28 Dec 2012

XAT



Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation

The topics of this section include numbers, geometry, mensuration, simple & compound interest, average, mixtures & alligations, special equations, ratio, proportion, variation, time & distance, percentage, and profit & loss. The data interpretation questions include Venn Diagram, pie & bar charts.

English language ability

This section is a combination of reading comprehension and English usage questions. Verbal reasoning, consisting of PFQ and fill in the blank questions, is also an important part. Vocabulary questions consist of analogy, synonyms, & antonyms and fill in the blanks. The grammar part consists of fill in the blanks and identification of correct & incorrect options.

Logical reasoning & decision making

The logical reasoning & decision making section includes questions on strengthen/weaken arguments, sentence-based inference and puzzles. The analytical reasoning questions are common.

Essay Writing

The duration for essay writing is 20 minutes. The topics of XAT essays range from political and philosophical topics which require analytical thinking and reasoning skills. The topics of the past few years were: The consequence of gender imbalance – the third World War; The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of riches, the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries; Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need but not every man’s greed; and Poverty is a big menace in India: due to its complexity and magnitude, most of the government initiatives fail.

General awareness

Questions in general awareness will be from business, economics and politics related to business environment. Candidates will have to attempt both essay and general awareness. The duration of the general awareness section is 20 minutes.

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