With most of the BBA entrance exams scheduled in April and May, aspirants planning to pursue their Bachelors in Business Administration programme are gearing up for preparation. Along with their board exam, they must also select the BBA entrance exams to appear for. Careers360 brings top five BBA exam pattern and their respective selection procedure. Candidates who are yet to select the exams to appear for, can refer to the list below to know the details of the test in terms of exam pattern, eligibility criteria, selection process and participating institutes.
According to the written exam pattern for the admission year 2018, most of the BBA entrance exams test the basic knowledge on Quantitative Aptitude, General English, Analytical Reasoning and General Awareness.
BBA entrance exams like DU JAT, GGSIPU CET BBA, NPAT BBA, SET BBA and IPMAT are among the top tests for management programmes at undergraduate level.
While final selection at the University of Delhi colleges, Symbiosis Institutes and IPM of IIM-Indore give weightage to other factors that may include Personal Interview and class 12 results, admission to GGSIPU colleges and NMIMS is based on merit list prepared on the basis of written exam performance.
The marking scheme for all the five exams except SET BBA carries negative marks for incorrect answers. SET BBA does not penalise student for wrong answers.
The table below brings you details on top BBA exams and their respective Selection Process, Exam Pattern and Marking scheme.
Selection Process:
Exam | Selection process | Eligibility | Written Exam Pattern | Marking Scheme for Written test | Participating Institutes |
DU JAT | Written Exam-65%; XII Result-35%
| 10+2 Appeared/Cleared; 60 percent in four papers including English and three other subjects*
| Total No of Question: 100 Test Duration:120 minutes Sections: Quantitative Ability; Reasoning and Analytical Ability; General English; Business and General Awareness | +3 for correct answer and -1 for wrong answer | Colleges offering BMS, BBA, BFIA programmes affiliated by University of Delhi |
GGSIPU CET BBA | Written Exam followed by Counselling | 10+2 Appeared/Cleared; 50 percent aggregate & Pass in Eng | Total No of Question: 150 Test Duration:150 minutes Sections: English Language & Comprehension (25%); General Awareness-(25%); Logical and Analytical Ability (25%); Aptitude relating to the field of Management and for Communication Skills-(25%). | +4 for correct answer and -1 for wrong answer
| Colleges offering BBA programmes affiliated by Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi |
NPAT BBA | Performance in the entrance test
| 10+2 Appeared/ Cleared in 1st attempt; 60 percent aggregate; Should not be more than 25 years of age | Total No of Question: 120 Test Duration: 120 minutes Sections: Proficiency in English Language- 50; Quantitative & Numerical Ability-50; Reasoning & General Intelligence- 50
| Full marks for correct answer and - 1/4th of the marks allotted to that question for wrong answer | Anil Surendra Modi School of Commerce at Mumbai, Bangalore, Navi Mumbai and Indore campuses |
SET BBA | Written Exam- 50 percent GD/PI/WAT-50 percent | 10+2 Appeared/ Cleared with 50 percent aggregate | Total No of Question: 150 Test Duration: 150 minutes Sections: General English-40; Quantitative-40; General Awareness -40; Analytical and Logical Reasoning- 30
| No negative marking for wrong answers | SICSR Pune SCMS Pune & Noida SLS Pune, Noida & Hyderabad |
IPMAT | Written Exam-50 percent; WAT-15 percent PI-35 percent | 10+2 Appeared/ Cleared; 60 percent (55% for SC, ST, PWD) in X & XII or SAT(1) Score of 1600/2400 Age not > 20 yr on 30 June (22 for reserved category candidates) | Total No of Question: 100 Total Duration:120 min Sections: English- 40; Quantitative Aptitude- 60
| + 4 for correct answer and -1 for wrong answer | IIM Indore |
* Any three from these subjects: Accountancy, Agriculture, Biology, Biotechnology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Commerce, Computer Science, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Geography, History, Informatics Practices, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology.
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