XAT

Xavier Aptitude Test

The Admission Test (XAT) is necessary for admission in the MBA/PGDM programs at XLRI and 150 other significant MBA colleges in India, including XIMB, IMT Ghaziabad, IMI New Delhi, LBSIM Delhi, and TAPMI Manipal. The XLRI will only accept the results of the XAT exam for admission to its PGDM programs, which are available in the Jamshedpur and Delhi campuses. The XAT 2024 exam will be administered in more than 70 cities and 100 locations throughout India. In August 2023, XLRI will publish the XAT Notification 2024.

XAT 2024 Highlights

Following are the XAT 2024 highlights with salient XAT exam 2024 features with details on the exam date, XAT notification, eligibility criteria among other key points:

XAT 2024 Test Conducting Body	Xavier School of Management (XLRI) Jamshedpur
Date of XAT Notification 2024	August 2023 second week
Number of MBA colleges accepting exam score	150+
Mode of XAT Exam	Computer-Based Online Exam
XAT 2024 Registration & Application Process	Online; Simultaneously apply for the entrance exam and for XLRI PGDM Programs
XAT Application Fee 2024	Rs.2000/- (Under Revision)
XAT exam Full Form	Xavier Aptitude Test
XAT Cut offs 2024 for XLRI admission	96 to 97 percentiles (Expected; Check last year cut offs
Total Questions in XAT Question Paper	100 – 101
XAT Exam 2024 Sectional Division of Test	5 Sections with a different number of Questions in Each Section.
A section that is not counted to prepare merit for XLRI shortlisting	GK & Essay
XAT Exam Difficulty Level	Moderate to Difficult

XAT 2024 Important Dates

XAT 2024 Important dates are announced by XLRI. The key important dates for the XAT entrance exam 2024, the last date to apply for XAT 2024, are as under:

Xavier Aptitude Test 2024 Schedule	XAT 2024 Important Dates
Date of Release of XAT Notification 2024	August 10, 2023
XAT Registration 2024 starts	August 11, 2023 (12 Noon Onwards)
Last date for XAT 2024 Registration & Application submission online without late fee	November 30, 2023 (Till Midnight)
XAT 2024 Registration Last date with late fee	Not Announced
XAT Admit Card 2024 download Start Date	December 24, 2023
Last date to Download XAT Admit Card 2024	January 7, 2024
XAT Exam Date 2024	January 7, 2024 (2.00 PM to 5.10 PM)
XAT 2024 Result date	January 20, 2024

XAT 2024 Eligibility Criteria

• The XAT 2024 exam eligibility criteria need only a pass in your bachelor’s
• XAT Eligibility 2024 does not require any minimum percentage of marks in graduation to register and apply for XAT exam, while other exams need a minimum 50% percentage of marks in bachelor’s degree.
• Students in their final year of graduation can also apply
• Minimum 15 years of academic study till bachelor’s degree is It means you must have pursued or pursuing minimum of three years of graduation degree
• XAT 2024 eligibility criteria to appear in the exam is probably the simplest one among all the National Level MBA entrance

XAT 2024 Exam Pattern

Following are the key highlights and changes introduced in the XAT Exam by XLRI:

• XAT 2024 exam application fee is 2000/-
• The XAT exam is now changed to a computer-based test from a paper-based test
• XAT is now a Single slot, single-day exam
• Test duration increased from 3 hours to 3 hours and 10 minutes
• XAT test timing changed to afternoon from earlier morning hours
• Total XAT questions increased to 101 from 99
• XAT Essay Writing Test Restored: The descriptive essay writing test was scrapped in 2019
• Now XAT 2024 has 100 MCQ-type questions and 1 Descriptive Question
• Question paper with 4 sections with MCQs and 1 section with Essay Writing Test
• The GK Section with 25 questions is not counted for percentile calculation
• Visually impaired candidates with a scribe are given additional 25 minutes to solve Part 1 of the exam
• Marks for every correct answer: +1
• – 25 Negative Marking for the wrong answer
• No Negative marking for the General Knowledge and Essay writing section in part-2 of the question paper
• All the MCQ-type questions have five options with one correct option
• Essay shall be evaluated after the candidate is shortlisted for the

XAT: Key Changes in Last 5 Years

Below are shared key changes in XAT 2024 Exam & Scoring Pattern as compared to the last 5 Years the of XAT Exam and scoring pattern

XAT exam year	XAT 2024	XAT 2023	XAT 2022	XAT 2021	XAT 2020
Test Duration	3 Hours 10 Minutes: 2 PM to 5.10 PM	3 Hours 10 Minutes: 2 PM to 5.10 PM	3 Hours 10 Minutes: 9.30 AM to 12.40 PM	3 Hours:9.30AM to 12.30 PM	3 Hours:9.30AM to 12.30 PM
Number of Sections	5	5	5	4	4
Number of Questions	101	101	101	100	99
Type of Questions	MCQs-100; Descriptive- 1	MCQs-100; Descriptive-1	MCQs-100; Descriptive-1	MCQs	MCQs

Subjective Answer Questions	1 (Essay Writing)	1 (Essay Writing)	1 (Essay Writing Test)	No	No
Maximum marks	100 for MCQs (Essay Evaluation after shortlisting by XLRI)	100 (Essay Evaluation after shortlisting by XLRI)	100 (Essay Evaluation after shortlisting by XLRI)	100	99
Penalty for Leaving Questions Unattempted	Not announced	0.10 Negative marks penalty for every unattempted question after 8 unattempted questions	0.10 Negative marks penalty for every unattempted question after 8 unattempted questions	Not Announced	0.10 Negative marks penalty for every unattempted question after 8 unattempted questions

XAT Selection Process

On the basis of the Xavier Aptitude Test 2024 result, XAT 2024 selection process at XLRI and in other top B-schools will begin. At XLRI

the selection procedure is more governed by its admission policy. The other 150 members and associate B-schools will also select the candidates on the basis of the XAT exam percentile score and as per their final admission round.

Good performance in the Xavier Aptitude Test and obtaining high scores in it is the mandatory requirement in the XLRI selection process for its highly ranked PGDM program. The first step to participate in XLRI 2024 Selection procedure is to apply for the XAT exam and to apply simultaneously to XLRI Jamshedpur through the same application form. Apart from XLRI Jamshedpur, there are more than 150 MBA/PGDM colleges including IMT Ghaziabad, XIM Bhubaneswar, GIM Goa, Great Lakes Chennai, TAPMI Manipal, LIBA Chennai, BIMTECH Greater Noida, FORE New Delhi among others who will participate in XAT 2024 selection procedure for MBA admission 2024.