aa oss '’g Analysis on Quant & DI by Jatinder Vohra Jatinder Vohra + Dec 23, 2020(ar 2020 Test Pattern’) S.No P section No. of Questions | Duration Verbal Ability and Logic: 7 g ( Reasoning (VA & LR) Ss Par (ceesionweninecovo) | GD _| | ses nutes -O% £ Quantitative Ability & Data = Interpretation (QA & Dl) Part 2 | General Knowledge (GK) & 15 Minutes XAT 2020 Marking Scheme: ‘Marks awarded for every correct answer: +1 mark. Negative marks awarded for every incorrect answer: -0.25 marks Negative marks awarded for every unattempted question after 8 unattempted questions: -0.10 mark No negative marking for Part 2- GKWith a score of 30 you could get 90+ percentile while with 32 your percentile would go up to 93 in XAT 2020. GK Section: Not counted for Percentile Calculation Out of 99 questions in MCQ format, 25 questions are in GK section. This section in XAT exam is not counted for calculation of percentile calculation.Section-1: Verbal & Logical Ability Section-2: Decision Making XAT score Percentile XAT score XAT score _| Percentile XAT score 9 85 95 85 105 20+ 40.5 90 11.5 95+ 13.5 95+ Section-3: Quant & DI Overall XAT score Percentile XAT score XAT score _| Percontile XAT score 10.5 85 30, 00+ 125 90 32. 93 35, 95. Ce dl 40.5 99+XLRI JAMSHEDPUR 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 Section BM |HRM| BM |HRM! BM |HRM| BM |HRM) BM |HRM) BM HRM) Verbal & Logical Ability 75 |8.25| 8 |8.75) 7.2 |7.71| 7 | 7.5] 7 17.5) 7.5) 85 Decision Making 88 |8.25| 9 | 85 |843/799| 9 | 8 | 8 7 | 85) 85 Quantitative Ability | 11 | 6.25) 11.5| 6.5 /11.3/668| 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 55 Overall 33 | 31 | 34.8) 32 | 29.6/27.8)| 35 |32.5) 31 | 28 | 30 |27.5B-School City XAT 2020 Cut off percentile XLRI Jamshedpur 95+ SPJIMR Mumbai 90+ XIMB Bhubaneswar 91+ IMT Ghaziabad 90+ GIM Goa 85-88 TAPMI Manipal 80-84 Great Lakes | Chennai, Gurgaon 80-84 IRMA ‘Anand (Gujarat) 80-84 MICA ‘Ahmedabad 80-84 KJ Somaiya Mumbai 84-85 LIBA Chennai 80-85 IFMR Chennai 79-80XAT 2021 Exam Pattern: Sectional Composition & Scoring Pattern Section in XAT 2021 Exam Pattern Number of questions Overall Time Duration Part-1 75 Total MCQs 165 Minutes Verbal and Logical Ability 26 No Sectional Time Limit Decision Making 21 No Sectional Time Limit Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation 28 No Sectional Time Limit Part-2 25 Total MCQs 15 Minutes General Knowledge 25 Total questions (Part 1 + Part 2) 100Changes in XAT Exam Pattern 2021 1.NAT Questions Introduced: A new type of Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions in XAT pattern has been introduced by XLRI. To answer the NAT questions candidates have to use the virtual key pad appearing on the computer screen and enter the numerical answer. 2.Penalty for Un-attempted Questions: Each un-attempted question beyond 8 questions will carry a negative marking penalty of 0.10 mark per unattempted question in revised XAT exam pattern 3.No Essay Writing Test: There is no descriptive question on Essay Writing test in the revised XAT pattern. 4.XAT Time Duration Reduced: XAT 2021 exam will have a time duration of three hours instead of earlier three and half hours.Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation (QA & Dl) - 2020 Topic Number of questions Level of Difficulty Arithmetic 8 Moderate Algebra 3 Easy-Moderate Coordinate Geometry 1 Moderate Geometry 5 Moderate-Difficult Modern Maths 1 Difficult Number system 2 Easy DI (Set theory) 2 Moderate DI (Bar Graph) 3 Moderate DI (Table based) 3 Easy-moderate Total 28 Easy-moderateee Ean Ve - 18 = ley Quest) Chords AB, BC & CD subtend angles of 80°, 60° & 70° respectively at the centre O of a circle. Then the acute angle between AC & BD is a. 65 b, © 45 4. 60 fe. None Ce2 Find the sum of the possible value/s of p, if the equation (x - p) (x - 12) + 1 = 0 has integral roots, and p is also an integer. ooo a)10 8)28 ioe p)14 Ce p) (y-n) z-t £) None of these ~ Ax! (ee eee qep= -| Lx-ne! \44ie xp wear <7! -pz -'s afe-™ a-p=t £ y -re (P=? m-p- AFL a1- [-0) cae, -PHr. =r =) a= ve rrr §— ALY t gs | 3. The real numbers x and y are such that x? + xy +y?= 1 and P =x¥y +xy? C ey bande) Find the greatest possible value of P if x and y are positive real numbers. L ) courte Pz ny(ety Ajo oe ca D)Noneof the above —_£) Can't be determined xray) = a xy( 1-x9) faa rg p- a py Dee gr (Cz aciet) tr-k +P=? ayy eu) (f) 2° ape | ee 1 -4p ve =) Iz *b aevi» [zt Udy ©) ea Po 2XMHKr vy Sf se), Subway sells two varigsies of burgers- Veggie Delight Sub and Paneer tikka sub. Lettuce, aicumber, wnitlnaras Roney mustard and mayonnaise are the additional ingredients. A customer may have any blend of extra ingredients, or have, Standard burgers. Following conditions are tobe followed; vou have a Veggie Delight Sub, but notif you havea Paneer tikka sub 7Y) MN ’ Both you can ha honey mustard, Dut not otherwise a How many different burgers ‘ordered according to these rules? HM, (kn=m A.21 B33 C40 E. None of the above. = 4r unr) 2x2x 2x weirs b =3 a i (zxnwe ifr" (6-2 I Les =)2 ay Lnat isthe cootcient fF in\he expansion of j + P+? +8454 6)? } oo oe i A. 10 B. 21 D. 15 £35 aa z ++ (aabt+e) abc iad 0 +0 4,12 The ao xty4 2~Ce, ee Tr Tt W221 = o ve aa eee C 5434-4) Ge ls) CO4 o 6H if °C, =b, then A)3.C, TBP. Se, at fool 'C, a lex 4 =| hy L sic, \cya.hic, py a.etc, E) None of these ‘ oT) - ao, Gee xaxo Lyeneae the formula, S= Tapxa Whereallthe parameters are positive integers. If ( (is increased and T+pxo ( >) a,tT&p are kept constant, then S: AO g - ieee A) decreases T+eth oyRcreases C) decreases and then increases Ax ~ D) increases and then decreases = Poe E) cannot be determined eer err8.ff[X +11] + |X —9] = 26, then find the sum of the possible values of X in the equation. ——_ a7 B)11 on D)-8 £) None of the aboveA)30 8) 28 a )23 £) None of these 17 The probability that a randomly chosen positive factors of 15* is an integral multiple of 157s a?/b, then 'b-a' would be: 2 aA =r} 34 U4 Teg lieas as Is = (w)x is Bete t " mz(a") a ho Xt i; lo Ge ) 6 Y> Soo _{ Ibv- aQ.10-13) Directions for questions: The following table shows the details of the average score of class-! to class-Vill of ‘Vidya Vihar’ school in the annual examination for the academic year 2007-08. Average score of Average score of Average score of Overall Class boys who girls who students who average score Failed | passed | Failed passed Failed passed Score | 27.8 47.4 24.5 $1.2 26.7 48.7 40.7 I 25.0 54.3 27.6 S11 26.3 52.3 474 Ml 26.3 58.4 29.3 52.0 28.1 56.0 52.9 W 29.6 60.8 28.6 63.3 29.3 62.3 51.3 Vv 20.5 44.2 24.5 42.1 215 43.5 347 vi 28.9 58.6 24.4 63.6 25.9 61.1 S15 vil 30.1 50.8 32.5 46.3 31.3 48.1 45.3 vill 26.0 55.6 29.0 50.6 27.4 54.6 444 Note: The students who appeared in the examination either passed or failed.Q.10) The total no. of boys from class-1 who appeared in the annual examination is what % more/less than the number of girls? a) 80% more bb) 85% less ©) 90% less d) 95% more e) None of these Q.11) In how many of the given dasses pass percentage is more than 75% (i.e. the number of students passed as the percentage of the total number of students)? a) by o2 4)3 ) More than 3, Q.12) In which dass is the number of boys failed as a percentage of total failed students the least? av b)vi ov 4) vu e) None of these 2.13) In which dass is the number of boys passed as a percentage of total passed students the highest? a) bp il evil 4) vt e) None of theseRatio of failed boys Ratio of passed Class to girls boys to girls I Zer 25 : 13 I ist 3:35 Ul 223 5:3 IV es 2:3 Vv Sid 2:1 VI 132 dot Vil 1:1 2:3 Vill 8:7 4:1S 1x apg = CR 4K44-9 qiv CHEN) £ tray t 27-X-9 =) Usayyrtb Q.14) The parallel sides of a trape are 5 units and 12 units. The non-parallel sides are 6 units and 9 units. A parallel line, parallel to the base the trapezoid into two trapeziums of the same perimeters. Find the ratio in which each of the non-parallel sides is divided is x oy YJ X\= zt ay7:4 ae a - ee ey ‘ 0 12:5 eS reece eee aha iv CG = on e) None of these (-x 9 a on x +h ix =mm L245THow many different four-letter words are formed with the help ofthe letters ofthe word MATHEMATICS? 2, ra), 4, €, 1,65 a) 2260 Sa Sg timers ) 2396 Spy 4) (x a tun pte & Tee te * a (3) Tue for ¢ 4 ae mm Att “, nt fe 4! vil246) A grocer mixes two varieties of pulses A and B in the ratio 3: 5 and 4: 7 so as to make two mixtures X; ‘and X, respectively. He now mixes X, and X, in the ratio 2 : 3 and sells the compound mixture at Rs 27 per kg. making 12.5% profit. Find the price of A if the price of B is Rs 20 per kg. a) Rs 30.9 per kg b) Rs 28.7 per kg c) Rs 26 per kg d) Rs 19.7 per kg e) None of thesekn nn! means multiplication of positive integers from 1 to n. A natural number N is x! more than 971. Also, it is known that there are 4 zeros at the ends of N. Find the number of possible values of N.(G18. A rectangular field is of area 90 square cm. A circular well of the smallest area is to be dug in the field which touches the two opposite sides of the field. The ratio of area of well and the area outside the well is 5:3. What is the length of the shorter side of the rectangular field? RAK Bn 14vn 15/vn None of these mooePLhe it Vl 249) There are seven runners A, B,C, D,E, F and G running around a circular track of certain length. All the runners are running in the same direction. The ratio of the speeds of A: B:C:D:E:F:Gis1:2:3:4:5:6:7. Athow many distinct places is Runner A overtaken by other runne (12 pant] TT TF Ty [oe VL patfe, Q.2}) In the following figure, AD and BC are two chords, AB and DC are extended up to point P. Given that ZBDC= 30° and /AED=40° . find the measure of —ZAPD a) 10" b) 20° 15° 4) 30" ) None of theseben 0:22) Find the number of common terms in the two sequences 29, 36, 43, 50, ... 365, 372 and 33, 37, 41, 45, 429, 433. 425,Q.23) Find the range of ‘a’ such that "2 and 25° +25™ satisfy the Arithmetic progression? a) 10> Qites 25. oO, ie Mya How many factors of 25- 6° - 252° are perfect cubes? Lo iS 4 wet B28 C.60 D.75— E.40 - -~x Jx 7 3 & Seaned| 3 yy x (x @) L 2X2 : jy Ix €x \v 1 z = *) 2 x9 x (1 X39? =(%) pur s 46 3 5 eeeQ.26-28) Direction for the question: Study the table/s given below and answer the question that follows. ‘Aquatics Swimming’ is one of the many competitions that is conducted in the Oriental Games. In this category, athletes compete for medals in a total of 20 events. In every event, 1 gold medal, 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal are awarded to the players finishing first, second and third respectively. The summary of the medals tally and ranking for this category in the recently concluded Oriental Games is given below. Rank Country Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total Points 1 Austria 6 24 2 Egypt 5 2 3 Switzerland 4 4 Sweden 5 6 China 3 19 Netherlands 1Note: Some of the values in the table are missing. Some additional facts: |.1n these 20 events, all the medals were won by athletes belonging to the countries mentioned in the above table. 1. 3 points are awarded for a gold medal. 2 points for a silver medal and 1 point for a bronze medal. The ‘Total Points’ of a country is the sum of the points obtained for gold medals, silver medals and bronze medals won by the athletes of that country. Ill, The countries are ranked in descending order of their Total Points’. IV. If two countries have an equal number of ‘Total Points’, then the country with the higher number of gold medals is ranked higher. If the number of gold medals is also equal then the country with the higher number of silver medals is ranked higher. Q.26) Which of the following is the ‘Total Points’ of Egypt? a)24 b) 23 20 d)2a e) Can't be determined Q.27) If China won 3 silver medals, then how many silver medals did Switzerland win? a)6 b)s o4 d)3 €) None of these 2.28) If China won 3 silver medals, then how many bronze medals did Austria win? ajo by 92 da e) Cannot be determinedGold | Silver | Bronze | Total Points Austria 6 3/2 0/2 24 Egypt 4 5 2 24 Switzerland 4 3 5 23 Sweden 2 5/6 5 21/23 China 4/3/2 | 3 1/4/7 19 Netherlands |0/1/2| 1 5/2/1