Question

what is iift? how to crack it???

Answer 1

IIFT is a national-level management entrance exam conducted annually by Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, for admission to its MBA (IB) program. ... Through this exam, IIFTDelhi offers around 600 seats at its Delhi and Kolkata campus

Answer 2

Do you think MBA entrance exams like IIFT, CAT, SNAP, XAT, etc only check your subject knowledge? Well, sorry to burst the bubble but MBA entrance exams, especially IIFT, also check your time management skills, performance under pressure and analytical abilities. You need a different MBA preparation strategy to crack IIFT Entrance Exam. In this article you will get detailed and comprehensive plan to devise a winning strategy to crack IIFT.

The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade conducts the IIFT exam every year for admissions in its two-year MBA in International Business which is offered at its campuses in New Delhi and Kolkata. This written test is followed by an Essay Writing task, a Group Discussion and a Personal Interview. Before going to the section wise strategy for IIFT, let's analyze how IIFT pattern has been over the past few years.


IIFT Exam Pattern

The IIFT written test is historically conducted in the month of November of the preceding year of the commencement of the program. It is a multiple choice objective type test of two hours and the test areas over the last few years have been Quantitative Ability, Data Interpretation, Reading Comprehension, Verbal Ability, Logical Reasoning and General Awareness. The test has been experimenting with the number of sections & the number of questions, as is reflected in the table below, which gives the pattern of the test for the last few years:-

Year2016201520142013201220112010Time
(hour)2222222Total
Marks100100100100100100100Number of Questions123124118128135122150Number of Sections4444444Marks per QuestionDifferentialDifferentialDifferentialDifferentialDifferentialDifferentialDifferentialNegative Marking1/31/31/31/31/31/31/3

In fact, it is one of the rare management entrance exams that have differential marking for different sections, as well as for different questions of the same section. In 2010 and 2014, differential marks were allotted even between the two sub-sections of the Verbal Ability section.

IIFT 2016 featured 123 questions structured into four sections. The total number of questions in 2016 varied as compared to IIFT 2015. Section 1 was Quantitative Ability (20 Questions, 1 mark each); Section 2 was in two parts, one on Data Interpretation (22 Questions, 0.75 marks each) and the other on Analytical and Logical Reasoning (20 Questions, 1 Mark each); Section 3 was in two parts, one on Reading Comprehension (16 Questions, 1 mark each), the other on Verbal Ability (20 Questions, 0.75 marks each); Section 4 was on General Awareness with 25 Questions, 0.5 mark per Question. The expected overall score at which the text takers could expect a call from IIFT was around 41-44.

IIFT 2015 featured 124 questions structured into four sections- Section 1 was Quantitative Ability(22 Questions, 1 mark each); Section 2 was in two parts, one on Data Interpretation (18 Questions, 1 mark each) and the other on Analytical and Logical Reasoning (20 Questions, 0.75 mark each); Section 3 was in two parts, one on Reading Comprehension (16 Questions, 1 mark each), the other on Verbal Ability (20 Questions, 0.75 marks each);Section 4 was on General Awareness with 28 Questions, 0.5 mark per each. The cut off for short listing students for GD-PI round was 48.5 in 2015

IIFT 2014 featured 118 questions structured into four sections- Section 1 was in two parts, one on Data Interpretation (15 Questions, 1 mark each) and the other on Quantitative Ability (20 Questions, 1 mark each); Section 2 was on General Awareness with 26 Questions, 0.5 mark per each; Section 3 was in two parts, one on Reading Comprehension (17 Questions, 1 mark each), the other on Verbal Ability (20 Questions, 0.75 marks each); Section 4 was on Logical Reasoning, with 20 Questions, 1 mark each. An overall attempt of around 50 plus questions, with 40-45 marks was good enough for the GD-PI shortlisting