JIPMAT 2022 · Question Paper & Solutions

NTA · IIM Bodh Gaya & Jammu

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Worked solutions — JIPMAT 2022

Every question, solved step by step. Each answer is checked against the official key printed with the paper — 98 of 100 solutions reach it. Try each question before opening it.

The other 2 questions are flagged. The official key is always shown; the flag says what the problem is.

  • 1 question dropped — the official key marks no valid option, and our working agrees
  • 1 more than one answer — more than one answer is defensible

Quantitative Ability

Q1 A sum doubles in 10 years at simple interest. Find the annual rate.

Answer: C —

10%

Doubling means the interest earned equals the principal: .

Q2 P, Q, R invest Rs 25,000, 50,000, 25,000 for two years; profit Rs 48,000. Find Q's share.

Answer: A —

24,000

All three invest for the same period, so profit is shared in the ratio of capital:

Q's share .

Q3 Match four quadratic equations (List I) with their pairs of roots (List II).

Answer: B —

A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III

  • A: → IV.
  • D: → III.

Only option B contains both A-IV and D-III, so the answer is B.

The remaining pairings have printing slips in the paper: (not 202) gives , roots (I); and has roots , which matches II, , apart from the sign. Neither slip changes the answer, because A and D already pin it down.

Q4 Village of 5000; males grow 5%, females 3%; population becomes 5202. Find (M, F).

Answer: C —

(2600, 2400)

and the increase is .

Substitute : , so .

Check: .

Q5 A earns 33⅓% more than B. By what percentage does B earn less than A?

Answer: B —

25%

Let . Then .

B is less than A by .

Q6 Which of three trigonometric identities (A, B, C) are true?

Answer: B —

A and C only

  • A: , so . True.
  • B: . False.
  • C: , so the sum is . True.

So A and C only.

Q7 Find m so that the quartic polynomial with terms 10x³ + 25x² + 15x + m is divisible by x + 7.

Answer: A —

-91

The first term is printed as , but a polynomial can't have two terms. The intended polynomial is .

By the factor theorem, :

Q8 Circular playground has area 22176 cm². Find the cost of fencing at ₹50 per metre.

Answer: A —

₹ 264

cm.

Circumference cm m.

Cost .

Q9 Sum of n terms of 1/(1×2) + 1/(2×3) + 1/(3×4) + ...

Answer: D —

Each term splits: .

The sum telescopes:

Check with : . Correct.

Q10 A does 1/4 of work in 3 days, B does 1/6 in 4 days; Rs 180 paid jointly. Find A's share.

Answer: D —

120

A finishes the whole work in days. B takes days.

Their daily work rates are . Working together, pay is split in this ratio.

A's share .

Q11 Poles 6 m and 11 m tall, feet 12 m apart. Find the distance between their tops.

Answer: C —

13 m

The tops differ in height by m and are 12 m apart horizontally.

Q12 Flat worth ₹5,00,000 depreciates 10% per annum. After how many years is it ₹3,64,500?

Answer: B —

3 Years

, so years.

Q13 Water to add to 30 L milk-water mixture (7:3) so that water becomes 40%.

Answer: A —

5

Milk L and water L. Milk doesn't change, and it must make up 60% of the new mixture.

New total L, so add L of water.

Check: .

Q14 I: exponents in prime factorisation of 392 sum to 5. II: 13/(2³×5) terminates after 2 decimal places.

Answer: C —

Statement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false.

  • I: , so the exponents sum to . True.
  • II: , which ends after 3 decimal places. In general, a denominator terminates after places. False.
Q15 Independent A, B with P(A)=p, P(B)=2p, P(exactly one)=5/9. I: p=1/3. II: p=5/12.

Answer: A —

Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are true.

Both are valid probabilities, since in each case ( and ). So both statements are true.

Q16 Boat: 30 km up, 28 km down in 7 h; 21 km up and back in 5 h. Check boat speed 12, stream 4.

Answer: C —

Statement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true.

Let the upstream speed be and the downstream speed be :

From the second equation, . The first can be rewritten as , which gives . So and .

Still water km/h, and stream km/h.

Check: h and h. I is false and II is true.

Q17 Floor 15 m 17 cm long, 9 m 2 cm broad. Least number of square tiles to pave it.

Answer: C —

814

The dimensions are misprinted; they should read 15 m 17 cm = 1517 cm and 9 m 2 cm = 902 cm.

The largest square tile has side . Since and , the HCF is 41 cm.

Number of tiles .

Q18 A and B travel 60 km; A is 4 km/h slower. B returns from Ambala and meets A 12 km short. Speed of A?

Answer: B —

8 km/hr

When they meet, A has covered km. B has covered km in the same time.

So . With , one ratio part is 4 km/h, giving and km/h.

Q19 LCM is 12 times HCF, LCM + HCF = 403, one number is 93. Find the other.

Answer: A —

124

, so .

Other number .

Check: and , so HCF and LCM .

Q20 Father is six times son's age; in 4 years he will be four times. Present ages of son and father.

Answer: A —

6 and 36

Let the son be , so the father is . Then .

The ages are 6 and 36. Check: in 4 years, .

Q21 Three years ago Amisha:Namisha = 8:9; three years hence 11:12. Present age of Amisha?

Answer: C —

19 years

Three years ago their ages were and , so in 3 years they will be and .

Amisha now years. Check: .

Q22 Four touching circles of radius r around a small central circle (figure). Radius of the inner circle.

Answer: C —

Joining the four centres gives a square of side . Its diagonal is .

The inner circle sits at the centre of the square, so each outer centre is away. The inner circle touches each outer circle, so its radius is

Q23 sin α and cos α are roots of ax² + bx + c = 0. Then b² equals?

Answer: C —

The roots satisfy and .

Square the sum:

Q24 Mean of a, b, c is M; ab + bc + ca = 0; mean of a², b², c² is KM². Find K.

Answer: A —

3

, so

The mean of the squares is , so .

Q25 Match: mean of first five primes; mean of factors of 24; mean of first six multiples of 4; x from a given mean.

Answer: B —

A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I

  • A: → III.
  • B: The factors of 24 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24. Their sum is 60, so the mean is → II.
  • C: → IV.
  • D: The -terms cancel, so the mean is → I.
Q26 Simplify (√5+√3)/√(8−2√15) + √(11+2√30)/(√6−√5).

Answer: D —

Simplify the nested roots: and .

First term: .

Second term: .

Sum . A numeric check gives about 29.83 both ways.

Q27 If a × b = 2a − 3b + ab, find 3 × 5 + 5 × 3.

Answer: C —

22

and .

Sum .

Q28 Value of (325³ + 175³)/(325² − 325×175 + 175²).

Answer: D —

500

The numerator is misprinted as . The intended term is , which matches the denominator's pattern.

With and :

Q29 I: sides AB=6√3, AC=12, BC=6 give ∠B=90°. II: isosceles AC=BC with AB²=2AC² gives ∠C=90°.

Answer: A —

Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are true.

  • I: . By the converse of Pythagoras, the right angle is opposite AC, which is . True.
  • II: , so the right angle is opposite AB, which is . True.
Q30 I: sin θ = 5/13 gives tan θ = 5/12. II: cot θ = 12/5 gives sin θ = 5/12.

Answer: C —

Statement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false.

Take acute.

  • I: . True.
  • II: gives a 5-12-13 triangle, so , not . False.
Q31 Two-digit number is 7 times its digit sum; reversed number is 18 less. Find the number.

Answer: B —

42

Let the number be . Then .

Reversing lowers it by 18: . So , , and the number is 42.

Check: and .

Q32 If a/(b+c) = b/(c+a) = c/(a+b) = k, find k.

Answer: B —

or -1

Case 1: . Adding numerators and denominators of equal ratios gives

Case 2: . Then , so .

Both values are possible.

Q33 Equation of the circle with centre (2, 2) passing through (4, 5).

Answer: B —

.

The circle is .

Logical Reasoning

Q34 Approximate ratio of total tax paid to total cost of components over 2000-2004.

Answer: C —

14 : 138

Total taxes .

Total cost of components .

Ratio . Compare the options: , , , .

The closest is 14 : 138.

Q35 Total expenditure in 2000 as a percentage of total expenditure in 2003.

Answer: B —

81.70%

2000: .

2003: .

.

Q36 Year with the maximum percentage increase in salary over the previous year.

Answer: A —

2001

  • 2001:
  • 2002: , a decrease
  • 2003:
  • 2004:

The maximum is in 2001.

Q37 Number of girls with grade B and number of girls with grade C.

Answer: A —

5, 30

Complete the table first (used for Q37–40):

  • 40 girls are 50% of the students, so there are 80 students and 40 boys.
  • Half the students (40) have grade A or B. With 30 grade B in total, 10 have grade A.
  • Boys with A , so girls with A .
  • of 40 boys boys have grade C. So boys with B .
  • Girls with B , and girls with C .

Girls with B = 5 and girls with C = 30.

Q38 Number of girls, boys and total students.

Answer: B —

Girls-40, Boys-40, Total-80

Girls are 40 and form 50% of the class, so boys and total . See the completed table in Q37.

Q39 Number of girls with grade A and total students with grade A.

Answer: A —

5, 10

A or B together , and B , so A in total.

Boys with A , so girls with A . The answer is 5, 10.

Q40 Number of boys with grade B and number of boys with grade C.

Answer: A —

25, 10

Boys with C .

Boys with B . The answer is 25, 10.

Q41 Sheela is Arun's wife; Deepak is Sheela's brother; Mita is child of Deepak's wife Sunita. Arun's relation to Mita?

Answer: C —

Uncle

Mita is Deepak's child. Sheela is Deepak's sister, so she is Mita's aunt (father's sister).

Arun is Sheela's husband, which makes him Mita's uncle.

Q42 All sparrows are birds, all birds are mountains, all mountains are skies. Which conclusions follow?

Answer: C —

Only I and IV follow

The chain is Sparrows ⊂ Birds ⊂ Mountains ⊂ Skies.

  • I (All sparrows are skies): follows along the chain.
  • IV (All birds are skies): follows, since Birds ⊂ Mountains ⊂ Skies.
  • II (All skies are birds) and III (All mountains are sparrows) reverse the inclusions. "All X are Y" does not imply "All Y are X", so they don't follow.
Q43 Missing term: AGDLX, GDLXA, DLXAG, ?, XAGDL, AGDLX.

Answer: A —

LXAGD

Each term moves the first letter to the end: AGDLX → GDLXA → DLXAG → LXAGD → XAGDL → AGDLX.

The cycle closes back at AGDLX, which confirms the rule.

Q44 A, B, C, D good in various subjects; who is good in four of the five subjects?

Answer: C —

A

Count subjects for each person:

  • A: History, Biology, Maths, Chemistry = 4
  • B: Physics = 1
  • C: History, Biology, Chemistry = 3
  • D: Physics, Chemistry = 2

Only A has four.

Q45 Number of dark red balls in the box (1000 balls).

Answer: B —

120

The pie chart gives Red 21%, Blue 14%, Green 18%, Pink 12%, Yellow 21%, Orange 14% of 1000 balls.

Red . Light : dark , so dark red .

Q46 Total number of green balls.

Answer: A —

180

Green of .

Q47 Total percentage of orange, yellow and pink balls.

Answer: B —

47

Orange + Yellow + Pink .

Q48 Difference between light red balls and dark yellow balls.

Answer: A —

15

Light red .

Yellow with light : dark , so dark yellow .

Difference .

Q49 Ratio of dark pink balls to dark green balls.

Answer: C —

7:9

Dark pink .

Dark green .

.

Q50 Four friends, three clubs, different sports. Who likes badminton and is in the Eco club?

Answer: B —

Rohit

Rohit likes badminton and is in neither the theatre club nor the dance club. Everyone belongs to exactly one club, so Rohit is in the Eco club.

Blessy is also in the Eco club but does not like badminton, so she is ruled out.

Q51 Complete the series: CEFH, IKLN, ____, UWXZ.

Answer: D —

OQRT

Within each group the letter gaps are +2, +1, +2: C(3) E(5) F(6) H(8).

The first letters go C(3), I(9), ?, U(21), rising by 6 each time. So the missing group starts with O(15).

O(15), Q(17), R(18), T(20) gives OQRT.

Q52 Students in mask-making and paper-quilling together.

Answer: A —

14

The pie chart gives Toy Making 30%, Paper Quilling 20%, Flower Making 25%, Mask Making 15%, Clay Modelling 10%.

Mask making + paper quilling of .

Q53 Number of students who did not participate in toy-making. Question dropped

Official key: E —

None of the given options (the correct value is 28)

Toy making , so students not in toy making of .

None of the options (16, 12, 10, 20) equals 28. The official key gives "E", which is not one of the printed options, confirming the question is flawed.

The tempting option is 12, but that is the number who did take part in toy making ( of 40).

Why this was dropped:

Correct value is 28, which is not among the options; the official key lists 'E' (no valid option).

Q54 Number of students who participated in flower-making.

Answer: B —

10

Flower making of .

Q55 Rani: 'He is the only son of the father of my sister's brother.' Relation to Rani?

Answer: D —

Brother

Rani's sister's brother is Rani's brother. His father is Rani's father.

The only son of Rani's father is Rani's brother.

Q56 Next two terms of the series A, C, F, J.

Answer: B —

O and U

Positions are 1, 3, 6, 10, with gaps +2, +3, +4.

The next gaps are +5 and +6, giving 15 = O and 21 = U.

Q57 Missing term: 6, 8, 4, 6, 3, 5, ?, ...

Answer: C —

The operations alternate between and :

The next term would be . The paper prints it as , most likely a misprint of .

A second check: the odd-position terms 6, 4, 3, ? have differences −2, −1, so the next difference is −½, giving .

Q58 Circle divided into sectors with 8, 27, 64, 125, 216, ?.

Answer: A —

343

Going clockwise, the sectors hold consecutive cubes: .

The missing number is .

Q59 623 = 49, 516 = 62, 438 = 89. Then 583 = ?

Answer: B —

98

Each code is the sum of the squares of the digits:

So .

Q60 Find the wrong term: 1, 9, 33, 105, 158.

Answer: A —

158

The rule is : .

The differences confirm it: 8, 24, 72 triple each time, so the next is 216 and . The term 158 is wrong.

Q61 Man walks 3 km east, 4 km south, 6 km west. Distance from start?

Answer: C —

5 km

Net east–west: km west. Net north–south: 4 km south.

Distance km.

Q62 Circle quadrants 594, 198, 66, ?.

Answer: B —

22

Going clockwise, each number is one-third of the previous: and .

The missing number is .

Q63 Venn diagram best showing deer, lion and animals.

Answer: A —

Two separate circles inside one larger circle

Deer and lions are both animals, so both circles sit inside the "animals" circle. No deer is a lion, so the two inner circles don't overlap. That is diagram A.

  • B (nested circles) would mean every deer is a lion.
  • C puts one class outside animals.
  • D shows overlaps that don't exist.
Q64 Botany : Plants :: Entomology : ?

Answer: D —

Insects

Botany is the study of plants, and entomology is the study of insects.

Birds belong to ornithology, and germs to microbiology or bacteriology.

Q65 Swap operators (+ means ÷, ÷ means −, − means ×, × means +) and evaluate 5−(13−4+2÷6×15÷5).

Answer: D —

150

After substituting the symbols, the expression becomes

Inside the brackets: , then .

Result .

Q66 LCQJ : METN :: ABDF : ?

Answer: D —

BDGJ

The letter shifts are +1, +2, +3, +4: L→M, C→E, Q→T, J→N.

Applying them to ABDF: A→B, B→D, D→G, F→J gives BDGJ.

Verbal Ability

Q67 Word for a person belonging to the same period as another.

Answer: C —

contemporary

A contemporary is someone who lives or works in the same period as another person.

  • A predecessor came before.
  • A successor comes after.
  • Contemptuous means scornful and has nothing to do with time.
Q68 Brevity is the soul ____ wit.

Answer: C —

of

The fixed expression from Shakespeare's *Hamlet* is "the soul of wit". "Soul of X" means the essence of X.

"With" and "for" don't fit the idiom. "Off" is a spelling trap for "of".

Q69 He broke ____ in the middle of his speech.

Answer: C —

down

Break down means to lose emotional control, such as starting to cry. That fits a speech interrupted midway.

  • "Broke apart" is used for objects or groups.
  • "Broke of" and "broke for" are not phrasal verbs with a sensible meaning here.
Q70 The doctor ____ a special course of antibiotics on the patient to ____ the disease.

Answer: D —

administered .... combat

A doctor administers a course of medicine, and antibiotics combat (fight) a disease. Both words fit the medical context.

  • A: you relieve symptoms or pain, not a disease.
  • B: "fake out" makes no sense here.
  • C: "prescribed" could work, but you don't "prove" a disease.
Q71 All we have to fear is fear ____.

Answer: C —

itself

The blank needs an emphatic pronoun that refers back to "fear", a thing, so itself is correct. This is F. D. Roosevelt's well-known line.

Ourselves, myself and yourself refer to people and don't agree with "fear".

Q72 Word meaning the same as 'sift'.

Answer: A —

examine

To sift evidence or information is to go through it closely and sort out what matters, which means to examine it.

Calamity (disaster), worthiness and problematic are unrelated. Two of them aren't even verbs.

Q73 I prefer reading a book ____ watching a movie.

Answer: C —

to

The standard pattern is prefer X to Y.

  • "Then" is a spelling confusion with "than", and "prefer" doesn't take "than" anyway.
  • "Prefer … over" is common in casual speech but is not the accepted formal idiom tested here.
  • "Against" is wrong.
Q74 Passive voice of 'We compelled the enemy to surrender'.

Answer: D —

The enemy was compelled to surrender by us.

The active verb is simple past ("compelled"), so the passive is was + past participle: "The enemy was compelled to surrender by us."

  • A: changes the tense to present ("is compelled").
  • B: is still active, and in present tense.
  • C: "was compelling" is active continuous, not passive.
Q75 Which sentence is correct? (variants of 'He was selected the ... player of the tournament') More than one answer

Official key: D —

He was selected the best player of the tournament.

"Best" is already a superlative, so D is the clean, correct form.

  • B ("more best") and C ("more better") are double comparisons, which are clearly wrong.
  • A ("the very best") is the tempting option. "Very" used as an intensifier before a superlative is standard, idiomatic English (e.g. "the very best"), so A is also grammatical.

The examiners intend D, the plain superlative.

Why it is arguable:

Option A ('the very best') is also grammatical and idiomatic; D is the intended answer but the question arguably has two acceptable sentences.

Q76 Which sentence is correct? (The coach ordered the player ... not leave the camp)

Answer: C —

The coach ordered the player not to leave the camp.

A negative infinitive puts "not" before "to": order someone not to do something.

  • A splits the infinitive ("to not leave"), which traditional grammar treats as incorrect.
  • B ("for not leave") is ungrammatical.
  • D uses "order" without the past-tense ending.
Q77 Pick the correctly spelt word.

Answer: B —

occasional

Occasional has double c and single s.

  • "Ocasional" is missing a c.
  • "Occasionaly" should be "occasionally", with double l.
  • "Gratitus" is not a word; the intended word is "gratuitous".
Q78 Error spotting: It wasn't necessary for her / To take time of work / when her son was ill.

Answer: B —

B

The idiom is time off work, meaning leave from work. Part B wrongly uses "of" instead of "off".

Parts A and C are correct.

Q79 Passive voice of 'Some boys were helping the wounded man.'

Answer: B —

The wounded man was being helped by some boys

The active verb is past continuous ("were helping"), so the passive is was/were being + past participle: "was being helped".

  • D ("was helped") changes the tense to simple past.
  • C changes it to present.
  • A reverses the meaning.
Q80 Error spotting: A white rhinocerous / is close / to extinction.

Answer: A —

A

Part A has the error. When a whole species is meant, English uses the ("The white rhinoceros is close to extinction"), not "a". The word is also misspelt: it should be "rhinoceros".

Parts B and C ("is close to extinction") are correct.

Q81 Which sentence is correct? (grandfather old but active)

Answer: D —

Although my grandfather is very old, he is very active.

"Although/though" already signals contrast, so it must not be paired with "but". D does this correctly.

  • A uses both "though" and "but", a double conjunction.
  • B and C are awkward or ungrammatical and change the meaning.
Q82 Figures of speech in 'My beloved is like a red red rose.'

Answer: B —

Simile and Alliteration

  • Simile: the beloved is compared to a rose using like.
  • Alliteration: the repeated r sound in "red red rose".

A metaphor would state the comparison directly without "like" or "as", so options with metaphor fail. There is no exaggeration here, so it isn't hyperbole.

Q83 When people are ____, as long as they hold fast to their language, they have the key to their prison.

Answer: C —

enslaved

After "are", the blank needs a passive participle describing people's condition, so enslaved fits. It also matches the image of a "prison". The sentence paraphrases a well-known line by Alphonse Daudet.

  • "Enslave" is the base verb and can't follow "are".
  • "Unslaved" is not a word.
  • "Prisoners" is grammatical but repeats "prison" awkwardly and loses the idea of a people losing their freedom.
Q84 Error spotting: The admission ticket / entitling her to / win a prize.

Answer: B —

B

As written the sentence has no main verb, because "entitling" is only a participle. Part B should read entitled her to: "The admission ticket entitled her to win a prize."

Parts A and C are fine.

Q85 We are truly ____ to the many hands and hearts that made this book ____.

Answer: C —

grateful .... possible

People are grateful to those who made something possible. This is the natural phrasing of a book's acknowledgements.

  • A: "plausible" means believable, which doesn't describe a book being made.
  • B: "feasible" describes plans, and "honoured to" someone is unidiomatic.
  • D: "flexible" makes no sense here.
Q86 Synonym of 'Ebullient'.

Answer: B —

Energetic

Ebullient means cheerful and full of energy or enthusiasm, which is closest to energetic.

  • Indolent and lethargic are opposites.
  • Athletic refers to physical fitness, not temperament.
Q87 Indirect speech of: He said to me, "What are you doing?"

Answer: C —

He asked me what I was doing.

For a question, "said to" becomes asked, and the wh-word stays as the link word without "that". The clause takes statement order, and the tense shifts back ("are doing" becomes "was doing"). "You" becomes "I" because it refers to the listener, "me".

  • A uses the wrong pronoun ("he").
  • B adds "that" before a wh-question.
  • D changes "what" to "why".
Q88 Neither of the players ____ adequately prepared for the tournament.

Answer: B —

is

Neither of + plural noun takes a singular verb in formal grammar, because it means "not either one". So "is" is correct.

"Are" and "were" are plural, and "am" is only used with "I".

Q89 No sooner did the chairman ____ than the directors put up their demand.

Answer: C —

arrive

After the auxiliary did, the verb takes its base form: "No sooner did the chairman arrive than …".

  • "Had arrived" needs the pattern "No sooner had the chairman arrived".
  • "Arrived" can't follow "did".
  • "Will arrive" clashes with the past tense of "put up".
Q90 Rearrange P, Q, R, S into a meaningful sentence about going abroad and grandmother being upset.

Answer: D —

QPRS

  • Q → P: "when I decided to go abroad" is completed by "for five years". P then goes on to the main clause, "I was sure".
  • P → R: "I was sure" needs its that-clause: "that my grandmother would be upset".
  • R → S: "and at her age one could never tell" adds the reason for the worry, so it comes last.

The order is QPRS.

Q91 According to the passage, how can we be truly civilized?

Answer: D —

by developing qualities of mutual help

The passage takes mutual co-operation and sacrifice for the common good as the test of civilization, which amounts to developing qualities of mutual help.

Wealth, power and education are never offered as the measure. The passage even suggests that humans, despite their advances, lag behind bees and ants on this test.

Q92 Animals are superior to men because of their ____.

Answer: B —

great instinct for co-operation

The passage says bees and ants have learnt co-operation and sacrifice for the common good better than man. By that test they are superior, so the reason is their instinct for co-operation.

Physical strength and a carefree life are never mentioned. "Rude and blind behaviour" would count against them, not for them.

Q93 What is the theme of the passage?

Answer: C —

Man’s Moral and Spiritual Development

The passage asks whether humans have really progressed and measures that progress by moral qualities: co-operation, sacrifice and serving a larger cause. The closing saying ends with sacrifice "for the soul". So the theme is man's moral and spiritual development.

  • A: the passage is not about empires.
  • B and D: truth and idealism are too narrow or not discussed.
Q94 Basic reason for exploitation of one man by another.

Answer: A —

Moral Turpitude

The passage links exploitation to selfishness and a lack of co-operation, which is a moral failing. Among the options, moral turpitude (moral corruption) fits best.

  • Lack of education is never mentioned.
  • High ethics would prevent exploitation, not cause it.
  • "Weakness of some people" blames the victims, which the passage does not do.
Q95 Indirect narration of: He said, 'How wise I am!'

Answer: B —

He exclaimed that he was very wise.

An exclamation becomes exclaimed that. "How wise" turns into "very wise", "I" becomes "he" (the speaker), and "am" shifts back to "was".

  • A and C keep "I", and C also keeps the present tense.
  • D changes the feeling to "regretted".
Q96 Antonym of 'dissimulate'.

Answer: D —

reveal

Dissimulate means to hide one's true feelings or intentions, or to pretend. Its opposite is reveal.

  • "Concealed" is close to a synonym, a trap.
  • "Circulate" merely sounds similar.
  • "Concrete" is unrelated.
Q97 Pick the correct sentence (He didn't like / hadn't like / haven't liked ... to attend the lecture).

Answer: D —

He didn’t like to attend the lecture

After the auxiliary did (not), the main verb takes its base form: "didn't like".

  • A ("didn't liked") marks the past tense twice.
  • B ("hadn't like") needs the participle "liked".
  • C ("He haven't") breaks subject–verb agreement.
Q98 Error spotting: As I haven't see all the evidence / I am reluctant / to make a judgement.

Answer: A —

A

The present perfect needs the past participle: "As I haven't seen all the evidence". Part A has the error.

Parts B and C are correct.

Q99 Antonym of 'jocund'.

Answer: C —

gloomy

Jocund means cheerful and light-hearted, so its antonym is gloomy.

  • "Cheerful" is a synonym, a trap.
  • "Optimistic" is close in spirit.
  • "Jealous" is unrelated.
Q100 Rearrange P, Q, R, S: responsible for anything / we would be held / that went wrong / we were told that.

Answer: C —

SQPR

  • S opens the sentence and needs a clause after "that".
  • Q follows: "we would be held".
  • P completes the phrase "held responsible for anything".
  • R describes "anything" as "that went wrong".

The sentence reads: *We were told that we would be held responsible for anything that went wrong.* So the order is SQPR.

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About the JIPMAT exam pattern

JIPMAT is conducted by NTA · IIM Bodh Gaya & Jammu. The format below is the standard pattern — check the official notification for the current year's exact rules before you sit the exam.

SectionsQuantitative Aptitude · Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning · Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension
Questions33 + 33 + 34 = 100
Duration150 minutes
Marking+4 / −1
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