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XAT2016ExamAnalysis
XavierAptitudeTest(XAT)2016wasconductedonJanuary3,2016
from10amto1:30pm.

Thetestwasdividedintotwoparts.Thefirstpartwastheusual
XATpaperwhichhadquestionsdividedintothreesectionsVerbal
andLogicalAbility,DecisionMakingandAnalyticalReasoning,and
QuantitativeAbilityandDataInterpretation.AsstatedbytheXAT
authoritiesearlier,thetotaltimeallottedforattemptingthese
questionswas170minutes.

ThesecondpartconsistedofGeneralAwarenessquestionsanda
mandatoryEssayWritingSection.Thetotaltimeallottedtothis
sectionwas35minutes.

TheVerbalandLogicalAbilitySectionhad26questions.The
sectiononDecisionMakingcomprised23questionsandthe
QuantitativeAbilityandDataInterpretationsectionhad29
questions.Eachquestionhad5optionsandallthequestionscarried

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equalmarks.Therewasapenaltyofonefourthmarksallottedfor
everyincorrectanswer.Also,asmentionedearlier,therewasa
penaltyof0.05marksforeveryunattemptedquestionafterthe
first13suchquestions.Thepaperwasquitechallengingthisyear
also.

XAT'2016Pattern
No.of OptimalTime Difficulty Good
Section Questions inMins Level Attempts

Moderate
VerbalAbility 26 45 1618
Difficult

QuantitativeAbilityand Moderate
33 70 1719
DataInterpretation Difficult

Moderate
DecisionMaking 23 55 1618
Difficult

Total 140 Difficult 55

Thedetailedanalysisofallthesectionsisasfollows:

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XAT'2016VerbalandLogicalAbilityAnalysis

Ascomparedtolastyear,theoveralldifficultyleveloftheEnglish
sectionwentup.Onewouldneedacarefulreadinginorderto
eliminatetheoptionsandanswerthequestions.Acoupleof
questionsinReadingComprehensionandCriticalReasoningwere
quitetrickyandcouldonlybedonebyelimination.ParaJumble
questionswereofamoderatelevelofqualityandcouldhavebeen
easilyattempted.

Thebreakupwasasfollows:

Topic Numberofquestions Difficulty

ReadingComprehension 14 Difficult

Vocabulary 1 Moderate

Parajumble 2 Easymoderate

Paracompletion 1 Easy

CR 7 Difficult

Pronunciation 1 Moderate

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XAT'2016DecisionMakingandAnalytical
ReasoningAnalysis

TheleveloftheDecisionMakingwascomparabletothelastyears
paper.Thisyeardidnotseeanylongpassageswhichwasagreat
relief.Hence,lessertimewasrequiredtoattemptthequestionsand
ahighercutoffcanbeexpectedforthissectionascomparedtothe
lastyear

Thebreakupwasasfollows:

Topic Numberofquestions Difficulty

Situational 18 ModerateDifficult

3Easy
Mathematical+AnalyticalReasoning 5
2Difficult

XAT'2016QuantitativeAbilityandData
InterpretationAnalysis:

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ThesectiononQuantitativeAbilityandDataInterpretationwas
slightlyeasierthanlastyears.Therewere22questionsofQAand
mostofthemwerefromGeometry,Algebra,NumberSystemand
Arithmetic.MajorityofthequestionsfromArithmeticweredoable
whereasthequestionsonGeometryandAlgebraweredifficultin
nature.Therewasacoupleofquestionsbasedondirections
(CompanyABCandXYZsharingprofits)whoselanguagewas
ambiguous.

InDataInterpretation,therewere2setscomprising7questionsin
total.Therewereafewquestionswhichwerealittleambiguous.
Inanutshell,onecouldhaveattempted24DIquestionsin2025
minutes.

Thebreakupwasasfollows:

Topic Numberofquestions Difficulty

P&L 2 EasyModerate

TSD,Work 2 EasyModerate

NumberSystem 2 EasyModerate

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Algebra 3 EasyModerate

Puzzles 1 EasyModerate

Geometry,Mensuration 8 ModerateDifficult

Clocks 1 Moderate

Trigonometry 1 Easy

Functions 1 Easy

SetTheory 1 Moderate

DITableBased 3 Difficult

DICombination 4 Difficult

XAT'2016GeneralAwarenessAnalysis:

TheGeneralAwarenesssectionwascomparativelydifficultthan
thatoflastyear's.Thissectionconsistedof25questions.Mostof
thequestionsweresinglestatementbased.Someofthequestions
havingmultiplestatementshadmorethanonecorrectstatements.

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Thestudentscouldhavehadsweatypalmswhileansweringthemas
theyrequiredthestudenttoknoweachandeverystatement
independently.Thekeyareasfromwherethequestionswereasked
arestaticGK(Economy,Geography,Science,Scienceand
Technology)andCurrentGK(Businesseconomyand
miscellaneous).Incomparisontolastyeartherewerenoquestions
fromhistory,sportsandpolitysection.Overallthedifficultylevelof
theGKsectionliesinthe"moderatedifficult"range.Anattemptof
1011questionsfetchingascoreof78canbeconsideredgood.

XAT'2016EssayWritingAnalysis

Thispartofthetestconsistedofanessay.Thetopicoftheessaywas
TechnologyandNaturearenaturalenemies.Likeeveryyear,XAT
camewithaveryinterestingtopicyetagain,onwhichstudents
couldponderandbringoutvariousperspectives.Comparedto
previousyearthistopicwaseasyasinpastyearsXAThada
tendencytogivetopicsthatwereeitherabstractorphilosophical

XAT'2016CutoffsAnalysis

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XLRI XIMB
SPJain GIM IMT GreatLakes
BM HRM GMP BM HRM

7 8 6 6
VA
(80%ile) (90%ile) (75%ile) (75%ile)

9.5 9.5 8 8
DM
(80%ile) (80%ile) (75%ile) (75%ile)

10 7 7.25 7.25
QADI
(90%ile) (70%ile) (75%ile) (75%ile)

Overall 3133 2931 2628 2931 2628 3133 2628 2931 2628

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