INTRODUCTION TO REASONING IN THE ΠFΓ EXAM
Reasoning has been an important component of the IIFT exam—always being one of the five or six sections in the exam.
The quality of questions in the reasoning section of the IIFT exam has normally been moderate—only rarely reaching the LOD III level of difficulty and also rarely touching the extremely easy levels.
The other thing that one may point out about the IIFT exam is that out of IOO marks, the typical range of marks required in order to qualify the exam and get a call from the IIFT, Delhi has been in the range of 26 to 30 marks. Against this fact, the reasoning section has always has a weightage of between 15 marks to 25 marks —which in effect goes to say that you can reach close to your qualifying score for the IIFT test just by solving the reasoning questions in the exam.The following question types have been prominently appearing in the IIFT exam over the past years. These are:
Selection criteria Syllogisms
Coding decoding
Sequences and series
Mathematical Symbols
Matching Puzzles
Team Selection (formation) puzzles
Statement—courses of action
State me nt—assumptions
State me nt—Conclusion
Direction
Input-Output
Quantitative Reasoning
Logical Deductions
An analysis of the question breakup shows that the IIFT exam has tested candidates on a wide variety of reasoning skills (unlike the CAT and XAT, where the question variation in reasoning is limited).
Hence, it would not be out of place to say here that a well-rounded all round approach to reasoning might be a good place to start in your quest to dominate the important IIFT exam in the MBA entrance exam calendar.