The challenge is balancing between the different sections to clear the sectional cutoffs. Attempt all the easy-on-first-sight questions at first and you will be done with one run of the paper. Mark all the ones you consider difficult but doable and do them in the second run. The XAT has a -0.25 mark penalty for incorrect answers and a -0.10 for unanswered ones up and above 8 questions. Ensure that you meticulously balance the paper to leave only 8 questions unanswered, but do that with extreme caution, and contain yourself to educated guesses:
The Gyaani (General Knowledge Section)
The GK section has no penalty and you are expected to answer all questions. You are giving an ample amount of time and it requires no special preparation per se. The GK score is largely irrelevant to your selection. Read the questions, recollect all the existing knowledge, and make an educated guess.
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The Tukka Master Gogo (Intelligent guesses)
You must bring the number of unanswered questions as close to 8 as possible to avoid the penalty. There will be a higher probability of instances that require you to guess rather than be sure. Follow the usual process: Eliminate the options, evade the honeytraps (lucrative too good to be true) options, and jump on the bandwagon - Be a Tukka master.
Decision Making (Being as ethical as one can be)
This is the section unique to the XAT. It would help if you were exposed to a few questions of this type to understand the tricks of the trade. You are required to make business decisions and are expected to be ethical. This is where most test-takers fail.
The simple rule book is
- Identify all the stakeholders being affected by your decision and choose one that satisfies the maximum number of people or harms the least (This is not a panacea, just a guiding principle and it shall fail in some instances).
- Answer logically, do not be swayed away by emotions. Do not choose options that are too harsh or extreme (like firing an employee directly for minor misconduct, choose to warn first).
- Please do not focus on increasing or maintaining the profits of the organization (avoid by hook or crook I shall have it).
- Do not answer in a way that displays undeterred loyalty to the organization even when the decision is unethical. It is part and parcel of the corporate world is not the mindset you need to have while answering.
- Go through the DM section specifically of the official last year's papers.
All the best for XAT 2024!
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