XAT 2020 - Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT), conducted by XLRI – Xavier Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur, is one of the biggest national level MBA entrance exam aspired by majority of the MBA aspirants. XAT 2020 scores will be accepted by XLRI Jamshedpur and other Xavier Associate Management Institutes and 141 B-schools across India for admission. XAT 2020 will be held on Sunday, January 5, 2020.
Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) is the national level aptitude test for admission to XLRI’s flagship business management (BM), Personnel Management and Industrial Relations (PMIR) programmes and 15-months full-time residential GMP (General Management Program). The XAT exam is one of the highly competitive exams after CAT for admission to top management programmes.
Eligibility:
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Recognized Bachelor’s degree of minimum three years duration or equivalent in any discipline. Students completing their final year examination may also apply.
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All Indian candidates must appear for XAT 2020. However NRI and foreign candidates may apply through GMAT score (except Dubai and Kathmandu wherein candidates have an option of appearing for XAT 2020).
Application Procedure: Candidates must apply online on the XAT official website.
Exam Structure:
XAT is a paper pencil based test of 3-hour duration. The paper comprises of 2 sections. 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.
No. Of Papers
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Section
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Questions
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Time Duration
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Paper 1
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Decision Making
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26
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170 min.
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Verbal and Logical Ability
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23
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Quant and D.I.
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29
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Paper 2
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General Awareness
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25
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35 min.
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Essay: One topic
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XAT 2020 Application Fee:
The application fee for XAT 2020 is Rs. 1700. The candidates have to additionally pay Rs. 300 for each programme of XLRI. Applicants for can choose to pay online using credit card/ debit card/ online banking. Candidates can also make payment through a demand draft made from any bank (in favour of XLRI Jamshedpur A/C XAT). Third alternative for making payment can be “cash”. This can be done from any of the IDBI Bank branches located in India to make payment.
Venue: Test centers at the following locations –
XAT 2020 would be conducted across India in the following cities - Agartala, Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Amritsar, Bengaluru, Berhampur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Goa, Greater Noida, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mangalore, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nasik, Noida, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Surat, Tiruchirapalli, Trivandrum, Udaipur, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam. XAT 2020 would also be conducted across the following two international cities - Dubai, Kathmandu.
Important Dates Schedule:
Event
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Dates
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Date of Commencement of Application
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23rd August 2019
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Last Date for Applying (without late fee)
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30th November 2019
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Exam Date
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5th January 2020
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Note: Recent years’ exam resource papers can be found on the XAT official website.
Website: www.xatonline.net
Radhika Kulkarni
Counseling Psychologist