XAT Cutoff Score
XAT is conducted by XLRI Jamshedpur for intake of candidates into its prestigious MBA Programs in the month of January every year. The session for the same gets commenced from either May or June every year. The XAT Examination is considered one of the toughest examinations in the Indian Competition circuit and hence it requires utmost dedication from the candidate’s side to for cracking it.
XAT Exam Pattern:
In XAT examinations, questions are asked from four sections and every question carries almost same mark i.e. 1 marks each. From the quantitative Aptitude section 33 questions are asked, Verbal and Logical Reasoning (28), from analytical reasoning (23) and from General Knowledge 30 questions are asked. In totality 114 questions are asked which accounts for 114 marks. Along with overall cutoff, there is also provision of section wise cutoff which the candidates need to clear for the marks of the next section to be considered. Along with these, there is also an essay section where the candidates have to write an essay of not less than 2000 marks. The overall timing is 3 hours.
XAT Cutoff is a requisite score which is required to be crossed in order to pass that exam. This score makes sure that, those who can score above that will consider qualified in the written examination. For XAT 2016, there are lots and lots of question asked in the examination. So, knowing a cutoff score will surely enable students to score much in the examination. They can accordingly plan their weaker and scoring areas to get maximum of the examination.
How do we calculate the XAT Cutoff score?
The process of calculating the XAT Cutoff score is very lethargic and requires lots of capabilities. Some of the important factors which count to the Cut off score are as follows:
Number of questions asked by the XAT
The number of questions that can be answered easily
The difficulty level of the examination
The number of candidates appearing for the examination.
Final scores of the candidates in each section
Candidates can have a better look at the previous year’s XAT Cutoff released by XLRI to get a better understanding of the standing of the cutoff this year. There is also similarity in the cutoff from the previous years until and unless there is drastic change in the setting of the question paper.
If we do have an analytical look at the previous year’s cutoff, we can analyze the sectional cutoff of various sections in the following ways:
Quantitative Aptitude section: 9-11
Decision Making and Analytical Reasoning: 9-10
Verbal and logical ability: 8-10
General Knowledge: not included in the final score
Along with the sectional XAT Cutoff, the candidates must also know the score they need to get into XLRI as well as its affiliate colleges. Here is the cutoff percentile:
XLRI Jamshedpur – 95
BIMTECH Greater Noida – 75
Goa institute of Management – 90
IFMR Chennai – 85
LIBM Chennai – 90
XIM Bhubaneswar – 95
XIM Jabalpur – 80
XIME Bangalore – 85
XISS Ranchi – 85
These were the percentile cutoff for getting admission into the XAT affiliated colleges along with XLRI. At XLRI, along with total XAT Cutoff, there is course wise cutoff which are as follows:
PG Diploma in Business Management – 94 percentile
PG Diploma in Human Resource Management – 88
PG Diploma in Global Management – 90
If the candidates going to take the XAT 2016 Examination keep this in mind, it will become easier for them to understand and take the examination more efficiently and perfectly with a high chance of passing.
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