XAT 2004 analysis
Analysis of XAT-2004
The paper was perceived more or less as a pushover. Due to the jolt given by the Math section last year, most of the test-takers were bracing themselves for staggering questions. There were a sizeable number of single questions unlike caselets that were predominant last year. The English section as usual gave some reasons to relax. The change was brought in by the poetry, which hobbled the performance added by deceptively close options in analogies. The GK section had a mix of questions based on science, management, famous quotes, et al.
It was a three-section paper just like last year with sectional timings and had a total of 200 questions to be attempted in two hours followed by a 20-minute essay.
The optimum number of attempts was in the range of 120 to 130 (for XLRI).
As far as the individual sections are concerned, English was the one, which would fetch the maximum score, followed by Maths.
Sectional Breakup
| Section | No. Of Questions | Time Limit | Difficulty Level |
| English (Verbal Ability + Reading Comprehension) | 80 | 40 | Average |
| Reasoning & Quantitative Ability | 60 | 40 | Average |
| General Awareness | 60 | 40 | Tough |
Section 1: English
Verbal Ability
| Area Tested | No. Of Questions | Difficulty Level | Comments |
| Analogies | 20 | Average | Tricky |
| Fill in the Blanks | 10 | Average | |
| Synonyms | 20 | Average | |
| Total | 50 | Average | |
Reading Comprehension
Passage No Of Questions Type Comments
King Henry IV's speech 7 Avg Poem
Hamlet 6 Avg Poem
Indians Building American
Painter 10 Easy Antonyms Based
Total 30 Questions : Overall Average
Total of 80 questions were to be solved in 40 minutes. Here the ideal number of attempts would be 60+ and the cutoff would be 45+(for XLRI)
Section 2 : Reasoning & Quantitative Ability
Total of 60 questions to be solved in 40 minutes. Compared to last year, Quantitative ability questions were easier.
TYPE - # Of Ques - Difficulty
Functions 10 Avg
Probability 10 Avg
Spring Balance
(Reasoning) 6 Tricky
Number Series 8 Tough
Pie Chart (DI) 5 Easy
Table (DI) 6 Average
Others 15 Very Easy
Total 60 Average
Ideal attempts would be 40+ and cutoff would be30+(for XLRI).
Section 3: General
A total of 60 questions to be solved in 40 minutes. The ideal number of attempts would be 35+and the cut off would be in the range of 20+(for XLRI).
Essay:
When asked which of his works was a masterpiece, the 83-year-old architect Frank Llyod Wright replied" my next one."
Total cut-off could be safely pegged at 95+ for XLRI as per CF.
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