Institute of Rural Management Anand Answered Questions

Preparation can be three types: self, self plus coaching and coaching,
It depends whether you are working or a student. So, if you are working you have to prepare either by self-using the correspondence booklets or you can take the option of taking weekend coaching classes or you can buy some famous books used for the preparation of MBA entrance exams. But if you are a student then you have a good amount of time to prepare so you can use the correspondence courses and books initially for self-preparation and later can join coaching classes for brushing up your preparation with added techniques. So, any MBA entrance exam has generally three sections: quantitative aptitude, logical reasoning & data interpretation and verbal reasoning along with a study of general current affairs. So, depending on your strengths, weakness and speed prepare the three sections accordingly and nail the exam.
Note: prepare for social and rural contemporary issues thoroughly.

Tips and hacks to crack IRMA:
A- Be clear of the examination pattern:
The total duration of the exam is 1 hour and 20 minutes. In Issues of Social Concern test, a total of 40 questions is asked. Only objective type questions are asked in the exam. Every question has five options and the candidates must select the right one. Marking: 1, -0.25.
B- Current affairs: Candidates must regularly read newspapers, magazines to stay updated.
C- Focus more on National events and news.
D- Inculcate reading habit.
E- Solve previous year questions as per time frame guidelines of actual exam. This will give you a look and feel of actual exam.
F- Study plan: Give more time to the topics which a candidate feels is difficult provided the preparation time of one year.

There is nothing such thing called tougher to crack or easy to crack. This view depends upon the preparation of the exam you are giving. There are a number of exams conducted in India for the MBA courses. Exams like CAT, XAT, GMAT, KMAT, IBSAT, NMAT, SNAP, IRMA etc. have some minor tweaking and variations apart from the main sections. Each of these exams has quantitative aptitude, verbal reasoning, logical reasoning and data interpretation, apart from GK or essay writing section in some of the exams. So, you have to prepare accordingly for these exams either by taking coaching classes or correspondence course or by self-preparation or by following recommended books. After you have prepared for the most difficult level questions, you may try to get some question banks for the specific exam you are targeting either offline mode i.e. books on exams or online mode i.e. free question banks websites or paid question banks for practice.

Quantitative Ability
Quantative availability: The exam more closely resembles a bank PO exam then MBA exam. For quantitative ability, the best preparation to take Bank PO papers. Check for Pratiyogita Darpan under Google books, there are many previous issues. Take a copy of only quantitative section and solve it by setting time because unlike other exams the time is very limited.
English Comprehension
This is a relatively simple section as it consists of different types of questions like reading, comprehension, para, jumbling, sentence correction, and fill in the blanks. You should be solving previous year papers and mock test papers to improve your skills in English.
issues of social concern.
This is the toughest section in the paper. The questions are mainly around agriculture, environment, education, as our organization heads current affairs, NGOs. Also, development programmes are the best way to prepare for this section. Read a newspaper daily especially Hindu editorials. You should also practice online test mock test papers of GK.
Hope it helps.

There are many coaching institutes providing guidance to IRMA entrance exam. T.I.M.E and Career Launcher are the preferred coaching centers for the exam. Coaching institutes provide coaching for CAT exam and which is tailored further for IRMA.
You may enroll in these institutes, they provide mock papers and material specific for IRMA once the syllabus is completed.
Make sure you join test series to have a clear feel of how the actual IRMA exam is. Personally I have solved CL's material, its test series and it's good for practice.
All the very best and plan your schedule for IRMA wisely.

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