IGNOU OPENMAT 2026 - Details, Dates, Apply Here

The OPENMAT Entrance Exam 2026 for MBA and other Management courses by IGNOU is led twice consistently. The dates for OPENMAT ought to be deliberately noted with the goal that you don't fall behind the timetable of use accommodation, test date, and so on. If you qualified OPENMAT you can take admission to MBA or other Diploma in Management courses by applying for confirmation. You will be conceded if you have qualified in the test and the qualification criteria for the program you expect to seek after 

According to the notice gave by NTA, IGNOU OPENMAT XLVII enrollment initiates from 31st January 2020. Up-and-comers need to visit the official site (ntaignou.nic.in) to get enrolled for the OPENMAT 2020 test. National Testing Agency (NTA), the test leading collection of IGNOU MBA Entrance will proceed with the enrollment till 29th February. You can tap on the immediate connection of IGNOU OPENMAT EXAM REGISTRATION 2020, to apply for the test.

Important Dates for IGNOU OPENMAT 2026

Programs in which you can apply through OPENMAT Exam

• Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management (PGDHRM)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Management (PGDFM)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Operations Management (PGDOM)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management (PGDMM)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Markets Practice (PGDFMP)

IGNOU OPENMAT 2026 Eligibility

• Graduation in any discipline with 50% marks for general category/45% for reserved category.
• There is no age limit for admission to the MBA program conducted by IGNOU.

IGNOU OPENMAT 2026 Exam Pattern 

OPENMAT exam generally has a similar pattern consistently. There will be a sum of 200 Multiple Choice Questions which you should finish in 3 hours' time. The questions are isolated into four areas. They are: 

As indicated by the OPENMAT exam pattern, there are 200 inquiries to be illuminated in 3 Hours. So for segments like General Awareness, don't invest a ton of energy thinking about an answer. On the off chance that you can't respond to an inquiry in the principal perusing, essentially leave the inquiry and move to the following inquiry. Endeavor every one of the inquiries you know and afterward go after the inquiries you are to some degree far fetched. Along these lines, you can spare a great deal of time and go to the most extreme number of inquiries.

IGNOU OPENMAT 2026 Exam Syllabus

General Awareness (Current Affairs)

• India: Constitution, Famous People, Achievements, History, Government, Organisations, Laws, Geography, Economy, Politics, States.
• World: Countries, Leaders, World Economy, Organisations, Summits.
• Science, Industry, Trade, etc.

English Language

• Reading and Comprehension: You will be asked to read passages and then answer the multiple-choice questions based on the passage.
• Grammar: These questions would test your skills in English grammar. This section contains questions like fill in the blanks, sentence correction, etc.
• Vocabulary, Synonyms, Antonyms, etc.

Quantitative Aptitude

This section tests your numerical and math skills. The most frequent topics are:

• Progressions, Arithmetic Progression, combinations, Algebra, Ratios and Proportions, LCM, HCF, Statistics, Mean, mode, median, Permutations, Geometric Progression, Geometry, Number Systems, Trigonometry, etc.

Reasoning

This section checks your reasoning skills. The commonly asked topics are:

• Family tree, Statements, and assumptions, Statements and conclusions, Assertion, and reasons, Cause and Effect, Coding and decoding, Assumption-Premise-Conclusion, Critical reasoning, Symbol Based problems, Visual reasoning, etc.

Apply for IGNOU OPENMAT 2026 Exam

Registration for the OPENMAT selection test is done only online through the IGNOU site. You should fill the application structure and pay the test charge online before the cutoff time for OPENMAT test registration. 

Guidelines and Procedure for Filling the OPENMAT Application Form 

You can follow the guidelines underneath to fill and send the OPENMAT application structure. 

• While filling the fields 1,2 and 3, alluding to the appendixes area for applicable codes. The informative supplement area of the outline contains subtleties like provincial focus code, state code and so on. For definite data on filling the application structures read this. 
• While filling the state code, provincial focus code, and the examination focus code, care ought to be taken to fill the right places that are helpful for you. 
• All other fields in the OPENMAT application structure are clear as crystal and directions and codes are given close by each field. 
• Apply to OPENMAT just through the IGNOU site. 
• Apply on IGNOU site at the very latest the last date of application.

IGNOU OPENMAT 2026 Application fees 

The application fee to show up in the OPENMAT MBA placement test is Rs. 600/ - . 

• Method of Application Fee Payment: Applicants can make fee installments by means of Debit/Credit card, and Net Banking through the online enrollment entryway. 
• Understudies are instructed to check the status with respect to OPENMAT Application fee installment. Just if the charge installment status is OK, your OPENMAT application structure will consider being effectively finished and submitted. In the event that the status isn't OK, at that point follow these means: 
• Pay the fees by and by subsequent to organizing with the concerned bank or the college. Enquire about the past charge installment status if the sum has been deducted from your financial balance. 
• In case the transaction was canceled, because of any specialized mistake, the sum will be discounted, in any case, you have to make the charge installment once more 
• If the affirmation page isn't produced, contact the concerned position to check if the fees have been paid and get composed affirmation from them.

How to Prepare for OPENMAT

• The test in General Awareness is to check whether you know about the occasions and things occurring around you every day. 
• If you have the opportunity, at that point make it a propensity to peruse the everyday paper. It gives you a huge amount of data about different things like Politics, Science, Sports, Bureaucracy, Governments, National and International Events and so on. 
• The math course readings for classes 8 to 10 distributed by NCERT is an awesome choice for reviewing all that you learned at school. These reading materials are awesome in covering the basics of math. 
• Your reasoning capacity relies upon how well you can translate the given information. The information may not be exhibited in a clear manner. You need to derive the appropriate response from the arrangement of information given. The information might be as sentences, pictures, charts, etc. Read Newspapers Daily.