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XAT Decision-making is the most unique section of all the management exams that happen every year. It tests your managerial acumen with a set of business-based scenarios and some mathematical questions. Here are some tips to conquer this unique section. It is not typical if you the type of question formula and concept you solve easily. The decision-making section has about 22 questions in the exam, with no sectional time limit in the XAT exam. So, you have to manage your time accordingly on your own. Some things we should keep in mind while preparing for this XAT decision-making 2025 exam are: XAT decision-making 2025: Purpose of the section

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Practice and preparation Read More: Strategy to remember  Knowing the stakeholders—those who are involved in the whole case—so that we know according to whom we have found the right solutions as per the question. This may sound very trivial, but what the question is asking is very important, as the options may sound very right, but if we are not marking the option according to what has been asked, then it will not matter. In almost every scenario, we have to look for what can make the best, maximize benefits in general, and lower losses if any. This is very crucial to keep in mind, as we sometimes won’t even notice, but personal biases and your experiences affect your decision-making skills, which have to be avoided to get the right answer. The opinions in the sets of many questions are very close, and getting a straight answer may not be that easy. Ranking them as we analyse every option and get to the right answer can be a strategy that can be used.  Apart from all these strategies, giving some sectional tests created by experts and mentors would be beneficial. Full-length mocks to strategize how much you should do for every section as it's an open exam and keeping a check on the clock is very important.

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Q.1 How much preparation is sufficient for XAT? Ans. Usually, most aspirants prepare for this section after the CAT exam is done. So, a month is sufficient to get a grip on this section. Q.2 How many past-year papers should we solve? Ans. At least solve the last 10-year paper, which is easily available on the internet. If you feel you can solve 5 more years, but not further, as the section was a bit different from what it is now. Q.3 Is leaving questions in XAT advisable? Ans. Although we should try to solve almost all the questions, if we are confused with three options or the mathematical set is difficult, then we can leave and target other questions. The author of this article, Tanmay Bhardwaj scored 99.29 percentile in XAT 2024 and joined XIMB (2024-26).