M.Sc. (MACS) · December 2026 term-end examination
Five semester I MMT papers in six days, and three paper shapes to prepare for
MMT-008 runs 3 hours for 100 marks, MMT-004 and MMT-007 run 2 hours for 50, and the term-end share of the result moves from 50 to 70 per cent depending on the code. The revision sets below are built on fourteen IGNOU papers from December 2022 to December 2025.
- 16 examined codes
- 3 paper formats
- 14 IGNOU papers compared
- English medium only
- First paper 2 Dec 2026
- PDF or printed
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Quick answer. An IGNOU MSCMACS guess paper is a revision set of recurring questions with model answers for one MMT or MMTE course code, built from IGNOU’s past term-end papers and the syllabus. The December 2026 MSCMACS papers run from MMT-001 on 2 December to MMTE-004 on 29 December 2026, per IGNOU’s date sheet dated 30 October 2026, inside a cycle that lasts from 25 November 2026 to 14 January 2027. The formats differ: MMT-008 is 3 hours and 100 marks with a compulsory true or false question, while MMT-004 and MMT-007 are 2 hours and 50 marks. Sets cost ₹49 PDF · ₹100 printed, per subject code, with a one-time ₹100 courier charge on printed orders, and are prepared in English, the only medium IGNOU examines MSCMACS in. No one outside IGNOU knows the questions in advance.
When the Sixteen MMT and MMTE Papers Fall in December 2026
MSCMACS papers start on Wednesday 2 December 2026 and end on Tuesday 29 December 2026.
First MSCMACS paper
MMT-001, Wed 2 Dec 2026
Last MSCMACS paper
MMTE-004, Tue 29 Dec 2026
Date sheet dated 30 October 2026, issued without the word tentative
The dates above come from the IGNOU date sheet for the December 2026 term-end examination dated 30 October 2026. Its heading drops the word tentative that the 21 September 2026 version carried, the cycle window now ends on 14 January 2027 rather than 13 January, and every one of the sixteen MSCMACS dates is unchanged between the two versions. Morning papers run 10 AM to 1 PM and evening papers 2 PM to 5 PM, as the two IGNOU exam slots page explains; the sheet’s text does not mark which slot each MMT code sits in, so read the session off your hall ticket.
A Six-Day Run for Semester I
Semester I is the tightest stretch of the cycle. MMT-001, MMT-002, MMT-004 and MMT-005 fall on four consecutive days from Wednesday 2 December to Saturday 5 December, and MMT-007 follows on Monday 7 December after the Sunday break. A learner carrying semester II as a backlog then meets MMT-003 on 8 December and MMT-006 on 9 December, which makes seven papers in eight days.
- Semester I: MMT-001 (2 Dec), MMT-002 (3 Dec), MMT-004 (4 Dec), MMT-005 (5 Dec), MMT-007 (7 Dec).
- Semester II: MMT-003 (8 Dec), MMT-006 (9 Dec), MMT-008 (18 Dec).
- Semester III: MMTE-002 (14 Dec), MMT-009 (19 Dec), MMTE-001 (21 Dec), MMTE-003 (23 Dec), MMTE-004 (29 Dec).
- Semester IV: MMTE-007 (11 Dec), MMTE-006 (16 Dec), MMTE-005 (26 Dec).
- Back to back across semesters: MMT-008 on Friday 18 December and MMT-009 on Saturday 19 December.
- No two MSCMACS codes share a date, so there is no clash inside the programme.
The December 2026 date sheet guide on this site covers the whole cycle; if your exam form for December is still pending, the IGNOU exam fee page lists the charges.
Why One MMT Paper Is Worth 70 Per Cent and Another 50
For MSCMACS the term-end paper carries 70 per cent of the result in six theory-only courses and 50 per cent in the courses with a computer practical. The MSCMACS Programme Guide dated March 2025 gives the theory term-end paper 70 per cent and the assignment 30 per cent in MMT-002, MMT-003, MMT-004, MMT-005, MMT-006 and MMTE-002, while the courses with a computer practical split the result four ways: 20 per cent assignment, 50 per cent theory term-end paper, 10 per cent practical continuous assessment and 20 per cent practical term-end examination.
Two codes break even that pattern. MMT-001 Programming & Data Structures gives its theory paper only 20 per cent and its practical term-end examination 50 per cent, and MMT-009 Mathematical Modelling gives 70 per cent to the theory paper, 20 to the assignment and 10 to practical continuous assessment. The papers echo the guide: the June 2025 MMT-008 and December 2025 MMT-007 papers each print a weightage of 50 per cent under the marks line, and the 2026 MMT-008 assignment booklet states that 20 per cent goes to continuous evaluation.
So a 50-mark MMT-004 script decides 70 per cent of that course, and a 100-mark MMT-008 script decides 50 per cent of an 8-credit course. The Programme Guide asks for at least 40 per cent in each course, theory and practical, with an overall average of at least 40 per cent; the IGNOU percentage calculator converts a grade card into a percentage once results arrive.
Revision Set, IGNOU’s Own Paper or a Worked Solution: Picking One for an MMT Code
A guess paper is a revision set of important and recurring questions for one course code, such as MMT-008, with model answers, prepared by a publisher from IGNOU’s past papers and the syllabus; the same product is sold as important questions, expected questions or a model paper. A previous year question paper is the actual paper IGNOU set in an earlier term-end examination, such as the June 2025 MMT-007 paper, and IGNOU publishes it free. A solved question paper is that actual paper with a publisher’s model answers.
| Guess paper | Previous year question paper | Solved paper | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | A revision set of recurring questions with model answers for one code, such as MMT-008 | The paper IGNOU actually set in an earlier term-end examination | That IGNOU paper with a publisher’s worked answers |
| Who makes it | A publisher, from past papers and the syllabus | IGNOU | A publisher, on IGNOU’s paper |
| Cost | ₹49 PDF · ₹100 printed, per subject code here | Free on IGNOU’s question paper pages | Varies by seller |
| Best for | Ranking themes and practising answer length for the format | Seeing the exact format and wording IGNOU uses | Checking a method on a question IGNOU really asked |
| What it cannot do | Predict the December 2026 paper | Show what changed after its session | Teach a topic the paper never asked |
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Most MSCMACS learners do best with a mix. The free IGNOU papers show the exact wording and the calculator rule; a revision set saves the sorting, because it groups fourteen papers’ worth of questions into themes and writes answers to the length each format pays for. Worked solutions to IGNOU’s own papers are listed on the solved question papers page. Whichever seller you use, check four things before paying: the code is current, the format matches the latest paper, the set names the session it targets, and the seller makes no accuracy promises, which is itself a reason for caution.
Fourteen IGNOU papers behind it. Every theme count comes from MMT-004, MMT-007 and MMT-008 papers set between December 2022 and December 2025.
Answers sized to the marks. A 15-mark MMT-008 answer and a 10-mark MMT-007 answer are written to different lengths, because the papers pay them differently.
The compulsory true or false block. Each format opens or closes with five 2-mark statements that need a proof or a counter-example, so the set drills justification, not guessing.
Proof-led MMT-004. Real Analysis is sat without a calculator, so its answers lean on definitions, theorems and short counter-examples.
Worked numericals where they score. MMT-007 and MMT-008 answers show each step of a Runge-Kutta step or a queue calculation, as the 2-hour and 3-hour papers expect.
Current-paper check. MMT-004 sets follow the 2025 papers, which did not ask the signals-and-systems questions seen in 2022 and 2024.
Date-aware. The run planner below sorts your codes by IGNOU’s December 2026 dates, so the 2 December run can be ordered first.
One code or sixteen. No minimum order, and the same per-code rate whether you need MMT-002 alone or every semester II code.
English only, as IGNOU sets it. MSCMACS is examined in English, so every set is prepared in English and nothing else is offered.
Two formats. A PDF on WhatsApp once payment is confirmed, or a printed copy dispatched the next day after payment is confirmed.
Slips flagged. Misprints in IGNOU’s own MMT papers, such as gambler’s rain for gambler’s ruin, are explained below so they do not throw you on the day.
Plain limits. The set says which themes recurred and how often, and never claims to know the December 2026 questions.
Starting with the 2 December run?
Send the semester I codes first if your run starts on 2 December.
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MMT and MMTE Codes, Credits and How Each Paper Is Set
MSCMACS has sixteen courses with a term-end paper, worth 60 credits across four semesters, and the July 2026 Common Prospectus lists them with exactly 16 credits a semester. The 4-credit MMTP-001 project completes the 64-credit total and has no term-end paper, so it is not in the tables below.
Sixteen Examined Codes Across Four Semesters
| Code | Course title (July 2026 Common Prospectus) | Credits | Semester | December 2026 paper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMT-001 | Programming & Data Structures | 4 | I | Wed 2 Dec 2026 |
| MMT-002 | Linear Algebra | 2 | I | Thu 3 Dec 2026 |
| MMT-004 | Real Analysis | 4 | I | Fri 4 Dec 2026 |
| MMT-005 | Complex Analysis | 2 | I | Sat 5 Dec 2026 |
| MMT-007 | Differential Equations and Numerical Solutions | 4 | I | Mon 7 Dec 2026 |
| MMT-003 | Algebra | 4 | II | Tue 8 Dec 2026 |
| MMT-006 | Functional Analysis | 4 | II | Wed 9 Dec 2026 |
| MMT-008 | Probability and Statistics | 8 | II | Fri 18 Dec 2026 |
| MMT-009 | Mathematical Modelling | 2 | III | Sat 19 Dec 2026 |
| MMTE-001 | Graph Theory | 4 | III | Mon 21 Dec 2026 |
| MMTE-002 | Design & Analysis of Algorithms | 4 | III | Mon 14 Dec 2026 |
| MMTE-003 | Pattern Recognition & Image Processing | 4 | III | Wed 23 Dec 2026 |
| MMTE-004 | Computer Graphics | 2 | III | Tue 29 Dec 2026 |
| MMTE-005 | Coding Theory | 4 | IV | Sat 26 Dec 2026 |
| MMTE-006 | Cryptography | 4 | IV | Wed 16 Dec 2026 |
| MMTE-007 | Soft Computing & Applications | 4 | IV | Fri 11 Dec 2026 |
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The elective label on the MMTE codes is misleading for planning. Semesters III and IV each list exactly 16 credits, and the seven MMTE courses together make the 26 elective credits the programme needs, so a learner who stays on the two-year track sits every MMTE paper; the IGNOU prospectus page explains where the programme tables sit.
How IGNOU Splits the Marks, Course by Course
| Code | Assignment | Theory term-end paper | Practical continuous | Practical term-end |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMT-001 | 20 per cent | 20 per cent | 10 per cent | 50 per cent |
| MMT-002 | 30 per cent | 70 per cent | Nil | Nil |
| MMT-004 | 30 per cent | 70 per cent | Nil | Nil |
| MMT-005 | 30 per cent | 70 per cent | Nil | Nil |
| MMT-007 | 20 per cent | 50 per cent | 10 per cent | 20 per cent |
| MMT-003 | 30 per cent | 70 per cent | Nil | Nil |
| MMT-006 | 30 per cent | 70 per cent | Nil | Nil |
| MMT-008 | 20 per cent | 50 per cent | 10 per cent | 20 per cent |
| MMT-009 | 20 per cent | 70 per cent | 10 per cent | Nil |
| MMTE-001 | 20 per cent | 50 per cent | 10 per cent | 20 per cent |
| MMTE-002 | 30 per cent | 70 per cent | Nil | Nil |
| MMTE-003 | 20 per cent | 50 per cent | 10 per cent | 20 per cent |
| MMTE-004 | 20 per cent | 50 per cent | 10 per cent | 20 per cent |
| MMTE-005 | 20 per cent | 50 per cent | 10 per cent | 20 per cent |
| MMTE-006 | 20 per cent | 50 per cent | 10 per cent | 20 per cent |
| MMTE-007 | 20 per cent | 50 per cent | 10 per cent | 20 per cent |
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Three Paper Formats Compared: MMT-004, MMT-007, MMT-008
The MMT-008 Probability and Statistics paper is 3 hours and 100 marks: Question 8 is compulsory and holds five true or false statements at 2 marks each, and the candidate then attempts any six of Questions 1 to 7 at 15 marks each, per the June 2025 MMT-008 paper. The same layout appears in all five MMT-008 papers from June 2023 to June 2025.
MMT-004 and MMT-007 look alike at first, 2 hours and 50 marks with a compulsory Question 1 of five true or false statements, but they differ in two ways that matter on the day. MMT-004 offers four out of five optional questions, numbered 2 to 6, and bans calculators, per the June 2025 and December 2025 MMT-004 papers; MMT-007 offers four out of six, numbered 2 to 7, and allows a scientific non-programmable calculator.
| Code | Latest IGNOU paper | Time and marks | Attempt rule | Compulsory element | Calculator | Weightage line on the paper |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMT-008 | June 2025 | 3 hours, 100 marks | Q8 compulsory; any six of Q1 to Q7 | Q8: five true or false statements, 2 marks each, with justification; Q1 to Q7 at 15 marks each | Scientific non-programmable allowed | 50 per cent |
| MMT-007 | December 2025 | 2 hours, 50 marks | Q1 compulsory; any four of Q2 to Q7 | Q1: five true or false statements, 2 marks each, no marks without justification; Q2 to Q7 at 10 marks each | Scientific non-programmable allowed | 50 per cent |
| MMT-004 | December 2025 | 2 hours, 50 marks | Q1 compulsory; any four of Q2 to Q6 | Q1: five true or false statements, 2 marks each, with justification; Q2 to Q6 at 10 marks each | Not allowed | Not printed |
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Names and Numbers That Disagree
Check these before trusting any older MSCMACS material, including pages on this site.
- The July 2026 Common Prospectus titles MMTE-007 Soft Computing & Applications; the Programme Guide calls it Soft Computing & its Applications. The code is the same.
- The prospectus names the programme Mathematics with Application in Computer Science; the Programme Guide and every MMT paper say Applications.
- The Programme Guide says nine of the seventeen courses have a computer practical, yet its course list marks only MMT-001 with the practical asterisk. The weightage table above follows the guide’s evaluation figures.
- The weightage line is printed on some papers and not others: MMT-008 shows 50 per cent in June 2023, December 2023, December 2024 and June 2025 but not June 2024, MMT-007 omits it in December 2023 and June 2024, and none of the four MMT-004 papers prints it.
- IGNOU’s archive files the same course as MMT-8.pdf for December 2020, December 2021 and June 2022 and as MMT-008.pdf in other sessions, under a folder labelled MSC MATHEMATICS rather than MACS.
- The date sheet prints codes without a hyphen, as MMT008 or MMTE004, so search the PDF that way.
- Earlier pages on ignouproject.com, written against the tentative sheet, give 13 January 2027 as the last day of the cycle; the 30 October 2026 sheet runs to 14 January 2027. Those pages are due for correction.
- MMT-004 guess material built on 2022 to 2024 papers carries signals-and-systems questions on linear and stable systems and convolution. Neither 2025 MMT-004 paper asked them, so treat such sets as out of step with the current papers.
Fourteen MACS Papers, 2022 to 2025: What Kept Coming Back
Markov chains and queueing models appeared in all five MMT-008 papers from June 2023 to June 2025, and four MMT-007 themes, Frobenius series, Legendre polynomials, finite differences for boundary value problems and the heat-equation schemes, appeared in all five MMT-007 papers from June 2023 to December 2025.
The tables count, for each theme, the question numbers where it appeared and the number of papers out of those compared. A cell marked not asked means the theme did not appear that session. The compulsory true or false question is left out of the theme counts, because it touches several topics at once.
MMT-008 Probability and Statistics: Markov Chains and Queues in Every Paper
| Theme | June 2023 | Dec 2023 | June 2024 | Dec 2024 | June 2025 | Papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markov chains: transition matrices, n-step probabilities, state classes | Q3(a) | Q3(a), Q5(a) | Q1(a), Q4(a) | Q2(b), Q6(b) | Q7(a) | 5 of 5 |
| Queueing models: single and multi-server, finite capacity | Q3(b), Q5(a) | Q4(a), Q5(b) | Q2(b) | Q3(a), Q5(a) | Q4(a) | 5 of 5 |
| Hotelling T-square test on mean vectors | Q4(a) | not asked | Q5(a) | Q3(b) | Q4(b) | 4 of 5 |
| Branching processes and extinction | Q2(b) | Q1(b) | Q7(a) | not asked | Q5(b) | 4 of 5 |
| Renewal processes and replacement policy | Q7(a), Q7(b) | not asked | Q6(a) | Q5(b) | Q6(b) | 4 of 5 |
| Principal components | Q2(a) | Q1(a) | Q5(b) | not asked | not asked | 3 of 5 |
| Multivariate normal: linear forms, conditional laws | Q1(a), Q5(b) | Q7(b) | not asked | Q2(a), Q4(b), Q6(a) | not asked | 3 of 5 |
| Bayes’ theorem | Q4(b) | not asked | Q3(a) | not asked | Q3(a) | 3 of 5 |
| Regression and least squares | Q6(a) | not asked | Q6(b) | not asked | Q3(b) | 3 of 5 |
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Beyond the two constants, the MMT-008 papers lean on multivariate work. Hotelling’s T-square test returned in four of five papers, missing only December 2023, which tested correlation among three variables and classification into two populations instead. Branching processes missed only December 2024, and renewal or replacement questions missed only December 2023.
MMT-007 Differential Equations: Four Themes in All Five Papers
| Theme | June 2023 | Dec 2023 | June 2024 | June 2025 | Dec 2025 | Papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frobenius and power series solutions | Q2(a) | Q2(a) | Q3(b) | Q3(a) | Q2(a) | 5 of 5 |
| Legendre polynomials | Q5(a) | Q2(b), Q7(b) | Q3(a) | Q2(a) | Q2(b), Q2(c) | 5 of 5 |
| Finite difference method for a boundary value problem | Q4(b) | Q6 | Q4(b), Q6(a) | Q7(b) | Q5(c) | 5 of 5 |
| Heat equation by Schmidt, Crank-Nicolson or Laasonen | Q3(a) | Q3(b) | Q2(b) | Q6(a) | Q7(b) | 5 of 5 |
| Bessel functions | Q5(b) | Q7(a) | not asked | Q5(b) | Q3(b) | 4 of 5 |
| Taylor series method for an initial value problem | not asked | Q4(b) | Q6(b) | Q4(b) | Q4(c) | 4 of 5 |
| Fourier transforms and Fourier integrals | Q5(c) | Q3(a), Q4(a) | Q2(a), Q5, Q7(a) | not asked | Q4(b) | 4 of 5 |
| Multistep and predictor-corrector methods, with stability | Q3(b) | not asked | Q4(a) | Q5(a) | Q5(b), Q6(a) | 4 of 5 |
| Green’s function | Q6(b) | not asked | not asked | Q3(b) | Q3(c) | 3 of 5 |
| Laplace transform methods | Q2(b), Q4(a) | not asked | not asked | Q4(a), Q6(b) | Q4(a) | 3 of 5 |
| Five-point formula for Laplace’s equation | not asked | Q5 | not asked | not asked | Q7(a) | 2 of 5 |
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MMT-007 rewards methods practised by hand. Taylor series methods and predictor-corrector or multistep methods each appeared in four of five papers, and the December 2025 paper added Picard’s iteration and the modified Euler method in place of the Von Neumann stability analysis set in June 2025.
MMT-004 Real Analysis: Six Themes Every Time, One That Faded
| Theme | Dec 2022 | June 2024 | June 2025 | Dec 2025 | Papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lebesgue measure and measurable sets | Q2(c) | Q2(c) | Q3(b) | Q3, Q4 | 4 of 4 |
| Fatou’s lemma, monotone and dominated convergence | Q4(c) | Q4(c) | Q5(b) | Q5 | 4 of 4 |
| Connectedness and path-connectedness | Q5(a) | Q6(a) | Q4(b), Q5(a) | Q3, Q6 | 4 of 4 |
| Inverse and implicit function theorems | Q4(b) | Q4(b) | Q4(a) | Q4, Q5 | 4 of 4 |
| Constrained extrema and critical points | Q5(b) | Q5(b) | Q4(c), Q6(c) | Q6 | 4 of 4 |
| Fourier series | Q5(c) | Q5(c) | Q6(a) | Q6 | 4 of 4 |
| Compactness | not asked | Q3(a), Q4(a) | Q3(a) | Q2 | 3 of 4 |
| Cauchy sequences and completeness | Q4(a) | not asked | Q2(b) | Q2 | 3 of 4 |
| Directional derivatives | Q2(b) | not asked | Q2(c) | Q4 | 3 of 4 |
| Signals and systems: linear and stable systems, convolution | Q6(a), Q6(b) | Q6(b), Q6(c) | not asked | not asked | 2 of 4 |
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MMT-004 Real Analysis dropped its signals-and-systems questions in 2025. The December 2022 and June 2024 MMT-004 papers each set a Question 6 on linear or stable systems and convolution, while the June 2025 and December 2025 papers used that slot for Fourier series, critical points and constrained extrema. Two papers are a short record, so revise convolution lightly rather than skip it.
Six MMT-004 themes appeared in all four papers: Lebesgue measure, the convergence theorems, connectedness, the inverse and implicit function theorems, constrained extrema and Fourier series. Because calculators are not allowed, these questions ask for proofs, statements of theorems and counter-examples rather than arithmetic.
How the Theme Counts Were Built
Each count comes from the fourteen IGNOU term-end papers listed below: five MMT-008 papers (June 2023 to June 2025), five MMT-007 papers (June 2023 to December 2025) and four MMT-004 papers (December 2022 to December 2025), each compared question by question by ignouproject.com on 6 November 2026. Matching is by topic and is a human judgement: a question on M/M/1 queues and one on a three-server clinic both count as queueing. The theme tables cover MMT-004, MMT-007 and MMT-008; for the other thirteen codes, the format is confirmed against the latest IGNOU paper on WhatsApp before a set is sent.
- MMT-008 June 2023 term-end paper
- MMT-008 December 2023 term-end paper
- MMT-008 June 2024 term-end paper
- MMT-008 December 2024 term-end paper
- MMT-008 June 2025 term-end paper
- MMT-007 June 2023 term-end paper
- MMT-007 December 2023 term-end paper
- MMT-007 June 2024 term-end paper
- MMT-007 June 2025 term-end paper
- MMT-007 December 2025 term-end paper
- MMT-004 December 2022 term-end paper
- MMT-004 June 2024 term-end paper
- MMT-004 June 2025 term-end paper
- MMT-004 December 2025 term-end paper
The MMT-008 table stops at June 2025; the format of any later MMT-008 paper is confirmed against IGNOU’s archive on WhatsApp before a set is sent. More sessions are on the IGNOU last year paper guide.
Slips in IGNOU’s Own MACS Files
- The June 2025 MMT-008 paper prints gambler’s rain where gambler’s ruin is meant, in a Question 8 statement.
- The December 2023 MMT-008 paper calls a Markov chain matrix a transaction probability matrix rather than a transition probability matrix.
- The June 2023 MMT-007 paper spells Frobenius as Ferobenius in Question 2(a).
- The December 2025 MMT-007 paper tells candidates a scientific non-programmable calculate is allowed, and spells Lipschitz as Lipchitz.
- Paper serial prefixes differ by course and session: C–2463 on June 2025 MMT-008, B–1498 on June 2025 MMT-007, A–409 on December 2025 MMT-004.
From Fourteen Papers to One Revision Set: Five Steps
- Collect the IGNOU papers for the code. For MMT-004, MMT-007 and MMT-008 that means the fourteen papers above; for other codes, the latest IGNOU paper fixes the format before anything is written.
- Log every question by theme and session. Each sub-part is tagged, so a 6-mark Markov chain part and a 9-mark one both count toward the same theme.
- Rank the themes by how many papers asked them. Five of five comes first, then four of five, and so on; a theme seen once is kept but marked as seen once.
- Write model answers at the length the marks allow. About 25 minutes of writing for a 15-mark MMT-008 answer, about 22 minutes for a 10-mark MMT-004 or MMT-007 answer, with every numerical step shown.
- Check against the current papers and date sheet before sending. Topics IGNOU stopped asking, such as MMT-004’s signals questions, are flagged.
Limits of an MMT Guess Paper, Stated Plainly
A guess paper is a revision aid built from past IGNOU question papers and the syllabus. No one outside IGNOU knows the questions in advance, and no claim is made that any question in this set will appear in your examination.
What a Set Can Do Before 2 December
A set can tell an MMT-008 candidate that Markov chains and queues have been in every paper since June 2023, put Hotelling’s test and branching processes next, and show how long a 15-mark answer can run in a 3-hour paper. It can drill the compulsory true or false question, which in MMT-007 earns nothing without a proof or a counter-example, and it can keep MMT-004 answers proof-led because no calculator is allowed.
What It Cannot Replace
It cannot predict the December 2026 paper, cover a theme IGNOU sets for the first time, or replace the blocks for an 8-credit course like MMT-008. It also cannot stand in for the computer practical, which IGNOU assesses separately at the programme centre.
Revise it free first
IGNOU’s own blocks for every MMT and MMTE code are free on eGyankosh; the eGyankosh guide shows how to reach them, and the alternate Gyankosh route helps when the main site is slow. Course books can also be fetched through the IGNOU books download page, and short summaries sit on the IGNOU study notes page. Work at least one full IGNOU paper per code under the clock before buying anything.
Two Free MACS Tools: December Run Planner and Paper Clock
Both tools run in your browser, read only the data on this page and send nothing anywhere. Every date and format they show also appears in the tables above.
Free tool 1
MACS December Run Planner
Tick the codes on your hall ticket. The planner sorts them by IGNOU’s December 2026 dates, flags consecutive-day runs and clashes, counts the days to your first paper and prices the set in either format.
A number from 0.5 to 16. The planner multiplies it by the days between papers.
Your plan appears here.
Sets for the codes you ticked: ₹49 PDF · ₹100 printed, per subject code.
Get sets for the ticked codesThis tool is guidance from ignouproject.com, not an IGNOU rule. Using it creates no obligation to order anything.
Free tool 2
MMT Paper Clock and Calculator Check
Pick one code. For MMT-004, MMT-007 and MMT-008 the clock shows the format of the latest IGNOU paper, minutes per mark after your reading allowance, the calculator rule and the themes that kept returning. For every code it shows credits, the Programme Guide weightage and the December 2026 date.
All sixteen examined MSCMACS codes are listed.
From 0 to 30. The rest of the paper time is shared across the marks.
Your paper clock appears here.
One set for this code: ₹49 PDF · ₹100 printed, per subject code.
Confirm this paper format on WhatsAppThis tool is guidance from ignouproject.com, not an IGNOU rule. Using it creates no obligation to order anything.
| Code | Paper time | Writing time after 10 minutes | Minutes per mark | Per question |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMT-008 | 180 minutes | 170 minutes | 1.7 | Q8: about 17 minutes; each 15-mark question: about 25.5 minutes |
| MMT-007 | 120 minutes | 110 minutes | 2.2 | Q1: about 22 minutes; each 10-mark question: about 22 minutes |
| MMT-004 | 120 minutes | 110 minutes | 2.2 | Q1: about 22 minutes; each 10-mark question: about 22 minutes |
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Semester II or III papers later in December?
MMT-008 is on 18 December and the MMTE run ends on 29 December, so there is time to work a full set before each paper.
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Finding IGNOU’s MMT Papers and the Official Date Sheet
- Open the question paper section of ignou.ac.in and choose the session, for example June 2025 or December 2025.
- Search for the code with and without the zeros: MMT-008, MMT-8 and, in older folders, the MSC MATHEMATICS label.
- Check page 1 of the PDF for the session and the line M.Sc. (Mathematics with Applications in Computer Science), because files in the generic downloads folder do not carry the session in their address.
- For dates, open the latest date sheet under Announcements, Student Evaluation Division, and search MMT001 to MMTE007 without hyphens.
- Compare it with your hall ticket, which is the final word on the session and centre.
The earlier tentative December 2026 date sheet of 21 September 2026 carried the same sixteen MSCMACS dates and asked for discrepancies by 25 September 2026. IGNOU revises its sheets between versions, so a copy saved in September should be replaced with the 30 October file. A general walk-through of the sheets is on the IGNOU date sheet explainer.
Before and After the MACS Papers: Hall Ticket to Grade Card
Download the hall ticket before 2 December from the student portal; the IGNOU hall ticket page explains what it shows and the step-by-step hall ticket download covers login problems. Carry it with your ID card to every MMT paper.
December term-end results are posted in phases, and the IGNOU result page tracks them. Learners who sat June 2026 papers as backlog should first confirm those marks on the June 2026 result page, and assignment marks for each MMT code appear through the assignment result and grade card checker. If a theory mark looks wrong, the IGNOU revaluation process has fixed deadlines; the final grade card guide and the CGPA calculator help once all sixteen courses are complete.
Other Material MACS Learners Use With a Set
Assignments come first, because IGNOU does not let a learner fill the exam form for a course until its assignment is in; the IGNOU solved assignments page and the handwritten assignment guide cover that step. For fuller coverage of a block, see the IGNOU guide books online and the IGNOU help books. Fourth-semester learners can find MMTP-001 project help on the MSc MACS MMTP project guidelines page. Revision sets for every other programme are listed on the IGNOU guess papers hub.
English Only: Medium and Session for MSCMACS Sets
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 MSCMACS that medium is English: the July 2026 Common Prospectus and the Programme Guide list English as the only medium of instruction, and none of the fourteen MMT papers compared here has a Hindi version. Sets on this page target the December 2026 term-end examination; a June 2027 learner should ask for the June 2027 set, which is prepared once IGNOU issues that cycle’s date sheet.
How to Order an MMT or MMTE Set: Price, Steps, Dispatch
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.
- Send your MMT or MMTE codes on WhatsApp to +91 93546 37830, copied from your hall ticket.
- Choose the PDF (₹49 per subject code) or the printed copy (₹100 per subject code, plus a one-time ₹100 courier charge per order).
- Confirm the medium, English for every MSCMACS code, and the session, December 2026.
- Pay once the total is confirmed on WhatsApp.
- Receive the PDF on WhatsApp, or the courier details for the printed copy once it is dispatched.
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.
Five semester I codes as PDFs come to ₹245; the same five printed come to ₹500 plus the ₹100 courier charge, ₹600 in all. Charges for other services are on the services and charges page.
Sources, Review and Limits of This MSCMACS Guide
IGNOU documents. Course codes, titles, credits and the English medium come from the July 2026 Common Prospectus; weightage and pass rules from the MSCMACS Programme Guide dated March 2025; dates from the 30 October 2026 date sheet, checked against the 21 September 2026 tentative version; paper formats from the fourteen papers linked above.
ignouproject.com analysis. The theme counts, the minutes-per-mark figures (paper time less a 10-minute reading allowance, divided by the maximum marks) and the warnings about outdated material are the publisher’s own work, dated 6 November 2026. Topic matching is a judgement, the MMT-008 counts stop at June 2025, and the slot of each paper is left to the hall ticket.
Commercial terms. Prices, formats, dispatch and medium are the publisher’s terms, stated in the ordering section, and are separate from anything IGNOU sets.
MSCMACS Guess Paper Questions, Answered
Yes. ignouproject.com prepares an MSCMACS guess paper for each examined MMT and MMTE code for the December 2026 term-end examination, at ₹49 as a PDF or ₹100 as a printed copy per subject code. Each set lists recurring questions with model answers and is built from IGNOU’s past papers and the syllabus.
The first MSCMACS paper is MMT-001 on Wednesday 2 December 2026 and the last is MMTE-004 on Tuesday 29 December 2026, per IGNOU’s date sheet dated 30 October 2026. The full cycle runs from 25 November 2026 to 14 January 2027, so MACS learners finish well before it closes.
An MSCMACS guess paper costs ₹49 per subject code as a PDF or ₹100 per subject code as a printed copy. Printed orders add a one-time ₹100 courier charge per order, however many codes are in it. There is no minimum order, so one MMT code can be bought alone.
The MMT-008 Probability and Statistics paper is 3 hours and 100 marks. Question 8 is compulsory and carries five true or false statements worth 10 marks; candidates then attempt any six of Questions 1 to 7 at 15 marks each. The June 2025 paper prints a weightage of 50 per cent.
Markov chains and queueing models appeared in all five MMT-008 papers from June 2023 to June 2025. Hotelling’s T-square test, branching processes and renewal or replacement problems each appeared in four of the five. These are counts of past papers, not a forecast of December 2026.
Use both for an MMT code. IGNOU’s previous year papers are free and show the exact format; a guess paper groups the recurring themes and gives model answers sized to the marks. A learner short of time usually starts with the free papers and adds a set for the heaviest codes.
Yes. IGNOU publishes MSCMACS term-end papers free on its question paper pages, and the archive already holds December 2025 papers for MMT-004 and MMT-007. Some older files are named MMT-8.pdf rather than MMT-008.pdf, so search by both spellings.
Nobody outside IGNOU can say. An MSCMACS guess paper ranks themes that came back in earlier MMT papers, such as Legendre polynomials in all five MMT-007 papers from June 2023 to December 2025, but no claim is made that any question in the set will appear in December 2026.
It depends on the code. The MMT-007 and MMT-008 papers allow a scientific non-programmable calculator, while the June 2025 and December 2025 MMT-004 Real Analysis papers state that a calculator is not allowed. Always follow the instruction printed on your own paper.
It varies by MSCMACS course. Per the Programme Guide, theory-only courses such as MMT-004 give the term-end paper 70 per cent and assignments 30 per cent, while practical courses such as MMT-008 give 50 per cent to the theory paper, 20 to assignments and 30 to practical work.
The MSCMACS Programme Guide (March 2025) asks for at least 40 per cent in each course, covering theory and practical, and an overall average of at least 40 per cent. Check the current Programme Guide on ignou.ac.in, because evaluation rules can be revised.
Finish the second paper’s revision before the first paper is sat. In December 2026 MMT-001, MMT-002, MMT-004 and MMT-005 fall on four consecutive days from 2 December, so a semester I learner has no gap day between them; the run planner on this page shows the hours available.
No. IGNOU offers MSCMACS only in English, per the July 2026 Common Prospectus and the Programme Guide, and the MMT papers compared here are English-only. MSCMACS sets are therefore prepared in English, the one medium IGNOU examines these courses in.
Not in practice. The July 2026 Common Prospectus lists exactly 16 credits for semesters III and IV, and the seven MMTE electives together make the 26 elective credits needed for the 64-credit total, so every MMTE code has a December 2026 paper for learners at that stage.
A printed MSCMACS set is dispatched the next day after payment is confirmed, and the courier details are shared on WhatsApp. No arrival date is promised, because transit depends on the courier and the delivery location. The PDF is shared on WhatsApp once payment is confirmed.
No. ignouproject.com is an independent IGNOU study-support publisher and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or authorised by IGNOU. Dates, codes and paper formats on this page come from IGNOU documents named in each section, and only ignou.ac.in can confirm them for your enrolment.
Important Notice
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Programme structures, course codes, examination dates, question-paper patterns and rules change, and only ignou.ac.in and your Regional Centre can confirm the current position for your enrolment.
A guess paper is a revision aid built from past IGNOU question papers and the syllabus. No one outside IGNOU knows the questions in advance, and no claim is made that any question in this set will appear in your examination.
Study the official IGNOU material for every course you are sitting; a guess paper supplements that material and does not replace it.
No claim is made about the marks you will receive, about how an evaluator will assess your answers, or about your result. Examination and evaluation are entirely a matter for IGNOU.
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Send the codes on your hall ticket; the run planner above shows which of your December 2026 papers comes first, from MMT-001 on 2 December to MMTE-004 on 29 December.
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