IIFT 2024 Analysis by T.I.M.E. - Know Exam Pattern and Cutoff Analysis

IIFT 2024 Analysis by T.I.M.E. - IIFT admission process 2024 has undergone a major change as per the latest announcement by the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT). According to the public notice issued by IIFT on August 10, 2023, the institute will not conduct a separate entrance exam for admission to its MBA (IB) & MBA (Business Analytics) 2024-26 programmes. Instead, IIFT will consider the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2023 scores for shortlisting candidates for the next rounds of selection, which include Written Ability Test (WAT), Extempore and Personal Interview (PI). The final merit list will be prepared based on the performance of candidates in all rounds, score in the CAT exam, and WAT/Extempore/ PI. The CAT 2023 exam will be conducted by IIM Lucknow on November 26, 2023.

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1. CAT Exam Dates 2023
2. IIFT Exam Pattern 2024
3. Previous Year's IIFT Exam Analysis by T.I.M.E.
4. IIFT Cutoff by T.I.M.E- Previous years
5. IIFT Result 204
6. IIFT Cutoff 2024

T.I.M.E., one of the most coveted coaching institutes for MBA exam preparation, will provide the IIFT admission process analysis 2024 after the conclusion of the CAT exam. T.I.M.E. experts will analyze the IIFT admission process 2024 on the basis of the difficulty level of the CAT question paper, the number of candidates registered, and so forth. Aspirants will be able to know the expected IIFT cutoff 2024 with the help of IIFT admission process analysis by T.I.M.E. With the help of T.I.M.E. analysis for IIFT admission process 2023, candidates will be able to estimate their chances of getting into IIFT MBA (IB) or MBA (BA) programme. Authorities will release the final result of IIFT admission process 2024 tentatively in March 2024. Read this complete article by Careers360 to know the detailed IIFT admission process analysis by T.I.M.E.
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CAT Exam Dates 2023

IIFT Analysis by T.I.M.E. 2024 - Exam Overview

T.I.M.E. will release a detailed analysis for IIFT 2024 on exam day itself. Through IIFT exam analysis by T.I.M.E., candidates can know the parameters and expected overall and sectional cutoff for IIFT as estimated by the experts of T.I.M.E.

As per previous year's IIFT TIME analysis, the duration of the exam was two hours with no sectional time limit. There were only four sections in IIFT 2023 as against six in earlier years. The exam interface was different from that of the mock test shared by NTA and involved a lot of horizontal and vertical scrolling which would affect a test taker’s experience. However, it could have been mitigated by just viewing the paper in the question paper mode or by hiding the question palette. Candidates must know the exam pattern of IIFT 2024 for more details as mentioned below.

IIFT Exam Pattern 2024

IIFT 2024 will be conducted for admission to the prestigious Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) located in Delhi, Kolkata, and Kakinada (AP). The test will be conducted across various IIFT test centres in the country in the CBT (computer-based test) format. The duration of the exam will be two hours with no sectional time limit.

There will be four sections in IIFT this year as per expectations.

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Previous Year's IIFT Exam Analysis by T.I.M.E.

As the exam analysis of IIFT is not yet released, for reference candidates can check the IIFT previous year's analysis below.

IIFT Analysis by T.I.M.E 2022 - Section A (Quantitative Reasoning)

A detailed analysis of the sections of the paper is given below:

The section was higher in difficulty with lengthier questions as compared to last year's paper. The section had a total of 25 questions from multiple areas, though arithmetic appeared to rule the roost. Test takers would have noticed a huge surge in the number of questions from arithmetic like Percentages, SI-CI, Time & Work, Time & Distance, etc. The distribution is as given below:

The section had some really difficult questions. A good candidate would have been able to attempt around 9-10 questions in QA. The cut-off in this section is expected to be 14-16 marks.

IIFT Analysis by T.I.M.E 2022: Section B (Reading Comprehension & Verbal Ability)

This section was very similar to the last year's pattern. So, students who have prepared with TIME and took their mock IIFT exams would have been prepared well for this year's exam!
This section consisted of 16 questions on RCs and 19 on Verbal Ability with a total of 35 questions. There were four RC passages with four questions each. Most of the questions were Inference based or Specific Detail based. The Inference questions, however, were not very difficult to answer.

Following is a brief description of the RC part:

Passage 1 was clearly the lengthiest. It would have taken students close reading of at least 50% of the passage to understand what the passage was about! Such a long passage with just 4 questions to it would surely discourage students from attempting it, and it should not have been attempted.

Passages 2, 3, and 4 were shorter. Some of the questions associated with these passages were a bit tricky.

The questions in the Verbal Ability segment were an assorted mix predominantly on Vocabulary, with Grammar and Para Jumbles the following suit.

Here is a snapshot of the Verbal Ability part:

Answering the Grammar questions should have been a cakewalk as the choices were also not close either.

The Vocabulary questions could have been killers for students who did not focus on this part, but those students who prepared Vocabulary with us would have noticed many familiar words.

Of the three Para Jumble questions, two were very tricky and one was of moderate difficulty. Students would have had to rely more on logical thinking than on grammatical connectives.

Expected sectional cut-off: 32-34

IIFT Analysis by T.I.M.E 2022: Section C- Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning

This section had a total of 30 questions with 16 questions on DI and 14 on LR. The distribution of the questions is as below:

The DI sets were very calculation-intensive, which made the sets lengthier to solve. The LR sets were relatively easier than the DI sets. The overall difficulty level of this section can be classified as moderate-difficult. The IIFT cut-off was around 20 to 22 marks.

IIFT 2022 Analysis by T.I.M.E: Section D (General Awareness)

This year the GK section was easy. This section, apart from the regular MCQs, also had to match the following type of questions. Students who avidly read the Newspapers would have been able to handle this section with some ease. The questions were from diverse topics like Personalities, Sports, Brands, Geography, Space science, Awards, Corporate entities, Government Schemes, etc. Out of 20 questions, Static GK had 11 questions and 9 questions were based on Current Affairs.

The cut-off in this section is expected to be around 6 to 7.5 marks.

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Overall IIFT Analysis by T.I.M.E.

This year, the sectional cut-offs are expected to be as below.

The overall cut-offs are expected to be around 113(+/-)3 marks.

Note: These cut-offs are for General category students.

IIFT Cutoff by T.I.M.E- Previous years

IIFT 2020 Cutoff - Category-wise

IIFT 2019 Cutoff (General Category)

• VA - 3.35
• RC - 2.69
• LR - 5.67
• DI - 0.25
• QA - 3.01
• GA - 0.82

Let's have a look at the IIFT 2018 cutoff for all categories -

• General - 38-40

• OBC - 33-35

• SC - 28-20

• ST - 20-22

IIFT 2017 Cutoff

IIFT 2016 Cutoff

IIFT Result 204

IIFT 2022 result is expected to release in the last week of January 2024. Students who appeared for the IIFT exam will be able to check their IIFT scorecard in online mode by entering their login credentials. The scorecard of IIFT 2024 will mention the candidate’s sectional as well as overall score.

IIFT Cutoff 2024

IIFT cut off will be released by the institute once the result is declared. On the basis of the candidate’s score, the authorities will release the IIFT 2024 cutoff. Candidates meeting the minimum IIFT cutoff criteria will be shortlisted for the selection rounds of IIFT.