XAT Exam Pattern - Negative Marking & Total Marks in Paper or Test

Are you interested in pursuing a management degree from a reputed institution in India? Then, you must have heard about the Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT), one of India’s most popular entrance exams for management programs. Conducted by Xavier School of Management (XLRI), XAT is a highly competitive and challenging exam that tests your aptitude, analytical and decision-making skills. In this blog, I’ll give you an overview of XAT, its history, exam pattern, eligibility criteria, important dates, and tips to crack the exam. So, whether you’re a management aspirant or just curious about the XAT exam, keep reading to discover everything you need to know about XAT – the Xavier's Entrance Exam.

Apart from XLRI, there are other esteemed institutes who consider XAT’s score in their admission process. 90,000 Exam Pattern Objective and Subjective questions Negative Marking Yes (0.25 marks or 1/4th of the total marks for each wrong answer) XAT 2019 Convener Fr Antony Uvari Programs Offered by XLRI Business Management (BM), Human Resource Management (HRM), Global Business Management (GBM) and General Management Program (GMP)   XAT 2019- Important Dates to Remember The serious candidates must be updated with the XAT 2019 Important dates. The following are the tentative dates: Events Important Dates (Tentative) Application process window opening 3rd  week of August 2018 Application Process window closing 4th  week  of November 2018 Late application deadline 2nd week of December 2018 Admit card availability from 4th week of December 2018 XAT 2019 Mock Test Release 1st  week of January 2019 XAT 2019 Exam 1st  week of January 2019 XAT Official Answer Key Release Last week of January 2019 XAT 2019 Result 1st week of February 2019   The exact dates are not yet declared by the official authority. of Questions Duration Part I Verbal and logical ability  74 170 minutes Decision Making Quantitative Aptitude and Data Interpretation Part II GK 25 40 minutes Essay Writing 1 Topic   Marking Scheme- Every correct answer will earn you 1 mark whereas there will be the negative marking of 1/4th mark for each wrong answer. XAT Admit Card 2019 The candidates, who will successfully fill the XAT application form, will be issued admit cards that can be downloaded online. XAT 2019 Test Cities Exam Centres – India Agartala Cuttack Jamshedpur Ranchi Ahmedabad Dehradun Kanpur Rourkela Allahabad Delhi Kolkata Sambalpur Amritsar Goa Lucknow Surat Bengaluru Greater Noida Mangalore Tiruchirapalli Berhampur Gurgaon Mumbai Trivandrum Bhopal Guwahati Nagpur Udaipur Bhubaneshwar Hyderabad Nasik Vadodara Chandigarh Indore Noida Varanasi Chennai Jabalpur Patna Vijayawada Cochin Jaipur Pune Visakhapatnam Coimbatore Jammu Raipur Exam Centres – International Dubai Kathmandu  XAT 2019 Answer Key The wait for the official answer key and OMR sheet will be over in the last week January 2019.