IIFT 2022 Analysis And Predicted Cut-Offs- Career Launcher And IMS

The entrance test for the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) for the batch 2022-2024 was held on December 05, 2021. The test was conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). There were no changes in the pattern from last year. The paper had 4 sections and a total of 110 questions. The number of questions in each section and the marking scheme also remained the same as IIFT-January-2021. As per reports, 30,000 candidates have appeared for the entrance examination this year. In this article, we will deep-dive into the detailed analysis of the IIFT 2022 by Career Launcher (CL) and IMS along with the predicted cut-offs. 

IIFT 2022 Analysis As Per Test-Takers

1. The General Knowledge questions were difficult.
2. The Data Interpretation section was lengthy.
3. The Quantitative Section was moderate - difficult and some of them required a lot of time to solve.

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IIFT 2022 Analysis And Predicted Cut-offs: Overall - CL And IMS

IIFT 2022 Exam Structure

Section	No. of Questions	Marks Per Question	Negative Marks For Incorrect Answers	Total Marks
Quantitative Ability	25	3	-1	75
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension	35	3	-1	105
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning	30	3	-1	90
General Awareness	20	1.5	-0.5	30
Total	110			300

IIFT 2022 Predicted Cut-Offs

Section	Expected Cut-Off (IMS)	Expected Cut-Off (CL)
Quantitative Ability	10-12	12+
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension	32-35	30+
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning	20-22	18+
General Awareness	6-7	6+
Overall	123 – 127	120
The Expected Cut-Offs Are For General Category Male

 

Category	Expected Cut-Off (IMS)	Expected Cut-Off (CL)
General Category Male	123-127	120
General Category Female	116-122	115
NC OBC Male	100-105	108
NC OBC Female	93-102	103
SC/ST/ PWD Male	80-85	88
SC/ST/ PWD Female	73-82	85
IMS has not released the exact cut-offs for Female candidates in each category. They have mentioned, "the cut-off for female students to be lower by around 5-7 marks in each category than corresponding cut-offs for male students". We have put the range in this table based on the same.

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IIFT 2022 Analysis And Predicted Cut-offs: Section-wise

Quantitative Ability

As per the experts at IMS, this was the toughest section in IIFT 2022 with lengthy and time-consuming questions. According to the experts at Career Launcher (CL), the performance in this section depended on how much time the candidate decided to spend on this section. Out of 25 questions in the section, 8 were on Arithmetic, followed by 7 on Arithmetic, 6 on Geometry and 3 on Algebra.

Topic	Questions
Geometry	4
Log	2
Time & Work	1
Time & Distance	1
Quadratic	1
Ratio	2
Height & Distance	1
Series	1
Average	1
P&C	1
Probability	4
Set Theory	1
Co-ordinate	1
Profit-Loss-Discount	2
Number System	1
Total	25

Here is a chart on the number of good attempts, accuracy, time taken and expected cut-off for this section by Career Launcher and IMS.

	Good Attempts	Accuracy	Time Taken	Expected Cut-Off
Career Launcher (CL)	15-16	85%	35 minutes	12+
	10-12		25 minutes
IMS	9-10	80-85%	30-35 minutes	10-12

According to Career Launcher, ideally, 35 minutes should have been spent in this section with 5 minutes extra either in this section or VARC.

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

According to the experts at IMS and Career Launcher, the Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension section was of Moderate Level of Difficulty this year. According to IMS, the Reading Comprehension part was difficult, but, since the majority of the questions in Verbal Ability (Vocabulary and Grammar) were Easy, the section as a whole became easy to deal with. The 35 questions in this section comprised 16 questions on RCs and the remaining 19 questions from the various topics of Verbal Ability. The VARC section this year was easier as compared to the IIFT 2021 exam, as per IMS.

Reading Comprehension
Passage Topic	No. of Questions	Level of Difficulty
On Theory, Conceptual framework, and Dustbowl Empiricism,(Approx. 1000 words)	5	Difficult
Low-context and high-context communication, (Approx. 750 words)	3	Easy
Religion, Morality and Social Order (Approx. 600 words)	3	Easy
Behavioral Science and Overexploitation of Natural Resources, (Approx. 1000 words)	5	Difficult
Verbal Ability
Topic	No. of Questions	Level of Difficulty
Identify the words with correct spellings	1	Easy
Identify Sentences with correct word usage	3	Easy
Identify the Language of the – Root Word	2	Easy
One word substitution – Meaning	2	Easy
Foreign phrases – Identify the language	2	Easy
Antonyms	1	Easy
Idioms	1	Medium
Identify the correct Sentences	3	Easy
Identify sentences with the appropriate usage of underlined words	2	Medium
Spot the error	2	Medium

Here is a chart on the number of good attempts, accuracy, time taken and expected cut-off for this section by Career Launcher and IMS.

	Good Attempts	Accuracy	Time Taken	Expected Cut-Off
Career Launcher (CL)	23-35 +		25 minutes	30+
IMS	20-22	80-85%	35 minutes	32-35

According to Career Launcher's experts, around 12-13 questions could have been solved easily without much difficulty. Ideally, 35 minutes should have been spent in this section with 5 minutes extra being spent either in this section or the QA section.

Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning

According to experts at Career Launcher, this section was Easy. Out of 16 DI questions, 11-13 were doable. Out of 15 LR questions, 10 were doable in the time frame. According to  IMS, the DILR section was Medium to Difficult, with the questions on DI being easier than that on LR. The Data Interpretation sets appeared more difficult than they actually were. All the DI sets had multiple graphs. The questions were based on observation as well as calculations. One set was fairly calculation intensive. However, the other sets involved relatively simple calculations. Out of the 30 questions in the section, 16 questions were on Data Interpretation (Four sets with four questions each) and 14 questions were on Logical Reasoning.

Set	Type of Set	Number Of Questions	Difficulty Level
Data Interpretation
1	Two pie charts	4	Easy-Medium
2	Four line graphs	4	Easy-Medium
3	Bar + Table	4	Difficult
4	Two bar graphs	4	Medium
Logical Reasoning- Set based
1	Tournaments	3	Medium-Difficult
2	Matrix Arrangement	4	Difficult
3	Matrix Arrangement	3	Medium-Difficult
4	Family Tree	2	Easy
Logical Reasoning- Standalone
1	Coding-Decoding	1	Easy
2	Verbal Reasoning	1	Easy

Here is a chart on the number of good attempts, accuracy, time taken and expected cut-off for the DILR section by Career Launcher and IMS.

	Good Attempts	Accuracy	Time Taken	Expected Cut-Off
Career Launcher	18-20			18+
IMS	12-14	80-85%	30-35 minutes	20-22

General Awareness

As per Career Launcher, the General Awareness section in IIFT 2022 was as per usual in terms of the level of difficulty. According to experts at IMS, The General Awareness section this year was Easy and less difficult than last year. There were 5 static GK questions and 15 Current Affairs questions. Here is a chart on the number of good attempts, accuracy, time taken and expected cut-off for the DILR section by Career Launcher and IMS.

	Good Attempts	Accuracy	Time Taken	Expected Cut-Off
Career Launcher	12-13			16+
IMS	11-12	60-70%	8-9 minutes	6-7

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