Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) is the top business school of
India that organizes a national level exam known as IIFT Entrance Exam.
This entrance exam is conducted for admission in the MBA program of
International Business (IB). IIFT 2017 entrance exam is the self
organizing admission test that will be conducted on
26th November 2016.
In this article, we are providing the all the information about
application form, admit card, exam pattern result and counselling.
Important Dates for IIFT 2017 Entrance Exam- Announced
| IIFT 2017 entrance exam notification expected | 15th July 2016 |
| Last date for obtaining application from cash counter (Offline) | 5th September 2016 |
| Last date to receipt application | 5th September 2016 |
| Last date for online registration | 5th September 2016 |
| Admit card availability | first week of November 2016 |
| IIFT 2017 Examination Date | 27th November 2016 |
| Result announcement | January 2017 |
| Commencement of course | First Week of July 2017 |
Eligibility Criteria
Candidates who want to apply for this entrance exam must read the below criteria as follows:
- There is no age limit for this exam.
- The candidate should have three years duration bachelor degree in any discipline from the recognized university.
- Appearing
candidates of final year of graduation can also apply but they have to
submit the proof of requisite qualification by 7th October 2017.
- Seats
are reserved for Foreign Nationals, NRIs and Children of NRIs and the
admission is considered on the basis of General Management Aptitude Test
(GMAT) score of which should not have been declared before 1st January
2015 and should be received by the Institute latest by 31st March 2017.
- The IIFT registration 2017 had released on 15th July and end by 5th September 2016.
- IIFT Application form could be filled through online or offline process.
- Those
candidates apply through the offline process they could buy the
Prospectus from the post office and at the counter of IIFT in cash or
through demand draft.
- Candidates are advised to retain a photocopy of the completed application form and demand draft for the future reference.
- Candidates
who belong to the SC/ST/PH category they had to send the photocopy of
the requisite certificate with the filled application form.
- After filling the registration form they could send the application form in the envelope to the given address below.
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade,
B-21 Qutab Institutional Area,
New Delhi-110016
Application Form Fee
The cost of
the prospectus and application form was Rs. 1550 for the general
category. The fee of prospectus and application form for SC/ST/PH
candidates was Rs 775. There was no need to pay any other fee while
sending back the filled application form to IIFT. The application form
fee for the Foreign National/NRI/Children of NRI candidates is US$ 80
(INR Rs 4500).
Exam Pattern
The
IIFT exam pattern is listed below.
Type: Objective type test
Mode: Pen & Paper based test
No. of questions: 125 objective type test
Marking Scheme: Different for different section
Negative Marking: one-third for every wrong answer
Time Duration: 2 hours
| Sections | No. of Question | Marking Scheme |
| Quantitative Ability | 25 | 1 |
| Data InterpretationLogical Reasoning | 1920 | 10.75 |
| RCGeneral Awareness | 1628 | 0.750.75 |
| Verbal Ability | 20 | 0.75 |
Syllabus
The
IIFT syllabus generally covers the section of English Comprehension,
General Knowledge and Awareness, Logical Reasoning and Quantitative
Analysis. Candidates must prepare for the above section and practice
mock test papers.
Preparation Tips
To get score good marks
in the entrance exam candidates have to make a proper schedule to give
equal importance to each topic. Candidates will take help from the
previous year question papers and sample paper books. Don’t leave any
topic for the last moment, prepare each topic. Maintain your health and
avoid the pressure it will affect on your exam preparation.
Admit Card
IIFT Admit Card
for entrance exam is sent by post for all the candidates who filled the
application form through online or offline mode. Candidates get their
admit cards till the second week of November 2016. If candidates not get
their admit card till the second week of November 2016 they can
download their admit card from the website from the
15th November 2016 through online mode.
Answer Key
The
answer key will be published in the official portal after the two or
three days of the entrance exam. Through answer key candidate will
calculate their rough marks for the examination and check their
performance. With the help of expected score candidates can figure their
chances for the admission process.
Result
The IIFT result
will be declared in the first week of January 2017 (tentative).
Candidates will check their result at the official site by entering
their roll no. and date of birth. Candidate will take the print out of
the scorecard for further procedure.
IIFT Admission
Candidates
will get admission in IIFT on the basis of Written Test, Group
Discussion, Interview and Essay Writing. Based on the written exam score
candidates will be called for the essay writing, group discussion and
Interview to be held at Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata,
Lucknow and Mumbai. It will be held in the month of January/February
2017. Selected candidates will get admission in IIFT, New Delhi and
Kolkata. Written Test will be held on
SUNDAY 27th November 2016
during 10.00 AM – 12.00 Noon at Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Bangalore,
Bhubeneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Delhi,
Guwahati, Hydrabad, Indore, Jaipur, Jamshedpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow,
Mumbai, Nagpur and Visakhapatnam. IIFT reserves the right to add/delete
any centre, if required.
Disclaimer: Career
Guidance is not an official website for IIFT ; we are here just
providing you details about IIFT exam 2017.
Note: Above mentioned dates are tentative,
they are subject to change. We will update changes if any.
