IIFT 2017 exam conducted successfully; result expected in late December

IIFT 2017

The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, on November 27, conducted the yearly nation-wide entrance test for admission to MBA (IB) full-time programme 2017-2019.

About 50,000 candidates took the test, which was scheduled between 10 am and 12 noon.

As per reports, the question paper contained moderate to high difficulty level questions. The candidates faced time management issues as the paper contained 123 questions.

However, some candidates felt that some questions were easy and the exam was overall average-level difficult.

As per the previous years’ trend, the question paper was divided into four sections -Quantitative Techniques; Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension; Logical Reasoning & Data Interpretation; General Awareness.

The weightage allotted to Quant was 20 percent, LRDI was allotted 36.5 percent, VARC was allotted 31 percent and General Awareness carried 14 percent.

Since, IIFT does not issue its exam pattern beforehand, the test-takers found it difficult to tackle as it threw up a few surprises this year, like crossword in VA section and match the column with more than 3 options to select from in GK.

LRDI section was a mixed bag with LR section being challenging while DI section being simpler than in previous years.

In the VARC section, VA section was tough as opposed to RC which was of average difficulty level. Quant was fairly simple, with a few difficult questions thrown in between. GK section was the easiest as it was a good mix of General Knowledge and Current Affairs.

However, the candidates need not worry as the cut-off remains low.  For 2015-2017 batch the cut-off was 38.5 while for 2016-2018 batch it was 48.5. Keeping in mind this trend, the cut-off is expected to remain low this year as well. As per experts, the cut-off this year is expected to be between 47-49.

The result is expected to be declared in the third/fourth week of December, 2016 following which candidates successful in it will be called for Essay, Interview and Group Discussion rounds. These will be held between fourth week of January 2017 and middle of February 2017 at Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow and Mumbai.

The candidates are advised to brush up their GK and knowledge of current business scenario for Essay, Interview and Group Discussion rounds.