JIPMAT study plan
JIPMAT · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Quantitative Aptitude
Audit your current Quantitative Aptitude level by solving 30 mixed-difficulty questions under a 45-minute timer and log your accuracy per topic.
Rebuild arithmetic fundamentals: practise percentages, ratio and proportion, and averages until you can convert between fraction, decimal, and percentage forms without hesitation.
Build a personal formula sheet covering percentage change, successive discounts, and proportion splitting, then write one worked example per formula.
Set up an error log with columns for topic, cause of error (concept, calculation, misread), and corrective action, and record every mistake this week.
Your checkpoint
A scored 30-question diagnostic sheet plus a one-page arithmetic formula sheet and an error log with at least 20 entries.
Quantitative Aptitude
Drill profit and loss, simple and compound interest, and partnership problems in timed blocks of 10 questions to build speed on commercial arithmetic.
Solve time-speed-distance and time-and-work problems using unit-rate and LCM shortcut methods, and compare each answer against the conventional method.
Practise ratio-based mixture and alligation problems, writing the allegation diagram for every question before calculating.
Review last week's error log and re-solve every logged question cold, without looking at the original solution.
Your checkpoint
A timed 25-question arithmetic test scored at or above 70 percent accuracy, with full solutions written for every question you missed.
Quantitative Aptitude
Master number system concepts: divisibility rules up to 11, HCF and LCM, remainders, and cyclicity of unit digits.
Solve permutation, combination, and probability questions by first classifying each as arrangement, selection, or chance, then choosing the method.
Work through mensuration and geometry basics: area and perimeter of standard figures, Pythagoras triples, and properties of triangles and circles.
Time yourself on 20 number-system and geometry questions to identify which sub-topics still consume more than two minutes each.
Your checkpoint
A sub-topic speed report listing average time per question for at least six quantitative sub-topics, with the three slowest flagged for revision.
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning
Learn to read tabular and bar data sets by extracting only the figures a question needs and ignoring irrelevant columns.
Practise percentage-change and ratio comparisons across data sets, estimating answers before computing them exactly.
Solve line-graph and pie-chart questions, converting pie-chart angles to values quickly and checking totals for consistency.
Attempt a 20-question data interpretation set in 30 minutes and record how many errors came from misreading rather than calculation.
Your checkpoint
A full 20-question data interpretation set completed under 30 minutes with a written note on the source of each error.
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning
Build logical reasoning accuracy on series completion, analogies, and classification by solving 15 questions of each type and noting the rule used.
Practise seating arrangement and puzzle questions by drawing a fixed diagram for every problem before answering.
Work through syllogisms and blood relations using Venn diagrams and family trees rather than mental shortcuts.
Solve direction sense and ranking-order problems and verify each answer by re-tracing the path or order.
Your checkpoint
A diagram notebook containing at least 15 fully drawn reasoning setups (seating, puzzles, syllogisms) with the correct answer marked on each.
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension
Read two passages of 400 to 600 words each under a 12-minute limit and answer the accompanying questions, marking where in the passage each answer is supported.
Practise inference and tone questions by eliminating options that are true but not stated in the passage.
Revise grammar fundamentals: subject-verb agreement, tenses, articles, prepositions, and common confusions such as affect versus effect.
Complete 30 sentence-correction and fill-in-the-blank questions, writing the rule that justifies each answer.
Your checkpoint
Two timed reading comprehension sets with every answer annotated to its supporting line, plus a grammar rule sheet of at least 20 rules.
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension & Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning
Expand vocabulary by learning 60 high-frequency exam words with usage sentences, and test yourself with a self-made matching quiz.
Practise para-jumbles and odd-sentence-out questions by identifying opening sentences and logical connectors.
Attempt a mixed verbal reasoning and critical reasoning set covering assumption, strengthening, and weakening questions.
Revisit the weakest reasoning sub-topic from week 5 and solve 20 targeted questions on it.
Your checkpoint
A 60-word vocabulary list with usage sentences and a scored 20-question verbal plus critical reasoning set at or above 70 percent accuracy.
Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning & Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension
Take three full-length mock tests under strict exam timing and log section-wise scores and time allocation for each.
Analyse every mock within 24 hours, categorising each error as concept gap, careless mistake, or time pressure.
Re-solve all questions from the error log across all eight weeks and confirm each is now correct without hints.
Finalise an exam-day strategy specifying the order of sections, target time per section, and a rule for when to skip a question.
Your checkpoint
A mock test analysis sheet showing three full-length scores with a trend line and a written one-page exam-day strategy.
Milestones
Week 2: Score at least 70 percent on a timed 25-question arithmetic test and show that every logged error from weeks 1 and 2 has been re-solved correctly.
Week 4: Complete a 20-question data interpretation set within 30 minutes, with no more than three errors attributable to misreading the data.
Week 6: Finish two reading comprehension sets within 12 minutes per passage and justify every answer with a line reference from the passage.
Week 8: Achieve a rising trend across three full-length mocks, with the final mock showing balanced section scores and no section left partially attempted.