XAT or Xavier Aptitude Test, conducted by XLRI, Jamshedpur is a national level entrance test for MBA admission at XLRI and other premier institutes. It is conducted on the behalf of Xavier Association of Management Institutes (XAMI). Apart from XLRI, XAT scores are accepted by premier institutes like XIMB (now known as XUB), IMT, IMI, XIME, and more than 150 other institutes. The scores have the validity of 1 year. There is no restriction on the number of attempts a person can give XAT.
Part | Section | Total number of questions | Total Marks Allotted |
Part I | Section-1: Verbal and Logical Ability | 26 | 74 |
Section-2: Decision Making Ability | 21 | ||
Section-3: Data Interpretation and Quantitative | 28 | ||
Part II | Section-1: General Ability | 25 | 25 |
The score of the General Knowledge section will not be used for the initial screening of candidates for the Group Discussion, Written Ability, and Personal Interview (GWPI) round. It will be used in later stages to assess the candidates’ knowledge.
1. 1 mark will be granted for each correct answer
2. 0.25 mark will be deducted for each incorrect answer
3. 0.10 mark will be deducted for eight unattempted questions
4. There will be no negative marking for the General Knowledge section
Filling a XAT form is a 3-step process:
1. Signup and Register – Visit the official website – https://xatonline.in/ and click on XAT registration, register using a valid email id, and create login credentials (username and password).
2. Fill the application form – All details in the form should be carefully filled and verified as no changes will be allowed after the final submission. If you are unable to complete the form in one sitting, you can save the already entered data by clicking “SAVE AND NEXT”. This will save the data and you can exit the application
After completing the form, you can click “SUBMIT”
3. Payment of Fees – Select a payment option from Debit cards/ Credit cards/ Internet Banking/ IMPS/ Mobile Wallets and complete the registration process.
Once the registration is complete you will receive a unique “Application number” which will be used for future references.
XAT 2021 Registration begins | September 12, 2020 |
XAT 2021 Registration ends | November 30, 2020 |
Admit card download | December 20, 2020, onwards |
XAT exam 2021 | January 3, 2021 |
Category | Tentative Application Fees |
General/Open/ SC/ST/PwD (without late fee) | Rs. 1750/- |
General/Open/SC/ST/PwD (with late fee) | Rs. 2050/- |
Apart from XLRI Jamshedpur and XLRI Delhi, NCR campus, there are several other XAT scores accepting colleges for the admission purpose. Every other college requires a separate admission form to be filled, where the qualifying exam can be selected as XAT.
Following is the list of top colleges under XAT:
SR. No | College | Location | Website |
1 | XLRI-Xavier School of Management | Jamshedpur | |
2 | XLRI-Xavier School of Management | Delhi | |
3 | S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research | Mumbai | |
4 | Xavier Institute of Management | Bhubaneswar | |
5 | Institute of Management Technology | Ghaziabad | |
6 | International Management Institute | New Delhi | |
7 | T. A. Pai Management Institute | Manipal | |
8 | Institute of Rural Management Anand | Anand | |
9 | Goa Institute of Management | Goa | |
10 | K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research | Mumbai | |
11 | Great Lakes Institute of Management | Chennai | |
12 | Mudra Institute of Communications | Ahmedabad | |
13 | Fore School of Management | New Delhi | |
14 | Welingkar Institute of Management | Mumbai | |
15 | Institute of Management Technology | Dubai | |
16 | Birla Institute of Technology & Science | Pilani | |
17 | National Insurance Academy | Pune | |
18 | National Institute of Bank Management | Pune | |
19 | IFIM Business School | Bangalore | |
20 | Xavier Institute of Social Service | Ranchi | |
21 | Institute of Management Technology | Hyderabad | |
22 | Institute of Management Technology | Nagpur | |
23 | Jaipuria Institute of Management | Lucknow | |
24 | Vellore Institute of Technology | Vellore | |
25 | Loyola Institute of Business Administration | Chennai | |
26 | Xavier Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship | Bangalore | |
27 | Xavier Institute of Management & Research | Mumbai | |
28 | St. Francis Institute of Management and Research | Mumbai | |
29 | St. Joseph’s Institute of Management | Bangalore | |
30 | Xavier Business School (XBS), St. Xavier’s University | Kolkata | |
31 | Xavier Institute of Development Action and Sciences | Jabalpur | |
32 | Birla Institute of Management Technology | Greater Noida | |
33 | Woxsen School of Business | Hyderabad | |
34 | KIIT School of Management | Bhubaneswar | |
35 | FLAME University: School of Business | Dist Pune | |
36 | St. Aloysius Institute of Management and Information Technology | Mangalore | |
37 | Christ Institute of Management | Lavasa | |
38 | IFMR Graduate School of Business | Chittoor | |
39 | Sharda University | Greater Noida |
The cut off for different programmes at XLRI will be released after the XAT 2021 result. The expected cut off can be analyzed by the previous year cut off for different colleges.
For XLRI:
Business Management (BM)
Section | XAT cut | |
Male | Female | |
Verbal Ability | 74 | 72 |
Decision Making | 78 | 74 |
Quantitative Ability | 85 | 74 |
Overall | 95 | 93 |
Human Resource (HR)
Section | XAT cut | |
Male | Female | |
Verbal Ability | 79 | 74 |
Decision Making | 73 | 68 |
Quantitative Ability | 75 | 70 |
Overall | 93 | 91 |
These cut off percentile is for the initial screening. Candidates have to undergo GWPI rounds for further selection.
For XUB, Bhubaneswar:
Business Management (BM)
Section | XAT cut | |||||||
Domicile | Domicile | Non-domicile | Non-domicile | |||||
Background | Engineer | Non-Engineer | Engineer | Non-Engineer | Engineer | Non-Engineer | Engineer | Non-Engineer |
Verbal | 50 | 45 | 50 | 45 | 72 | 70 | 72 | 70 |
Decision Making | 40 | 38 | 38 | 35 | 60 | 55 | 55 | 50 |
Quantitative | 38 | 35 | 38 | 35 | 50 | 45 | 50 | 45 |
Overall | 80 | 76 | 77 | 75 | 90 | 86 | 87 | 82 |
For other top colleges, there are no minimum sectional percentile criteria. Overall cut off percentile is considered. Some of the top colleges with their respective cut off percentile is mentioned here.
For other top colleges:
Cut off 90 percentile and above:
S. No | College | XAT cut |
1 | Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad | 90 |
2 | International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi | 90 |
Cut off 80 percentile and above:
S. No | College | XAT cut |
1 | K. J. Somaiya, Mumbai | 85 |
2 | Goa Institute of Management, Goa | 85 |
3 | FORE School of Management, New Delhi | 85.75 |
4 | T. A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal | 85 |
5 | Mudra Institute of | 80 |
6 | Institute of Rural | 80 |
7 | Great Lakes | 80 |
8 | Loyola Institute of | 80 |
Section | Topics/ Concepts |
Verbal Ability, Reading Comprehension & | English Vocabulary |
Para Jumbles | |
Para Completion | |
Cloze Test | |
Grammar | |
Sentence Completion | |
Correction of Errors | |
RC based on – Abstract topics, Science, Culture, History & Fiction, Art & Literature | |
Questions based on Poetry | |
Analogy | |
Clocks and Calendars; Binary Logic | |
Seating Arrangement | |
Inference, Assumption, Premise & Conclusion | |
Decision Making | Ranking Test |
Conditions and Groupings | |
Arrangement of Data | |
Organisational Decision Making | |
Quantitative Ability | Profit, Loss & Percentages |
Speed, Time, & Distance | |
Ratio, Proportion and Variation | |
Time & Work | |
Simple & Compound Interest | |
Logarithms, Indices and Surds | |
Mensuration | |
Geometry & Co-ordinate Geometry | |
Trigonometry | |
Linear & Quadratic Equations; Special Equations | |
Numbers and Probabilities | |
Progression | |
Set Theory and Pure Maths | |
HCF & LCM |
Click Here to Check XAT Previous Year Paper Analysis of 2020 , 2019, 2018