XAT 2025 exam pattern has been revised. As per the latest notification issued by the examination body, the XAT exam will be of 180 minutes only. Check here what are the changes in XAT 2025 exam.
XAT 2024 exam pattern revised
XLRI today announced changes in the XAT 2025 exam pattern. This year, the exam will be held for 180 minutes only. The Essay Writing section has been scrapped yet again. It was earlier scrapped in 2019 and the reintroduced in 2022. Along with the scrapping of essay writing, the number of questions in General Knowledge section has also been reduced. Moreover, performance in GK will be evaluated during XLRI selection process.
XAT 2025 Exam Pattern Revised
Check the table below for the new XAT exam pattern. The XAT 2025 question paper will be based on the same:
| XAT Part 1 |
VALR – 26 questions Decision Making – 21 questions QA and DI – 28 questions |
170 minutes |
| XAT Part 2 |
GK – 20 questions |
10 minutes |
| Total |
95 questions |
180 minutes |
| GK |
To be evaluated during selection process |
|
| Analytical Essay Writing |
To be conducted during selection process |
|
Earlier, the XAT exam was of 210 minutes and included essay writing which was evaluated at the time of PI shortlisting. Till last year, the number of questions in GK section were 25, now it has been reduced to 20. As per the examination body, “these modifications are designed to ensure that XAT remains a robust and efficient tool for assessing the potential of candidates” seeking admission to XLRI’s various management programmes.
XAT 2025 registration process started on July 15, 2024. The exam has been scheduled on January 5, 2024. The XAT 2025 exam will be held in 72 cities across India. The exam timings will be mentioned in the XAT 2025 admit card.
Also Read: XAT 2025 registration started; check full schedule and apply
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| Dates | Pattern | Syllabus | Registration |
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.
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 |
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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.