IIM Bangalore will conduct the UG Admission Test 2027 on Sunday, November 15, 2026, from, 2 PM to 5 PM. The entrance exam is the gateway to admission for the 4-year B.Sc program in Economics and Data Sciences offered at the institute. This article by Hitbullseye will bring to you detailed analysis in terms of difficulty level, question types, and topics covered.
Right after the IIM Bangalore UG 2027 admission test will get concluded, test-takers and next year’s aspirants would like to know more about the exam. They would want to know whether the exam was tough, moderate, or easy. Which topics covered a higher weightage or there were some surprise elements. To help get IIM Bangalore aspirants get all these answers, Hitbullseye will bring an in-depth analysis based on the review by Hitbullseye faculty members and students.
IIM Bangalore UG 2027 Admission Test Overview
The pattern of the exam has undergone changes this year in terms of duration. Instead of 120 minutes, the exam will now be conducted for 135 minutes or 2 hours and 15 minutes. The 15-minute duration has been increased in the Logical Reasoning section. The number of questions and marking scheme has remained the same. The table below brings the overview of the IIM Bangaloe UG 2027 Admission Test.
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Exam Mode
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Online Computer Based Test
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Time allotted
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135 minutes or 2 hours and 15 minutes (with sectional time limit)
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Total Questions
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60
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Total Maximum Marks
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180
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Number of Sections
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3
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Type of questions
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60 (MCQs followed by 4 options)
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Marking Scheme
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+3 for each correct answer
-1 for each incorrect answer
No negative marking for unattempted questions
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Good attempt
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42 + Questions
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IIM Bangalore UG Admission Test 2027 Analysis
Based on last year’s analysis, the overall difficulty level of the IIM Bangalore UG 2027 exam is expected to be moderate. The Quantitative Aptitude and Data Interpretation (QADI) section is likey to be the toughest, followed by the Logical Reasoning (LR) and Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC).
The below table brings the exam structure and difficulty level.
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Section
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Number of Questions
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Duration
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Difficulty Level
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Quantitative Aptitude and Data Interpretation (QADI)
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30
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60 minutes
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Moderate to Tough
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Logical Reasoning (LR)
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15
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45 minutes
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Easy to Moderate
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Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)
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15
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30 minutes
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Easy
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Now we bring the section-wise analysis of the IIM Bangalore Admission Test 2027.
Quantitative Aptitude and Data Interpretation
The QADI section is likely to be the toughest section of the exam. Based on last year, the topics from which QA questions are expected include Functions ,Matrices, Trigonometry, Coordinate Geometry, Permutation & Combination, Probability, Time and Work, SI/CI, Profit and Loss, and Venn diagram. The number of QA questions will be 8-10.
There will be two DI sets with four questions each. The questions will be on Pie Chart and Bar Graph. The questions are likely to be calculation intensive. A total attempt of over 15 questions will be considered good.
Logical Reasoning
The Logical Reasoning section is expected to be of easy to moderate difficulty level. With an extension of 15 minutes, the questions might be tricky in nature. As per last year, the section is likely to be dominated with Series and Coding Decoding questions. The other topics would include Blood Relations, Direction, Syllogism, Course of action, Linear and Sitting arrangement. Attempting over 12 questions will be considered good.
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension
This section is expected to be the easiest of all three. There will be two Reading Comprehension passages with four questions each. The question will be around factual recall, critical reasoning (strengthen/weaken), assumptions, main ideas, contextual vocabulary, and summarization.
In the Verbal Ability section, questions are expected from vocabulary, idioms, grammar and sentence completion. An attempt of over 12 questions is expected to be good enough for securing the cutoff.
IIM Bangalore UG Admission Test 2027 Expected Cutoff
The following table brings last year’s section-wise and overall cutoff percentile for shortlisting candidates.
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Category
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VARC
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LR
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QADI
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Overall
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General
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50
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50
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75
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80
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NC-OBC and EWS
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40
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40
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50
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50
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SC
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25
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25
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40
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40
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ST and PWD
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20
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20
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30
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30
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The final selection criteria and weightages are as follows.
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Parameters
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Weightages
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Class 10 Board Exam Standardized Score
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10%
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Class 10 Board Exam Mathematics Standardized Score
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10%
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UG Test Score
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40
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Personal Interview
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40
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The IIM Bangalore UG Admission Test 2027 result will be declared on December 15, 2026. The interview rounds will be conducted between the second to third week of January 2027, and the admission offers will be released in the third week of February 2027.
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