Data Interpretation
IIFT continued to show its favouritism to calculation intensive DI. An attempt of 4-5 would be very good and students who had attempted just about 2-3 questions with 100% accuracy should sail through the cutoff
| Topic | Number of Questions | Doable Questions | Level of Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed Graphs | 12 | 3 | Difficult |
| Tables | 8 | 2 | Difficult |
| Total | 20 | 4-5 | Difficult |
Logical Reasoning
Overall a time-consuming section again. While the circular arrangement and Matrix sets (friends and hotels) were easy, the other sets were time-consuming. Anyone who has attempted around 10-11 questions in half an hour with 85% accuracy would have done very well.
| Topic | Number of Questions | Doable Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| Distribution | 4 | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
| Matrix | 4 | 4 | Easy |
| Venn-diagram | 2 | 1 | Moderate |
| Input Output | 2 | 1 | Moderate |
| Missing number | 1 | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
| Arrangement | 4 | 2 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Selection | 3 | 1 | Moderate |
| Total | 20 | 11-12 | Moderate |
General Awareness
The GK section was slightly easier than last year with about 6-8 questions considered doable through elimination alone. Students attempting 8 questions with 50% accuracy would easily sail through the cutoff.
| Topic | Number of Questions | Doable Questions | Level of Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current Affairs | 2 | 2 | Easy |
| Business and Economy | 10 | 3-4 | Moderate to Difficult |
| Miscellaneous | 1 | 1 | Easy |
| Geography | 2 | - | Difficult |
| Science | 1 | - | Difficult |
| Sports | 1 | 1 | Easy |
| Books | 1 | 1 | Easy |
| TOTAL | 18 | 8-9 | Moderate |
Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension went back to being the ‘IIFT-kind-lengthy’ this year. There were five passages. Four of these had three questions each and one had four questions. The passages were from interesting areas. However, a majority of the passages were taken from academic sources. Hence, the language became verbose and confusing. Even the questions were not direct or fact-based. A lot of questions required a thorough understanding of the passage. The ‘fact-based’ questions were deceptively framed. Anyone with a good reading habit could have tackled this section successfully. Otherwise, the section would have ended up becoming time-consuming. One should have picked 3-4 passages and solved questions there.
A detailed breakup of the section is given below:
| Topic | Number of Questions | Doable Questions | Level of Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passage 1: Culture | 3 | 2 | Moderate |
| Passage 2: Public Intellectuals | 3 | 2 | Difficult |
| Passage 3: Information flow | 4 | 2 | Difficult |
| Passage 4: Liberal Arts Education | 3 | 1-2 | Difficult |
| Passage 5: GDP | 3 | 2 | Moderate |
| Total | 16 | 9-10 | Difficult |
English Usage
IIFT went back to a predictable pattern this year. The ‘phrase-clause’ based questions were missing this year. The word jumble questions continued to be there for the second consecutive year. The vague etymological origin questions reappeared after a year’s gap. Overall, the VA section was tough. The jumble word questions were not easy to identify. Only one question looked obvious. The analogy questions were completely weird and so were the word-matching questions. These went beyond the realm of the English language and looked more like GK based questions. The para-jumble, fill in the blank, and grammar based questions were easy. Accuracy in these questions will determine one’s performance in the paper.
A detailed breakup of the section is given below:
| Topic | Number of Questions | Doable Questions | Level of Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jumble words | 3 | 1 | Difficult |
| Analogy | 2 | 0-1 | Weirdly difficult |
| Fill in the blanks (2 blanks) | 3 | 2-3 | Easy |
| Match the column | 2 | 1-2 | Moderate |
| Spot the error | 2 | 2 | Easy |
| Word Roots | 4 | 1 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Sentence Improvement | 2 | 2 | Easy |
| Para Jumble (4 sentences) | 2 | 2 | Easy |
| Total | 20 | 11-12 | Moderate-Difficult |
Quantitative Ability
This section continued to be verbose and students would end up not attempting more than 10-12 questions with about 85% accuracy in 30 mins. As always the weightage to Geometry and Modern Math was higher compared to other entrance exams.
| Topic | Number of Questions | Doable Questions | Level of Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arithmetic | 5 | 3 | Moderate |
| Algebra | 7 | 4 | Easy-Moderate |
| Geometry and Mensuration | 5 | 2 | Moderate |
| P&C, Probability and set theory | 3 | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 20 | 10 | Moderate |
An overall score of 31-33 should be enough for General category students to clear the cutoff.
All the best! Keep working hard for the forthcoming examinations.
Team CL
Disclaimer: The analysis given above has been prepared by Career Launcher experts. The information given here has no bearing on your actual score. Career Launcher does not take responsibility for any discrepancy between the information in this document and the actual result.
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