Analysis Of Iift-2004

Analysis of IIFT-2004 There were 196 questions divided into four sections to be solved in 120 minutes. No specific instructions regarding sectional cutoffs were given but there was 1/5th negative marking. The breakup and weightage of areas is as follows: Sr. Section no 1 2

3 4

Quantitative Ability Reasoning and Data Interpretation Verbal Ability General Knowledge Total

No. of Relative weightage Difficulty questions weightage on a scale of level 100 48 3/4 36 Average 48

1/2

24

Tough

50 50

2/5 2/5

20 20

Average Tough

196

100

The optimum time allotment strategy for this paper would have been: Sr. no 1 2 3 4

Section Quantitative Ability Reasoning and Data Interpretation Verbal Ability General Knowledge

Time allotment 35 - 40 min 40 min 30 min 10 - 15 min

The optimal number of attempts in each section and the projected cutoffs are as follows: Sr. Section No. 1 Quantitative Ability 2 Reasoning and Data Interpretation 3 Verbal Ability 4 General Knowledge

Attemptability Accuracy Weighted Sectional Score 38 22-24 16-18 34 23-25 11-12 35 35

23-25 24-26

12-13 10-12

Section 1 : Quantitative Ability There were quite a number of questions on functions, which made this section different from the last year's paper. Areas Tested Algebra Geometry, Trigonometry Mensuration Arithmetic

No of questions 20

Difficulty level Tough

and 15

Average

13

Average

Section 2: Reasoning and Data Interpretation The performance in this section is to a large extent dependant on Critical Reasoning questions. The question types that were included were: Areas Tested Critical Reasoning

No of questions

1.Strengthening/Weakening arguments

4

2. Implicit Statements

2

3. Assumptions

1

4. Inference from paragraphs

3

5. Arguments Analytical Reasoning (6 caselets) Data Interpretation

4 17

1. Share Prices ( Table)

5

2. Sales Distribution (Table)

5

3. Caselet Data sufficiency

4 03

Section 3: Verbal Ability The fill in the blank questions included the missing word questions, missing sentence questions and also a paragraph that had blanks in it. The number of Reading Comprehension questions were less as compared to last year's paper. Areas Tested Spellings Synonyms Analogies Fill in the blanks Sentence arrangements (jumbled) Reading Comprehension

No of questions 4 2 10 25 6 3

Section 4: General Knowledge This section had a good combination of questions based on Business Awareness and Current Affairs. Though no specific instructions regarding Sectional performance were given in the paper, it is expected that a student clears the above mentioned Weighted Sectional Cutoffs. This combined with clearing net total projected score of 68 could get a student a call from IIFT, Delhi.