XAT

The admission process and cut-offs has been explained in the following link: https://www.amrita.edu/admissions/asb-2017
There are multiple eligibility criteria's to be taken care of for joining MBA at ASB. Other criteria's include your CAT/XAT/GMAT/GRE and your performance in the interview. MAT score

You should join good coaching classes to prepare for the entrance exam (CAT, XAT, CMAT, SNAP, MHCET).

Mostly the preparation is similar to CAT and since the exams aren’t that far, there is nothing additional to be done for XAT. You have to solve a lot of sample papers to get a feel of the format and the level of questions expected.

The syllabus of CAT and XAT are very similar in terms of Quant and Verbal.
Apart from this, XAT has GK and essay sections, which are taken into consideration in later stages once you clear cut-offs.
Decision making is the make or break section of XAT, CAT does not have any such section
Also, XAT introd

The XAT cutoff is 99.96 percentile.

There's no information about that. There are various other management exams which are accepted by top MBA colleges, apart from CAT.

Dear Esther,
You may apply.
Kindly share your marks scored in 10th,12th and graduation.
Thanks and all the best.

Hi,
You can refer the below link for helping tips for the preparation of XAT:
https://www.shiksha.com/mba/exams/xat/preparation-tips

XLRI Jamshedpur is yet to announce XAT 2018 dates. The exam is likely to be conducted in the 2nd-week of January 2018.