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 Exam

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.

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