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IIFT 2020 Notification - Exam dates, pattern, syllabus

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IIFT 2020 Notification - Exam dates, pattern, syllabus

The registration process of the entrance exam for IIFT, Indian Institute for Foreign Trade, began a few days back. Initiating the registration process, IIFT 2020 notification released its examination dates too which is all set to be held on 1st December this year. The registrations can be made on the NTA IIFT portal now that the exam is being held by the National Testing Agency. It is for the first time that the exam held will be computer-based and will be conducted by NTA, which was earlier conducted by IIFT itself.

Offering admission to its flagship MBA (IB) programme, IIFT conducts an annual entrance test providing admission to its three campuses in the cities of Delhi, Kolkata and Kakinada (AP).

IIFT 2020: Key Changes

With the NTA conducting the exam this year, the IIFT has incorporated a few changes in the exam. The major changes are:

This year, the test conducted will be computer-based which earlier was paper-based.

The registration process, which began on 9th September this year, has to be completed online on the official website of NTA. Earlier, IIFT’s registration process used to begin in the month of July.

Speeding up the result declaration process, the IIFT has announced that the results this year will be declared on 11th December, 10 days after the exam is held.

Admissions to the Kakinada campus which was set to begin last year, i.e., 2018, with a total strength of 60 students, have yet not commenced. The date of its launch is still not finalized.

The online exam, which might have a few changes incorporated this year, will be conducted in a single session.

The exam will consist of 6 sections instead of 4 sections.

The agreement with the IMF-Tanzania campus has not yet been renewed and so the IIFT entrance exam will not be offering admissions to Dar-es-Salaam campus.

IIFT 2020: Major Highlights

The major highlights of the IIFT entrance exam 2020 are as follows:

Exam Conducting Body	National Testing Agency (NTA)
Number of MBA colleges associated with IIFT	IIFT Delhi, Kolkata and Kakinada (Yet to commence)
Mode of the entrance exam	Computer Based Test
Application Process	Online
Application Fee	Rs.2000/-
Exam cut off Percentile	95 Percentile
Cut off Score (out of 100)	39 to 42 marks (Based on the cut-off scores of last year)
Total Questions	114
Sectional Division	6 Sections (Each section consists of different number of questions)
Exam Duration	2 Hours (10AM to 12 Noon)
Key sections	VA, Quant, DI, LR, RC, GK
Difficulty Level	Moderate to Difficult
Maximum Marks	100
Scoring Pattern	Varies between 0.5 Mark to 1 Mark
Negative Marks	1/3 of the Marks allotted for correct answers

Important Dates

With the release of the test dates, all the other important exam dates have been made available too. The key dates mentioned in the IIFT 2020 notification are as follows:

IIFT 2020 Notification	21st August 2019
Registration Start Date	9th September 2019
Last date for Registration	25th October 2019

Last date to request for change of Test Centre	5th November 2019
Fee for change of Exam Centre	Rs.1000/-
Admit Card Download Starts	11th November 2019 onwards
Exam date	1st December 2019
For Foreign Nationals/NRI: Last date to apply online for IIFT admission and submit GMAT score	15th February 2020
Exam Result Date	11th December 2019

Exam Syllabus and Pattern

Having increased the number of sections in the IIFT exam paper in the year 2017 from 4 to 6, the test judges the candidates on grounds of Vocabulary and Comprehension, English Grammar, Logical Reasoning, General Knowledge & Current Affairs, Quantitative Analysis and Data Interpretation. To be completed in the duration of 120 minutes, the sectional division is as follows:

Section	Marks for Correct answers	Max marks (Out of 100)	Shortlisting Weightage	Total questions
Quantitative Analysis	1	20	20%	20
Verbal Ability	0.75	15	15%	20
Data Interpretation	1	20	20%	20
General Awareness (GK)	0.5	9	9%	18
Logical Reasoning	1	20	20%	20
Reading Comprehension	1	16	16%	16
Total	--	100	100%	114

With all the major details of the IIFT exam 2020 on your tips now, all you need to do is register for the exam and prepare for the test. Tie your laces and set afloat to nail the exam!

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