Integrated Program in Management or as commonly called IPM, is one a kind course of 5 year. Pioneered by IIM Indore in 2011 for the first time, the program – IPM, was sought after by thousands of students as it provided an early entry to the most sought after business schools of India- the IIMs. After successful completion and placements of various batches of IPM at IIM Indore, IIM Rohtak followed suit by starting the same program in its campus in 2019. In 2019, Nirma University, Ahmadabad also started offering IPM program in their campus. One thing that each IPM candidate needs to be clear about is the IPM Syllabus.
IIM Indore and Nirma University accepts students for IPM through IPMAT conducted by IIM Indore. While, IIM Rohtak conducts its own IPMAT. In 2019 The IIM Indore IPMAT was conducted on 10th May 2019, and IPMAT Rohtak was conducted on 17th May 2019. Since both IPMAT Indore and IPMAT Rohtak have different paper pattern, we will discuss their IPM Exam pattern and IPM Syllabus separately.
IPMAT Indore paper pattern:
| Section | Total Question | Time Duration |
| Quantitative Ability(MCQ) | 40 | 40 minutes |
| Quantitative Ability(SA) | 20 | 40 minutes |
| Verbal Ability | 40 | 40 minutes |
Each question carries 4 marks. There is negative marking of 1 mark for each incorrect answer except for Quantitative Ability (SA) Section. SA* stands for- Short Answers. As you can see, the IPM Exam Pattern is quite straightforward. Let us move on to the IPM Syllabus so that you can start your preparation the right way.
As with any Entrance Exam, it is essential to have a good preparation strategy in place before the actual preparation can begin. One of the more important details in the IPM Preparation Strategy is the IPM Syllabus which is explained in detail below:
IPM Syllabus for Quantitative Ability
In total there are 60 questions of 240 marks. The QA topics covered in IPMAT in section 1 and section 2 are as follows:
IPM Syllabus for Verbal Ability for IPMAT Indore
VA section of IPMAT Indore consists of 40 Questions for 160 Marks. The topics covered in the VA section are as follows:
IPMAT Rohtak Exam Pattern:
| Section | Total Question | Time Duration |
| Quantitative Ability(MCQ) | 40 | 40 minutes |
| Logical Reasoning | 40 | 40 minutes |
| Verbal Ability | 40 | 40 minutes |
Each question carries 4 marks. There is negative marking of 1 mark for each incorrect answer.
The IIM Rohtak IPM exam is separate from the IPM IIM Indore. The IIM Rohtak IPM Exam follows a very similar Exam Pattern to the CAT Exam with a similar IPM Exam Syllabus as well.
IPM Syllabus for Quantitative Ability for IIM Rohtak IPM:
QA section of IPMAT Rohtak consists of 40 questions. The topics covered in this section are same as those in IPMAT Indore which are:
IPM Syllabus for Logical Reasoning for IIM Rohtak IPM:
Logical Reasoning or LR is not seen in IPMAT Indore but in IPMAT Rohtak it is an important section comprising 20 questions covering the following topics:
IPM Syllabus for Verbal Ability for IIM Rohtak IPM:
VA section of IPMAT Rohtak consists of 40 questions covering the same topics as seen in VA section of IPMAT Indore. Note the following topics for IPMAT:
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