XAT Exam 2023: Dr. Prof Vishwa Ballabh, faculty of economics at XLRI, is the new XAT exam convenor.
XAT or Xavier Aptitude Test is conducted by XLRI Jamshedpur, the oldest B School of the nation, for more than 7 decades on behalf of XAMI. XAT is the most popular test for aspirants of management programmes after CAT (Common Admissions Test) which is conducted by the Indian Institute of Management (IIMs).
Dr. Vishwa Ballabh, has done his Ph.D. (Agr.Eco.) from IARI, New Delhi, and is a faculty of Economics and Chairperson Centre for Rural Management, XLRI, Jamshedpur since 2006. Dr Vishwa Ballabh has various journal articles and scholarly books to his credit. Courses taught by Dr. Ballabh are Economic Environment of Business; International Business Economics; Strategies of Cooperation; Macroeconomics; Managerial Economics; Macroeconomic Theory and Policy and Agripreneurship.
Read : Dr. Vishwa Ballabh’s inputs in Budget 2021, published in campusutra.com
XAT 2023 Dates and Accepted by
The dates are yet to be announced by XLRI. Our prediction is that XAT-2023 will be held on Jan 8th, 2023. Students can consider this as a tentative date and plan accordingly however we shall confirm the exact dates and time once there is an official announcement.
Along with the growing popularity of XAT among MBA aspirants more and more management institutes are now accepting XAT scores to shortlist students for the admission process be it MBA or PGDM or PGP. Currently 90-100 top B Schools of India accept XAT scores for the selection process of new batches.
Also Read: Compare Business Schools: XLRI vs IIM Lucknow vs JBIMS
Second chance for students after CAT
XAT is also considered an alternative and a second chance by students who may not have fared well in the CAT exam. Some of the top Business Schools across the country that accept XAT Score – XLRI Jamshedpur, Delhi NCR, MDI Gurgaon (for PGDM BM), IMT Ghaziabad, XIM University, MICA, IMI Delhi, FORE School of Management, TAPMI Manipal University, K J Somaiya Institute of Management Somaiya Vidyavihar University, GIM Goa, XIME Bangalore, IMT Nagpur, VIT Business School VIT University, LBSIM Delhi, IMT Hyderabad, VJIM Hyderabad, GLIM Chennai & Gurgaon, BIMTECH, LIBA, IFMR GSB Krea University, JAGSOM Vijaybhumi University and many others.
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Particulars |
Details |
| XAT exam conducting body |
XLRI Jamshedpur |
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Exam mode |
Online |
| Registration Windows |
2nd week of Aug -30 Nov, 2022 |
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Exam date |
Jan 08 2023 (Tentative) |
| XAT 2023 time duration |
180 minutes (3 hours) |
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Total no of Q |
100 |
| Total marks |
100 |
XAT Exam 2023 Pattern
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Section |
Total No of Q | Time (minutes) |
| Paper 1 | 75 Q |
165 |
|
Decision Making |
21 |
No sectional time limit |
|
Verbal and Logical Ability |
26 | |
| Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation |
28 |
|
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Paper 2 (GK) |
25 Q | 15 |
| Total | 100 |
180 |
