XAT 2019

XAT 2018 is an ONLINE MBA entrance exam which can be split into three parts: concept driven, practice intensive and environment sensitive. Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation and a few areas of Verbal & Logical Ability are concept driven; Decision Making & Analytical Reasoning is practice intensive section while General Knowledge is environment sensitive. Quick reading and comprehension skills need to be developed.

If you have appeared or prepared for other management entrance tests like CAT, IIFT, SNAP, and performed as per your expectations, you can consider half of your XAT preparations to be complete. However, there are exclusive sections to XAT and those sections make this exam even more challenging.

1. Brush up basics: The key is to focus on sharpening the basis of each section. Having your basics clear would be the key to solve any type of questions, be it easy and direct or complex and sitter based. Brush up on your grammar skills and be a grammar Nazi! Keep practicing the basics of mathematics and solving problems daily.

2. Focus on Exclusive Areas:

a) General Awareness: Get yourself updated with both current and static GK. Preparing current events for the past six months is essential. This section has no negative marking and is evaluated at the time of interview. Make sure you don’t spend more than 15 minutes.

b) Essay Writing: Read newspapers like The Hindu to become comfortable with a gamut of topics which could come for the XAT essay writing section. Always write sample essays and get them assessed on content and style to know your stand in essay writing. Don’t spend more than 20 mins on this section.

c) Decision Making: Identify the constraints and objectives to be met. Look for an option that compromises on none.

3. Mock Tests and previous years’ papers: Concept strengthening should be followed by consolidation of application orientation and thereafter by an adequate number of practice tests.

4. Negative Marking: Do not attempt many questions on guesswork and if you are in a dire situation and desperately need to its then advisable to apply the process of elimination (PoE) to eliminate the less probable choices to zero-in on the correct one. 0.25 for any wrong answer and 0.05 for more than 13 unattempted questions

The level of difficulty is high, read the questions carefully. Time management is an asset.

Time Management Section Wise

VALR: Attempt 18-20 questions in about 40 mins

QADI: Attempt 15-18 questions in about 50 mins

DM: Attempt 12-15 questions in about 60 mins

One can keep a buffer of 20 mins to attempt 3-4 questions from any section to increase percentile.

All the sections need equal importance as fetching maximum marks is the most important task and a gateway to move ahead. Clearing Sectional cut-off is mandatory.

For personalised coaching for GD/PI/GE/WAT , contact Vivek Gupta, IIMB Alumni

Best Books for XAT Preparation

Here is the list of the important and best books for XAT exam preparation. The candidates are advised to follow these books so as to qualify the examination. Refer the books that there illustrated here.

·        Target XAT Simplified by Disha Experts

·        Jabbing the XAT with solved papers by R.K. Jha

·        XAT XLRI – MBA Entrance exam A/4 by Chandresh Agarwal

·        Koncepts of number for XAT and other quantitative exams by Gajendra Kumar

·        Target new XAT – Past papers and five mock papers

·        XAT entrance test for MBA examination by Gautam Puri

·        XAT Xavier Aptitude Test solved sample papers by Gautam Puri

·        The Accredited guide to problem solving and the data sufficiency: A must have resource for aspirants for XAT by Ananta Ashisha

·        The hand on guide to analytical reasoning and logical reasoning : A must have resource for the aspirants of XAT by Peeyush Bhardwaj

·        Quantitative aptitude for XAT by Arun Sharma

·        Data Interpretation by Arun Sharma

·        Quantitative aptitude Quantum XAT by Sarvesh K Verma

·        Verbal ability for XAT by Ajay Singh

·        Verbal ability and reading comprehension by Arun Sharma and Meenakshi Upadhyaya

·        General Knowledge by Manohar Panday

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 The Indian Express
 Economics Times
 The Statesman


For personalised coaching for GD/PI/GE/WAT , contact Vivek Gupta, IIMB Alumni