What types of reading comprehension passages are asked in XAT?

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3 years ago
These are mostly asked in the following forms: Main Idea Question: This relates to the central idea/theme of the passage Primary Purpose Question Title Question Structure & organisation. Fact-based/Specific Detail/Target Question Inference Question 'Must be true' Question Paraphrase Question.

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3 years ago
The reading comprehension passages of the Xavier Aptitude Test exam are mostly inference based. They are usually from fields such as history, art & culture, philosophy, psychology, astronomy, sociology, and literature. In the past few years, we have seen Xavier Aptitude Test passages in the form of

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3 years ago
The XAT (Xavier Aptitude Test) reading comprehension passages can cover a wide range of topics and can be of varying difficulty levels. Generally, the passages are drawn from a variety of sources such as newspapers, magazines, academic journals, and business publications. The passages can be divided

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