• 127 Qs, 120 min.
• 200 marks (0.33 negative for the first 5 wrong answer, 0.5 for every wrong answer beyond that)
• 3 sections, No sectional time limit
• 4 answer options per question

• XLRI 35+
• S P Jain 32+
• XIMB 28+
• MICA 25+
• GIM / BIM 22+
• Others 20+

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• Unlike every year, the XAT verbal section was not driven by vocabulary this year. Instead it was Usage driven and that too Reasoning based
• New question types like fill in the blank with word that does not fit in. There were 3 Qs of this type
• 3 jumbled paragraph and 4 critical reasoning questions could have been attempted without much trouble
• There were 6 Qs on usage based vocabulary
• There were 5 Reading comprehension passages (including a small dialogue of 3 lines) for 24 marks in all
• Overall, it should have been possible to score only about 13-15 marks in this section.

• There were 4 sets of DI (3 tables and 1 Pie chart) for 18 marks in all. All of these were very confusing and not worth attempting
• There were 5 sets of logical reasoning, for 25 marks in all. Some of these were worth attempting.
• Overall, it should have been possible to score 10-12 in this section.

• It was not only just the toughest section of the entire paper, but also the toughest quant section among all the papers this year
• Largely all the questions were individual in nature, on the lines of CAT. However the difficulty level was extremely high
• You needed a good understanding of functions and algebra to solve these questions. Also some questions were asked on calculus
• Overall, you could have only score around 8-10 marks in this section

• Additional 20 min. given to write a one page essay on, "India has one of the largest pool of talented manpower – but few innovations and patented products"