XAT Pattern

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XAT Pattern

XAT exam is of 140 minutes and consists of 200 objective type questions and an essay of 250-300 words. Objective questions are asked ffrom the following sections:

• English-80 questions
• Reasoning and Quantitative Ability-60 questions
• General Awareness-60 questions

All these sections are allotted a time of 40 minutes each. For every correct answer a candidates gets 1 mark and 1/3 marks is deducted for an incorrect answer. In the remaining 20 minutes candidates are supposed to write an essay of 250-300 words on a given topic.