Hello Tushar,

Hope you are doing all good. The IIFT paper pattern has changed majorly and now it is not a 6 section paper but have been reduced to 4 sections. Some more insights about the exam that might prove to be helpful are:

• Exam Duration: 2 hours (120 minutes)
• Sectional Time Limit: No Sectional Time Limit
• Type of Questions: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
• Total Number of Questions: 110 (may vary this year)
• Total Marks: 300 (3 marks for each correct answers in Sections 1,2,3 and 1.5 marks for each correct answers in Section 4)
• Sections :
  • Section 1: Quantitative Ability (QA)
  • Section 2: Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)
  • Section 3: Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation (LRDI)
  • Section 4: General Knowledge (GK)

For more information, do visit: https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/iift-exam-pattern

Also, to answer your question... Yes, IIFT has sectional cutoff. So you cannot manage to leave any section. The expected cutoffs for the sections are:

• QA ==> 15-16
• LR & DI ==> 20-22
• VA & RC ==> 32-35
• GK ==> 5-7

Hope this helps.