IIM Rohtak conducts IPMAT for its five-year Integrated Programme in Management. It is an online test devised to test the general aptitude of the management aspirants. Thousands of youngsters compete in the exam for the limited number of admission seats. This year, IPMAT was held on 26thJune, 2022 and the subsequent calls are expected within a week. The surprise element was that there was no sectional time limit in the exam, which was contrary to the pattern declared on its website.
Soon after the exam, candidates were curious to assess their performance and guesstimate their chances of admission into IPM. So, our experts have carried out a detailed analysis of IPMAT 2022 here:
IPMAT IIM Rohtak 2022: Overall Analysis
IPMAT is an objective test consisting of three sections. In 2022, the pattern followed was the same as that of the 2021 paper. Since its inception, the level of IPMAT has remained on the easier side but this time the overall feel has been moderate. It is generally a mix of simple and tricky questions. IPMAT is more a test of your speed-solving ability than complexity-handling skills. Listed below are the major features of IPMAT 2022:
- Total number of questions: 120
- Total Time Limit: 120 minutes
- Total Marks: 480
- 4 marks awarded for each correct answer
- 1 mark deducted for each wrong answer
Illustrated below is the complete sectional break-up of IPMAT 2021 exam pattern:
IPMAT IIM Rohtak 2022: Exam Structure
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Section
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No. of Questions
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Total Time
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Quantitative Ability
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40
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Logical Reasoning
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40
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Verbal Ability
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40
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Total
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120
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120 minutes
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IPMAT IIM Rohtak 2022: Sectional Analysis
IPMAT 2022 exhibited a medium difficulty level, with Quant and Reasoning sections being quite easy. However verbal was moderate to tough as it was dominated by tricky vocabulary and RCs. Given below is the detailed description of all three sections of the exam:
Quantitative Ability
Quant section of IPMAT was easier in comparison to other two sections and was dominated by Arithmetic questions of basic topics like Percentage, Profit and loss, SI CI and time and work. Two questions of height and distance were also there. In modern maths ,questions on Permutation Combination were of basic level. Overall feel of the section was easy.
The following table shows the distribution of various topics across IPMAT 2022 Quant section:
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Topic
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No. of Questions
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Number System
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5
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Averages
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2
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Mixture &Alligation
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1
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Time & Work, Pipe and cistern
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5
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Time, Speed, & Distance
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4
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Trigonometry
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2
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Profit & Loss
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3
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Simple/ Compound Interest
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3
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Mensuration& Geometry
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4
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Ratio & Proportion
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2
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Percentage
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3
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*Modern Maths
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6
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Total
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40
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*Modern Maths includes topics like Permutation & Combination, Probability, etc.
An attempt of 30+ questions with good accuracy is sure to fetch a high score in the section
Logical Reasoning
Logical reasoning was easy to slightly moderate in terms of difficulty level. In 2022 exam, the section again it was a mix bag. However, there were no questions on direction sense, ranking & data- sufficiency., The set-based questions were scattered. Here, the questions were drawn from all sorts of common reasoning topics like syllogism, arrangements, statement-assumption/conclusion, etc.The given table demonstrates a detailed break-up of LR section of IPMAT 2022:
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Topic
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No. of questions
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Series
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4-5
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Blood Relation
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2-3
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Coding - Decoding
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2-3
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Statement/Assumption
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1
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Statement/ Conclusion
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1-2
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Order Based
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1
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Mathematical Operations
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2
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Venn Diagram
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1
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Missing Number
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1
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Water Images
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1
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Misc. Topics
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2-4
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Syllogism
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3
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Cube & Dice
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3-5
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Analogy
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1-2
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Classification
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1-2
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Circular Arrangements
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2
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Clocks & Calendar
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2
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Total
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40
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An attempt of 29+ questions with high accuracy suffices for a good performance in the section.
Verbal Ability
This time verbal section was primarily dominated by vocabulary-based questions., which made this section very tricky for the students. So, this time it was not the easiest and most scoring of all sections as it was last year.There werethree RC passages in 2022 paper and one of the passages was lengthy in comparison to other two passages., The questions in RCs were scattered. The subjects in the RCs covered areas from Business & Management to Sociology. There were almost 10-15 vocabulary-based questions in form of direct vocabulary, idiomatic usages, spellings, one word substitution etc. Overall, this section was toughest this year. Given below is a complete distribution of verbal questionsin IPMAT 2022:
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Topic
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No. of questions
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Reading Comprehension (3 Passages)
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9
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Para-jumbles
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3
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Vocabulary based
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14-15
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Analogy
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3-4
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Grammar Part error
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4-5
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Grammar based FIB
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1-2
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Others
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2
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An attempt of 28+ questions with good accuracy is bound to get a high score in the section
Overall, IPMAT 2022 can be aced with a score of 284+ in total
