IGNOU OPENMAT exam pattern 2023 is conducted every year twice. It is conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for the admission of the students into Indra Gandhi Open university for the course of MBA. The paper consists of 4 sections depending on the IGNOU OPENMAT Syllabus. There are a total of 200 questions and each question carries one mark.
The exam pattern of the IGNOU OPENMAT 2023 exam includes General Awareness, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, and Reasoning. The duration of the exam will be three hours for 200 marks. The mode exam will be offline(written) in MCQ format.
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Table of Contents
- Sections in IGNOU OPENMAT 2023
- Allocation of Marks for IGNOU OPENMAT 2023
- IGNOU OPENMAT 2023 Pattern for English Section
- IGNOU OPENMAT 2023 Pattern for Quantitative Aptitude Section
- IGNOU OPENMAT 2023 Pattern for Reasoning Section
Sections in IGNOU OPENMAT 2023
The Candidates will be Tested in the Following Domains
| Section A | English | 50 |
| Section B | General Awareness | 30 |
| Section C | Reasoning Ability | 70 |
| Section D | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 |
Allocation of Marks for IGNOU OPENMAT 2023
The allocation of marks for each subject in the IGNOU OPENMAT 2023 examination has been tabulated below.
| Topics | No. of Questions |
| General Knowledge | 6 |
| World Organizations | 2 |
| Sports CE | 1 |
| Person, Places, Awards | 3 |
| Countries | 1 |
| Sports | 1 |
| General Economic Study | 1 |
| General Science | 7 |
| National CE | 4 |
| Democratic Polity | 1 |
| History of India | 3 |
| Total | 30 |
IGNOU OPENMAT 2023 Pattern for English Section
The mark distribution for the English section of the IGNOU OPENMAT has been tabulated below.
| Topics | No. of Questions |
| English Comprehension | 15 |
| Synonyms | 5 |
| Antonyms | 5 |
| Pair of Words | 5 |
| Sentence Improvement | 10 |
| Idioms and Phrases | 5 |
| Choose Analogous Pair | 5 |
| Total | 50 |
IGNOU OPENMAT 2023 Pattern for Quantitative Aptitude Section
The mark distribution for the Quantitative Aptitude section of the IGNOU OPENMAT has been tabulated below.
| Topics | No. of Questions |
| Number System | 7 |
| LCM and HCF | 1 |
| Decimals and Fractions | 1 |
| Simplification | 6 |
| Average | 2 |
| Algebraic Equations | 4 |
| Ages | 1 |
| Percentage | 1 |
| Sets | 1 |
| Calendar | 1 |
| Table | 5 |
| Profit and Loss | 1 |
| Time and Work | 1 |
| Problems on Train | 1 |
| Pipes and Cisterns | 1 |
| Mixture and Allegation | 1 |
| Logarithms | 2 |
| Area and Parameter | 2 |
| Clocks and Discount | 2 |
| Permutation and combinations | 1 |
| Probability | 1 |
| Square root | 1 |
| Compound Interest | 1 |
| Volume and Surface Area | 1 |
| Total | 50 |
IGNOU OPENMAT 2023 Pattern for Reasoning Section
The mark distribution for the Reasoning section of the IGNOU OPENMAT has been tabulated below.
| Topics | No. of Questions |
| Cubes and dice questions | 5 |
| Decision Making | 5 |
| Ranking Test | 2 |
| Number Test | 3 |
| Logical diagrams | 5 |
| Direction and distance | 2 |
| Logical reasoning | 5 |
| Analytical reasoning | 15 |
| Blood relations | 5 |
| Mixed and Substitution coding | 3 |
| Letter test | 1 |
| Number Analogy test | 5 |
| Complete word Analogy | 4 |
| Number series test | 2 |
| Letter series test | 2 |
| Total | 70 |
