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XAT 2027 (Xavier Aptitude Test)

Conducted by XLRI Jamshedpur, for the Xavier Association of Management Institutes ↗

The management entrance test run by XLRI and used by XLRI and many other business schools for MBA / PGDM admissions.

Every fact below links the official page Shishya read it on, on 23 Oct 2026. The official practice links go to the conducting body's own mocks and papers.

XAT on Shishya → one full practice paper in the official pattern — Shishya's own questions, written with AI and answer-checked by a person, not a past paper — plus a free question to try.

XAT 2027

Exam date
Sunday 3 January 2027, 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Source: xatonline.in ↗
Registration
15 July to 6 December 2026. Source: xatonline.in ↗
Fee
₹2,300 for XAT, plus ₹200 for each XLRI programme applied to; non-refundable. Source: xatonline.in ↗
Admit card
From 20 December 2026 (tentative). Source: xatonline.in ↗
Result
Last week of January 2027. Source: xatonline.in ↗
Who can sit it
A recognised bachelor's degree of at least three years in any discipline; final-year students whose final exams end by 11 June 2027 may apply. Source: xatonline.in ↗
Pattern (XAT 2026 instructions; the 2027 version was not out on 23 Oct 2026)
95 questions. Part 1 (170 minutes): Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation 28, Decision Making 21, Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning 26. Part 2 (10 minutes): General Knowledge 20. No sectional time limits within Part 1; an on-screen calculator is given. Source: xatonline.in ↗
Marking (XAT 2026)
+1 for a right answer, -0.25 for a wrong one, and -0.10 for each unanswered question beyond 8 unanswered in Part 1. General Knowledge has no negative marking and is used only by XLRI. Source: xatonline.in ↗

Official practice and documents

  • XLRI had not published the XAT 2027 question-wise pattern on 23 Oct 2026; the pattern above is XAT 2026's.

Dates and rules can change; the conducting body's site is the final word. More: free official practice · all entrance exams.