Name of the Organisation : XLRI Xavier School of Management
Name of the Exam : Xavier Aptitude Test XAT – 2018
Document Type : Question Paper
Year : 2018
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Xavier Aptitude Test XAT Question Paper
The Xavier Aptitude Test is an all-India test conducted by Xavier Association of Management Institutes (XAMI) as an entrance exam for admission to the post graduate programs in management courses of several management institutes all over India.
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Instructions
1. Do Not Open This Test Booklet Until You Are Asked To Do So.
2. Fill in the information required on the answer sheet. Your test may not be evaluated if the required details are not entered on the answer sheet (OMR).
3. This examination consists of two parts: Part I and Part II. Part I has three sections A, B and C with 24, 21 and 27 questions respectively
4. Do not seek clarification on any item in the test booklet from the test invigilator or the centre supervisor. Use your best judgment.
5. The time for completing the three sections and general knowledge is 210 minutes. You are expected to answer the first three sections in 170 minutes and General Knowledge QUESTIONS in 35 minutes.
6. All questions carry EQUAL marks. ONE FOURTH OF A MARK may be deducted for each incorrect answer.
7. Leaving a question UNATTEMPTED may result in a DEDUCTION OF 0.05 MARK. However, This Deduction Will Not Apply For A Maximum Of 12 Unattempted Questions.
8. Each question has five alternatives. Answer each question by darkening the appropriate bubble against the question number on the answer sheet.
9. Mark all your answers only on the (OMR) answer sheet. Use the margin in the test booklet for rough work. No other piece of paper is permitted for rough Work.
10. Use only Blue Or Black Ball-Point Pen for marking answers on the OMR answer sheet. Do not use gel pens or ink pens.
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XAT 2018 Model Questions
1. Please read the passage below and answer the questions that follow :
If history doesn’t follow any stable rules, and if we cannot predict its future course, why study it? It often seems that the chief aim of science is to predict the future – meteorologists are expected to forecast whether tomorrow will bring rain or sunshine; economists should know whether devaluing the currency will avert or precipitate an economic crisis; good doctors foresee whether chemotherapy or radiation therapy will be more successful in curing lung cancer. Similarly, historians are asked to examine the actions of our ancestors so that we can repeat their wise decisions and avoid their mistakes.
Based on the passage, which of the following options would be the most appropriate for citizens to learn history?
(A) British names of streets in India should not be changed.
(B) Every street in India should display a plaque that lists all its previous names.
(C) British names of streets in India should be changed to Indian names along with an explanation of their history.
(D) Names of Indian streets should be based on suggestions generated through an opinion poll.
2. Which of the following options is the closest to the essence of the passage?
(A) History, unlike Physics, does not help predict future.
(B) History deals with long time periods.
(C) History documents the past events related to specific people.
(D) There is no strict cause and effect relationship in history.
(E) History has the potential to make us eclectic.
3. Read the following sentences:
1. A historian successfully predicted a political crisis based on similar events of the last century.
2. Using the latest technology, doctors could decipher the microbe causing the disease.
3. Students who prepared for an examination by perusing past 10 years’ question papers did not do well in the examination.
4. A tribe in Andaman learns to predict epidemic outbreaks by listening to the stories of how their ancestors predicted the past outbreaks.
Which of the statement(s) above, if true would contradict the view of the author?
(A) 1 and 2 only
(B) 3 and 4 only
(C) 2 and 3 only
(D) 1 and 4 only
4. Please read the passage below and answer the questions that follow:
Rene Descartes’ assertion that ideas may be held true with certainty if they are “clear and distinct” provides the context for Peirce’s title,
“How to Make Our Ideas Clear.” Peirce argued that an idea may seem clear if it is familiar. Distinctness depends on having good definitions, and while definitions are desirable they do not yield any new knowledge or certainty of the truth of empirical propositions
According to Peirce, for a particular thought, which of the following statements will be correct?
(A) A belief always leads to a doubt.
(B) A doubt always leads to a belief.
(C) A doubt and a belief may co-exist.
(D) A belief and a doubt are not related.
(E) A doubt may lead to a belief.
5 Please read the passage below and answer the questions that follow:
Rene Descartes’ assertion that ideas may be held true with certainty if they are “clear and distinct” provides the context for Peirce’s title, “How to Make Our Ideas Clear.” Peirce argued that an idea may seem clear if it is familiar.
Distinctness depends on having good definitions, and while definitions are desirable they do not yield any new knowledge or certainty of the truth of empirical propositions. Peirce argues that thought needs more than a sense of clarity; it also needs a method for making ideas clear. Once we have made an idea clear, then we can begin the task of determining its truth.
“A candidate has applied for XAT”. According to Peirce, it indicates that:
(A) The candidate has a belief in the XAT application process.
(B) The candidate has a belief that XAT is a good test of ability.
(C) The candidate is doubtful about her/his performance in XAT.
(D) The candidate believes that s/he will perform well in XAT.
(E) The candidate has a doubt about her/his performance in other MBA entrance examinations.
6. Please read the passage below and answer the questions that follow:
Rene Descartes’ assertion that ideas may be held true with certainty if they are “clear and distinct” provides the context for Peirce’s title, “How to Make Our Ideas Clear.” Peirce argued that an idea may seem clear if it is familiar. Distinctness depends on having good definitions,and while definitions are desirable they do not yield any new knowledge or certainty of the truth of empirical propositions.
Which of the following words is the closest in meaning to “dilettantism”?
(A) Belief
(B) Doubt
(C) Guess
(D) Surety
(E) Unlikelihood
7 Please read the passage below and answer the questions that follow:
Rene Descartes’ assertion that ideas may be held true with certainty if they are “clear and distinct” provides the context for Peirce’s title, “How to Make Our Ideas Clear.” Peirce argued that an idea may seem clear if it is familiar. Distinctness depends on having good definitions, and while definitions are desirable they do not yield any new knowledge or certainty of the truth of empirical propositions.
A person thinks that s/he has to keep awake for twenty hours in a day to score well in an examination, but is awake for only fifteen hours.
For the above statement, which of the following options will be right, according to Peirce?
(A) This person believes in a minimum sleep of 10 hours.
(B) This person does not have a true belief.
(C) It is a counter-argument of Pierce theory.
(D) It is only a thought, a pure thought, nothing to do with action.
(E) The person does not have a doubt.