Monday, September 29, 2008

Data Interpretation & Quantitative Ability



XAT-2008: Section C

Data Interpretation & Quantitative Ability

Page 20-27


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Analytical Reasoning & Decision Making




XAT 2008:Section B

Analytical Reasoning & Decision Making

Page 11-19

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Verbal & Logical Ability




XAT 2008: Section A
Verbal & Logical Ability

Page 1 to 10

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Friday, September 12, 2008

CAT Score Vs Percentile

Reference Percentile Vs Score for CAT

Below is the reference percentile corresponding to score in CAT 2006 & CAT 2007:

CAT 2006
Section----------- %Score--------- Percentile

Quantz------------- 45.65-------------- 92.83
Logic & DI ---------51.00-------------- 98.25
Verbal------------- 24.00-------------- 94.30


Total --------------40.22-------------- 98.08

CAT 2007
Section -----------%Score --------Percentile
Quantz --------------21.00-------------- 84.13
Logic & DI ----------65.63 --------------99.69
Verbal --------------14.00 --------------71.28


Total -------------- 34.87 -------------- 97.68

A %score of 35+ in each section of CAT would be a good score to get calls from top B-School.
This is on the basis of last two years score, and the cut-offs depends on the difficulty level of the paper.

For Candidates with Work Exp
Candidates with work experience can expect call at much lower percentile which will depend on no. of years of work exp they have.Say a candidate with 2 years can get a call from a IIM at a score of 97 but a candidate with 2 years of work experience may not get a call from IIM with same percentile.

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Cut Offs for Various MBA Colleges

Indian Institute of Management Ranchi - 99.65


Indian Institute of Management Calcutta - 98.9


Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad - 99+


National Institute of Industrial Engineering Mumbai - 94+


Indian Institute of Management Indore - 98.09


Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode - 98


Institute of Management Technology Ghaziabad - 96


Management Development Institute Gurgaon - 97+


Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai - 95.9


Bharathidasan Institute of Management - 96


Faculty of Management Studies (FMS-Delhi) - 96-98(Expected)


JBIMS Mumbai, India ---- 95 -98 Percentile.


Nirma Institute of Management - 94


International Management Institute Delhi - 94


KJ Somaiya Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai - 88+


Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow - 95


Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore - 90+


Indian Institute of Management Shillong - 90+


Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad - 88


Fore School of Management, Delhi - 90


University Business School - 90


Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, New Delhi - 89.


SP Jain Institute of Management & Research Mumbai - 85+  (Profile Based)


Welingkar Institute of Management - 83+ 


Alliance Business Academy, Bangalore - 82+


Sunday, September 7, 2008

Pattern of XAT 2008

Pattern of XAT 2008

XAT 2008 had following 3 sections to be answered in 2 hours:
1. Verbal & Logical ability 38 Questions
2. Analytical Reasoning and Decision making 38 Questions
3. Data Interpretation & Quantitative Ability 44 Questions
Total 120 questions.

No. of Options: Each question had 5 alternatives.
Negative marking: 1/4th of a mark for first six incorrect answers in each section and ½ of a mark for each incorrect answer thereafter.
Essay: At the end of the test you would also be asked write a short essay.
The essay topic in XAT 2008 was, “Consequences of Gender Imbalance - The Third World War”.
Extra 20 minutes were given for writing this essay.

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  • Wednesday, September 3, 2008

    XAT 2009

    XAT 2009 : Application Process




    XAT Bulletin & XLRI Prospectus can be obtained from 121 Branches of Axis Bank or the XAT Office, XLRI, Circuit House Area (East), Jamshedpur, 831035.Click here to view Axis Bank Branch address details.

    Important Links

    Test Centre for XAT
    XAT 2009 will be conducted in 31 cities on January 04, 2009 Test Timings: 10:00 am to 12:30 pmList of XAT 2009 Test cities are - -->Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Bangalore, Berhampur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Goa, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Noida, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Rourkela, Trivandrum, Vadodara, Visakhapatnam.




    Important Dates

    XAT 2009 will be held on:..................................................... 4th January, 2009.
    XAT 2009 Prospectus available from................................. 1st Sept, 2008 to 30th Nov, 2008.
    The online registration for XAT / XLRI starts from......... September 1, 2008

    CAT 2008

    CAT 2008 : Application Process


    Candidates aspiring to get admission into IIMs need to appear for Common Admission Test (CAT-2008) You may go through the advertisement and CAT Bulletin carefully before applying.

    Important Links

    CAT Notification
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    CAT 2007 Exam


    Important Dates

    Issue of CAT Bulletins by Axis Bank STARTS :........................ JULY 14, 2008 (Monday)
    Issue of CAT Bulletins by Axis Bank ENDS :............................. AUGUST 8, 2008 (Friday)
    Issue of CAT Bulletins by IIMs ENDS :..................................... AUGUST 13, 2008 (Wednesday)
    Last date for receipt Applications by the IIMs :....................... SEPTEMBER 5, 2008 (Friday)
    COMMON ADMISSION TEST :................................................. NOVEMBER 16, 2008 (Sunday)
    Result Date:....................................................................................JANUARY 9th 2009