Exam

XAT application form filling process includes three steps – online registration, application form filling and payment of fees. Candidates have to complete all these three steps before the deadline to be eligible for appearing in the XAT exam. Check below a brief description of how to fill the XAT application form.

• Log on to XAT website
• Click on 'Registration' tab
• Enter details like name, phone number, email ID, password and captcha code
• The XAT ID and registration link will be shared in email ID
• Click on the link to verify registration
• Go to homepage and click on 'login'
• Enter email ID and password
• You will be taken to the student dashboard
• The XAT application form will be displayed
• Enter relevant details in mandatory fields
• Cross check the information before saving the form
• Pay the XAT exam fee through credit/debit card, UPI or net banking

Candidates have to option to select two cities for allotment of XAT exam centre. The exam is held in 79 cities across India and you can choose any two cities as per your choice. While selecting the test cities for exam centre allotment, candidates must note the following:

• Select your home city or the city of your current residence as your first city of preference.
• Select the second city of preference as the one to which you can easily make arrangement of travel and stay in case you are allotted a centre there.
• The exam authorities strive to allot the exam centre in the city of first preference.
• At the same time, they have the right to cancel an exam centre in case there is not enough number of students or due to any other unforeseen situation.

The difficulty level of the Phase 2 exam is easy to moderate. In 2022, the descriptive paper was easy while the objective paper was moderate. Questions in the subjective paper were asked from LTRO, resistance to change and how to avoid, India's role in 2008 financial crisis, blockerchain disrupt banking, what are the barriers to interpersonal communication and how to overcome it,  managers' role in encouraging ethical behaviour in an organisation. The objective paper carried around four to five questions on RBI notification Legal Entity Identifier (LEI), Payments Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF). In the Management part, there were application-based questions. There were questions on five model personalities, motivation. In Finance, questions were asked from CSIR, defination of small industries, etc. The questions asked in Economics and Social Issues were easy. 

The difficulty level of RBI Grade B Phase 1 exam is usually moderate to difficult. In 2022, the difficulty level of the English section was easy whereas the Quant section was calculative. Current Affairs questions were asked from the recent events that took place in May and April 2022. In General Awareness, there were questions on Budget. Static GK questions were very less. The Reasoning section was difficult and time-consuming. In Quant, questions were asked from Compound Interest and Simple Interest, Quadratic Equation. Reasoning questions were asked from Seating Arrangement, Paragraph Based questions, Statement Based questions. There were two Reading Comprehension in English section. 

A correct approach accompanied by a well-built preparation strategy is everything a student needs to ace JEE Main 2024. A last-minute preparation tips for the exam is mentioned below:

• Solve as many Mock Tests as possible. Shiksha.com is providing FREE preparation JEE Main Mock Test Paper (with Solutions).

• Revise as much as possible

• Cross-check section-wise weightage & syllabus for all subjects covered in JEE Main

• Choose your reference books wisely

• Solve previous year’s JEE question papers there are high chances of getting questions from there

• Keep your focus on NCERT books at this point

While the short-term objective must be to clear JEE Main, the ultimate goal must be to qualify JEE Advanced exam, check out the preparation strategy for JEE Advanced.