XAT
Xavier Aptitude Test, XAT is a management entrance exam for post graduate courses for students aspiring to get into management courses in the B-schools that come under Xavier Association of Management Institutes. The next XAT exam will be conducted in the second week of January 2019. Since the year 2018, XAT is conducted in an Online mode. Around 90 thousand students take XAT each year for 150+ B-schools.
Xavier Aptitude Test, XAT is a management entrance exam for post graduate courses for students aspiring to get into management courses in the B-schools that come under Xavier Association of Management Institutes. The next XAT exam will be conducted in the second week of January 2019. Since the year 2018, XAT is conducted in an Online mode. Around 90 thousand students take XAT each year for 150+ B-schools.
About XAT
Major Colleges
- Xavier Institute of Management
- Xavier Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship
- Xavier Institute of Management & Research
- Xavier Institute of Management, Jabalpur
- XLRI Xavier School of Management
- Xavier Institute of Social Service
- St. Joseph’s College of Business Administration
- St. Aloysius Institute of Management and Information Technology, etc.
Courses
- Business Management (BM)
- Human Resource Management (HRM)
- Global Business Management (GBM)
- General Management Programme (GMP)
Official website – http://www.xatonline.in/
EXAM SCHEDULE
Exam Schedule for 2020
The following table gives a schedule of XAT in 2020:
Event | Date |
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Application Process Start Date | September 12, 2020 |
Application Process End Date | December 10, 2020 |
Admit Card Download Date | December 21, 2020 onwards |
Exam Date | January 3, 2021 |
Official Answer Key Release Date | Last week of January 2021 |
Result | January 31, 2021 |
exam pattern
Exam Pattern of 2020
Part-1: Time limit to solve – 165 minutes |
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Part-2: Time limit to solve – 15 minutes |
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XAT Exam Syllabus
S. no | QA | DM | GA | VARC |
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1 | Number system | Analytical Reasoning | Awards | Critical Reasoning |
2 | Arithmetic | Verbal Reasoning | Banking Industry | Reading Comprehension |
3 | Algebra | Books and Authors | Analogy- Vocab | |
4 | Geometry | Current Affairs | Cloze | |
5 | Modern Math | Economy Banking | Para Jumble | |
6 | DI | Films | Parajumble Fixed | |
7 | Data Sufficiency-QA | Geography | Parajumble Direct | |
8 | History | Para Completion | ||
9 | Marketing | FIB- Grammar | ||
10 | Miscellaneous | Phrase Replacement/Sentence Correction | ||
11 | Organization and Commissions | Idioms | ||
12 | Persons and Places | Antonyms and Synonyms | ||
13 | Polity | Odd One Out | ||
14 | Science | One Word Substitution | ||
15 | Sports | Phrase & Clause | ||
16 | Traditional General Knowledge | FIB- Vocab | ||
17 | Pronunciation |

Frequently Asked Questions About XAT
Q1. What is XAT?
Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) is a management entrance exam for post graduate courses for candidates aspiring to get into the B-schools that come under Xavier Association of Management Institutes, along with other B-school. It is a Computer Based Exam. Around 90 thousand students take XAT each year for 150+ B-schools.
Q2. When notification for XAT registration is released?
The notification for XAT registration is usually released in August.
Q3. When XAT is conducted?
XAT is generally conducted on the first Sunday of January.
Q4. When results of XAT are released?
The results of XAT are usually announced in the last week of January.
Q5. What are eligibility criteria for appearing for XAT?
The applicant must hold the Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline from a recognized institution.
Q6. What is exam pattern of XAT?
The pattern of XAT exam in term of the number of questions has seen continuous change over the years. Questions in XAT come from areas like Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation, Decision Making, and Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension. The area-wise break-down of questions in the exam is shown in the table below:
Part | Section | Number of questions | Duration (in min) |
Part-I | Verbal and Logical Ability | 24 | 170 |
Decision Making | 21 | ||
Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation | 27 | ||
Part-II | General Knowledge | 25 | 35 |
Essay Writing | 1 |
