Monday, November 29, 2010

IIFT:


 
The IIFT 2010 question paper was quite as expected. The paper was lengthy but quite doable. The question paper had 135 questions divided into four sections. Each question had four options and the extent of the negative marking was 1/3rd of the marks allotted to the question. The break-up of the sections was under:
  • Logical Reasoning & Data Interpretation (35 marks) – 35 questions
  • Quantitative Ability (30 marks) – 30 questions
  • General Awareness (12 marks) – 30 questions
  • English (23 marks) – 40 questions
  •  Part–1 (10.5 marks) RC – 15 questions
  •  Part–2 (12.5 marks) EU – 25 questions
  • Total (100 marks) – 135 questions

Logical Reasoning & Data Interpretation

 
The LRDI section was a mix of simple LR and difficult DI. The calculations involved in DI were very cumbersome. 35 minutes for the section would have been the ideal time, which would have allowed answering close to 20 questions comfortably. Given 70% accuracy, cut-off can be said to be 12+

 
Quantitative Ability

 
There were around 10 -12 doable questions in the QA section. Giving 30 minutes to the section, and attempting about 16 questions would be a fair estimate for an IIFT call. Going by 70% accuracy again, cut-off works out to 9+

 
General Awareness

 
Anything under the sun section was definitely tougher than that of IIFT 2009. The questions were from diverse topics. About 18 attempts in 15 minutes, with 50% accuracy should get a student 2.4+ marks.

 
English

 
The overall difficulty level of the English section was higher as compared to the previous year. In the RC sub-section, there were four passages. The first two passages were doable. Questions in passages 3 and 4 were vague and some of the questions were out of the scope of the passage.

 
In the EU sub-section, some questions were easy like the para-jumbles and grammar. One question based on analogy was vague. A smart student would have selectively picked the easier questions and left the difficult and vague ones.

 
With 40 minutes available for this section, student can go for more than 25 attempts in this section with about 8 in RC sub-section. Going by 60% accuracy, the cut-off score should work out to 8.4+ marks.

 
The overall cut-off for getting a call from IIFT Delhi should be around 32+ marks.

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