IPM AT Indore 2023 was conducted successfully in online mode today. There were no surprises in terms of pattern or the syllabus of the exam. Candidates found the paper to be difficult overall compared to that of last year. However, students felt that the Verbal ability section to be quite doable.

Pattern

Sticking to its pattern from the previous years, the paper had 30 MCQs and 15 Short answer questions from Quantitative ability and 45 questions from Verbal ability.

The exam was for 120 minutes.

There was no sectional time limit.

Negative marking: One mark penalty for MCQs and none for short answer questions

Section wise analysis

Quantitative ability

This section was as expected, with more focus on higher maths. There were around 9-10 questions from Arithmetic, four questions from Coordinate geometry, at least one question from Set Theory , two questions on Logarithms, and three questions from Functions. Overall algebra had a high weightage. There were five questions from DI which were quite doable and easy. Candidates found the Short Answer section more difficult than the MCQ section.

A good attempt for MCQ section could be 18-22 Questions and for Short Answer Section it could be 8-10 Questions.

Verbal Ability

This section was a relief as most candidates found it not only doable but quite easy. Sticking to previous year’s format, there were two Reading Comprehension passages with a total of 12 questions along with questions on Vocabulary and Para jumbles. RC had one passage on Apple and one passage on Health, obesity and insomnia. Surprisingly there were no questions from Idioms but it was replaced by questions on Phrasal Verbs. There were questions on fill-in-the-blanks, grammar and on para completion which were quite direct and could easily be answered by elimination.

A good attempt in this section could be 36-40 Questions

Overall Cut off for this paper could be in the range of 240-260