IIFT 2017 was conducted for admission to the prestigious Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) located in Delhi, Kolkata, and Kakinada (AP).
The test was conducted across various centres in the country from 10 am to 12 noon. The duration of the examination was 2 hours with no sectional time limit. However, with there being 6 sections this time, VA and RC as separate sections along with LR and DI, students needed to manage their time across sections extremely deftly to ensure that they go past the sectional cut-offs.
Exam pattern :
The exam was based on the following pattern :
Section 1 (General awareness)
Section 2 (Verbal ability)
Section 3 (Reading comprehension)
Section 4 (Logical reasoning)
Section 5 (Quantitative ability)
Section 6 (Data interpretation)
The total number of questions that appeared in IIFT this year was 114 as compared to 123 last year. The reduced number of questions, however, was offset by the increase in the number of sections, from four to six. As mentioned above, LR and DI were separate sections, and so were VA and RC.
Last year cut-off :
The cut-offs last year for the general category were as below :
Section
Cut-off
VA/RC
9.67
LR & DI
8
QA
4.01
GA
1.99
Overall Cut-off: 48.5
Current year sectional cut-off :
This year, the sectional cut-offs are expected to be as below
Section
Cut-off
Verbal ability (VA)
2-3
Reading comprehension (RC)
3-4
Logical reasoning (LR)
4-5
Data interpretation (DI)
2-3
Quantitative ability (QA)
3-4
General awareness (GA)
0.75-1.5
The overall cut-offs too are bound to move south to be around 40 +- 2 marks.
Source: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/
Authored by Ramnath Kanakadandi, CAT course director, T.I.M.E.