XAT 2020 Notification | XAT 2020 Exam Date

XAT is conducted every year by XLRI Jamshedpur on behalf of the XAMI. This paper-pencil based test is taken by approximately 90,000 prospects across India. For the past 60 years, XAT has been conducted in the offline mode (that is, pen-paper test) but from last year it has been conducted in online mode. The scores from this exam are used by more than 150 institutes for admission purposes.

As an exam, XAT is tough to crack because of its level of difficulty and competitiveness. This year, the proposed time duration of the test is 3 hours only. From 2017, the XAT exam has gone online.

XAT 2020 Exam Dates (Tentative):

Events	Dates
Application Start Date	Third week of August, 2019
Last date of application	Fourth week of November, 2019
Last Date of Application (with late fee)	Second week of December, 2019
Admit Card Download	Third week of December, 2019
XAT 2020 Exam	First Sunday of January, 2020 (10 AM-1 PM)
XAT 2020 Official Answer Key	Second week of January, 2020
XAT 2020 Result	Third week of January, 2020

Additionally, go through the list of essential facts about XAT:

Exam Name	Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT)
Conducting body	XLRI Jamshedpur
Exam type	National Level Post-Graduate exam
Purpose of Test	Qualifying Test for admission to XLRI and 150+ B-schools
Periodicity	Once in a year
Score/Percentile Validity	One Year
Mode of the Exam	Online (Computer-based)
Duration of the Exam	3:00 hours
Annual No. of Test Takers	Approx. 90,000
Exam Pattern	Objective questions only
Number of questions	100
Syllabus	Questions from Verbal and Logical Ability, Decision Making, Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation, General Knowledge.
Negative Marking	0.25 marks or 1/4th of the total marks for each wrong answer. (*No negative marking for GK section)
Programmes Offered by XLRI	Business Management (BM), Human Resource Management (HRM) and General Management Programme (GMP)
Official website	http://www.xatonline.in/

XAT is one of the oldest MBA entrance tests being held for the last 60 years. It is considered to be one of the trickiest entrance exams. Preparing with a right approach is sure to land you in a top B-school.