XAT 2024 will be conducted on Sunday, January 7, 2024. XLRI conducts XAT on behalf of XAMI. For more than 72 years XLRI is conducting XAT at all India level to select the most appropriate students for management education. The XAT score is being used by more than 160 institutes for the admission.

XAT 2024 would be conducted across India in the following cities.

Agra, Ahmedabad, Aurangabad City (Maharashtra), Allahabad, Ambala, Amravati, Amritsar, Bengaluru, Berhampur, Bhatinda, Bhilai Nagar, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh/Mohali, Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi-NCR, Dhanbad, Dibrugarh, Durgapur/Asansol, Ernakulam, Gandhinagar, Goa, Gorakhpur, Guwahati, Gwalior, Hooghly, Hubballi(Hubli), Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur,Jalandhar, Jaipur, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Kannur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Kota, Kottayam, Kurnool, Lucknow, Madurai, Mangalore, Mumbai, Mysuru(Mysore), Nagpur, Nashik, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Rajahmundry, Ranchi, Roorkee, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Siliguri, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram Tiruchirappalli, Tirupathi, Tiruvallur, Udaipur, Udupi Vadodara, Varanasi, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Warangal, Tejpur, Jorhat, Rajkot, Shillong, Naharlagun.

 XAT 2024 Important Dates

Important dates for the exam are announced by XLRI. The key important dates for XLRI  entrance exam 2024, last date to apply, XAT 2024 Exam date are as under:

Except Exam Date, all dates are Tentative

Eligibility Criteria for the Exam & For XLRI Admission

Although there is no difference in the XAT eligibility criteria 2024 and for XLRI admission 2024, following points should be kept in mind

Eligibility Criteria for the Exam

• The exam eligibility criteria need only a pass in your bachelor’s degree.
• XAT Eligibility 2024 does not require any minimum percentage of marks in graduation to register and apply for the exam, while other exams need minimum 50% percentage of marks in bachelor’s degree.
• Students in their final year of graduation can also apply
• Minimum 15 years of academic study till bachelor’s degree is required. It means you must have pursued or pursuing minimum three years of graduation degree
• Exam eligibility criteria to appear in the exam is probably the simplest one among all the National Level MBA entrance exams.

Eligibility Criteria for XLRI Admission 2024

• XLRI awards weightage for academic excellence, so those with higher percentage of marks in academics stand a better chance
• Candidates with extra curricular achievements are preferred
• Academic & Gender diversity also plays major role in XLRI eligibility parameters in final merit list 

XAT 2024 Registration Process, Fees, and Documents Required

The registration process is online and can be completed in six simple steps at XLRI exam  official website. The exam 2024 Registration dates are open from August to November 2023. You need to follow the undernoted process while registering & applying for the exam:

• Register yourself on official XAT 2024 Exam website
• Verify Email ID on receipt of message from exam centre
• Fill all the pages of Application Form online
• Upload Required Documents on relevant pages of Application Form 2024
• Pay Application Fee of Rs.2000/- Online
• Submit Application Form Online

XAT Exam Pattern 2024: Questions, Sectional Division, Scoring

Xavier Aptitude Test is online computer based exam. The aggregate maximum marks in the exam are 101 for 101 questions divided in 5 sections. Each correct answer for MCQ is awarded +1 mark and each wrong answer will attract the penalty of -0.25 mark. Total time duration for the exam is 3 hours 10 minutes. The Exam pattern with sectional division of questions and exam time duration is as below: