No major change seems to take place in IIFT cut off after release of IIFT exam answer key by National Testing Agency on January 9, 2023 as the official answers are on expected line. However, IIFT test takers for admission 2023 should check, download and match their responses with official IIFT answers. This will help them to calculate their score based on the official answers and arrive at the IIFT campus wise Cut offs.
IIFT 2023 Entrance exam for admission to IIFT MBA (IB) 2023-25 batch was held on December 18, 2022 with a slight higher difficulty level. It may impact the IIFT cut off also. Although IIFT 2023 cut offs will be released by IIFT after the IIFT result 2023 is declared, It is expected that the IIFT 2023 cut offs for MBA (IB) admission 2023 will be somewhere between 96-97 percentile within the score range of 115-120 marks out of total 300. You can check below the expected IIFT cut off as per MBAUniverse.com IIFT exam Analysis.
IIFT Result is expected in January 2023 third week. IIFT will also release the IIFT Shortlist of candidates for admission 2023 for different IIFT campuses with IIFT sectional and overall cut offs. Conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA), IIFT entrance exam is an important MBA entrance exam which offers admission opportunity to IIFT 2 year MBA (IB) program offered by Indian Institute of Foreign Trade at Delhi and Kolkata campuses.
IIFT 2023 cut offs for MBA (IB) admission 2023 are changed as per the changes in the IIFT exam pattern and scoring pattern. The shortlisting by IIFT will depend upon the sectional cut offs also. If a candidate does not clear the sectional cut off, he/she will not be considered for shortlisting by IIFT for any of its campuses
Important Changes influencing IIFT 2023 Cut offs
IIFT cut offs are based on the IIFT 2023 exam difficulty level, IIFT scoring pattern, total number of candidates taking the test, and the total intake in the campuses of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT). The expected IIFT cut offs for MBA (IB) 2023-25 may go up or down as per the exam difficulty level. Following changes in IIFT 2023 exam influence the IIFT cut off predictions:
- IIFT 2023 Exam sections reduced to 4 from earlier 6
- Exam difficulty level
- Scoring pattern changed to 300 maximum marks from earlier 100 marks
- 3 sections with scoring pattern of +3 marks for each correct answer and -1 for each wrong answer
- GK section with lowest scoring pattern of +1.5 mark for each right answer and -0.50 mark for each wrong answer
- Sectional cut offs are expected to change accordingly
IIFT MBA (IB) 2023 entrance exam is conducted by National testing Agency. This year the exam was conducted on December 18, 2022 as a computer based test. Total intake in IIFT campuses located at Delhi and Kolkata is 500+. On the basis of their performance in IIFT entrance exam and with the help of IIFT Percentile predictors, candidates may check their IIFT cut offs for the IIFT campuses.
IIFT Cut offs are higher for Delhi campus followed by Kolkata campus. The cut offs could go up or down in accordance with the difficulty level in the exam.
Expected IIFT Cut offs for Admission 2023
The overall cut-off in IIFT entrance exam is more than the sum of all the sectional cut-offs. The likely section wise and overall IIFT cutoffs are shared as below:
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IIFT Paper Sections
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Likely Cut offs
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Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC)
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30-32
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Quantitative Analysis (QA)
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12-14
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Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)
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18-20
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General Awareness (GA)
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8-9
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Overall
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122-124
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Category-Wise IIFT Cut offs
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Category
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Likely IIFT Cut offs for MBA (IB) Admission 2023
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General Male
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122-124
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General Female
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115-118
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OBC Male
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105-110
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OBC Female
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98-105
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SC-ST Male
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75-80
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SC-ST Female
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70-75
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IIFT Previous year Cut Offs
Last year, out of 39572 total registered candidates, more than 35000 appeared in IIFT entrance exam.
IIFT Cut off : Overall Cut Offs by MBAUniverse.com
Experts at MBAUniverse.com, while analyzing the IIFT exam difficulty level and fewer than 40,000 test takers in IIFT exam which was conducted by NTA, had predicted the IIFT entrance cut offs for admission 2021 in the range of 110 to 120 for different IIFT campuses. Although IIFT does not shortlist the candidates campus wise, the overall cut offs for each of the three IIFT campuses may remain as under:
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IIFT Campus
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IIFT Delhi
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IIFT Kolkata
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IIFT Kakinada
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Overall Cut off (Out of 300 maximum marks)
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118-120
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115-118
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110-115
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IIFT Sectional Cut offs
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Section name
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Total questions
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Max marks
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Delhi Cut offs
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Kolkata cut offs
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Kakinada cut offs
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Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension
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35
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105
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18-20
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15-17
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12-14
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Quantitative Analysis
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25
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75
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16-20
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13-15
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10-12
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Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning
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30
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90
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18-20
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15-17
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12-14
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General Awareness (GK)
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20
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30
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8-10
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5-7
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4-6
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Total
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110
|
300
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Section Cut offs Predicted by T.I.M.E., CL, IMS
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Section name
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Total questions
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Max marks
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Cut offs by T.I.M.E
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Cut offs by CL
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Cut offs by IMS
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Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension
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35
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105
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30-32
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27-30
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20-22
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Quantitative Analysis
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25
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75
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14-16
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9-10
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12-15
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Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning
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30
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90
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18-20
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12-14
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18-20
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General Awareness (GK)
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20
|
30
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6-7.5
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8-10
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6-7
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Total
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110
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300
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Overall Cut offs predicted by T.I.M.E., C.L., IMS
Overall Cut off
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Predicted by
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Expected Overall Cut off Range
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T.I.M.E
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130
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Career Launcher
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105-108
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IMS
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125-130
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IIFT Cut offs 2020
IIFT exam during last two years had 6 sections with varying scoring pattern and maximum marks of 100. Following sectional and overall cut offs were predicted by top preparation institutes in for MBA admission 2020:
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Section name
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Cut off by T.I.M.E.
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Cut off by Career Launcher (Net Score)
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Cut off by IMS
(Net Score) |
Cut off by Bulls Eye (Good Attempts)
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General Awareness
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1-2
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0.83-1
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1.00
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6-8
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Verbal Ability
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3-3.5
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3.25-3.50
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2.33
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8-10
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Reading Comprehension
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2.33-3
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2.5-2.75
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2.33
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7-8
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Quantitative Aptitude
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3-4
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3 – 3.25
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2.33
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10-12
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Logical Reasoning
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2-3
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4 - 4.5
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1.66
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6-8
|
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Data Interpretation
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4-4.67
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0.75
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0.50
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6-8
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Overall Cut off
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Predicted by
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Overall Cut off Range
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T.I.M.E
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32-34
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Career Launcher
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31-33
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IMS
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29-31
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Bulls Eye
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28-30
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IIFT Previous Year Cut offs: IIFT MBA 2019 admission
Following were the sectional and overall cut offs for IIFT shortlisting in 2019:
Sectional cut offs
For Delhi, Kolkata and Kakinada campuses following sectional cut offs are expected:
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Section name
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Section-wise Highest Marks
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Delhi campus Cut off score
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Kolkata campus Cut off
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Kakinada campus Cut off
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General Awareness
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9
|
1
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0.85
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0.80
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Verbal Ability
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15
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4
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3.5
|
3
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Reading Comprehension
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16
|
3
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2.5
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2
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Quantitative Aptitude
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20
|
4.5
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4
|
3.5
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Logical Reasoning
|
20
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5.5
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5
|
4.5
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Data Interpretation
|
20
|
3-4
|
3
|
3
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Sectional cut offs
For Delhi, Kolkata and Kakinada campuses following are the sectional cut offs:
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Section name
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Section-wise Highest Marks
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Delhi campus Cut off score
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Kolkata campus Cut off
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Kakinada campus Cut off
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General Awareness
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9
|
1
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0.85
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0.80
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Verbal Ability
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15
|
4
|
3.5
|
3
|
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Reading Comprehension
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16
|
3
|
2.5
|
2
|
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Quantitative Aptitude
|
20
|
4.5
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4
|
3.5
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Logical Reasoning
|
20
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5.5
|
5
|
4.5
|
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Data Interpretation
|
20
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3-4
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3
|
3
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IIFT Cut offs for MBA(IB) 2018-20
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) conducted its own computer based entrance exam on December 3, 2017 for admission to MBA (IB) 2018-20 at its Delhi, Kolkata and the new Kakinada campus in Andhra Pradesh.
With the declaration of IIFT 2017 exam result, candidates had started looking for the cut offs at the IIFT campuses. This year IIFT entrance exam was found more difficult than last year. Therefore, the cut offs at different campuses have also gone down. Overall IIFT score cut offs for General category candidates remained between 37 to 41 marks out of 100 as against 47-48 last year.
Overall IIFT Campus-wise cut offs, intake
IIFT shortlists the candidates more than 5 times of the intake at its different campuses. Accordingly, the cut offs with intake and number of candidates shortlisted are shared as under:
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IIFT campus
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Cut off score out of 100 marks
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Total intake
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Number of candidates shortlisted
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Delhi
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41
|
220
|
1100
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Kolkata
|
38
|
140
|
700
|
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Kakinada
|
33
|
60
|
300
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IIFT Sectional cut offs
Cut offs at highest scores can be well understood. At Delhi, Kolkata and Kakinada campuses following sectional cut offs were applied:
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Section name
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Section-wise highest score
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Delhi campus Cut off
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Kolkata campus Cut off
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Kakinada campus Cut off
|
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General Awareness
|
3.5
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0.85 to1 mark
|
0.80
|
0.75
|
|
Verbal Ability
|
9
|
4
|
3.5
|
3.0
|
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Reading Comprehension
|
10
|
5+
|
4.5
|
3.5
|
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Quantitative Aptitude
|
11
|
5+
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4.5
|
4.0
|
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Logical Reasoning
|
9
|
4+
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3.0
|
2.5
|
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Data Interpretation
|
4
|
2
|
1.75
|
1.5
|
|
|
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37 - 41
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35-38
|
31-33
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