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12 Aug 2015, 12:00 am

XAT

The Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) 2016 will be conducted by XlRI for admission to Business Management, Personnel Management and Industrial Relations, (Human Resource Management, Global MBA, General Management Program and Fellow Programme in Management courses.

The XlRI conducts test on behalf of the XAMI at all India level to select the most appropriate candidate for management education. It is one of the highly competitive exam after CAT for admission to management programmes in B-schools including XlRI, XIMB, SPJIMR, IMT among others.

Eligibility

Candidates who have completed bachelor's degree of minimum three years duration or equivalent in any discipline from a recognised university from India/abroad are eligible to apply.

Exam Pattern

The format of XAT would remain pen-paper based. The test will be of three hours from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm and it will have four sections — verbal and logical ability, decision making, quantitative ability and data interpretation and general knowledge. The exam will be divided between objective Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) and subjective essay writing tests. MCQ part will be over in 150 minutes and next 30 minutes will be allotted for essay writing part.

Important Dates

The XAT is expected to be held on Sunday, January 03, 2016 in 47 cities across India. The registrations will commence in the last week of August, 2015 or first week of September, 2015. For details and information on application procedure, please visit their official website.