Necessary Insight for XAT Entrance Examination 2022

Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) is a national level entrance examination conducted by Xavier Labor Relations Institute (XLRI) for admission to MBA/PGDM program. Xavier School of Management (XLRI-XSM or XLRI) is a private Catholic business school run by the Society of Jesuits in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. It was founded in 1949 and got the name Xavier Labor Relations Institute (XLRI) in 1955.

 

 

XLRI offers two years MBA flagship programs like Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM), Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource management (PGDHRM), General Management Program (GMP), Doctoral Level Fellowship Program (FPM) and other short term management development program.

 

 

Apart from XLRI, XAMI members and other 800 B-School accepts the XAT score for admissions to their postgraduate management program.

 

 

List of XAMI Members:

 

Institute Name	Location	Website
Loyola Institute of Business Administration	Chennai	www.liba.edu
St. Francis Institute of Management and Research (SFIMR)	Mumbai	www.sfimar.org
St. Joseph’s Institute of Management	Bangalore	www.sjim.edu.in
St. Aloysius Institute of Management and Information Technology	Mangalore	www.staloysics.ac.in
Xavier Business School (XBS)	Kolkata	www.sxuk.edu.in
St. Xavier University	Kolkata	www.sxuk.edu.in
Xavier Institute of Development Action and Sciences (XIDAS)	Jabalpur	www.xidas.in
Xavier Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship	Bangalore	www.xime.org
Xavier Institute of Management & Research	Mumbai	www.ximr.ac.in
Xavier Institute of Management, Xavier University	Bhubaneswar	www.xub.edu.in
Xavier Institute of Social Science	Ranchi	www.xiss.ac.in
XLRI Xavier School of Management	Jamshedpur	www.xlri.ac.in

 

Highlights of XAT Exam

Features	Details
Exam Name	Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT)
Conducting Body	Xavier Labor Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur
Exam Level	National
Exam Frequency	Once a year
Exam Mode	Online
Exam Duration	3 hours
Exam Sections	4
Exam Pattern	MCQ Format
Exam Language	English
Exam Fees	Rs. 1700
Courses Offered	MBA/PGDM
Number of B-School accepting score	800+ B-Schools
Number of Registration	1 Lakh
Official Website	https://www.xlri.ac.in/

 

CAT EXAM -PROPOSED MONTH

Event	Tentative Month
CAT Notification	August
CAT Admit Card	January
CAT Exam	January
CAT Result	January

 

Eligibility Criteria:

 

Nationality:

• Indian citizens can apply for XAT
• NRI & Foreign candidates can also apply.
• Foreign Nationals can apply through the GMAT score.

 

Age limit:

There is no lower and upper age limit set for appearing XAT exam.

 

Educational Qualification:

• The candidate must have a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent from a recognized University or equivalent can appear for XAT Exam.
• Appearing and result awaited candidates are also eligible to appear for the exam.

 

The number of attempts:

There is no fixed number of attempts for the exam.

 

 

Exam Pattern of XAT Exam:

 

Feature	Details
Exam Mode	Computer Based Test (CBT)
Name of sections	Verbal and Logical Ability Decision Making Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation
Number of Questions	99
Total Marks	300
Exam Format	MCQs
Exam Duration	180 minutes
Medium of Exam	English
Marking Scheme	+1 awarded for a correct answer -0.25 deducted for an incorrect answer Beyond 8 unanswered question, 0.10 mark deducted No negative mark for GK Questions

 

Note: Visually impaired candidates will get an extra 25 minutes of time.

 

Section-wise Exam Pattern

 

Section	Number of Questions (MCQ)	Duration
Part -1
Verbal and Logical Ability	26	165 minutes (No sectional limit)
Decision Making	21
Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation	28
Part-2
General Knowledge	25	15 minutes
Total (Part-1+Part-2)	100

 

Notable Alumni:

Some of the notable XLRI Alumni include:

1. Abhijit Bhaduri author and Chief Learning Officer, Wipro
2. Abhishek Singh, former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha for Rajnandgaon
3. Akash Khurana, actor.
4. Ananth Vaidyanathan, actor and voice trainer.
5. Krishnakumar Natarajan, chairman, Mindtree
6. Leena Nair, global senior vice-president, Unilever.
7. Rekha Menon, Chairman & Senior MD, Accenture
8. Mohan Raman, television and film actor, management trainer.
9. B Muthuraman, vice -chairman, Tata Steel.
10. Naveen Jain, founder of income and Moon express.

 

 

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