The IIFT (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade) was conducted across various cities in India on 27 November, 2016. The exam consisted of four sections which are of 120-minute duration. The IIFT was not a cakewalk for many students. It had a total of 123 questions with a negative marking of 1/3 for each wrong answer. Check out our IIFT Expert analysis of the exam held in 2016.
English Comprehension
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Total no. of questions asked - 36 questions
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Level of difficulty -- Easy to Moderate
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Errors in test -- No error
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What could be the cut-off marks? -- 7 to 8 marks
| Part | Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| Part 1: Reading Comprehension | Importance of the Manufacturing Sector | 4 | Easy |
| Reverse innovation -- PepsiCo success story | 4 | Easy | |
| Participation of women in the workforce | 4 | Easy | |
| Robotics- SLAM | 4 | Easy | |
| Part 2: English Usage | Vocabulary | 10 | Moderate |
| Spelling | 2 | 1Easy 1Medium | |
| Para Jumble | 2 | 1Easy 1Medium | |
| Idiom/Colloquial usage | 3 | Moderate | |
| Etymology | 3 | Moderate |
General Knowledge & Awareness
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Total number of questions asked -- 25 Questions
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Level of difficulty - Moderate
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Errors in test -- Q. 111 of set A. No option is correct
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What could be the cut-off marks -- 2 to 2.5
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| Current Affairs | 11 | Difficult |
| Business and Economy | 8 | Moderate |
| Static GK | 4 | Moderate |
| Sports/Cinema | 2 | Easy |
Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation
1. Total number of questions - 42 Questions
2. Level of difficulty -- Logical reasoning is moderate to tough and Data interpretation is easy to moderate
3. Errors in test -- Q32 of set A. No option is correct. Correct answer should be “Finance”
4. Q. 42 of set A. No option is correct. Correct answer should be “Paediatrician, Daughter, 4:00 p.m.” Q62 of Set A. We cannot calculate percentage change on negative value.
5. What could be the cut-off marks? -- 7 to 8
Quantitative Analysis
1. Total number of questions asked -- 20 Questions
2. Level of difficulty - Easy
3. Errors in test, Q. 15 of set A. Typo -- Initially the events are P and Q but later they become A and B!
4. What could be the cut-off marks? -- 5 to 6
| Part | Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| Quantitative Ability | Arithmetic | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
| Numbers | 3 | Easy | |
| Algebra | 7 | Easy-Difficult | |
| Geometry, Mensuration and Trigonometry | 2 | Easy-Moderate | |
| P&C and Probability | 5 | Easy-Difficult | |
| Set theory | 1 | Moderate |
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