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dear sir/madam ........... wil u please provide the tips or some basic study material to crack xat exam ......... as i want to get admitted in xlri

XAT tests three areas

your decision making abilities
working under pressure and deadlines
the ability to capitalise on ones' strengths.

the exam is of two hours.

avoid getting demoralised or disheartened by statistics which says that out of 250
students only 1 able to crack exam .

Maintain a cool head during the examination.

Studying all topics to be covered, practicing DI and quantitative problems is of utmost
importance. While this builds up your speed and analytical skills, more importantly, it
gives you much-needed confidence needed to crack the exam.

identify your strong and weak areas. You should know which section to start with and
which areas to attack first in each section.

Do not spend time on a question from an area you are not comfortable with. That time
can be utilised to get you points from a section you know better.

Maintain an accuracy level of at least 75 to 80 per cent is very important.

some of best books are :

Mathematics by

R.S.Agarwal

S.L.Gulathi

Reasoning by

R.S.Agarwal

[Verbal and Nonverbal]

Marksman Reasoning

English

Wren and Martin.[English Grammar ]

Antonyms and Synonyms [Arihant Publication]

Thesaurus [Idioms and phrases]