XAT (Xavier Admission
Test)
The XAT is conducted for admission to Post-Graduate degree programmes
in Management at XLRI, XIM, XISS, LIBA etc. The XLRI is ranked amongst
the top 5 B-Schools in India and XIM Bhubaneshwar is ranked among
the top 20 management institutes in India.
The Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur conducts
the Xavier Admission Test (XAT). The advertisement for form appears
in late August. The entrance exam is usually held on the first Sunday
of January and the Interviews are in the month of March.
The XAT is a two-hour duration paper, with number of questions being
200. The paper divided into 3 sections with sectional timings being
enforced.
The method of scoring is:
Right Answer: 1 mark & Incorrect Answer: -1/3 mark.
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| English |
80 |
| Reasoning & Quantitative Ability |
60 |
| General Awareness |
60 |
In the last 20-min you are expected to write a 250 – 300 word
essay with topics ranging from those of social relevance to propositions
to abstract.
Registration for XAT: To register for XAT, candidates
have to fill the XAT Form that is available online at www.xlri.edu/xat
Once the candidate logs on to this site, a full set of instructions
will appear and following them, the candidate can obtain his/her
ID and password.
This ID and password are to be indicated for all the future correspondence
with XAT Office, Jamshedpur. For writing the XAT, the candidates
should select their convenient cities from the list of city-choices
available on the web site.
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