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The XAT is conducted for admission to Post-Graduate degree programmes in Management at XLRI, XIM, XISS, LIBA etc. The XLRI is ranked amongst the top 5 B-Schools in India and XIM Bhubaneshwar is ranked among the top 20 management institutes in India.

The Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur conducts the Xavier Admission Test (XAT). The advertisement for form appears in late August. The entrance exam is usually held on the first Sunday of January and the Interviews are in the month of March.

Generally XAT is a two-hour duration paper, with number of questions being 200. The paper divided into 3 sections with sectional timings being enforced.

This year XAT will be conducted on 8th January, 2006. This time XLRI has declared the pattern of XAT in its bulletin. The test will be conducted in to two parts, Objective test and Essay test. There will be three sections

- Quantitative Ability
- Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning
- Verbal Ability.

There will be sectional time limit for each section.

For the essay test, practice writing at least 5-7 essays and get the same evaluated from your faculty members.

The method of scoring is:
Right Answer: 1 mark & Incorrect Answer: -1/3 mark.

Section No. Of Questions

English 80
Reasoning & Quantitative Ability 60
General Awareness 60

In the last 20-min you are expected to write a 250 – 300 word essay with topics ranging from those of social relevance to propositions to abstract.