Xavier Aptitude Test

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Xavier Aptitude Test - XAT

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.

Eligibility

Bachelor’s degree of minimum three years duration or equivalent in any discipline from a recognized institute
Students in the final year of their degree programme can also apply
No criteria for the minimum percentage of marks required in graduation
For NRI and Foreign candidates, the GMAT score is valid for admissions into XLRI

Exam Structure

The exam of 180 minutes will be divided into two sections, Part I and Part II, with the sectional time limit of 165 minutes and 15 minutes respectively. To know more, you can click here – https://xatonline.in/

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 Ability	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.

Marking Scheme

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

Registration

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.

Important Dates

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

Registration Fee

Category	Tentative Application Fees
General/Open/ SC/ST/PwD (without late fee)	Rs. 1750/-
General/Open/SC/ST/PwD (with late fee)	Rs. 2050/-

List of Colleges Under XAT

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	https://xatonline.in/
2	XLRI-Xavier School of Management	Delhi	https://xatonline.in/
3	S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research	Mumbai	https://www.spjimr.org/
4	Xavier Institute of Management	Bhubaneswar	https://xub.edu.in/
5	Institute of Management Technology	Ghaziabad	https://www.imt.edu/
6	International Management Institute	New Delhi	https://www.imi.edu/
7	T. A. Pai Management Institute	Manipal	https://www.tapmi.edu.in/
8	Institute of Rural Management Anand	Anand	https://www.irma.ac.in/
9	Goa Institute of Management	Goa	https://www.gim.ac.in/
10	K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research	Mumbai	https://simsr.somaiya.edu/en
11	Great Lakes Institute of Management	Chennai	https://www.greatlakes.edu.in/
12	Mudra Institute of Communications	Ahmedabad	https://www.mica.ac.in/
13	Fore School of Management	New Delhi	https://www.fsm.ac.in/
14	Welingkar Institute of Management	Mumbai	https://www.welingkar.org/
15	Institute of Management Technology	Dubai	https://www.imt.ac.ae/
16	Birla Institute of Technology & Science	Pilani	https://www.bits-pilani.ac.in/
17	National Insurance Academy	Pune	https://niapune.org.in/
18	National Institute of Bank Management	Pune	http://www.nibmindia.org/
19	IFIM Business School	Bangalore	https://ifimbschool.com/
20	Xavier Institute of Social Service	Ranchi	https://www.xiss.ac.in/
21	Institute of Management Technology	Hyderabad	https://www.imthyderabad.edu.in/
22	Institute of Management Technology	Nagpur	https://www.imtnagpur.ac.in
23	Jaipuria Institute of Management	Lucknow	https://www.jaipuria.ac.in/
24	Vellore Institute of Technology	Vellore	https://www.vit.ac.in/
25	Loyola Institute of Business Administration	Chennai	https://liba.edu/
26	Xavier Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship	Bangalore	https://xime.org/
27	Xavier Institute of Management & Research	Mumbai	https://ximr.ac.in/
28	St. Francis Institute of Management and Research	Mumbai	https://www.sfimar.org/
29	St. Joseph’s Institute of Management	Bangalore	http://www.sjim.edu.in/
30	Xavier Business School (XBS), St. Xavier’s University	Kolkata	https://www.sxuk.edu.in/
31	Xavier Institute of Development Action and Sciences	Jabalpur	https://www.xidas.in/
32	Birla Institute of Management Technology	Greater Noida	https://www.bimtech.ac.in/
33	Woxsen School of Business	Hyderabad	https://woxsen.edu.in/
34	KIIT School of Management	Bhubaneswar	http://ksom.ac.in/
35	FLAME University: School of Business	Dist Pune	https://www.flame.edu.in/
36	St. Aloysius Institute of Management and Information Technology	Mangalore	https://www.aimit.edu.in/
37	Christ Institute of Management	Lavasa	https://www.cimp.ac.in/
38	IFMR Graduate School of Business	Chittoor	https://krea.edu.in/ifmrgsb/
39	Sharda University	Greater Noida	https://www.sharda.ac.in/

Cut Off

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 off Percentile 2020
Section	Male	Female
Verbal Ability	74	72
Decision Making	78	74
Quantitative Ability	85	74
Overall	95	93

Human Resource (HR)

Section	XAT cut off Percentile 2020
Section	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 off Percentile 2020
Section	Domicile Male		Domicile Female		Non-domicile Male		Non-domicile Female
Background	Engineer	Non-Engineer	Engineer	Non-Engineer	Engineer	Non-Engineer	Engineer	Non-Engineer
Verbal Ability	50	45	50	45	72	70	72	70
Decision Making	40	38	38	35	60	55	55	50
Quantitative Ability	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 off percentile 2020
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 off percentile 2020
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 Communications (MICA), Ahmedabad	80
6	Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), Anand	80
7	Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM), Chennai	80
8	Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA), Chennai	80

Syllabus

Section	Topics/ Concepts
Verbal Ability, Reading Comprehension & Logical Reasoning	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

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