IPMAT syllabus
IPMAT syllabus: chapter-wise for all three exams
Last checked 26 Oct 2026. Exam rules change: always confirm on the official site.
What the official sources say about the syllabus
Only one of the three exams states its syllabus in an official document. The NTA information bulletin for JIPMAT says Quantitative Aptitude is "up to Class 10 Mathematics". That is all it says about content.
IIM Indore and IIM Rohtak do not publish a chapter-wise syllabus in the official documents we checked. They give the sections and the pattern, not a topic list. So every chapter list for IPMAT Indore and Rohtak you see online, including ours, is built by looking at what was actually asked in earlier papers.
How we built our list
We counted the chapters in past-year questions and took the average number of questions per paper for each chapter. The table below shows these averages. Some years are memory-based recreations (students wrote down what they remembered), so treat the numbers as approximate. They tell you where the weight usually is, not what will come next year.
For the exam patterns themselves, read the Indore exam pattern, the Rohtak exam pattern and the JIPMAT page.
The big themes in each exam
IPMAT Indore. The quant is algebra-heavy. Logarithms come about 3 questions a paper, number system about 3.75, sequences and series about 2.5, coordinate geometry about 2.9 and matrices about 1.9. Matrices appear only in Indore. The verbal section leans on reading comprehension (about 12 questions), fill in the blanks (about 8), word usage (about 5.5) and idioms (about 5).
IPMAT Rohtak. The quant is arithmetic-heavy: time, speed and distance about 4.8, ratio about 3.5, averages about 3 and percentages about 2.7. Rohtak also has a full Logical Reasoning section, with linear arrangement about 7 and data sufficiency about 4. The verbal part is vocabulary-heavy: synonyms and antonyms about 8.8 questions.
JIPMAT. The quant stays at Class 10 level: mensuration about 3.5, number system about 4 and polynomials about 2.5. The DI and reasoning section has tables about 5.4 and pie charts about 3.2. In verbal, synonyms and antonyms are about 6, reading comprehension about 6.7 and grammar about 4.8.
What to do with this
- Start with the chapters that are heavy in your target exam.
- Do not skip the light chapters completely. A chapter with one question a year can still be the one that matters.
- If you are writing more than one exam, build the common base first: arithmetic, algebra basics and reading comprehension help everywhere.
The full map of lessons and worked examples is at Learn. It follows this same list. Notes need a free account, which you can make on the login page.
Chapter-wise question counts
Average questions per paper, counted from past papers (Indore 2019–2026, Rohtak 2019, 2020, 2023–2026, JIPMAT 2021–2026). Some years come from memory-based papers, so treat these as approximate.
Quant
| Chapter | Indore | Rohtak | JIPMAT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time, Speed and Distance | 1.4 | 4.8 | 1.5 |
| Number System | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 |
| Ratio, Proportion, Variation and Partnership | 1.3 | 3.5 | 1.8 |
| Mensuration | 0.4 | 2.3 | 3.5 |
| Logarithms | 3.1 | 0.2 | – |
| Averages, Mixtures and Alligation | 1.1 | 3.0 | 1.5 |
| Coordinate Geometry | 2.9 | – | 0.3 |
| Linear and Quadratic Equations | 1.1 | 0.5 | 2.8 |
| Percentages | 0.6 | 2.7 | 2.0 |
| Algebraic Identities and Polynomials | 0.8 | – | 2.5 |
| Sequences and Series | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| Geometry | 2.5 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
| Simple and Compound Interest | 0.9 | 2.3 | 1.5 |
| Time and Work | 0.6 | 2.3 | 1.5 |
| Permutations and Combinations | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.3 |
| Profit, Loss and Discount | 0.4 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
| Probability | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Matrices and Determinants | 1.9 | – | – |
| Inequalities and Modulus | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Functions and Graphs | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Set Theory and Venn Diagrams | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Trigonometry | 1.4 | 0.7 | 1.5 |
| Commercial Maths (Rohtak/JIPMAT) | – | 1.5 | – |
| Statistics | 0.6 | – | 0.5 |
| HCF and LCM | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Surds and Indices | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Binomial Theorem | 0.5 | – | – |
Verbal
| Chapter | Indore | Rohtak | JIPMAT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension | 12.0 | 7.8 | 6.7 |
| Synonyms, Antonyms, Spelling | 3.2 | 8.8 | 6.0 |
| Fill in the Blanks | 8.0 | 4.0 | 5.7 |
| Word Usage | 5.5 | – | – |
| Idioms, Phrasal Verbs, Foreign Phrases, One-word Substitution | 5.2 | 3.8 | 2.5 |
| Grammar: Voice, Narration, Tenses + Rule Bank | – | 3.5 | 4.8 |
| Para Jumbles | 4.2 | 3.4 | 2.7 |
| Sentence Correction / Improvement | 4.2 | 2.0 | – |
| Critical Reasoning / Verbal Reasoning | – | 4.2 | 1.7 |
| Spot the Error | – | 3.0 | 3.7 |
| Para Completion | 3.2 | – | – |
| Para Summary | – | – | 2.0 |
| Verbal Analogies | – | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Odd One Out (words) | – | 2.0 | – |
| Odd Sentence Out | – | – | – |
LR & DI
| Chapter | Indore | Rohtak | JIPMAT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linear Arrangement | – | 7.0 | 1.0 |
| DI: Tables | 5.0 | – | 5.4 |
| Analogy, Classification and Word Order | – | 2.7 | 4.7 |
| Data Sufficiency | – | 4.0 | 1.0 |
| Series (number / letter / alphanumeric) | – | 3.0 | 3.8 |
| DI: Pie Charts | – | – | 3.2 |
| Matrix / Distribution Puzzles | 3.0 | 1.0 | – |
| Input-Output (machine) | – | 3.0 | – |
| Blood Relations | – | 2.8 | 1.7 |
| Syllogisms | – | 2.8 | 1.0 |
| Clocks and Calendars | – | 2.6 | 2.0 |
| DI: Bar Graphs | – | – | 2.5 |
| Direction Sense | – | 2.4 | 1.3 |
| Non-verbal Reasoning | – | 1.0 | 2.3 |
| Age / Quant-Reasoning puzzles | – | 2.3 | – |
| Circular / Square Arrangement | – | 2.0 | 1.3 |
| Ordering and Ranking | – | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| Cubes and Dice | – | 2.0 | 1.8 |
| Coding-Decoding | – | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| Mathematical Operations, Coded Inequalities, Missing Number | – | 1.2 | 1.8 |
| Venn-based Reasoning | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.6 |
| Quant-flavoured reasoning (money, bounds, shifts, counting) | – | 1.3 | 1.0 |
| Games and Tournaments | 1.0 | – | – |
| Scheduling (days/months/time slots) | – | – | – |
| Selection / Team Formation | – | – | – |
| DI: Line Graphs | – | – | – |
| DI: Mixed / Combination | – | – | – |
| DI: Caselets | – | – | – |
Frequently asked questions
Is there an official IPMAT syllabus?
IIM Indore and IIM Rohtak do not publish a chapter-wise syllabus in the documents we checked. For JIPMAT, the NTA bulletin says Quantitative Aptitude is up to Class 10 Mathematics.
Is the IPMAT syllabus the same as the JIPMAT syllabus?
No. JIPMAT quant is officially up to Class 10 level, while IPMAT Indore quant, from past papers, goes into logarithms, sequences, coordinate geometry and matrices. Rohtak also adds a full Logical Reasoning section.
Is Class 12 maths needed for IPMAT?
Past Indore papers include topics like logarithms, sequences and matrices, so Class 11-12 level algebra helps. There is no official chapter list to confirm the exact limit.
Which topics have the most weight in IPMAT?
From our count of past papers, reading comprehension in Indore verbal, arithmetic in Rohtak quant, and linear arrangement in Rohtak reasoning. See the table above for each exam.
Where can I study the full syllabus free?
The Learn section lists every chapter with lessons and worked examples. Notes need a free account.
Sources
- NTA JIPMAT 2026 information bulletin (syllabus statement) (official)
- IIM Indore IPM admissions page (official)
- IIM Rohtak IPM admission page (official)