The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade or IIFT entrance exams are conducted by IIFT Delhi that usually focus on implementing the traits of international business towards the students. The Institute has two different campuses located in the city of Kolkata and Delhi.
Every year more than 600 seats are offered to students who want to enroll to the MBA International Business program, which is popularly known as IIFT MBA – IB.
Around 75,000+ students appear for the IIFT exam. To be eligible for the MBA program, around 3000 students are selected for the next stage of the exam i.e GD and PI rounds. This speaks about the examination’s difficulty and the amount of preparation a candidate must undertake in order to pass it.
The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade Delhi accepts applications from candidates for the IIFT MBA entrance exam held in New Delhi, Kolkata and Kakinada of Andhra Pradesh campuses for the academic session of 2021 to 2022. Admission is based on the results of an admission exam held by IIFT.
An overview of the examination improves planning and preparation, and PaGaLGuY professionals give the same to IIFT exam candidates here.
MBA in International Business: Overview
The flagship IIFT MBA International Business is a semester wise course for a duration of six semesters. This general management program focuses particularly on international business. The institute aims to create a competent cadre of business exces that meet the India’s growing requirements for personal adept in the field of International Business Management.
About IIFT
The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade provides a range of programs from a PhD course to diploma and certificate degree program in the International Business specialisation. The MBA in International Business program at the campuses of Delhi and Kolkata still remain the same flagship program for the institution. The institute generally offers the programs in both full time as well as part time mode.
The IIFT was founded in 1963 to support trade-related academics. Currently, the institute has emerged as a leading Top Business schools in Pacific Asia. This is also a centre for foreign trade and policy studies.
- The National Assessment and Accreditation Council or NAAC recognizes IIFT as a Grade A institution.
- The National Institute of Ranking Framework (NIRF) has ranked the institute at the 23rd position under Management in 2018.
IIFT 2022 Important Date
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IIFT Exam Notification
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September 02, 2021
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Registration Start Date
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September 02, 2021
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Deadline for Registration
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October 25, 2021
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Application Fee
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Rs.2500
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Submission Deadline for Test Center Change
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First week of Jan, 2021
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Replacement fees of IIFT Exam Centre
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Rs.1000
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Admit Card Download Starts
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November 28, 2021
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Exam date
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December 5, 2021
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Exam Result Out
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January 31, 2022
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Important Notes for NRI and Foreign IIFT Delhi Candidates: Candidates who want to join IIFT will have to produce their Graduate Management Aptitude Test (GMAT) score by the end of 15th March 2022.
IIFT 2022 Eligibility Criteria
The IIFT exam is very fair and is open to all, recent college graduates as well as people with work experience. You can find below a table to help you in understanding the eligibility criteria of the IIFT exam.
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Particulars
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Eligibility Criteria
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Age
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No age restrictions for IIFT entrance exam
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Qualifications
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Students must have a bachelor’s degree or must be in their last year of bachelor degree.
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Qualifying Percentage in degree
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They must have scored at least 50% marks for General category students or 45% for reserved category students.
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IIFT 2022 Registration
The registration process of IIFT 2022 exam is going to start from September 02, 2021 and you must keep all your important documents in hand required in the examination.
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- Students can register for the IIFT entrance exam at their official website on https://iiftreg.onlinereg.in/.
- Login to the website by providing all your basic details.
- The next step is to fill up the application form by giving your personal details, academic details, special achievements, work experience and an additional certificates programs etc. You must have a soft copy of your passport, six photographs with a white background and a scanned image of your official signature.
- Important Note: It is important that you must keep in mind that candidates may carefully submit all the required details. As failing to do so can cost Rs 1000 for the changing the application form.
- The final step for the application is to submit your IIFT application fees and download the online receipt.
A wise candidate keeps all the mentioned details ready and enrolls themselves in the IIFT entrance exam as quickly as possible. This will help the candidates to avoid a last minute rush that could help them better in their IIFT entrance exam preparation.
IIFT 2022 Exam Pattern
The entrance examination is going to be conducted on pen paper mode ONLY. Therefore, it is recommended that appearing candidates can prepare for the exam using an OMR sheet as this could help them in getting better speed.
Below we have provided a table to give you a flair idea about the exam pattern of IIFT.
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Section
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What is it about?
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Number of questions
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Quantitative Aptitude – QA
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This section is all about the ability of a candidate to comprehend the numbers and able to get meaningful results of Mathematics and the basics of statistics are involved.
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20
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Verbal ability and reading comprehension – VARC
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This section checks the ability of a candidate to comprehend and understand the English language to such an extent which can handle the business later in a real world.
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36
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Data interpretation and logical reasoning – DILR
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The capabilities to apply both mathematical and English skills that help in getting the logical decision.
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42
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General Knowledge – GK
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Current affairs, Films, Science, Books and authors, science, awards and recognition, politics, currencies, history with dates, culture, personalities etc. That helps the students in both static and current general knowledge prepared for the IIFT entrance exam.
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25
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IIFT 2022 Syllabus
The syllabus of the IIFT entrance exam has been designed on the basis of application of high school English and mathematics paper.
Apart from the regular subjects of a number of MBA entrance exams, IIFT expects that the candidates are well versed in the General Knowledge section.
The marking scheme is different for the IIFT entrance exam and each of the questions have a weightage of 0.5 marks to 1 marks each and with every wrong answer 1/3rd marks are deducted additionally.
IIFT 2022 Admit Card
The IIFT entrance exam admit card will be available for all the candidates at least one month prior to the date of the IIFT 2022 exam. Therefore, the candidates can expect that their admit card tox be released by December 5, 2021.
- Candidates can download the IIFT entrance exam by visiting the official website of the conducting authority or iift.nta.nic.in and can download their respective admit card.
- Once you get the admit card check-out the details given on it such as your Name, toll number, exam centre of examinations and other. If there will be any mismatch in the admit card you can directly contact the IIFT exam officials, provided the details given at the time of registration were the same.
- The admit card of the exam must be signed at the day of the IIFT exam and should be saved with you till the date of the exam counselling sessions and its selection process.
IIFT Cutoff
The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade has dominated trade front studies for some time, and the motivated transition to the front is a comparative analysis of how far they have come since their founding.
With the rising needs for MBA programs and also a clear study path in terms of trade and excelling in them, IIFT has had a detailed examination pattern that each of the students can look forward to in order to take a step towards the foreign trade future in terms of management and finance.
Here is list of expected cutoff scores of all the three campuses of IIFT Delhi, Kolkata and Kakinada.
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Name of the Topics
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Topic -wise Highest Marks gainable
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Delhi Campus Expected Cutoff
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Kolkata Campus Expected Cutoff
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Kakinada Campus Expected Cutoff
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General Awareness
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9
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1
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0.85
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0.80
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Verbal Ability
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15
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4
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3.5
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3
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Reading Comprehension
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16
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3
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2.5
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2
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Quantitative Aptitude
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20
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4.5
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4
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3.5
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Logical Reasoning
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20
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5.5
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5
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4.5
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Data Interpretation
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20
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3 – 4
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3
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3
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IIFT 2022 Result
The IIFT 2022 exam result can be released anytime soon.
To access your results, candidates are required to login to the official website of IIFT and check their exam results. The online copy of your results must be printed for further process.
Understanding the IIFT test, IIFT syllabus, and IIFT test patterns is just as important, but the next step in doing so is planning and preparation.
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