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IIF
T 2009 Analysis
Students’ Expressions:
Challenging Quant | Easiest possible GK | Manageable Verbal | Score Decisive DI
Surprises
1/3
rd
Negative Marking | Below Average Level of GK Questions
Like CAT, IIFT is also getting synonymous with uncertainity. Starting with IIFT 06, it has consistently been springing one surprise after another everyyear. Major one this year was the increased penalty for a wrong answer. Negative marking increased from 1/4
th
in IIFT 08 to 1/3
rd
this year. Thiscoupled with a highly challenging Quantitative section, “CAT-LEVEL Quant” as some test-takers reacted, kept the test takers on their toes. Indeed 4-5Quant questions qualified as typical CAT questions. However, IIFT also had pleasant surprises, for instance, General Awareness. Over half of GK wasdoable. When we say doable, we mean “anyone” (yes, literally any MBA aspirant) would have answered between 10 ad 13 questions correctly. Thiswould also have given them extra time to spend on Quant. Verbal department was quite manageable with EU being the favourite of all. 2 RCs out of thegiven 4 were also doable.Overall, the number of questions decreased from 150 in IIFT 08 to 122 in IIFT 09. Although, there was miniscule increase in number of questions inQuant, RC & EU, a substantional decrease in the Arrangement and GK questions lead to overall 122 this year. Moreover, It was crystal clear from the
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intentions of the exam setters that IIFT is also getting less GK
intensive. It was quite apparent from the surprising 33% decrease in the number of questions and an uexpected dip in their difficulty level, especially when one compares it with IIFT 08’s GK which was the toughest of all.The detailed sectional break-up of the test is given below:
Logical Reasoning15%Quant28%DI19%ReadingComprehension15%English Usage15%General Awareness8%
Overall Distribution of Sections
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