JIPMAT: exam pattern, eligibility and prep

JIPMAT is the Joint Integrated Programme in Management Admission Test. The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducts it for IIM Bodh Gaya and IIM Jammu. No other institute was in the 2026 bulletin. This page covers the 2026 cycle.

Exam pattern

Section	Questions	Marks
Quantitative Aptitude	33	132
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning	33	132
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension	34	136
Total	100	400

• Computer-based test, English only, all MCQ.
• 150 minutes in total. The bulletin gives one duration, not a time per section.
• +4 for a correct answer, -1 for a wrong one, nothing for unattempted. If a question is dropped, everyone gets full marks for it.
• Quantitative Aptitude is "up to class 10 Mathematics" per the bulletin.
• The 2026 test was on 7 June 2026, 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM.

Eligibility

NTA asks for Class 12 passed in 2024 or 2025, or appearing in 2026, and Class 10 passed not before 2022. Each IIM may add its own conditions. For the exam fee, see the NTA bulletin linked below. Dates for 2027 are not announced.

IIM Jammu

As per IIM Jammu's admission policy page for 2026-31, merit is 70 for the JIPMAT percentile, 15 for Class 10 and 15 for Class 12. You need at least 60% in Class 12 (55% for SC, ST and PwD). Sectional percentile minimums apply, and we list them on the cut-offs page. That page still carries some text from older years, so confirm on the site.

IIM Bodh Gaya

IIM Bodh Gaya's 2026-31 policy says the intake is around 180. It asks for 60% in Class 12 (55% for SC, ST, PwD and Transgender candidates) and requires a category-wise sectional percentile of 30 or more to enter the merit list. Class 10 and 12 marks are used for tie-breaks.

Score validity

A JIPMAT score is valid only for the current admission year. It is not carried forward.

Prepare for JIPMAT

The Quant syllabus is school-level, so speed and accuracy count most. Use the syllabus, practise reading with RC passages from past papers, and take free JIPMAT mocks. Past JIPMAT questions from 2021 to 2026 are on IPMATway, labelled "actual PYQ". See also the IPMAT overview, IPMAT Indore and IPMAT Rohtak. IPMATway is not affiliated with NTA.