Xavier’s aptitude is considered to be one of the most sought after and popular exams taken by aspiring management students every year. XAT ensures that the best students are selected for getting enrolled into the management programs in the types of institution they deserve based upon their scores. More than 40 MBA colleges accept the score of XAT enabling students to get into their most preferred MBA program through a well known admission procedure. However, it should be noted that top scores in XAT exams have never been a cakewalk,also depending on plenty of aspects that need to be taken into consideration.

There are a few concerns that most of the students willing to take up XAT have in their minds and we are here to discuss some of the major ones.

Eligibility

It is important for the applicants to possess a decent graduation degree through any deemed or recognized university. If you are a student who is into the final year of graduation and waiting for results sometime soon, you too are eligible to apply.

Test Duration & Pattern

Exam pattern is divided into 3 major sections

• Decision making: The total number of questions that the students will have to face is 25.
• Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation: Candidates are required to answer a total of 36 questions.
• Verbal and Logical Ability: Candidates would be required to answer 30 questions in total.

For answering questions from these three sections, candidates will be getting not more than 140 minutes which is a decent but competitive duration. Alongside, candidates shall also face another vital section which is called Essay & General Awareness for which they will only be given a duration of 40 minutes. They are asked to answer 30 questions and most of them (even if not all) are based on factual general awareness and the current affairs.

Beware of the negative marking which spreads out to an alarming 1/4th of marks for each of the questions.

Exam format

XAT is a kind of exam that is purely paper based. Nature of the exam allows inclusion of subjective form of test based on the general awareness and essay writing. Format of the exam is simple and not complex to grasp.

Important Dates

Last Date for Applying – Last week of November, 2014
Last Date for downloading Admit card – 2nd week of December, 2014
Exam Date – 1st Sunday of January, 2014

XAT is usually an exam with duration of almost 3 hours. Initially, the XAT exam was divided into a decent and tight duration of not more than 2 hours and 20 minutes. Many believe that the pattern of XAT is lot more similar when it comes to other most prestigious exams taken by the management students and conducted by the different IIMs in the country.

Usually the XAT results come out by the end of the month of January but due to unavoidable reasons, it can also be delay. XAT entrance exams are held every year and the aspiring management students must prepare themselves well ahead in advance before facing the final challenge. Students can also visit the website and download all the vitals from the necessary links. Forms and admit cards can be downloaded online. Look for your preferred institutions, find out the XAT scores accepted by them and plan out you shall surely succeed with right strategies in place!

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