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XAT 2020 Previous Year Questions with Detailed Solutions

Real XAT 2020 paper spanning arithmetic and DI, verbal passages and poetry, environmental GK and workplace decision caselets, each question explained.

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Questions
100

Across 4 sections

Duration
180 min

4 timed sections

Marks
100

Negative marking

Attempts
100
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About this test

XAT 2020 Previous Year Paper: QADI, VALR, GK and Decision Making

Percentages, geometry, data analysis, reading comprehension, environmental awareness and workplace judgement are what the XAT 2020 previous year paper tests. It spans Quant and DI, Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning, General Knowledge, and Business Decision Making. Aptitude360 offers this past paper with worked solutions.

Topics covered in the XAT 2020 question paper

  • QADI: percentage share problems, heights and distances with lighthouses, cost combinations of bags, a revenue table with one misreported figure, irrational numbers, a function of four variables, circles placed in a rectangular field, a numbered-card problem and capacity of drums
  • VALR: paragraph fill-in-the-blanks, grammatical correctness of sentences, a short poem on desire and destruction, critical reasoning, para jumbles, and passages on pleasure and habituation, exile, knowledge as a commodity and pointless jobs
  • General Knowledge: the Booker Prize, vertigo and the inner ear, green bonds, Manipur's dancing deer, India's Paris Agreement commitments, Omuamua, Silent Spring and the government cola brand
  • Decision Making: HR and project allocation, product labelling ethics, a small retail shop, e-commerce complaints, a job-offer decision, expanding a bakery and policy choices for a forested kingdom

Key concepts for XAT 2020 aspirants

  • Difference between terminating, recurring and irrational decimals
  • Spotting inconsistent data in multi-year tables
  • Literary tone and theme in short poems
  • Climate agreements, environmental books and conservation species
  • Balancing ethics, customer interest and business viability in caselets

How to prepare for the XAT VALR and GK sections

  • Read editorial essays on economics and history to get used to dense argument-based passages
  • Revise environment and climate GK as a separate theme, along with prizes and banking firsts
  • For grammar questions, check each sentence for tense, idiom and article usage before calling it correct

Who will benefit from this XAT 2020 paper

XAT and OMET aspirants in the mock-test stage who want practice on a real past paper across all four sections.

FAQs about XAT 2020 Previous Year Questions with Detailed Solutions

What are the sections in XAT 2020?
XAT 2020 had Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation, Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning, Decision Making, and General Knowledge.
How to approach XAT decision making questions?
Identify the core problem, list the stakeholders and reject options that are unethical, extreme or off-topic. The best answer usually solves the main issue while being fair and practical.
Why is XAT considered tougher than CAT?
Many aspirants find XAT harder because it adds a Decision Making section, uses poetry and dense passages in verbal, and includes General Knowledge, which CAT does not test.
What kind of GK is asked in XAT?
XAT GK mixes static topics such as geography, science and history with current affairs on business, awards, environment and policy.

Test structure

How the paper is split, and how long each part runs. A section you have finished cannot be returned to.

SectionQuestionsTime
XAT 2020 QADI2863 min
XAT 2020 VALR2653 min
XAT 2020 GK2515 min
XAT 2020 BDM2149 min

Marking & rules

Total marks
100 across 100 questions.
Negative marking
A wrong answer costs marks. Leaving a question unanswered costs nothing.
Attempts
100 in total. An attempt is spent the moment you begin one.

What you get when you submit

The analysis is ready the moment you submit the paper.

Score and accuracy

Marks, percentage, right, wrong and skipped, and the time you took.

Section by section

The same figures for each section, so a weak one cannot hide in an average.

The full answer key

Every question with your answer, the right one, the working, and the video where there is one.

Where you stand

Your score against the spread of everyone else who has sat this test.

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