The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) conducts a test for admissions to its various MBA programs.

It is one of the few exams in the MBA entrance test universe that has a section on GK. The GK section in IIFT is of higher level of difficulty as compared to SNAP, CMAT, MAT, XAT etc.

Few question of GK for IIFT exam:

Q. 1 Under an agreement with which of the following countries did Subhash Chandra Bose organize the Indian Soldiers into Azad Hind Fauj?
1. Germany 2. Japan
3. Italy 4. Russia

Q. 2 Which of the following is not headquartered in China?
1. Weibo 2. WeChat
3. Alibaba 4. Jabong

Now, in order for you to get a flavor of different types of questions in terms of level of difficulty, try and answer the following relatively tougher questions, that have been asked in the previous IIFT tests:

Q. 3.Given in Column 1 are some Latin phrases commonly used in English. Their meanings are given in Column 2. Match the phrase in Column 1 with its correct meaning in Column 2
Column 1 Column 2
i. Caveat Emptor a. That is to say
ii. Quid Pro Quo b. In the same place
iii. Videlicet c. Let the buyer beware
iv. Ibidem d.One thing for another
1. i-c; ii-d; iii-a; iv-b
2. i-b; ii-a; iii-c; iv-d
3. i-d; ii-c; iii-b; iv-a
4. i-a; ii-b; iii-d; iv-c

Q. 4. 'Gold fixing' refers to setting the price of Gold. Where is the value of Gold set?
1. New York 2. London
3. Tokyo 4. Singapore

In the IIFT test, not every question can be easily classified under static or GK. For example:

Q. 5. The Ebola Virus is named after the Ebola River. The river is located in:

1. The Federal Republic of Nigeria
2. The Democratic Republic of Congo
3. The Republic of Senegal
4. The Commonwealth of Virginia, USA

Q. 6. Who is the brand ambassador of Telangana State?
1. Sania Mirza 2. Saina Nehwal
3. VVS Laxman 4. PV Sindhu


Static GK consists of areas that do not change over time. You may expect questions from the following sub-topics in Static GK:

History
Geography Economy
Companies and Brands
Indian Political System & Constitution
Organizations
Science &Technology
Sports