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Xavier Aptitude Test 2026 ( XAT )

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Updated on Jul 10, 2025 17:39 IST

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Xavier Aptitude Test or XAT is a management aptitude test for admission to PGDM courses offered by XLRI, Jamshedpur and other 800 B-schools in India. XAT 2026 exam will be held on January 4, 2026 and registrations for the same began on July 10, 2025. Click on the links below to get the latest updates on XAT exam. 

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The Bangalore University MBA Cutoff 2025 has been announced for admission to the MBA/PGDM programme via the Karnataka PGCET, CAT, NMAT, XAT, and other accepted exams. According to the Bangalore University Karnataka PGCET Cutoff 2025, students needed to obtain a rank of 3375 for admission to ABBS Ba

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Neerja Rohatgi

Contributor-Level 10

Answered Yesterday

Every question of XAT carries 1 mark and a score of 38 to 42 usually covert into 99 percentile, so candidates should aim for the same number of correct attempts in the exam. XAT has negative marking so they should not attempt any question, if they are not sure of, otherwise it will affect the overal

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Nishtha Shukla

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Answered Yesterday

The CCSU MBA Cutoff 2025 has been released for admission to the MBA programme via the XAT, MAT and CAT entrance examinations. The CCSU XAT Cutoff 2025 was 50 for the Gender-Neutral Candidates under the All India quota. In the case of CCSU MAT Cutoff 2025, the qualfying cutoff percentile was 75 for t

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Neerja Rohatgi

Contributor-Level 10

Answered 3 days ago

GIBS accepts scores from all major management entrance exams, including:

  • CAT

  • XAT

  • MAT

  • CMAT

  • GMAT

  • ATMA

  • State CET

This gives students multiple options to apply. Along with entrance exam scores, GIBS also looks at the overall profile, communication skills, and interest in management, which makes the admission pr

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Ahmedbasha

Contributor-Level 8

Answered a week ago

Yes, apart from CAT/XAT/MAT/CMAT/ATMA, PIBM conducts its own entrance exam called PMAT (PIBM's Online Aptitude Test). Shortlisted candidates from PMAT then appear for the Written Test, Group Discussion (GD), and Personal Interview (PI) as part of the selection process.

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Ruchika Chouhan

Beginner-Level 5

Answered a week ago

Yes, if you have secured an 82nd percentile in XAT, you can get the scholarships for pursuing an MBA course at FOSSTIMA Business School. The concessions on fees that the school provides are:

  • A scholarship of INR 3 Lacs for a percentile holder from 80 to 85.

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Abhishek Hazarika

Contributor-Level 10

Answered a week ago

No. Scores in CAT/XAT/GMAT is not mandatory for admission into BITS Pilani MBA in Business Analytics. However, those who have appeared for these entrance exams will get their score considered in the selection criteria. Appearing for BAAT exam is mandatory for MBA Business Analytics admission.

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Dhanya Shekhar

Beginner-Level 5

Answered 2 weeks ago

The XAT Cutoff 2025 was released for admission to the MBA/ PGDM programme for Gender-Neutral candidates belonging to the All India quota. The Rajagiri Business School XAT Cutoff 2025 was 15 percentile for admission to the PGDM course. Candidates needed to secure at least 15 percentile to avail admis

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Neerja Rohatgi

Contributor-Level 10

Answered 2 weeks ago

XAT VARC is moderately tough and requires adequate practice. This section has about 27 questions and some are based on RC passages including a poem. To be able to understand and attempt RC questions, good control on English comprehension is required. Verbal Ability, Grammar and Vocabulary questions

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Anya B

Contributor-Level 6

Answered 2 weeks ago

There is no change in the XAT exam pattern 2026. The structure of XAT 2026 question paper will be same as XAT 2025 question paper. There will be no essay writing this year.  Candidates will get 180 minutes to solve about 95 questions in MCQ format.

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Anyam Kalra

Contributor-Level 6

1133 Institutes accepting XAT

XLRI Xavier School of Management

Jamshedpur Private

XLRI Xavie
  • 30.60 Lakh
  • 2 years
  • |
  • Full Time

Guwahati University - GU

Guwahati Public

Guwahati U
    • 2 years
    • |
    • Full Time
      • 2 years
      • |
      • Full Time

      University of Mumbai [MU]

      Fort, Mumbai Public

      University
        • 2 years
        • |
        • Full Time

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