XAT 2015 on January 4, XLRI to test students writing skills and GK too

Jamshedpur : Xavier School of Management ( XLRI) on Tuesday announced the date for the upcoming Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) 2015 to be held on January 4, 2015. The last date of applying is November 22, 2014.

Dr. Munish Thakur, chairperson-admissions at XLRI commented: �The XAT exams for 2015 will be conducted on the first Sunday of January next year, i.e. January 4, 2015. XAT, like every year will follow the pen & paper format, in order to ensure equal opportunity to all candidates.� �XAT has always focused on multi-dimensional examination structure and fairness, to assess aptitude of future business leaders.� he added.

This year, XAT will be conducted from 47 centers all across India that will include the cities -Agartala, Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Amritsar, Bengaluru, Berhampur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Goa, Greater Noida, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mangalore, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nasik, Noida, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Surat, Tiruchirapalli, Trivandrum, Udaipur, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam. The test will also be held in two international cities of Dubai and Kathmandu.

Candidates holding a recognised Bachelor�s Degree in any discipline or equivalent from a recognised university or a deemed university or completing their graduation by June 10, 2015 are eligible to appear for XAT 2015.

Last year, 106 B-schools accepted the scores of XAT exam as part of their admission criteria. Apart from XLRI, other top B-schools in the country include: LIBA, Chennai; XIME, Bangalore; XIM, Bhubaneswar; TAPMI, Manipal; Goa Institute of Management; BIMTECH, Greater Noida; BULMIM, New Delhi; Asia-Pacific Institute of Management, New Delhi; IFMR, Chennai; SPJIMR, Mumbai; WeSchool, Mumbai; Jaipuria Institutes of Management; Gitam Institute of Management, Vishakhapatnam; Globsyn Business School, Kolkata; Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad (MICA); and many other B-schools accept XAT scores for admission of students.

XAT 2015 will be having 3 hours duration and the test will be divided into two parts. The first part will consist of multiple-choice questions on data interpretation & quantitative ability, analytical reasoning & decision making ability and verbal & logical ability and the time allotted will be 2 hours 20 minutes.

The newly introduced 40 minute exam section includes essay writing and general awareness.