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IIFT 2007 - An Overview

Conducted on 25th November 2007, IIFT reverted back to the one correct answer per question format.

Overall, the test was not very time-consuming and there was a fair sprinkling of easy to answer questions compared to last year.
The Overall Test Structure
Total duration of the exam 2 hours
Total number of questions 150
Number of sections 4 ( 3 sections had 2 sub-sections)
Sectional timing No
Number of choices per question 4
Negative Marking 1/3 rd of the marks allotted to the question

IIFT 2007 had 4 sections with 3 sections comprising of two sub-sections each, like last year. But this year a new sub-section of Business Judgment was introduced in the paper. The paper was different from last year’s in terms of number of correct options, i.e., it had only one correct option. As compared to last year the test was of moderate level of difficulty.

SProblem Solving

In Problem Solving section simple questions were scattered among the difficult ones and some of the questions were simple but time consuming. The set based on “average age” was solvable by observation.

Data Interpretation

Two of the sets in Data Interpretation section were observation based but the overall section was difficult as the questions were calculation intensive.
Reading Comprehension
Two out of the three Reading Comprehension passages were based on Business Scenario. But in general all the questions were of direct nature and could be answered by carefully reading the passages.

Verbal Ability

Verbal Ability section was vocab-oriented and the focus was on vocabulary and word usage with a few grammar based questions. Questions on “word origin” that appeared in previous years were not there in IIFT 2007.

General Knowledge

The General Knowledge section was a mix of static and current affairs issues. A well-read person could have attempted most of the questions in this section.

Logical Reasoning

Logical Reasoning was a comparatively simple section in the test, as most of the sets were solvable. This section had 4 questions based on verbal reasoning.

Business Judgment

The two Business Judgment cases tested the decision-making and analytical ability of students. The students had to place themselves in the given business situation in order to understand the case and answer the questions.


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