All you need to know about XAT
1) XAT (Xavier Aptitude Test) is conducted once a year, with question paper set by Xavier School of Management (XLRI) Jamshedpur.
2) Exam Date :
Generally the first Sunday of January.
3) Registration Start :
Generally the 1st of July.
4) Registration End :
Generally the 2nd week of November.
5) Admit Card Generation :
Generally the 1st week of December.
6) Result of XAT :
Generally the last week of January.
7) Eligibility for XAT :
Graduate (min 3 yrs) with minimum 50% marks for General & OBC and 45% for SC/ST/Person with Disability (PwD). Final year students eligible but must fulfill criteria before admission. Work Experience can be nil or otherwise, but experience has its advantages. Age no bar.
8) Markings for XAT :
For Part 1 :
1 mark for each correct answer. Negative marking of 0.25 mark for wrong MCQ answer. 0.10 negative marking for each unattempted question, if more than 8 questions in total are unattempted.
For Part 2 :
1 mark for each correct answer. No negative marking.
9) Exam Pattern for XAT :
For Part 1 :
Section A – Verbal And Logical Ability (26 MCQ questions), Section B – Decision Making (21 MCQ questions), and Section C – Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation (28 MCQ questions).
For Part 2 :
General Knowledge (8 MCQ questions) and Current Affairs (12 MCQ questions).
Each MCQ has 5 options. Total of 95 questions of total 95 marks.
10) Exam Duration of XAT :
Total duration is of 3 hours (180 minutes).
For Part 1 :
Total time is 170 minutes. There is no sectional time limit. 2 minute 27 seconds is the average time to answer per question.
For Part 2 :
Total time is 10 minutes. 30 seconds is the average time to answer per question.
11) Top B-Schools using XAT as a selection medium :
a) Xavier School of Management (XLRI), Jamshedpur
b) Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneshwar (XIMB)
c) Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA)
d) Xavier Institute of Social Studies (XISS), Ranchi
e) Shreyans Prasad Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai
f) Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad
g) International Management Institute (IMI), Delhi, Kolkata, Bhubaneshwar
h) Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai
i) Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA)
