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XAT 2024 was held today. Check out XAT 2024 student reactions and question paper review to know the difficulty level of the exam this year.
XAT 2024 student reactions and reviews
XAT 2024 exam was held today. About 1.30 lakh students appeared for the exam which was held at over 70 cities. As per the feedback of test takers, the XAT 2024 question paper was moderate to tough in terms of difficulty level. The Verbal Ability section was moderate, the Quantitative Aptitude was tough for some students but all of them found Decision Making moderate. Most of the candidates opted for the topic on social media-fake news for Essay Writing.
Shiksha visited a XAT 2024 exam centre to know from candidates their opinion of the XAT exam. This particular examination centre was located in a remote area and some students faced technical problems while taking the test. Some female students also shared safety concern due to the centre's far off location. Here’s the XAT 2024 exam review by candidates.
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XAT 2024 Student Reactions
Anjali Patel
“XAT 2024 exam was quite difficult for me. Quants section was moderate to difficult, Verbal Ability was too lengthy. Decision Making questions were doable. Decision Making questions were based on companies and management topics. Verbal Ability has 6 comprehensions and grammar questions. In Quants Arithmetic and Algebra dominated the section. I attempt the topic on social media. “
No change has been announced in the XAT exam. The test will be administered just like yesterday. The duration of the exam will be 210 minutes and the questions will be in MCQ format. There will be a total of 100 questions on Decision Making, Quantitative Aptitude and Data Interpretation, Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning and General Knowledge.
There will be one essay-based question too. XAT 2025 will have a sectional time limit which means candidates will have to complete a section of the test within the given time limit.
Marking scheme is also the same as last year. For each correct answer, candidates will get 1 mark and for each incorrect attempt, 0.25 marks will be deducted. The XAT result will be based on several correct and incorrect entries. The essay will be evaluated for PI selection process only.
Yes, the XAT exam has negative marking of -0.25 marks for wrong attempt. Unanswered questions have no negative marking but if there are 8 consecutive unanswered questions, 0.10 marks will be deducted. Thus, the candidates must select questions to solve very carefully in the XAT exam. They should solve only those questions which they know they can solve accurately. The XAT exam has sectional time limit too, so you may not want to waste time on a question that you cannot solve accurately. You stand to lose both time and marks. So be careful in selecting questions in the XAT exam. The sectional cut off for XAT is usually 80 percent accuracy. Practice a lot of mock tests to develop this skill.
Kashika
“XAT 2024 was moderate. Verbal and Reasoning section was moderate. Quants and DI questions were also moderate, but in Decision Making it will depend upon your choice of answer. In essay writing, I attempted the topic on social media.”
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Nandini
“XAT 2024 difficulty level was same as previous years. Section wise, Verbal passages were dense this time and Decision Making was easier as compared to previous years. For essay, there was one on social media which I wrote. I faced technical difficulties during exam. My mouse was not working properly, I asked them to change it so after sometime they came, stopped my exam and then changed it. The expected cut offs will be same as previous years. “
Kanishka Garg
“Quant was a little difficult but Decision Making was fine. For me Quants was on the difficult side, for others it may not be. In comparison to XAT 2024, CAT 2023 was tougher.”
Sanchita Gupta
Xaviers College conducts an entrance exam for BMS (Bachelor of Management Studies) which consists of multiple choice questions. The exam is conducted for a total of 100 marks, where each question carries one mark. Candidates must note that there is no negative marking for wrong answers and also for questions left unanswered by the candidate. This provides a fair and equal opportunity for all candidates to attempt all the questions without fear of losing marks for wrong or unanswered questions.
XAT exam is more Quantitative Ability and Verbal and Logical Ability based. Which is why these two sections have more weightage than rest of the section. And between these two, Quantitative Ability has more weightage. In terms of marks too, the Quantitative Ability has maximum weightage, i.e. 28 marks, followed by Verbal and Logical Ability with 26 marks, General Knowledge carries 25 marks and Decision Making carries 22 marks.
XAT Sections | Number of Questions | Total Marks |
|---|---|---|
Decision Making | 22 | 22 |
Verbal and Logical Ability | 26 | 26 |
Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation | 28 | 28 |
General Knowledge | 25 | 25 |
Essay Writing | 1 (out of 3 options) | To be evaluated at the time of shortlisting |
XAT is an MCQ based test and all questions carry equal marks. The total marks of the exam is 100 and every question carries 1 mark. Decision Making carries 22 marks, Verbal and Logical Ability carries 26 marks, Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation carries 28 marks and General Knowledge carries 25 marks.
There is negative marking too in XAT, that you should be aware of. Check below the marking scheme of XAT.
- One mark is awarded for each right answer
- 0.25 marks is deducted for each wrong answer
- 0.10 marks is deducted for more than eight unanswered consecutive questions
- There is no negative marking in General Knowledge section
- Scores of General Knowledge section will not be considered for calculating XAT score
- The score of Essay Writing will be taken into consideration at the time of PI shortlisting
“XAT 2024 was not that tough for me. For me, the Quants section was a bit difficult but the rest of the sections were okay. I chose the social media topic in Essay Writing section. I hope I get selected, and get 90 percentile.”
Aprajita
“My exam was okay, but the test centre management, I would say was not great. It was all over the place and it was actually pretty chaotic. I had to change my seat 2-3 times and I ended up losing 10-15 minutes of my exam. Towards, the end of the exam, they make people stay, so that everyone can complete their exam, but here there was nothing like that. I did not get time compensation for losing the time.
The exam was moderate in terms of difficulty level. In VA section, there were some passages that I found difficult. I chose the topic on technology."
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As per the latest XAT exam pattern, there will be 95 questions in XAT 2025 in MCQ format.
There will be no essay writing this year. It will be conducted during the selection process.
It is not mandatory to solve all the questions. Candidates should solve only those questions which they can solve correctly as there is negative marking in XAT. During the exam preparation, focus on the chapters from which majority of the questions are added. This will help them in achieving the sectional and overall cut offs are required.