XAT is an all-India
examination conducted by the premier B-School XLRI Jamshedpur. XAT is designed
on multiple-choice questions of two-and-a-half hours in which the last 20
minutes are given to an essay. Like CAT, XAT is also based on the areas which
includes verbal ability and reasoning, reading comprehension, quantitative
skills, data interpretation, analytical and logical reasoning. In XAT, the
additional areas in comparison to CAT are the general awareness section and
the 20-minute essay writing section.
XAT is designed on
multiple-choice questions of two-and-a-half hours in which the last 20 minutes
are given to an essay.
XAT over the last 3 years : An analysis
Year
|
Sections
|
No. of
Questions
|
Difficulty level
|
2008
|
Verbal &
Logical Ability, Analytical reasoning &
Decision Making,
Data Interpretation & Quantitative Ability
|
38 + 38 + 44 =
120
|
Difficult,
Moderate, Difficult. Overall Difficult
|
2009
|
Verbal &
Logical Ability, Analytical Reasoning &
Decision Making,
Data Interpretation & Quantitative Ability
|
35 + 31 + 38 =
104
|
Easy, Moderate,
Moderate. Overall Moderate
|
2010
|
Verbal &
Logical Ability, Quantitative Ability &
Data
Interpretation, Analytical Reasoning &
Decision Making
|
40 + 30 = 101
|
Difficult,
Moderate, Difficult. Overall Difficult
|
XAT 2010: Paper Analysis
XAT 2010 maintained
the difficulty level of XAT 2009. The number of questions was 101 and each
question had 1 mark. The negative marking scheme is progressive. There was
0.20 negative marking for the first five incorrect answers in each section and
0.25 marks for each incorrect answer thereafter.
Like last year, the
number of sections was three. They were Data Interpretation & Quantitative
Ability, Analytical Reasoning & Decision Making and Verbal & Logical
Ability. Each questions had five choices. The essay topic to be written within
20 minutes was ‘Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need but not
every man’s greed’.
The Data
Interpretation and Quantitative Ability questions were the toughest in the
paper. The Quantitative Ability questions were from a variety of areas. Though
most of them were difficult and tricky, some of them were simple.
The Verbal and
Logical Ability questions were tougher than that of XAT 2009.
The questions on
Decision Making were easy to read but the options were close.
XAT Eligibility
Candidates must
have a bachelors degree under 10+2+3 system from a recognized university or a
deemed university. Candidates completing final year examination are also
eligible to apply.
Important Dates for XAT
XAT 2010 was held
on Sunday, January 3, 2010.
On the basis of the
important dates for XAT 2010, the expected deadlines for XAT 2011 are as
follows:
XAT 2011 Exam Date:
XAT 2011 will be
conducted on 2nd January 2011 in the following 33 cities; Test Timings: 10.30
am to 01:00 pm
Ahmedabad,
Allahabad, Bangalore, Berhampur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai,
Cochin, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Goa, Gurgaon, Guwahati,
Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Luck
Registration for XAT 2011:
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 to Monday, November 30, 2010
XAT Result: By January 31, 2011.
XAT Application Process
The registration
for XAT 2011 will have to be done online at www.xlri.edu
Participating Institutes
Apart from the MBA
institutes like XLRI Jamshedpur, XIM Bhubaneswar, Xavier Institute of
Management and Entrepreneurship Bangalore, Xavier Institute of Development
Action and Studies Jabalpur and Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi,
the other prominent MBA institutes accepting XAT scores are Loyola Institute
of Business Management Chennai, Mount Carmel Institute of Management
Bangalore, SP Jain Institute of Management and Research Mumbai to name a few.
18 new MBA
institutes have registered to use XAT scores this year. Some of them are
Alliance Business School Bangalore, Bengal Institute of Technologies Kolkata,
Institute of Business Studies & Research Navi Mumbai and WLC College, New
Delhi.
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