IPMAT 2020: Admit card released, changes in exam pattern

IPMAT 2020 (Integrated Programme in Management Aptitude Test) is conducted by the regulatory body of IIM Indore for admission into the five-year Integrated Management Programme. IIM Indore has recently released the admit for the same and is scheduled to be conducted on September 7th, 2020. The admit cards are ready to be downloaded by those students who have duly filled the application form and have paid the required fees for IPMAT 2020. Because of the pandemic, IIM Indore has introduced certain changes in the examination pattern of IPMAT 2020, and the selection procedure has been accordingly revised, too.

Candidates are required to log in to the official website of IIM Indore (iimidr.ac.in), enter their registered ID and password, download and print their admit cards. Without the admit cards, candidates would not be allowed to sit in the examination of IPMAT 2020. 

Revised exam pattern of IPMAT 2020

As the conducting body of IPMAT 2020, IIM Indore has revised the examination pattern. The number of questions asked as well as the limits of the sections has been effectively reduced. The sectional details of the same are as follows – 

NOTE: The negative marking remains in the sections of Quantitative Aptitude (MCQs) as well as Verbal Ability (MCQs).

Selection procedure

The criteria via which candidates were selected for IPMAT 2020 have been slightly revised as well by IIM Indore. Now, instead of the written ability test and the personal interview round, there will be a video-based assessment. These changes are made for this particular year because of the Covid-19 pandemic. On the basis of their scores in IPMAT 2020, the candidates will be accordingly shortlisted for the video-based assessment, where a set of questions will be provided to the candidates and they will have to record their videos and upload them in the given time frame. 

The final score shall be computed by conferring 85% weightage to the aptitude test and the other 15% to the video-based assessment. 

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