IIM Indore Integrated Program in Management Aptitude Test (IPMAT)

Integrated Program in Management Aptitude Test (IPMAT) 2020 will be conducted by the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore. The application form of IPMAT 2020 was available from February 17, 2020. Eligible candidates could fill the online application on or before April 20, 2020. The national level test will be conducted for admission to the Five-Year Integrated Program in Management (IPM). As per the IPMAT eligibility criteria set by the conducting body, candidates must have passed their standard X/ SSC and Standard XII/ HSC or equivalent examinations with a minimum of 60 per cent aggregate marks. IPMAT 2020 will be conducted in computer-based mode across various test centres across 34 cities across India. Thereafter, candidates who clear the IPMAT 2020 will further be called for the selection rounds followed by the final admission process.

The eligibility criteria for IPMAT 2020 is laid down by the conducting body, IIM Indore. It is mandatory to fulfill the IPMAT 2020 eligibility criteria in order to appear for the exam. The category-wise academic and age limit criteria are as below:

    • General and NC-OBC Category: Minimum of 60 per cent aggregate in Standard X/ SSC and Standard XII/ HSC or equivalent examinations in 2007, 2008 & appearing in 2019.

    • SC/ST and PWD (DA) Category: Minimum of 55 per cent aggregate in Standard X/ SSC and Standard XII/ HSC or equivalent examinations in 2007, 2008 & appearing in 2019.

    • Age Limit: For general category candidates, the age limit is maximum of 20 years of age as on August 01, 2020. The SC/ST category candidates should not be more than 25 years of age as on August 01, 2020.

Mode of Application : Online

Mode of Payment : Net Banking | Credit Card | Debit Card | NEFT

The IPMAT 2020 application form was available on the official website of IIM Indore from February 17 onwards. The deadline to submit the form with the application fee was April 20, 2020. Aspirants are required to check the eligibility criteria before filling the application form of IPMAT 2020. Candidates are also given the facility to edit their application form for certain fields.

IPMAT 2020 Application Fees                                                                               

Application Fees

IPMAT 2020 will be conducted in computer-based mode for a duration of two hours. As per the prescribed exam pattern of IPMAT 2020, a total of 100 questions from broadly two areas - Quantitative Ability (Multiple Choice and Short Answer Questions) and Verbal Ability (Multiple Choice Questions). The sections were time bound, and the section-wise division was as follows:

IPMAT Exam Pattern 2020 - Section wise division                                                                                                                                         

IPMAT 2020 Marking Scheme

    • Each correct answer fetched four marks.

    • Negative marking of one mark was applicable on each incorrect answer. For the Quantitative Ability- SA section, there was no negative marking.

IIM Indore did not release an official syllabus for IPMAT 2020 exam. However, based on the past trends of questions asked, the type of questions asked cover the following topics:

QA Syllabus for IPMAT 2020

    • Number System

    • Algebra

    • Set Theory

    • Data Interpretation

    • Geometry, Mensuration

    • Percentage, Profit and Loss

    • Time, Speed

    • Distance, Time and Work

VA Syllabus for IPMAT 2020

    • Paragraph Completion

    • Reading Comprehension

    • Word Jumble

    • Word Usage

    • Vocabulary and Analogy

    • Para Jumble

    • Fill in the Blanks and Grammar

IIM Indore will issue the admit card of IPMAT 2020 to those candidates who complete the application process. The IPMAT 2020 admit card will be available in online mode only. Candidates are required to take a print of the admit card after they download it. The hall ticket of IPMAT 2020 is an important document which must be carried to the exam centre on test day. Details like candidate’s name, photograph, exam date and venue will be mentioned on the admit card of IPMAT 2020.

IIM Indore, the conducting body will declare the result of the IPMAT 2020. Candidates will be able to check the result in online mode only from the official website of IPMAT using their login credentials. IPMAT 2020 result shows the overall and sectional scores of test-takers. Candidates who have been shortlisted based on their IPMAT score were called for further selection rounds of WAT and PI.

 How to Check IPMAT Result 2020?

    • Visit the official website of IIM Indore and go to IPMAT section

    • Click on the “Results” button

    • Enter your IPMAT 2020 application form number

    • Enter in the registered email ID or Date of Birth in DD/MM/YY format

    • Now enter the Security Code/Password

    • Click on 'Get Status' tab

    • IPMAT 2020 result will be displayed. Download it and take two printouts. 

Computation Process of IPMAT Result 2020

The table given below explains the formula which is used in order to compute the result/ score of IPMAT 2020:                                                                        

Note: Maximum and Minimum scores are the highest and lowest scores obtained by the candidates in each pool under the respective sections.

The cutoff of IPMAT 2020 will be released by IIM Indore. IPMAT cutoff signifies the minimum marks to be scored by test takers to be able to get shortlisted for the further rounds of selection. The shortlisted students who qualify the cutoff of IPMAT 2020 will be called for Writing Ability Test and Personal Interview. IIM Indore has released the previous year cutoff of IPMAT across different categories as given below:                           

IPMAT Cutoff  

The IPMAT 2020 selection process comprises of a two-step process. The first step requires the aspirants to appear in the IPM Aptitude Test. On the basis of overall score secured in the Aptitude Test (AT), candidates are shortlisted for the second stage which involves a Writing Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI). Stage two of the IPMAT 2020 selection procedure will take place. After this, a final merit list of IPMAT will be announced which enlist the names of candidates eligible for admission in the Integrated Programme in Management (IPM) at IIM Indore for 2020 batch. 

The selection procedure of IPMAT 2020 is likely to be held at eight cities. Typically the weightage given to the various stages of IPMAT selection process is as follows:

Aptitude test score - 50 percent (Written test - Quantitative Ability section + Verbal Ability section)

Personal interview - 35 percent

Written ability test - 15 percent

Also, as per the Government of India regulations or Reservation Norms, there is a reservation percentage for categories like Schedules Caste, Scheduled Tribe, OBC-NCL, and PwD which will be considered at the time of admission.