The Common Admission Test, or CAT, is a verbal and quantitative skill assessment used to get admission to MBA programs at highly esteemed Indian universities such as IIMs.
XLRI conducts the Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT), an entrance exam for MBA schools that focuses on general knowledge, analytical abilities, and decision-making.
A minimum of 50% (45% for SC/ST) in a bachelor's degree is required of candidates. Candidates may be final-year students, and there is no maximum age.
A bachelor's degree in any field is necessary for XAT. Final-year students are also eligible to apply, and there is no minimum grade required.
The two-hour CAT is divided into three sections: Quantitative Ability, Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning, and Verbal Ability.
XAT consists of around three-hour sessions on general knowledge, verbal ability, quantitative ability, and decision making.
The percentile scores on the CAT scale, which go from 0 to 100, show how well an applicant performed in comparison to others.
Admission to several B-schools is determined by XAT scores, which are based on the quantity of right answers and inflict negative answers.