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IGNOU OPENMAT 2020: An Overview

Name of the Exam IGNOU OPENMAT

Regulating Authority Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)

Courses offered MBA and other management programmes

Registration for OPENMAT XLV will commence from October 2019

Registration will close on November 2019

Date of exam December 2019

Mode of Registration Online

Fee payment mode Online

Duration of Exam 180 Minutes

Negative Marking Not Applicable

Maximum Marks 200

Subject Section General Knowledge, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning & English Language

OPENMAT Syllabus 2019

Candidates can check commonly asked topics as per OPENMAT previous years question
papers:
Sections Topics
General Indian business environment, global environment, science and technology, Indian economy,
Awareness events, historical events, sports and current affairs
English
Grammar, reading comprehension, Idioms and phrases
Language
Quantitative
Arithmetic, statistics, data analysis and interpretation
Aptitude
Reasoning Puzzles, verbal ability, analytical and decision making ability, analogy, logic and diagrams

OPENMAT Section-wise Syllabus

Test I - General Awareness
 General Knowledge
 World Organizations
 Sports CE
 Person, Places, Awards
 Countries
 Sports
 General Economic Study
 General Science - Biology, Physics, Chemistry
 National CE
 Democratic Polity
 History of India

Test II - English Language

 Reading Comprehension – Passages,
 Fill in the blanks,
 Pairing of words,
 Sentences,
 Synonyms
 Antonyms
 Sentence Improvement
 Idioms and Phrases
 Analogous Pair

Test III - Quantitative Aptitude

 Number System
 LCM and HCF
 Decimals and Fractions
 Simplification
 Average
 Algebraic Equations
 Geometry
 Ages
 Ratios
 Percentage
 Sets
 Calendar
 Table
 Profit and Loss
 Time and Work
 Logarithms
 Area and Parameter
 Clocks
  Discount
 Permutation and combinations
 Probability
 Square root
 Compound Interest
 Volume and Surface Area

Test IV - Reasoning
 Diagrams and figures
 Statements
 Direction and distance
 Logical reasoning
 Analytical reasoning
 Blood relations
 Mixed and Substitution coding
 Number Analogy test
 Complete word Analogy
 Number series test
 Letter series test

OPENMAT 2019 Sectional Weightage

OPENMAT Sections Number of questions Marks per section
Test I - General Awareness 30 MCQ 30 marks
Test II - English language 50 MCQ 50 marks
Test III - Quantitative Aptitude 50 MCQ 50 marks
Test IV - Reasoning 70 MCQ 70 marks
Total 200 questions 200 makrs