XAT 2021 Student Reactions and Reviews

XAT 2021 exam was conducted today amid COVID-19 safety measures. Check out what the students have to say about XAT 2021 exam.

XAT 2021 exam was conducted today from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM at various exam centres in over 70 cities across India. Shiksha visited a XAT exam centre in Delhi to speak with the candidates about their experience. According to the students who appeared for XAT 2021, the question paper was of moderate difficulty level. The total number of questions was 100 to be solved in 180 minutes. Most of the students Shiksha spoke with said Quantitative Aptitude section of XAT 2021 exam was doable while only two out of four Reading Comprehension passages were lengthy. GK questions were of moderate difficulty and could be completed in 15 minutes

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XAT 2021 Student Reactions and Reviews

Palak said that the Quantitative Aptitude was difficult but other sections were easy. “Verbal Ability and Decision Making questions were easy. The General Knowledge section as moderate. I have done previous years’ XAT question papers, as compared to those XAT 2021 paper was easy. I like it,” she said.

Neha thought the XAT 2021 question paper was of moderate difficulty. “The XAT 2021 question paper was pretty moderate. Some of the questions were easy but then Quantitative Aptitude was a little difficult for me. I think it’s just for me because I am scared of Maths”, she said.

Saksham told Shiksha that the XAT 2021 paper was moderate. “The English section was medium to easy in my opinion. Out of four Reading Comprehension passages, only two were difficult and two were doable. It we talk about Decision Making, I found it doable. If I talk about Quantitative Aptitude section, it is not a strong point of mine, so I did okay,” he said.

Ashutosh Kumar, on the other hand, didn’t seem too happy with the questions. “I attempted almost 40 questions. The Decision Making questions were not very calculative or very tough. It was more about ethics and decision making, meaning what will a manager do in a practical scenarios. It was all about that. English was moderate but it was very lengthy. The most difficult question was Quantitative Aptitude because the questions were very tricky. There was no direct question at all. GK was okay. Only two to three questions out of 25 were on current affairs. Rest were from static GK like national reserve, national park, etc.,” he said.

Another student named Saksham told Shiksha that the XAT 2021 paper was really easy. “English was not tough compared to last year, because I gave XAT last year as well. Coming to the Maths section, it was a bit lengthy but quite average. So, we had enough time to complete 100 questions to be really honest with you. Overall, I found it to be a moderate paper. If you have done around 70-80 questions, that  would be good enough, “ he said.

Vaishnavi felt the paper was doable overall and she performed best in Quantitative Aptitude. “The Quantitative Aptitude section was really doable also most of the time I spent in Quantitative Aptitude section only. Decision Making was also good and I think in Verbal Ability, one or two Reading Comprehension passages were a bit difficult. Overall, I feel the paper was quite doable and not difficult. I think best that I gave was Quantitative Aptitude only. Some questions I found were not too much but a bit lengthy because there were two three sets and one of the set was related to Set Theory. So, that was quite lengthy,” she said.

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