XAT 2014 Entrance Exam & Details

Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) 2014 is the second most sought after MBA entrance exam after CAT. The entrance exam is conducted by XLRI Jamshedpur ever year to enrol students in to various management courses. The XAT test scores are accepted by 112 B-Schools. XAT 2014 entrance exam will be held on 5th January, 2014. XLRI conducts this exam on behalf of the XAMI. XLRI conducts this entrance exam at all India level to select the best talent from all over the country for management education.

XAT 2014 Exam Pattern:

The XAT 2014 entrance exam will be held in pen-paper mode. It is one of the most difficult entrance exams. There will be total 90-100 questions on English, Quantitative Aptitude, LR-DI and Decision Making. General Awareness also and he/she should be well-versed with the objective-type questions. The duration of the exam will be 150 minutes. There will be a test on Essay Writing also to be done in 20 minutes. The paper is divided into four major sections such as:

• Quantitative Ability,
• English Language,
• Logical Reasoning and
• Decision Making and General Knowledge.

There will be 1 mark given for each correct answer and for each wrong answer ¼ marks will be deducted. Marks secured by the candidates in General Knowledge portion will be used for determining the percentile and cut-off at first stage of selection.

XAT 2014 Syllabus

XAT 2014 exam is considered at most difficult exam and pattern of the exam is objective type. Those who want to appear in this exam should get familiar with the syllabus. Below is the section wise syllabus, question topics and general analysis which can expect for XAT 2014:

Verbal & Logical Ability

This section has two types of questions, Reading Comprehension and Verbal Ability or English Usage. This section also contains logical, critical and analytical reasoning questions. The English Usage questions are on grammar and vocabulary.

Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation

The topics of the questions in this section are as follows:

• Arithmetic
• Algebra
• Mensuration
• Geometry
• Trigonometry
• Permutation Combination
• Higher Math

Decision Making

The questions of this section appear in caselets and test your interpretative, calculative and logical skills.

General Awareness

You can expect the following topics for the General Awareness section:

• Business
• Sports
• Economy
• Politics
• Trade
• International bodies

The above mentioned topics are not exhaustive, but inclusive of all the plausible areas under the broad areas of politics, economy and society.

XAT Cut-off Marks

The XAT 2014 cut-off marks of the top XAT B-Schools is expected to similar to last year’s. Below are the expected XAT 2014 cut-off marks of the top 10 XAT participating institutes.