{"id":9827,"date":"2021-01-02T13:05:52","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T07:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.2iim.com\/cat-exam\/blogs\/?p=9827"},"modified":"2021-01-02T13:05:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T07:35:53","slug":"xat-announcement-exam-day-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/online.2iim.com\/cat-exam\/blogs\/xat-2021\/xat-announcement-exam-day-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"XAT Announcement | Exam day guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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“XAT announcement<\/strong>” – the phrase could trigger not-so-great memories, given how every ‘announcement’ pre-CAT 2020<\/a> did not give away the exact details of the examination pattern (That there is no bound rule forcing the officials to give away any detail about the pattern, is a discussion for yet another day).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, there were two emails sent to all the XAT aspirants yesterday (Happy New Year<\/a> once again, everyone!), giving very specific and clear information\/instructions on what the candidates should expect on the exam day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

XAT announcement – what do the two emails communicate?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Since most of us would have not been checking our emails on a holiday (even otherwise, it has become a headache to keep unsubscribing from a lot of emailers these days, thanks to data-sharing ‘with consent’ from us the users; we have had our fair share of discussion internally about data privacy. An outcome of one such internal discussion pertaining to CAT percentile prediction can be found, here<\/a>), we thought it would be a good idea to clear it up for all the XAT aspirants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The XAT Announcement #1 – the examination pattern<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

An announcement about the exact pattern of the examination before the day of the exam has become a praised posession these days. Thankfully, XAT administrators decided to reassure the aspirants with detailed instructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First things first…<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The examination pattern remains the same (what a relief!). There are a total of 100 questions, split into two parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part 1<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This contains the three sections for which the aspirants should have been preparing with gusto – Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning (VALR)<\/a>, Decision Making<\/a>, and Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation (QADI)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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