IIFT 2021 Analysis and Expected Cut Offs by Endeavor Careers

Check here in-depth IIFT 2021 analysis, including section wise difficulty level, topic wise weightage, number of good attempts and expected cut offs by Endeavor Careers.

Last year was the first time that IIFT had taken its entrance test online. This year, one clearly gets a feeling that now IIFT has started moving towards a standardised exam pattern. This can be said from the fact that this year’s test pattern and marking system were same as last years. The total number of questions were 110 and the exam duration was 120 minutes. IIFT 2021 exam analysis by experts reveal that the question paper was moderate to difficult like last year. Read below, IIFT 2021 analysis by Endeavor Careers.

IIFT Exam Analysis 2021: Paper Pattern

Take a look at IIFT 2021 exam pattern and marking scheme in the table below.

Now let us look at the IIFT 2021 exam analysis section wise.

IIFT 2021 Analysis: Quantitative Aptitude

The section had 25 questions with around 45 per cent of the questions from Arithmetic. In terms of difficulty, this section was more or less similar to last year, i.e. high difficulty.Sectional break up of Quantitative Aptitude

Topic wise distribution in this section of IIFT 2021 exam is as follows:

• Among the Arithmetic questions, 2 questions from Time Speed and Distance, 1 question each from Time and Work, Partnership and Clock were doable
• Profit Loss, SICI, Ratio Proportion and Time and Work questions were lengthy and best avoided. One question on SICI seemed technically wrong
• Two questions from Algebra - Age question and one based on Quadratic equation were easy but those based on Surds and Indices were difficult and time consuming
• Four out of five Geometry questions were doable. Of these, one question was on Height and Distance and three other on Circles
• One out of four Higher Arithmetic questions, which was on Probability was doable and others on Permutation and Combination and miscellaneous type were difficult
• The lone question on Numbers was doable

Difficulty Level: Moderate to Difficult

Ideal Attempts: 10-12

Ideal Time: 35-40 minutes

Cut off: 11-13 marks

IIFT 2021 Analysis: Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

The section of IIFT exam 2021 had 35 questions out of which 16 questions were on Reading Comprehension and 19 were on Verbal Ability.

Sectional break up of Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

Topic wise distribution in this section of IIFT 2021 exam is as follows:

• Among the Reading Comprehensions, two passages were quite lengthy, but they also had more number of direct questions.
• Of the remaining two, one was a bit dense and could have been avoided. There were a good number of true/false based questions in the RCs and this could have acted as a speed breaker for few students.
• In Verbal ability, the three Etymology based questions were tricky and difficult. Also surprising was the absence of Fill in the blanks and Idioms based questions.
• Out of the six grammar-based questions, two questions were based on punctuations (both on Question Mark). Rest of the questions asked the students to identify the correct sentences/sentences from the four given sentences. These questions could easily be attempted through option elimination.
• There were seven vocabulary-based questions – four questions were based on a set of words that was given in the paper and one of them was based on crosswords.
• Of the remaining three vocabulary-based questions, one was based on match the following and the other two asked the students to identify the word for given meaning.
• Out of seven, at least four of the vocabulary-based questions could have been easily attempted through option elimination.
• Among the three questions of parajumbles, two questions required arrangement of six sentences which was time consuming. One parajumble question was easy

Difficulty Level: Easy to Moderate

Ideal Attempts: 22-25

Ideal Time: 35 minutes

Cut off: 28-30 marks

IIFT 2021 Analysis: Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning

• The section of IIFT 2021 exam had seven sets and 30 questions
• Six sets had four questions each and one set had two question 
• The rest 4 questions were individual questions. The individual questions and one set based question on Calendar were easy and doable
• One of the Reasoning set on Circular arrangement was bit lengthy but a smart test taker could have solved the set by looking at the option
• Reasoning set on Games and Tournament was difficult as it had variation from the normal set rules
• There were four sets on Data Interpretation of which one based on table (which had information about Production, Consumption and Export) was doable and another based on combination of Line and Stack Graph (which had average of 10 years for three different product) was moderate level difficulty and one could have solved two or three questions out of four questions
• Another set on Pic chart and Table (which had city wise sample and total wastage) could be solved
• The set on combination of Line Graph and Bar Graph could have been avoided as it involved lots of lengthy calculations

Difficulty Level: Difficult

Ideal Attempts: 11-12

Ideal Time: 35-40 minutes

Cut-off: 13-15 marks

IIFT 2021 Analysis: General Awareness

This section had questions from almost all topics ranging from Static GK to Current Affairs.

There were questions based on the following topics:

• UPI payment – Whatsapp
• Mahindra Marrazo
• Paris climate treaty
• Poverty Index
• Logistic Index
• Country with Highest Labour Force
• Indian Origin Parliamentarian in New Zealand
• World Economic Forum
• ASEAN
• Naval Exercise in the Malabar Strait
• Sports

There were two match the following questions – one on sportspersons and their country and another on pharma companies and their owners

Difficulty Level: Easy to Moderate

Ideal Attempts: 6-8

Ideal Time: 10 minutes

Cut-off: 5-6.5 marks

Overall and Sectional Cut off for IIFT admission 2021

Check the table below for section wise expected cut offs for IIFT admission 2021.

The above-mentioned overall cut-off is for General category student. However, looking the past experiences, the overall IIFT cut off for EWS category could be 92-94 marks and that for SC-ST category could be 74-76 marks.

*If like last year, some questions are found to be wrong then the IIFT 2021 cut off would increase. Last year, IIFT had given 15 bonus marks for five wrong questions so the cut off went to 138 marks. Otherwise the actual cut-off would been 123 marks.

About the Experts:

Jaimin Shah and Dipak Takodara are Chief Mentors at Endeavor Careers

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