BBA DBE
IIM Bangalore
BBA DBE · Digital Business
60 questions · 90 minutes · no negative marking
IIM Bangalore's BBA in Digital Business admits on one 60-question paper with no negative marking, so every question you can reach is worth attempting.
BBA DBE, section by section
- 01
Verbal Ability
20 Qs · one RC passage + grammar and vocabulary
Practise Verbal Ability - 02
Quantitative
16 Qs of the Quant & DI section · its hardest part
Practise Quantitative - 03
Data Interpretation
The 4-question DI set in Quant & DI
Practise Data Interpretation - 04
Logical Reasoning
10 Qs · the quickest marks on the paper
Practise Logical Reasoning
BBA DBE 2027 at a glance
The IIMB DBE Entrance Test is IIM Bangalore's own admission test for its three-year online BBA in Digital Business and Entrepreneurship. It has 60 multiple-choice questions in 90 minutes, one mark each, with no negative marking. In the 2026 cycle IIM Bangalore selected entirely on scores, from this test, CUET (UG) General Test Section III or JEE Main.
| Questions: | 60 multiple-choice questions, 1 mark each (60 marks) |
|---|---|
| Duration: | 90 minutes; no section time limits in IIM Bangalore's 2024 papers |
| Sections: | Verbal & RC 20 Qs, Quant & DI 20, Logical Analytical Reasoning 10, General Awareness 10 |
| Marking: | +1 for a correct answer, 0 for a wrong one: no negative marking |
| Mode: | Computer-based test at offline centres; 23 cities in 2026 |
| Calculator: | On-screen calculator provided; physical calculators not allowed |
| Instead of this test: | CUET (UG) General Test Section III or JEE Main score from 2024, 2025 or 2026 |
| Test dates: | Not yet announced for 2027 entry. The 2026 test was on 26 July 2026 |
Checked against IIM Bangalore's own pages and the sources below on . Colleges change their tests between cycles, so confirm on the official site before you sit it.
BBA DBE syllabus, section by section
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension: Reading comprehension (one passage, four questions), Idioms and phrases, Synonyms and antonyms, Analogies, Para-jumbles, Sentence completion, Grammar: tenses, prepositions, conjunctions, phrasal verbs, Commonly confused words, One-word substitutes, Odd one out.
Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation: Data interpretation set (pie, radar charts and tables), Ratio and proportion, Number system: unit digits, divisibility, Simple and compound interest, Profit and loss, Time and work; time, speed and distance, Quadratic equations, inequalities and modulus, Progressions, Permutations and combinations; functions, Mensuration and plane geometry.
Logical Analytical Reasoning: Syllogisms, Seating arrangement, Ranking and order, Venn diagrams, Number and letter series, Blood relations, Direction sense, Clocks and calendars.
General Awareness: Current affairs, Indian history and the freedom movement, Business and economy, including Indian founders and CEOs, Science and ISRO, Art and culture.
Try two questions from BBA DBE Paper 1
Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation
The average of three numbers is 19 while the average of two of these numbers is 21.25. What is the value of the third number?
- A 15.5
- B 14.5
- C 13.5
- D 12.5
Logical & Analytical Reasoning
What should come in place of the question mark ‘?’ in the given series? 81, 84, 90, 99, 111, ?
- A 135
- B 129
- C 126
- D 141
IIMB previous year questions
10 papers in the real IIM Bangalore UG and BBA DBE pattern, with a worked solution and the fastest way for every question. Every paper's questions and answer key are free, and Paper 1 is free with its solutions.
Open the IIMB papersIIM Bangalore has a second undergraduate test
The IIMB UG Admissions Test is IIM Bangalore's entrance test for its four-year residential BSc (Hons) programmes in Data Science and Economics, which admit 80 students, 40 in each. The 2026 test, for the 2027-31 batch, is on 15 November 2026: a 135-minute computer-based test of 60 multiple-choice questions in three timed sections - Quantitative & Data Interpretation (30 questions, 1 hour), Logical Reasoning (15, 45 minutes) and Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (15, 30 minutes) - with negative marking. It is not the BBA in Digital Business entrance test.
IIM Bangalore UG Admissions Test: the facts and a free mockWhat IIM Bangalore DBE Logical Reasoning looks like
Ten questions, with no negative marking and no time limit for the section, and IIM Bangalore's own solved papers rate most of them easy or medium. They cover seating and ranking, syllogisms, series, blood relations, directions, Venn diagrams and calendars.
- Seating and ranking
- Syllogisms
- Number and letter series
- Blood relations, directions and calendars
Six riders, one Sunday
- Six delivery riders - Gauri, Harsh, Imran, Jaya, Kunal and Lata - each made a different number of deliveries on Sunday.
- Imran made more deliveries than Lata but fewer than Gauri.
- Kunal made more deliveries than Gauri.
- Exactly two riders made fewer deliveries than Lata.
- Jaya made fewer deliveries than Harsh.
Who made the third-highest number of deliveries?
- A Gauri
- B Kunal
- C Lata
- D Imran
Show the answer
Imran. Exactly two riders are below Lata, so she is fourth. Kunal, Gauri and Imran are all above her (Kunal > Gauri > Imran > Lata), so they fill the top three in that order and Imran is third.
How many riders made more deliveries than Harsh?
- A 2
- B 3
- C 4
- D 5
Show the answer
4. The top four are settled, so Harsh and Jaya are the two below Lata. Jaya is below Harsh, which makes Harsh fifth with four riders above him.
Gauri made 31 deliveries and Lata made 24. What is the most Imran could have made?
- A 30
- B 31
- C 32
- D 33
Show the answer
30. Imran made fewer than Gauri and more than Lata, and no two riders made the same number, so he made between 25 and 30. 31 would tie with Gauri.
An example in the IIM Bangalore DBE style, written by Klay. Not a past-paper question.
Every answer, in six steps
- 01
Intuition
What the question is really asking, before any algebra.
- 02
The trap
The wrong answer this question was written to sell you.
- 03
Fast method
The shortcut a topper would actually use under time pressure.
- 04
Clean solution
The full working, so the shortcut is not a magic trick.
- 05
What's tested
The concept underneath, named - so you recognise it next time.
- 06
Takeaway
The one line worth remembering.
BBA DBE: common questions
- Is there negative marking in the IIMB DBE Entrance Test?
- No. In the IIMB DBE Entrance Test each of the 60 questions carries 1 mark and a wrong answer scores zero, as IIM Bangalore's published 2024 papers show.
- How many questions are in the IIMB DBE Entrance Test and how long is it?
- The IIMB DBE Entrance Test has 60 multiple-choice questions in 90 minutes. It is a computer-based test taken at offline centres, held in 23 cities in 2026, with an on-screen calculator.
- What are the sections of the IIMB DBE Entrance Test?
- The IIMB DBE Entrance Test has four sections: Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (20 questions), Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation (20), Logical Analytical Reasoning (10) and General Awareness (10).
- What is the eligibility for IIM Bangalore's BBA in Digital Business and Entrepreneurship?
- IIM Bangalore's BBA in Digital Business and Entrepreneurship needs a Class 10 pass with Mathematics as a compulsory subject and at least 60% in Class 12 (55% for SC, ST and PwD candidates). It is open to Indian nationals only.
- Can I use CUET or JEE Main instead of the IIMB DBE Entrance Test?
- Yes. IIM Bangalore's BBA DBE accepts CUET (UG) General Test Section III or JEE Main scores from 2024, 2025 or 2026 in place of its own test. For the 2026 cycle the General-category bars were 50% in the DBE Entrance Test, the 70th percentile in CUET Section III and the 50th percentile in JEE Main.
- Where can I practise IIMB questions?
- Klay has 10 IIM Bangalore UG and BBA DBE papers of 20 questions, mostly from past IIMB sittings, at klayprep.com/previous-year-questions/iim-bangalore-dbe; paper 1 is free, solutions included. The Klay tutor also works any IIMB question step by step, and the first 3 questions are free.
Sources: IIM Bangalore BBA DBE - Admissions, IIM Bangalore BBA DBE - FAQs, IIM Bangalore - DBE Entrance Test 2024 paper, 10 Aug 2024, IIM Bangalore - DBE Entrance Test 2024 paper, 17 Aug 2024.
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