XAT

XAT

XLRI (Xavier Labour Relations Institute) Admission Test or XAT also known as the Xavier's Admission Test is a National level exam conducted by XLRI (Xavier Labour Relations Institute) to select the most appropriate students for management education. It is on the basis of XAT result that the eligible candidates are short listed and called for Personal Interview and/or Group Discussion. There are more than 70 Management Institutes who are selecting students from XAT 2011. top

Eligibility

Candidates attempting the exam are required to have acquired a Bachelor's degree under 10+2+3 system from a recognized university or a deemed university. Those completing their final examination by June 10, 2012 may also apply. top

Testing Areas XAT usually comprises 3 sections. The three sections last year were: Analytical Reasoning and Decision Making Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning top Exam Format The test was 2.5 hrs in 2008, 2009 and 2010. XAT 2011 was a multiple choice test of 2 hours followed by an additional test of 20 minutes duration.  The three sections last year were: "Analytical Reasoning and Decision Making", "Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation", "Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning". This was the structure last year:  The Number of Sections: 3 (With an Essay after the test) The Number of Questions: 101 (It may change time to time) No of Choices per question: 5 Time given for the paper: 120 min Time given for the additional test: 20 min Marks for correct answer: Variable (varying from 1 mark to 5 marks) Wrong questions may carry negative marks.  (The incremental negative marking of previous years was replaced by 1/4th negative marking.) Essay Topic: Students are were expected to write an essay of about 250-300 words in 20 minutes. This time instead of essay writing there is a paragraph. “The statesman who would attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals, would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention, but assume an authority which could safely be trusted to no council and senate whatever, and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it.” You have to give Judgement with justification and support it with example.  top Important Dates(Tentative Dates)   Start date of registration for XAT 2011 20th September 2011 End date of registration for XAT 2011 Last week of November 2011 Last date for receipt of competed application forms 1st week of December 2011 XAT 2012 Exam Date 8th January 2012 Results January end 2012 top Affiliated Colleges Click here to view the XAT associated colleges. College Website Acharya School of Management www.acharya.ac.in Affinity Business School www.affinity.ac.in Algol School of Management & Technology www.algolworld.com Alliance Business Academy www.alliancebschool.org Alliance Business School www.absindia.org Bengal Institute of Business Studies www.bibs.co.in Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Usha & Lakshmi Mittal Institute of Management www.biulmim.ac.in BLS Institute of Management www.blsim.org CORE Business School www.corebusinessschool.org Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Institute of Management and Higher Studies www.dduinstitute.org Dept of Management Studies, Goa University www.unigoa.ac.in EMPI Business School www.empiindia.com Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India www.ediindia.org Gitam Institute of International Business www.giib.edu.in Globsyn Business School www.globsynbschool.com Goa Institute of Management www.gim.ac.in HDF School of Management www.hdf.org.in IILM College of Management Studies IILM Academy of Higher Learning www.iilmcms.ac.in IILM Institute for Higher Education www.iilm.edu Indian Business Academy www.ibainternational.org Indian Institute of Finance www.iif.edu Indian Institute of Management Training www.iimtpune.com Indus World School of Business www.iwsb.in Institute for Financial Management and Research www.ifmr.ac.in Institute for Technology and Management www.itm.edu Institute of Business Studies & Research www.ibsar.ac.in Institute of Management and Information Science www.imis.ac.in Institute of Science & Management www.iismr.org International Academy of Management and Entrepreneurship www.iame.org.in International School of Business and Research www.isbr.in International School of Business and Media www.isbm.ac.in International School of Management Excellence www.isme.in Invertis Institute of Management Studies www.invertis.org Jagran Institute of Communication and Management (JICM) www.jicm.edu.in Karunya University www.karunya.edu Kejriwal Insititute of Management and Development Studies www.kimds.in KIIT School of Management www.ksom.ac.in Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies www.kiams-hrr.org Kohinoor Business School www.kohinoor.ac.in Krupajal Business School www.krupajalgroup.org Lovely Professional University www.lpu.in Loyola Institute of Business Administration www.liba.edu MATS Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship www.mats.ac.in MEDHA Business School www.algolworld.com MITCON Institute of Management (MIMA) www.mima.edu.in Mount Carmel Institute of Management www.mountcarmelinstitute.org National Management School www.nms.edu.in National School of Business www.nsbindia.org Oriental School of Business www.ocs.ac.in/osb Praxis Business School www.praxis.ac.in Ravenshaw University www.algolworld.com S P Jain Institute of Management and Research www.spjimr.org Shiva Institute of Management Studies www.shivaims.edu.in Sri Sharada Institute of Indian Management and Research www.srisim.org Suryadatta Group of Institutes www.suryadatta.org Taxila Business School www.taxila.in Training and Advanced Studies in Management and Communications Ltd www.tasmac.ac.in United World School of Business www.unitedworld.in VIT Business School www.vit.ac.in Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research www.welingkar.org WLC College www.wlccollege.org,www.pdpu.ac.in Xavier Institute of Development Action and Studies www.xidas.in Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar www.ximb.ac.in Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship www.xime.org Xavier Institute of Social Service www.xiss.ac.in top How to Apply There are two ways a student can apply: By obtaining the XAT bulletin from Axis bank  OR By obtaining the XAT bulletin from the XAT office, XLRI Jamshedpur.  Procedure for XAT Registration and obtaining XAT Bulletin from Axis Bank  In order to register online for XAT, you have to visit the website www.xlri.net.in and go to "XAT Registration" and fill-in the online XAT form. You will get the XAT ID and password by email after submitting the form. This needs to be retained for future correspondence with XAT Office, downloading XAT Admit card and other transactions. You have to download the XAT Pay-in-slip. The pay-in-slip will have the date of registration, name of the Axis Bank branch, XAT Pay-in-slip No, XAT ID and personal details of the candidate printed on it. The printed pay-in-slip is in three parts. All three parts of the pay-in-slip have to be taken to the Axis Bank branch to buy the XAT Bulletin. On tendering Rs 900/- (cost of XAT Bulletin) along with the printed pay-in-slip, the bank will issue a XAT Bulletin 2012 and enter the XAT Bulletin number, date of purchase and Bank Tran ID and put a bank seal on each part of the pay-in-slip. The bank will retain the Bank's copy of the pay-in-slip with them and return the rest of the pay-in-slip to the candidate. You have to fill-in the detachable form given in the XAT Bulletin. All entries should be same as that filled in the online form. You need to paste your passport size colour photograph and put your signature in the space provided. You have to then attach the XLRI's copy of the pay-in-slip in the space provided on the form. The candidate's copy of the pay-in-slip is to be carefully retained by you for future reference, if any. You have to detach the form from the XAT Bulletin through courier/registered post/speed post and send it to XAT Office, Jamshedpur in the special envelope given inside the XAT Bulletin. This form along with the pay-in-slip should reach the XAT Office, XLRI, Circuit House Area (East), Jamshedpur-831001 within seven days from the date of purchase of XAT Bulletin. Procedure for obtaining XAT Bulletin from XAT Office, XLRI Jamshedpur and procedure for XAT Registration  You have to make a demand draft drawn in favour of "XLRI Jamshedpur A/c XAT" for Rs. 950/- (Rupees Nine Hundred Fifty Only) payable at Jamshedpur. You have to then visit the website www.xlri.net.in and click "XAT Registration and fill-in the online XAT form. The information to be provided includes demand draft number, date of draft drawn, personal information, educational details, work experience etc. After successful submission of the form, you will immediately get your XAT ID and password (which is automatically generated by the system). XAT ID and password needs to be retained by for future correspondence with XAT Office, downloading XAT Admit card and other transactions. After getting the XAT ID and password, you have to download the XAT PP Form. You have to paste your recent passport size colour photograph and put your signature in the designated space provided on the XAT PP Form. Mention your XAT ID and your name on the reverse of the DD. You have to enclose the demand draft along with the XAT PP Form and send it by registered post/speed post/courier so as to reach XAT Office, XLRI, Circuit House Area (East), Jamshedpur-831001 within seven days of DD issue date. XAT office, XLRI Jamshedpur will send the XAT Bulletin 2012 after receiving the XAT PP Form & DD for Rs 950/-. You are not required to send the detachable form given inside the bulletin. You should keep a copy of demand draft, printout of XAT ID and password for future correspondence with XAT Office, downloading XAT Admit Card and other transactions For Admit Card, you have to visit the website www.xlri.net.in, anytime (tentative dates)between 18 December 2011 and 31 December 2011 and take a print out of the same where the address of the test centre will be mentioned. top Official Website www.xlri.net.in