International Institute of Fashion Technology Naraina Naraina Delhi Answered Questions

There is differential negative marking in IIFT entrance exam. The negative marking is same for three sections and different for one section. One mark is deducted for every wrong attempt in Quantitative Aptitude, Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension and Reasoning sections. In General Awareness section, the negative marking is 0.5 for each wrong attempt. For a better understanding take a look at this table:IIFT SectionNegative MarkingQuantitative Aptitude-1Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension-1Logical Reasoning & Data Interpretation-1General Knowledge-0.5

Yes, the NTA releases IIFT answer keys after the exam. The candidate's response sheet and official IIFT answer key are released in online mode at the official website of IIFT exam and institute about 15 days after the exam. Candidates can download their response sheet by logging in with IIFT application number and password. The response sheet and answer key are released for only those candidates who appear in the exam. The reason to release the answer key is to ensure that candidates are aware of correct and incorrect answers and can assess on what basis they will be marked.

The General Awareness section of IIFT entrance exam has 20 questions. They are in MCQ format with four options to choose the right answer from. Maximum question are asked from Static GK whereas Current Affairs questions are less. This section is memory bases so it is best to attempt in the end, after completing the Quantitative Aptitude, Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension and Reasoning sections. Keep aside 10-15 minutes in the end to attempt this section in the IIFT exam.Even the preparation for this section should be done preferably towards the exam date as one only needs to memorize events, dates, personalities, etc.

If the IIFT question paper has 110 questions, you should attempt 65-70 questions with 100 per cent accuracy for a decent score. Ideally, candidates must attempt to solve about 2/3rd of the total questions in each section to be able to meet the sectional as well as overall cut off.Since, there is negative marking in the IIFT exam candidates must make sure that they don’t waste marks by choosing incorrect options. If they are not sure of the answer, they should skip the question instead of making a guess because there is no negative marking for skipping questions. Negative marking can severely hamper your overall score.

The difficulty level of Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension section of IIFT exam varies every year. Although, one can say that this section of IIFT is usually tougher than other MBA entrance exams, it is not really that tough as the Reading Comprehension passages are short and fact based. The questions are also simple and can be solved by noting important points of the passages. The readability is often good and candidates do not feel shortage of time in reading and solving IIFT reading comprehension passages. The Verbal Ability questions of IIFT are easy and pertain to mostly grammar and vocabulary.

The difficulty level of IIFT exam is usually high, with tricky VARC and calculation intensive Quants. The IIFT 2023 question paper was also of moderate difficulty level. VARC was moderate to tough, so was the DILR section. The Quant section was tougher than VARC, DILR and GA.The IIFT entrance exam is considered one of the high difficulty level MBA entrance exams in India. The syllabus and pattern are prescribed by the institute. It also sets the test paper. Considering IIFT is one of the top colleges for MBA in India, the only moderate to high level questions are selected to prepare the test.

Reporting time for IIFT exam is mentioned on each candidate's admit card. Until last year, the IIFT exam was held from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. And the reporting time for candidates was 8:00 AM. The reporting time is two hours before the commencement of exam because the test centre staff has to conduct candidate identification and document verification. The exam centre gates will close half and hour before commencement of exam. Candidates reaching the exam centre after the gates have been closed will not be allowed entry under any circumstances.

The marking scheme of IIFT entrance exam is similar to other MBA entrance exams, i.e. positive and negative marking. Check the table below for details. IIFT SectionsMarking SchemeQuantitative Aptitude (QA)3 for right attempt -1 for wrong attemptVerbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC)3 for right attempt -1 for wrong attemptData Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)3 for right attempt -1 for wrong attemptGeneral Knowledge (GK)1.5 for right attempt -0.5 for wrong attemptOverall-

No, objections can be raised only on the preliminary IIFT answer key released before the exam result. Once the final answer key and result are released, no request for raising objection will be accepted. So candidates must avail the answer key challenge opportunity within the given time frame only. Raising objection is a one-time activity and should be done only if candidates are sure that the official answer is incorrect and they can provide evidence for the same. For every objection, fee is charged which is non-refundable if the objection is not found to be valid.

Yes, the difficulty level of the IIFT question paper may affect the admission cut offs.  If the difficulty level of the IIFT question paper is high, the admission cut off may be lower and if the question paper is easy the admission cut off may be high. The IIFT cut offs also depend upon overall scoring trend and pass percentage of the given year. The difficulty level of IIFT 2023 question paper was moderate to high, similar to IIFT 2022, thus the cut offs were in same range as previous years.