XAT 2025 Student Reactions and Reviews
Xavier Aptitude Test 2027 ( XAT )
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3 Jan '27
XAT exam 2025 was held today and the paper was of moderate difficulty level. Check here XAT 2025 student reactions and reviews as shared with Shiksha.
Candidates talk about XAT 2025 exam
XAT 2025 exam was held today. The exam was of moderate to high difficulty level. Shiksha visited a XAT exam centre to speak with candidates who appeared for the exam. XAT 2025 test takers told Shiksha how the paper was and what are their expectations from it.
XAT 2025 score is accepted by over 800 B-schools in India, apart from XLRI Jamshedpur. This year, over 1 lakh candidates are expected to have appeared for the exam. Definite number of test takers is expected to be released by XLRI later. XAT 2025 result will be announced by the third week of January 2025.
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XAT 2025 Student Reactions and Reviews
Prateeksha told Shiksha, “My XAT 2025 exam went okay for me. Not so great, not so bad. Decision Making was quite lengthy as we had to read lengthy paragraphs and to choose the right answer was quite difficult. Quant was fine. I had not prepared for GK section so it was not good for me and I found English section good. I appeared for CAT 2024 also. Time management was easy in XAT, but Quant questions were bit tough and Decision Making was not there in CAT. “
Priyanka told Shiksha, “XAT 2025 was moderate to difficulty level. Reading Comprehension passages were lengthy. Some questions of Quants section were easy in the beginning but the difficulty level rose later. Decision Making was moderate. GK questions were okay. If you knew recent current affairs then you could handle GK. If I compare XAT 2025 with mock tests, then I can say the main exam was easy. I have appeared for CAT 2024, SNAP 2024 and NMAT 2025. XAT’s difficulty level was a bit lower than CAT.”
Tanya told Shiksha that here exam went well. “In Quant, the difficulty level was moderate to difficult. Decision Making, I would say, was between easy to moderate. English too was easy to moderate. The XAT 2025 question paper was not difficult but lengthy as usual. I appeared for SNAP 2024, MAT 2024 and NMAT 2024 too. SNAP and MAT were easy but I felt NMAT was a bit difficult than XAT,” she added.
Shreya shared with Shiksha, “XAT 2025 was pretty good. I found the DM section, which is hyped as difficult, to be quite easy. Quants was manageable. However, the DI section was pretty interesting and VA was slightly challenging but doable. GK was very easy. Some questions were from events that happened few weeks back, like who won the World Chess Championship. Surprisingly, DI was dominant. We are used to see quant heavy XAT but it was different this time. Arithmetic and mensuration questions were dominant."“
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Paavni said, “XAT 2025 was good. Quants was easy, VARC was a bit subjective. It was more interpretation based. DM questions were a bit tougher than last year but still manageable. GK was relatively good. Previously, more questions were asked from Static GK, this year, there were more current affairs questions. I appeared for CAT 2024, and XAT 2025 was easier than that. I am hoping for 90-95 percentile. “
Another aspirant named Tanya told Shiksha that XAT 2025 was moderately difficult. “My Quant is little weak so I couldn’t attempt a lot of questions. My critical reasoning is very good, according to me (I am not sure of answers I have marked on the paper), so I would say it was okay.DM and VA were okay. This was my second attempt on XAT. If I compare, the DM questions were more difficult last year, and this year because I was prepared more to so could understand DM elaborately. XAT is an adaptive test and it test your logic”, she added.
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