Is there any negative marking in the XAT exam?

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Yes, the XAT exam has negative marking of -0.25 marks for wrong attempt. Unanswered questions have no negative marking but if there are 8 consecutive unanswered questions, 0.10 marks will be deducted.

Thus, the candidates must select questions to solve very carefully in the XAT exam. They should solv

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Deeksha Dixit
3 years ago
Yes, there is a negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong answer in the Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT). The XLRI, Jamshedpur, conducts this exam for admission to XLRI and the other 10 participating XAMI member colleges. 1. The exam consists of 100 questions in MCQ format. 2. Each question carries one ma

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3 years ago
There no negative marking for general knowledge questions but there is negative marking of 0.25 marks for every incorrect answer. Plus 0.10 marks will be deducted if the participant doesn't answer more than 8 questions.

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3 years ago
In XAT exam Part-1, paper has cut-off marks 0.25. In XAT exam part-2 paper, there is no cut-off marks But duration is only 190 minutes.

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