XAT 2023 dates have been announced. XAT 2023 would be conducted by XLRI on 8
th January 2023. The XAT 2023 registrations start from 10
th August 2022 and the last date for XAT 2023 registrations is 30
th November 2022. In this article we cover all the important details around XAT notification, the important dates, paper pattern, eligibility criteria and other important details.
Important Dates
- XAT 2023 registration has started from 10th August 2022 in online mode.
- Last date to register for XAT 2023 is 30th November 2022, 3 days after the CAT exam date.
- Admit cards for XAT 2023 can be downloaded from 20th December 2022 to 8th January 2023.
XAT Eligibility criteria
- Anyone with a passing grade in graduation can apply. There is no minimum marks criteria.
- Students in final year of graduation can also apply.
- Minimum 15 years of education that is atleast 3 years of graduation degree is required.
Registration Fee
The XAT 2023 registration fee is INR 2000 for all. There is no relaxation given to any reserved category candidates as XLRI does not have reservations.
XAT 2022 Exam Pattern
The XAT Exam can be divided into 2 Parts, Part 1 and Part 2. While Part 1 is used in percentile calculation and getting calls from XLRI and other affiliated institutes, Part 2 is considered by XLRI only in the later stage of the admission process and has no effect on the overall percentile obtained.
Part 1 contains the Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning, Decision Making and Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation Section. Part 2 contains General Knowledge and Essay Writing. The components, weightage and time given is available in the table below.
| Exam Sections |
Number of questions |
Overall Time Duration |
| Part-1 |
75 Total MCQs |
165 Minutes |
| Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning |
26 |
No Sectional Time Limit |
| Decision Making |
21 |
No Sectional Time Limit |
| Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation |
28 |
No Sectional Time Limit |
| Part-2 |
25 Total MCQs + Essay Writing Test |
25 Minutes |
| General Knowledge |
25 |
|
| Essay |
1 Descriptive Topic |
10 Minutes |
| Total questions (Part 1 + Part 2) |
101 |
|
XAT 2023 Marking scheme
Each correct answer fetches a +1 mark in XAT while every wrong answer leads to a penalty of 0.25 marks. However even for unanswered questions, 0.1 mark is deducted if the number of unanswered questions exceeds 8. This is only applicable to Part 1 of the paper and there is no negative marking in the GK section.
Top colleges accepting XAT Scores
- XLRI Jamshedpur(BM and HRM)/XLRI Delhi-NCR BM
- XIM University Bhubhaneshwar
- IMT Ghaziabad
- IMI Delhi
- MICA Ahmedabad
- Institute of Rural Management Anand
- Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai
- TAPMI Manipal
- KJ Somaiya, Mumbai
How to prepare for XAT?
While the other two sections- Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude and Data Interpretation are common in most MBA entrance exams, what stands out in the XAT exam is the Decision Making Section.
For Verbal Ability, the focus should be more on solving critical reasoning questions and there are quite a few questions from grammar which are not present in CAT. You can try our free sectional mini mock tests based on the XAT paper pattern to better your practice and ace this section.
If you have been preparing for CAT, you won’t need a lot of extra preparation for XAT for the other two sections. However, Decision Making is a completely new section and would seem alien for someone appearing for XAT for the first time. A situation is given along with multiple courses of action which could be taken or you are asked to come to a conclusion to judge who was right or wrong in a particular situation. Such questions can be tackled once you have enough practice of these kind of questions.
To help you with the practice for the Decision Making Section, we have free
Decision Making sectional tests as a part of our mini mock series. These are 18 minute tests to enable you practise even in busy schedules and keep your preparation going.
We recommend you take a look at
preparation tips by XAT toppers and try a
few free practice XAT tests here!
All the best for your preparation.