XAT 2019 Analysis (Bangalore)

XAT 2019 Analysis

XAT 2019 Exam Analysis 2019 will be published by MBAUniverse.com immediately after the XAT 2019 exam is over on January 6 2019. The XAT exam analysis will reflect the XAT exam pattern key changes in XAT 2019 and ideal attempts to improve your scores. Since last year XAT has changed its exam pattern by switching over to computer based test from paper based test and has also changed number of questions the XAT analysis 2019 will highlight such changes and the difficulty level in XAT 2019 exam. It is expected that the XAT exam analysis 2019 will see a changed difficulty level and twisted type of questions among other things in XAT exam. Alongwith the XAT Exam 2019 Analysis the cut offs based on XAT Percentile Vs Marks from experts will also be published. Besides the XAT paper analysis by Career Launcher and other prominent XAT coaching centres will be published. For the first time in 2018 Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) was conducted in Online Mode in 314 centres across 49 cities including Dubai and Kathmandu on 7th January 2018. The XAT analysis revealed that at 2 centres the exam couldn t be conducted due to server related technical issues. As such Re-examination was conducted at these centres for the affected students. XAT Analysis last 3 yearsXAT Exam Year201820172016Total Questions10098104Exam Duration3 hours 35 minutes3 hours 35 minutes (Includes 5 minutes Turn around time)3 hours 35 minutes (Included 5 minutes Turn around Time)Exam FormatOnline Computer BasedPaper-Pen BasedPaper-Pen basedMarking Pattern 1 for each correct answer 3 For Essay Writing Test 1 for each correct answer 3 For Essay Writing Test 1 for 3 sections 2 for Reasoning section 3 For Essay Writing TestNegative Marking-25% for each wrong answer-No Negative Marking for GK & Essay Writing Test-25% for each wrong answer-No Negative Marking for GK & Essay Writing Test-25% for each wrong answer-No Negative Marking for GK & Essay Writing TestType of QuestionsMCQs Descriptive EssayMCQs Descriptive EssayMCQs Descriptive EssayAnswer options555Difficulty LevelModerate to HighModerate to HighHighNumber of Sections3 23 23 2Name of Sections with Number of QuestionsVerbal Ability & Logical Reasoning -26Decision Making-21Quant & DI-27GK-25Essay Writing-1Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning -24Decision Making-21Quant & DI-27GK-25Essay Writing-1Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning -26Decision Making-23Quant & DI-29GK-25Essay Writing-1Special FeatureIf more than 8 questions left unattempted a penalty of 0.05 mark for every unattempted question is applied.If more than 12 questions left unattempted a penalty of 0.05 mark for every unattempted question is appliedIf more than 13 questions left unattempted a penalty of 0.05 mark for every unattempted question is applied For direct Admission in top Private MBA colleges through management quota contact us on - 91- 7676514567 9886588601 XAT Exam Analysis 2018 XAT 2018 exam had 100 questions divided in 5 sections. Out of 92000 candidates who registered for XAT 2018 around 85000 appeared in XAT 2018 held on January 7 2018 from 10AM to 1.35PM. XAT 2018 remained a bit difficult exam but has been rated moderate overall and almost at the same level as last year. Students have found XAT 2018 a bit more lengthy but not a very difficult exam except that the questions in Decision Making section were rated more difficult. For direct Admission in top Private MBA colleges through management quota contact us on - 91- 7676514567 9886588601 XAT Paper Analysis revealed that XAT 2018 was the first online computer based test and as such it also faced some technical glitches. Official Spokesperson of XLRI Xavier School of Management said on this issue This year for the first time Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) was conducted in Online Mode in 314 centres across 49 cities including Dubai and Kathmandu on 7th January 2018. However at 2 centres due to server related technical issues the exam couldn t be conducted. Re-examination will be conducted at these centres for the affected students. The new date will be will be announced very soon and communicated to the affected students. XAT 2018 Exam Difficulty level & topic overviewOverall XAT 2018 was a moderately difficult exam Quant section had 27 questions and was easier compared to last year papers Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning had 26 questions and was slightly more difficult. There was only 1 set of question on logical reasoning. Decision Making section had 21 questions and was trickier than other two sections and was time consuming. GK Section had 25 questions. Almost 50% of questions were based on Current Affairs. Essay Topic was on Ethics and Sustainability. Total limit was 200 words. XAT 2018 XLRI Cut offs is expected to be 33-35 Technical glitches were also reported from some of the XAT centres as XAT 2018 was the first online XAT exam. At some centres exam started late and at at few other centres test could not get over in time. After sorting out the technical issues time loss was also compensated and candidates did not suffer due to any technical problem. XAT Analysis Technical glitches reported Gurgaon exam rescheduled Moderately difficult paper XAT Analysis Tricky Decision Making difficult Verbal to keep cut offs low 1st CBT faces technical issuesThe test was divided into two parts. The first part was the usual XAT paper which had questions divided into three sections Verbal Ability and Logical Decision Making and Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation. As stated by the XAT authorities earlier the total time allotted for attempting these questions was 170 minutes.The second part consisted of General Awareness questions and a mandatory Essay Writing Section. The total time allotted to this section was 40 minutes.The Verbal and Logical Ability Section had 26 questions 2 more than last year. The section on Decision Making comprised 21 questions and the Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation section had 27 questions. Each question had 5 options and all the questions carried equal marks. There was a penalty of one-fourth marks allotted for every incorrect answer. Also as mentioned earlier there was a penalty of 0.05 marks for every un-attempted question after the first 8 such questions. The paper though slightly easier was still quite challenging. For direct Admission in top Private MBA colleges through management quota contact us on - 91- 7676514567 9886588601 Exam PatternSectionNo. of QuestionsOptimal Time in MinsDifficulty LevelGood AttemptsExpected CutoffBMHRVerbal Ability and Logical Reasoning2655Difficult17-197-7.56-6.5Decision Making2145Moderate16-178.5-97.5-8Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation2770Moderate18-1912-139-10Total 74 Moderate - Difficult54-5535-3631-32 The detailed analysis of all the sections is as follows Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning Verbal ability and Logical Reasoning was tough. The section was dominated by Reading Comprehension and Critical Reasoning. The 2 para jumble questions were easy and so was the lone grammar question. The FIB questions were difficult and some of the CR questions were really difficult. The vague reasoning used in some RC questions made life difficult for the candidates. The RC passages were from familiar areas of Philosophy and Logic.A serious candidate could have attempted 17-19 questions with 70% accuracy. It was definitely time consuming and a student could have taken around 50-55 minutes for the section. For direct Admission in top Private MBA colleges through management quota contact us on - 91- 7676514567 9886588601 The breakup was as follows TopicNumber of questionsDifficultyGood AttemptsReading Comprehension13(4 passages 3 3 and 4 )Moderate - Difficult8-9CR5Difficult3-4Poem Comprehension2 (1 poem)Bizarre1Grammar Correct the sentence1Easy1Para-jumble 5 sentence2Moderate1-2FIB 3 blanks3Difficult1-2Decision Making and Analytical Reasoning The level of the Decision Making was slightly easier as compared to last year. There were no singlets and it made the task of reading easier. The length of the caselets was shorter than usual. Hence the paper seemed to be easier. Situational decision making dominated the section with 18 questions. There were only three questions from Mathematical Analytical Reasoning. This set on trains and stations was easier than the poor-sabzi set of last year. There were 5 caselets with 3 questions each and 3 caselets with 2 questions each. For direct Admission in top Private MBA colleges through management quota contact us on - 91- 7676514567 9886588601 The breakup was as follows TopicNumber of questionsDifficultyGood AttemptsSituational18Moderate13-14Mathematica l Analytical Reasoning3Moderate2-3Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation The section on Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation was slightly easier than last year s. However one of the DI sets was slightly tricky. There were 17 questions of QA and most of them were from Geometry and Algebra. Majority of the questions from Arithmetic were doable whereas the questions on Geometry were difficult in nature. There were two caselet questions based on sports.In Data Interpretation there were 2 sets comprising 8 questions in total. There were a few questions which were a little ambiguous.There were 2 DS questions which were slightly complex as well. For direct Admission in top Private MBA colleges through management quota contact us on - 91- 7676514567 9886588601 In a nutshell one could have attempted 4-6 DI questions and 14-16 Quant questions inabout 65-70 minutes. The break-up was as follows TopicNumber of questionsLevel of DifficultyArithmetic4EasyAlgebra6EasyModern maths2EasyGeometry4Easy-ModerateNumber System3Easy-ModerateData Sufficiency2EasyDI (Game based)3EasyDI (Mixed Graph)3Easy-moderateTotal11Easy-moderate General Knowledge The level of difficulty of the General Knowledge section was slightly higher than last year. This section comprised 25 questions. Most of the questions were single-statement based. Some of the questions having multiple-statements had more than one correct statement. The key areas from where the questions were asked were static GK (Economy Geography Science and Technology) and Current GK (Business economy personalities awards sports and miscellaneous). Overall the difficulty level of the GK section lies in the moderate-difficult range. An attempt of 12-14 questions fetching a score of 9-10 can be considered good.SectionNo. of questionsDifficulty LevelHistory2DifficultGeography3Moderate-Diff icultEconomy & Business6Moderate-DifficultCurrent Affairs3ModeratePersonality & Awards4ModerateScience & Tech2EasyPolity1DifficultMiscellaneous2Modera te-DifficultSports2Easy-ModerateTotal25Modera te- DifficultEssay Writing The essay topic was Ethical Practices and Sustainability Do they co-exist The topic was from a familiar area. The question of profit vs. moral values has assumed a tremendous significance in the recent days. So the student was supposed to be ready with the topic. It was definitely expected Cut offs by CL XLRIXIMBSP JainGIMIMTGreat LakesTopicBMHRMGMPBMHRMVA7 (80%ile)6.5 (77%ile)-6.25 (75%ile)6.25 (75%ile)---DM7.5 (77%ile)7 (70%ile)-7.25 (75%ile)7.25 (75%ile)---QA12 (88%ile)9 (72%ile)-9.25 (75%ile)9.25 (75%ile)---Total35 (96 ile)31 (92.5 ile)20 (70 %ile)30 (90%ile)29 (88%ile)32 (93%ile)27 (85%ile)30 (90%ile)24 (80%ile) For direct Admission in top Private MBA colleges through management quota contact us on - 91- 7676514567 9886588601