XAT 2017: Check out test centres, paper pattern, other details here

The exam will be conducts on 8th January, 2017.

According to reports, it will be held by the Xavier School of Management (XLRI), Jamshedpur in the interest of the XAMI to choose the most suitable students for management education.

For the first time, the institute will be holding the exam on the second Sunday instead of the first Sunday of the year. Apart from XLRI, the Xat 2017 scores are accepted by around 140 B-schools across India. Last year, XAT has undergone changes in terms of exam pattern. Interestingly, the institute will hold the exam on the second Sunday rather than the first Sunday of the year. Apart from XLRI, the XAT scores are acknowledged by around 140 B-schools across India. Last year, XAT has experienced changes in terms of exam pattern.

Changes introduced last year:

• The total number of questions in the main paper were conveyed down to 78
• The time allocated was expanded by 20 minutes
• In XAT 2016, students had a choice of not attempting 13 questions
• The number of inquiries in the GK section were reduced to 25.

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Eligibility criteria

Educational qualification:

To apply, interested candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in any discipline from a well known college/university/institute. The time Duration of the program should be minimum of 3 years. Interested applicants who are in final year of graduation can also apply.

Application fee:

All the candidates need to pay Rs 1600.

Exam pattern:

• The test would be conducted from 10 am to 1.30 pm
• XAT is a paper pencil based test separated into two papers
• Paper 1 comprises of 78 questions from quantitative ability and data interpretation, verbal ability and decision making and analytical reasoning
• Paper 2 is a blend of objective and in addition subjective questions from general knowledge and essay writing questions.

Test centres:

Agartala

Bhopal,

Cuttack

Guwahati

Jamshedpur

Ahmedabad

Bhubaneswar

Dehradun

Hyderabad

Kanpur

Allahabad

Chandigarh

Delhi

Indore

Kolkata

Amritsar

Chennai

Goa

Jabalpur

Lucknow

Bengaluru

Cochin

Greater Noida

Jaipur

Mangalore

Berhampur

Coimbatore

Gurgaon,

Jammu

Mumbai

Nagpur

Nasik

Noida

Patna

Pune

Raipur

Ranchi

Rourkela

Sambalpur

Surat

Tiruchirapalli

Trivandrum

Udaipur

Vadodara

Varanasi

Vijayawada

Visakhapatnam

Also, XAT 2017 would be conducted over the following two international cities which include Dubai, Kathmandu.

How to apply:

All the interested candidates can apply through online mode at official website, http://xatonline.net.in/

Important dates:

• Last date of application: 30th November
• Last date of late application: 11th December
• Download admit card: 20th December
• XAT 2017 exam: 8th January, 2017
• XAT 2017 Result: Last week of January, 2017

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