IIFT 2013 Preparation: Learn 5 most important areas and tips

IIFT 2013 Preparation: Key areas for English Comprehension 1. Reading Comprehension in IIFT 2013 had 16 questions based on 4 passages of 800 words each. When you practice the RC do read the passage/article fairly quickly to get the general idea. Write a summary in your own words neatly and precisely. Make a chart on time consumed in reading and writing the summary of the passage. Check whether the time is getting reduced day by day. Go for versatile reading on different topics since you may or may not get the passages of your interest in the examination. 2. Jumbled paragraphs also form the part of English comprehension and not less than two questions may be found in the examination. The aspirants should practice more on random type of sentences. When you proceed to practice them, please remember to find out the connectors among the sentences like ‘It’ ‘those’, ‘these’, ‘this’, ‘who’, ‘as’ – giving the clue to connect them with other sentences. Such words as connectors to the earlier sentences make the task of forming a coherent paragraph easy as they are used in place of certain nouns which form the beginning of paragraph and sentences. 3. Aspirants should remember that IIFT 2013 entrance test is a mix of CAT and XAT. There can be more than 10 questions on core vocabulary usage like similar relationship of words (analogy); one word substitution; fill in the blanks in 4-5 sentences with correct words/phrasal verbs/vocabulary words; synonyms / antonyms. While CAT places questions on contextual usage, IIFT 2013 may ask you the questions in basic language form. 4. Figures of speech like simile, metaphor, personification, oxymoron, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, apostrophe etc. may figure in IIFT 2013 exam. It is advisable to practice around 20-25 figures of speech, understand their key words that help to identify them. Besides, the aspirants are expected to have fair knowledge of phrasal verbs, idioms, similar sounding and confusing words. Aspirants must pronounce them and write them to have the practice beforehand. Ten minutes a day from now on will empower you with good amount of learning on them. 5. Knowing fundamentals of grammar and tenses in IIFT 2013 entrance exam is also very important. There may be questions on error corrections like rewriting of sentences and/or paragraphs in grammatically correct order, identifying the grammatically correct sentences with right sequence of words. Important tips for IIFT 2013 preparation - You may have less than one minute per question as against in CAT where you have approximately 3 minutes per question so do not start preparation on some new and confusing topic. It will be better to work more on your strong areas. - IIFT 2013 English Comprehension section usually has a lot of questions to test your vocabulary, so you would need to work on that. - Speed, accuracy & choice of questions will matter a lot in order to score high marks in 2 hour long paper that would consist of around 125-135 questions. - One of the main differences between IIFT 2013 and exams like CAT and XAT is the General Knowledge & Awareness section. One can expect at least 15-20 questions in IIFT 2013 General Knowledge section. To know the complete list of leading B schools in Delhi and B schools in Kolkata visit MBAUniverse.com MBA city page.

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