Exams

Xavier Institute of Communications Online Entrance Test 2019

 

XIC OET as Xavier’s Institute of Communications Online Entrance Test, is an entrance test being conducted by Xavier’s Institute of Communications, Mumbai. The institute conducts this test to provide admission to various postgraduate courses being offered by it in the field of mass communication. XIC OET 2019 is tentatively conducted from April 22 to May 21, 2019

Conducting Body	Xavier Institute of Communications
Exam Level	National level
Mode of Exam	Online
Official Website	www.xaviercomm.org
Duration of XIC OET Entrance Exam	1 hour 30 minutes
Eligibility	Must have completed three years bachelor’s degree such as Arts, Commerce, Science, Computers, BMS, BE, Catering etc
Courses Offered	Communication for Development, Journalism and Mass Communication, Public Relations and Corporate Communication, Advertising and Marketing Communication, and Film, Television and Digital Video Production

 

 XIC OET 2019 Exam Dates
College is responsible for publishing the exam dates on its official website. Students must regularly check the college website to check the latest updates. The following table shows all the important dates related to the various events conducted:

Event	Date (Tentative)
Availability of Application form	April 01, 2019
Last date for the submission of Application form	May 20,  2019
Admit card will be released on	April 2019
XIC OET 2019 Examination date	April 22, to May 21, 2019
Declaration of Final Result	June 01, 2019
Display of Waiting List	June 12, 2019
Group Discussion and Personal Interview	June 2019

 

 XIC OET 2019 Eligibility
Students need to meet their eligibility criteria if they want to take admission in diploma programmes offered at Xavier Institute of Communications. If student’s eligibility criteria did not match, then their candidature will be cancelled.

Following is the detailed explanation of XIC OET 2019 eligibility criteria:

• Candidate should be an Indian Citizen.
• Students must have completed their three years of Graduation from any stream such as Arts, Commerce, Science, BMS, BE, Catering etc that is approved by the university.
• Age of the candidate must be 35 years or below can apply for the entrance exam.
• Students who are appearing in the final year can also apply for admission

 XIC OET 2019 Exam Center
Students can select the examination center of their preference at the time of filling online application form. Once the examination center is selected cannot be changed later. The following is the list of locations of various examination centers:

• Mumbai
• Pune
• Hyderabad
• Kolkata
• New Delhi
• Bangalore

Section	Duration	Maximum Marks
Objective	60 Minutes	100
Subjective	30 Minutes	50

 

 XIC OET 2019 Syllabus
There is not any syllabus specified by the Xavier Institute of Communication for XIC OET entrance test. Candidates have to go through the below-mentioned topics to perform well in the entrance test. XIC OET 2019 will comprise following sections:
 

Language Skills:
In this section, language ability of the candidate will be tested. Questions will be asked from the topics related to Spellings, Singular, Plural, Synonyms, Antonyms, Idioms and Phrases, One Word Substitutes etc.

General Knowledge and Knowledge of Media:
In this section, candidate’s aptitude will be tested related to the general knowledge and current affairs awareness questions. Students need to be updated with Political, Social and Economic Happening of the country and abroad.

Logical and Analytical Skills:
In this section, students should practice the questions from the topics like Series, Blood Relations, Directions, Critical Reasoning, Syllogism and Analogy.

 XIC OET 2019 Selection Process
Student’s selection in the particular course is based on the Group Discussion/ Personal Interview/ Skype Interview. Those students who qualify for the Skype Video Interview/ Personal Interview will be intimated by the test supervisor immediately on the completion of online test.

Candidates will have to wait for at least an added hour till the Skype video takes place. Depending on the course students need to appear for either group discussion or interview.

The following table shows the selection process of different courses:

Course	Selection Process
Diploma in Journalism & Mass Communication	XIC OET
	Personal Interview/ Skype Interview
Diploma in Public Relations & Corporate Communications	XIC OET
	Group Discussion
	Personal Interview
Diploma in Advertising & Marketing Communication	XIC OET
	Skype Interview
Diploma in Film, Television & Digital Video Production	XIC OET
	Personal Interview