- Registrations for XAT 2026 close tonight on the official website xatonline.in
- XAT 2026 exam is on January 4, 2026, from 2 pm to 5 pm in a single shift
- Admit cards will be released on December 20, 2025, for registered candidates
Registrations are closing tonight for the Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) 2026 at Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur. Interested and eligible candidates can apply through the official website, xatonline.in
The admit card is expected to be released on December 20. The exam 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.
