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XAT Pattern 2011
XAT exam is of 140 minutes and consists of 200 objective type questions and an essay of 250300
words. Objective questions are asked ffrom the following sections:
• English80 questions
• Reasoning and Quantitative Ability60 questions
• General Awareness60 questions
All these sections are allotted a time of 40 minutes each. For every correct answer a candidates gets 1
mark and 1/3 marks is deducted for an incorrect answer. In the remaining 20 minutes candidates are
supposed to write an essay of 250300 words on a given topic.
XAT 2010 exam is of 140 minutes and consists of 200 objective type questions and an essay of 250300
words. Objective questions are asked from the sections: English80 questions, Reasoning and
Quantitative Ability60 questions, General Awareness60 questions.
In the remaining 20 minutes candidates are supposed to write an essay of 250300 words on a given
topic. All these sections are allotted a time of 40 minutes each. For every correct answer a candidates
gets 1 mark and 1/3 marks is deducted for an incorrect answer.
Today after giving major exam in the league, I felt a lot released. Tell me one thing now we all are at the
end of MBA FAIR for this year. So you all guys must have learnt something. If not then don’t worry
because life is very long. We all expecting this paper to go in the same rhythm like all other
management exams, easy & speed game. XAT has proved that this paper belongs to class. When I gave
this exam last year, I wasn’t able to class it apart. This year I recognize that this is the exam which
needs very less preparation that too kind of Coaching institutes provide. It checks you on entrepreneur
skills and thought process which you have developed in last couple of years. So tell me which coaching
institute has taught you all those skills. It doesn’t matter if you would have run after knowledge; you
must have acquired those skills which this paper was checking us on. So friends lesson for 2010 run
after knowledge and try to be honest to you which was even taught in “3 IDIOTS”.
So Lets dissect section by section:
1) Verbal Ability & Logical reasoning : Dare to Think Beyond
Before analyzing this section have you asked yourself why we always have to do much in this section to
get closed to cut off? I tell you reason because we had never developed those skills which this section
checks us on. Had we ever use dictionary to find out the meaning of word while reading newspaper. We
just pass through. Do we ever counteract to lines which we read anywhere. How can we develop
foresight? That is what, so today this section has no typical RC’s but small case lets. Which short to
read but difficult to interpret if you don’t have “Hawk’s EYE”. There were vocab questions & FIJ’s &
logical arrangement of sentences which made the section easy as compared to last year. So MBA
TUTES is
Expecting cut off: 11 — 13 Marks. GOOD ATTEMPT: 20 — 22 Q
2) Analytical reasoning & Logical reasoning: Don’t be Stupid Be an Idiot.
This year this section surprised me. This section is favorite to most of my students. Bad news is that this
year cut off is going to be low. Why asked yourself three major case studies in which every answer is
right according to your perspective. According to management rules only one answer is right. If you are
good in this you will get reward otherwise you have to pay penalty. Other sets like crossword which had
made hell out of my students. Sets on seven puppies were easy and was must attempt. MBA TUTES is
Expecting Cut Off: 7—8 Marks. Good Attempt: 13 — 15Q
3) Data Interpretation & Quantitative Ability: So Jaa Gabar AA Jayega
What you people dreamt of that Quant is always tough. No dear this year they have reversed the
sections in terms of difficulty. Yes, they made this section easy compared to last year because there
were so many sitters for ex Q from No system Let X be four digits no one question. We have 6 to 7
sitters due to which cut off are going to move up. For data interpretation I have two words “Intensive
Calculation”. Which hampered speed of many students if they have indulged themselves? So go for
sitters if you get time then go for DI. So MBA TUTES is
Expecting Cut Off: 9—–11 Marks. Good Attempt: 15—18Q’s.
XLRI Jamshedpur :
For BM Prog: 32—33 Marks
For PM Prog: 30 Marks
XIMB:
29—30 Marks.
GIM
24—26 Marks.
So friends I enjoyed a lot after giving such a Class paper. In the last I want to say that If you start
enjoying also then nobody can you stop you to reach to your dream college. I also want to mention
about Essay which lot of other sites don’t mention that this year essay was very easy compared to last
year.
XAT which is most admired exam after CAT in INDIA for admission in Bschool is just 15 days away.
Before making any strategy to fight the XATbattle, go through previous year XAT trend.
XAT 2011 will be conducted on 2nd January 2011 in the following 33 cities; Test Timings: 10.30 am to
01:00 pm
Going by XAT pattern from XAT 2006 to XAT2010 we can make out that XAT has reduced number
of Questions from 127 in XAT 2006 to 101 in XAT 2010. Talking about difficulty level it has been
maintained more or less same over the last five years.
Most relaxing part is that negative marking which was as high as 1/2 or 1/3rd in XAT2006
to XAT2009 had been reduced to 1/4th for first five incorrect answer then 1/5th for each
incorrect answer thereafter in XAT2010.