About IIFT

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) is one of the top-ranked B-school in India. It is ranked among
top 30 management institutes in MHRD-NIRF Ranking 2020. IIFT conducts national level entrance
exam for its MBA program. The IIFT exam is conducted by National Testing Agency. It is organized for
the aspirants seeking admission in 2 year full time MBA in International Business (IB) course offered
by IIFT for all the three campuses: Delhi, Kolkata and Kakinada. IIFT for 2021-23 batch is expected to
be held on will be in December, 2020 in computer-based or online mode across various exam
centres in India.

IIFT Eligibility Criteria

 Educational Qualification - General category candidates with a bachelor’s degree in any

discipline with 50% marks from a recognised university/institute will be eligible to apply. For
candidates belonging to, SC, ST and PwD category minimum 45% marks in graduation are
required. Final year graduation students are also eligible to fill the application form for IIFT.
 Age Limit - no age limit for candidates to apply by IIFT for MBA 2021 entrance exam.
 No mandatory minimum work experience is specified by IIFT. Freshers are eligible for the
MBA entrance exam.
 Nationality: Indian and Foreign National students both are eligible for IIFT entrance exam

Eligibility for Foreign Nationals and NRI

 Candidates should have been residing outside India for at least 18 months as on 31st

December 2020
 Candidates must have a valid passport/ travel document from a country other than India.
 Candidates must have a valid GMAT score which should be received by the Institute latest by
15th February 2021

IIFT Exam Structure

Section Sections No. of Marks Total Marks Negative

Questions per Marks/Questions
Questions
Section - 1 RC & Verbal 35 3 75 1
Ability
Section - 2 Quantitative 25 3 105 1
Aptitude
Section - 3 DI & Logical 30 3 90 1
Reasoning
Section - 4 General 20 1.5 30 0.5
Awareness
Total 110 300

IIFT MBA - IB 2021 admission test this year is delayed due to Covid-19 pandemic. NTA is probably
going to release the IIFT entrance exam schedule in the last week of October. Generally IIFT MBA
entrance exam is led on first Sunday of December. Since the IIFT 2021 registration process has not
started yet, it is expected that the exam would be conducted in the month of December 2020.
IIFT 2021: Important Dates

IIFT 2021 Events IIFT 2021 Dates(Tentative)

IIFT Exam 2021 Registration Start October 2020

IIFT Exam 2021 Registration Deadline Last Week of November 2020

IIFT Exam 2021 Admit Card Release First week of December, 2020

IIFT Exam 2021 Date Second week of December, 2020

IIFT Exam 2021 Result Fourth week of December, 2020

How to register for IIFT exam

You can register for online application of IIFT on the official NTA website. 
Step 1 - IIFT Registration 2021
For the IIFT online application procedure, candidates need to register themselves on the NTA-IIFT
https://iift.nta.nic.in/
Follow the steps to register for IIFT 2021:
 Click on "Fill Online Application Form" for new registration
 Fill in the details asked in the application form
 Enter password and choose a security question
 Note down the system generated application number
Step 2 – Login and fill application form
 Use the application number to login and complete the IIFT registration process
 Candidates shall be informed through an email about their registration
Step 3 - Upload Photo/Signature/Certificates
1. The photo should be recent and in colour or black/white
2. The size of the photo should be between 10 kb - 200 kb and it should be in JPG/JPEG format
3. The size of scanned signature should be between 4 kb - 30 kb and it should be in JPG/JPEG
format.
4. The category certificate (if applicable) should be uploaded in size between 50 kb to 300 kb.
Step 4 – Application fee
The candidates can pay the fees through various modes: credit card/debit card (VISA/Mastercard),
net banking or mobile wallets (Paytm/UPI).

Category Fee
General/OBC candidates Rs 2000
SC/ST/PH candidates Rs 1000
For Foreign Nationals/NRIs US$ 150 (Rs 9,500)
Note: No IIFT Application Offline has to filled this time.

List of colleges accepting that exam

S.NO College Name Location Website Link

1. IIFT Delhi - Indian Institute Delhi http://tedu.iift.ac.in/iift/index.php
of Foreign Trade

2. IIFT Kolkata: Indian Institute Kolkata https://tedu.iift.ac.in/iift/iiftkolkata.php

of Foreign Trade
3. Indian Institute of Foreign Kakinada http://tedu.iift.ac.in/iift/index.php
Trade (IIFT) Kakinada
4. IPS Business School Jaipur https://ipsedu.in/

5. IFIM Business School Bangalore https://ifimbschool.com/

6. Adarsh Institute of Karnataka https://www.adarshaimit.org/

Management & Information
Technology

7. Community Institute of Karnataka https://www.cimsbschool.org/

Management Studies

8. GITAM School of Andhra https://gim.gitam.edu/

International Business Pradesh

9. CII School of Logistics - Maharashtra https://www.ciischooloflogistics.com/

Amity University

For more information, kindly visit the site:  http://tedu.iift.ac.in/iift/index.php

IIFT Cut off

IIFT cut-off is the minimum score required to be eligible for further rounds like Essay Writing, Group
Discussion and Personal Interview round of IIFT admissions. Shortlisting of candidates for further
round of IIFT admission is based on the sectional cut offs. Given below are expected section-wise IIFT
cut offs, campus-wise cut offs, previous year's cut offs.

IIFT 2019- Sectional Cut-off

Sections Delhi Kolkata Kakinada Campus

Campus Campus
Data Interpretation 3-4 3 3
Logical Reasoning 5.5 5 4.5
General Knowledge 1 0.85 0.80
Reading Comprehension 3 2.5 2
Verbal Ability 4 3.5 3
Quantitative Aptitude 4.5 4 3.5
Overall 36 34 32

IIFT 2019- Category Cut-off

Category Cutoff (out of 100)

General 32.25
ST 20.26
SC 22.25
OBC (NCL) 27.25
PH 22.25

IIFT 2018/2017 - Sectional Cut-off

Sections Cut off

2019 2018
Reading Comprehension 2.5-2.75 2.69
Verbal Ability 3.25-3.5 3.35
Quantitative Aptitude 3-3.25 3.01
General Awareness 0.83-1 5.67
Logical Reasoning 4-4.5 0.82
Data Interpretation 0.75 0.25

IIFT 2018/2017 - Category Cut-off

Category 2017 Cut off (out of 100) 2018 Cut off (out of 100)
General 48.5 32.25
OBC 43.5 27.25
ST 27.17 20.26
SC 38.5 22.25
PwD 28.85 22.25

IIFT: Past year’s paper analysis

IIFT 2019 Paper Analysis

Data Interpretation
This section was comparatively easy. An attempt of 4-5 questions would be considered very well.
Topics No. of Questions Doable Questions Difficulty Level
Mixed
Graphs 12 3 Tough
Tables 8 2 Tough

Logical Reasoning
This section was quite time-consuming. An attempt of around 10-11 questions with 85% accuracy
would be considered good for this section
Topic No. of Questions Doable Questions Difficulty Level
Distribution 4 3 Easy to Medium
Matrix 4 4 Easy
Venn-diagram 2 1 Medium
Input Output 2 1 Medium
Missing 1 1 Easy to Medium
number
Arrangement 4 2 Medium to Tough
Selection 3 1 Medium

General Awareness
Sailing though the cut-off would be easy with an attempt with 50% accuracy. As compared to last
year it was quite easy
Topic No. of Questions Doable Questions Difficulty Level
Current Affairs 2 2 Easy
Business and 10 3-4 Medium to Tough
Economy
Miscellaneous 1 1 Easy
Geography 2 - Tough
Science 1 - Tough
Sports 1 1 Easy
Books 1 1 Easy

Reading Comprehension
This section was quite time-consuming.
Passages No. of Questions Doable Questions Difficulty Level
Culture 3 2 Moderate
Public Intellectuals 3 2 Tough
Information flow 4 2 Tough
Liberal Arts Education 3 1-2 Tough
GDP 3 2 Moderate
Verbal Ability
It was quite a tough session. Some of the questions looked more like General Knowledge-based
rather than English language-based. The questions based on para-jumble, fill in the blank, and
grammar were easy.

Topic No. of Questions Doable Questions Difficulty Level

Jumble words 3 1 Tough
Analogy 2 0-1 Tough
Fill in the blanks (2 3 2-3 Easy
blanks)
Match the column 2 1-2 Medium
Spot the error 2 2 Easy
Word Roots 4 1 Medium to Tough
Sentence Improvement 2 2 Easy
Para Jumble (4 sentence) 2 2 Easy

Quantitative Ability
Weightage given to Geometry and Modern Math was higher in this paper. An attempt of around 10
questions with about 85% accuracy would be considered decent.

Topic No. of Questions Doable Questions Difficulty Level

Arithmetic 5 3 Medium
Algebra 7 4 Easy to Medium
Geometry & Mensuration 5 2 Medium
P&C, Probability & Set Theory 3 2 Easy to Medium

IIFT 2018: Paper Analysis

Section 1: Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension: 
Moderate level of difficulty for this section

Part 1 Topics No. of Difficulty Level

Questions
Part 1: Read Passage 1: Manufacturing sector vs. 4 Easy
Comprehension Service sector
Passage 2: Reverse innovation by 4 Easy
PepsiCo.
Passage 3: Female participation in 4 Easy
labour force
Passage 4: SLAM in robotics 4 Easy
Part 2: English Word meaning 4 Moderate
Usage Antonyms2 2 Easy
Etymology 3 Difficult
Spelling 2 Moderate
Cloze Test 4 Moderate
Sentence Jumble 2 Easy
Idioms 3 Moderate
Section 2: Quantitative Ability: This section was moderate to difficult.

Topics No. of Questions Difficulty Level

Arithmetic 3 Easy to Moderate
Algebra 7 Easy
Geometry, Mensuration and Trigonometry 3 Easy
P&C and Probability 5 Easy
Set theory 1 Easy
Numbers 1 Easy
Total  22

Section 3: Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation: With few tricky questions in the Logical
Reasoning section and Calculative questions in Data Interpretation it was a difficult section.

Topics No. of Questions Difficulty Level

Grouping and 10 Easy to Moderate
arrangement
Analogy 04 Easy to Moderate
Series 02 Easy to Moderate
Blood Relation 04 Easy
Syllogism 2 Easy
Table (calculation based) 10 Moderate
Bar Graph 10 Moderate
Total 42

Section 4: General Knowledge: The difficulty level of this section was moderate.

Topics No. of Questions Difficulty Level

Current Affairs 6 Moderate
Business and 7 Moderate
Economy
Miscellaneous 5 Moderate
History 1 Moderate
Geography 1 Moderate
Polity 1 Moderate
Science 1 Moderate
Sports 2 Moderate
Awards and honours 0 Moderate
Books 1 Moderate
Total 25

IIFT 2017 Paper Analysis

Section 1: Verbal Ability Section
The questions were quite confusing. This section was rated moderate to difficult.
 Topic Number of Level of Difficulty
Questions
Punctuation 3 Difficult
Phrase/Clause 5 Difficult
identification
Verbal Analogy 3 Difficult
Prefix/Suffix 1 Easy
Passage 5 Moderate
Improvement
Jumbled Words 3 Moderate - Difficult
Total 20 Difficult
 
Section 2: Reading Comprehension in IIFT
Tit was bit lengthy but the questions from this section were easy to crack.

Section 3: General Awareness Section

The level of difficulty was rated as moderate to difficult.

Topic Number of Questions Level of Difficulty

Business and Economy 6 Difficult
Sports 3 Difficult
Brands 6 Moderate
Personalities 1 Moderate
Geography 1 Easy
Miscellaneous 1 Difficult
TOTAL 18 Difficult

Section 4: Quantitative Ability Section

Overall the quant section was moderately difficult.

Topic Number of Level of Difficulty

Questions
Number System 1 Moderate
Arithmetic 7 Easy
Algebra 5 Easy-Moderate
P&C and Probability 2 Moderate
Geometry, 5 Moderate
Mensuration and
Trigonometry
Total 20 Moderate

5. Data Interpretation
Out of 18 questions from this section, the ones who attempted 4 questions are expected to score
good in the exam.

6. Logical Reasoning
This section was easy as compared to last year