With IIFT 2020 going online for the first time, the exam, as expected, became easy. In fact, it was easier than the IIFT paper of the last two years. Overall, the VARC section was easy and the RCs were not as lengthy as it used to be in the paper-based format of the exam.
In LRDI, there was a good contrast as the DI questions were easy while the LR sets were difficult. QA, as always, was a lengthy section and an attempt of 10-12 questions in this section would have been a good attempt.
| Section | Name | No. of Questions | Marks/Q | Max marks | Cut-offs (for General) |
| Section 1 | Reading Comprehension & Verbal Ability | 35 | 3 | 105 | 34 |
| Section 2 | Logical Reasoning & Data Interpretation | 30 | 3 | 90 | 22 |
| Section 3 | Quantitative Analysis | 25 | 3 | 75 | 15 |
| Section 4 | General Awareness | 20 | 1.5 | 30 | 5 |
| Total | 110 | 300 | 138 |
The Quantitative Aptitude section of IIFT 2020 was lengthy as always and your performance in this section depended on how much time you decide to spend on this section. If you gave yourself about 25 minutes for this section then around 10 questions with an 80% accuracy was possible, and if 35 minutes were spent on QA then around 12-13 questions with a similar accuracy were possible.
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| Arithmetic | 13 | Moderate |
| Algebra | 2 | Easy |
| Number System | 1 | Easy |
| Geometry | 6 | Moderate - Difficult |
| Modern Math | 3 | Moderate - Difficult |
| Total | 25 |
Good Attempt - 10 - 12 questions
Cutoff ~ 9 - 10 marks
The Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension section was an easy section this year. The 35 questions in this section comprised 16 questions on RCs and the remaining 19 questions from the various topics of Verbal Ability.
A good way to attempt the paper would have been to attempt all the 16 questions on RCs. All of these questions should have been solved as they were easy, just like IIFT RC questions usually are. Most of these questions were factual in nature. When it comes to Verbal Ability, around 8 - 10 questions could have been solved easily without many challenges.
The 2 - 3 questions on Grammar were easy to the extent of being sitters. The 2 Fill in the blanks questions and the questions on ParaJumbles were also easy.
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| RC | 16 | Easy |
| Analogy | 4 | Moderate |
| Para Jumbles | 3 | Easy - Moderate |
| Grammar | 3 | Easy |
| Vocabulary | 4 | Moderate - Difficult |
| Idioms | 3 | Moderate - Difficult |
| FIB | 2 | Easy |
| Total | 35 |
Good Attempts - 25+ questions
Cutoff ~ 30 marks
This section in IIFT 2020 was moderate to difficult in terms of the level of difficulty. This section represented a dichotomous nature. While the Data Interpretation questions were extremely easy, the Logical Reasoning questions were extremely difficult.
In Data Interpretation, out of the 4 sets, 3 were easily doable. In Logical Reasoning, the sets on circular arrangement and mirror were slightly tricky and were better left alone. The set on set theory and the missing number were of easy-moderate level of difficulty. The input-output type questions also seemed to be easy.
If the section has to be seen in terms of the number of attempts then from Logical Reasoning around 4-5 questions and in Data Interpretation around 8 - 9 questions were extremely good attempts.
This means an overall attempt of about 12 - 14 questions would have been a good attempt.
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| Bar Graph & Line Graph | 7 | Easy |
| Table (Products & Customers) | 2 | Easy |
| 2 Pie Charts + 1 Table | 4 | |
| Table (Shirt & Color) | 4 | Easy |
| Blood Relation & Data Arrangement | 4 | Moderate - Difficult |
| Linear Arrangement | 3 | Easy |
| Set Theory | 2 | Easy |
| Lift & Timing based | 2 | Easy |
| Machine Input-Output | 2 | Difficult |
| Missing Number | 1 | Easy |
| Total | 30 |
Good Attempts - 12 - 14 questions
Cutoff ~ 12-14 marks
The General Knowledge section in IIFT 2020 was as usual. One could have attempted 8 - 10 questions in General Knowledge overall. There were more number of questions from Static GK than there were from Current Affairs.
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| Static | 15 | Moderate - Difficult |
| Current | 5 | Easy - Moderate |
| Total | 20 | Difficult |
Good Attempts - 8 - 10 questions
Cutoff ~ 3.5 - 4.5 marks
Overall As of now, it seems that a score of 105-108 would be the cutoff score for IIFT 2020. As we gathered more data on your attempts, our AI-driven prediction engines will be able to give you a more accurate cutoff.
Watch out this space for the detailed analysis of the IIFT 2020 paper which will include the section-wise types of question break up.