Xavier
Aptitude Test (XAT) is organized by Xavier Labor Relation Institute (XLRI)
Jamshedpur and is conducted on behalf of Xavier Association of Management
Institutes (XAMI).
XAT
aspirants who are looking forward to Xavier Aptitude Test may note that
notification for coming XAT is likely to be out by October this year and XAT
2018 will be conducted in the 1st week of January 2018. XAT exam structure is that it has two
parts whereas first part consists of sections for Verbal Ability & Logical
Ability, decision making, Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation and the second
part of the exam consists of General Knowledge & Essay.
Overall
time limit for XAT is likely to be given for 205 minutes with 78 questions in
first part and 25 questions for General Knowledge and one Essay which you need
to write after the entire exam for 20 minutes in approximately 200 words.
There
is a great rider of negative marking in XAT as .25 marks are being cut for
wrong answer with a extra rider of .05 marks are cut for more that 13 un-attempted
questions but XAT aspirants may note over here that the negative marking is
applicable for the first section of the exam only and there is no negative
marking for General Knowledge and Essay section.
XAT scores are accepted by XLRI, Xavier
Institute of Management- Bhubaneswar, XISS-Ranchi, XIME, SPJIMR, LIBA-Chennai
also besides 11 Xavier Institutes. To understand the USPs XAT exam aspirants
must note that XAT is very peculiar and would test in Language Skills more than
any other exam and you would also be tested in Current Affairs.
To
take XAT 2018 you would be eligible if you are graduate with 50% marks.
Essay
writing in XAT can be a differentiator for the aspirant as Essay topics are very unique in XAT and most of
the times aspirants get shockers with the kind of difficulty they find to
express their views in Essay. Hence, it is important for the aspirants to
practice for Essay very regularly.
Now the time is ripe for XAT aspirants to get on
to preparation and achieve mission XAT 2018 !
