XAT (Xavier Aptitude Test) is conducted every year to recruit students in various MBA programs. It is considered to be the toughest of all the MBA examinations. Here are a few tips to excel in the XAT English sections. Let’s have a look at them-
Read, read, and read: The grammar section is quite tricky in the XAT examination. It is designed to test the language proficiency of the aspirants who are appearing for XAT (Xavier Aptitude Test). Students who are appearing for the examination must prepare themselves according to the level of the examination. To improve the English section, aspirants must read all the articles related to psychology, technology, sociology, etc., daily. When you read the articles, you not only work on your vocabulary, but you also improve your comprehension skills. Also, it would help if you remembered that the XATs verbal ability sections are very time-consuming, so when you are preparing for the examination, you try to improve your speed, which only comes from reading books.
Practice at least 4 RCs a day: You have to practice four reading comprehension a day. When you read comprehension, your vocabulary gets stronger. Not only this, but when you read comprehension, you will get the reading habit which will be extremely helpful from the examination point of view. Whenever you are dealing with reading comprehension (RCs), try to read it in one go. I know it isn’t easy to read the whole paragraph in one go, but at least you can try to read it. At first, you might face some difficulties, but slowly you will get into the habit of reading comprehension. But make sure that reading fast does not mean that you have to read wrong. Make sure you are pronouncing the words correctly. In the XAT examination, most of the questions are related to the author’s tone. So! Whenever you are reading the speech or comprehension, focus on the author’s tone like sad, happy, humorous, dogmatic, ironical, etc. In this way, you will score good marks in the examination.
Practice last year’s question papers: This is another approach to get good marks in the examination. Whenever you are preparing for XAT (Xavier Aptitude Test), you have to keep one thing in your mind in XAT, and you are going to get challenging and complex questions in the reading comprehension section. When you go through the comprehension section, you will come to know that-
- 3-5 questions are from complex poems
- 15-17 questions from VA
These questions will test your vocabulary skill, so one needs to go through them and solve them seriously to get good marks. When you solve the previous year’s papers, you will learn about the questions pattern and get a chance to improve your vocabulary. So it is advisable to solve at least 4-5 years previous examination papers.
Subscribe to online vocabulary enhancers: In the XAT examination, you will have to
make your vocabulary strong to get good marks. When this happens, you will conquer your fear of reading comprehension, and you will manage to get good marks. To get good marks, you can join the online course which focuses on developing vocabulary skills. By enrolling in an online vocabulary class, you will get a chance to learn new words every day, which will improve your vocabulary skills. These apps use the institute ERP to manage their day-to-day activities. ERP full form is enterprise resource planning, and these apps are handy for the aspirants to get good marks.
Final Words
In the XAT examination, the English verbal section is considered challenging. To excel in this section, you will have to put extra effort into your preparations. Follow the tips mentioned above to get good marks.
