Here are two mock papers to help you prepapre for XAT 2008,
1. Mock Paper from princeton review based on XAT 2005 pattern.
2. Mock Paper from CL based on XAT 2005 pattern.
3. Actual XAT 2007

The new year is not coming along. All institutes have decided to jazz up our first week with result declaration. I am not sure what goes in their minds while setting such weird result dates. But, it their prerogative and they sure know how to use it. Here is a list of all the “expected” result dates,
1. IRMA conducted on 11th November : Tentative result date, 31st December.
2. CAT 2007 conducted on 18th November : Tentative result date, 8th January.
3. IIFT 2007 conducted on 25th November : Results out.
4. MAT …

Here is a list of XAT essay topics for last 8 years,
XAT essay 1999
“Television really is, another eye so you can see anywhere, another part of our heart so you can feel and care about things you never felt and cared about before, another ear to hear strange music…. The first and only international language.”
XAT essay 2000
Ships are safer in the harbour. But they are not meant for the same.
XAT essay 2001
“Economic Growth without distributive justice can only lead to violence”
XAT essay 2002
“Indian Economy in the Post WTO Era.”
XAT essay …

This list is based on trends that previous year XAT’s have followed. For quant one can brush up following topics,
1. Arithmetic : Numbers, Clocks, TSD, Intrests
2. Algebra : Equations - Simple, Simultaneous, Quadratic, Maxima and Minima
3. Modern Math : Set theory, Probability, Progression, Logarithms
4 : Geometry : Circle, Triangle, Quadrilaterlals, Mensuration, Trigonometry
5. Higher Math : Integrals, Differentials
6. Data Sufficiency : Two statement based, Three Statement based
7. Tables, Bar charts, Pie charts.
Online Mock XAT papers are also available at TCY and Koolcareers. TCY also hosts some 100 tests on various topics …

Here are some XAT resources,
1. XAT Mock Paper : Mock paper based on XAT 2005 pattern.
2. XAT GK : Some GK material. Please check for relevence.
3. XAT essay topics : Last 6 year’s XAT essay topics.
4. XAT Mock Paper : Not exactly a Mock paper for XAT,essentialy a question bank for quant practice.
5. Princetone review MOCK XAT paper : Mock paper based on XAT 2005 pattern.
6. Actual XAT 2007 paper : Exactly. solved.
7. Selected essays : Some selected essays to give you insights into effective essay writing.
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Come 2008, and MBA aspirants will have XAT waiting for them. XAT is one of the most important entrance exams conducted in India. 50 odd institutes consider XAT score for the short listing process. Some of the institutes that do take XAT score are

XLRI, Jamshedpur
SP Jain, Mumbai
Goa Institute of Management, Ribandar, Goa
XIM, Bhumbaneshwar.

Complete list is available at xlri.edu .
XAT : Breakdown
XAT is one exam which is continuously evolving. From 200 questions in XAT 2004 it has come down to 130 questions ( XAT 2007). XAT 2008 will also …

Benazir bhutto finally got her ticket to junnat. I know thats a bad thing to say for someone who died a few years ago. But, come on, in a way I am hoping that she gets to spend her time in the heavens. May she rest in peace.
Who is reponsible ?
I dont think many of us would like to give Mr. Musharraf a clean chit in this whole episode. Especially, when you think that the number of times his adversaries have tried to assassinate him is much more than …

So, another MBA entrance exam is round the corner. Here are some observations,
1. Approximately 500 + seats. More, if bangalore campus is included.
2. Only XAT and FMS left after NMAT. Ofcourse MBE, MFC, FMS-MS exam, CET are also pending.
3. New test pattern
4. Sectional cut-offs from this year.
5. A score in excess of 70 in NMAT 2006 was sufficient to get you a call for PGMD 2007~2009.
6. And dont forget, the admit card should be attested by a gazetted officer, CA or eqivalent.
7. Approximately 36000 students fighting it out for …

SP Jain has finally released their first shortlist for GD/PI for PGDM.
There is a printing error in the list. They forgot to print my name. stupid people, when will they grow up?
Here is the list, in case you have applied for admission to SP Jain’s PGDM
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I was just going through the visitor stats for this blog and I realised that about 80% of my visitors are using MS Internet Explorer.
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Do you know, if you are using firefox, you dont need any other software to do the following,
1. FTP uploads are possible from firefox
2. You can visit restricted websites through firefox.
3. You …