IIFT 2016: How to crack with 99 percentile; 7 days strategy by IIFT topper Mohit

How you can crack IIFT 2016 entrance exam for MBA (IB) 2017-19 scheduled on November 27, with 99 percentile and high sectional percentile in next 7 days is shared by IIFT topper with 99.98 percentile Mohit Sharma, student of IIFT MBA (IB) 2016-18 batch at its Delhi campus.

Apart from suggesting not to ignore General Knowledge since it is an equally important section which adds to your percentile, the sectional preparation strategy adopted and advised by Mohit is that he divided his preparation strategy in 3 slots beginning from the day when he seriously started my preparation for IIFT entrance exam

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At this time, I started focussing on fine tuning my preparation and gave mocks every alternate day and analysed the results religiously and gave it the majority of my time at hand.

Dont take any more Mocks now
According to Mohit it will be better to revise the various concepts and specific problem types you have earmarked for this time.
There is no need now to take more mocks. The best strategy will be to analyse the previous mock results in which you had done pretty poorly.
Start formulating your strategy for D-Day and dedicate your efforts to shortcut tricks and mathematical formulae. Also revise the wordlists at this time.

General Awareness: Very important section
IIFT exam is one of the few exams which include this section in their entrance exams. This section is one of the most feared by aspirants but if one dedicates some time to it, General Awareness can help in maximizing your score and also save a couple of minutes for lengthier questions in other sections.

Business and economics always corner most of the questions in this section. Read The Hindu every day and it would help you in getting through a few questions too.
There are a few questions related to History, Geography, Arts, etc. too but they are highly subjective and reading a lot about them might not be the best use of your time now.

Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation
The Logical Reasoning subsection is similar to most other related competitive exams. There are multiple sets and regular practice must be done. Previous years question papers should be solved so as to increase your confidence level and competency.

But, apart from the sets, IIFT exam also has questions relating to blood relation, syllogism, series, etc. According to Mohit Any good book will suffice for the logical reasoning part and I preferred Arun Sharmas book on the subject matter as it included ample problems and solutions.

As far as data interpretation is concerned, practice is the key. Pie Chart and Line Chart are the most common types but sufficient practice should be done of other type of figures.

Practicing frequently will help the aspirant get a hang of the type of questions asked and will be instrumental in saving valuable time in exam. It is imperative to be very well acquainted with shortcuts like decimal to fraction conversion and vice versa, tables up to 25, etc. to ease the calculation part.

Quantitative Ability
Quantitative Ability is normally dominated by questions from arithmetic area in IIFT exam. Last year, as much as 11 questions out of 22 found their way into the question paper.
According to Mohit My advice is to be very clear with the fundas of arithmetic and it will definitely see you through. I referred Quantitative Aptitude Quantum CAT by Arihant and was thoroughly satisfied with the content and level of questions given. I picked up high scoring and formulae based topics like geometry, probability, etc.

Verbal Ability
Verbal Ability is divided into two subparts English Usage and Reading Comprehension. Reading Comprehensions are known to be very lengthy in IIFT exam but the trick is to skim through the passages and find key words of question in the passages and find your answer therein. RCs could end up taking a lot of time, so it is advisable to keep an eye on the watch. Again, comprehensive practice should be done at home to make you acquainted with the type of questions.
The second section English Usage has high focus on vocabulary so it is advisable to read wordlists. (Mohit read the Barrons wordlist and found it to be more than enough). Basic grammar rules should be read from any primer and it will come in handy in the exam.

Start the test with your strong area
IIFT 2016 exam has no sectional restriction like CAT. According to Mohit, IIFT topper My strategy on the exam day, was to start the test with my area of strength which was Verbal Reasoning. After verbal, I went on to the General Awareness section because I figured that it will not take much time to complete this section and might be a score augmenter for me. Till this time, I was finished with two sections and I had comfortable time at hand which was a morale booster. And thus, I started with LR&DI and quant sections.

Mohit suggests the aspirants to focus on their strengths and try to maximize their marks in these areas. However, this should not mean that they ignore any section altogether for the fear of losing out on sectional cutoffs. It is also mostly noticed that aspirants totally ignore the general knowledge part. The General Knowledge section can be critical for getting you some extra marks and that too without taking much time, so dont ignore it.
According to Mohit focusing on your area of strength first can help in obtaining a substantial portion of score that you are going to get in the least possible time. This will help you in dedicating maximum time for sections in which you are comparatively weak.

The prospective IIFT entrance test takers should understand the importance of various facets of the exam like time management in examination hall, importance of sections, how to improve speed to solve more questions in less time among others. All this will help the candidates to improve their score in getting shortlisted and getting through the final admission round.

IIFT toppers and mentors on its exam preparation suggest not to look beyond the IIFT written test now and focus more on all its components. The components of final admission round can be taken care of after the written test.
IIFT 2016 is one of the most sought after entrance tests for admission to MBA (IB) batch 2017-19 in Delhi and Kolkata campuses of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. The prestigious exam in paper pen mode will be followed by CAT 2016 exactly after a week as CAT 2016 will be held on December 4. IIFT entrance will be a paper pencil mode 2 hours duration MCQ test.