IRMA Entrance Test: November 08, 2009
IRMA Entrance Test: November 08, 2009
IRMA Entrance Test: November 08, 2009
T
he season of entrance tests for admission into the
t o p B s c h o o l s h a s c o m m e n c e d w i t h t h e Bird’s Eye View
IRMA entrance test held on 8 th , November 2009 at
27 centers all over India. Total Number of Questions – 200
Total Time – 120 minutes
15,127 students appeared in the test to prove their candidature
The Marking Scheme – The weightage for the correct answer
for a total 120 seats available in this elite Institute of Rural was not given in the test paper. Although the sectionwise marks
Management. This year there is an increase in the number of for the test was given in the brochure. Negative marking of 25%
applicants by nearly 36% compared to last year and an increase of the weightage of the question was mentioned.
of 25 seats (95 last year) compared to last year.
Total Marks – 200
Number of Options – 5
As previously declared in the IRMA brochure, the paper had four
Number of sets Available – 4
sections viz. English Comprehension (EC) – 40 Questions/
Marks, Quantitative Ability (QA) – 50 Questions/Marks, Sections/Sectional Time Limit – There were four sections
Analytical Reasoning (AR) – 40 Questions/Marks and Issue and there was no sectional time constraint.
of social concern (ISC) – 40 Questions/Marks. Medium of marking – Pencil
Sectional Breakup–
This year also the pattern of questions in the sections were of
traditional IRMA type. A lot of the questions from PT material and No. of No. of
the pattern of the IRMA was ditto as the Prac IRMA conducted by Section Topic
Ques. Marks
PT Education.
I English Comprehension 40 40
Disclaimer: All this information has been memorised by PT students. We are merely reproducing it here in fragments to ensure that the huge
community of students eagerly waiting to see an objective comparison of their performance gets the right picture.
In QA section the DI and DS question were merged. In all 20 questions were on DI. 5 on Line Diagram, two sets of five questions based
on tables and one pie chart containing five questions. The IBPRB had ruralised the DI questions. For example all sets were based on rural
background like ratio of the earnings of the farmers was given, and the data of a fair in village was given in another etc. DI questions
were cool with moderate level of calculations. One could have to attempt all the four sets and try to maximize the score here because
some of the questions in Maths were based on Probability and P and C, which seemed difficult for many students. Five questions based
on Numerical Ability, Moderate level of difficulty, simply based on BODMAS etc. Five questions were based on five option DS. To check the
presence of mind the fourth and the fifth options were interchanged from the standard directions. The rest of the questions were on
other Maths areas like Ratio and Proportion (6), Time Speed and Distance (1), Work and Time (1), Partnership (1), Probability (3),
Permutation and Combination (1), Mensuration (4) and Number System (3). An attempt of 28 to 30 questions would be decent in a time
span of 30 to 35 minutes in this section.
Analytical Reasoning
Total number of questions : 50
There were questions on Decision Making (10), StatementConclusion (5), Statement Course of Action (5), Degree of Truthness (5), DS
on LR (5), Data Arrangement (5), Cause and Effect analysis (5), Alphabet test (4), Logical Analogies (2), Odd One Out (2) and Coding
and Decoding (2). The questions were of moderate level of difficulty one could attempt the questions from Decision Making, Data
Arrangement, DS, Alphabet Test, Logical Analogies, Odd One Out and Coding Decoding. Since the questions from the verbal reasoning
seems to foggy for most of the aspirants. An attempt of 25 to 27 questions in a time span of 30 to 35 minutes would be decent in this
section.
The fourth and the last section was the biggest section of the paper. It contained 60 questions. The questions were based Government
Policies, Planning and Strategy regarding the rural sector, Agriculture, Environment, Union Budget, Awards, BookWriter, etc. An
attempt of 25+ questions in a time span of 20 to 25 minutes with an accuracy level of 90% would be decent. We have recalled some of
the questions which are as follows.
1 . Largest producer of milk in the world.
2 . World Trade Centre Head Office
3 . Which is the largest Jute producing state of India?
4 . Which of the following award did Bill Gates received recently
5 . Which of the following Indian got the Raman Magsaysay awards recently?
Apart from this these were questions from TRIPS, UNO issue of Neutrality, etc.
Ideal Marks
(Assuming one
No. of No. of Difficulty Ideal Time
Section Topic Areas Tested mark for each
Ques. Marks Level Attempts suggested
question and
90% accura cy)
English Vocabulary and Reading Easy to
I English Comprehension 40 40 20+ 25 min. 18+
Comprehension Moderate
Numerical Ability, Mathematical
Easy to
II Quantitative Ability Ability, Data Interpretation, Data 50 50 28+ 35 min. 31+
Moderate
Sufficiency
Logical Reasoning, Decision Easy to
III Analytical Reasoning 50 50 25 + 35 min. 26+
Making Moderate
General Awareness to current Moderate to
IV Issues of Social Concern 60 60 25+ 25 min 15+
rural and economic panaroma Tough
The cut off marks used for final selection of candidates and some general facts are shown below.
Assuming one mark for each question.
15127
Total num ber of students appeared
(estimated)
Total No. of seats (PRM) 95
Reservation Status Yes
Intake ratio for GD/PI 1:4
CutOff Marks (Last Year) 85 Marks
(overall)
Fees 3 lacs
Average Salary 6.13 lacs
Source: IRMA Brochure 2009
Expected CutOffs
85+ call from IRMA
80+ call from XIMB (Rural Management)
"Beginning is easy continuing hard", be well prepared for IIFT next Sunday.
Best Wishes!