Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) will conduct the entrance test for its Delhi and Kolkata campuses in 20 cities across India for admission.

IIFT entrance exam for admission into its two-year program in International Business

The sections and the syllabus remain the same over the years, what varies is the number of questions and marks per questions.

The cut off marks also vary from year to year. IIFT table that here I’m providing you will give you trend of the past 6 years in terms of number of questions and how experts find the difficulty level.

Year Number of Question Difficulty Level

2014 118 Moderate to Tough

2013 128 Moderate

2012 128 Moderate

2011 120 Moderate

2010 135 Difficult

2009 122 Moderate

2008 150 Tough


Have various difficulties in IIFT level exam with CAT. One of the biggest difficulty for those students who are prepare for IIFT exam and also for CAT. Because both are come in same month only few days gape in both exam.

When IIFT is conducted just before a day after CAT is over.

Expert of IIFT test preparation Prof S K Agarwal is says that the written admission test to MBA Programme in IIFT is expected to have moderate to high difficulty level.

The test paper has variety of questions based on almost all the topics. What an aspirant misses in CAT may find prominent in IIFT entrance test. Interestingly, IIFT entrance test is going to be conducted just a day after CAT is over.

IIFT has various sections in exam:

Section 1
General Awareness

Section 2 – Part 1
English Usage

Section 2 – Part 2
Reading Comprehension

Section 3
Quantitative Ability

Section 4 – Part 1
Logical Reasoning

Section 4 – Part 2
Data Interpretation

Prepare for IIFT exam:

English Fundamentals: More question; clarity needed
Data Interpretation: Difficulty level is reasonably high; covers 20%Logical Reasoning: More practice needed; covers 15%
Quant: High LOD; fewer questions; higher weightage
IIFT GK: Instrumental to improve the scores