XAT 2021 Analysis
The
difficulty level of XAT 2021 was a little high when compared to XAT 2020 .The
‘Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation’ was moderate to difficult this
time. The RCs in the verbal section had close options as usual. There was no
surprise element this year as the paper was based on conventional lines. This
year the total number of questions was 75. The time value for this section was
165 minutes. There was a penalty for unattempted questions (after 8 questions)
and it was only 0.10 marks. Yet this doesn’t affect the overall score
significantly. There were no NON-MCQ (TITA) questions this year too. The
overall level of the paper was moderate to difficult.
Overview of the Paper:
The paper
had two parts: Part I and Part II. Part I was the main question paper and Part
II was based on General knowledge. Part I consisted of three sections A, B and
C with 26, 21 and 28 questions respectively, a total of 75 questions. This was
followed by Part II which had 25 questions on General knowledge. The total time
period for completing the three sections and General Knowledge was 180 minutes.
The candidate was expected to answer the first three sections in 165 minutes
and General knowledge in 15 minutes. Students were required to answer questions
from all sections and expected to maximize their scores in each section.
General knowledge marks can be used by selective institutes at the time of
final selection. These scores are not used for shortlisting the candidates for
Interview/GD. The three sections are:
Overview
of Different Sections
|
Sections |
Total Marks |
Level |
|
Verbal
and Logical Reasoning |
26 |
Moderate |
|
Decision
Making |
21 |
Moderate |
|
Quantitative
Ability and Data Interpretation |
28 |
Moderate
to Tough |
Overview
of the XAT Paper
|
Time allotted |
165
Minutes + 15 Minutes for GK |
|
Total no. of questions |
75
+ 25 (for GK) |
|
Marking Scheme |
All
questions carry equal marks |
|
Sections |
3 |
|
Number of choices |
5 |
|
Negative Marking |
One
fourth of a mark for unattempted questions if more than 8 questions are
skipped, a negative marking of 0.1 per question is applied. |
Expected Cutoff
|
Score
of 31.5+ (approx. 98%ile) : |
XLRI
(BM) |
|
Score
of 30+ (approx. 96%ile) : |
XLRI(HR), |
|
Score
of 28+(approx. 94%ile) |
XIMB |
|
Score
of 25+ (approx. 85%ile): |
Great
Lakes, TAPMI, IMT-G |
|
Score
of 22+ (approx. 80%ile): |
GIM,
LIBA, IFMR, XIM Jabalpur, BULMIM |
|
Score
of 18+ (approx. 75%ile): |
XIME
Bengaluru, BIMTECH, SCMS |
SECTIONAL - ANALYSIS
SECTION I:
Verbal & Logical Reasoning
|
Description |
No. of Questions |
|
RC |
11-12 |
|
CR |
8 |
|
Sentence
Rearrangement |
2 |
|
Sentence
Completion |
1 |
|
Grammar |
3 |
Evaluation:
The Verbal
section was moderate to tough. The questions were asked based on Reading
Comprehension, Critical reasoning, Sentence Rearrangement, & grammar. The
length of the passages was average. One of the RCs was based on “number
crunching”, and one was based on ‘gender inequality. Another RC was based on a
short poem. One RC was based on ‘multitasking & swiftness’. The options
were almost similar in the reading comprehension section making it a time
consuming process. Half of the questions in RCs were critical reasoning based.
The candidates had to identify the traps set by the examiners to answer the
questions. The section overall comprised reading comprehensions and critical
reasoning. The questions on grammar were on the basis of fundamentals. The overall
reaction to this section was moderate as choices were too close and tricky.
SECTION
II: Decision Making
|
Description |
No. of Questions |
|
Decision
Making |
21 |
Evaluation:
Decision Making questions in this section carry equal marks. It consisted of 21
Questions based on contexts. Most of the questions were complicated and options
were quite similar. The questions were based on Caselets and Case Studies taken
from different areas like business organization, small business units, Ethical
Dilemmas and context based problem and solution. Overall level of difficulty
for this section was moderate.
SECTION
III: Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation
|
Description |
No. of Questions |
|
Algebra
and Functions |
5 |
|
Number
System |
2 |
|
Geometry |
5 |
|
Arithmetic |
4 |
|
Logs |
1 |
|
Probability |
1 |
|
DI |
3
sets of 3 questions each |
|
Quant
Miscellaneous |
1 |
Evaluation:
The level of Quant and DI was moderate to tough. There were three sets of three
questions each in DI. One out of these three sets was achievable. There were a
set of 3 questions on the Venn diagram and the level of difficulty was high.
The set based on male and female workers was time consuming. In Quant, the key
focus was on Algebra & Geometry with 5 questions each. The workable
questions were from topics such as simple interest/compound interest, TSD &
Ratio etc. Overall this section was
moderate to tough in difficulty level.
General Awareness
It
consisted of 25 questions in general awareness that included Static GK based
questions covering Books, Geography, art forms of states , History etc. and
Current Questions based on Science and Technology, Economic Data and General
terms etc. The level of difficulty was moderate.Students can answer it by using
guesswork or by elimination of options as there was no negative marking in this
section. One could easily have scored 6-7 questions correct additionally to
what they actually knew.
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