IIFT Syllabus 2019 - Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) will conduct IIFT 2018 entrance exam on December 2, 2018, Sunday. Candidiates who are planning to appear for the exam must check the IIFT syllabus 2019 and prepare accordingly. It’ll allow them to cover all the topics under each section of the exam which is divided into four major sections – English Comprehension, GK & Current Affairs, Logical Reasoning & Data Interpretation and Quantitative Analysis. The IIFT 2019 syllabus is expected to be more or less same as last year. IIFT 2019 exam would be conducted most probably in the online mode for the first time as hinted by Prof. Manoj Pant, the Director of the institute. The duration of the test would be two hours. The IIFT entrance exam is conducted for admission to IIFT’s MBA in Internation Business (IB) programme at Delhi and Kolkata campus. In this article, aspiring management candidates will get the entire IIFT syllabus 2019, exam pattern and other relevant information.
Before moving to IIFT 2019 syllabus, let’s have a look at the exam pattern. It’ll help the candidates to understand the exam syllabus.
IIFT Exam Pattern 2019
Sections | Details |
Section I | English Comprehension – Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension |
Section II | General Knowledge & Business Awareness |
Section III | Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation |
Section IV | Quantitative Analysis |
Number of questions in each section is not fixed. It keeps changing every year. Last year, the exam had 114 questions in total and 123 questions a year before that. The marking scheme of IIFT entrance exam is also different for each section. However, the total marks for the exam are 100. The IIFT 2019 exam would be an objective test carrying multiple choice questions.
IIFT 2019 Marking Scheme: 1/3rd of the allotted marks would be deducted for an incorrect answer. So, make sure you select the right answer.
IIFT Syllabus 2019 - Section-wise
English Comprehension: This section covers generally two sub-topics which are Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension. This section is likely to be moderate on the difficulty scale.
GK & Business Awareness: This section may have questions from various topics and the difficulty level of the same can vary from moderate to tough.
Logical Reasoning & Data Interpretation: According to the IIFT 2019 syllabus, this section is likely to contain 20-25 objective questions. And, it is likely to be difficult considering the previous year’s record.
Quantitative Ability: The Quantitative Ability part is usually the most difficult section for candidates. It needs a lot of practice.
In the table given below we have shared the complete syllabus of IIFT 2019:
IIFT Syllabus
Data Interpretation | Logical Ability | VARC | Quantitative Ability (QA) | General Awareness |
Bar Graph | Comparisons | Grammar | Number | Politics |
Line Graph | Deductions | Preposition | Geometry | Business |
Pie Chart | Coding-Decoding | Phrases | Mensuration | Society |
Table | Series & Analysis | Analogy | Logarithms | Industry |
Caselets | Input & Output | Matching word meanings | ERPV | Economics |
| Directions | Fill in the blanks | PPL | Banking |
Seating | Spellings | SI and CI | History | |
Selections | Synonyms-Antonyms | Permutation and Combination | Films | |
Linear word formation | Odd word out | Probability | Awards and awardees | |
| Para Formation Questions | AMA | Literature | |
Figures of speech | Time, Distance, Work and Heights | International Affairs | ||
Reading Comprehension |
| Geography | ||
Mythology | ||||
Sports | ||||
Science |
Candidates are advised to prepare as per the syllabus and exam pattern of IIFT 2019. It’ll certainly give a systematic approach to their preparation. The registration for IIFT 2019 is expected to start in the fourth week of July. However, checking the eligibility criteria of IIFT 2019 before applying is a good idea.
Around 60,000 candidates take the national level exam every year for admission to IIFT’s MBA in IB course. The institute offers around 600 seats at Delhi and Kolkata campus.
