Hello Aspirant,

If you are preparing for XAT exam then I am enlisting down the section wise important topics and then I will help you with the name of best books to be read for XAT preparation.

The exam has four sections in all, as released by the XLRI Jamshedpur in it's official notification for XAT 2021, the sections are namely Decision Making, Verbal and Logical Ability, Data Interpretation and Quantitative Ability (DI & QA), and General Knowledge.

Important topics from each section :-

Verbal and Logical Ability

• Sentence Correction
• Analogy-based On Vocabulary
• Fill In The Blanks,
• Paragraph Formation Questions
• Reading Comprehension
• Grammar,
• Poem Etc

Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation

• Profit & Loss
• Percentage
• Equations
• Time & Distance
• Progressions
• Time & Work, Permutation, And Combination
• Polynomials
• Scatter Plots And Bar Charts
• Numbers
• Data Sufficiency
• Probability, Etc.

Decision Making

• Analytical Reasoning
• Arithmetic
• Clarity On Basic Concepts
• Situational Decision Making
• Quick Thinking, Etc.

General Knowledge

• Subjects- Currency
• History
• Geography
• Invention And Authors
• The National Capital
• Important Dates
• Culture,
• Science And Business
• Personalities
• Current Affairs
• Films, Etc.

Some best books for preparation of XAT 2021 are enlisted below :-

XAT QA & DI

• How to prepare for Data Interpretation by Arun Sharma
• Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations by R.S. Aggarwal
• Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations by Abhijit Guha
• Data Interpretation for the CAT by Nishit K. Sinha

XAT VA & LR

• A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning by R.S. Aggarwal
• Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension by Ajay Singh
• Word Power Made Easy Book by Norman Lewis
• Analytical Reasoning by MK Pandey
• High School English Grammar & Composition by Wren & Martin

XAT Decision Making

• Target XAT 2020 (Past papers & mock tests) by Disha experts
• Analytical and Logical Reasoning by Arihant Publications
• Jabbing the XAT (with solved papers) by R.K. Jha

You can get complete and detailed preparation tips along with smart time-table and schedule planning for XAT 2021 from the link given below :-

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/how-start-xat-preparation

I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!!