Can anyone please give the complete information regarding XAT?

XAT
 
·         Xavier Aptitude Test or popularly known as XAT is a national-level management entrance test conducted by XLRI, Jamshedpur, for admission to management programs at XLRI and other XAT participating institutes across the country.
·         Conducted once a year.
 
ELIGIBILITY-
·         As per the  eligibility criteria,  one must have a bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognised board or university. The duration of the graduation should be a minimum of three years. 
·         One can also apply for the test if s/he is a final year graduation student and completing the degree.
·         XLRI has not prescribed any age limit to apply for the exam under the XAT eligibility criteria.
 
 
EXAM PATTERN-
·         Total time: 3 hours
·         Total questions:99
·         Number of sections: 4 (Part A includes 3 sections + Part B includes 1 section)
·         PART A: 72 questions
SECTION 1: Decision Making
SECTION 2: Verbal and Logical Ability
SECTION 3: Data Interpretation and Quantitative Ability (DI & QA)
·         PART B: 25 questions
SECTION 4: General Knowledge
·         Exam mode: online
·         Exam medium: english
·         Correct answer: +1
·         Incorrect answer:-0.25
·          Unattended questions beyond 12 will also result in negative marking of 0.05 marks per question. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SYLLABUS
Decision Making
·         Conditions and Grouping Test
·         Data Arrangement Test.
2.      Verbal and Logical Ability
·         Jumbled paragraph
·         Reading comprehension
·         Vocabulary
·         Para Jumble
·          Critical Reasoning
·         Sentence correction
3.      Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation
·         Geometry,
·         Probability
·          Algebraic Function
·         Mensuration-2D and 3D
·         Speed and Distance
·          Statistics
4.      General Knowledge
·         Politics
·         Nation and states
·          History
·          Literature
·          Sports

 
TIPS AN TRICKS
 
1.      Strategic planning is of paramount importance.
2.      Keep up with your current affairs to deal with the section on general knowledge.
3.      Practise for solving problems that require logical reasoning.
4.      Lastly keep up with your practise by giving mock tests. For this I would suggest application developed by Youth4Work which goes by the name of PREPGURU.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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