IIFT 2019 - Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) conducts its national-level entrance exam i.e. IIFT entrance exam, for admission to its MBA programmes at its Delhi and Kolkata campus. IIFT 2019 is expected to be conducted in the first week of December 2018. It will be an objective-type test carrying around 114 multiple-choice question (MCQs). The duration of the exam will be 2 hours. Last year, the exam was conducted in offline (paper-pencil) mode. However, the Director of the institute, Prof. Manoj Pant, has hinted that IIFT 2019 might be conducted in online (computer-based) mode. The exam is likely to be conducted in more than 20 cities of India. The exam is the gateway to IIFT’s two-year fully-residential MBA in International Business (IB) programme. The final selection at IIFT will be made on the basis of Entrance test score, Group Discussion (GD), Writing Skill Assessment and Personal Interview. The registration for IIFT 2019 is likely to start from the last week of July to continue until the mid of September. In this article, candidates can check all the information about IIFT 2019 entrance exam such as important dates, eligibility, application form, admit card, exam pattern, answer key, result, cutoff, etc.
IIFT 2019 Overview
Exam Name | IIFT MBA (IB) Entrance Exam |
Conducting Institute | |
Exam Category | Post Graduate |
Purpose of Test | Qualifying Test for admission to IIFT New Delhi and Kolkata |
Periodicity | Annually |
Exam type | National level |
Test Pattern | Objective Test (MCQs) |
No. of Sections | Six sections (Data Interpretation, Logical Reasoning, Verbal Ability, Reading Comprehension, General Knowledge, and Quantitative Aptitude) |
Test Duration | 120 minutes (2 hours) |
Mode of Conduct | Expected to be Online this year (computer-based) |
Reservation of seats | Seats are reserved as per Government of India regulations |
IIFT 2019 Important Dates
The official dates for IIFT 2019 aren’t released yet. Based on last year’s data, the following table provides you with the tentative important dates of IIFT 2019.
IIFT Important Dates
Event | Dates |
IIFT Registration begins | Fourth week of July 2018 |
Deadline for receipt of Application (Gen/SC/ST/OBC) | Second week of September 2018 |
Last date to request exam centre change | First week of November 2018 |
IIFT 2019 Admit Card release | Second week of November 2018 |
IIFT 2019 entrance exam | First week of December 2018 (Exact timings are yet to be announced) |
IIFT 2019 Result | First week of January 2019 |
Selection Procedure | January/February 2019 |
IIFT 2019 Final list of selected candidates | Second week of April 2019 |
IIFT Eligibility Criteria 2019
Candidates planning to apply for IIFT 2019 must check the eligibility criteria before applying. Here are the basic eligibility criteria of IIFT 2019:
Candidates must have a recognised bachelor’s degree of minimum three years duration.
Final year graduation students are eligible to apply for IIFT 2019. However, they would need to provide a proof of that particular semester.
Age Limit - There is no age limit for candidates to apply for IIFT exam.
International students/Foreign Nationals/NRI Candidates/Children of NRIs can apply with a valid GMAT score only.
IIFT Application Form 2019
Candidates would be able to fill the application form of IIFT 2019 from the fourth week of July 2018. The IIFT 2019 application form will be available in both online and offline mode. The application process will continue until mid-September. Candidates are advised to fill the details such as personal, academic and contact information correctly while filling the application form of IIFT 2019.
Online IIFT Application Form
Candidates who choose to fill the application form online can pay the application fee online through debit/credit or net banking. The application fee is Rs. 1550 for the General category candidates and Rs. 775 for SC/ST and Physically handicapped candidates.
Offline IIFT Application Form
Candidates can also choose to purchase the prospectus through cash or Demand Draft (DD) from IIFT admission office. Candidates can fill the form attached in the prospectus and send it to the IIFT address given at the end of the article.
IIFT Exam Pattern 2019
The exam will have around 114 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) divided into six sections.
Each question will have four options. Candidates will have to select the right answer. The marking scheme for each section would be different.
The duration of the exam would be 2 hours (120 minutes).
The official exam pattern of IIFT 2019 has not been released yet. The following table shows the previous year’s exam pattern and it’s expected to be more or less same this year.
IIFT Exam Pattern
Type | Section | No. of Questions | Marks/Question | Total Marks | Negative Marks/Question |
Section I | Data Interpretation | 20 | 0.75 | 15 | 0.33 |
Section II | Logical Reasoning | 20 | 1 | 20 | 0.25 |
Section III | General Awareness | 18 | 0.5 | 9 | 0.17 |
Section IV | Verbal Ability | 20 | 1 | 20 | 0.33 |
Section V | Reading Comprehension | 16 | 1 | 16 | 0.33 |
Section VI | Quantitative Aptitude | 20 | 1 | 20 | 0.33 |
Total |
| 114 | - | 100 | - |
Marking Scheme – As mentioned in the table, the marking scheme is different for each section. There will be negative marking also. A certain percentage of marks from the total marks allotted to a question will be deducted for each incorrect answer.
IIFT 2019 Syllabus
Candidates who are planning to apply for the exam must know the syllabus of IIFT 2019. It’ll help them prepare for the exam more specifically. The following table gives a brief of IIFT 2019 syllabus.
IIFT Syllabus
Section | Syllabus |
Logical Reasoning | Comparisons, Directions, Coding-Decoding, Deductions, Input & Output etc. |
Data Interpretation | Bar Graph, Pie Chart, Table, Line Graph etc. |
Verbal Ability | Grammar, Analogy, Spellings, Phrases, Synonyms, Antonyms, etc. |
Reading Comprehension | Passages, Fill in the Blanks, |
Quantitative Ability | Numbers, Geometry, Mensuration, Permutation & Combination etc. |
General Awareness | Politics, Business, Economics, Banking, History, Geography, Sports etc. |
IIFT Admit card 2019
Eligible candidates who fill the application form along with the application fee would be able to download the admit card of IIFT 2019. The admit card will be available online from the second week of November 2018. The IIFT 2019 admit card is a must-have document to appear for the exam. No candidate will be allowed to write the exam without it. On the exam day, candidates will have to carry the admit card along with one of the following documents:
Passport
Election I-Card
Aadhaar Card
PAN Card
Driving License
College I-Card for appearing in the test
IIFT 2019 Exam Centres
IIFT 2019 will be held in around 20 major cities across the country. Candidates will be allowed to select the IIFT test centre as per their convenience while filling the application form. If required, IIFT reserves the right to add or remove any test centre. Candidates would be allowed to make a request to change the test centre until the first week of November 2018 (the exact date is not announced yet). Last year, it was November 3. The fee to request exam centre change is Rs. 1000. The most probable test centre for IIFT 2019 are mentioned below:
IIFT Exam Centres
Ahmedabad | Hyderabad |
Allahabad | Indore |
Bengaluru | Jaipur |
Bhubaneshwar | Jamshedpur |
Chandigarh | Kochi |
Chennai | Kolkata |
Coimbatore | Lucknow |
Dehradun | Mumbai |
Delhi | Nagpur |
Guwahati | Visakhapatnam |
IIFT 2019 Analysis
The experts from different coaching institutes will be analysing the IIFT 2019 exam after the test is conducted in the first week of December. The exam analysis of IIFT 2019 will allow the candidates to get an overview of the overall difficulty level of the exam and it’ll also allow them to estimate their score.
IIFT Answer Key 2019
The answer key of IIFT 2019 will be available after the exam is conducted in December 2018. Several MBA coaching institutes such as T.I.M.E, HitBullsEye, Career launcher and IMS will release the answer key. The IIFT 2019 answer key will allow the candidates to check the answers to the questions asked in exam and they will be able to calculate their estimated scores and accordingly, they would be able to prepare for the further rounds of the selection process such as Personal Interview, Written Ability Test or Group Discussion.
IIFT Result 2019
The result of IIFT 2019 will be announced in the first week of January 2019. Candidates would be able to download their IIFT 2019 result or scorecard online. Post that, the selection process will begin. The shortlisted candidates will be appearing for PI, WAT and GD rounds. In the previous year, over 1500 candidates were shortlisted for the next selection rounds.
IIFT Cutoff 2019
The cutoff of IIFT 2019 will be declared by the Institute along with the scorecard. The scorecard will carry the category-wise IIFT cutoff marks out of total 100 marks. The overall IIFT cutoff for General category candidates was 35.50 last year. Candidates who qualify the exam will be shortlisted for further rounds. The following table brings to you the category-wise overall IIFT cutoffs of the previous year.
IIFT Cutoff
Category | Cutoff (Out of 100) |
General | 35.50 |
OBC (NCL) | 30.5 |
SC | 20.02 |
ST | 22.69 |
PH | 23.69 |
IIFT 2019 Selection Procedure
The selection procedure of IIFT 2019 will begin after the announcement of the result. First, candidates will be shortlisted on the basis of their IIFT exam scores. The shortlisted ones then will be called for essay writing, interview rounds and group discussion among others. The IIFT selection procedure 2019 will take place in January-February 2019. Around 57,000 students appeared for the exam last year. The numbers are expected to increase this year. The selection procedure will be held across major states including, Chennai, Bengaluru, Delhi, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai.
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
Address: IIFT Bhawan
B-21, Qutab Institutional Area
New Delhi - 110016
India
Phone: +91-11-26965124, +91-11-26965051
