Please make use of this thread for discussing the XAT 2008 paper.. This thread is intended for the paper-related discussions alone, and to keep the other thread(s) for queries alone.. a relevant poll shall be up if and when we get key(s)/analyses to the paper.. So here we go for the first ...
Please make use of this thread for discussing the XAT 2008 paper..
This thread is intended for the paper-related discussions alone, and to keep the other thread(s) for queries alone.. a relevant poll shall be up if and when we get key(s)/analyses to the paper.. So here we go for the first MBA exam of 2008.. ATB, Puys! :smile:
Please avoid posting pre-test comments and feelers, wishes, speculations et al.. Other relevant threads: XAT Queries XIMB Queries GIM Queries
does ny1 has any idea how could gender imbalance lead to "A Third World War" or was it meant to be in-a-way-of-saying kinda term? atleast that is what it looks like.
does ny1 has any idea how could gender imbalance lead to "A Third World War" or was it meant to be in-a-way-of-saying kinda term? atleast that is what it looks like.
Can the mods please merge this thread and "XAT 2008: the spills, the thrills, the slips"...With the same discussions going on both, makes sense, right?!
Can the mods please merge this thread and "XAT 2008: the spills, the thrills, the slips"...With the same discussions going on both, makes sense, right?!
well i'll tell u 2 reasons y dis atempt is pathetic 1) only 9 in math - sectional balance gone 4 a toss 2) more attempts in other sections- no surety of ans. so more negative marking !! dats y dis is pathetic... n ur 36 wud b good if balanced....u didnt mention ur sectional attempts.....
if u sayin 56 to be pathetic attempts den wat abt us @36
well i'll tell u 2 reasons y dis atempt is pathetic 1) only 9 in math - sectional balance gone 4 a toss 2) more attempts in other sections- no surety of ans. so more negative marking !! dats y dis is pathetic... n ur 36 wud b good if balanced....u didnt mention ur sectional attempts.... lot of diff. bet me n other sensible ppl !!
My attempt were around 45... Man y do they ve to b different and do progressive negative and an essay.. GOD essay was a disaster.. Can somebody tell me what exactly was expected in the essay?? Please post the expected cut offs as soon as possible.. Overall Okay!
Well i think it was kinda avg. difficult paper. More or Less like CAT only My Attempts: LR: 21 Avg. difficulty QA: 18 Difficult but DI was avg. VA: 19 Avg. Difficulty Overall: 58 attempts Best of Luck to all
this exam was like a nightmare at least for me...just 42 attempts...never realised time was running so fast... VA: 13 (not sure how many will be correct) LR: 21 (I hope more than 90% accuracy) QA : 8 (With 90% accuracy.) Total : 42 attempts.....no chance...bbye XL....
a lengthy tough slightly easy paper most of the questions were solvable only problem was to manage time for it.... the discount in negative marking came as the only suprise and a pleasent one..... i did just ablut ok... oa attempts 49 va:20 lr:17 qa:12 i guess just about 5...
I feel, the paper was well balanced in terms of toughness in all the three sections. LR - 38 QA/DI - 44 VA - 38 Total - 120 1/4th negative for the first 6 wrong ans in each sec and 1/2 for subsequent wrong ans.... am not too sure of if my attempts were sufficient esp in the L...
well i guess not too good...attempts r pathetic....only 56 - very low in quant - only 9:(.....m so slow...... n sumthin tells me d cutoffs r gonna go high dis yr....wasnt dat difficult if handled carefully i guess. though it was brain-racking n very lengthy. i know ive messed up dis 1 too ..dat makes 2 disasters countin CAT ... n essay was absurd.. gender imbalance n WW-III:sleepy: 1have only 1 line 4 dis paper.... M GLAD ITS OVER !!:grin:
if u sayin 56 to be pathetic attempts den wat abt us @36
and there comes twist in the tail. XAT giving out test paper , This forces institutes to solve XAT paper too .. And I believe this is a good step, making the test more transperent, competing with CAT... My attempts VA - 16 QA n DI - 15 LA - 18 ~krishor
XAT giving out test paper , This forces institutes to solve XAT paper too .. And I believe this is a good step, making the test more transperent, competing with CAT...
Well i think it was kinda avg. difficult paper. More or Less like CAT only My Attempts: LR: 21 Avg. difficulty QA: 18 Difficult but DI was avg. VA: 19 Avg. Difficulty Overall: 58 attempts Best of Luck to all
same prob.... not understanding whether its tough or easy...... and wat did u write 4 essay? how did u xplain gender imbalance as a cause of world war?
same prob.... not understanding whether its tough or easy...... and wat did u write 4 essay? how did u xplain gender imbalance as a cause of world war?
well i guess not too good...attempts r pathetic....only 56 - very low in quant - only 9:(.....m so slow...... n sumthin tells me d cutoffs r gonna go high dis yr....wasnt dat difficult if handled carefully i guess. though it was brain-racking n very lengthy. i know ive messed up dis 1 too ..dat ...
well i guess not too good...attempts r pathetic....only 56 - very low in quant - only 9:(.....m so slow...... n sumthin tells me d cutoffs r gonna go high dis yr....wasnt dat difficult if handled carefully i guess. though it was brain-racking n very lengthy. i know ive messed up dis 1 too ..dat makes 2 disasters countin CAT ... n essay was absurd.. gender imbalance n WW-III:sleepy: 1have only 1 line 4 dis paper.... M GLAD ITS OVER !!:grin:
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