JIPMAT 2025, conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for admissions to IIM Bodhgaya and IIM Jammu’s five-year Integrated Program in Management (IPM), was conducted at centers across the country today, 26 April 2025.
Unlike last year, the exam was conducted almost a month earlier with no changes in the examination pattern as already officially released on the NTA on the official website.
The exam, based on the MCQ pattern, followed the marking scheme of +4 for every correct attempt and -1 for a wrong answer.
JIPMAT 2025 Exam AnalysisWhether it is the students who have just taken the exam or it's their parents, everyone is eager to know what the general perception of the difficulty level or surprises in the exam is. To calm the nerves of everyone, our experts went live with the exam analysis right after the completion of the exam.
Level of Difficulty: The paper was Moderate in overall difficulty, slightly more challenging in specific sections than the 2024 edition.
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JIPMAT 2025 Paper Pattern |
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Section |
No. of Questions |
Time (in mins.) |
Good Attempt |
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Quantitative Ability |
33 |
150 |
20+ |
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Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning |
33 |
25-30 |
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Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension |
34 |
25-30 |
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Total |
100 |
80-85 |
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Based on the student’s feedback, here is the section-wise breakdown of the JIPMAT 2025
This section posed a significant challenge. Questions were lengthy and time-consuming, and required strong conceptual clarity and time management.
As stated by the students, 1 question was repeated from the previous year's paper as well, which strengthens the idea of mocks being an essential contributor to one’s performance.
Level of Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult
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JIPMAT 2025 QA Topic-Wise Breakdown |
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Topic |
No. of Questions |
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Number System |
2 |
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Time and Work |
1 |
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Percentages |
3 |
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Ratio and Proportion |
2 |
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Simple and Compound Interest |
2-3 |
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Profit, Loss, and Discount |
2-3 |
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Averages |
1 |
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Probability |
1 |
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Geometry |
1 |
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Clocks |
1 |
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Permutation and Combination |
1 |
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Trigonometry |
1 |
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Mensuration |
2 |
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Data Interpretation |
2-3 sets(5-7 ques) |
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Algebra |
3 |
Most students found the DILR section scoring, with less complex questions than the previous year, and compared to other sections as well. Students went all-in with their attempts in this section, and it should come out as the most scoring of the lot.
Level of Difficulty: Easy compared to last year.
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JIPMAT 2025 DILR Topic-Wise Breakdown |
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Topic |
No. of Questions |
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Coding-Decoding |
2 |
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Blood Relations |
2 |
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Series |
2-3 |
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Clocks |
2 |
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Seating arrangements |
1 |
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Analogy |
2-3 |
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Syllogisms |
1 |
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Statement-Conclusions |
2 |
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Strong and Weak Arguments |
1 |
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Puzzles |
2 |
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Odd One Out |
1 |
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Directions |
1 |
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Data interpretation |
3 sets(6-7 ques) |
This section was consistent in difficulty level when compared to 2024. Reading comprehension passages weren’t straightforward; vocabulary questions contributed significantly to the section, along with foreign words, idioms, and phrases.
LevelLevel of Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
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JIPMAT 2025 VARC Topic-Wise Breakdown |
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Topic |
No. of Questions |
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Reading-Comprehension |
2 (8) |
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Fill in the Blanks |
1(4) |
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Synonyms/Antonyms |
3-4 |
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Sentence Improvement |
2-3 |
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Idioms and Phrases |
1(4) |
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Error Spotting |
2-3 |
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Direct Indirect |
1-2 |
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Active & Passive |
2 |
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Foreign words |
4 |
Since JIPMAT is accepted by two IIMs, they both release the cutoffs separately for all categories. Below are the expected category-wise cutoffs for the two IIMs based on the difficulty level, student-to-seat ratio, and past year trends.
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IIM Bodhgaya JIPMAT 2024 Cutoffs |
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Category |
QA |
DILR |
VA |
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General |
50 |
70 |
75 |
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EWS |
40 |
60 |
65 |
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NC-OBC |
40 |
60 |
65 |
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SC |
30 |
50 |
55 |
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ST |
25 |
45 |
50 |
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PWD |
25 |
45 |
50 |
This year, we can expect slightly lower cutoffs for the QA section owing to its challenging nature, as it can range from 50 to 40 for a general candidate; however, for the VARC and DILR sections, it is mostly going to remain the same.
As stated in the IIM Jammu’s IPM Batch 2025-30 admission policy, the candidates clearing the following cutoffs will be considered for the merit list.
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IIM Jammu JIPMAT 2024 Cutoffs |
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Category |
QA |
DILR |
VA |
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General |
50 |
50 |
50 |
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EWS |
35 |
35 |
35 |
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NC-OBC |
35 |
35 |
35 |
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SC |
30 |
30 |
30 |
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ST |
25 |
25 |
25 |
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PWD |
25 |
25 |
25 |
Let’s see if IIM Jammu is going to stick with it or there are going to be some changes in terms of cutoff.
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Overall JIPMAT 2025 Expected Cutoff |
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Category |
2024 |
2025 |
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EWS |
292-280 |
285-270 |
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General |
338-320 |
330-305 |
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NC-OBC |
292-280 |
285-270 |
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SC |
250-240 |
240-225 |
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ST |
250-240 |
240-225 |
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PwD |
250-240 |
240-225 |
Disclaimer: All information on analysis, answer key, and scores is based on independent analysis and evaluation made by Career Launcher. We do not take responsibility for any decision that might be taken based on this information.
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Team Career Launcher
As the exam was slightly difficult than the previous years, especially the QA section, the cutoffs are likely to go lower this time. A score of 330 should be a great score to secure a seat at IIM Bodh Gaya or IIM Jammu for a general category student.
From the standpoint of exam difficulty of previous years, this one was a bit trickier. The QA section posed a bit of difficulty for students, but the rest of the exam was much like the previous years, easy to moderate.
JIPMAT is a newer exam and it is generally believed that it is lower on the difficulty scale that the IPMAT exam.
