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XAT exam pattern 2016

What is the pattern for XAT Exam this year?

  • Deepshikha
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  • XAT 2019 test paper will be divided in 2 parts: Part I with A,B,C sections and Part II with GK and Essay writing sections.br /All questions in XAT 2019 test paper in 1st three A, B, C sections with 24, 21 and 27 MCQs respectively would carry uniform marking pattern with maximum 1 mark awarded for each correct answerbr /Score in Part I of XAT 2019 test paper will be accounted for while determining the merit position and shortlisting for PI roundbr /Part I in XAT 2019 exam will have 3 sections A, B and C in Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) formbr /Section A in XAT test paper 2019 would be on Verbal Ability & Logical reasoning and is  expected to have 24 questionsbr /The Section B in XAT paper pattern 2019 will be on Decision Making and would consist of 21 questionsbr /Section C in XAT 2019 exam on Quantitative Ability is proposed to have 27 questionsbr /Total number of questions in Part-I would be 72 in XAT 2019 question paper.br /Time allowed to attempt part1 in XAT 2019 with 3 sections would be 170 minutesbr /A break of 5 minutes as turnaround time between Part 1 and Part 2 will be availablebr /Part-II of XAT 2019 test paper would consist of 25 MCQs on General Knowledgebr /There will be a descriptive writing Essay Topic in Part-II of XAT 2019 question paperbr /Total time of 35 minutes will be allowed to attempt GK and Essay writing sections in XAT 2019 exambr /XAT 2019 test takers would be expected to attempt GK questions in 10 minutes and rest 25 minutes are supposed to be devoted to Essay Writing section.br /Marks scored in General  Knowledge section of XAT 2019 test paper would only be used at the time of final selection and not for shortlisting candidates for interview/GDbr / 


  • Details for XAT exam in general:br /1. 5 sectionsbr /2. 210 minutesbr /3. 2 papers of GK, essay and Verbal/Quant/Logical br /4. There's negative marking for unattempted questions beyond 12.


  • strongXAT pattern:/strong Computer Based Testbr /strongXAT Total Questions/strong: 98br /strongXAT Question pattern/strong: 97 MCQsbr /strongXAT Question Pattern for 98th question/strong: Descriptive Type - Essay Writing Testbr /strongXAT Essay Writing Test Pattern/strong: Computer basedbr /strongWord Limitation/strong: 200 words will be the maximum word limit for XAT Essay Writing Testbr /strongXAT Test Pattern for MCQs/strong: Each MCQ is followed by 5 answer optionsbr /strongXAT Scoring Pattern/strong: +1 Mark for Each Correct answer for MCQsbr /strongXAT Scoring Pattern for Essay Writing/strong: Maximum 3 marks awarded for Essay writingbr /strongNegative Marking in XAT Pattern 2019/strong: 0.25 (¼) mark deducted for MCQs from Sl no.1 to 72br /strongNo negative marking in XAT Question Pattern/strong: MCQs from Sl No. 73 to 97 (GK questions) are free from Negative Markingbr /strongXAT Test Paper Submission/strong: Candidates are allowed to submit test paper after 30 minutes of the test commencement timebr /strongXAT Mock Test 2019/strong: To have time duration of 2 hours. Actual XAT 2019 paper pattern will have time duration of 3½ hours 


  • Hi Deepshikha,br /Following will be pattern for XAT 2016 exambr /Paper I will be of Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation (26 marks); Verbal Ability (23 marks) and Decision Making & Analytical Ability (29 marks). Total marks for the XAT exam is 78.br /It will be given 170 minutes to answer all.br / br /Paper II will be of General Knowledge & Essay writing (25 marks). Time duration will be 35 minutes.br /Each and every question carries 1 mark each. There will be Negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer.br /From this year, there will be Negative marking scheme has been introduced for unanswered question, where after such 13 unattempted questions, 0.05 marks will be deducted.br /                Hope it will help you!!


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