IIBS MBA Admission 2023 Application Form, Exam Date, Syllabus, Eligibility

IIBS MBA Admission 2023: Since its inception in 1995, IIBS has been on the best B-School list of the nation, with excellent academics and infrastructure for its students. IIBS offers innovative and globally accepted programs all while enhancing the decision-making abilities necessary for the business environment. Find below the IIBS MBA Admission 2023 Application Form, Exam Date, Syllabus, Eligibility, etc:

IIBS MBA Admission 2023 Application Form:

The IIBS MBA Admission 2023 application process for the computer-based entrance exam for admission to the MBA program.

• Aspirants who have finished graduation in any discipline with 50% from any recognized university or institute can fill the application form.
• Aspirants can register on the official website of IBS and complete the process in online mode.
• The application fee of Rs.1800 has to be paid either through Debit/ Credit card/ Net banking etc.

Immediately after the primary   Registration, the login ID and password would be shared with you via email. You should use your login in all the exam process as under:

• Log in to complete your registration by paying of Rs.1800/- as registration fee online.
• Login is available for the  Aspirants if in case your payment isn’t successful confirmation won’t be sent to them
• You need to log in at the test center while taking the exam
• You can also view and download  Result post-login
• ICFAI Foundation, the convening authority may change your login for each action.

IIBS MBA 2023 Exam Date:

Events	Exam Dates
CAT Registration	1st week of August 2023
CAT Exam	2nd week of November 2023
MAT Registration	1st week of October 2023
MAT Exam(PBT)	3rd week of December 2023
MAT Exam (CBT)	December 2023
CMAT Registration	November 2023
CMAT Exam	January

Eligibility Criteria:

Aspirants must fulfill the following eligibility criteria for your ease.

Academic Qualification:

• Aspirants must have a bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized university/board with a minimum of 50% aggregate marks (mode of education must be English).
• Aspirants with a non-English medium in graduation would have to submit the IELTS/ TOEFL/ NELT score by the set date.
• Aspirants should have completed a minimum of 15 years of education (on 10+2+3 or 10+2+4 basis).
• Final year graduation applicants are also eligible to apply by providing their graduation degree or final mark.

Age Limit:

• As per  eligibility criteria, there is no age limit to apply for the test

Nationality:

• An aspirant must be a citizen of India

Exam Pattern:

The online computer-based exam Pattern with 2 hours of test duration on both exam days has the following important points to note for test-takers before taking the exam:

• Exam Difficulty Level: Easy to Moderate
• Type of Questions: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
• Number of Answer Options: 4
• Maximum Weightage Section: Verbal Ability with 50 MCQs, all others have 30 MCQs each
• Negative Marking: No
• Time Limit: 2 Hours
• Scoring Pattern: +1 Mark for each correct answer and no marks for unattempted question or wrong answer

Sections & Sub Sections- Key Details:

The exam pattern is further subdivided. This sectional sub-division in Pattern makes as an exam with 5 effective sections. Here are the key details:

• Section-1 in an exam   on Verbal Ability with a maximum number of 50 questions, consists of all important parts of English Language – Grammar, Sentence formation, vocabulary usage, idioms, phrases, one-word substitution, jumbled paragraphs among others
• Section-2 on Reading Comprehension with 30 questions based on RC passages is not very difficult. RC passages are of moderate difficulty level and RC-based questions are directly related to the information contained in the passage and can be attempted fairly well.
• The section-3 on Quantitative Ability in exam pattern consists of questions to test your Mathematical Skills. It is very wide and covers each and every topic in Mathematics with greater emphasis on Arithmetic. However, the section is of moderate difficulty level.
• Section-4 in the exam pattern is on Data Adequacy & Data Interpretation. It has two types of questions – the first type is on Data Interpretation which requires Data Analysis, Data comparison, Data Trends and other types of questions are on Data sufficiency.

Exam Pattern:

Component
Total Questions	140
Overall Time Limit to Attempt the Exam	2 hours
Question Format	All MCQs
Answer Options for each MCQ	4
Marks Awarded for Each Correct Answer	1
Negative Marking	Not applicable
Exam Difficulty Level	Easy to Moderate
Number of Sections	4
Section-1: Name and Number of Questions	Verbal Ability: 50
Section-2: Name and Number of Questions	Reading Comprehension: 30
Section-3: Name and Number of Questions	Quantitative Ability:30
Section-4: Name and Number of Questions	Data Interpretation & Data Adequacy: 30
Sectional Score Not Counted for Percentile Calculation	None
Facility to Choose Order of Sections & Questions	Yes, Any question from any section within an overall time limit
Individual Sectional Time Limit	No
Top MBA Colleges Accepting Exam Score	IBS Hyderabad; IBS Dehradun; IBS Jaipur and other 6 ICFAI colleges

IIBS MBA 2023 Syllabus:

Section-1: Verbal Ability: 50 MCQs:

Verbal Ability is the highest scoring section with 50 questions. Major topics on which questions are asked in this section are:

• Synonyms/Antonyms
• Word Relation
• Error Spotting
• Phrase Replacement/one-word substitute
• Fill in the blanks
• Jumbled Sentences

The difficulty level for the overall verbal ability section is moderate.

Syllabus   Section-2: Reading Comprehension: 30 MCQs:

Reading Comprehension syllabus has marked it as a separate section in the exam with 30 questions.

• RC Section is not clubbed to the Verbal Ability section.
• There are usually 3 RC passages followed by 8 questions each while one RC passage is followed by 6 questions.
• The RC passages have an average length of 500 to 600 words
• Most questions are directly related to the RC passages and answers to them can be easily located in the RC passage itself
• Some of the questions are indirect and you have to check the inference drawn from the passage.

Number of RC passages	Each passage followed by	Difficulty level
3 with a word length of 500+	8 questions	Easy to moderate
1 with a word length of 400+	6 questions	Easy to moderate

 Syllabus   Section-3: Quantitative Ability: 30 MCQs:

The quantitative Ability section has a mix of all the topics in Mathematics. The total number of questions in this section is 30. All the questions are Easy to Moderate difficulty levels. Following are the major topics on which questions are based in the Quant section

• Number System
• Simplification & Algebra
• Speed, Time and Distance
• Profit, Loss & Discount
• Permutation & Probability
• Work and Time
• Percentage
• Geometry and Mensuration
• Simple interest & partnership
• Time and Work
• Ratio

The QA section has a good mixture of problems including arithmetic, geometry and analytical geometry. The questions are framed on speed, distance and time, ratio proportion, work problems, heights, progressions, probability, percentages, etc.

Syllabus Section-4: Data Sufficiency and Data Interpretation: 30 MCQs

Out of 30 questions in this section, 15 are based on Data sufficiency and rest 15 on Data Interpretation. This section has the following major topics on which questions are based:

• Data Sufficiency
• Data Interpretation  (Pie chart )
• Data Interpretation (Line  and Table)
• Data Interpretation (Line, bar, graph)

Key Points:

• IBSAT is Online Computer Based Test.  Aspirants should be aware of the computer Test Format, its navigation tools.
• Test Paper is prepared as the exam is conducted in 4 days Testing window
• The aspirant is allowed to appear in one session of
• The syllabus offers high scoring opportunity due to its moderate difficulty level
• No Negative Marking in exam
• Each Correct answer carries +1 Mark. Total maximum marks are 140
• IBSAT is 120 minutes exam. Less than 1 minute is available to answer each question
• All questions are of MCQ type.

Result:

• The result would be declared in the first week of January.
• The Aspirants can get their result through online mode.
• Aspirants can get their result by entering the application number and password generated at the time of registration.
• On the basis of the result, the authority would shortlist the Aspirants for the selection procedure.

Answer Key:

 Aspirants can follow the steps given below to download the answer key of    :

• Visit the official website, i.e. www.ibsindia.org
• Click on “Answer Key”.
• Enter your login credentials i.e. Registration number and Date of Birth.
• The answer key would be displayed according to the set on the screen.
• Aspirants can check their answers and download the answer key

Cut-off:

The parameters that are taken into account by determining the cut-off is as follows:

• Aspirants who appeared
• The difficulty level of the question paper
• Aspirants who have qualified
• Total number of seats available
• Cut off for IBS Hyderabad: 73-75 Out of 140 Max. Marks