IIFT 2005
(27th November 2005)

IIFT 1006 has already been conducted. This is a page for IIFT 2005.

  • 185 Qs, 120 min.
  • 100 marks (33.33% negative for wrong answers)
  • 5 sections, No sectional time limits
  • 4 answer options per question
Likely Cut-Off
  • IIFT 44+



Overall Breakup of IIFT 2005
Section

Area

No. of Qs Marks per Q Difficulty level
1 Quantitative Ability 40 0.75 Average
2 Logical Reasoning, DI, DS 40 0.75 Difficult
3 Reading Comprehension 20 0.75 Easy
4 Verbal Ability 45 0.33 Easy
5 General Awareness 40 0.25 Average
 

Total

185   Average

Section-Wise Analysis of IIFT 2005
Quantitative Ability
  • Included higher level questions like differentiation, integration, complex numbers, determinants
  • Large number of questions (more than 15) on arithmetic topics like numbers, averages, mixtures, speed time distance, work, pipes
  • Possible to attempt around 20 questions in about 30 min.
     
Logical Reasoning, DI, DS
  • 3 sets of DI with 5, 6 and 7 Qs respectively and were slightly difficult
  • 10 DS questions were very easy and should definitely have been attempted
  • The remaining 12 questions on logic were based on coding decoding, series and critical reasoning
  • Possible to attempt around 25 questions in 35 minutes
     
Reading Comprehension
  • There were 5 passages in all
  • One passage was very short followed by 2 questions; two of average lengths while two were very long passages. The average length and the lengthy passages were followed by 4 to 5 questions each
  • Most of the questions were inferential in nature
  • Possible to attempt around 10-12 questions in 20 minutes
Verbal Ability
  • Largely based on vocabulary, with around 30 questions requiring you to have good knowledge of the words
  • Vocabulary questions were asked in the form of synonyms, antonyms, word origin, spellings, sentence completion, paragraph construction
  • The remaining questions were usage based in the form of parts of speech, prepositions, sentence correction
  • Possible to attempt around 30 questions in 20 minutes
     
General Awareness
  • Largely questions were asked on static GK and current GK
  • Static GK questions were largely on geography
  • Possible to attempt around 20 questions in 15 minutes

IIFT 2005 Paper Attempt Strategy
Section Area No. of Qs Target Attempts Time Allotted Target Marks
1 Quantitative Ability 40 20 30 min 12
2 Logical Reasoning, DI, DS 40 25 35 min  12
3 Reading Comprehension 20 12 20 min 8
4 Verbal Ability 45 30 20 min 8
5 General Awareness 40 20 15 min 4
 

Total

185 107 120 min 44

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