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Syllabus for IBSAT 2024

IBSAT syllabus is divided into four sections i.e Verbal Ability, Reading Comprehension, Quantitative Aptitude and Data Adequacy & Data Interpretation. Candidates appearing for the examination are required to have a thorough understanding of the following topics:

IBSAT vs CAT, NMAT, SNAP, GMAT, CMAT, XAT: Difference and similarities

IBSAT is comparatively on the easier side when compared to other MBA entrance exams like CAT and XAT. It comes within the CET ++ level along with NMAT, GMAT, SNAP, TISS, and CMAT. About 35,000 and above students apply for this examination each year for admission to over 4500 seats for MBA and PGPM courses. On the contrary, an average of 2.8 lakh candidates appear for the CAT exam every year for admission to IIMs offering 5500+ seats.

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What will be the expected difficulty level of IBSAT 2024?

The ICFAI Business School will conduct the IBSAT 2024 on 28th and 29th December 2024. It is a 2 hours online proctored test. The difficulty level of IBSAT 2024 is expected to be easy to moderate.

IBSAT 2024 Pattern

The IBSAT 2024 exam consists of a total of 140 MCQs covering 4 sections Verbal Ability, Reading Comprehension, Quantitative Aptitude, Data Adequacy & Data Interpretation.

Section wise Difficulty

• Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VA & RC) – These two sections are typically the most scoring as compared to the other sections, a candidate with a good grasp of English can score good scores as these sections take up the major portion of the exam, adding up to an aggregate of 57% of the total marks. 80 out of 140 questions are from these two sections. In IBSAT 2024, this section is expected to be moderate in difficulty.

The questions of the Grammar section are expected primarily from topics such as synonyms/antonyms, meaning of idioms, cloze test, picking out the errors in usage, word relation, one-word substitution, phrases, fill-in-the-blanks, sentence correction, and jumbled paragraphs.

• Quantitative Aptitude – As per the past years’ exams this section has been considered moderately challenging, questions in this section are generally designed to check the student’s fundamental math skills, problem-solving skills, and accuracy. For IBSAT 2024, while the overall difficulty of the exam is expected to remain stable, the students are expected to focus on the following topics, arithmetic, algebra, and geometry these types of questions require conceptual clarity.
• Data Adequacy & Data Interpretation - This is a time-consuming area and slightly challenging compared to the rest of them. This needs an individual to be highly analytical and logical. It is expected that this section to maintain a high level of difficulty in IBSAT 2024: with questions around intricate sets of data, pie charts, bar graphs, and caselets demanding quick calculation and decision-making abilities.

IBSAT 2024: No Drastic change is expected

The difficulty level of IBSAT 2024 is expected to be moderately difficult, no changes are expected in the pattern or structure of the exam and the section-wise difficulty level is also expected to remain the same as analyzed in previous years. However, the students should still stay updated with the latest announcements.

Here's a comparative analysis of the last three years to provide a clearer picture:

Observation:-

IBSAT 2023

The difficulty level of the IBSAT 2023 exam is moderate. The section of Data Interpretation / Data Adequacy was more difficult as compared to the other two sections. There is no change in the pattern and structure of exam in the year of 2023.

• Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VA & RC) – In the IBSAT 2023, the questions in the verbal ability section were relatively easier than the other sections. Verbal Ability consists the questions about vocabulary, Jumbled Paragraphs, fill-in-the-blanks, and Error Correction in Sentences based on Grammar and Tenses, one-word Substitution. In the Reading Comprehension section, the questions were direct and some were logical, there were 3-4 passages, 500-600 words per passage.
• Quantitative Aptitude – This section was moderately difficult, in IBSAT 2023 the questions came from various topics such as arithmetic, geometry, number systems, profit, and modern Maths majorly focusing on problem-solving skills, basic fundamental Maths skills, and accuracy.
• Data Adequacy & Data Interpretation - The data interpretation section consists questions of about bar graphs, pie charts, and data tables which require strong data visualization skills the questions in data adequacy were around Statements, Clocks & Calendars, Data Based Relations, and Data Surveys. The difficulty level of this section was moderate in IBSAT 2023.

IBSAT 2022

It has been observed that the overall difficulty level of the IBSAT 2022 exam lies between moderate to difficult. The section of Data Interpretation / Data Adequacy was more difficult as compared to the other two sections. There is no change in the pattern and structure of exam in the year of 2022.

• Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VA & RC): In IBSAT 2022, Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension holds the highest weightage and is the easiest, except for a few vocabulary questions that were a bit difficult, overall this section was easy - to - understand. The questions were from the following topics, idioms/phrases, synonyms/antonyms, jumbled words, error correction, and fill-in-the-blanks. The Reading Comprehension section consisted of 4 passages of 500-800 words each passage. The passages were time-consuming.
• Quantitative Aptitude – In the IBSAT 2022, the level of difficulty of quantitative aptitude was moderately difficult. It consisted of tricky questions from geometry, arithmetic, probability, speed, and time, some candidates faced difficulty in solving them. This section needed good calculation skills and accuracy.
• Data Adequacy & Data Interpretation - It has been observed that this section was the lengthiest and moderately difficult as compared to the rest of the sections, as the questions were based on the tricky data sets, and long caselets. It was more about logical reasoning than sheer data manipulation.

IBSAT 2021

Quantitative Ability and Data Adequacy / Data Interpretation remain challenging sections in the IBAST 2021 Exam, while Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension are typically easier. Because of this the overall difficulty is Moderate.

• Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VA & RC)- This section in IBSAT 2021 is a highly scoring area whereas, it has a mix of easy and tricky questions based on vocabulary and grammar. The questions were from the following topics, Synonyms/Antonyms, Picking out Errors in usage, Word relation, One-word substitution, Phrases, Fill in the blanks, and Jumbled Paragraphs.
• Quantitative Aptitude: The questions of this section were a mix of arithmetic, geometry, and algebra which required a good knowledge of basic maths. This section was moderately difficult.
• Data Adequacy & Data Interpretation- Good observational skills were required to solve this section as it was loaded with complex data sets and caselets including pie charts and bar graphs.

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