IIFT Entrance Test 2007

IIFT Entrance Test 2007    
The IIFT Entrance Test 2007 was very similar in essence to IIFT 2006. The one main deviation from last year was that each question had only one correct answer, unlike multiple correct answers in last year's exam. Students accustomed to the brief 75-question, 150 minutes CAT kind of test found the IIFT paper to be extremely lengthy.

Salient features:

1. Number of sections: 4 (2 subsections in all sections, except GK)
2. Number of options for each question: 4
3. Increase in no. of questions (From 106 in 2006 to 150 this year)
4. All questions had only one correct answer, out of the given options
5. Each incorrect answer carried 1/3 negative marks
6. Variation in weightage, as compared to the previous year
7. No specific mention of sectional cut-offs
8. Like last year, aspirants were allowed to retain the booklet
9. The expected cut-off for the Delhi campus will be between 24-26

Here is an overview of how you should have attempted this paper.

         

Section	Part	Number of questions	Weightage per question	Total Marks	Possible attempts (Qs)	Suggested Time (Min)	Possible score
EU & RC	Part I RC	12	0.60	7.20	6	15	3
	Part II EU	22	0.60	13.20	10	10	4
GA	-	29	0.38	11.02	10	20	3
QA & DI	Part I QA	25	0.90	22.50	12	25	7
	Part II DI	26	0.79	20.54	6	25	4
LR & DM	Part I LR	25	0.74	18.50	10	15	5
	Part II DM	11	0.64	7.04	3	10	2
Total		150		100	45+	120	25-26

         

Verbal Ability Section

Part I: Reading Comprehension
The RC passages were quite simple. One could have just scanned through them and answered the given questions. One innovation this year was the use of questions based on matching items in list 1 with items in list 2. The key to answering these was to read the options carefully, as addition or omission of even a single word to the option could have made a difference.

The composition of the section was as follows:

         

Topic	Number of Qs	Remarks
Reading Comprehension	3 Passage, 12 Qs	Weightage 0.60
Trademark-related controversy involving Google	4Qs	Easy and direct questions
Metamorphosis of the Indian Retail Market	5 Qs	Easy and direct questions, Factual
Salk�s contribution in eradicating Polio	3Qs	Easy and direct questions