XAT — last-minute checklist
Built from the Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) records on our exam tracker. Every date carries its source tier: official (the conducting body's own site), reported (not yet checked against an official notice — verify it) or expected (a typical-cycle estimate, not an announcement). Your admit card and the official notice always win.
🎯 Exam day
Next exam day: 3 Jan 2027 (reported) — 59 days to go. Source ↗
Tracker row: XAT 2027 exam
- 🕘 Timings / reporting, tracker row for 3 Jan 2027 (reported): Sunday 3 January 2027, 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
🎒 What to carry
- Admit card (hall ticket / call letter), printed — the instructions printed on it override anything on this page
- Original photo ID with the same name as your admit card (Aadhaar, PAN, voter ID, passport or driving licence — your admit card lists which it accepts); a photocopy alone is not enough
- Leave your phone, smartwatch, earphones and other electronic gadgets at home or outside — they are not allowed in the exam hall, and do not count on a cloakroom at the centre
- Reporting time and gate-closing time are printed on your admit card — late entry is refused, so plan to reach well before
- Passport-size photographs, if your admit card asks for them — use the same photo you uploaded in the application
- Pen and rough sheet: computer-based tests generally provide them at the centre — carry your own only if your admit card says so
- Transparent water bottle, sanitiser or a simple wrist watch: allowed at some exams and banned at others — check your admit card before you pack
- Using a scribe or compensatory time? Carry the certificate and the scribe's own photo ID in the format your admit card or notice asks for
✅ true of every exam hall · 🔎 varies by exam — check your admit card or notice. The night before: no new topics, and sleep.
🎫 Admit card
XAT 2027 admit card (tentative): 20 Dec (reported) Source ↗
From the tracker row: The bulletin marks this date tentative.
📝 Exam pattern on our records
Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT)
75 questions, 75 marks, 170 minutes
Marking: +1 per correct answer, −0.25 per wrong answer
Subjects on our syllabus
- Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning
- Decision Making
- Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation
Languages: English
The management entrance test run by XLRI Jamshedpur for the Xavier Association of Management Institutes; XLRI and many other business schools use its score for MBA / PGDM admission. Part 1 has three sections — Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning, Decision Making, and Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation — in one 170-minute block; Part 2 is a 10-minute General Knowledge test that only XLRI uses.
Patterns can change between cycles — this cycle's official notice is final.
🔑 After the paper
- Answer key: not announced yet
- Result: 16 Jan 2027 (expected)
🔗 Official portal and useful links
Official portal: XLRI Jamshedpur (XAT) ↗
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