XAT 2025 registration deadline extended till December 10; fee, paper pattern

NEW DELHI: Xavier School of Management has extended the Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) 2025 registration deadline till December 10. Earlier, the XAT 2025 registration last date was November 30. Interested and eligible candidates can fill up the XAT 2025 registration form by visiting the official website at xatonline.in.

As per the latest update, the XAT 2025 exam interface will include an option for candidates to access the calculator while taking the test. More than 250 business schools will accept XAT 2025 scores for admission into management programmes.

XAT exam date 2025

The XAT 2025 exam will be held on January 5 from 2 pm to 5:30 pm. The XAT 2025 admit card will be issued from December 20 onwards. XAT 2025 is scheduled to be held in over 100 exam cities across India.

XAT 2025 registration fee

Candidates are required to pay the XAT 2025 application fee to complete the registration process. The XAT 2025 registration fee is Rs 2,200. Additionally, those applying for programmes at XLRI need to pay an extra Rs 200 per course. The XAT 2025 registration fee can be paid online using credit card debit card, net banking, cash wallets and IMPS.

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XAT 2025 exam pattern

The XAT 2025 exam will be held in online mode. The XAT 2025 exam will be divided into 4 sections- Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning (VA and LR), Decision-making (DM), Quantitative Aptitude and Data Interpretation (QA and DI), General Knowledge (GK). The duration of XAT 2025 exam is 180 minutes. Candidates will get 1 mark for each correct answer and there will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for incorrect answer.

According to the XAT 2025 official website, the scores of the General Knowledge (GK) section will be used only by XLRI Jamshedpur in its final selection process. This year, the Analytical Essay Writing (AEW) test will be conducted during the Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI) phases.