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Exam Description: The Xavier Aptitude Test prominently known as XAT is a National Level Entrance Test conducted by Xavier School of Management (XLRI) Jamshedpur on account of Xavier Association of Management Institutes (XAMI). XAT is conducted every year to select potential students for management programs offered by top business schools, associated with the institution as part of XAMI. Apart from XAMI, 160 other MBA Colleges also will accept XAT Score for shortlisting students in their various PGDM 2023-25 management programs. XLRI Jamshedpur has been conducting the exam for more than 70 years now. Last year the pattern of the entrance exam was changed from offline pen-paper mode to computer-based online mode. The registration process can be completed and the application form of XAT 2023 can be filled online on the official website of XAT from 10 August 2022. Candidates willing to take the exam must also make the registration fee of INR 1800 via any online payment gateway. The last date to apply for XLRI XAT Exam 2023 is expected to be 30 November 2022. The admission chances for admission to well-known management institutions such as XLRI, SPJIMR, and XIMB totally depend on students' cut offs. Students can still apply for many top Business schools such as IMT, FORE, TAPMI, and BIMTECH, as their application window is still open. XAT Full Form is Xavier Aptitude Test and XLRI Jamshedpur conducts the exam for admission to various MBA Institutes across India. Every year, more than 1,00,000 students from all the fields such as engineering, commerce, humanities, science, law, etc. apply for the exam and seek admission to the top institute offering MBA Admission. Over the years, the exam has become easier to crack and students can actually score higher percentiles in the exam with a proper and serious preparation. XAT Exam 2023 Notification XLRI Jamshedpur has released XAT Exam 2023 notification on its official website. This notification consists of XAT Exam Date 2023 and other XAT Exam Dates such as registration start, registration end, admit card release, etc. As per XAT Previous Year Question Paper by XLRI Jamshedpur, XAT Exam Pattern underwent a few changes again. The exam to be conducted on 2nd Jan will have 101 questions instead of 100 questions as the last year's question paper. XAT Essay Writing is again a part of XAT Question Paper after 3 years. Despite COVID-19 situation across the country, XLRI conducted XAT 2022 as a center-based test across 72 cities in the country. Changes Introduced in XAT Exam 2023 There are a few changes that XLRI Jamshedpur has brought in XAT 2023 Exam. These changes are mentioned below: XAT 2023 Application Fee has now been increased to INR 1800 to INR 1750. Total No. of questions in the paper has been changed to 101 from 100. Test timing will be from 9:30 AM to 12:40 PM. Total number of questions increased from 100 to 101. Essay Writing Test has been reintroduced. (It was scrapped in 2019) (Not taken into account for percentile calculation) XAT 2023 will have 100 MCQ Type questions and 1 Descriptive question. Scribes of Candidates with visual impairment will be given extra 25 minutes to solve Part 1 of the exam. All the questions are of MCQ type. General Knowledge and Essay Writing Section n Part 2 will have no negative marking. Essay shall be considered and evaluated after the candidates are shortlisted for the Personal Interview round. Candidates will be rewarded with 1 mark for each correct answer. 25% of the total mark of a question will be deducted as penalty if answered wrongly. After every 8 unattempted questions, 0.10 marks will be deducted as penalty for every unattempted question. Candidates with visually impaired conditions will be provided additional 25 minutes to solve part 1 of the question paper. All the questions will contain 5 options with one correct answer. Highlights of XAT Exam It is a very common question among students why they should take the XAT examination when there are other very popular MBA examinations available. So, it is very important to know that there are institutes such as IIMs, IITs, FMS Delhi and others which accept CAT scores. There are few like XLRI Jamshedpur that accept only XAT score for their MBA Programs other than 160 other Top B-schools of India.