The IIFT (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade) was conducted across various cities in India on 27 November, 2016. The exam consisted of four sections which are of 120-minute duration. The IIFT was not a cakewalk for many students. It had a total of 123 questions with a negative marking of 1/3 for each wrong answer. Check out our IIFT Expert analysis of the exam held in 2016.
English Comprehension
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Total no. of questions asked – 36 questions
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Level of difficulty -- Easy to Moderate
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Errors in test -- No error
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What could be the cut-off marks? -- 7 to 8 marks
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Part |
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
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Part 1: Reading Comprehension |
Importance of the Manufacturing Sector |
4 |
Easy |
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Reverse innovation -- PepsiCo success story |
4 |
Easy |
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Participation of women in the workforce |
4 |
Easy |
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Robotics- SLAM |
4 |
Easy |
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Part 2: English Usage |
Vocabulary |
10 |
Moderate |
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Spelling |
2 |
1Easy 1Medium |
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Para Jumble |
2 |
1Easy 1Medium |
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Idiom/Colloquial usage |
3 |
Moderate |
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Etymology |
3 |
Moderate |
General Knowledge & Awareness
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Total number of questions asked -- 25 Questions
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Level of difficulty – Moderate
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Errors in test -- Q. 111 of set A. No option is correct
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What could be the cut-off marks -- 2 to 2.5
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Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
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Current Affairs |
11 |
Difficult |
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Business and Economy |
8 |
Moderate |
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Static GK |
4 |
Moderate |
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Sports/Cinema |
2 |
Easy |
Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation
1. Total number of questions – 42 Questions
2. Level of difficulty -- Logical reasoning is moderate to tough and Data interpretation is easy to moderate
3. Errors in test -- Q32 of set A. No option is correct. Correct answer should be “Finance”
4. Q. 42 of set A. No option is correct. Correct answer should be “Paediatrician, Daughter, 4:00 p.m.” Q62 of Set A. We cannot calculate percentage change on negative value.
5. What could be the cut-off marks? -- 7 to 8
Quantitative Analysis
1. Total number of questions asked -- 20 Questions
2. Level of difficulty – Easy
3. Errors in test, Q. 15 of set A. Typo -- Initially the events are P and Q but later they become A and B!
4. What could be the cut-off marks? -- 5 to 6
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Part |
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
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Quantitative Ability |
Arithmetic |
2 |
Easy-Moderate |
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Numbers |
3 |
Easy |
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Algebra |
7 |
Easy-Difficult |
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Geometry, Mensuration and Trigonometry |
2 |
Easy-Moderate |
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P&C and Probability |
5 |
Easy-Difficult |
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Set theory |
1 |
Moderate |
About the contributor: This article is contributed by Vijay Kalyan Jha. Mr. Vijay has been working in the Test Prep industry for more than 16 years. He worked with CL Educate Ltd, as Senior Vice President and at the South Asia franchisee of The Princeton Review as Senior Vice President. Mr. Vijay is the Founder of Edmyt Edusolutions Pvt. Ltd. He appears for various competitive exams and clears them to get more insights about different exams.
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