XAT 2023 Exam Analysis: Score Calculator & Live Analysis

First Impression

This year, there has been a slight change in the exam pattern for XAT with an increase in the number of questions and time to attempt the exam. XAT 2023 comprised 105 questions divided into three parts. Part consisted of Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning, Decision Making and Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation, to be attempted in 175 minutes. Mock Keyboard Testing, the new section, was included in part 2 with a time limit of 5 minutes. General Knowledge and Essay Writing, moved to part 3 were to be completed in 30 minutes. Thus, the total time of the exam was 210 minutes.

Based on the review of the sections, VA was easy to moderate while the RC questions were moderate to difficult. The logical reasoning section was also moderate. A good score in this section would be 14 marks. Similarly, the Decision Making section was moderate in terms of the level of difficulty and candidates could aim for a score of 11 marks. The level of difficulty of QA was easy to moderate while DI was moderate. The overall level of difficulty of XAT 2023 is moderate with a good score of 35 marks.

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XAT 2023 Exam Pattern

Here are a few predictable pointers regarding expected exam patterns that all candidates must remember while preparing for XAT 2023.

Paper

Section

Total Questions

Total Time

Part 1

Verbal and Logical Ability

26

175 minutes

Decision Making

22

Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation

28

Part 2

Mock Keyboard Testing

1

5 minutes

Part 3

General Knowledge

25

30 minutes

Essay Writing

3

Total

105

210 minutes

XAT Marking Scheme

XAT Syllabus

The XAT 2023 syllabus is divided into 5 sections along with an essay question. The essay question is not included in the XAT percentile score calculation and is only considered for evaluation after shortlisting. Given below are the main topics that candidates must cover for XAT 2023 preparation-

Section

Main Topics

Verbal & Logical Ability

Vocabulary, Para jumble, Grammar, Fill in

the blanks, Analogy, Binary Logic, etc.

Decision Making

Data Arrangement, Assumptions, Complex

Arrangement, Conclusions etc.

Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation

Mensuration, Algebra, Geometry, Caselets,

Data charts, Tables, etc.

General Knowledge

Economics and Finance, Books, Authors,

Constitution of India, Current Affairs, etc.

Click here for a detailed understanding of the XAT syllabus.

Colleges Accepting XAT 2023

Here is a list of some institutes that are accepting XAT scores for admissions to their MBA programmes.

Colleges Accepting XAT 2023

XLRI Jamshedpur

Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad

XIM Bhubaneswar

Amity Business School, Noida

Goa Institute of Management

LIBA Chennai

Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai

IFMR, Chennai

Alliance School of Business, Bangalore

T.A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal

XAT Cutoffs

Aspirants who wish to crack XAT and get admission to some of the top B-schools of India can review the previous year cutoffs to establish their goals. Given below is a list of XAT cutoffs 2022-

Colleges

Percentile Cutoffs 2022

XLRI- BM program

93+ (male)

90+(female)

XLRI- HRM program

90+(male non-engineer)

92+ (male engineer)

87+ (female non-engineer)

90+(female engineer)

XIM Bhubaneswar

90+

Goa Institute of Management (GIM), Goa

80+

Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai

80+

Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad

90+

T.A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal

85+

XIME Bengaluru

75+

XIM Jabalpur

80+

IFMR Chennai

75+

XAT 2022 Analysis

Overall, XAT 2022 aspirants had to face 100 MCQ questions and an essay writing question in 190 minutes. The Verbal and Logical Ability was easy, the decision-making section was also not very ambiguous. The Quantitative Aptitude was easy and the Data Interpretation section was also easy and straightforward.

The overall structure of the paper was similar to XAT 2021 except that an essay paper was introduced in the paper just a few days before the exam.

According to CL experts, the section-wise good score for XAT 2022 would be:

The overall difficulty level of XAT 2022 was moderate. The cutoff for the male-engineer category would be 32-33.

XAT 2021 Analysis

After the nightmare of XAT 2020 and a generally unpleasant year of 2020, XAT 2021 was a welcome change. XAT 2021 came back to its usual form which was similar to what was seen in 2017 and 2019. Thus, in terms of the level of difficulty, one can say XAT 2021 was an exam with a moderate difficulty level.

In terms of sectional difficulty:

VALR (Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning): Similar to that of XAT 2019 but easier to read and comprehend. The LOD for this section was Moderate.

DM (Decision Making): Similar to the DM section of XAT 2019/XAT 2018 which was Moderate in terms of the level of difficulty.

QADI (Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation): QADI section was slightly easier than that of XAT2019 but with a couple of DI sets that were lengthy if not difficult. However, with quite a few Arithmetic questions, the section was Moderate in terms of LOD.

XAT 2020

XAT was undoubtedly the toughest exam of the year, yet again. The paper structure was the same as that of last year, which was as expected. The Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning (VALR) section was tougher than last year. The Decision Making (DM) section was of moderate level of difficulty, which is similar to last year. The Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation (QADI) section was marginally easier than last year.

Section

Number of Questions

PGDM-BM Cut-offs* (percentiles)


PGDM-HR Cut-offs* (percentiles)

Male

Female

Male Engineer

Female Engineer

Male Non-Engineer

Female Non-Engineer

Verbal and Logical Reasoning

26

74

72

79

74

78

73

Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation

28

85

75

75

70

70

65

Decision Making

21

78

74

73

68

73

68

Total

75

95

93

93

91

90

88