XAT 2020: Students Reactions and Reviews

XAT 2020 exam was held today, i.e. January 5 in 46 test centres across the country. Check out the XAT 2020 student reactions and watch video below.

XAT 2020 exam was conducted today from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM in 46 test cities across India. The exam was conducted in computer-based test mode. As per the students, this year the difficulty level of XAT exam was moderate. Shiksha visited a XAT 2020 test centre to take the opinion of the candidates who appeared for the exam. Read the article to know what they have shared.

Parul Gupta from TIME Institute, Kailash Colony said, “The paper was really nice. It was easier than the previous year. The Maths section was a little difficult but the GK questions were really easy this time. The Quantitative section was very difficult but the other sections were easier.” When asked if this was her first attempt she said, “Yes, this was my first attempt, but I attempted the previous year’s [question paper] for the practice.”

Pranav from TIME Institute said, “The paper was easy to moderate. There were 74 questions, 27 questions from English which were easier than the last year, 21 from Decision Making which were a bit tougher than the last year and 27 from Quantitative Aptitude which were moderately difficult. There were 25 questions from General Awareness section which were based on current awareness were moderately difficult.”

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Sukhum Kalra said, “I would say the Quant section was tougher this time as compared to the last time. Decision Making was doable and the English section was tough. I would say the passage were more inference based and were more of critical reasoning questions.” When asked if this was her first attempt she said, “No, this was my second attempt and this is how I know about this.” She did self-preparation for the exam.

Harsh Gupta said, “I have given the XAT exam and I found it comparatively easy than the last year. This year the DM section was comparatively easy and the Quant section was tough.”

Garima said, “I have given XAT exam. I prepared for CAT and not XAT so I found it difficult as I was not very much aware of the pattern.” When asked which was the most difficult section, she said, “For me it was Decision Making because earlier I have never faced such questions.” She also said that for her the GK section was not easy as she did not belong to India and had very little knowledge about India and most of the questions in the GK section were about India.

Shipra said, “The level of the exam was good. [XAT] consisted of difficult questions and easy ones also, but as per the last year’s paper, this year, I think the standard has degraded as the questions were not as difficult as I expected. CAT was easier if I compare it with XAT.” This was Shipra’s first attempt.

Nitish Kumar said, “I have prepared for XAT on my own and the exam was quite difficult as compared to the last year. The DM was very difficult this time and the Quantitative section as compared to CAT 2019 was a little difficult.” When asked which was the most difficult section, Nitish said, “Decision Making was the most difficult.”

Pradun Kathuria and Mridul Sharma from TIME said, “We found the exam easier than the last year. There was a poem that came directly from the mocks. Some questions were pretty easy and especially the Quant section. The XAT question paper was quite lengthy but the questions were doable. It was very easy as compared to the last year.” On being asked which was the most difficult section, they said, “None of them actually, it wasn’t very difficult. The difficulty level was moderate.” This was their first XAT exam attempt and they have also appeared for CAT. According to Pradun, CAT was a bit difficult than XAT and Mridul said that since the sections in both the exams are different, CAT and XAT cannot be really compared. “TIME study material was sufficient and more than enough”, they added.

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