IIFT 2021 Analysis: Check Section Wise Exam Analysis and Expected Cut Offs

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

IIFT 2021 exam analysis is now available along with expected cut offs for MBA-IB admission. The overall difficulty level of IIFT exam 2021, was moderate to difficult. Quantitative Aptitude section was the toughest of all. The VARC section had two lengthy passages which made it lengthy. Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning section was moderately difficulty. 

The IIFT exam 2021 was conducted today at various exam centres across India from 3 PM to 5 PM today. Shiksha brings to you in-depth IIFT 2021 analysis which includes section wise discussion of difficulty level, types of questions, topic wise weightage, number of good attempts and expected cut offs for IIFT admission. 

IIFT 2021 Analysis: Highlights

• IIFT 2021 exam was held on January 24 from 3 PM to 5 PM
• The IIFT 2021 question paper had four sections - English, DILR, VARC and General Awareness
• Total marks of IIFT exam was 300. There was on change in exam pattern or marking scheme
• VARC, DILR and QA marking scheme: +3 for right answer, -1 for wrong answer
• GK marking scheme: + 1.5 for right answer and -0.5 for wrong answer
• The IIFT question paper had 20 questions in GA, 25 in DILR, 35 in English and 25 in Quant
• IIFT 2021 cut off for MBA-IB is expected to be around 125-130

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IIFT 2021 Analysis: Difficulty Level

IIFT exam is usually of moderate difficulty level on par with CAT. Check below, section wise difficulty level of the IIFT 2021 question paper.

Section	No. of questions	Total marks	Difficulty Level
Quantitative Aptitude	25	75	Difficult
VARC	35	105	Moderate
DILR	30	90	Moderate to difficult
General Awareness	20	30	Moderate
Total	110	300	Moderate to difficult

Section Wise IIFT Cut Off 2021

Check the table below for expected section-wise cut off for IIFT admission 2021.These are estimated cut offs and actual cut offs could be higher.

Section name	Maximum marks	IIFT Cutoff
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension	105	33-36
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning	90	10-20
Quantitative Aptitude	75	10-12
General Awareness	30	6-7
Overall	--	125-130

Category Wise IIFT Cut Off 2021

Check below, category wise expected cut off marks for IIFT 2021 admission. These are estimated cut offs and actual cut offs could be higher.

Category	Expected IIFT 2021 cut off
General	125-130
OBC	100-105
SC-ST	80-85

Section Wise IIFT 2021 Analysis

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

• This section had 35 questions - Reading Comprehension (RC) part had 16 questions and Verbal Ability section had 19 questions.
• Two RC passages were of 500 & 600 words and two were of 800 - 900 words each
• All the four RC passages had four questions each
• In VA section, around 10 to 11 were vocabulary-related questions
• There were five grammar questions and three jumbled paragraph questions
• Overall, the section was slightly more difficult than last year’s VARC section because of the two lengthy passages
• An attempt of about 18 to 20 questions including RC with 80-85 per cent accuracy would be considered a good attempt

Reading Comprehension Topics

1. Jonestown: Effects of social influences on human  (800 words)
2. Obama and the Liberals Vs Conservative Divide (800 words)
3. Influence of culture on the economy (500 words)
4. Plastic Packaging: Pollution and Economic Costs of Replacing Plastic Packaging (500 words) 

Verbal Ability	No. of Questions	Level of Difficulty
Identify the Synonym - Root Word	4	4 Easy
Identify Grammatically Correct Sentence(s)	3	3 Moderate
One-Word Substitution	3	3 Easy
Jumbled Paragraphs	3	2 Moderate, 1 Easy
Table of Words (Crossword and Synonyms)	2	2 Moderate
Identify Grammatically Incorrect Sentence (Question Tag)	2	2 Easy
Match the Synonyms	2	2 Easy

Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning

• This section of IIFT 2021 exam had 30 questions
• 16 questions were on Data Interpretation and 14 were on Logical Reasoning
• Data Interpretation part had four sets with four questions
• In the Logical Reasoning section, there were three sets – two sets having four questions and one set having two questions
• There were also four standalone questions in this section of IIFT exam 2021
• An attempt of about 12-14 questions with 80-85 per cent accuracy would be considered a good attempt
• Overall, this section was medium to difficult

Set	Type of set	Number of questions	Difficulty Level
Data Interpretation
Line graph + Bar (on Average sales)		4	Moderate to Difficult
Bar graph + Line		4	Difficult
Table		4	Moderate
Pie chart + Table		4	Easy to Moderate
Logical Reasoning- Set based
Circular Arrangement		4	Moderate to Difficult
Tournaments		4	Moderate
Scheduling		2	Moderate
Logical Reasoning- Standalone
Linear arrangement		1	Easy
Coding		1	Easy
Puzzle		2	Easy to Moderate

Quantitative Aptitude

• The Quantitative Aptitude section of IIFT 2021 exam was toughest
• Several questions in this sectionwere lengthy and time-consuming
• 11 questions were on Arithmetic, five were on Geometry, four were on Algebra and four on Modern Maths. 
• A total of about 9-10 questions with 80-85 per cent accuracy would be considered a good attempt in this section

Topic	Number of Questions	Level of Difficulty
Arithmetic	11	7 Easy 2 Moderate 2 Difficult
Geometry	5	1 Easy 4 Moderate
Algebra	4	2 Easy 1 Moderate 1 Difficult
Modern Mathematics	4	2 Easy 2 Easy
Numbers	1	1 Moderate
Total	25	Moderate to Difficult

General Awareness

The General Awareness section of IIFT 2021 exam was of moderate difficulty level. Out of 20 questions, nine were from static GK and 11 were from current affairs. An attempt of about 8 to 10 questions with about 60-70 per cent accuracy would be considered a good attempt.

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