IIFT 2016: Do not Avoid Previous Year test Papers; helpful to give concrete direction

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Amit Agnihotri

Columnist & Author, MBAUniverse.com

Updated on August 12, 2016

IIFT 2016 paper based written test for admission to MBA (IB) can be prepared better if you analyse the past test papers and move on the success path

Number of questions in Quant & DI section may go in the range of 45 to 48 with a weightage of 45 to 48% to entire exam

IIFT 2016 paper based written test for admission to MBA (IB) can be prepared better if you analyse the past test papers and move on the success path in accordance with the test pattern. For the past many years despite changes in number of test questions or clubbing or de-clubbing one or other section, the exam structure of IIFT entrance test has remained more or less the same.

Many toppers pursuing MBA (IB) at IIFT Delhi or Kolkata campus instead of going for any coaching solved more past test papers to crack the exam with high scores. IIFT 2016 going to be held on November 27, is not an exception to it.

In fact, IIFT entrance test is taken by more aspirants than those who appear in many All India or State level MBA/PGDM entrance tests, the scores of which are accepted by many B schools as the shortlisting criteria for admission.

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) is a highly ranked B school. The flagship programme at IIFT is its 2 years MBA programme in International Business. IIFT conducts its own entrance test on the conventional pattern of paper-pen mode. The entrance test for admission to MBA batch 2017-19 in IIFT Delhi and Kolkata campuses will be held in a single session on November 27, 2016. The entrance test will be conducted in 20 cities across India. The conventional paper pencil mode test will be of 2 hours duration from 10.00 A.M. to 12.00 Noon.

IIFT 2016: Test structure
The written admission test to MBA Programme in IIFT consists of multiple choice objective type questions (in English). IIFT entrance comprises the questions covering English Comprehension, General Knowledge & Awareness, Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Analysis. The candidate may attempt any question from any section during the time allotted to attempt the test in the examination.

Number of questions: Expect between 115 to 130
IIFT entrance test does not have pre declared fixed number of questions either over all or section wise. Number of questions goes on varying every year in different sections as well as overall. The total number of questions in IIFT entrance test may go anywhere from 115 to 130

Marking pattern varies
Questions in different sections and sub sections in IIFT entrance exam carry different marking pattern. While overall maximum marks are 100, the maximum marks allotted to different questions vary from 0.5 to 1. Sectional cut offs also play an important role and a candidate has to clear them as well.

Penalty of one third marks will be awarded for every wrong answer. The candidates therefore have to be careful to avoid this negative marking by choosing the answer options with well calculated thought process.

Balancing act among sections; expert advice
Prof S K Agarwal, expert and mentor on IIFT 2016 exam preparation, shares that the 4 sections and their sub sections in IIFT entrance test carry different weightage in calculation of overall score. While it is very important that you must prepare in the manner to get the minimum cut off in each of the 4 sections, it is also necessary that you score overall high score in the exam. This is possible when you attempt more questions from the high weightage sections with speed and accuracy.

Please note that each section needs minimum qualifying score, so take care to target high balanced sectional score in IIFT 2016 entrance exam. Interestingly, the cut off marks for admission to IIFT MBA (IB) programme remain around 50%. So you need to be accurate while attempting the well selected questions from your strong areas.

Highest weightage to Quant & DI
Maximum weightage in IIFT entrance test is awarded to Quantitative ability and Data interpretation. Number of questions in Quant & DI section may go in the range of 45 to 48 with a weightage of 45 to 48% to entire exam as every question on quant & DI carries equal weightage of highest 1 mark.

Important topics to prepare
Preparation for Quantitative Analysis should be carefully planned. Following topics are required to be covered in your preparation for IIFT 2016 Quant. You may find 2 to 4 questions on each topic.