XAT

Tough is just a relative term. There is nothing called tougher to crack or easy to crack. This view depends upon the preparation of the exam you are giving. There are a number of exams conducted in India for the MBA type courses. Exams like CAT, XAT, GMAT, MAT, IBSAT, NMAT, SNAP, etc. have some minor tweaking and variations apart from the main sections. Each of these exams has a quantitative aptitude, verbal reasoning, logical reasoning and data interpretation, apart from GK or essay writing section in some of the exams. So, you have to prepare accordingly for these exams either by taking coaching classes or correspondence course or by self-preparation or by following recommended books. After you have prepared for the most difficult level questions, you may try to get some question banks for the specific exam you are targeting either offline mode I.e. books on exams or online mode i.e. free question banks websites or paid question banks for practice.

There is nothing such thing called tougher to crack or easy to crack. This view depends upon the preparation of the exam you are giving. There are number of exams conducted in India for the MBA type courses. Exams like CAT, XAT, GMAT, MAT, IBSAT, NMAT, SNAP, etc. have some minor tweaking and variations apart from the main sections. Each of these exams has quantitative aptitude, Verbal reasoning, Logical reasoning and data interpretation, apart from GK or essay writing section in some of the exams. So, you have to prepare accordingly for these exams either by taking coaching classes or correspondence course or by self-preparation or by following recommended books. After you have prepared for the most difficult level questions, you may try to get some question banks for the specific exam you are targeting either offline mode i.e. books on exams or online mode I.e. free question banks websites or paid question banks for practice.

First, decide yourself what you want to do MBA or job, because if you are planning for a good college then I would rather suggest you to study for CAT exam with complete dedication of taking admission this year. CAT needs a lot of practice and study to get admission in good colleges. If you waste time in deciding these confusions you will not able to give CAT exam at good stage. So I would suggest start preparing for CAT entrance exam with complete dedication and Self-motivation. Then if you get a very good score go for TOP MBA colleges to complete your goal and if unfortunately you couldn't able to crack CAT exam then you can go for any suitable job for one year then you will have time and you can prepare will for next CAT exam.
While doing your final year you will have a flow of study for CAT and at least you will not waste a year for preparation of CAT.

Hi, there's no formula to avoid common mistakes in any exam. But these points might help you stay calm during the exam.
It is important that you practice lot of mocks and papers before the main exam. This will give you confidence and sense of familiarity during the paper.
Practicing will also give you the mistakes that you keep committing every now and then. Commit as many mistakes as you can in first few mocks. More you practice, sooner will you run out of common mistakes to commit.
Dont stress out. If you feel the paper is way too tough or way too easy for what youve practiced, dont worry about it. The general trend will be the same and so your score will be normalised accordingly. Just keep attempting as many as you can. If you keep this in mind while taking the exam, you won't stress out and hence you won't commit silly mistakes.
Good luck!

Hello,
XAT (Xavier Aptitude Test) is conducted every year by XLRI, Jamshedpur.
As per the exam pattern of XAT 2018, it will be an online paper-based test of 3.5 hours duration. The exam is divided into two parts.
Paper 1 consists of three sections carrying around 70 objective type multiple choice questions.
Paper 2 carries two sections which are a mix of objective and subjective type of questions.
The exam shall consist of the following sections:
Paper 1:
1)Quantitative Ability
2)English Language & Logical Reasoning
3)Decision Making
Paper 2:
4)GK
5)Essay
Each question will carry one mark and for each wrong answer, there will be negative marking of 0.25 marks.
There is no specific XAT syllabus released by XLRI Jamshedpur, XAT sample papers and previous year papers will give a broad idea about the exam about preparation.

Simple but not easy!
In XAT like MAT, there are different sections- Quantitative Aptitude, Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning and Verbal and Reading Comprehension and GK.
Maths:
Students from non-engineering backgrounds are not too comfortable in QA. If you are not an engineering student then you must focus in this section to improve your score, which will impact overall MAT percentile.
The most important topics being - Logarithm, Algebra, Geometry, Permutation and Combination and Probability.
LR/DI:
Again a section where high-scoring can be done as this is comparatively easier than the others. You should focus on Data Sufficiency, Bar Graph, Tables, Case-lets and Pi-charts
Verbal and Reading Comprehension:
You need to be proficient in words to crack this section. Learn 5-10 words every day. Focus on fill in the blanks, grammar, para completion, para jumble, word usage and verbal reasoning.
Focus on giving more time to maths and simultaneously keep understanding reasoning. Read a newspaper and stay updated.