The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) entrance exam is a written exam conducted by the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade for their New Delhi and Kolkata campuses. IIFT is an entrance exam conducted for determining admission of candidates in MBA in International Business at IIFT Delhi or Kolkata campuses. About 40,000 candidates register for the test out of which only 1% get admitted. The shortlisted candidates would get selected on the basis of Group Discussion, Written Admission Test, and Interview.

The IIFT 2018 has questions that are divided into 4 sections - English,...

The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) entrance exam is a written exam conducted by the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade for their New Delhi and Kolkata campuses. IIFT is an entrance exam conducted for determining admission of candidates in MBA in International Business at IIFT Delhi or Kolkata campuses. About 40,000 candidates register for the test out of which only 1% get admitted. The shortlisted candidates would get selected on the basis of Group Discussion, Written Admission Test, and Interview.

The IIFT 2018 has questions that are divided into 4 sections - English, General Knowledge, Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Analysis section. These sections are required to be completed in a span of 2 hours. The number of questions in this section would be a minimum of 120 and a maximum of 150 questions. Every question would have four options from which the candidates have to choose the right answer.

IIFT Admit Card would be available for those candidates who complete the IIFT Registration Procedure successfully. IIFT Admit Card would be sent by means of post to the candidates who have sent their application form by way of online and offline mode. The IIFT Admit card can be downloaded from November 16, 2018. With a printout of IIFT Admit Card, candidates should be present at the examination venue by December 2018.

IIFT Scorecard is usually released in the last week of December. The IIFT Result would declare the name of the candidates who would proceed to the next round.

IIFT (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade) is one of the top 10 schools that offer MBA in International Business. Candidates wishing to take admission into IIFT would have to appear the IIFT Entrance examination. The associated timelines have been detailed as below:

The candidates have to ensure IIFT Exam preparation in a right way to prepare well for the examination. IIFT Preparation should be done in a way wherein accuracy and speed stays balanced. IIFT is a two-hour test that has about 125 questions. About 20 questions would be from the General Knowledge section and the final cut-off would be in the range of 40s. 

The candidates who prepare for CAT can also prepare for IIFT simultaneously. General Knowledge preparation has to be started quite in advance so that the candidates can store a huge amount of information in their memory. The candidates should also be good in making minute calculations and as well as rapid mental calculations. The IIFT Preparation strategies are detailed below as follows for students:

1. Have a look at all previous year papers and make sure you understand the structure of the exam. 
2. Keep the varied marking scheme of the exam in mind. 
3. Be on the look-out for questions such as ‘Match the following'. These are always easier to solve. 
4. Make sure you do not waste too much on time-consuming DI sets and extra-long RCs. 
5. Do not spend excessive time on GK questions and be ready to leave the questions you are unsure about. Guess-work in this area can be risky

Satyaki Mascharak shared few tips and suggestion for aspiring students:

"Quants section was my forte. So I always focused more on Verbal's, especially the paragraphs which can baffle the “Shakespeare” out of anyone. These paragraphs need to be approached clinically."

"Coaching is important Maybe not because of the content which they offer, but because of the regularity they bring in you. The regular Mocks, the classes and the doubt clearing sessions help every aspirant. But if you have regular classes to attend, it actually gives a pull which is required to motivate a person."

"For English Comprehensive: Read lots of Paragraphs, read newspaper daily and approach with an objective mind and not in a subjective way."

"For GK: Solving past papers and Manorama year book supports."

"For Logical Reasoing and Quant's: Practice a few problems daily. Gradually increase the level of questions. I followed Arun Sharma religiously. Solve questions from Social Forums and other online test series'. Not ignoring any area is important for every aspirant. The questions in the exam are diversified, so do not ignore question related to some other feild"

"First read full paper then start with easy ones and triy to solve questions uniformly from all sections. "

Total intake of 220 seats at IIFT Delhi campus and IIFT Kolkata campus.

Reserved Seats:

Other Backward Class - 23%

Schedule Castes - 15%,

NRI  - 4% and

Schedule Tribes - 7.5%.

General category: This leaves 150 seats under the general category.

The documents that are required to be carried for IIFT 2019 Examination are as follows:

1. Admit Card: Candidates are required to carry IIFT Exam Admit Card which is dispatched by post from the institute. Candidates who do not receive their admit card should download the same from the official website. The printout of the admit card should be taken.
2. ID Proof: The candidates should carry an ID Proof along with the Admit Card to enter the exam center. The following documents should be carried as well: Election I-card, Driving License, PAN Card, College I-card or Passport.
3. Stationery: A candidate should not forget to carry stationery items such as pencil and eraser and a thorough check must be done to ensure that a candidate does not forget any item.
4. Personal: Bags or things should not be carried as they cannot be kept safe in the test center. The candidates should avoid carrying any expensive item along with them to avoid any mistake or mishap.
5. Money: Excess money just in case of an emergency while commuting to the examination might come very handy for a candidate which a candidate must take care of.
6. Water: The candidate should carry enough water in hand just in case the examination hall does not have such a facility.

The IIFT Selection procedure is held for candidates who have cleared the examination and have scored as per the examination cutoff. The IIFT Examination and Selection procedure is conducted by the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade in the Delhi and Kolkata campus. The IIFT Selection Procedure would be commencing in the month of January/February 2019, once the candidates appear for the examination and the IIFT Results are declared.

Once the IIFT Results are declared, the institute would be shortlisting the list of candidates on the basis of the marks scored by everyone as per their cutoff. The selected candidates would be invited for subsequent selection rounds. IIFT Selection procedure is conducted for those candidates who would want to pursue MBA International Business at IIFT Delhi and Kolkata campuses. 

The IIFT Selection Procedure is conducted after candidates take IIFT 2019 and the respective result for the same is announced. Candidates would have to get the desired IIFT Cutoff that is set by the institute in order to be eligible for IIFT Selection procedure in the year 2019. The IIFT Selection procedure comprises of various stages after which the candidate admission shall be ensured. 

The candidates are admitted under various categories such as General, OBC, SC/ST and PH. Both the campuses of IIFT offer over 450 seats for about 40,000 students. The marks scored by the candidates in the IIFT Exam and the same scored in the selection rounds would be combined in order to determine the final merit list.

Satyaki Mascharak cracked IIFT with a score of 51 and got admission in one of the top B-School- IIFT Delhi