The national
level aptitude test conducted for the admission for Business Management (BM), 15
months full-time residential GMP (General Management Program) and Personnel
Management and Industrial Relations (PMIR) program is known as Xavier Aptitude
Test (XAT). It is considered the second highly competitive Management Exam after
CAT in order to get admission in the management program. The Coming Xat 2016Exam is going to be conducted on 3rd
January 2016.
How to Apply?
In order to register yourself for Xat exam, you have to go
to the xatonline.net.in web
address and select on Register, with your personal email id you have to create
a new account where you will receive your registration link as well as your unique
XAT ID. After that fill the necessary details that is mentioned. If you have total
work Experience of 5 Years as on 31st March 2016 is eligible to
apply for GMP. Then select the center for your Xat Exam. You should have the
soft copy of your photograph and signature. Then you have to select the mode of
payment. There are three ways how you can make the payment:
1.
Through Online Payment.
2.
By Cash payment, for this you have to take the
print out of the Xat pay in slip and make the payment in any IDBI bank.
3.
By Demand draft, For this you have to make a DD
from any Bank in favour of "XLRI Jamshedpur A/c XAT" payable at
Jamshedpur.
Those candidates has to make a payment of Rs 1500/- (Rupees
One thousand five hundred only) if they want to apply for XLRI then you have to
pay Rs 250/- more.
Eligibility:
The Candidates who are appearing for XAT exam 2016 must fulfill
the following eligibility criteria. The candidates should have a bachelor
degree with minimum duration of 3 years in any discipline from any recognized
university. Or the candidates who would complete their graduation by 10th
June 2016 are eligible to apply. However the foreign and NRI candidates can
apply through GMAT score except Dubai and Kathmandu candidates.
XAT Admit Card
You can download the Admit card from the official website of
XAT at least a week before the examination.
XAT Exam Pattern
The pattern of XAT exam and the time duration
are as follows:.
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No. Of Papers
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Section
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Questions
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Time Duration
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Paper 1
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Decision Making
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25
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140 min.
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Verbal and Logical Ability
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30
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Quant and D.I.
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36
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Paper 2
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General Awareness
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30
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40 min.
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Essay
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One topic
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The candidates should
also note that for every incorrect option 1/4th marks would get deducted from the
question.
Important Dates
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Date of Commencement of Application
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4th September
2015
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Last Date for Applying
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30th November
2015
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Last Date to change Test City
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26th November
2015
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Downloading of Admit Cards
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20th December
2015 - 31st December 2015
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Date of Exam
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3rd January
2016
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Test Timings
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10.00 am to 01.30 pm
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Mode of Examination
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Paper & Pen based *
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XAT 2016 Cities
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Cities within India : 47
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Cities outside India : 2
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List of Test Centres
India:
Agartala, Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Amritsar,
Bengaluru, Berhampur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin,
Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Goa, Greater Noida, Gurgaon, Guwahati,
Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Kanpur, Kolkata,
Lucknow, Mangalore, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nasik, Noida, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi,
Rourkela, Sambalpur, Surat, Tiruchirapalli, Trivandrum, Udaipur, Vadodara,
Varanasi, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam.
Abroad:
Dubai, Kathmandu.
XAT Result
The result of XAT Exam would be declared in the
official site of XAT in the third week of January 2016.
