JMI Entrance Exam

The descriptive section of JMI entrance exam is lengthy as it includes reading and understanding the questions and answer them in the prescribed word limit. Candidates need to practice the sample questions well in advance to perform good in exam.

As per expert advice, candidates must solve JMI question paper of at least last five years. The JMI previous year papers will help them understand the type questions asked and topic wise weightage. Also, prepare for the questions asked historically.

The sequence of JMI question paper is - Part A: Written Test (Objective/ MCQs) and Part B: Written Test (Subjective/ Descriptive/ Theory). Candidates will be able to give the descriptive paper only when the objective test is completed.

Non-MCQ questions are less than 20 per cent of the total number of questions in the JMI question paper. The non-MCQs are mostly from topics like National and International Political issues/ personalities, General Knowledge, Film, Television and other modes of media, Art, culture and literature.

The JMI question papers of all the courses are of similar difficulty level. However, due to difference in the questions of the courses, one of it can turn out to be slightly more difficult than the other. It is usually seen that there is not much difference in the difficulty level of different papers.

Yes, the JMI question papers of different mass communication courses are different from each other. As the questions are based on the courses. The difference of question papers across the courses are normalised at the time of score calculation. However, there isn’t much difference between their difficulty level.

Solving previous year JMI question papers will help the candidates in understading the exam pattern and know the types of questions that are asked. It will also help them know question-wise weightage of topics in the JMI exam and their difficulty level. At times, the questions from previous tests are used in the current year's test and if candidates have already solved questions from the past, they will be able to solve the same question in their JMI exam quickly.

The difficulty level of JMI question paper is generally moderate level. The General Knowledge and Art, culture and literature sections of all the mass communication exam question paper can be termed easy to moderate whereas the descriptive section of the exam can be termed moderate in terms of difficulty level. 

Candidates can download the JMI entrance exam sample papers of a particular course from the official website of JMI. Candidates will have to choose the course and the department to get the previous years papers. Shiksha.com has also shared the direct link to download the previous year question papers.