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which one is more difficult to crack 'ipmat' or 'cat '


Priyanshu Raj 11th Jun, 2018
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Vikas Gaur 12th Jun, 2018

Hi Priyanshu,

IPMAT and CAT are two completely different examinations. IPMAT is for undergraduates who wish to study at IIM Indore to pursue integrated management program after class XII while CAT is a post-graduate level MBA exam after graduation. So, both the exams have a completely different level of competency. So, ideally, the two cannot be compared.

IPMAT exam has questions from Quantitative Ability and Verbal Ability for under-graduates while CAT exam covers Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension, Quantitative Ability, and Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning for graduates. From the test duration to the number of questions, sectional time limit to syllabus, everything is different.

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12th Jun, 2018
u r absolutely right ipm for 12th passed students and cat for graduated,but i mean to ask that ipmat and cat syllabus are almost same. The topics in ipmat, quantitative and verbal are respectively same in cat.
so which one has the level of  difficulty is high   cat or ipmat?
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13th Jun, 2018
If you talk about sections, yes, they are same but the difficulty level would obviously be a level ahead in CAT because it's set for graduates who are going for professional management studies. 
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