IIFT 2020 Analysis by Career Launcher

Section-wise IIFT 2020 Analysis

Quantitative Aptitude

The Quantitative Aptitude section of IIFT 2020 was lengthy as always and candidate’s performance in this section depended on how much time they decided to spend on this section. 10 questions with 80 percent accuracy was possible in 25 minutes. In 35 minutes, 12-13 questions with 80 percent accuracy was possible. Take a look at topic-wise difficulty level of QA section of IIFT 2020.

Topic	Number of Questions	Level of Difficulty
Arithmetic	13	Moderate
Algebra	2	Easy
Number System	1	Easy
Geometry	6	Moderate - Difficult
Modern Math	3	Moderate - Difficult
Total	25

Good Attempt: 10 - 12 questions

Cutoff:  9 - 10 marks

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Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

The Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension section of IIFT 2020 question paper was easy. The 35 questions in this section comprised 16 questions on RCs and the remaining 19 questions from the various topics of Verbal Ability.

A good way to attempt the paper would have been to attempt all the 16 questions on RCs. All of these questions should have been solved as they were easy. Most of these questions were factual in nature. When it comes to Verbal Ability, around 8 - 10 questions could be solved easily without many challenges.

Two to three Grammar questions were easy to the extent of being sitters. The para-jumble and 2 fill in the blanks questions were also easy. Take a look at topic-wise difficulty level of VARC section of IIFT 2020.

Topic	Number of Questions	Level of Difficulty
RC	16	Easy
Analogy	4	Moderate
Para Jumbles	3	Easy - Moderate
Grammar	3	Easy
Vocabulary	4	Moderate - Difficult
Idioms	3	Moderate - Difficult
FIB	2	Easy
Total	35

Good Attempts - 25+ questions

Cutoff - 30 marks

Logical Reasoning & Data Interpretation

This section in IIFT 2020 was moderate to difficult in terms of the level of difficulty and dichotomous in nature. While the Data Interpretation questions were extremely easy, the Logical Reasoning questions were extremely difficult.

In Data Interpretation, out of the 4 sets, 3 were easily doable. In Logical Reasoning, the sets on circular arrangement and mirror were slightly tricky and were better skipped. The set-on-set theory and the missing number questions were of easy-moderate level of difficulty. The input-output type questions also seemed to be easy.

If the LRDI section has to be seen in terms of the number of attempts then from Logical Reasoning around 4-5 questions and in Data Interpretation around 8 - 9 questions were extremely good attempts.

This means an overall attempt of about 12 - 14 questions would have been a good attempt. Take a look at topic-wise difficulty level of LRDI section of IIFT 2020.

Topic	Number of Questions	Level of Difficulty
Bar Graph & Line Graph	7	Easy
Table (Products & Customers)	2	Easy
2 Pie Charts + 1 Table	4
Table (Shirt & Color)	4	Easy
Blood Relation & Data Arrangement	4	Moderate - Difficult
Linear Arrangement	3	Easy
Set Theory	2	Easy
Lift & Timing based	2	Easy
Machine Input-Output	2	Difficult
Missing Number	1	Easy
Total	30

Good Attempts - 12 - 14 questions

Cutoff - 12-14 marks

General Knowledge

The General Knowledge section in IIFT 2020 was as usual. One could have attempted 8 - 10 questions in General Knowledge overall. There were more number of questions from Static GK than there were from Current Affairs.

Topic	Number of Questions	Level of Difficulty
Static	15	Moderate - Difficult
Current	5	Easy - Moderate
Total	20	Difficult

Good Attempts - 8 - 10 questions

Cutoff - 3.5 - 4.5 marks

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