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XAT Exam 2020 - Important Dates, Notification, Application Form, Eligibility, Syllabus and Result

XAT Exam

Popularly known as XAT, Xavier Aptitude Test is an all-India management aptitude exam organised by Xavier Labour Relation Institute on behalf of XAMI. XLRI conducts the exam to scan out the best students for management education. Every year, more than 1 lakh aspirants appear in the exam to pursue higher studies at XLRI and its associated institutes. The XAT score is accepted by more than 150 management institutes in India and abroad. Let’s check out more on the upcoming XAT exam i.e. XAT 2020.

XAT 2020 Latest Notification - XAT 2020 registration process will begin from the third week of August 2019. The exam will be conducted in the first week of January 2020. There is no official information on the same yet.

XAT Exam 2019 Overview:

Name of Exam

Xavier Aptitude Test

Popularly Known as

XAT

Conducting Authority

Xavier Labour Relation Institute (XLRI) Jamshedpur

Exam level

National level

Exam mode

Computer-based

Mode of application

Online

Exam Type

Objective and subjective-type

Official Website

http://www.xatonline.in/

Exam Commencement

1st week of January 2020

XAT Exam 2020 Important Dates

The XAT 2020 application process will begin in the third week of August and will continue till the end of November. Here are other important dates for the exam.

XAT 2020 Events

XAT 2020 Dates (Tentative)

Availability of online application form

Third week of August 2019

Last date to submit application form

Last week of November 2019

Last date to apply (with late fee)

First week of December 2019

Issuance of admit card

Third week of December 2019

XAT 2020 exam

First week of January 2020

Release of official answer key

Third/ Fourth week of January 2020

Result announcement

Last week of January 2020

Download XAT Scorecard

Last week of January to Last week of March 2020

XAT Exam 2020 Pattern & Syllabus

XAT 2020 Exam Pattern

XAT 2020 will be conducted in the online mode. It has two papers - Paper I and Paper II. The Paper I is objective-type and tests the candidate’s scholastic aptitude. The Paper II is a combination of both objective and subjective questions. It tests the candidate’s general awareness level. The total exam duration is 3 hours and 35 minutes.

  1. Mode of exam: Online
  2. Total papers: Two papers – Paper I and Paper II
  3. Total number of questions: 98 questions
  4. Negative marking scheme: Yes, there is negative marking for every wrong answer. 1/4th marks will be deducted for every incorrect answer. Candidates who do not attempt questions (beyond 8) will have to face 0.05 marks deduction.
  5. Sections: 5 sections. They are English Language & Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Ability, Decision Making, Essay and GK.
  6. Sessions: 1 session. The exam will be conducted in one session. However, there will be a 5-minute break between Paper I and Paper II.

Papers

Sections

Questions

Duration

Paper I

Quantitative Ability

27

170 minutes

Decision Making

21

English Language & Logical Reasoning

24

Paper II

Essay

1 Topic

40 minutes

 

General Knowledge

25

 

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 XAT Exam 2020 Syllabus

Mostly management exams don’t have any specific syllabus. XLRI too follows the same pattern for Xavier Aptitude Test. Candidates appearing for the 2020 exam will not be prescribed any particular syllabi. They need to understand the exam structure and chalk out the syllabus accordingly.

Based on the previous years’ exam pattern, the experts at Exams Planner have outlined a few sections that can aptly be called the syllabi of XAT 2020. The sections and their topics are mentioned as follows –

Verbal and Logical Ability

Decision Making

Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation

General Knowledge

Essay Writing

Vocabulary

Arithmetic

Percentage

Geography

For essay writing, candidates need to be very diverse and well-versed with current affairs. Essay topics are basically abstract in nature.

Sentence Correction

Situational

Polynomials

Books and Authors

Paragraph Formation Questions

Analytical Reasoning

Time & Distance

Currency

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Progressions

History

Reading Comprehension

 

Data Sufficiency

Personalities

Analogy-based on Vocabulary

 

Profit & Loss

Invention

Grammar

 

Equations

Important Dates

Poem

 

Time & Work

Science and Business

 

 

Scatter Plots and Bar Charts

Current affairs

 

 

Numbers

National Capital

 

 

Permutation and Combination

Films

 

 

Probability

Culture

 

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XAT Exam 2020 Eligibility

To sit in the exam, candidates only have to hold the Bachelor’s Degree certificate. XLRI Jamshedpur has set simple eligibility criteria for all the XAT aspirants. Take a look at the details beneath –

  • To apply for the XAT exam, candidates should be a graduate in any discipline from a recognised university. Or they should have completed 3 years’ bachelor degree programme from a well-known Institute.
  • Those appearing in the final year are eligible for the test.
  • Interested foreign nationals or NRIs (except Dubai and Kathmandu) can apply through GMAT scores
  • There’s no age bar to take the XAT exam 2020.

XAT Exam 2020 Application Process

XAT 2020 application form can be filled online from the third week of August to the last week of November 2019. To do that it is important to follow the below procedure for XAT and XLRI registration –

  • Log on to www.xatonline.net.in. Here, check for the link ‘Click here for New Registration’ to create provisional ID and Password. Use your active email ID, name and contact details.
  • Read the instruction carefully before filling up the application form. The online forms once submitted won’t be changed or modified.
  • While entering your father’s/ mother’s name, ensure that the spellings are correct. Any alteration or change in the name may result in the cancellation of your candidature.
  • ‘Validate your details’ and click on the ‘Save & Next’ tab.
  • Upload the scanned images of photograph and signature (50 KB for photograph & 20 KB for signature) as per the instructions mentioned.
  • ‘Preview’ the application form if all the required fields are filled before clicking on the ‘FINAL SUBMIT’ button.
  • In case of any discrepancy, modify the details before hitting the SUBMIT button.
  • Proceed further with the ‘Payment’ tab.
  • Now, ‘SUBMIT’!

Payment of Fees -

The application fee amount can be released through both the online and offline modes.

  • Online Mode of Payment – Online payment can be done via credit card, debit card, net banking (only for IDBI and SBI account holders).
  • Offline Mode of Payment – Cash payment and the demand draft in favour of “XLRI Jamshedpur payable at Jamshedpur” are the offline payment options available to the candidates. Those who make DD need to visit the login page of XAT and update the Demand Draft details such as Bank Name, Date and the DD Number. Moreover, such students need to send the application form along with the Demand Draft to “The Chairperson, Admissions, XLRI, Circuit House Area (East) Jamshedpur - 831001”. This process of sending the DD should be done with 15 days from the date of issuance of the Demand Draft.

XAT Registration Fee (without late fee)

INR 1,650/-

XLRI programmes

INR 300/- (each)

XAT Registration Fee (with late fee)

INR 2,000/-

XLRI programmes

INR 500/- (each)

GMP (General Management Programme) through GMAT

INR 2,500/-

NRI & Foreign Fee

INR 5,000/-

What to Remember while filling up for New Registration?

  • After providing all the basic information, candidates will be sent an email on their registered email ID. This email will carry the provisional XAT ID and Password.
  • Ensure that the email ID remains valid for all future communication.
  • For working professionals, personal email ID should be the primary email address. In case, they switch jobs, they don’t have to switch their email address.
  • Make sure you have added - admissions@xatonline.net.in in the anti-Spam software as a trusted source. Otherwise, you might not receive any emails in the inbox from XAT. Instead, you might get them in the junk folder.
  • Make certain that you are able to access all emails from time to time. Also, log in to - www.xatonline.net.in with your personal XAT ID and Password to keep a check on emails from XAT and its associates.
  • Along with the email ID, ensure that the mobile number that you have provided is correct and active.

XAT 2020 Test Centres

The Xavier Aptitude Test 2020 will be held across India and in two International cities. They are mentioned underneath.

Test Centres in India -

  • 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

Test Centres across Two International Cities -

  • Dubai
  • Kathmandu

Other Details

XAT 2020 Admit Card

Candidates who have submitted the application forms along with the prescribed fee are eligible to download the XAT 2020 admit card online. The hall tickets of XAT 2020 will be issued in the third week of December 2019. The XAT aspirants are advised to use their login credentials (ID and Password) to download and take a printout for future use. The call letter is supposed to possess details like the name of the candidate, DOB, centre name & address and exam day instructions.

XAT 2020 Answer Key

Xavier Labour Relation Institute will release the answer key of Xavier Aptitude Test 2020 in the fourth week of January 2020. It will be available in PDF format, which will further help the candidates check their answers and estimate scores accordingly. With the help of the answer key, the students can easily make out from which colleges they will get a call from.

XAT 2020 Result

To check the XAT result 2020, students can log on to the official website (already mentioned above) and use XAT ID and Password. The result will be declared in the last week of January 2020. The hard copy of the results will be sent by the authority to the registered address of the candidates. It would mainly contain the scorecard (overall score). The scorecard needs to be preserved well until the admission process is accomplished.

XAT 2020 Scorecard

Once the result is announced, the Authority will release the XAT scorecard 2020. It can be accessed between last week of January to last week of March 2020. The scorecard will carry overall as well as individual subject marks.

XAT 2020 Cut-off

Various factors determine the XAT cut-off 2020 – difficulty level of the entrance test, the number of seats offered in the programme, the number of test takers, etc. The cut-off will be declared after the results are out.

XAT 2020 Selection Procedure:

The selection procedure comprises two major stages –

  1. Students are shortlisted based on the XAT score and the cut-off of the participating institutes.
  2. Writing Ability Test (Essay Writing or Group Activity or Group Discussion) and PI (Personal Interview)

The selection process varies from institute to institute. The overall profile of the candidates will be checked and verified.

XAT 2020 Preparation Tips:

  • Be well-versed with the syllabi and exam pattern
  • Prepare an exam-like timetable
  • Practice mock test series and previous years’ sample papers and question papers
  • Follow the best study materials and books
  • Take ample rest and follow a healthy diet

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