Hi Surbhi Siwach,

Thanks for A2A!

I am a student from IIM Indore and I belives that makes me qualified enough to answer this question with accuracy.

The IPMAT exam gives you admission into the Integrated Program in Management at IIM Indore. Now the students who graduate get a BA (Foundation in Management) and an MBA degree both at the end of 5 years. Also, students also have an exit option at the end of three years. This makes it a very flexible career path. 

IPM lays a very strong foundation for a person who wishes to make a career in management and in a case like yours where your class 12th is in commerce I believe IPM is a wonderful choice. 

Infact in placements also the average package for IPM graduate is same as a fresher from MBA. The highest package of 63L was also bagged by an IPM student last year. So I believe if you are opting for IPM, go for it!

It's great.

All the best 

the applications has started ...here is the link:

https://www.iimidr.ac.in/academic-programmes/five-year-integrated-programme-in-management-ipm/ipm-admissions-details/

hi,

Written Ability Test which  weights for 15%

The WAT topic will never be something that candidates are not aware of, as usually general abstract concepts are asked,and you need to write an essay on it.one should always stick to the point, and not writing unnecessary content to increase the length of the essay, as it will be judged on the quality and not the quantity of work.

any examples or daily life incidents that can be correlated with the topic, could be used to build the essay.

like

   ‘Why should people in metro cities be encouraged to use public transport?’ .

    'Is having many good friends better than having a 1-2 best friends?'

etc can be asked 

Hello Applicant,

Your X and XII marks are going to be considered every place on this earth, irrespective of whichever college you apply (Top B-schools). That will play prime criteria in your selection to the college. IIMs are more so known for doing that specifically. 

Extracurricular courses are an added bonus. If it is there on your resume, that will draw the attention of the interview panel. But that won't play the sole criteria of your selection. In short, if someone has very poor academics and extraordinary extracurricular achievements, there are chances of rejection because they look for balanced profiles.

Ultimately you will be competing with people who will have better academics and will anyway be preferred over people with poor or below average academics. 

Hope this helps.

Dear Babu, IPMAT is an entrance examination conducted for admission into 5 year Integrated Program in Management. The exam will be conducted tentatively in the month of May. This is an online exam conducted for 2 hours. There will be 100 questions asked in the areas of Quantitative Ability and Verbal Ability. While Quantitative ability has Multiple choice Questions and Short Answer Questions, Verbal Ability has Multiple choice Questions. Multiple choice version in Quantitative Ability has 40 questions while Verbal Ability has 40 questions. The remaining 20 questions are from Short Answer Questions of Quantitative Ability. Every correct answer gets you 4 marks and a wrong answer takes away 1 mark due to negative marking. However, there is no negayive marking for Short Answer Questions of Quantitative Ability. There is no set syllabus designed and released for IPMAT. However going by the previous trend, the tentative syllabus might be:

Under Quantitative Ability: Number System, Algebra, Set Theory, Data Intrepretation, Geometry, Mensuration, Percentage, Profit and Loss, Time, Speed, Distance, Time and Work.

Under Verbal Ability: Paragraph completion, Reading comprehension, Word jumble, Word Usage, Vocabulary and Analogy, Para jumble, Fill in the blanks and Grammar. 

To score better, try attemtping all the Short Answer Questions as there is no negative marking there. Keep practising previous model papers to have an idea of how the exam would be. 

Hello

The Integrated Program in Management Aptitude Test (IPMAT) is conducted by the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore for admission to the five year integrated program in Management.
Integrated Program in Management Aptitude Test  is a national level exam which is conducted once a year.

If you want to appear for IPMAT exam, you should know the detailed information about the exam such as the eligibility criteria, exam pattern, important dates, etc.

IPMAT Eligibility Criteria
1. As per the eligiblity criteria, general and NC-OBC category candidates are required to have scored minimum 60 percent aggregate marks in Class 10/ SSC and Class 12/ HSC or equivalent examinations.
Relaxation in the qualifying marks is provided to candidates belonging to the SC/ST and PWD (DA) Category. Candidates belonging to SC/ST and PWD (DA) category are required to have scored minimum 55 percent aggregate marks in Class 10/ SSC and Class 12/ HSC or equivalent examinations.
2. Maximum age limit for general category candidates is 20 years of age as on July 31, 2019. Candidates belonging to SC/ST category should not be more than 22 years of age as on July 31, 2019.

IPMAT Exam Pattern
The exam will be conducted in Computer-based mode. A total of 100 questions will be asked in the exam. Broadly the questions are divided in two areas- Quantitative Ability (Multiple Choice and Short Answer Questions) and Verbal Ability (Multiple Choice Questions). Also, it shoule be noted that the section in the exam are time bound.
Division of sections is as follows-
Quantitative Ability- MCQ: Time for this section will be 40 minutes and 40 questions will be asked from the section.
Verbal Ability: Time for this section will be 40 minutes and 40 questions will be asked from the section.
Quantitative Ability- SA: Time allotted for this section will be 40 minutes and 20 questions will be asked from the section.
According to the marking scheme, four marks will be awarded for every correct answer and for every incorrect answer there will be negative marking of one mark. There is no negative marking in the Quantitative Ability SA section.

Syllabus
IIM Indore does not release any official syllabus for the IPMAT exam. As per the previous year trends, questions in the exam are asked from the following topics-
QA Syllabus for IPMAT 2019
• Number System
• Algebra
• Set Theory
• Data Interpretation
• Geometry, Mensuration
• Percentage, Profit and Loss
• Time, Speed
• Distance, Time and Work

VA Syllabus for IPMAT 2019
• Paragraph Completion
• Reading Comprehension
• Word Jumble
• Word Usage
• Vocabulary and Analogy
• Para Jumble
• Fill in the Blanks and Grammar

Important Dates of the exam
Application forms will be released tentatively from 12 Mar, 2019 and the tentative exam date is 11 May, 2019.

Selection process
The selection process is a two step process. Candidates have to appear and qualify the IPM Aptitude test and on the basis of score in the aptitude test, candidates are shortlisted for the second stage of the admission process. Second stage of the process include Writing Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI). Weightage given to the stages of admission 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

Do let us know if you have any other query.
Good Luck!

Hello,The forms for ipmat will release on second week of March2019 and the last date for filling the form is third week of April 2019.

Hope you are satisfied with the answer.

Good luck for the exam

Hello Aditya,
See, no one exactly can tell you this as everyone would have different opinon about it. Insitutes like T.I.M.E, Career Launcher, Pearson, Careeranna and few others. But I would suggest look into first 3 names I mentioned and also you know T.I.M.E is one of the most prominent institute in India when it comes to providing education and support for exams like this. 

I hope this helps you.

All the best !!

Hello Anisha..

Thanks for contacting Careers360.

One of the best books to prepare for IPMAT is ‘Crack the IIM Indore IPM Entrance Exam’, published by Pearson and written by IIM Lucknow Alumnus Nishit Sinha.

Along with this, you should also practice last year papers by setting the same time limit as it's going to happen in the final exam this will help you to prepare a proper strategy to give your maximum in the paper and also you will be able to recognise your strength and weakness.

Feel free to ask if you have any more queries.

All the best!!