XAT 2013

The duration of XAT 2013 will be increased to 3 hours from to 2 hours and 20 minutes. Previously, the duration of the three sections was 2 hours and that of the essay writing was 20 minutes. According to Prof. Ballabh, the exam will be divided into two parts. The first part would have domain-specific sections and its duration would be 2 hours and 20 minutes. The next part would not only have an essay writing question, which is common for XAT paper, but would also have a section on general awareness. The duration of this part will be 40 minutes, divided equally between essay writing and the general awareness section.

The general awareness section will have 20-30 questions. The total number of questions in the three sections varies from year to year. Last year, there was a drop in the number of questions from 101 to 85. The number of questions for XAT 2013 has not been decided yet. “This year, the number of questions will remain more or less the same. The capability of solving the questions depends on the difficulty level, and not on the number,” Prof Ballabh said.
106 B-schools to accept XAT 2013 scores

This year, 106 B-schools will accept the scores of XAT exam compared with 101 in the previous year. The rise in the number provides aspirants a better chance of admission. Apart from top B-schools like XLRI, LIBA, Chennai; XIME, Bangalore; XISS Ranchi; Goa Institute of Management; TAPMI, Manipal; BIMTECH, Greater Noida; BULMIM, New Delhi; Asia-Pacific Institute of Management, New Delhi; IFMR, Chennai; SPJIMR, Mumbai; WeSchool, Mumbai; Jaipuria Institutes of Management; Gitam Institute of Management, Vishakhapatnam, and Globsyn Business School, Kolkata; Mudra Institute of Communication Ahmedabad (MICA) will accept XAT 2013 scores for the first time.