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XAT Pattern and Syllabus

The XAT exam is divided into two parts. Part A is of 2 hours and 20 minutes duration which consists of Quantitative Ability, English Language Ability &

Logical Reasoning and Decision Making. Part B of the exam consists of Essay Writing and General Awareness. Duration of this section is 40 minutes.

Questions in General Awareness is from Business, Economics and Politics related to Business Environment. You have to attempt both essay as well as

General Awareness section. Total duration of XAT is of 3 hours.

Section Duration

Part A 140 minutes

Quantitative Ability

English and LR

Decision Making

Part B 40 minutes

Essay Writing

General Awareness

Points to Note

Number of questions varies from year to year.

Number of choices for each question is five.

There is negative marking (1/4) for wrong answers.

XAT paper contains differential marking, so you must read the instructions carefully.

GK Section in Part B has been introduced from 2013.

Duration has been increased by 20 minutes for Part A from 2013.

XAT Previous Year Paper Pattern

XAT 2009 XAT 2010 XAT 2011 XAT 2012

No. of questions (Part A) 104 101 101 85

Marks 104 101 253 100

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This is the most frequent question asked when one starts preparing for CAT. CAT is a test with no predefined syllabus, however past trends suggest that

CAT tests in general aptitude including Verbal Ability (English), Quant Ability (Mathematics), Logical Resoning (LR) and Data Interpretation (DI) skills.

Similar to CAT, there are other admission tests - MAT, XAT, CMAT and SNAP. There are some B-Schools (like IIFT and IRMA) which conduct their own

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CAT English/Verbal Ability: Reading comprehension, verbal reasoning, syllogisms, analogies, antonyms and synonyms, fill in the blanks, sentencecorrection, idioms, etc.

CAT Maths/Quant Ability: Number systems, geometry, trogonometry, probability, permutation combination, algebra, mensuration, time and work,

averages, percentages, profit and loss, quadratic and linear equations, etc.

CAT Data Interpretation: Interpretation and analysis of data based on text, tables, graphs (line, area), charts (column, bar, pie), venn diagram, etc.

CAT Logical Reasoning: Clocks, calendars, binary logic, seating arrangement, blood relations, logical sequence, assumption, premise, conclusion, linear

and matrix arrangement, etc.

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CAT - known as Common Admission Test is all-India national level computer based test conducted by IIMs (Indian Institutes of Management) as

entrance exam for admission to management programmes. Based on CAT percentile score, candidates are called for next stage of selection rejection

process which usually consists of Group Discussion, Essay and Personal Interview (GDPI). CAT is multiple-choice based test with penalties for wrong

answers.

CAT 2013 Paper Pattern:There are two sections. The first section is Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation and second section is Verbal Ability &Logical Reasoning. The duration of the exam is 140 minutes. Each section is separately timed (70 minutes) with 30 questions. CAT 2013 is from 16

October to 11 November.

From the year 2009, CAT is conducted online as Computer Based Test (CBT). Both CAT 2009 and CAT 2010 had 60 questions to be attempted in 2 hours

and 15 minutes, plus 15 minutes tutorial.

CAT 2011 had only 2 separately timed sections. From 2011, Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) started

using CAT score instead of JMET and FMS exam respectively.

SNAP Test Pattern & SyllabusS.No. Section Marks

1 General English: Reading Comprehension, Verbal Reasoning, Verbal Ability 40

2 Quantitative, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency 40

3 General Awareness: General Knowledge, Current Affairs, Business Scenario 40

4 Analytical & Logical Reasoning 60

Total 180

The duration of SNAP is 120 minutes (2 hours). SNAP Test is an objective test with each question having 4 responses. Each wrong answer has 25%

negative marks.