XAT 2022 VARC Practice Papers: Exam Pattern, Tips & Tricks
Content Curator | Updated On - Jul 12, 2022
Candidates need to evoke the rhythm of grammar to target this section effectively in XAT 2022. Apart from knowledge and understanding about the structure, it is vital to have the ability to reason out of the box to grip the arc and tonality of the passage concerned.
XAT VARC section will put the candidate in the middle of questions that concern statements, assumptions and conclusions accordingly. Solving the VARC Practice paper will help the candidate understand the question tonality and exam pattern.
XAT VARC section consists of 26 questions with 1 mark each within the time limit of 55 minutes. Check XAT 2022 Exam Pattern. By attempting practice papers, candidates can access their aptitude and also crack the examination with an excellent score.
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Composition of XAT VARC Practice Paper
The candidate needs to target three important sections in this part notably, Verbal Ability, Logical Reasoning and Reading Passages. The sections more importantly consist of the following topics:
- Verbal Ability: The syllabus you need to cover in this part is questions based on English vocabulary like fill in the blanks, synonyms, antonyms, correction of sentences, use of right words, etc
- Reading Comprehension: This part will take more time because you have to read the whole paragraph to mark the correct answers and also the share of questions from this part is high in VARC. The topics for RC could be from politics, economics or abstract.
- Logical Reasoning: The syllabus for this part is analogy, clocks, inference & judgments, blood relations, seating arrangements, etc. The questions from this part are mostly asked in sets so if you are able to crack one LR question then it means you can answer at least 2-3 questions.
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Benefits of solving XAT VARC Practice Papers
Format of XAT question paper
XAT VARC consists of various types of question formats ranging from three important sections Verbal Ability, Logical Reasoning and Reading Passages and having the clear knowledge about the set parameters helps to crack the examination with ease.
Enhances the speed
It also helps to accelerate the speed and this will be a great practice for the final examination. As there is sectional timing in this format of the examination, it is required to practice those papers in this way to crack the examination.
Improves accuracy
If the candidate practices 2 papers a day for 6 months before appearing for the final examination, they will be able to improve their accuracy and vision of solving the question by vividly strategizing it.
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Analysis of skills
The candidate gets a vast opportunity to analyse the pattern and syllabus for the examination. And also evaluate the process they take.
*The article might have information for the previous academic years, please refer the official website of the exam.
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Answered Questions
SPJIMR
According to the information available, the expected cutoff for SP Jain Institute of Management for both profile-based and normal calls through CAT and XAT is not released yet. So
I will base the answer on last year's cutoff
- XAT: 93.5 percentile
- CAT: 85 percentile
However it’s important to note that for more certainty of admission, one must score around 93-95%ile score and a 680-690 min on GMAT.
XIMB
The XLRI admission cut-off is directly influenced by the difficulty level of the XAT question paper. XAT 2023 exam was held on January 8, 2023. The question paper was of moderate difficulty level, the same as last year. Given below are the section-wise XAT cut-off for XLRI admission 2023:
| General Engineers (BM) | 95 Male 92 Female |
| General Non Engineer (BM) | 95 Male 92 Female |
| General Engineers (HRM) | 93 Male 91 Female |
| General Non Engineers (HRM) | 90 Male 88 Female |
XIMB CAT cutoff for the previous year was 91 percentile for Business Management and HRM cutoff hasn’t been released yet.
