XAT 2022 Analysis and expected Cut off

XAT 2022 just got concluded. Overall, XAT 2022 aspirants had to face 100 MCQ questions and an essay writing question in 190 minutes.

The Verbal and Logical Ability was easy, the decision-making section was also not very ambiguous. The Quantitative Aptitude was easy and the Data Interpretation section was also easy and straightforward.

The overall structure of the paper was similar to XAT 2021 except that an essay paper was introduced in the paper just a few days before the exam.

According to CL experts, the section-wise good score for XAT 2022 would be:

• Verbal and Logical Ability: 9+
• Decision Making: 7+
• Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation: 10+

The overall difficulty level of XAT 2022 was moderate. The cutoff for the male-engineer category would be 32-33.

In terms of sectional difficulty:

• VALR (Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning): Similar to that of XAT 2021 but easier to read and comprehend. The LOD for this section was easy.
• DM (Decision Making): The DM section was also not very ambiguous and could be attempted easily.
• QADI (Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation): QADI section was slightly easier with QA being extremely easy and DI having only one complicated set.

Overview of XAT 2022

Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) 2022 was conducted on January 2, 2022, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:40 PM.

The test was divided into two parts. The first part was the usual XAT paper which constituted three sections:

As stated by the XAT authorities earlier, the total time allotted for attempting these questions was 165 minutes.

The second part consisted of 25 General Awareness questions and one essay writing question. The total time allotted to this section was 25 minutes.

Each question in Part A carried 1 mark each and attracted -0.25 marks for every incorrect attempt and -0.1 marks per question after 8 un-attempted questions. Part B had no negative marking.

The detailed analysis of all the sections is as follows:

XAT 2022 Analysis: Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning:

Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning was similar in types of questions and level of difficulty to that of the VALR section in XAT 2021. The section had 12 questions in RC with 4 passages. In addition to the RCs, two poems with a total of 3 questions(a hallmark of XAT exam) was asked. The poem was of a moderate level of difficulty. The 2 paragraph jumble questions were of moderate level of difficulty. FIB and Grammar were easy.

The breakup of the VALR section was as follows:

XAT 2022 Analysis: Decision Making and Analytical Reasoning

The level of the Decision Making was again on the easier side. Decision-Making sections in XAT have usually been extremely interesting to solve purely because of the cases that come in the section.

There were no singlets and it made the task of reading and solving easier. There were no questions from Mathematical/Analytical Reasoning too.

The breakup was as follows:

XAT 2022 Analysis: Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation:

The section on Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation was marginally easier than last year’s QADI section. There were 16 questions of QA and the remaining 12 questions were from DI.

The break-up was as follows:

XAT 2022 Analysis: General Knowledge:

The level of difficulty of the General Knowledge section was similar to last year. This section comprised 25 questions. It was fairly balanced between current affairs and static GK. The questions ranged from geography to polity to literature to science and technology.
One could have easily answered about 8-10 questions in this paper.

XAT 2022 Expected Cutoffs