IPMAT is held by IIM Indore for admission to its five-year integrated programme in management (IPM). Thousands of aspirants take the exam every year withthe hope of getting securing their seat in the reputed B-school. This year, IPMAT was conducted on 16^th July, 2021, and its result is yet to be announced.

After the exam, candidates are eager to examine their performance and estimate their prospects. Hence, our experts have come up with a detailed section-wise analysis of IPMAT 2021.

IPMAT is a national-level test conducted in an online mode. It is devised to check the candidate’s expertise in quantitative and verbal ability.The test consists of MCQs and short-answer (SA) questions. Although there have been pattern changes in IPMAT over the last few years, its difficulty level remains more or less the same. IPMAT 2021 was slightly more difficult than the previous year exam. Listed below are the key features of IPMAT 2021:

Illustrated below is the complete sectional break-up of IPMAT 2021:

IPMAT 2021 was a blend of moderate and high-difficulty level questions. The quant section was considered tougher than last year's exam, whereas the verbal questions were of medium difficulty. There were MCQs and short-answer (SA) questions from both areas. Given below is the detailed analysis of the three sections:

This is generally the first section of IPMAT. In 2021 exam, Quant short-answer questions were easier than expected and had 1-2 questions from many different topics of arithmetic, algebra and geometry. In other words, a candidate’s strong conceptual understanding in these areas could easily help nail him/her the section. Presented below is the division of various questions in IPMAT’s Quant section:

Verbal section was the easiest and most scoring section of IPMAT 2021. There were 3 short-answer questions and 27 MCQs in this section. These questions were asked from a variety of topics like RC, para-jumbles, Fill in the Blanks, logical sequence, sentence correction, etc. The paper featured 1 short RC passage accompanied by a few simple questions. The given table reveals the distribution of different topics across the verbal section of IPMAT 2021:

Quant MCQ section is a tricky section of IPMAT. In the recent exam, MCQs were perceived as more difficult compared to the short-answer questions. Questions were asked from a range of areas like DI, Modern math, geometry, algebra, and arithmetic. A few questions of DI set were complex, while others were easily manageable. The following table displays the number of questions in Quant MCQ section of IPMAT 2021:

After the exam, the shortlisted candidates are required to appear for a written ability test (WAT) and a personal interview. The final admission is granted on the basis of the candidate’s score in IPMAT and performance in the subsequent rounds.