XAT 2024 Analysis (Jan 7): Get Detailed Paper Review & Expected Cutoff Here
XAT 2024 exam analysis 2024 shall be updated here after the exam has been completed on 7th January 2024. Candidates will be able to know about the paper's difficulty level, expected cut off, memory based questions etc. from here.
XAT Exam Analysis 2024
Xavier School of Management (XLRI) Jamshedpur will conduct XAT exam on January 07 in online mode in various exam centres. The XAT 2024 exam consists of five sections that are Decision Making, Verbal & Logical Ability, Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation and General Knowledge. We shall provide you with the XAT paper review here after the exam has been completed. The XAT exam analysis will have details regarding the sectional difficulty level, topic wise weightage, types of questions, number of good attempts and expected XAT cut offs.
Let us take a look at the key aspects of XAT Exam conducted by XLRI:
| XAT exam details | Particulars |
|---|---|
| Exam Mode | CBT |
| Duration | 210 minutes |
| Sections | 3 (with sectional time limit) |
| Syllabus | Verbal and Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, Data Interpretation, GK, Essay Writing |
| Difficulty Level | to be updated |
XAT Analysis 2024: Sectional Weightage
There are three parts and five sections in the XAT question paper. The first part of the paper has sections such as Decision-making, Verbal and Quants sections whereas the second part includes GK section only. Check below, section wise weightage of the XAT question paper:
| XAT Sections | No. of Questions | Total Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Decision Making | 22 | 22 |
| Verbal and Logical Ability | 26 | 26 |
| Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation | 28 | 28 |
| General Knowledge | 25 | 25 |
| Essay Writing (250 words) | 1 | To be evaluated after PI shortlisting |
XAT Previous Year Paper Analysis
We have shared the previous year's XAT exam analysis here. The last year's paper review will let you know about the difficulty level of the exam.
XAT 2023 Analysis
- QA-DI was tough and had a majority of questions in the Arithmetic section.
- Verbal and Logical Ability was easy to moderate
- Decision Making was easy to moderate
- GK was moderate with current affairs and static GK question
- Essay topics were abstract but doable
- Verbal and Logical Ability section had four RC passages and one poems.
XAT Analysis 2023: VALR
The XAT Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning section was easy and had 26 questions. The section was dominated by RC questions.
| Type of Questions | No. of Questions | Doable |
|---|---|---|
| RC | 4 sets with 3 questions | 8 |
| Poem | 1 set with 2 questions | 1 |
| Fill in the Blanks | 1 | 1 |
| Critical Reasoning | 7 | 3 |
| Grammar/ Punctuation | 3 | 2 |
| Para completion | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 26 | 16-18 |
XAT 2023 Analysis: Decision Making
The total number of Decision Making questions in XAT 2023 was 22, one more than last year.
| Type of Questions | No. of Questions | Doable |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Question Sets | 4 | 2 |
| 3 Question Sets | 15 | 2 |
| 3 Question DI Type Set | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 22 | 15 - 17 |
XAT Analysis 2023: QA-DI
This year, the XAT Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation section was was dominated by Arithmetic and slightly tougher than last year.
| Type of Questions | No. of Questions | Doable |
|---|---|---|
| Arithmetic | 8 | 5 |
| Numbers | 4 | 3 |
| Algebra | 4 | 3 |
| Geometry | 3 | 1 |
| DI 1 -Economic activity & subjective well being | 3 | 2 |
| Trigonometry | 1 | 2 |
| Data Sufficiency | 2 | 2 |
| investment | 2 | 1 |
| Probability | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 28 | 16 - 18 |
XAT 2023 Analysis: General Knowledge
The XAT General Knowledge section as usual comprised 25 questions with a fine between current affairs and static GK. A good score in this section would be 10+.
In the Essay section, the candidates had three topics to choose one from which were as follows:
- Decarbonisation by India is hampering the Indian industries
- People with less IQ are more successful
- Taking risks in life
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