IPM Aptitude Test (IPMAT), IIM Indore

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Conducted by	Indian Institute of Management Indore
Exam type	Institute entrance test (aptitude test plus interview)
Field	Management & Commerce
Who can apply	Passed Standard X and Standard XII (or equivalent), or appearing in Class XII, within the year window in the current notification. Marks are calculated on all subjects shown in the marksheet.
Age / class	A date-of-birth limit applies, relaxed for SC/ST/PwD; the date is set each year (check the current notification).
Stages	Aptitude test (Quantitative Ability MCQ, Quantitative Ability short answer, Verbal Ability MCQ), then a personal interview; the test is called IPM AT in the current notification.
What it leads to	The five-year Integrated Programme in Management (IPM) at IIM Indore, leading to a BA (Foundations of Management) and an MBA.
Recognition	Official / statutory body

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Subjects and Chapters

4 subjects • 24 chapters • 112 classes

IPMAT Routes and Test Strategy

3 chapters

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IPMAT Routes and Test Strategy

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LAPT guidance for students preparing for the integrated-management entrance tests (IPMAT and JIPMAT) beside Class 12: the official patterns, marking, time and a plan. LAPT-defined guidance built on the organisers' published test patterns.

The Three IPMAT Routes and Their Official Patterns 3 classes

Three Routes and Who Runs Them

The Official Patterns Side by Side

Marking Arithmetic and Choosing Your Routes

Time, Marks and Negative Marking: Section Strategy 3 classes

Reading the Three Official Patterns as Numbers

Negative Marking and What a Guess Is Worth

Pacing, Skipping and Section Order

Your Error Log and a Weekly Plan with Class 12 3 classes

What an Error Log Is and What to Write in It

Slips and Gaps: Sorting Your Mistakes

A Sample Week and a Revision Rhythm Beside Class 12

Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation

3 chapters

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Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation

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Logical reasoning and data interpretation for the integrated-management entrance tests. LAPT-defined scope: the organisers publish the test pattern, not a topic list.

Data Interpretation 5 classes

Reading tables: the four-step method

Bar graphs, line graphs and pie charts

Growth, change and caselets

Sets, Venn diagrams and missing data

Speed, estimation and a timed set

Logical Reasoning: Arrangements and Puzzles 5 classes

Rows and ranks: linear arrangements

Round tables: circular arrangements

Who owns what: matching puzzles

If, only if, either: conditions and selections

Truth-tellers, liars and exactly-one-true puzzles

Logical Reasoning: Series, Coding, Relations and Syllogisms 5 classes

Number and letter series: find the rule, then test it

Coding and decoding: letter shifts, mirror codes and word codes

Blood relations: reading a family one link at a time

Syllogisms: Venn diagrams and which conclusions follow

Mixed reasoning sets: triage, elimination and the marking arithmetic

Quantitative Ability

14 chapters

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Quantitative Ability

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Quantitative Ability for the integrated-management entrance tests (IPMAT, JIPMAT). LAPT-defined scope: the organisers publish the test pattern, not a topic list.

Number System and Divisibility 5 classes

Number families, primes and prime factorisation

Divisibility tests and quick checks

HCF, LCM and counting factors

Remainders and unit-digit cycles

Factorials, trailing zeros and decimal expansions

Percentages, Profit and Loss, Discount 5 classes

Percentages: the fraction table and quick calculation

Percentage change and successive changes

Profit, loss, cost price and selling price

Discount, marked price and successive discounts

Mixed problems: speed, estimation and option elimination

Ratio, Proportion and Variation 5 classes

Ratio: meaning, simplifying and sharing

Proportion: direct, inverse and the k-method

Variation: direct, inverse, joint and square

Ratio in use: ages, partnership, savings and scales

Mixed ratio problems: speed, estimation and elimination

Averages, Mixtures and Alligation 5 classes

Averages: the total method and weighted averages

Averages in harder settings: lists, speed and corrections

Mixtures: concentration, dilution and replacement

Alligation: the cross method and its uses

Mixed problems: speed, estimation and option elimination

Simple and Compound Interest 5 classes

Simple interest: the formula and the one-year method

Simple interest problems: splits, gains and ratios

Compound interest: growth factors and successive steps

Compound versus simple interest, growth and decay

Traps, estimation and a timed mixed set

Time, Speed, Distance and Work 5 classes

Speed, time and distance: the core relation and average speed

Trains, relative speed and boats in streams

Races, meeting points and circular tracks

Time and work: rates, efficiency and the LCM trick

Pipes, cisterns, wages and mixed problems

Algebra: Equations, Inequalities and Identities 5 classes

Linear equations and simultaneous equations

Quadratic equations: roots, discriminant and sum-product

Identities, factorisation and algebraic fractions

Inequalities: linear, quadratic, modulus and AM-GM

Mixed equation problems: set-up, checks and elimination

Quadratic Equations and Polynomials 5 classes

Polynomials: degree, zeros, remainder and factor theorem

Solving quadratic equations: factorising, the formula and shortcuts

Roots and coefficients: sum, product and symmetric expressions

Nature of roots, signs of roots and the greatest or least value

Equations that reduce to quadratics, and word problems

Sequences and Series 4 classes

Arithmetic progressions: nth term, sum and the middle-term shortcut

Geometric progressions: ratio, sum and the infinite series

Special sums, patterns and telescoping series

Harmonic progressions, AM–GM and sequences from rules

Logarithms, Surds and Indices 5 classes

Indices: the laws and how to use them fast

Surds: simplifying, rationalising and comparing

Exponential equations and comparing powers

Logarithms: meaning and laws (beyond Class 10)

Logarithm equations, estimation and comparison (beyond Class 10)

Permutations, Combinations and Probability 5 classes

Counting principles: multiply for AND, add for OR

Permutations: arrangements, repeats, circles and gluing

Combinations: choosing when order does not matter

Probability basics: favourable over total

Probability with counting: without replacement and conditions

Sets, Functions and Modulus 5 classes

Sets and Venn diagrams: the language and two-set problems

Three sets: inclusion-exclusion and extreme cases

Functions: domain, range, composition and inverse

Modulus: equations and inequalities on the number line

Modulus of sums: minimum values and mixed problems

Geometry and Mensuration 5 classes

Lines, angles and similar triangles

Triangle areas, special triangles and circles inside triangles

Circles: chords, tangents, arcs and sectors

Mensuration: areas, surface areas and volumes

Coordinate geometry and a mixed timed set

Coordinate Geometry and Trigonometry 5 classes

Points on the plane: distance, midpoint and section formula

Straight lines: slope, equations and distance from a point

Triangle area, centroid and the circle in coordinates

Trigonometric ratios, standard angles and identities

Heights and distances, radians and the range of a sin θ + b cos θ

Verbal Ability

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Verbal Ability

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Verbal ability and reading comprehension for the integrated-management entrance tests. LAPT-defined scope: the organisers publish the test pattern, not a topic list.

Reading Comprehension 5 classes

What the passage test measures and how a passage is built

Main idea, purpose and tone

Inference, stated detail and words in context

Traps and the order of elimination

Longer passages, timing and a timed mini-set

English Grammar and Sentence Correction 5 classes

Subject-verb agreement and verb forms

Pronouns and quantity words

Parallelism, modifiers and comparisons

Prepositions, conjunctions and conditionals

Sentence correction: method, concision and timing

Vocabulary: Words, Idioms and Usage 5 classes

Meaning from context and word parts

Synonyms, antonyms and shades of meaning

Confusing pairs and one-word substitutes

Idioms, phrases and phrasal verbs

Usage: words in context, collocations and prepositions

Para Jumbles, Sentence Completion and Inference 4 classes

Para jumbles: finding the opening and the links

Sentence completion: reading the gap

Inference: what the passage supports

Mixed timed practice: harder jumbles, completions and inference

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