XAT Exam Pattern
XAT entrance exam is generally conducted by XLRI for the
admissions of and MBA and PGDM and other management courses. XAT exam is associated
for candidates who are seeking to join business schools. XAT exam is divided in two parts, 1st part consists of
objective type and 2nd part is consists of subjective type. Maximum
time to solve 1st paper is 2 hours and 20 minutes. For the second
part allocated time is 40 minutes.
First part
consists of multiple-choice questions in 3 different sections those are analytical
reasoning and decision making, data interpretation and quantitative ability,
verbal and logical ability reasoning. Second part of question paper consists of
general awareness and essay writing sections. Marks of general knowledge will not
be used for determining the cutoff at first stage of selection.
XAT (Xavier
Aptitude Test) exam questions vary from year to year. General knowledge is
included in second part of question paper from the year 2013.Time of first part
of question paper has been increased by 20 minutes in the year 2013. XAT paper
contains different patterns. Hence candidates must need to read the instruction
carefully. Wrong answer conveys negative marking for (¼) for wrong answers.
Each question consist 5 choices.
Candidates can
select their convenient towns from the list of cities available on the official
website of XAT. In second part of question paper candidates expected to write
250 to 300 words on essay writing topics. XLRI is ranked top among top five
business schools.
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