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XAT 2025 exam date is January 5, 2025 and the exam will be conducted by XLRI in a single slot of 3 hours duration. This year XAT exam pattern has been changed and XAT 2025 will have 95 questions divided in 4 sections instead of 100 earlier while the 5th section on descriptive Essay Writing Test is dropped from XAT exam 2025. Each correct answer carries +1 mark. The maximum score for all the sections in XAT 2025 exam is 95. Going by the past trends, those who obtain a defined range of XAT score between 37 to 39 could get 99 percentile. For your benefit, MBAUniverse.com brings to you the likely range of required XAT cut off percentile in XLRI and other top MBA colleges accepting XAT and the expected corresponding score required to get the said percentile as per the CXT Marks Vs Percentile conversion process.
The Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) 2025, conducted by XLRI, is the second largest MBA entrance exam after CAT for admission 2025 in XLRI and 249 other MBA Colleges. All these MBA colleges consider XAT percentile in their admission process. Read all about the XAT Registration dates and process, how to apply, how to prepare for XAT 2025. Read Table of Contents below to know all about the XAT Score Vs Percentile, how the XAT Score and percentile is calculated, What is the conversion process, Top XAT Accepting MBA colleges with required XAT Score Vs Percentile. Before you read and understand the details of XAT 2025 Score Vs Percentile conversion process and the XAT percentile score requirement by top MBA colleges, note the key facts and timelines to get XAT Score and Percentile:
XAT percentile is calculated by converting the raw XAT score to scaled score and then to percentile score after normalization of score based on exam difficulty level. Following XAT Score Calculation is applied to first arrive at the raw XAT score followed by XAT scaled score
•There are expected 95 total questions in XAT 2025
•+1 Mark for each correct answer and -0.25 Mark for each wrong answer for 75 Questions divided in three sections of VALR, DM and QADI
•+1 Mark for each correct answer and Zero negative marks for wrong answer for GK section with 20 questions. This section is not counted for percentile calculation
•Accordingly, total maximum raw score in XAT 2025 question paper is as under:
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Exam Sections
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Number & Type of questions
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Overall Time Duration
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Total Maximum Marks
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Part-1
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75 MCQs Divided in 3 sections
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170 Minutes
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75 Total marks (To be counted for Percentile Calculation)
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Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning
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26
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No Sectional Time Limit
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26
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Decision Making
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21
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No Sectional Time Limit
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21
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Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation
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28
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No Sectional Time Limit
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28
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Part-2
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20 Total MCQs
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10 Minutes
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20 (Not counted for Percentile calculation
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General Knowledge
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20
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Ideal Time 10 Minutes
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20
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Analytical Essay Writing (AEW)
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Scrapped for XAT 2025
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Dropped
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0
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Total questions (Part 1 + Part 2)
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95 MCQs
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180 Minutes
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95 Marks
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Based on the detailed analysis of previous XAT scoring vs percentile pattern as below, it will be clear to you how to calculate the XAT score and XAT percentile, how to calculate XAT score, what are the XAT score range required for different percentile range – all this is well explained with key components applied in the process, for your understanding.
Now that you understand how XAT Scores and XAT Percentile are calculated, let’s talk about the most important thing. What Score is required for XAT 99%, 95%, 90%?
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MBA College
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Expected XAT 2025 Cut off percentile
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XAT 2025 Score Required to get corresponding Percentile
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XLRI Jamshedpur
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90-96
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37-39
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MICA Ahmedabad
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80-84
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26-30
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XIM Bhubaneswar
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90-91
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34-37
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IMI New Delhi
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89-90
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31-33
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Great Lakes Chennai
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85-90
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28-33
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IMT Ghaziabad
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90-91
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34-37
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TAPMI Manipal
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80-84
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26-30
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GIM Goa
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85-90
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28-33
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IRMA Anand
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80-84
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26-30
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FORE New Delhi
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85-86
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28-35
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K J Somaiya Mumbai
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84-85
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27-29
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Great Lakes Gurgaon
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80-84
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26-30
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LBSIM New Delhi
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85-86
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28-35
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LIBA Chennai
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80-85
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26-35
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IFMR Chennai
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79-80
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22-26
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3.1 Section-wise and overall XAT 2025 score Vs percentile (Expected)
The expected XAT 2025 score leading to different percentile range is shared below:
Section-1: Verbal & Logical Ability
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Raw XAT score
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Percentile XAT score
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9.5
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85
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10.5
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90+
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13.5
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95+
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3.2 Section-2: Decision Making
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Raw XAT score
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Percentile XAT score
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9.0
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85
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10
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90
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11.5
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95+
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3.3 Section-3: Quant & DI
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Raw XAT score
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Percentile XAT score
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10.5
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85
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12.5
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90
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15
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95+
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3.3 Overall
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Raw XAT score
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Percentile XAT score
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27-28
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89
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29-30
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90+
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31-32
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93
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33-34
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95
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39-40.5
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99+
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XAT Scorecard does not include XAT Raw Score but displays only XAT Percentage and XAT Percentile. Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) exam has 75 total questions in MCQ format which are counted to prepare the merit based percentile and are divided in three sections. Out of 75 marks, candidates find it difficult to score beyond 30-35 marks and very few students cross the 35 score in XAT exam. The difficulty level of questions fetch high percentile at low scores in XAT exam.
GK Section: Not counted for Percentile Calculation
Out of 95 questions, 20 questions in GK section in XAT exam are not counted for calculation of XAT percentile.
You can check your XAT 2025 exam score by cross checking your question paper responses with percentile predictor at MBAUniverse.com. Based on previous trends, a score of 35-37 marks in XAT 2025 is expected to award a percentile score of around 95-97. This also matches the XLRI cut off trends for PGDM programs offered at XLRI Jamshedpur and XLRI Delhi NCR. XAT percentile predictor on MBAUniverse.com website and other top coaching centres confirms this fact also.
XLRI will release official XAT answer key within a week’s time from the date of XAT exam. XAT 2025 result is expected to be released on or before January 20, 2025 in the afternoon. But before the XAT result release, you can check XAT score and percentile cut off in some of the top colleges accepting XAT 2025 exam score with MBAUniverse.com. After the release of XAT 2025 exam score cards, you will know your score as well as XAT percentile score that you have obtained.
