JIPMAT study guide
JIPMAT · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
JIPMAT is the entrance test used for admission to the five-year Integrated Programme in Management (IPM) offered by IIM Bodh Gaya and IIM Jammu, which admits students directly after Class 12 rather than after a bachelor's degree. It suits candidates who already know they want a management career and prefer a single continuous path from school to an MBA-level qualification, without a separate undergraduate degree or a CAT attempt in between. The test measures three areas: Quantitative Aptitude, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning, and Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension. All three carry roughly equal weight, so a candidate cannot afford to neglect any one of them. Topics on this exam: Quantitative Aptitude, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning, and Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension. The JIPMAT study guide has 3 sections and about 995 words.
01Quantitative Aptitude
JIPMAT's Quantitative Aptitude section tests numerical fluency under time pressure: 33 multiple-choice questions in a 100-question, 120-minute paper, scored +4 for a correct answer and −1 for a wrong one. The syllabus is Class 10 level, but the difficulty comes from combining topics in one question. Percentage change: successive changes of a% and b% give a net change of a + b + ab/100. A 20% rise then a 10% fall is 20 − 10 − 2 = 8% net rise.
354 words, about 2 min02Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning
This section (33 questions) mixes chart and table interpretation with puzzle-style reasoning. DI rewards careful reading of axes, units, and totals; LR rewards translating conditions into a compact diagram or table. Angle to value: in a pie chart, value = (angle/360) × total. A 72° slice of ₹48,000 is ₹9,600.
302 words, about 2 min03Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension
The VARC section (34 questions) tests whether you can extract an author's point, follow paragraph logic, and apply standard grammar. RC passages carry the largest share; grammar and vocabulary questions are quick scoring if the rules are precise. RC main idea: the correct option covers the whole passage, not one vivid detail. Inference must be forced by the text, not merely plausible.
339 words, about 2 min