IIFT 2007 Question Paper

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Overall Analysis of IIFT 2007 Question Paper
Sectional Analysis of IIFT 2007 Question Paper

IIFT 2007 question were on the same lines as 2006 the only difference in IIFT 2007 question paper had only one correct answer unlike the last where there were multiple right answers. Students used to the CAT exam pattern would have certainly found IIFT 2007 question paper to be a lengthy one.

Features of IIFT 2007 question paper

Total number of sections in the paper was four which were subdivided into two more sections except in General Knowledge section.
Number of options for each question was four
Total number of questions in paper was one hundred fifty
All the questions had only one right answer
Each incorrect answer carried 1/3^rd negative mark
Sectional cut offs were not mentioned in the paper

Overall Analysis of IIFT 2007 Question Paper

Section	Part	Number of questions	Weightage per question	Total Marks	Possible attempts (Qs)	Suggested Time (Min)	Possible score
EU & RC	Part I RC	12	0.60	7.20	6	15	3
EU & RC	Part II EU	22	0.60	13.20	10	10	4
GA	-	29	0.38	11.02	10	20	3
QA & DI	Part I QA	25	0.90	22.50	12	25	7
QA & DI	Part II DI	26	0.79	20.54	6	25	4
LR & DM	Part I LR	25	0.74	18.50	10	15	5
LR & DM	Part II DM	11	0.64	7.04	3	10	2
Total		150		100	45+	120	25-26

Sectional Analysis of IIFT 2007 Question Paper

Verbal Ability Section

Part 1: Reading Comprehension

Reading Comprehensions were passages were quite simple and easy; a student should have been able to answer just with a glance. A change seen in IIFT 2007 question paper were questions based on matching items. The key to answer these questions to just read the options carefully as deletion or addition of a word too mattered the most.

Topic	Number of Qs	Remarks
Reading Comprehension	3 Passage, 12 Qs	Weightage 0.60
Trademark-related controversy involving Google	4Qs	Easy and direct questions
Metamorphosis of the Indian Retail Market	5 Qs	Easy and direct questions, Factual
Salk’s contribution in eradicating Polio	3Qs	Easy and direct questions

Part 2: English Usage

Questions in this section in IIFT 2007 question were to test the language and vocabulary level of difficulty ranged from average to easy. It was highly evident that questions in these sections clearly tested the vocabulary skills of the students. Emphasis was laid on homophone type of questions; this was a scoring area for students in IIFT 2007 question paper.

Topic	Number of Qs	Remarks
English usage	22	Weightage 0.60
Fill in the blanks (Vocabulary-based)	4	Easy
Spotting the correct/incorrect sentence(s)	6	Average, mostly pronoun errors
Verbal Analogies	3	Easy
Direct Vocabulary	4	Average
Para-jumbles	2	Easy to Moderate
Spelling check	3	Easy

General Awareness section of IIFT 2007 Question Paper

This section proved to be easy for students proficient in subjects such as Political science, Current affairs, Geography etc. emphasis was on static knowledge and current GK rather than business GK. An attempt of ten questions would be considered good in this section. Overall the difficulty level in this section was moderate to difficult.

Topic	Number of Qs	Remarks
Overall	26	Weightage 0.38
Matching 2 columns	8	Easy to Average
Matching multiple columns	8	Moderate to Tough
Statement type	13	Blend of easy and difficult

Quantitative ability and Data interpretation Section in IIFT 2007 Question paper

Part 1: Quantitative Ability

This section in IIFT 2007 question paper seemed as a relief to students the questions in this section were from airthematic to some topics related to complex numbers and trigonometry. Few questions in this section were repeated from older CAT exam papers.

Topic	Number of Qs	Remarks
Part I	25	Weightage 0.90
Arithmetic	13	Easy to Average,
Algebra	4	Average to difficult
Set Theory	2	Average to difficult
Permutation Combination, Probability	2	Easy to Average
Complex Number	2	Average
Statistics	1	Difficult
Trigonometry	1	Easy to Average

Part 2: Data Interpretation

This section in IIFT 2007 appeared tough involving lot of calculations a lot of data was given with each questions which seemed like mere statements to be verified. This section was a mix of difficult and tough questions. No questions in this section seemed to be simple.

Topic	Number of Qs	Remarks
Part II	26	Weightage 0.79
Table based on World Merchandise Exports	5	Difficult, tedious and confusing
Table based on Industrial Emission Level	5	Difficult calculation
Table based on Estimate of Some Important Characteristics of Select Industries	5	Difficult calculation
Table based on Major Regional Trade Flows in World Exports	4
Table based on FDI Projects, by Investor / Destination Region	7	Difficult to Tough, very lengthy calculation

Logical Reasoning and Business decision making Section In IIFT 2007 Question Paper

Part 1: Logical Reasoning Question

This section in particular was a cake walk for students after a facing and solving a very tough Data interpretation section. Though it was a lengthy section it was easy.

Topic	Number of Qs	Remarks
Part I	25	Weightage 0.74
Pure AR	3+2 = 5	Easy
Blood Relation based reasoning	3	Easy
Simple syllogism	4	Easy
Numerical Reasoning	4	Average
Comparison based Reasoning	3	Average
Criteria based Decision making	4	Easy
Individual reasoning	2	Difficult

Part 2: Decision Making

This section witnessed new type of questions in IIFT 2007 question paper seems like IIFT is taking a cue from XAT exams. Reading the passages carefully was the only key to these questions. In order to crack the application based questions students had to logically analyze and arrive at conclusions. Students could avoid this part and could solve easier questions in this section.

Topic	Number of Qs	Remarks
Decision Making Ability	2 Passage, 11 Qs	Weightage 0.64
TCL Case Study	5 Qs	Moderate to Difficult
Hertz India car Rental Case Study	6 Qs	Difficult

Overall IIFT 2007 Question Paper was not very time consuming and a fair amount of questions were easy to solve compared to the previous year. On a range of difficulty IIFT 2007 question paper was moderate to difficulty. A score of 35+ would be considered as a good score.