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IIFT 2013 Analysis and Answer Keys
IIFT 2013 Analysis
IIFT 2013 Paper Pattern
No of Questions No of Marks No of Sections Markin$ Ne$ati&e 'arkin$ Total No of Sets : 128 : 100 : 4 ( utoffs e!ist for eac" section# : %ifferential : 1(3 r) of t"e 'ark allotte) for a *uestion : 4 sets (A + %#
,"ile t"e -a-er .as o&erall t"e sa'e for e&eryone/ t"e or)er of t"e sections c"an$e) for -erson to -erson0 1i&en 2elo. is t"e -a-er -attern of S3T %0 4o.e&er/ t"e or)er of t"e *uestions for a $i&en section for all t"e sets .as t"e sa'e0 Section (A# Section 71 Section 7 2 9art 7 1 9art 7 2 Section 7 3 Section 7 4 9art 7 1 9art 7 2 Total Part (+# No. Of Questions ( # 28 (Questions 01728# 20 (Questions 2:748# 1< (Questions 4:7<4# 28 (Questions <878:# 1: (Questions :0710:# 20 (Questions 1107128# 128 Marks/Question (%# 0080 00;8 00;8 1000 1000 00;8 Total (3# 5 ( # 6 (%# 14 18 12 28 1: 18 100
IIFT 2013 Paper
nal!sis
IIFT 2013 .as e!actly si'ilar to t"e one $i&en as IIFT 20120 In t"at sense t"e -a-er .as easy an) -re)icta2le0 IIFT is one of t"e e!a's t"at is kno.n for its un-re)icta2ility an) )ifficulty of t"e -a-er0 4o.e&er/ t"is is t"e secon) ti'e in t.o years t"at IIFT s-ran$ a sur-rise 2y kee-in$ t"e -attern sa'e as t"at of last year an) kee-in$ it si'-le0 If one $oes 2y ."at IIFT "as )one last year/ t"en t"e cutoffs are e!-ecte) to 2e -retty lo.0 4o.e&er/ t"e o&erall cutoff is e!-ecte) to 2e "i$"er0 T"e c"allen$e in an IIFT -a-er/ unlike a AT -a-er/ is t"e re*uire'ent to -lan t"e ti'e li'its an) a)"ere to t"e'0 Tryin$ to sol&e 128 *uestions in 120 'inutes is N=T easy ."en you "a&e >ust .ritten AT (."ic" "as <0 *uestions in 140 'inutes#0 T"e cutoffs of t"e in)i&i)ual sections .ill t"erefore 2e lesser as stu)ents .oul) en) u- $i&in$ 'ore ti'e to a section t"an ot"ers0
At t"e sa'e ti'e t"e =?3@AAA cutoff .ill 2e "i$"er as stu)ents .oul) 'a!i'iBe scores in t"at section to ."ic" t"ey "a&e $i&en lon$er ti'e0
Su""ar! of t#e $utoffs% S No Section 1 &eneral 'areness *er+al +ilit! an, 2 $o"pre#ension 3 Quantitati0e +ilit! ) 1ata Interpretation 2 3o.ical O*5- 33 6IIFT7
$utoff 3() -ea,in. /(8 /(8 4(10 )8()9
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Section I : &eneral
'areness 61) "arks7
T"e 1eneral a.areness section .as a 'i! of urrent Affairs an) Static 1eneral A.areness0 In fact/ t"ere are 'ore Static *uestions an) 1eneral a.areness *uestions t"an -ure current affairs0 Not too 'uc" of 3cono'y .as $i&en an) "ence a -erson ."o is a.are of t"e "a--enin$s aroun) t"e .orl) .oul) "a&e score) aroun) ; to 8 'arks out of t"e $i&en 140 4o.e&er/ as .e kno. t"at t"e $eneral a.areness of stu)ents is .eak/ t"e cutoffs .ill "o.e&er 2e -retty less0
5;pecte, cut off : 3 to ) "arks Section II : *er+al +ilit! an, -ea,in. $o"pre#ension 62/ "arks7
T"e &er2al section .as/ as usual/ easy to tackle0 4o.e&er/ t"ere .ere trickier *uestions e&en in usa$e of .or)s an) 1ra''ar0 T"ere .ere so'e i)io's an) -"rase/ ."ic" looke) easy 2ut t"e c"ance of 'akin$ an error is "i$"0 T"e @ea)in$ o'-re"ension -assa$es .ere "o.e&er -retty strai$"t for.ar) an) a -erson $i&in$ aroun) 20 'inutes .oul) "a&e easily )one aroun) 3 -assa$es0
5;pecte, cutoff : / : 8 "arks Section III : Quantitati0e +ilit! 628 "arks7
T"e *uantitati&e section a--eare) len$t"y0 4o.e&er/ ."en one $oes t"rou$" t"e 28 *uestions/ t"ere are at least 10 *uestions/ ."ic" .ere sitters0 T"ere .ere a fe. *uestions/ ."ic" coul) "a&e 2een )one >ust 2y su2stitutin$ t"e ans.er c"oices0 At t"e sa'e ti'e/ t"ere .ere also *uite a fe. len$t"y ones an) )ifficulty ones0 Questions of -ro2a2ility an) -er'utations an) co'2inations .ere not easy (as .ell as len$t"y#0 A *uestion/ -ur-orte)ly on a&era$es an) alle$ation .as -retty )ifficult0 4o.e&er a $oo) stu)ent can atte'-t aroun) 13 to 18 *uestions an) $et aroun) 11 to 12 ri$"t0
T"e cutoff "o.e&er is e!-ecte) to 2e lo. as
5;pecte, $utoff : / (8 "arks Section I* : 3o.ical +ilit! 2 1ata Interpretation 63) "arks7
T"is section "a) t"e "i$"est nu'2er of *uestions as .ell as t"e "i$"est nu'2er of 'arks/ 3: an) 34 res-ecti&ely0 I)eally/ t"e 'a!i'u' ti'e (out of 120 'inutes# s"oul) 2e $i&en to t"is section0 T"ere .ere easy *uestions in 2ot" %I an) AA0 %I in IIFT "as 2een tra)itionally len$t"y an) t"is year .as no )ifferent0 T"ere .ere four sets of %I an) al'ost all *uestions .ere sol&a2le 2ut not easy0 It re*uire) calculations an) carefully seekin$ )ata fro t"e ta2les an) $ra-"s $i&en0 For Ao$ical A2ility/ t"e first set in&ol&in$ 9rofessors s"oul) "a&e 2een a&oi)e)0 T"ou$" t"ere are 8 *uestions in t"at case let/ it .as ti'e consu'in$0 T"e co)in$7co)in$ an) series *uestions .ere a $a'2le0 3it"er one $ets t"e' *uickly or t"ey )onCt0 4a&in$ sai) t"at t"ere .ere enou$" easy sets an) *uestions t"at .ere sitters0 T"e only re*uire'ent .as to $i&e ti'e to rea) t"e *uestionD If %I E AA are taken to$et"er/ a $oo) stu)ent coul) "a&e atte'-te) a2out 1<720 Qs in 38740 'in0
5;pecte, $utoff : 4(10
5;pecte, O0erall $utoff
: )8 to )9
IIFT 2013 9a-er Fey
T"e IIFT -a-er "a) 4 sets0 ,"ile t"e sections "a&e 2een >u'2le)/ t"e *uestions .it"in t"e sections "a&e not 2een >u'2le)0 9lease fin) 2elo. t"e ans.er to key to eac" of t"e areas an) sections0 T"e or)er $i&en 2elo. is for t"e S3T % -a-er0 To c"eck your ans.ers for Set A/ + or / you "a&e to >ust use t"e or)er of t"e c"oices as $i&en in t"e S3T % for t"e corres-on)in$ Section(Area0
&< 1 2 3 ) 8 9 / 8 4 10 11 12 13 1) 18 19 1/ 18 14 20 21 22 23 2) 28 29 2/ 28 A A % + A % % A + % + + + A A + % A + A NS *er+al 24 30 31 32 33 3) 38 39 3/ 38 34 )0 )1 )2 )3 )) )8 )9 )/ )8 % % A A % + % % + + % + + A % A + NS -$ )4 80 81 82 83 8) 88 89 8/ 88 84 90 91 92 93 9) + A + + % A % % + A NS Q % 98 99 9/ 98 94 /0 /1 /2 /3 /) /8 /9 // /8 /4 80 81 82 83 8) 88 89 8/ 88 84 + + % % A + % + A + + % % NS 1I % + + + 40 41 42 43 4) 48 49 4/ 48 44 100 101 102 103 10) 108 109 10/ 108 A % + % A + % + A + % + A % NS 3 104 110 111 112 113 11) 118 119 11/ 118 114 120 121 122 123 12) 128 129 12/ 128 % + % + % A % + % % + + % A % A NS
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IIFT 2013 Analysis and Answer Keys
IIFT 2013 Analysis
IIFT 2013 Paper Pattern
No of Questions No of Marks No of Sections Markin$ Ne$ati&e 'arkin$ Total No of Sets : 128 : 100 : 4 ( utoffs e!ist for eac" section# : %ifferential : 1(3 r) of t"e 'ark allotte) for a *uestion : 4 sets (A + %#
,"ile t"e -a-er .as o&erall t"e sa'e for e&eryone/ t"e or)er of t"e sections c"an$e) for -erson to -erson0 1i&en 2elo. is t"e -a-er -attern of S3T %0 4o.e&er/ t"e or)er of t"e *uestions for a $i&en section for all t"e sets .as t"e sa'e0 Section (A# Section 71 Section 7 2 9art 7 1 9art 7 2 Section 7 3 Section 7 4 9art 7 1 9art 7 2 Total Part (+# No. Of Questions ( # 28 (Questions 01728# 20 (Questions 2:748# 1< (Questions 4:7<4# 28 (Questions <878:# 1: (Questions :0710:# 20 (Questions 1107128# 128 Marks/Question (%# 0080 00;8 00;8 1000 1000 00;8 Total (3# 5 ( # 6 (%# 14 18 12 28 1: 18 100
IIFT 2013 Paper
nal!sis
IIFT 2013 .as e!actly si'ilar to t"e one $i&en as IIFT 20120 In t"at sense t"e -a-er .as easy an) -re)icta2le0 IIFT is one of t"e e!a's t"at is kno.n for its un-re)icta2ility an) )ifficulty of t"e -a-er0 4o.e&er/ t"is is t"e secon) ti'e in t.o years t"at IIFT s-ran$ a sur-rise 2y kee-in$ t"e -attern sa'e as t"at of last year an) kee-in$ it si'-le0 If one $oes 2y ."at IIFT "as )one last year/ t"en t"e cutoffs are e!-ecte) to 2e -retty lo.0 4o.e&er/ t"e o&erall cutoff is e!-ecte) to 2e "i$"er0 T"e c"allen$e in an IIFT -a-er/ unlike a AT -a-er/ is t"e re*uire'ent to -lan t"e ti'e li'its an) a)"ere to t"e'0 Tryin$ to sol&e 128 *uestions in 120 'inutes is N=T easy ."en you "a&e >ust .ritten AT (."ic" "as <0 *uestions in 140 'inutes#0 T"e cutoffs of t"e in)i&i)ual sections .ill t"erefore 2e lesser as stu)ents .oul) en) u- $i&in$ 'ore ti'e to a section t"an ot"ers0
At t"e sa'e ti'e t"e =?3@AAA cutoff .ill 2e "i$"er as stu)ents .oul) 'a!i'iBe scores in t"at section to ."ic" t"ey "a&e $i&en lon$er ti'e0
Su""ar! of t#e $utoffs% S No Section 1 &eneral 'areness *er+al +ilit! an, 2 $o"pre#ension 3 Quantitati0e +ilit! ) 1ata Interpretation 2 3o.ical O*5- 33 6IIFT7
$utoff 3() -ea,in. /(8 /(8 4(10 )8()9
+ilit!
Section I : &eneral
'areness 61) "arks7
T"e 1eneral a.areness section .as a 'i! of urrent Affairs an) Static 1eneral A.areness0 In fact/ t"ere are 'ore Static *uestions an) 1eneral a.areness *uestions t"an -ure current affairs0 Not too 'uc" of 3cono'y .as $i&en an) "ence a -erson ."o is a.are of t"e "a--enin$s aroun) t"e .orl) .oul) "a&e score) aroun) ; to 8 'arks out of t"e $i&en 140 4o.e&er/ as .e kno. t"at t"e $eneral a.areness of stu)ents is .eak/ t"e cutoffs .ill "o.e&er 2e -retty less0
5;pecte, cut off : 3 to ) "arks Section II : *er+al +ilit! an, -ea,in. $o"pre#ension 62/ "arks7
T"e &er2al section .as/ as usual/ easy to tackle0 4o.e&er/ t"ere .ere trickier *uestions e&en in usa$e of .or)s an) 1ra''ar0 T"ere .ere so'e i)io's an) -"rase/ ."ic" looke) easy 2ut t"e c"ance of 'akin$ an error is "i$"0 T"e @ea)in$ o'-re"ension -assa$es .ere "o.e&er -retty strai$"t for.ar) an) a -erson $i&in$ aroun) 20 'inutes .oul) "a&e easily )one aroun) 3 -assa$es0
5;pecte, cutoff : / : 8 "arks Section III : Quantitati0e +ilit! 628 "arks7
T"e *uantitati&e section a--eare) len$t"y0 4o.e&er/ ."en one $oes t"rou$" t"e 28 *uestions/ t"ere are at least 10 *uestions/ ."ic" .ere sitters0 T"ere .ere a fe. *uestions/ ."ic" coul) "a&e 2een )one >ust 2y su2stitutin$ t"e ans.er c"oices0 At t"e sa'e ti'e/ t"ere .ere also *uite a fe. len$t"y ones an) )ifficulty ones0 Questions of -ro2a2ility an) -er'utations an) co'2inations .ere not easy (as .ell as len$t"y#0 A *uestion/ -ur-orte)ly on a&era$es an) alle$ation .as -retty )ifficult0 4o.e&er a $oo) stu)ent can atte'-t aroun) 13 to 18 *uestions an) $et aroun) 11 to 12 ri$"t0
T"e cutoff "o.e&er is e!-ecte) to 2e lo. as
5;pecte, $utoff : / (8 "arks Section I* : 3o.ical +ilit! 2 1ata Interpretation 63) "arks7
T"is section "a) t"e "i$"est nu'2er of *uestions as .ell as t"e "i$"est nu'2er of 'arks/ 3: an) 34 res-ecti&ely0 I)eally/ t"e 'a!i'u' ti'e (out of 120 'inutes# s"oul) 2e $i&en to t"is section0 T"ere .ere easy *uestions in 2ot" %I an) AA0 %I in IIFT "as 2een tra)itionally len$t"y an) t"is year .as no )ifferent0 T"ere .ere four sets of %I an) al'ost all *uestions .ere sol&a2le 2ut not easy0 It re*uire) calculations an) carefully seekin$ )ata fro t"e ta2les an) $ra-"s $i&en0 For Ao$ical A2ility/ t"e first set in&ol&in$ 9rofessors s"oul) "a&e 2een a&oi)e)0 T"ou$" t"ere are 8 *uestions in t"at case let/ it .as ti'e consu'in$0 T"e co)in$7co)in$ an) series *uestions .ere a $a'2le0 3it"er one $ets t"e' *uickly or t"ey )onCt0 4a&in$ sai) t"at t"ere .ere enou$" easy sets an) *uestions t"at .ere sitters0 T"e only re*uire'ent .as to $i&e ti'e to rea) t"e *uestionD If %I E AA are taken to$et"er/ a $oo) stu)ent coul) "a&e atte'-te) a2out 1<720 Qs in 38740 'in0
5;pecte, $utoff : 4(10
5;pecte, O0erall $utoff
: )8 to )9
IIFT 2013 9a-er Fey
T"e IIFT -a-er "a) 4 sets0 ,"ile t"e sections "a&e 2een >u'2le)/ t"e *uestions .it"in t"e sections "a&e not 2een >u'2le)0 9lease fin) 2elo. t"e ans.er to key to eac" of t"e areas an) sections0 T"e or)er $i&en 2elo. is for t"e S3T % -a-er0 To c"eck your ans.ers for Set A/ + or / you "a&e to >ust use t"e or)er of t"e c"oices as $i&en in t"e S3T % for t"e corres-on)in$ Section(Area0
&< 1 2 3 ) 8 9 / 8 4 10 11 12 13 1) 18 19 1/ 18 14 20 21 22 23 2) 28 29 2/ 28 A A % + A % % A + % + + + A A + % A + A NS *er+al 24 30 31 32 33 3) 38 39 3/ 38 34 )0 )1 )2 )3 )) )8 )9 )/ )8 % % A A % + % % + + % + + A % A + NS -$ )4 80 81 82 83 8) 88 89 8/ 88 84 90 91 92 93 9) + A + + % A % % + A NS Q % 98 99 9/ 98 94 /0 /1 /2 /3 /) /8 /9 // /8 /4 80 81 82 83 8) 88 89 8/ 88 84 + + % % A + % + A + + % % NS 1I % + + + 40 41 42 43 4) 48 49 4/ 48 44 100 101 102 103 10) 108 109 10/ 108 A % + % A + % + A + % + A % NS 3 104 110 111 112 113 11) 118 119 11/ 118 114 120 121 122 123 12) 128 129 12/ 128 % + % + % A % + % % + + % A % A NS
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