IRMA is generally designed to test the candidates aptitude for Rural Management and hence majority of GK question were on Rural Management.
There were 200 questions (4 Sections) in all and the time allotted was 2hrs. The four sections were as follows:
| Time allotted | 2Hrs. |
| Total no. of questions | 200 |
| Marking Scheme | 1 |
| Sections | 4 |
| Number of choices | 5 |
| Negative Marking | ¼ |
| Expected cut-offs* | 103+ |
| Sr. No. | Sections | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| 1 | English Comprehension | 40 | Easy |
| 2 | Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation | 50 | Easy |
| 3 | Analytical Reasoning | 50 | Average |
| 4 | Issues of Social Concern (GK) | 60 | Average to tough |
| Sr. No. | Area Tested | Description | No. of Question | Mark Allotted | Difficulty Level /remarks |
| 1 | Reading Comprehension | Passage on decontrolling of water resources | 15 | 15 | Moderate |
| 2 | Verbal Ability | Cloze Test | 10 | 10 | Average |
| 3 | Verbal Ability | Para Jumbled | 5 | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| 4 | Verbal Ability | Grammar | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| 5 | Verbal Ability | Sentence Completion | 5 | 5 | Easy |
Evaluation: This section had questions on Reading Comprehension; Fill in the Blanks (cloze test), Sentence Completion & Para Jumbled etc.
Comfortable Attempt: 25-30 questions in about 30 minutes.
Achievable Score: 19+ was an achievable score.
| Sr. No. | Area Tested | Type of Questions | No. of Question | Mark Allotted | Difficulty Level /remarks |
| 1 | DI: Data Interpretation | Line graph | 5 | 5 | Moderate |
| Tables | 10 | 10 | Easy | ||
| Bar graph | 5 | 5 | Easy | ||
| 2 | QUANT | Simplification | 7 | 7 | Easy-Moderate |
| Permutation & Combination | 1 | 1 | Easy-Moderate | ||
| Probability | 3 | 3 | Moderate | ||
| Percentages | 1 | 1 | Easy | ||
| SICI , Ratio Proportion, P & L, T&W | 8 | 8 | Easy | ||
| Data Sufficiency | 5 | 5 | Moderate | ||
| Venn Diagram (Paragraph based) | 5 | 5 | Moderate |
Evaluation: Speed, clarity of the fundamentals of Mathematics and immaculate time-management were the key to success in this area. Overall this section was easy.
Comfortable Attempt: 35-40 questions in about 35 minutes.
Achievable Score: 26+ was an achievable score.
| Sr. No. | Area Tested | Description | No. of Question | Mark Allotted | Difficulty Level /remarks |
| 1 | Critical Reasoning | Decision Making (Eligibility for Rural Marketing) | 5 | 10 | Easy |
| 2 | CR | Coding decoding | 5 | 5 | Moderate |
| 3 | CR | Course of action | 5 | 5 | Moderate |
| 4 | CR | Cause Effect | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| 5 | CR | Statement Assumption | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| 6 | Analytical Reasoning | Analytical reasoning (Verbal Puzzle, No. Arrangement, Seating Arrangement etc..)+inference + statement conclusion | 14 | 9 | Moderate |
| 7 | CR | Data Sufficiency (Reasoning Based) | 5 | 5 | Moderate |
Evaluation: This section had questions that tested the student's Analytical Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning, and Decision making ability. There were questions on Odd man- out, Course Of Action and Statement Assumption. The section required attentive reading and deep thinking as it seemed deceptively easy on the first glance.
Comfortable Attempt: 25-30 questions in about 40-45 minutes.
Achievable Score: 27+ was an achievable score.
Evaluation: This was the toughest of all sections. The questions were verbose and descriptive and answer choices tricky close. 8-10 questions were direct (Milkman of India, WTO, Famous Economist, Nobel prize winner) and a student who had brushed up his Current GK could have easily attempted these question and most of the other questions were on Government schemes, definition of terms, economics, poverty and agriculture etc. and exhaustive study was required to attempt these questions. Hence the expected cut-offs in this section is much lower.
Comfortable Attempt: About 25 in 30 minutes
Achievable Score: 18+ would be an achievable score in this area.
*Disclaimer:All the above given information is based on personal opinion of hitbullseye Expert faculty. Several factors have been considered before giving these cut-offs. However, it has nothing to do with original cut-offs.