IPM AT (IIM Rohtak) 2025
IIM Rohtak's IPMAT examination was successfully conducted across India on 5 May 2025. The test was administered without any technical glitches.
Test Pattern
Section | Number of Questions | Time Allotted for Each Section |
Quantitative Ability | 40 | No Sectional Time Limit |
Logical Reasoning | 40 | |
Verbal Ability | 40 | |
Total | 120 | 120 minutes |
Marking scheme-+4, -1
Type of Questions -MCQs
Verbal Ability
There were 3 passages based on reading comprehension. The topics included in these passages were pretty diverse, while most of the questions were straightforward, a few of them were slightly tricky. Two of these passages were of shorter length, whereas one passage was of moderate length.
There were around 10-12 questions that tested the grammatical skills of the students. They included questions based on active and passive voice, tenses, sentence corrections, and error identification. Similarly, there were 10-12 questions based on Vocabulary. They included questions based on synonyms and antonyms, cloze test, verbal analogies, and idioms. There were another 5 questions based on ParaJumbles and Para completion.
The following is a snapshot of the section
Topic | No. of Qs |
Reading Comprehension | 8–9 |
Grammar | 10–12 |
Vocabulary | 10–12 |
Para Jumble and Para Completion | 5 |
Overall, this section can be classified as easy to moderate.
Logical Reasoning
Most of the questions in this section were direct and manageable. Most of the students reported a high number of attempts in this section. This was because very few questions in this section were tricky in nature. Some questions in this section required the use of basic concepts of mathematics.
The following shows a snapshot of the section
Topic | No. of Qs | Difficulty Level |
Sitting Arrangement | 3 | Easy/Moderate |
Circular/Hexagonal | 3 | Easy/Moderate |
Tower-based Arrangement | 3 | Easy/Moderate |
Sequence & Series | 4–5 | Easy |
Verbal Analogy | 2–3 | Easy |
Blood Relations (Symbols) | 3 | Easy |
Direction Sense | 3 | Easy |
Comparison Set | 2–3 | Lengthy |
Deduction/Syllogisms | 2–3 | Easy |
Overall, this section can be classified as easy to moderate.
Quantitative Ability
Most of the questions in this section were straightforward and doable. There were just 7-8 slightly lengthy questions. Since there was no sectional time limit in place, even students who are slightly weak in maths would have been able to manage this section, but by devoting slightly more time to it. The majority of the questions in this section were from arithmetic mathematics.
The following shows a snapshot of this section
Topic | No. of Qs |
Ratio, Proportion, Variation (RPV) | 2–3 |
Percentage, Profit & Loss (PPL) | 4–5 |
Simple/Compound Interest (SI-CI) | 3–5 |
Averages, Mixtures, Alligation (AMA) | 3–4 |
Time, Speed, Distance (TSD) | 2–3 |
Time & Work (TW) | 2–3 |
Basic Calculations | 4–5 |
Geometry & Mensuration | 2–3 |
Trigonometry | 1–2 |
Numbers | 3–4 |
Permutation & Combination (P&C) | 1–2 |
Probability | 2–3 |
Inequalities | 1–2 |
Overall, this section can be classified as easy to moderate.
Expected Cutoffs
Considering the difficulty level of the question paper was easier than compared to last year, the cutoffs are expected to go up.
The cutoff for the general category is expected to be in the range of 330-350.