For MBA admission at XLRI and other 150+ MBA programmes, XAT 2023 is most likely to be held on January 8, 2023. The convener of the XAT 2023 exam is Dr Vishwa Ballabh, professor of economics and director of the XLRI’s Centre for Rural Management in Jamshedpur. Dr Vishwa Ballabh has a number of degrees to his name, including a PhD (Agr. Eco.) from IARI, New Delhi, a B.Sc. Hons. (Agr. & A.H.), and an M.Sc. (Agr.). Dr Vishwa Ballabh had a prior connection to the Institute of Rural Management in Anand (Gujarat). He began his employment at IRMA as a search associate and left as RBI Chair Professor.
Dr Vishwa Ballabh is an educator with a passion for study. She has authored numerous journal papers and academic books. In addition to being a consultant, he has provided professional advice and analysis while measuring the Human Development Index for Tata Steel’s TSRDS villages in Ramgarh in 2013 and when estimating HDI in micro settings for TSRDS’s 112 villages in 2011. In the past, he has also overseen numerous internal training initiatives.
The XAT MBA entrance test notification for 2023 will soon be made public and will include all pertinent information, including test dates, exam format, syllabus, and participating institutions. The second week of August 2022 is most likely when XAT registration for 2023 opens. 100 questions from four sections—Decision Making, Verbal & Logical Ability, General Knowledge, and Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation—are most likely to be on the XAT 2023 exam. The estimated cutoff percentile for XAT 2023 admission to XLRI is between 96 and 97.
| Particulars | Details |
| Exam name | Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) |
| XAT exam conducting body | XLRI Jamshedpur |
| XAT exam mode | Online |
| XAT 2023 registration start date | The second week of August 2023 |
| XAT 2023 exam date | The first week of January 2023 |
| Number of sections in XAT 2023 question paper | Four namelyDecision MakingVerbal & Logical AbilityQuantitative Ability & Data InterpretationGeneral Knowledge |
| XAT 2023 time duration | 180 minutes (3 hours) |
| Total number of questions in XAT exam 2023 | 100 |
| Total marks in XAT 2023 | 100 |
| XAT exam medium | English |
| Type of questions asked in MBA XAT | Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) |
| XAT exam mode | Online |
| Section name | Total number of questions | Time limit |
| Paper 1 | 75 questions | 160 minutes |
| Decision Making | 21 | No sectional time limit |
| Verbal and Logical Ability | 26 | |
| Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation | 28 | |
| Paper 2 | 25 questions | 15 minutes |
| General Knowledge | 25 | |
| Total | 100 questions | 180 minutes |
Other prestigious MBA colleges, including as XIMB, IMT Ghaziabad, IMI New Delhi, LBSIM, TAPMI, FORE, KJ Somaiya, BIMTECH, Great Lakes, IRMA, MICA, etc., will also accept XAT 2023 scores in addition to XLRI.
