IPMAT Indore 2025 Question Paper PDF with Solutions

Q: How many questions were in the IPMAT Indore 2025 paper, and what were the marks?

Ninety questions, 360 marks total. Quantitative Ability (Short Answer) had 15 questions for 60 marks with no negative marking and required you to type in numeric answers. Quantitative Ability (MCQ) had 30 questions for 120 marks. Verbal Ability had 45 questions for 180 marks. Both MCQ sections awarded +4 for correct answers and deducted 1 mark for incorrect ones. Each section had its own 40-minute timer that could not be paused or revisited, giving a total duration of 120 minutes. This structure has been unchanged at IIM Indore since 2022, and the 2026 paper followed it identically — so you can prepare for it with confidence.

Q: Was IPMAT Indore 2025 harder than 2026?

Yes, clearly. IPMAT Indore 2025 was rated moderate to difficult and was widely reported as tougher than 2024. IPMAT Indore 2026, held on 4 May 2026, was rated moderate and described by many students as the easiest paper in recent years — the QA-SA section was less calculation-heavy and Verbal Ability was easier, though vocabulary-intensive. Interestingly, the General-category total cutoff still rose slightly, from 164 in 2025 to 166 in 2026, and the QA-SA cutoff jumped from 24 to 28. Easier paper, tougher competition. This is why 2025 is the better paper to benchmark yourself against, and why you should never plan your target score around expected difficulty.

Q: What was the official IPMAT Indore 2025 cutoff?

IIM Indore's disclosed sectional cutoffs for the IPM 2025–30 batch were, for the General category, 24 in Quantitative Ability (SA), 28 in Quantitative Ability (MCQ) and 112 in Verbal Ability. For EWS it was 16 / 18 / 87; NC-OBC 12 / 15 / 78; SC 12 / 10 / 65; ST 8 / 6 / 48; PwD 8 / 5 / 47. These are simultaneous minimum qualifying marks — you must clear all three sections in your category. Missing any one section by a single mark eliminates you regardless of your total. Of 16,357 candidates who scored positively in all three sections, only 818 cleared all three cutoffs.

Q: How many correct answers were needed to clear the 2025 cutoffs?

Applying the marking scheme to the official cutoffs: in QA-SA, 24 marks with no negative marking meant exactly six correct out of 15. In QA-MCQ, 28 marks meant seven correct with zero wrong, or eight correct with four wrong, or nine correct with eight wrong. In VA, 112 marks meant 28 correct with zero wrong, or 30 correct with eight wrong. Note the contrast: QA-MCQ needed only seven clean correct answers out of 30, while VA needed 28 out of 45. That gap tells you how much harder the quant MCQ section felt to the average candidate — and why you should not prepare for the three sections as though they carry equal difficulty.

Q: Which topics carried the highest weightage in IPMAT Indore 2025?

In quant, DI and logical reasoning sets were the largest single block — roughly eight questions worth 32 marks, appearing in both the SA and MCQ sections. Progressions, logarithms, geometry and coordinate geometry, and number system with remainders followed, each contributing three to four questions. Core arithmetic was present but not dominant, which is a meaningful shift from earlier years. In Verbal Ability, reading comprehension carried 18 questions across three passages (72 marks, 40% of the section) and vocabulary carried 12 questions (48 marks). Reading comprehension and vocabulary together made up 30 of the 45 verbal questions.

Q: Why was the Verbal Ability cutoff so much higher than the quant cutoffs?

Two reasons combine. First, Verbal Ability has 45 questions worth 180 marks — half the paper — so its cutoff is naturally a larger number. Second and more importantly, IIM Indore weights Verbal Ability at 50% of the Aptitude Test Score, while each quant section carries 25%. Since ATS is 65% of your final composite score, Verbal Ability determines roughly 32% of your admission score — more than both quant sections combined. Verbal cutoffs at IIM Indore have stayed above 110 for four consecutive years: 125 in 2023, 113 in 2024, 112 in 2025 and 111 in 2026. If you are treating IPMAT as a maths exam, you have your priorities inverted.

Q: Should I attempt the 2025 paper or the 2026 paper first?

Attempt 2025 first if your syllabus is complete and you want an honest, demanding benchmark — it is the harder paper, so a decent score on it means something. Attempt 2026 first if you are earlier in your preparation and want a confidence-building baseline before facing tougher material. Either way, attempt both, and space them at least three weeks apart so the intervening work is real. Do not attempt either twice: a second attempt measures your recall of the paper rather than your ability, and you cannot recover the diagnostic value once it is spent.

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Hey aspirants, do you want to know what the IPMAT Indore exam in 2025 looked like?

The IPMAT Indore 2025 Question Paper reveals the types of questions, how difficult each section was, which topics appeared, and what speed and accuracy were needed to do well.

When you solve the IPMAT Indore 2025 Question Paper, you get a clear idea of how IIM Indore tested students in Quantitative Ability (MCQ), Quantitative Ability (Short Answer), and Verbal Ability.

It also helps you notice important trends, find your weak spots, and practise in a way that feels like the real exam. This makes your preparation more focused and effective for future IPMAT Indore exams.

The IPMAT Indore 2025 question paper was set for the exam held on 12 May 2025 and contained 90 questions worth 360 marks across three sectionally timed sections

Quantitative Ability (Short Answer)
Quantitative Ability (MCQ)
Verbal Ability, with 40 minutes for each.

The paper was rated moderate to difficult, harder than both 2024 and 2026, with QA (MCQ) as the toughest section. IIM Indore does not publish the paper publicly; the versions available online, including SuperGrads', are memory-based reconstructions built from student recall.

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IPMAT Indore 2025 Question Paper: Difficulty Level

IPMAT Indore 2025 Question Paper: Difficulty Level

The verdict is moderate to difficult — more difficult than in 2024 and certainly more difficult than in 2026.

Section	2025 difficulty
Quantitative Ability (SA)	Easy to moderate
Quantitative Ability (MCQ)	Moderate to difficult
Verbal Ability	Moderate to difficult
Overall	Moderate to difficult

IPMAT Indore 2025 Question Paper Pattern

Since 2022, IIM Indore has maintained the same structure used in the 2025 paper: 90 questions, 360 marks, and three sections timed by section.

Section	Question Type	No. of Questions	Max Marks	Time	Negative marking
Quantitative Ability (Short Answer)	Type-in numeric answer	15	60	40 min	No
Quantitative Ability (MCQ)	Multiple choice	30	120	40 min	Yes, −1
Verbal Ability	Multiple choice	45	180	40 min	Yes, −1
Total	—	90	360	120 min	—

Scoring: four marks are awarded for each correct answer.

One mark is deducted for each incorrect answer in the two multiple-choice sections, and there is no penalty for a wrong answer in Quantitative Ability (Short Answer).

In 2025, it was the three features of this structure that had more influence than raw ability.

IPMAT Indore 2025 Question Paper: Section-Wise Analysis

The paper in 2025 seemed different from section to section; the QA (SA) part was relatively easy, the QA (MCQ) section was the most difficult part of the Quantitative section, and in the Verbal Ability section students had to balance their reading speed against their vocabulary and grammar.

IPMAT Indore 2025 Quantitative Ability (Short Answer) Analysis

The questions listed below depend on student recall and must therefore be regarded as memory-based questions.

Find the minimum value of (m+n), where [7m+11n=200]and (m,n) are positive integers.
If (ax^2+bx+5) leaves a remainder of 3 when divided by (x-1), and a remainder of 2 when divided by (x+1), find (a+b).
Find the number of perfect-square factors of [3^5\times7^2\times5^8]
Two infinite series start at 100. One increases in steps of 5, and the other decreases in steps of 5. Find the sum of the products of corresponding terms for the first 20 terms.
When a girl was 18, she was one-third of her father's age. At what age will she be half her father's age?

These questions give a useful picture of the section: the concepts were familiar, but getting to the answer quickly mattered.

Events	Details
Total Questions	15
Time Allotted	40 Minutes
Negative Marking	No
Difficulty Level	Easy to Moderate
Scoring Potential	High; this was the highest-scoring section of the exam.
Major Topics Asked	Ages, Time & Work, Geometry (Circle & Square), Logarithms, Determinants & Functions, Logic Set, Linear Diophantine Equation
Most Notable Question	A two-variable Diophantine equation based on 7m + 11n = 200, which rewarded conceptual understanding over trial and error.
Time-Consuming Questions	Three-question Logic Set on expedition group formation.
Ideal Attempt Strategy	Make two passes—solve straightforward questions first, then return to lengthy or set-based problems. Since there is no negative marking, attempt every remaining question in the final minute.

IPMAT Indore 2025 Quantitative Ability (MCQ) Analysis

This was likely the easiest section of the three. Most questions were easy to moderate, but a few could take longer if you didn't have a clear approach.

The questions covered topics such as logarithms, ages, time and work, geometry, progressions, modulus, determinants and matrices, remainders, and those based on numbers.

Additionally, there was a set of three questions on logical reasoning and grouping which required students to take a while to understand the conditions before they could solve them.

Events	Details
Total Questions	30
Time Allotted	40 Minutes
Negative Marking	Yes (-1 for every incorrect answer)
Difficulty Level	Moderate to Difficult
Scoring Potential	Moderate; accuracy was more important than the number of attempts.
Major Topics Asked	Data Interpretation, Coordinate Geometry, Number Theory, Modulus, Probability, Geometry, Algebra
Most Notable Question	Five-question E-commerce Data Interpretation (DI) set requiring category-wise sales analysis.
Time-Consuming Questions	Data Interpretation set involving extensive calculations.
Other Important Questions	Angle Between Lines, Remainders, Octagon Geometry, Modulus Equation, Geometric Progression-based Probability
Ideal Attempt Strategy	Decide early whether to attempt the DI set. Complete all non-DI questions first and revisit difficult questions later. Avoid unnecessary guesses due to negative marking.

IPMAT Indore 2025 Verbal Ability Section Analysis

It was in this section that students most clearly felt the pressure of time.

The general level of difficulty was moderate to difficult, involving lengthy calculations and questions that needed more than one step.

The main topics were Data Interpretation, Coordinate Geometry, Permutation and Combination, Matrices and Determinants, Progressions, Probability, Remainders, the Number System, Time-Speed-Distance, Geometry, Logarithms, and Simple and Compound Interest.

Events	Details
Total Questions	45
Time Allotted	40 Minutes
Negative Marking	Yes (-1 for every incorrect answer)
Difficulty Level	Moderate to Difficult
Scoring Potential	Moderate; vocabulary knowledge played a decisive role.
Reading Comprehension	3 passages comprising 18 questions. Two passages were manageable, while one abstract passage was comparatively difficult.
Vocabulary Topics	Idioms & Phrases, Phrasal Verbs, Double & Triple Fill in the Blanks, Synonyms & Word Usage
Grammar Topics	Subject-Verb Agreement, Parallelism, Conditionals, Sentence Completion
Most Challenging Area	Vocabulary-based Fill in the Blanks and the abstract Reading Comprehension passage.
Ideal Attempt Strategy	Spend 22–24 minutes on Reading Comprehension and 16–18 minutes on vocabulary and grammar. Skip difficult passages initially and return to them later if time permits. Prioritise accuracy over guesswork due to negative marking.

IPMAT Indore 2025 Question Paper: Questions Asked

Below is the memory-based question set compiled by SuperGrads' on-ground team from student recall across test centres on 12 May 2025.

Quantitative Ability (Short Answer) — memory-based questions

Topics	Questions recalled
Logical Reasoning / DI set (grouping-based)	3
Logarithms	2
Ages	1
Time and Work	1
Geometry (circle and square)	1
Remainder theorem (algebraic)	1
Arithmetic and Geometric Progression	1
Modulus	1
Determinants and Matrices	1
Number of integral solutions	1

Representative questions students reported from this section:

Q1. Find the minimum value of m + n where 7m + 11n = 200, for positive integers

(a) 18

(b) 20

(d) 28

Q2. If the quadratic expression ax² + bx + 5 is divided by (x − 1) the remainder is 3 and when divided by (x + 1) the remainder is 2; find the value of a + b.

Q3. Find the number of perfect-square factors of 3⁵ × 7² × 5⁸.

(a) 24

(b) 30

(d) 40

Q4. There are two infinite series: one starting at 100 and increasing in steps of 5, and the other starting at 100 and decreasing in steps of 5; find the sum of the products of the corresponding terms for the first 20 terms.

(a) 128,500

(b) 138,250

(d) 150,000

Q5. When a girl was 18, she was one-third the age of her father. At what age will she be half his age? Options:

(a) 27

(b) 30

(d) 36

Q6. How many numbers greater than 5000 can be formed from the set {1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9} without repeating any digits that are divisible by 5?

a) 18

(b) 20

(d) 28

Q7. How many numbers from 100 to 400 inclusive have a digit sum of 10 and are also divisible by 4?

(a) 5

(b) 6

(d) 8

Quantitative Ability (MCQ) — memory-based questions

Topic	Questions recalled
LR / DI set (e-commerce platform sales data)	5
Coordinate Geometry	2
Permutation and Combination	2
Matrices and Determinants	1
Arithmetic and Geometric Progression	1
Geometric Progression	1
Probability (GP-based)	1
Remainders	1
Number System	1
Time, Speed and Distance	1
Polygon (octagon)	1
Logarithms with proportion	1
Simple and Compound Interest	1

Representative questions from this section:

Given natural numbers a, b, c below 100 satisfying |a − b| + |b − c| = |c − a|, find the maximum value of b.
Find the remainder when 11¹⁰¹¹ + 1011¹¹ is divided by 9.
A line joins (1, 3) and (5, 1). Another line of slope m meets it at 45°. Find the possible values of m.
A five-question, calculation-heavy DI set on an e-commerce platform's category-wise sales.

IPMAT Indore 2025 Verbal Ability Questions Asked

Here are the number of questions asked from each topic in the verbal ability section of the IPMAT Indore 2025 exam paper:

Topic	Questions
Reading Comprehension (3 passages × 6 questions)	18
Vocabulary — phrasal verbs (3), idioms (3), double and triple fillers (6)	12
Grammar — error spotting, subject-verb agreement, parallelism, conditionals	5
Para-jumbles (four- and five-sentence sets)	5
Para-completion (middle and final blanks missing)	5
Total	45

The three RC passages in 2025 were:

Passage	Theme	Student verdict
1	Podcast startups — a classification-and-dialogue piece	Doable
2	Meta, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk	Doable
3	An abstract philosophical passage	Difficult

IPMAT Indore 2025 Question Paper: High-Weightage Topics

Working from the memory-based reconstruction, here is where the marks sat.

Highest-weightage areas: quant (SA + MCQ combined)

Area	Approx. questions
LR / DI sets	8
Progressions (AP / GP)	3–4
Logarithms	3
Geometry + Coordinate Geometry	4
Number System and Remainders	3–4
Permutation, Combination, Probability	3
Matrices and Determinants	2
Arithmetic (TSD, Time and Work, SI-CI, Ages)	4
Modulus and Algebra	2

Highest-weightage areas, verbal

Area	Questions
Reading Comprehension	18
Vocabulary (idioms, phrasal verbs, fillers)	12
Para-jumbles	5
Para-completion	5
Grammar	5

IPMAT Indore 2025 Question Paper: Good Attempts & Cutoff

This is where the 2025 paper becomes genuinely valuable, because we are not guessing.

IIM Indore has disclosed the actual sectional cutoffs and qualification numbers for the IPM 2025–30 batch.

Official IPMAT Indore 2025 sectional cutoffs

Category	QA (SA) /60	QA (MCQ) /120	Verbal Ability /180	Candidates who cleared all three
General	24	28	112	301
EWS	16	18	87	75
NC-OBC	12	15	78	245
SC	12	10	65	113
ST	8	6	48	51
PwD	8	5	47	33
Total: 818

These are minimum qualifying marks, and they are simultaneous. You must clear all three.

A General candidate scoring 55 in QA-SA, 90 in QA-MCQ and 110 in VA — a strong 255 out of 360 — is eliminated for missing the VA cutoff by two marks.

The full year-on-year picture is on the IPMAT Indore cutoff page.

Conclusion

The IPMAT Indore 2025 question paper, from the exam held on 12 May 2025, was a moderate-to-difficult paper of 90 questions and 360 marks across three 40-minute sections.

Quantitative Ability (MCQ) was the hardest section — long and calculation-heavy. Quantitative Ability (SA) was the most approachable and carried no negative marking.

Verbal Ability sprang the paper's real surprise with a third reading comprehension passage.

Officially, General-category candidates needed 24, 28 and 112 in the three sections to clear the sectional gate — a total of 164 out of 360. Only 818 of 16,357 candidates who scored positively in all three sections managed it.

For an IPMAT 2027 aspirant, this paper's value is that it is harder than 2026 and comes with a verified benchmark attached.

Attempt it once, under real sectional timers. Score it section by section. Diagnose your errors into concept, application, calculation and timing buckets. Then work the largest bucket.

And keep the single most important number on this page in view: Verbal Ability is 50% of your Aptitude Test Score. Prepare accordingly.

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