IIFT 2023 Exam Analysis

IIFT 2023 just got concluded. The exam pattern for IIFT 2023 is the same as last year with 110 questions to be attempted in 2 hours. The paper is divided into 4 sections.

The level of difficulty of Reading Comprehension & Verbal Ability was difficult as compared to last year. The division of questions for DI and LR was 16 and 14 respectively with a similar level of difficulty to IIFT 2022. The QA section was difficult with a bulk of questions from arithmetic and algebra. The General Awareness section was similar to last year and had static and current affairs questions.

Overall, IIFT 2023 was slightly difficult in comparison to IIFT 2022.

IIFT 2023 paper at a glance:

Section

No of questions

Marks per Question

Optimum Time in Minutes

Difficulty Level

Good Score

VA

19

3

10 - 15 min

40-45 min 

Moderate

38-42

RC

16

3

35 min

Moderate-Difficult

DI

16

3

15 min

40 min

Easy - Moderate

40- 42

LR

14

3

25 min

Moderate

QA

25

3

30 min 

30 - 35 min

Moderate - Difficult

20-22

GA 

20

1.5

5 min

5 min

Moderate

6+

Total

110

300

120 min

97+

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

The Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension section was moderate to difficult. The 35 questions in this section comprised 16 questions on RCs and the remaining 19 questions from the various topics of Verbal Ability.

The VA section focused mostly on vocabulary including synonyms, antonyms, and one-word-substitutions. A good attempt in VA would have been 8- 10 questions.

This year, the RC section had a higher number of inferential questions. The structure of the section also saw a change with 4 questions in each set as compared to last year’s breakup of 5 and 3 questions.

Here is the topic-wise break-up of the section:

Reading Comprehension

Sno

Passage/Area

No of Questions

LOD

1

Subconscious mind- behaviour-will power-goals

4

Easy read, questions doable 

2

Foreign currency manipulation-economy

4

Difficult read, might have been skipped 

3

power balance shifting in world

4

Moderate

4

Globalization of product cycle-deployment- support

4

  Easy read, questions were doable

Total

 

16

 

Verbal Ability

Topic/ Area

No. of Questions

LOD

Doable

Antonym

2

Easy

2

word-root

2

Moderate

1-2

Match the following 

1

Easy-Moderate

1

Idioms

3

Easy

2-3

Vocabulary

4

Moderate

2

Spelling

1

Easy

1

Crossword Puzzle

1

Easy

1

Closed passage

1

Easy

1

Grammar-noun, adjective

4

Moderate

1

19

11-12

Logical Reasoning & Data Interpretation

This section in IIFT 2023, in terms of the level of difficulty, was easy to moderate.  In DI, out of 4 sets, 2 sets were easy and should have been attempted. On the other hand, in LR, 10 to 12 questions could have been attempted.

Given below is a break-up of the questions:

Data Interpretation

Topic/ Area

No. of Questions

LOD

Doable

2 tables- Tokyo Olympics 2021

4

Easy

3-4

Pie chart - Line graph

4

Easy - Moderate

2-3

Stacked bar chart

4

Easy

3-4

Covid 19 ratio of male: female 5 months

4

Moderate

2

4 Sets

16

8-10

Logical Reasoning

Topic/ Area

No. of Questions

LOD

Doable

Coin-flip game

4

Easy

2

Circular sitting arrangement

3

Moderate

1-2

Row Arrangement

2

Easy-Moderate

2-3

Transport service- 8 locations

2

Easy

1-2

Quiz competition

2

Moderate

2

Choosing 4 students from 8 

1

Easy

1

14

10-12

Quantitative Aptitude

The Quantitative Aptitude section of IIFT 2023 was moderate- difficult in terms of difficulty. The bulk of questions in this section were from arithmetic and algebra. Candidates could aim for a score of 20- 22 within an optimum time of 30 to 35 minutes.

Topic/ Area

No. of Questions

Description

Doable

Number System

2

Coprime numbers 

Mensuration-1

1

Algebra

5

Quadratics-2

Mixtures-1 

Set theory-1

Series -1 

2

Arithmetic

8

T&W -1

TSD-2

Average -1 

Percentage-1

SI-CI-2

PnL-1

3-4

Geometry and Mensuration

4

Geometry - 4

3-4

Modern Math

4

Probability -2

Clock & Calender -2

2-3

Trigonometry

2

Trigonometry-1

Heights & distance-1

1

25

11-12

General Awareness

The General Awareness section in IIFT 2023 was moderate in terms of the level of difficulty. There were questions from both Static GK and Current Affairs. It had 7-8 easy questions and the match-the-following questions were also straightforward and should have been attempted. A good score in this section would be 6+ marks.

Overall, as of now, it seems that a good score would be 97+ marks for IIFT 2023 (General Category)


Expected Cutoffs

Percentile

Section wise (Marks)

Overall 

VARC (105 Marks)

DILR (90 Marks)

QA (75 Marks)

GA (30 Marks)

General/ Gen - EWS / OBC- NCL

12

15

10

4.5

90 - 93

OBC 

12

15

10

3

75 - 78

SC/ST/PwD/ Kashmiri Migrants 

8

10

8

3

60 - 63