The Xavier Aptitude Test is an All-India test conducted by Xavier Association of Management Institutes (XAMI) as an entrance exam for admission to the Post Graduate Programs in Management courses of several management institutes all over India. Xavier Aptitude Test exam scores are accepted by several prestigious MBA institutes in India. It is considered to be one of the toughest MBA entrance exams in India. The test score is being used by more than 100 institutes for the admission. The test is conducted to pursue out normal folk with a bit of logic and common sense, who have the potential to become great administrators someday.
Top Colleges under XAT
Some of the prominent B-schools which accept XAT scores are:
Eligibility Criteria
The candidates must be having a bachelor degree in any discipline from a recognized university. The students scoring less than 50% in their graduation are also eligible to appear in the exam, but they have to submit their marks to the participating B-schools separately.
The candidate appearing in the final year of graduation are also eligible to appear in the exam, provided that they have to submit the aggregate percentage of the previous year.
Except Dubai and Kathmandu, candidates would get the admission as per GMAT score.
XAT Exam Pattern
No. Of Papers |
Section |
Questions |
Time Duration |
Paper 1 |
Decision Making |
26 |
170 min. |
Verbal and Logical Ability |
23 |
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Quant and D.I. |
29 |
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Paper 2 |
General Awareness |
25 |
35 min. |
Essay |
One topic |
The candidates should also note that there is a provision of negative marking, for every incorrect option 1/4th marks allotted to the question will be deducted.
Commencement of the Exam:
This exam is conducted every year by one of the XLRI based on the policy of rotation and the XAT Exam Dates are generally declared in the month of September every year and exam is on the first Sunday of January and results get released by Second or Third Week of January itself.
List of Test Centres
India
Agartala, Allahabad, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Berhampur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Goa, Gurgaon, Greater Noida, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mangalore, Lucknow,Mumbai, Nagpur, Nasik, Noida, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Surat, Tiruchirapalli, Trivandrum, Udaipur, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam.
Abroad
Dubai, Kathmandu.
XAT Member Institutes
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