IIFT previous year papers serve as a reliable source for understanding the actual exam pattern, format, and difficulty level. To give you a clear idea of the questions asked in different sections of IIFT, our experts have made a compilation of the past years' papers here.
The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) is one of the most acclaimed MBA institutes all over India. Its MBA in International Business is a much sought-after course among management aspirants. The selection procedure at IIFT involves a Written Exam, followed by Personal Interview rounds.
The written exam (IIFT) is conducted in the month of December and the results are declared in the month of December/January.
Here is the link to the past question papers of IIFT, given along with the answer keys and detailed explanation. Download the papers and start solving them:
IIFT is one of the most challenging exams in the country due to a differential marking scheme, an additional section on general awareness, moderate to a difficult level of questions and less time duration vis-à-vis the number of questions. It is an objective test, conducted in computer-based mode. Various areas tested in the exam are: Verbal Ability, Reading Comprehension, Quantitative Aptitude, Data Interpretation, Logical Reasoning and General Knowledge. From the trends of IIFT previous year papers, we observed that the number of questions has varied every year in the range of 110-140, but it has remained the same at 110 from 2020 to 2022. Besides, each section has a different weightage as well as a cut-off score.
IIFT 2023 - Expected Exam Pattern
Based on the trends followed in the last two years, here is the section-wise questions distribution and marking scheme of IIFT 2023:
Section
|
No. of Questions
|
Marks/ Question
|
Negative Marks/ Question
|
Total Marks
|
Quantitative Analysis
|
25
|
3
|
-1
|
75
|
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension
|
35
|
3
|
-1
|
105
|
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning
|
30
|
3
|
-1
|
90
|
General Awareness
|
20
|
1.5
|
- 0.5
|
30
|
Total
|
110
|
|
300
|
Quant section of IIFT is generally tough and has most questions from arithmetic and geometry, and a few from algebra and modern mathematics. Verbal section features four Reading Comprehension passages of moderate difficulty level and the remaining questions are vocabulary and grammar-based. Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning has the majority of questions in form of sets and some of the LR questions are standalone. DILR section is usually lengthy and calculation-intensive. Lastly, the General Awareness section focuses on static GK and current events, with the latter taking up most of the weightage.
There is a lot that you can learn from past, so as to brighten your future. Solving IIFT previous year question papers and analyzing them thoroughly will help you in the following ways:
NOTE: IIFT previous year papers are also available at the official site, along with the answer keys.