Nothing in your preparation is worth more than the actual paper. Sample sets and mock generators approximate the exam; the previous year question paper is the exam. Below is a full breakdown of the IIM Bangalore UG Admission Test 2025 — the real question types that appeared, where it got hard, and a free PDF of the complete paper with answer key.
A note on the name: aspirants often search for this as "IIMB UGAT." IIM Bangalore's own exam is officially the Undergraduate Admission Test, and it is a different exam from AIMA's UGAT. Everything below refers to IIM Bangalore's test, the one that leads to its B.Sc (Hons) programmes.
Download the IIM Bangalore UG Test 2025 Question Paper
All 60 questions across Verbal Ability, Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Ability, with the full answer key. Use it as your first timed full-length mock.
Section-wise breakdown of the 2025 paper
| Section | Questions | Suggested time budget |
|---|---|---|
| Verbal Ability | 15 | ~30 min |
| Logical Reasoning | 15 | ~30 min |
| Quantitative Ability | 30 | ~75 min |
| Total | 60 | 135 minutes |
Important — set your timer to 135 minutes. Per IIM Bangalore's official admission procedure for the 2027-31 batch, the UG Admission Test runs 135 minutes for 60 questions, with negative marking of 1/3 per wrong answer. Some circulating write-ups quote 120 minutes; practise at the official 135 so your pacing is calibrated to the real thing, and always confirm the current duration in the official document.
Quant carries exactly half the paper, which tells you where most of your hours should go — but as the difficulty analysis shows, it isn't the only section that demands respect.
Verbal Ability: what the paper actually tested
The section opened with two full Reading Comprehension passages — one on gender disparity in global eye-health outcomes, the other a dense, literary piece on technology and the philosophy of healing. Each carried four to five questions spanning main idea, inference, critical reasoning (which statement would weaken the argument), and application to a real-life scenario.
Beyond RC, the section tested:
- Para jumbles — arranging four sentences into logical order.
- Odd-one-out reasoning — spotting which of five related statements breaks the common thread.
- Vocabulary and grammar — adjective identification, idiom matching, correlative conjunctions ("no sooner… than"), and precise fill-in-the-blank word choice of the cogent / credible / respectful kind.
- Contextual usage — deploying a word like "unfazed" in a matching context, not merely recognising its dictionary meaning.
This is markedly more literary and inference-heavy than typical school English. The RC passages reward close reading over speed-skimming.
Logical Reasoning: the question types that appeared
| Question type | As it appeared in 2025 |
|---|---|
| Statement-reason analysis | Explaining a drop in public transport usage |
| Puzzle-based scheduling | Seven people, exams across days of the week |
| Parallel-rows seating | Ten people in two facing rows of five |
| Letter/number series & coding | FROM → RMFO → OFMR pattern logic |
| Syllogisms | Papers, curtains, jugs, radios — classic set logic |
| Blood relations via symbols | Coded family relationships using +, −, × and ÷ |
| Data sufficiency | Circular seating, judged on two statements |
| Direction sense | Multi-turn shortest-distance problems |
| Course of action | Business scenario, which actions logically follow |
Several questions layered two skills at once — a coded-language item requiring both pattern-matching and deduction from the decoded phrase, for instance. That layering is why LR reads as "easy but lengthy" rather than simply easy: the difficulty is in the clock, not the concept.
Quantitative Ability: where it got tough
This is where the paper stretched well beyond routine aptitude material:
- Matrices and determinants — including matrix exponentiation (A³ = B) and a determinant tied to a geometric progression
- Calculus — derivatives, continuity, differentiability and local maxima
- Probability — independent events and conditional probability
- Coordinate geometry — centroid and area of a triangle
- Number theory — HCF/LCM applications
- Algebra, progressions, functions and sets — including an infinite AP×GP sum and one-to-one/onto function identification
- Arithmetic — time and work, alligation, profit-and-loss with layered discounts
The part most aspirants underestimate: Data Interpretation
Eight of the 30 Quant questions came from just two DI sets — a five-city population pie chart paired with a male-percentage bar graph, and a tourist-arrivals graph across five regions over three years. That's roughly a quarter of the Quant section riding on two data sets.
Both were calculative and multi-step, and this is the trap: a single arithmetic slip early in a set cascades into wrong answers across every question that follows it. Generic aptitude books rarely replicate this linked, percentage-heavy style — which is exactly why solving the real paper matters.
Difficulty analysis
| Section | Difficulty | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Verbal Ability | Easy–Moderate | Strong scoring opportunity; RC rewards careful reading |
| Logical Reasoning | Easy–Moderate | Lengthy rather than conceptually hard |
| Quantitative Ability | Moderate–Difficult | The differentiator; demanded conceptual depth, speed and clean DI arithmetic |
Overall: a moderate paper with Quant as the separator. Students genuinely comfortable with Class 11-12 Maths — calculus, matrices, probability — had a clear edge. Note too that with negative marking at 1/3, blind guessing on the hard Quant items actively costs you.
How to use this paper properly
- Sit it once, timed at 135 minutes, in one uninterrupted block — before you read any solutions.
- Mark against the answer key included in the PDF, and tag every error: concept gap, careless slip, or time pressure.
- Rebuild the two DI sets from scratch until your arithmetic is clean — they carry eight marks between them.
- Convert the gaps into a plan — our 2-month IIM Bangalore UG strategy maps exactly how to sequence that.
- Then move to fresh full-length mocks, because a paper you've already seen can't measure you twice.
Download the IIM Bangalore UG Test 2025 Question Paper
All 60 questions across Verbal Ability, Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Ability, with the full answer key. Use it as your first timed full-length mock.
For the full admission timeline, eligibility and selection formula, see our IIM Bangalore UG admissions guide. If you want structured preparation, there's the IIMB UG Test Series and the full IIM Bangalore UG B.Sc course.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many questions were in the IIM Bangalore UG Test 2025 paper?
60 questions across three sections — 30 in Quantitative Ability, 15 in Logical Reasoning and 15 in Verbal Ability.
How long is the IIM Bangalore UG Admission Test?
Per IIM Bangalore's official admission procedure for the 2027-31 batch, the test is 135 minutes for 60 multiple-choice questions, with negative marking of 1/3 for each wrong answer. Practise the 2025 paper at 135 minutes so your pacing matches the real exam.
Which section was the toughest in the 2025 paper?
Quantitative Ability. It ran to genuine Class 11-12 depth — matrices and determinants, calculus (differentiability and local maxima), probability, coordinate geometry and number theory — plus two multi-step Data Interpretation sets. Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning were comparatively easier scoring zones.
How much Data Interpretation was in the 2025 paper?
Eight of the 30 Quantitative questions came from two DI sets — a five-city population pie chart paired with a male-percentage bar graph, and a tourist-arrivals graph across five regions. That is roughly a quarter of the Quant section, so DI cannot be treated as optional.
Is the 2025 paper a good predictor of the next IIM Bangalore UG Test?
Directionally, yes. The 60-question, three-section structure (30 Quant / 15 LR / 15 Verbal) matches what IIMB has specified for the current cycle, so the question styles and topic spread are a strong benchmark. Check the official admission procedure for the exact duration and marking scheme each year.
Where can I download the IIM Bangalore UG Test previous year question paper?
The complete 2025 paper with the answer key is available as a free PDF download from IPM Careers — the link is in the download section above.
Should I solve this paper timed or untimed first?
Timed, exactly as the real exam runs — 135 minutes, no interruptions. That is the only way to get an honest read on your pacing, which matters given how calculative the DI and Quant sections are.
Paper analysis compiled from the IIM Bangalore UG Admission Test 2025 question paper. Test duration, question count and marking scheme are as published in IIM Bangalore's official Admission Procedure for the 2027-31 batch (ug.iimb.ac.in) — always confirm the current specification there before your exam.