IGNOU MTTM Guess Paper for December 2026: What IGNOU Keeps Asking

MTTM Exam Calendar, 5 to 30 December: The Dense Weeks First

The MTTM papers run from Saturday 5 December to Wednesday 30 December 2026, according to IGNOU’s tentative date sheet for the December 2026 term-end examination, dated 21 September 2026.

The sheet prints the morning and evening sessions as two columns, and the text copy loses those column headings, so this page gives the date only. Your hall ticket names the session. IGNOU’s instructions on past sheets set the morning session from 10 AM to 1 PM and the evening session from 2 PM to 5 PM; the two IGNOU exam sessions are explained separately.

Category II First Semester: Four Papers on Four Days

A Category II learner sitting the whole first semester faces MTTM-1 on 7 December, MTTM-2 on 8 December, MTTM-3 on 9 December and TS-1 on 10 December: four papers on four consecutive days. MTTM-4 follows on 12 December and TS-2 on 14 December. Second-year learners get a similar block: MTTM-9, MTTM-10 and MTTM-11 on 22, 23 and 24 December, then MTTM-13, MTTM-14 and MTTM-115 on 28, 29 and 30 December.

That pattern decides the revision order. The week before 7 December is the last clear week for a first-semester learner, because no gap opens until 11 December.

Old and New Codes Sharing a Date

The same sheet carries the new MTTM 101 series alongside the old one. MTTM-1 and MTTM-101 are printed next to each other on 7 December, MTTM-3 sits with MTTM-102 on 9 December, MTTM-5 with MTTM-105 on 16 December, and TS-2 shares 14 December with MTTM-104. A learner carrying one old backlog code and new first-semester codes should check these four dates first. MTTM-106 to MTTM-114 and MTTM-116 to MTTM-118 do not appear on the December 2026 sheet at all, and neither does the old MTTM-15.

Third-party pages quote different end dates and release dates for this cycle; only the official sheet settles it. Hall tickets, exam centres and fees are covered on the IGNOU hall ticket guide, the term-end exam fee page and the December 2026 date sheet explainer.

Assignment Done, Term-End Still Ahead: What Settles an MTTM Course

The term-end paper is where an MTTM course is won or lost, because the assignment alone cannot complete a course: IGNOU’s 2026 first-year MTTM booklet says assignments must be submitted in time in order to appear in the term-end examination, and the paper then decides the rest.

IGNOU prints no weightage figure on any of the MTTM papers compared here, and the 2026 first-year assignment booklet prints none either. This page therefore does not state a percentage split between assignment and examination for MTTM; the MTTM Programme Guide is the place to confirm it. One rule is printed: IGNOU’s MTTM programme page says Category II learners must score 40 per cent in each of the four additional TS courses, whose marks are not added to the overall evaluation.

Assignment marks and grade-card updates are tracked on the assignment result and grade card page, and the IGNOU percentage calculator converts the final grade card into a percentage.

Guess Set, IGNOU Past Exam or Worked Answers: Matching Each to an MTTM Need

A guess paper is a revision set of important and recurring questions for one course code, such as MTTM-115, with model answers, prepared by a publisher from past papers and the syllabus; “important questions”, “expected questions” and “model paper” are other names learners use for the same thing.

A previous year question paper is the actual paper IGNOU set in an earlier term-end examination, such as the June 2025 MTTM-115 paper, and it is free on IGNOU’s question-paper archive. A solved question paper is that actual IGNOU paper with a publisher’s model answers added.

For MTTM the three work best together: two or three free IGNOU papers per code to learn the format, then a revision set organised by the themes those papers share. IGNOU solved question papers are listed separately for learners who want answers to one specific session.

Old Series, New Series: MTTM Numbering, Credit Totals and How Each Exam Is Built

Two MTTM code series are live at once. IGNOU’s MTTM programme page lists the series most learners sit, MTTM 1 to MTTM 14 and MTTM 115, while the July 2026 Common Prospectus lists only the semester-wise MTTM_NEW structure, MTTM 101 to MTTM 118. The tentative December 2026 date sheet carries both: every old-series code except MTTM-15, and the five new first-semester codes, MTTM-101 to MTTM-105.

The Series Most Learners Still Sit: MTTM 1 to MTTM 14 and MTTM 115

The fifteen theory courses carry 4 credits each, 60 in all; with the 8-credit dissertation the programme total is 68, as the programme page states. TS-1, TS-2, TS-3 and TS-6 are 8-credit additional courses for Category II learners only and sit outside that total.

The July 2026 Prospectus Structure: MTTM 101 to MTTM 118

The prospectus lists MTTM 115 MICE Management in Semester II of MTTM_NEW, where the old booklet places it in Semester IV; the code is the same and the December 2026 date is 30 December either way. Eighteen theory courses at 4 credits make 72, and the 8-credit dissertation brings MTTM_NEW to the 80 credits the prospectus states (four semesters of 20).

How the Four Reviewed MTTM Papers Are Built

The June 2025 MTTM-115 paper is 3 hours and 100 marks: answer any five of ten questions in about 600 words each, all carrying equal marks, with Question 10 split into four 150-word short notes worth 5 marks each.

None of these papers prints a weightage line, a section split or a compulsory question. MTTM-12 changed shape inside one year: the June 2023 paper printed 20 marks against every question and included a four-part short-note question, while the December 2023 and June 2024 papers print no per-question marks and no short-note question at all.

Title Drift and Naming Slips to Watch

Assignment questions for each code are a separate product: the MTTM handwritten assignment page sets out both 2026 booklets and their two June deadlines.

Fifteen Past MTTM Exams Side by Side: Themes That Kept Coming Back

MTTM-1 asked managerial skills, decision making, MBO and managerial ethos at Questions 3, 4, 5 and 6 in each of its last three papers, and no other MTTM course compared here is that fixed.

MTTM-1: The Same Four Slots Three Times

Four MTTM-1 themes sat in the same question number in all three papers compared: managerial skills at Question 3, decision making at Question 4, MBO at Question 5 and managerial ethos or values at Question 6, in June 2023, December 2023 and June 2024.

MTTM-11: Local Planning Closes Every Paper

Local-level tourism planning was the last question, Question 10, in all four MTTM-11 papers compared (June 2023, December 2023, June 2024 and December 2025), and the role of UNWTO was Question 7 in the last three of them.

MTTM-12: Product Themes With No Fixed Order

Three MTTM-12 themes came back in all four papers compared, December 2021 to June 2024: Special Interest Tourism, adventure tourism and destination development; unlike MTTM-1, their question numbers move from paper to paper.

MTTM-115: Business Travel Opens, Short Notes Close

Every MTTM-115 paper compared, from June 2023 to June 2025, opened with business travel at Question 1 and closed with a 150-word short-note question at Question 10.

How These Counts Were Made

The counts come from fifteen IGNOU MTTM term-end papers, each reviewed in full by ignouproject.com on 2 November 2026: three MTTM-1 papers (June 2023 to June 2024), four MTTM-11 papers (June 2023 to December 2025), four MTTM-12 papers (December 2021 to June 2024) and four MTTM-115 papers (June 2023 to June 2025). A theme counts when a question asks for the same idea, whatever the wording, so “seen in 3 of 4” is a judgement made question by question, not a string match and not a forecast. The theme tables cover MTTM-1, MTTM-11, MTTM-12 and MTTM-115; for other MTTM codes and the TS papers, the format is confirmed against the latest IGNOU paper on WhatsApp.

IGNOU papers behind these tables, one link each: MTTM-1 June 2023, MTTM-1 December 2023, MTTM-1 June 2024, MTTM-11 June 2023, MTTM-11 December 2023, MTTM-11 June 2024, MTTM-11 December 2025, MTTM-12 December 2021, MTTM-12 June 2023, MTTM-12 December 2023, MTTM-12 June 2024, MTTM-115 June 2023, MTTM-115 December 2023, MTTM-115 June 2024, MTTM-115 June 2025.

Free copies of other MTTM sessions can also be found through the IGNOU last year paper finder.

Building an MTTM Set: Five Steps From Code to Final Review

Each MTTM set is built in five steps, starting from the exact code and ending with a named review.

1. Start from the code your hall ticket prints. Old-series MTTM-1 and new-series MTTM-101 are different courses even when they share 7 December; the set is built for the one you sit.
2. Lay the recent IGNOU papers side by side. Each question is matched by theme and by its question number, which is how the fixed MTTM-1 slots and the MTTM-115 opening question showed up.
3. Rank themes by how often they returned. A theme seen in four of four papers is revised before one seen once; a theme seen once is labelled as seen once.
4. Write answers to the TEE length. Essay answers are sized near 600 words, and short notes at 150 or 300 words where the course still sets them.
5. Check the set against the block material. Answers are cross-checked against the IGNOU course blocks, then reviewed by BK Sahni before the set is released for December 2026.

Honest Limits: What Any MTTM Study Aid Achieves and Misses

Plan the Run, Clock the Writing: No-Cost MTTM Planner and Timer

Both tools run in your browser, use the dates and paper formats printed in the tables above, and send nothing anywhere.

Official MTTM Archive and Timetable: Where IGNOU Files Them

IGNOU publishes MTTM question papers session by session, a few months after each examination; the December 2025 papers are the latest set listed, and the June 2026 list is still empty.

1. Open the December 2025 question-paper list on ignou.ac.in and search for MTTM; it lists fifteen MTTM files, including MTTM-115.
2. For 2023 and 2024, use the School of Tourism index pages for June 2023, December 2023 and June 2024; MTTM files sit under the BIHM/MTM heading.
3. Search with every padding of the code, because the same course is filed as MTTM-1, MTTM-01 and MTTM-001.
4. Before relying on a file, look at the session printed on page 1.
5. For dates, open IGNOU’s tentative December 2026 date sheet and search for MTTM01 or TS01; the sheet pads codes with a zero.

The MTTM course list and category rules are on IGNOU’s MTTM programme page, and the 2026 assignment deadlines are in the 2026 first-year MTTM assignment booklet. The bilingual June 2025 TS-2 paper shows what a Category II paper looks like. General date-sheet help is on the IGNOU date sheet page, and the prospectus itself on the IGNOU prospectus guide.

Beyond 30 December: Admit Card, Marks, Rechecking and Final Record

December term-end results usually follow in the new year, and the MTTM grade card updates course by course once both the paper and the assignment are marked.

Download the hall ticket before 5 December if a TS paper is on your list, since TS-6 is the first MTTM-linked paper. After the examination, the IGNOU term-end result page explains where marks appear, the re-evaluation guide covers rechecking a paper, and the final grade card guide covers the programme-end record. The CGPA calculator is useful once several courses are complete.

Alongside the Exam Set: Assignment Answers, Books and Rate Card

Most MTTM learners who order a revision set also need something for the assignment side of the same course.

Typed answers for the 2026 MTTM booklets are on IGNOU solved assignments, chapter-wise books on IGNOU help books and IGNOU guide books online, and the full rate card on the services and charges page. Learners at the dissertation stage can use the MTTM 16 and MTTMP 119 dissertation guide. Guess papers for other programmes are listed on the IGNOU guess papers hub.

Language of the Exam: English for MTTM, Two Languages for TS

MTTM papers are English only, while the TS papers Category II learners sit are bilingual: the June 2025 TS-2 paper prints all ten questions in English and again in Hindi across 8 pages, where each MTTM paper compared runs to 2 or 3 English pages.

Each set is prepared for the upcoming term-end examination, in every medium IGNOU examines that course in, and the medium for your course code is confirmed on WhatsApp before you pay.

For MTTM courses that means English, the medium of instruction on both the programme page and the July 2026 prospectus. For TS-1, TS-2, TS-3 and TS-6, ask on WhatsApp whether a Hindi set is available for your code before paying. Every set targets the December 2026 cycle; a set for the June 2027 cycle is prepared once that date sheet is issued.

Buying MTTM Sets: Rates, Courier Charge and Sending Day

₹49 PDF · ₹100 printed, per subject code. The rate is ₹49 per subject code for a solved guess paper as a PDF, or ₹100 per subject code as a printed copy. Printed copies carry a one-time courier charge of ₹100 per order, whatever the number of subject codes; the PDF has no courier charge.

1. Send your MTTM codes, series and category on WhatsApp +91 93546 37830.
2. Choose PDF or printed; the total is confirmed, with the courier line shown separately for printed orders.
3. Pay once the codes, medium and price are confirmed.

The PDF is shared on WhatsApp once payment is confirmed. A printed copy is dispatched the next day after payment is confirmed, and the courier details are shared on WhatsApp. No arrival date is promised, because transit time depends on the courier and your location.

There is no minimum order: one subject or ten, same rate per format. Example: four first-semester codes cost ₹196 as PDFs, or ₹400 printed plus the ₹100 courier charge, ₹500 in all.

Sources, Reviewer and Known Limits Behind the MTTM Guide

Three kinds of source sit behind this page, and they are kept apart. IGNOU documents: the July 2026 Common Prospectus, IGNOU’s MTTM programme page, the 2026 MTTM assignment booklets, the tentative December 2026 date sheet dated 21 September 2026, and the fifteen MTTM papers plus one TS paper linked above. The publisher’s analysis: the theme tables, the n of N counts, the slot observations and the time budget. The publisher’s terms: prices, formats, dispatch and medium confirmation.

Limits, stated plainly: the December 2025 papers for MTTM-1, MTTM-12 and MTTM-115 are listed by IGNOU but are not yet part of the theme tables; MTTM-101 to MTTM-105 are new, so their format is confirmed against the first IGNOU papers on WhatsApp; the date sheet is tentative and the session slot comes from your hall ticket.

Written and reviewed by BK Sahni, Founder, Shri Chakradhar Publication Pvt. Ltd. and ignouproject.com, who has guided 5,00,000 students till date. ORCID 0009-0005-8092-459X. About BK Sahni. Serving IGNOU learners since 2010.

Published 2 November 2026 · Last reviewed 2 November 2026 · Next review: when IGNOU issues the June 2027 tentative date sheet, usually in February.

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