XAT (Xavier Aptitude Test)

Registrations: Second Week of September

Overview Dates Application Fee Registration Exam Pattern Cut Off Eligibility Exam Test Center FAQs

XAT Overview

What is XAT Exam?

XAT (Xavier Aptitude Test) which is organized by XLRI – Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur. It is National Level Exam conducted once in a year for getting admission in MBA/PGDM courses. More than 700 top B-schools accept XAT scores for admission in PG management courses.

The XAT examination is expected to be organized soon by the first week January, and the registration procedure may begin in the second week of September.

XAT Exam Highlights

Features	Details
Exam Name	XAT (Xavier Aptitude Test)
Conducting Body	XLRI – Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur
Exam Level	National Level Exam
Exam Frequency	Once in a year
Exam Mode	Online mode only
Exam Duration	3 hours
Language	English Language
Course Offered	MBA/PGDM
Exam Helpdesk No.	18002674008
Exam Website	https://xatonline.in/

XAT Eligibility Criteria

Candidates must have done Graduation degree in any discipline from a recognized university
Candidates who are in the final year of their graduation are also eligible to apply for XAT exam

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XAT Important Dates

You can check below XAT tentative important dates:-

Events	Important Dates (Tentative)
XAT notification release	2nd week of September
Registrations start	2nd week of September
Registrations end date (Without any Late Fee)	Last week of November
Registrations end date (With Late Fee charged)	2nd week of December
Admit card download release date	3rd week of December
Admit card download Last Date	1st week of January
Exam Date	1st week of January
Declaration of result (XAT)	Last week of January

XAT Registration

You can register easily for the XAT exam through given below steps:-

Firstly go to the official website – https://xatonline.in/
Now register yourself by entering your details such as name, email ID and mobile number, your state and city
After registering, login by entering your email ID and password that you have created at the time of registration
Now enter all the required details in the XAT registration form
Upload scanned documents in the required place
Now pay the registration fees for XAT exam
After the completing submit the form

XAT Application Fee:

XAT Application Fee

For Indian students registration fee for XAT (without late fee) is INR 1750/-.
Indian students who want to apply for GMP via GMAT is INR 2500/- .
Foreign students or NRIs registration fee is INR 5000/- who are applying for one or more programms through GMAT.
Students who are applying after the Registrations end date have to pay late fee of INR 2050/-.

How to pay XAT Exam Fee?

XAT exam fee can be paid through three modes i.e. online, cash and DD (Demand Draft):-

Online mode: Credit card/Cash Cards/Mobile Wallets/ IMPS/ Debit card (RuPay, Visa, MasterCard or Maestro) /Net Banking (only if you have an IDBI bank account)
Through Cash – XAT Exam Fee can be paid through the nearest branch of IDBI bank by taking a print out of the XAT Pay-In-Slip.
DD (Demand Draft) – you just have to send a DD in favor of given address:-

The Chairperson Admission,

XLRI – Xavier School of Management,

Circuit House Area (East),

Jamshedpur – 831001

XAT Exam Pattern

XAT Examination is divided into four sections namely Verbal and Logical Ability, Decision Making, General Knowledge, Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation will come in MCQ type questions which you have to solve in 3 hours (180 minutes).

Know distribution details of XAT exam Sections and questions below:-

Sections	Verbal and Logical Ability, Decision Making, General Knowledge, Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation
Duration of exam	Total 3 hours (180 minutes)
Total number of questions	100 Questions
Section-wise number of questions	Verbal and Logical Ability – 26 questions Decision Making – 21 questions General Knowledge – 25 questions Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation – 28 questions
Total marks	100 Marks
Language of question paper	English Language
Type of questions	MCQs
Marking Scheme	You will get +1 marks for every correct answer -0.25 marks will deducted for every wrong answer -0.10 marks will deducted for more than 8 un attempted questions There is no negative marking in GK (General Knowledge) section only

XAT Cut Off

You can check given below cut off for the XLRI’s PGDM-BM and PGDM-HRM programms:-

PGDM- Business Management program

Category	VALR
Male	76
Female	70
SC	60
ST	55

Category	DM
Male	74
Female	70
SC	60
ST	55

Category	QA
Male	83
Female	75
SC	60
ST	55

Category	Overall
Male	94
Female	92
SC	65
ST	60

PGDM- Human Resource Management program

Category	VALR
Male Engineering	80
Female Engineering	75
Male Non-Engineering	80
Female Non-Engineering	75
SC	55
ST	50

Category	DM
Male Engineering	75
Female Engineering	68
Male Non-Engineering	75
Female Non-Engineering	68
SC	55
ST	50

Category	QA
Male Engineering	80
Female Engineering	74
Male Non-Engineering	73
Female Non-Engineering	64
SC	55
ST	50

Category	Overall
Male Engineering	93
Female Engineering	90
Male Non-Engineering	90
Female Non-Engineering	87
SC	65
ST	55

XAT Test Centres and Cities

XAT examination was conducted at numerous exam centers located in 72 cities in India. You have to choose at least two exam center preferences during the registration:-

Agra	Goa
Ahmedabad	Gorakhpur
Allahabad	Guwahati
Ambala	Gwalior
Amravati	Hooghly
Amritsar	Hubballi (Hubli)
Bengaluru	Hyderabad
Berhampur	Indore
Bhatinda	Jabalpur
Bhilai Nagar	Jaipur
Bhopal	Jammu
Bhubaneswar	Jamshedpur
Bokaro Steel City	Kannur
Chandigarh/Mohali	Kanpur
Chennai	Kolkata
Coimbatore	Kota
Cuttack	Kottayam
Dehradun	Kurnool
Delhi-NCR	Kurukshetra
Dhanbad	Lucknow
Dibrugarh	Ludhiana
Durgapur/Asansol	Madurai
Ernakulam	Mangalore
Gandhinagar	Mumbai
Mysuru	Thiruvananthapuram
Nagpur	Tiruchirappalli
Nashik	Tirupathi
Patna	Tiruvallur
Pune	Udaipur
Raipur	Udupi
Rajahmundry	Vadodara
Ranchi	Varanasi
Roorkee	Vijayawada
Rourkela	Visakhapatnam
Sambalpur	Warangal
Siliguri	Surat

Top 10 colleges Accepting XAT score

XLRI Jamshedpur
Amity Noida
WeSchool Mumbai
BIMTECH Greater Noida
IMT Ghaziabad
ISBM Pune
IMS Ghaziabad
Jaipuria Institute of Management Noida, Lucknow
XIM Bhubaneswar
JIMS Rohini, New Delhi

XAT Exam FAQs

Ques. How many times XAT examination was conducted in a year?

Ans. XAT examination was conducted once in a year.

Ques. When will XAT exam result be declared?

Ans. XAT exam result will be declared in the last week of January.

Ques. Can I pay application fee through offline mode?

Ans. Yes, you can only pay application fee in offline mode via two ways that are given below:-

Through Cash – XAT Exam Fee can be paid through the nearest branch of IDBI bank by taking a print out of the XAT Pay-In-Slip.
DD (Demand Draft) – you just have to send a DD in favor of given address:-

The Chairperson Admission,

XLRI – Xavier School of Management,

Circuit House Area (East),

Jamshedpur – 831001

Ques. What is the registration fee for Indian students applying for GMP via GMAT?

Ans. Indian students who want to apply for GMP via GMAT has to registration fee of INR 2500/- .

Ques. How many I can apply for XAT exam?

Ans. There is no restriction on number of attempts. You can apply any number of times, year on year.

Ques. Is there any negative marking in XAT exam?

Ans. Negative marking scheme for the XAT exam is given below:-