IBSAT 2016 - MBA ADMISSION EXAM PATTERN AND SYLLABUS

IBSAT Exam will be held in online mode only and the duration of the exam will be of 02 hours. Like any other management entrance exam, IBSAT will also have multiple choice questions and the motive behind the conduct of this exam is to judge the aptitude and basic management skills of the students. Strict knowledge based or some subject specific questions are not asked in the exam. The questions are basically asked from the sections of Reading Comprehension, Verbal Ability, Data Interpretation & Adequacy & Quantitative Aptitude. A total of 125 questions is asked in the IBSAT Exam.

Summary of pattern of exam:

·       IBSAT 2015 is an objective type multiple-choice test.

·       There are 4 sections in the test – Verbal Ability, Reading Comprehension, Quantitative Technique and Data Interpretation.

·       Total 125 questions are asked that to be completed in two hours.

IBSAT Exam Syllabus

#1 – Verbal Ability

It is essentially a Vocabulary heavy section, and to do well, a student is advised to develop a good command over words. It is the section included for examining the knowledge and skills of the appearing candidates regarding “English”.  Questions here in this section will be based on Fill in the blanks, Sentence Correction, Antonyms, Sentence Completion, Analogies, Synonyms & Para Jumbles, etc.

#2 – Reading Comprehension

This section can be regarded as most scoring one. Here candidates will have to read the given passage and will be required to answer questions based on that given passage. General reading and understanding ability of the student will be required here. For scoring high in this section, sample test papers can be practised rigorously by the student.

#3 – Quantitative Aptitude

Students having a good grip on Mathematics and quick calculations will not find this section difficult. But again, regular practise will help scoring high. Here in this section, questions will be asked from Geometry, Business Mathematics & Arithmetic. Questions in this section will be based on direct applications of concepts and formulae.

#4 Data Sufficiency & Data Interpretation

Students having knowledge of converting fractions into percentage, multiplication tables, square & cube roots, other calculation short-cuts and quick calculation techniques will be able to solve these questions easily and will take less time. Though this section may be too much time consuming but quite scoring also as each correct answer will help making good score. Questions based on Data Interpretation will be asked on the basis of Pie chart, Tables, Data Sufficiency & Bar / Line graphs.