XAT | Question Paper analysis 2008

The Test (XAT) had three sections

Verbal and Logical Reasoning

• Level of Difficulty : Difficult
• Type :
• Para jumbles, Critical Reasoning (Case lets) (No of Questions : 18)
• Reading Comprehension [4 passages], Contextual Vocab (fill in the blanks) (No of Questions : 20)
• Topics : Karma, Jung (Psychology), Consumers – Moods & Emotions, Mayo – Claims & Experiments

Quantitative Ability

• Level of Difficulty : Moderate
• Type :
• DI (14 ques)
• Quantitative (30 ques)
• Topics :
  
  • Table, Histogram
  • Number System, Arithmetic, Average, SI-CI, Ratio proportion, Average, Speed Time Distance, Work, Equations & Inequalities, Functions, Series, sequences & progressions, Plane geometry, Co-ordinate geometry (No of Questions : 44)

Analytical Reasoning and Decision Making

• Level of Difficulty : Mixed
• Type :
  
  • AR-sets
  • Individual AR questions
  • Decision Making
• Topics : Matrix Arrangement, Linear Arrangement, Puzzle, Decision making (No of Questions : 38)