 | Mode: Online

05 Aug, 2022

Admit Card - Session 3 | Mode: Online

22 Jul, 2022 - 27 Jul, 2022

Application Correction - Session 3 | Mode: Online

08 Apr, 2022 - 27 Jul, 2022

Application - Session 3 | Mode: Online

21 Jul, 2022

Result - Session 2 | Mode: Online

07 Jul, 2022

Exam - Session 2 | Mode: Online

04 Jul, 2022

Admit Card - Session 2 | Mode: Online

22 Jun, 2022 - 24 Jun, 2022

Application Correction - Session 2 | Mode: Online

08 Apr, 2022 - 24 Jun, 2022

Application - Session 2 | Mode: Online

20 Jun, 2022

Result - Session 1 | Mode: Online

12 Jun, 2022

Exam - Session 1 | Mode: Online

07 Jun, 2022

Admit Card - Session 1 | Mode: Online

08 Apr, 2022 - 28 May, 2022

Application - Session 1 | Mode: Online

19 May, 2022 - 23 May, 2022

Application Correction - Session 1 | Mode: Online

Drawing and visual composition-

Drawing and visual composition: Unit 01

Important visual principles in a composition (2D or 3D)
Balance, symmetry, rhythm, direction, hierarchy, etc

Drawing and visual composition: Unit 02

Spatial intelligence
Geometry and visualize shape, and geometrical puzzles

Drawing and visual composition: Unit 03

Color scheme awareness and knowledge
Color theory and the various terminologies

Drawing and visual composition: Unit 04

Graphical similarities and other properties
Visual system interpretation and perception

Drawing and visual composition: Unit 05

Spatial relationship between objects and visualize images and scenarios

Drawing and visual composition: Unit 06

Cognitive ability
Perception, attention, recognition, memory, etc

Physics-

Physics: Unit 01

Electrostatics
Electric charges and fields; electrostatic potential and capacitance

Physics: Unit 02

Current electricity

Physics: Unit 03

Magnetic effects of current and magnetism

Physics: Unit 04

Moving charges and magnetism

Physics: Unit 05

Magnetism and matter

Physics: Unit 06

Electromagnetic induction and alternating currents
Electromagnetic induction; alternating current

Physics: Unit 07

Optics
Ray Optics and Optical Instruments, Wave Optics

Physics: Unit 08

Dual nature of radiation and matter

Physics: Unit 09

Atoms and nuclei
Atoms, nuclei

Physics: Unit 10

Electronic devices
Semiconductor electronics, materials, devices, and simple circuits

Chemistry-

Chemistry: Unit 01

Some basic concepts of chemistry

Chemistry: Unit 02

Structure of atom

Chemistry: Unit 03

Classification of elements and periodicity in properties

Chemistry: Unit 04

Chemical bonding and molecular

Chemistry: Unit 05

States of matter
Gases and Liquids

Chemistry: Unit 06

Chemical thermodynamics

Chemistry: Unit 07

Equilibrium

Chemistry: Unit 08

Redox reactions

Chemistry: Unit 09

Hydrogen

Chemistry: Unit 10

S-block elements

Chemistry: Unit 11

P-block elements

Chemistry: Unit 12

Organic chemistry
Some basic principles and techniques

Chemistry: Unit 13

Hydrocarbons

Chemistry: Unit 14

Environmental chemistry

Mathematics-

Mathematics: Unit 01

Algebra
Definitions of AP and GP; general term; summation of first n-terms of series ∑n, ∑n²,∑n³; arithmetic/ geometric series, AM, GM, and their relation; infinite GP series and its sum

Mathematics: Unit 02

Logarithms
Definition; general properties; change of base

Mathematics: Unit 03

Matrices
Concepts of m x n (m ≤ 3, n ≤ 3) 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
Inverse of a matrix
Finding area of a triangle
Solutions of system of linear equations. (not more than 3 variables)

Mathematics: Unit 04

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

Mathematics: Unit 05

Coordinate geometry
Distance formula, Section formula, Area of a triangle, Condition of collinearity of three points in a plane
Polar coordinates, Transformation from cartesian to polar coordinates and vice versa
Parallel transformation of axes, Concept of locus, Elementary locus problems
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 center and radius
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
Intersection of a line with a circle
Equation of common chord of two intersecting circles

Mathematics: Unit 06

3-Dimensional coordinate geometry
Direction cosines and direction ratios, Distance between two points and section formula, Equation of a straight line, Equation of a plane, Distance of a point from a plane

Mathematics: Unit 07

Theory of calculus
Functions, Composition of two functions and inverse of a function, Limit, Continuity, Derivative, Chain rule, Derivative 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
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

Mathematics: Unit 08

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

Mathematics: Unit 09

Permutation and combination
Permutation of n different things taken r at a time (r ≤ n)
Permutation of n things not all different
Permutation with repetitions (circular permutation excluded)
Combinations of n different things taken r at a time (r ≤ n)
Combination of n things not all different
Basic properties
Problems involving both permutations and combinations

Mathematics: Unit 10

Statistics and probability
Measure of dispersion, mean, variance, and standard deviation, frequency distribution
Addition and multiplication rules of probability, conditional probability, and Bayes’s theorem, independence of events, repeated independent trails, and binomial distribution

General aptitude-

General aptitude: Unit 01

Objects, texture related to architecture and built environment

General aptitude: Unit 02

Interpretation of pictorial compositions

General aptitude: Unit 03

Visualizing three-dimensional objects from two-dimensional drawing

General aptitude: Unit 04

Visualizing different sides of 3d objects

General aptitude: Unit 05

Analytical reasoning

General aptitude: Unit 06

Mental ability
Visual, numerical, and verbal

General aptitude: Unit 07

General awareness of national/ international architects and famous architectural creations

General aptitude: Unit 08

Mathematical reasoning
Statements, logical operations like and, or, if, and only if, implies, implied by understanding of tautology, converse, contradiction, and contra positive

General aptitude: Unit 09

Sets and relations
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