- XLRI extended XAT 2026 registration deadline to December 11, 2025 from December 4
- Admit cards for XAT 2026 will be available on December 20, 2025 for the January 4 exam
- XAT 2026 exam will be held on January 4 from 2 pm to 5 pm in a single shift nationwide
Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur has extended the registration process for the Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) 2026. Interested and eligible candidates can apply through the official website, xatonline.in by December 11, 2025. The previous deadline for registration for the exam was December 4, 2025. The admit card for the XAT exam is expected to be released on December 20, 2025.
XAT is scheduled to be held on January 4, 2026, in a single shift from 2 pm to 5 pm. The results for XAT will be announced by last week of January 2026. The XAT score card will be downloaded between January 31 and March 31, 2026. XLRI conducts XAT on behalf of the Xavier Association of Management Institutes (XAMI). Over 250 institutes across India accept XAT scores for admission to MBA and other full-time management programmes.
The question paper for XAT will include the following sections:
- Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning (VA & LR)
- Decision Making (DM)
- Quantitative Aptitude and Data Interpretation (QA & DI)
- General Knowledge (GK)
Link to XAT previous year question papers
- https://xatonline.in/assets/pdf/XAT-2024.pdf
- https://xatonline.in/assets/images/pdfs/XAT 2023 QP .pdf
- https://xatonline.in/assets/images/pdfs/64ad36a335b8d902308211_XAT2022MasterQPPdf.pdf
- https://xatonline.in/assets/images/pdfs/62f23eae40174867847457_XAT2021MasterQPPdf_v11.pdf
- https://xatonline.in/assets/images/pdfs/610eca91b5819069093512_XAT__2020.pdf
- https://xatonline.in/assets/images/pdfs/5f59f7ef1420a428536789_XAT_2019.pdf
- https://xatonline.in/assets/images/pdfs/5f350d898f50c109451427_xat2018_paper .pdf
For more than 75 years, XLRI has been conducting XAT at a national level to identify the most suitable candidates for management education. The scores of XAT are accepted by over 250 premier B-Schools. The exam is conducted in over 100 test cities across India, making it one of the most accessible and comprehensive MBA/PGDM entrance exams.