XAT- Preparation Tips/Pattern and more
Xavier’s Aptitude Test XAT-2020 is to be scheduled on 5 Jan 2020, being the exam only 3 months away, this might be the right time to take it seriously and start putting maximum hours possible in the preparation of the exam. According to some experts, XAT is more difficult in comparison with CAT; especially the quant section of XAT is on upper level than that of CAT. As of 2019 data, there are around 150 colleges in India accepting XAT score. With top colleges being XLRI Jamshedpur, XIME etc, there are many top MBA colleges in Delhi/Bangalore/Pune etc accepting XAT score.
XAT is one of the highly respected management entrance tests, it will not be wrong to say that XAT is the second most popular management entrance test after CAT. Around 75000 Students have taken the exam last year, and there will only be upsurge to be seen this year too.
XAT Exam Pattern and Syllabus
Key changes in XAT 2020
- XAT Syllabus 2020 reduced to 4 Sections/subjects instead of 5
- No Subjective Question on Essay Writing in XAT syllabus 2020
- All the 4 subjects on Verbal Ability, Reading Comprehension & Logical Reasoning; Decision Making; Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation; General Knowledge will form single question paper in single section instead of two different parts without break
- Total number of questions as per XAT exam syllabus not to exceed 100
- All questions will be of MCQ type
- 75 Questions with negative marking
- 25 GK questions without negative marking
Syllabus
XAT syllabus is very wide with many topics getting added or deleted every year. It goes on changing with each XAT exam. The updated XAT 2020 syllabus can help you boost your XAT preparation as per the current XAT pattern. The XAT 2020 Syllabus PDF free download is available online. It contains the existing and expected topics along with the type of questions expected in XAT exam.
XAT syllabus 2020 will overall test the candidate on Verbal Ability, Reading Comprehension & Logical Reasoning; Decision Making; Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation as the key sections to determine your percentile and merit position. The other section on General Awareness (GK) does not have any pre defined XAT syllabus 2020 nor is it counted for percentile calculation. XAT syllabus covers all the major topics on all the above test sections.
Preparation Tips
- Pattern reading
One of the foremost important step in preparing for XAT exam is to study the pattern as the pattern for XAT changes every year and thus you should be aware of the changes and also should be familiar with the syllabus.
- Strong and Weak Points
In order to score a respectable score in the XAT exam you should be honest towards the area you’re strong and weak at. Everyone have some strong and weak areas, to reach to a conclusion of strong/weak zones you can solve some mocks or previous years papers etc.
- Brushing Up Basics
For preparing yourself for exam such as XAT itself, you should be all clear in mind about the basics of what you’re attempting you should read articles, solve reasoning questions and puzzles, and clear all the topics’ basics rules and tricks in quant. The question asked are not very tough, but in a complex form so first clear your basics up guys.
- Organized approach
XAT has a much more complex structure, somewhat distorted, so in order to let hold of the bull you should organize your study for the test in a more organized way. You can do that by distributing hours for every section and taking practice test on more frequent basis. Also, by approaching more and mocks and solving respective questions with the topic that has been done.
- Mock test and online material
After brushing up your basics on quant, reasoning and language, you should start practicing more and more on each topic separately and try to solve at least 1 mock test paper per day. The key is that practice more so you get more chances to cracking XAT. There are plenty of study material available online, try to gulp as much as you can. You can also consider study material offline by some coaching institutes.
- General Knowledge
XAT exam has a GK section too, that is mostly political or India/world economy. So the approach should be in such a way that you will be able to prepare for the GK section in XAT as well as GD-PI round various colleges. To crack this, you can read books, online materials and newspapers.
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