How is the XAT score and percentile calculated?

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To calculate your final XAT percentile, you need to follow the given steps: 1) Add the total sum of all percentile of different areas like VA, DM and Quantitative Ability. 2) This sum is to be divided by the aggregate number 245. 3) To calculate the final percentage, the number is to be multiplied

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Harsh Ranjan | Scholar-Level 17

8 years ago

XAT has been a difficult paper and even the toppers could typically attempt less than half of the 90-100 question in 120 minutes allocated for the aptitude paper. To ensure that students are able to attempt a larger number of questions XAT, over the last few years, reduced the number of questions, r

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Kandarp Patel | Guide-Level 12

8 years ago

Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) is an important exam. As there are many confusions in percentage and percentile. So, percentage is a ratio expressed as a fraction of 100, whereas, percentile is dependent on the highest marks. It is a measure used in statistics indicating the value below which a given per

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Mukul Singh Pundir | Contributor-Level 10

8 years ago

Just like any percentile score is calculated, a percentile represents the rank of a candidate in an examination, relative to the rest of the candidates who appeared for the same examination in the same time-frame. If you ranked 1st, then there are 9 students behind you or 90% of the test-takers are

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Nikita Nallamothu | Beginner-Level 4

8 years ago

XAT 2017 paper had two parts. The first part of the paper consists of three sections namely Decision making, Verbal ability and Logical Ability, Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation. This section has time duration of 170 mins. The second part of the paper consists of essay writing and questi

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