IIFT 2016 Exam analysis: LRDI weightage increased, reduced for GK & Quant; 123 questions greet test takers

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November 27, 2016
IIFT 2016 has left the test takers gasping for time management as they found it difficult to attempt 123 questions in 2 hours time
The last year's cut off for the General Category was 48.5. It is probably going to be in the similar or a slightly higher range given that RC was easier and so was DI Prof Arks Srinivas CEO VistaMind

True to its reputation IIFT 2016 has left the test takers gasping for time management as they found it difficult to attempt  123 questions in 2 hours time.  Total number of questions in IIFT 2016 exam was 123 as against last year where 124 questions were placed in the exam. The weightage to LRDI section was increased to 36.5% in IIFT 2016 from 33% in IIFT 2015.

IIFT 2016 MBA (IB) entrance test for admission session 2017-19 was held today on Nov 27, 2016 as paper based test from 10AM to 12Noon in 20 test cities across the country. Around 45000 candidates appeared in the IIFT 2016 entrance exam. As happened in the past, the exam had moderate to high difficulty level and with short time limit to complete the test comprising too many questions, candidates could not attempt many questions despite knowing their answers.

The IIFT 2016 test on Nov 27, began on right time at 10 AM and got over without any technical issues.  The 120 minutes test was found to contain moderate to difficult questions. Most of the candidates couldn’t solve more than 50 to 60% of the questions.

But despite all the odds, candidates scoring low in IIFT 2016 can expect a high percentile as is the trend in IIFT exam. According to Arks Srinivas CEO VistaMind Education “The good news, however, is that the cutoffs for IIFT has always been very low.”

General Awareness (GK) section in IIFT exam has always been a hard nut to crack. The IIFT 2016 exam is no exception to it. The number of GK questions has been reduced to 25 in IIFT 2016 from 28 in IIFT 2015. The weightage to GK section has also been reduced from 14% to 12.5% as 0.50 mark is awarded to each correct answer in this section.

Candidates found it difficult to crack this section with good attempts. But there is a silver lining also as the cut-off in the GK section remains very low. In IIFT 2016 the cut off is expected to be of 1 mark as against only 0.82 mark last year.

IIFT exam is divided in 4 sections and sub-parts of the section also go on changing. The sectional division of IIFT 2016 exam remained as – Quantitative Techniques; Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension; Logical Reasoning & Data Interpretation; General Awareness.

The weightage awarded to each section was – 36.5% on LRDI; 31% on VARC; 20% on Quant and 14% on General Awareness.

Overall Exam
The IIFT 2016 was very similar to the IIFT 2015 and IIFT 2013 exams. Unlike the previous years, the RC wasn't as lengthy and the DI wasn't as calculation intensive as the previous years.

According to Prof Arks Srinivas CEO VistaMind Education “This should make the Cut-offs go higher than normal. The last year’s cut-off for the General Category was 48.5. It is probably going to be in the similar or a slightly higher range given that RC was easier and so was DI (though LR was a little bit on the tricky side).”

IIFT 2016 Exam contained 123 questions, 1 less than IIFT 2015 which had 124 questions. Questions were over all not very difficult but needed time management. Few DI and LR questions were lengthier ones. The test takers found the difficulty level a bit higher also.

IIFT 2016 entrance test was held in a single session of 2 hours across the country in the conventional paper pen mode from 10 AM to 12 Noon. The test greeted the candidates with trickier and lengthier questions on almost all the sections. Candidates found it difficult to cross the hurdle of 60 questions out of 123. The cut off is expected between a score of 47 to 49 marks in IIFT 2016 out of maximum 100 marks.

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Quick Analysis
Following is the IIFT 2016 quick analysis carried out by MBAUniverse.com – VistaMind Education expert team

IIFT 2016 Paper Pattern
No of Questions        : 123
No of Marks               : 100
No of Sections           : 4  (Cutoffs exist for each section)
Marking                      : Differential
Negative marking      : 1/3 rd of the mark allotted for a question
Total No of Sets         : 4 sets (A B C D)

Sectional Analysis
While the test paper was the same for everyone, the order of the sections changed for person to person. Given below is the paper pattern of SET B. However, the order of the questions for a given section for all the sets was the same. Register here for IIFT Call Predictor

Section

Part

No. Of Questions

Marks/Question

Total

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E) = (C) * (D)

Section -1

Part – 1 (LR)

22 (Questions 01-22)

0.75

16.5

 

Part – 2 (DI)

20 (Questions 23-42)

1.00

20

Section - 2

Part – 1 (RC)

16 (Questions 43-58)

1.00

16

 

Part – 2 (VA)

20 (Questions 59-78)

0.75

15

Section - 3

GK

25 (Questions 79 -103)

0.5

12.5

Section - 4

QA

20 (Questions 104-123)

1.00

20

Total

 

123

 

100

IIFT 2016 Preliminary Cutoffs

Section/Area

Expected Cutoff

Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension

8

Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning

9

Quantitative Ability

5

General Awareness

1

Overall Cutoff
General Category                 : 48
OBC                                       : 43
SC/ST/PH                              : 38

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