IIFT Cut offs for MBA (IB) 2023-25

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Updated on
January 9, 2023

No major change seems to take place in IIFT cut off after release of IIFT exam answer key by National Testing Agency on January 9, 2023 as the official answers are on expected line. However, IIFT test takers for admission 2023 should check, download and match their responses with official IIFT answers. This will help them to calculate their score based on the official answers and arrive at the IIFT campus wise Cut offs.

 

IIFT 2023 Entrance exam for admission to IIFT MBA (IB) 2023-25 batch was held on December 18, 2022 with a slight higher difficulty level. It may impact the IIFT cut off also. Although IIFT 2023 cut offs will be released by IIFT after the IIFT result 2023 is declared, It is expected that the IIFT 2023 cut offs for MBA (IB) admission 2023 will be somewhere between 96-97 percentile within the score range of 115-120 marks out of total 300. You can check below the expected IIFT cut off as per MBAUniverse.com IIFT exam Analysis.

 

IIFT Result is expected in January 2023 third week. IIFT will also release the IIFT Shortlist of candidates for admission 2023 for different IIFT campuses with IIFT sectional and overall cut offs. Conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA), IIFT entrance exam is an important MBA entrance exam which offers admission opportunity to IIFT 2 year MBA (IB) program offered by Indian Institute of Foreign Trade at Delhi and Kolkata campuses. 

 

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IIFT 2023 cut offs for MBA (IB) admission 2023 are changed as per the changes in the IIFT exam pattern and scoring pattern. The shortlisting by IIFT will depend upon the sectional cut offs also. If a candidate does not clear the sectional cut off, he/she will not be considered for shortlisting by IIFT for any of its campuses  

 

Important Changes influencing IIFT 2023 Cut offs
IIFT cut offs are based on the IIFT 2023 exam difficulty level, IIFT scoring pattern, total number of candidates taking the test, and the total intake in the campuses of  Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT). The expected IIFT cut offs for MBA (IB) 2023-25 may go up or down as per the exam difficulty level. Following changes in IIFT 2023 exam influence the IIFT cut off predictions:

  • IIFT 2023 Exam sections reduced to 4 from earlier 6
  • Exam difficulty level
  • Scoring pattern changed to 300 maximum marks from earlier 100 marks
  • 3 sections with scoring pattern of +3 marks for each correct answer and -1 for each wrong answer
  • GK section with lowest scoring pattern of +1.5 mark for each right answer and -0.50 mark for each wrong answer
  • Sectional cut offs are expected to change accordingly

IIFT MBA (IB) 2023 entrance exam is conducted by National testing Agency. This year the exam was conducted on December 18, 2022 as a computer based test. Total intake in IIFT campuses located at Delhi and Kolkata is 500+. On the basis of their performance in IIFT entrance exam and with the help of IIFT Percentile predictors, candidates may check their IIFT cut offs for the IIFT campuses.

 

IIFT Cut offs are higher for Delhi campus followed by Kolkata campus. The cut offs could go up or down in accordance with the difficulty level in the exam. 

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Expected IIFT Cut offs for Admission 2023
The overall cut-off in IIFT entrance exam is more than the sum of all the sectional cut-offs. The likely section wise and overall IIFT cutoffs are shared as below:

IIFT Paper Sections
Likely Cut offs
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC)
30-32
Quantitative Analysis (QA)
12-14
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)
18-20
General Awareness (GA)
 8-9
Overall
122-124

Category-Wise IIFT Cut offs

Category
Likely IIFT Cut offs for MBA (IB) Admission 2023
General Male
122-124
General Female
115-118
OBC Male
105-110
OBC Female
98-105
SC-ST Male
75-80
SC-ST Female
70-75

IIFT Previous year Cut Offs
Last year, out of 39572 total registered candidates, more than 35000 appeared in IIFT entrance exam.

 

IIFT Cut off : Overall Cut Offs by MBAUniverse.com
Experts at MBAUniverse.com, while analyzing the IIFT exam difficulty level and fewer than 40,000 test takers in IIFT exam which was conducted by NTA, had predicted the IIFT entrance cut offs for admission 2021 in the range of 110 to 120 for different IIFT campuses. Although IIFT does not shortlist the candidates campus wise, the overall cut offs for each of the three IIFT campuses may remain as under:

IIFT Campus
IIFT Delhi
IIFT Kolkata
IIFT Kakinada
Overall Cut off (Out of 300 maximum marks)
118-120
115-118
110-115

IIFT Sectional Cut offs

Section name
Total questions
Max marks
Delhi Cut offs
Kolkata  cut offs
Kakinada  cut offs
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension
 35
105
18-20
15-17
12-14
Quantitative Analysis
 25
 75
16-20
13-15
10-12
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning
30
 90
18-20
15-17
12-14
General Awareness (GK)
20
30
8-10
5-7
4-6
Total
110
300
 
 
 

Section Cut offs Predicted by T.I.M.E., CL, IMS

Section name
Total questions
Max marks
Cut offs by T.I.M.E
Cut offs by CL
Cut offs by IMS
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension
 35
105
30-32
27-30
20-22
Quantitative Analysis
 25
 75
14-16
9-10
12-15
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning
30
 90
18-20
12-14
18-20
General Awareness (GK)
20
30
6-7.5
8-10
6-7
Total
110
300
 
 
 

Overall Cut offs predicted by T.I.M.E., C.L., IMS  

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  Overall Cut off

Predicted by
Expected Overall Cut off Range
T.I.M.E
  130
Career Launcher
  105-108
IMS
  125-130

 

IIFT Cut offs 2020
IIFT exam during last two years had 6 sections with varying scoring pattern and maximum marks of 100. Following sectional and overall cut offs were predicted by top preparation institutes in for MBA admission 2020:

Section name
Cut off by T.I.M.E.
Cut off by Career Launcher (Net Score)
Cut off by IMS
(Net Score)
Cut off by Bulls Eye (Good Attempts)
General Awareness
  1-2
 0.83-1
  1.00
 6-8
Verbal Ability
  3-3.5
 3.25-3.50
  2.33
 8-10
Reading Comprehension
  2.33-3
 2.5-2.75
  2.33
 7-8 
Quantitative Aptitude
  3-4
 3 – 3.25
  2.33
10-12  
Logical Reasoning
  2-3
 4 -  4.5
  1.66
 6-8 
Data Interpretation
 4-4.67 
 0.75
  0.50
 6-8

Overall Cut off

Predicted by
Overall Cut off Range
T.I.M.E
  32-34
Career Launcher
  31-33
IMS
  29-31
Bulls Eye
  28-30

IIFT Previous Year Cut offs: IIFT MBA 2019 admission
Following were the sectional and overall cut offs for IIFT shortlisting in 2019:

 

Sectional cut offs
For Delhi, Kolkata and Kakinada campuses following sectional cut offs are expected:

Section name
Section-wise Highest Marks
Delhi campus Cut off score
Kolkata campus Cut off
Kakinada campus Cut off
General Awareness
   9
 1
  0.85
   0.80
Verbal Ability
  15
 4
  3.5
   3
Reading Comprehension
  16
 3
  2.5
   2
Quantitative Aptitude
  20
 4.5
  4
   3.5
Logical Reasoning
  20
 5.5
  5
   4.5
Data Interpretation
  20
 3-4
  3
   3

Sectional cut offs
For Delhi, Kolkata and Kakinada campuses following are the sectional cut offs:

Section name
Section-wise Highest Marks
Delhi campus Cut off score
Kolkata campus Cut off
Kakinada campus Cut off
General Awareness
   9
 1
  0.85
   0.80
Verbal Ability
  15
 4
  3.5
   3
Reading Comprehension
  16
 3
  2.5
   2
Quantitative Aptitude
  20
 4.5
  4
   3.5
Logical Reasoning
  20
 5.5
  5
   4.5
Data Interpretation
  20
 3-4
  3
   3

IIFT Cut offs for MBA(IB) 2018-20
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) conducted its own computer based entrance exam on December 3, 2017 for admission to MBA (IB) 2018-20 at its Delhi, Kolkata and the new Kakinada campus in Andhra Pradesh.

 

With the declaration of IIFT 2017 exam result, candidates had started looking for the cut offs at the IIFT campuses. This year IIFT entrance exam was found more difficult than last year. Therefore, the cut offs at different campuses have also gone down. Overall IIFT score cut offs for General category candidates remained between 37 to 41 marks out of 100 as against 47-48 last year. 

 

Overall IIFT Campus-wise cut offs, intake
IIFT shortlists the candidates more than 5 times of the intake at its different campuses. Accordingly, the cut offs with intake and number of candidates shortlisted are shared as under:

IIFT campus
Cut off score out of 100 marks
Total intake
Number of candidates shortlisted
Delhi
41
220
1100
Kolkata
38
140
  700
Kakinada
33
  60
  300

IIFT Sectional cut offs
Cut offs at highest scores can be well understood. At Delhi, Kolkata and Kakinada campuses following sectional cut offs were applied:

Section name
Section-wise highest score
Delhi campus Cut off
Kolkata campus Cut off
Kakinada campus Cut off
 General Awareness
   3.5
 0.85 to1 mark
  0.80
   0.75
Verbal Ability
   9
 4
  3.5
   3.0
Reading Comprehension
  10
 5+
  4.5
   3.5
Quantitative Aptitude
  11
 5+
  4.5
  4.0
Logical Reasoning
   9
 4+
  3.0
  2.5
Data Interpretation
   4
 2
  1.75
 1.5
 
 
 37 - 41
 35-38
 31-33
Short name
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