Advice for students taking the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade Exam in 2023: How to ace the MBA entrance exam at the last minute

The National Testing Agency will be administering the IIFT MBA entrance exam for 2023-25 on December 18, starting at 10:00 am and lasting until 12:00 pm at various locations throughout India. Aspirants have been preparing and taking mock exams, and can use the last minute tips provided to gain a higher score on their exam.

The IIFT 2023 will be conducted to select suitable individuals for the MBA(IB) program at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, IIFT. The exam paper consists of four sections, Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension, Quantitative Analysis, Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning and General Awareness (GK). A total of 110 questions with a total of 300 marks will be given and negative marking for wrong answers is included.

IIFT 2023 exam pattern

Sections	Number of questions	Marks for each question
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension	35	3
Quantitative Analysis	25	3
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning	30	3
General Awareness (GK)	20	1.5
	110	300

IIFT exam 2023: Last minute tips to follow

• Take more IIFT exam mock tests to get accustomed to the test structure and improve speed and accuracy
• Attempt easy section first and then, moderate and difficult one in the last
• Do not be glued to tricky questions to figure out the answer. This will only eat into your time.
• Skip the questions taking time to solve and move to the ones that you are quite confident to do
• For General Awareness section of the IIFT MBA entrance exam, revise with a focus on international institutions such as WHO, business and economic news, important people of big companies such as CEOs, etc
• If there is a crossword set, and you don’t know answers to all questions, use the method of figuring out the answer of those by analysing the word that can be formed (based on the questions you have already solved) in the crossword

It is essential for all candidates to arrive at the test centre during the specified time as indicated on their IIFT 2023 admit card. Those without a physical admit card should download it from the official website, iift.nta.nic.in. Additionally, they must also bring a valid form of photo identification on the day of the IIFT exam.