Can someone please provide a broad analysis of IPMAT 2019 and expected sectional cutoff?Also,was the paper tougher as compared to last year?

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Integrated Program in Management Aptitude Test (IPMAT) 2019 will be conducted by the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore on May 10. The application form of IPMAT 2019 is available from March 14, 2019. Eligible candidates would be able to fill the online application on or before April 14, 2019. The national level test will be conducted for admission to the Five-Year Integrated Program in Management (IPM).

As per the IPMAT eligibility criteria set by the conducting body, candidates must have passed their standard X/ SSC and Standard XII/ HSC or equivalent examinations with a minimum of 60 per cent aggregate marks. IPMAT 2019 will be conducted in computer-based mode across various test centres in India. Thereafter, candidates who clear the IPMAT 2019 cutoff will further be called for the selection rounds followed by the final admission process.

Eligibility Criteria: The eligibility criteria for IPMAT 2019 is laid down by the conducting body, IIM Indore. It is mandatory to fulfil the IPMAT 2019 eligibility criteria in order to appear for the exam. The category-wise academic and age limit criteria are as below:

General and NC-OBC Category: Minimum of 60 per cent aggregate in Standard X/ SSC and Standard XII/ HSC or equivalent examinations in 2007, 2008 & appearing in 2019. SC/ST and PWD (DA) Category: Minimum of 55 per cent aggregate in Standard X/ SSC and Standard XII/ HSC or equivalent examinations in 2007, 2008 & appearing in 2019. Age Limit: For general category candidates, the age limit is a maximum of 20 years of age as on August 01, 2019. The SC/ST category candidates should not be more than 25 years of age as on August 01, 2019.

Paper pattern and sectional cutoffs: IPMAT 2019 will be conducted in the computer-based mode for a duration of two hours. As per the prescribed exam pattern of IPMAT 2019, there will be a total of 100 questions from broadly two areas - Quantitative Ability (Multiple Choice and Short Answer Questions) and Verbal Ability (Multiple Choice Questions). The marks allocated to each subject are as follows: Quantitative Ability-MCQ(40 min, 40 ques), Verbal Ability(40 min, 40 ques), Quantitative Ability-SA(40 min, 20 ques). For every correct answer, you'll get 4 marks and 1 marks will be the penalty for wrong answers. The sectional cutoff for the subjects will be 35, 30 and 35 respectively. It will change on a yearly basis.

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