The Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) 2021 was conducted on January 3, 2021 by XLRI for admissions into MBA and PGDM programmes over various B- Schools in India. XAT 2021 result will be published on January 31, 2021 and the candidates can download the XAT score cards from January 31 to March 31, 2021.The XAT score is being used by more than 160 institutes for the admission.
Section Wise Questions
|
Section |
Number of Questions |
Total Marks |
Negative Marks/Question |
Duration (Minutes) |
Part 1 |
Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning |
26 |
26 |
-0.25 |
165 |
Decision Making |
21 |
21 |
-0.25 |
||
QA & DI |
28 |
28 |
-0.25 |
||
Part 2 |
General Knowledge |
25 |
25 |
Nil |
15 |
|
Total |
100 |
100 |
|
180 |
Difficulty Level of XAT 2021
Section |
Difficulty |
Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning |
Difficult, Very Close Options |
Decision Making |
Shorter Passages than last time, Sequencing Questions were fewer |
QA & DI |
Tricky and Conceptual, Tougher than Last time (DI had 3 Sets & was Time Consuming) |
General Knowledge |
Moderate, Generic Questions |
Total |
Difficult; Time Consuming |
XAT 2021 Section Wise Analysis
Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning
Question Topics |
Total Questions |
Grammatically incorrect sentence |
2 |
Grammatically correct sentence |
1 |
Fill in the blanks (4 blanks) |
1 |
Jumbled Paragraphs |
2 |
Critical Reasoning |
3 |
Passage 1 (Multitasking and Distraction) |
3 |
Passage 2 (Poem - Sit by Vikram Seth) |
2 |
Passage 3 (Uncertainty in life) |
2 |
Passage 4 (Importance of the ability to process |
3 |
Passage 5 (Microsoft and Windows Phone) |
2 |
Passage 6 (Realization of truth of life) |
2 |
Passage 7 (Gender data gap) |
3 |
Decision Making
Topic |
|
Set 1 |
New Recruitment Consultant |
Set 2 |
Children of a proprietor |
Set 3 |
Brand Ambassador of a company |
Set 4 |
Teacher’s Laptop Breaks |
Set 5 |
Appraisal |
Set 6 |
Trade between 2 villages |
Set 7 |
Switch on Ceremony of Solar Power Facility |
|
7 sets of 3 Questions each |
Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Arithmetic |
3 |
Clock |
1 |
Algebra |
5 |
Geometry |
5 |
Geometry |
5 |
Modulus |
1 |
DI- Set 1 |
3 |
DI- Set 2 |
3 |
DI- Set 3 |
3 |
Total |
28 |
General Knowledge
Topic |
No. of Questions |
National Events |
14 |
International Events |
10 |
General Science |
1 |
Total |
25 |
XAT 2021 Exam Analysis: Over all
- Total questions increased to 100 from 99
- No Essay Writing test
- RC passages rated moderate
- Decision making section remains tricky
- Quant section is of moderate difficulty
- Many Candidates could attempt less than 50% questions
- Test timing changed - 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM from 10A M to 1 PM
- All questions were of MCQ type
- GK section not counted for percentile calculation
- Visually impaired candidates with scribe were given additional 25 minutes only for Part 1 of XAT
- Marks for every correct answer: 1
- Negative Marks: -0.25
- No Negative marking for General Knowledge section in part-2
- All the MCQ type questions had five options with one correct option
- XAT 2021 was the 4th computer based test conducted by XLRI in the history of 60 years of conducting XAT
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