IIFT Admit Card, Exam Pattern, Marking Scheme, Syllabus, Previous Year Papers

Table of Contents:

1. Important Dates for the IIFT
2. IIFT Selection Process
3. IIFT Eligibility Criteria
4. IIFT Application Form Filling
5. IIFT Application Fee
6. IIFT Admit Card
7. IIFT Exam Pattern
8. IIFT Marking Scheme
9. IIFT Syllabus
10. IIFT Expected Cut-Off
11. IIFT Pay Scale/Salary
12. IIFT Tips and Tricks

Important Dates for IIFT:

• Notification Date according to exam calendar: November 06, 2020

• Generally, this exam is conducted once a year

​Registration Period

• Application form filling (Registration) opening Date: November 06, 2020

• Application form (Registration) closing Date: December 20, 2020 (Till 5 PM)

• Application fee submission last date: December 20, 2020 (Till 11.50 PM)

• Admit card releasing date /period: January 11, 2021

• IIFT Exam Date: January 24, 2021

• Answer key releasing date: To be announced

• Result date: January 31, 2021 (Tentative)

IIFT Selection Process:

The IIFT test applicants have to undergo two stages to clear the test and take admission in their selected course. The IIFT Test Selection stages are:

1. IIFT Test

2. Group Discussion

3. Personal Interview

4. Writing Ability Test (WAT)

IIFT Eligibility Criteria:

Nationality

• The applicants should be an Indian citizen.

• The Foreign Nationals and NRIs are also eligible to apply for the exam.

Educational Qualification

• The candidate must have a graduation degree of a minimum of 3 years of duration in any stream from a recognized university.

• The candidates in their final year of graduation can also apply for the exam.

• Minimum 50% marks in graduation for unreserved category candidate

• Minimum 45% marks in graduation for SC/ST and PwD candidates.

• No backlog and gap should be there in the candidate’s mark sheet.

For the Foreign Nationals:

• The candidates applying from outside India should be the nation's resident for not less than 18 months.

• The Foreign candidates have to appear for the GMAT and produce the score to be eligible for admission in IIFT for MBA.

• GMAT Score taken before January 01, 2019, are not eligible to apply.

• If the candidate is present in India at the IIFT Entrance Exam, he/she has to appear for the entrance.

• The candidates who have appeared for any other management entrance test like CAT/XAT/SNAP or any other test will not be considered eligible.

• NRI Sponsored candidates and children of NRIs are not eligible for the exam.

Age Limit

• There is no age barrier for the application of this entrance examination.

IIFT Application Form Filling:

• The candidates can apply on the official site of the National Testing Agency, IIFT NTA only.

• The applicant has to click on Admission 2021 and register himself/herself on the portal with the email-id and mobile number.

• The applicant has to provide personal details such as Name, DOB, Gender, Category, Test city, and Test Date.

• The applicant must be ready with the scanned recent passport size colored or black/white photograph and upload it to the form.

• The photograph's dimensions should be 10 – 200 KB, and the prescribed format is JPG/JPEG.

• The candidate has to upload his/her signature on the form within the 4 – 30 KB of size. The format applicable is JPG/JPEG.

• The uploaded certificate should be of size between 50 – 300 KB.

• The personal information should be accurate as the candidate has to produce authentic certificates to prove the information.

IIFT Application Fee

• General/ OBC Candidates: Rs. 2500

• SC/ST/PwD Candidates: Rs. 1000

• Foreign Nationals/NRI Candidates: Rs. 15000 (US $200)

•  The application fee (exam fee or registration fee) can be paid via net banking, mobile wallets, IMPS, Cash card, debit card, credit card, etc.

IIFT Admit Card:

• The admit card for the IIFT test will be available from January 11, 2021, onwards. The applicants can download the authentic admit card from the official website.

• It is an essential document for the day of the test; the applicant has to carry it along with the valid ID proof.

• The candidates should print the admit card on a blank white paper.

• The text and information printed on the admit card should be clearly visible.

• The candidates are advised to save a copy of the admit card for future use.

• The candidates should have clear information about the exam pattern and marking process before attempting the real exam. They are advised to make a wise strategy to acquire more marks than the cutoff.

• The admit card will be available to download from the date to till exam.

IIFT Exam Pattern:

• The exam conducting body that is National Testing Agency NTA is responsible for setting up exam pattern and the marking process.

• NTA will conduct the IIFT Exam in the online mode.

  • IIFT Test Mode: Computer-Based Test

  • IIFT Test Type: Objective Type

  • IIFT Test Level: National Level

  • IIFT Test Language: English

  • IIFT Test Duration: 2 hours (120 Minutes)

  • Number of Sections: 4

    • ​ Quantitative Aptitude

    •  Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)

    •  Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation 

    •  General Knowledge

  • ​Total Number of Questions: 110

  • Maximum Marks of IIFT Test: 300

• Candidates can navigate the sections to answer the desired section

• The candidates will choose the correct answer from 4/5 options

IIFT Marking Scheme:

• The management test's marking scheme will be like the applicant will get 3 marks per correct answer.

• There is 1/4^th negative marking for the incorrect answer; that is, 1 mark will get deducted for the wrong answer.

• 3 wrong answers will cost the mark of 1 correct answer.

• There is no negative mark or inclusive mark for unattempted questions.

• Negative marking not only prevents to gain mark but also shorten score by penalty.

• The candidates are suggested to mark the answers with accuracy to lessen the impact of negative marking.

IIFT Syllabus:

As the exam will have 4 sections, the topic-wise syllabus for the IIFT are here:

1. Quantitative Aptitude (QA):

2. Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC):

3. Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation (LRDI):

4. General Knowledge:

IIFT Expected Cut-Off:

The applicant's merit will be decided on the overall score obtained in the four stages. The maximum mark the applicant will get is 300 Marks.

• The expected cut-off for the exam out of 300 Marks is 130 for Delhi Campus. The Previous year cutoff for IIFT is:

IIFT Annual Package:

The candidates will get admission to their preferred IIFT Campus that is participating in the entrance test. Once the Postgraduate program(MBA) will be completed, the placement process will begin. The prestigious companies from the world will come for recruitment and pick the talented candidates for their organizations.

For the year 2020, the highest package bagged by the candidate is Rs. 75 Lakh Per Annum. Around 125 companies have participated in the recruitment drive. The lowest package offered was Rs. 18 Lakh per Annum.

How to crack the IIFT Exam: Check Tips and Tricks

• Become smart by attempting questions that you are sure of first, then come to the questions you’re in doubt. But don’t attempt them anyway; remember, negative marking is a factor here. Therefore, only attempt a problem if you know the answer to it.

• Manage your time correctly; give an appropriate amount of time to each section. Try to improve your time by practicing as many online tests as possible. Youth4work provides online mock tests will a time limit attached to each question; this way, one can learn to finish the entire exam within the time limit.

• Studying in a stretch for hours can be tedious and hard and also not so good. Therefore, try to study several times in regular sessions during the day. This will make learning easy and fun. Also, you will have enough time to brush up on the already studied topics in between intervals.

• It is essential to maintain proper health so you don’t fall sick on the big day. Give your brain an appropriate time to refresh itself. Don’t rush too much information into your head than its limit allows. Take it slow and steady. And get at least eight hours of sleep each night

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