IGNOU conducts OPENMAT entrance test for admission to its management programs.

There is no fixed syllabus for OPEN MAT Entrance Examination. However the exam mainly covers four areas

The OPENMAT will test your ability in the following fields:

General Awareness
English Language
Quantitative Aptitude
Reasoning

Paper Pattern:

Test - I General Awareness - No. of Questions 30
Test -II English Language - No. of Questions 50
Test - III Quantitative Aptitude - No. of Questions 50
Test - IV Reasoning - No. of Questions 70

Syllabus for openmat:

General Awareness
Current AffairsIndia:Constitution, Government, Laws, Famous People, Achievements, Organisations, History,Geography, Economy, Politics, States.
World: Countries, Organisations, Leaders, World Economy, 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 sections tests your numerical and math skills. The most frequent topics are:
Algebra, Ratios and Proportions, LCM, HCF,
Statistics, Mean,mode,median, Permutations, combinations,
Progressions, Arithmetic Progression, Geometric Progression
Geometry, Number Systems, Trigonometry etc.

Reasoning
This section checks your reasoning skills. The commonly asked topics are:
Assertion and reasons, Assumption-Premise-Conclusion, Cause and Effect, Coding and decoding, Critical reasoning, Family tree, Statements and assumptions, Statements and conclusions, Symbol Based problems, Visual reasoning etc.