XAT Exam 2023 Details, Registration Date, Syllabus, Admit Card, Answer Key, Result

XAT stands for Xavier Aptitude Test.  XLRI Jamshedpur releases XAT 2023 notification on the official website: xatonline.in. Candidates willing to take the XAT exam 2023 should visit the official site for updates. XLRI release the application form for XAT in August and closes the registration process by the end of November 2023. 

XAT 2023 Exam Date

Xavier Aptitude Test events are scheduled by XLRI and released on the official site. The events of XAT 2023 are occurred online mode alone. Important dates and events are shared in the table drawn below:

XAT Events	Important Dates
Application process	August 10, 2022
Application process ends	November 30, 2022
Admit card Release	December 20, 2022
Date of Exam	January 08, 2023
Result release	January 31, 2023
Score card Download	January 31, 2023
Last Date to Download Score Card	March 31, 2023

XAT 2023 Highlights

Given below are the highlights of XAT 2023 from notification till the announcement of Result of XAT.

• XAT 2023 is an online mode entrance exam to find placement for MBA/PGDM courses in top B-schools in India.
• It is a computer-based test and the duration of the exam is 190 minutes.
• The exam is conducted once in a year and the mode of application is also online.

A Table is drawn to highlight important facts of XAT 2023

Events of XAT 2023	Details
Name of the Exam	Xavier Aptitude Test
Exam Conducting body	XLRI, Jamshedpur.
Exam level	Nation-level.
XAT Participating colleges	607
Application fee	INR 2000/-
Official page	www.xatonline.in

XAT 2023 Application Form

Candidates can apply for the XAT Exams 2023 by registering themselves initially. Once registered, candidates can fill the application form by downloading online. Xavier Labour Relation Institute (XLRI) issues XAT 2023 application form from August 10, 2023. Only online mode is applicable to apply. 

Candidates should fill all the required details and upload documents. All filled applications are received till November 30, 2023. Take a print out of the XAT Application form 2023 for reference. Candidates should pay the relevant application fee category-wise for the application form. Application. Fee is paid through debit/credit card/net banking/ mobile wallets/ cash cards. INR 2000/- is the application fee.

XAT 2023 Eligibility Criteria

Candidates must go through the XAT 2023 Eligibility Criteria predefined by XLRI, Jamshedpur. It is essential to fulfil all the eligibility criteria before submitting the filled in application form. Several factors including educational qualification, age, work experience, number of attempts and nationality are influencing XAT 2023 Eligibility criteria. 

•  Age: Aspirants should have completed 20 years of age to take the XAT 2023 assessment. XLRI, Jamshedpur has not specified any upper age limit to end-up your attempt. 
• Education Required: Candidates must have completed a degree (Minimum 3 years duration) in any discipline from a recognised University. He/she studying final year graduation may also take the Xavier Aptitude Test 2023. 
• Number of Attempts: XLRI, Jamshedpur has set a lower age limit as 20 years to participate in the Xavier Aptitude Test 2023. However, there is no upper age limit mentioned to take the exam. Candidates may take several attempts to get placement irrespective of the number of attempts tried. 
• Work Experience :Xavier Aptitude Test 2023 conducted by XLRI, Jamshedpur does not ask for previous work experience. Aspirants pursuing work experience are an advantage to increase the chances of admission. 
• Minimum Marks: Passing the graduation is the minimum required marks to take XAT 2023, unlike other Management exams. While other exam categories require an aggregate of 50% of marks in Graduation. 
• Nationality: Citizens of India and foreign lands are invited to take the Xavier Aptitude Test 2023.

XAT 2023 Syllabus

XLRI, Jamshedpur has described Xavier Aptitude Test 2023 syllabus. The subjects include

• Verbal and logical ability
• Decision Making
• General Knowledge
• Essay writing
• Quantitative ability and Data Interpretation.

XAT 2023 Exam Pattern

The exam pattern for Xavier Aptitude Test 2023 involves subjective questions and one subjective question. A table is drawn below to explain the exam pattern:

Subjects	Number of Questions	Total Marks
Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation	28	28
Verbal and logical ability	26	26
General Knowledge	25	25
Decision Making	21	21
Total	100	100

Essay writing is a subjective type question. Marks obtained in essay writing are considered once the candidate is called for an interview.

• Each question carries +1 mark
• For every wrong attempt 0.25 Mark is deducted.
• For more than 8 unattempted questions 0.1 mark is deducted
• No negative marks for G.K Section.

XAT 2023 Admit card

XAT Admit card 2023 is released by XLRI, Jamsshedpur by December 20, 2022 on the official site. Aspirants who applied for XAT 2023 are issued admit cards through their registered emails. It is a very important document that contains the name of the candidate, roll number, date and time of exam, venue of the exam, instruction for the exam, etc are mentioned in the XAT 2023 Admit card. 

How to Download the XAT 2023 Admit card?

Follow the steps to download the XAT Admit card 2023. They are:

• Step 1: Log on to the official site XLRI
• Step 2: Enter login credentials like username and password.
• Step 3: XAT 2023 Admit card is displayed on the new screen.
• Step 4: Click ‘’Download’’ to get copies of XAT 2023 Admit card.

XAT 2023 Exam Centre

Throughout the country, 23 states and 43 exam centres are allotted to appear for the Xavier Aptitude Test 2023. Candidates are advised to choose two XAT Exam  Centres nearer to their residential area. But the exam authority will finalise the allocation of XAT 2023 Exam centre as per terms and conditions.

State	City
Gujarat	Ahmedabad
	Surat
Punjab	Amritsar
Uttar Pradesh	Allahabad
	Greater Noida
	Kanpur
	Lucknow
	Noida
	Varanasi
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal
	Indore
	Jabalpur
Chandigarh	Chandigarh
Tamil Nadu	Chennai
	Coimbatore
	Tiruchirapalli
Delhi	New Delhi
Haryana	Gurgaon
Rajasthan	Jaipur
	Udaipur
Maharashtra	Pune
	Mumbai
	Nagpur
	Nasik
Karnataka	Bengaluru
	Mangalore
Odisha	Berhampur
	Bhubaneshwar
	Cuttack
	Rourkela
	Sambalpur
Kerala	Kochi
	Thiruvananthapuram
Uttarakhand	Dehradun
Goa	Panjim
Assam	Guwahati
Telangana	Hyderabad
Jammu Kashmir	Jammu
Jharkhand	Jamshedpur
	Ranchi
West Bengal	Kolkata
Bihar	Patna
Chattisgarh	Raipur
Andhra Pradesh	Visakhapatnam
	Vijayawada

XAT 2023 Preparation

Preparation tips are useful to succeed in the XAT 2023 Assessment. Valuable tips are shared for the aspirant’s purpose to clear the exam in the first attempt. 

• Get XAT 2023 Syllabus and find books and study material based on syllabus.
• Focus on the weaker section and practice frequently.
• Try to cover all the topics covered in the syllabus.
• Collect XAT previous year question paper and try to solve two papers in a day, atleast.
• Take XAT 2023 mock test, a series of tests to get used to the XAT 2023 Exam pattern. Also refer to question banks to answer tricky questions in minimal time.

XAT 2023 Answer key

XLRI, Jamshedpur will release XAT Answer key 2023 in the second week of January, 2023. Candidates may visit the official page and download the response sheet to estimate marks in the written test and can know the chances for selecting in the next round of XAT 2023 selection process. 

• Provisional XAT 2023 Answer key is released by the exam body.
• It is claimable if any answer seems not correct. 
• Aspirants are given time to submit their objection and claim a revision in the XAT 2023 Answer key.
• The exam board will analyse the objections and revise the answer key. Finally, the revised version of XAT 2023 Answer key is released. 

How to download XAT 2023 Answer key?

Candidates may visit the official page of XLRI to download the provisional XAT Answer key 2023. Follow the steps to download the PDF.

• Step 1: Go to official website of XLRI
• Step 2: Enter username and password to view XAT 2023 Answer key.
• Step 3: Save and download the PDF for future reference.

XAT 2023 Result

Xavier School Of Management will release XAT Result 2023, for the CBT written, by the third week of January 2023. Aspirants can check the result from the official site, view and download the PDF for reference. Once the result is announced, the exam body will set and publish the cut-off marks too. 

How to check the XAT 2023 Result?

Candidates may check the Xavier Aptitude Test 2023 result on the official site. Follow the steps to download the PDF.

• Step 1: Go to the official page 
• Step 2: click  ‘Login’ on the Home page
• Step 3: Enter username and password provided earlier
• Step 4: Now, click on ‘Score card’ button
• Step 5: A new window will display, the XAT 2023 Result
• Step 6: Save and download the PDF for further reference.

XAT 2023 Cutoff

XLRI releases XAT 2023 results by the end of the third week of January 2023. Candidates can also check XAT 2023 Cutoff a few days after the result announcement. Candidates may also check section-wise and overall cutoff for different XLRI programmes.

Sectional & Overall Cutoff	Engineering Stream		Non-Engineering Stream
	Male	Female	Male	Female
VALR	80	75	80	75
DM	75	68	75	68
QA	80	74	73	64
Overall	93	90	90	87

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