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The entrance to some of the most revered B-Schools in India, which include XLRI and XIMB, the Xavier’s Aptitude Test or XAT, is a far cry from CAT, and in fact, from any entrance examination for that matter.
XAT is famous for its high difficulty level. XAT syllabus consists of English, Quantitative Aptitude, Logical Reasoning, Data Interpretation, Decision Making, General Awareness and Essay Writing. Here are some syllabus details, based from last year’s XAT paper pattern.
Quantitative Aptitude (QA) & Data Interpretation (DI)
In XAT, there are three sets of DI questions. Quant has similar sections like CAT exam. Here are some of the quant topics that are covered in the exam:
Percentage
Profit and Loss
Ratio
Variation
Time and Work
Time, Speed and Distance
Tables and Caselets
Probability
Critical Path
Averages and Partnerships
Alligations and Mixtures
Algebra
Linear and Quadratics Equations
Surds and Indices
Inequalities
Logarithms
Numbers
Mensuration and Geometry, etc.
English Language and Logical Reasoning
Topics in this section include:
Fill in the blanks (vocab and grammar based)
Grammar questions
Para Completion and inference
Reading Comprehension
Verbal Logic
Parajumbles
Topics under this section include:
Decision making
Sets
Logical reasoning
General Knowledge
The GK syllabus consists mostly of the following topis:
Awards and winners
Business
Economy
Government and Politics
Science
Famous Personalities
History
Geography
Current affairs
Important happenings around the World
Static GK
XAT GK section is dominated by current affairs and news, with around seven questions related to international on-going issues like Syrian crisis, Crimean referendum, Boko Haram.
Essay:
Essay section has no fixed subject. Essay topic could vary from general affairs to abstract subject. The idea to present your chain of thoughts on the subject in an order.
The exam has roughly 90-100 questions on English, QA, LR & DI and Decision Making. The test also includes questions on General Awareness.
https://www.shiksha.com/mba/exams/xat/syllabus
