XAT Simplified (Past Papers + Mock Tests + Vocabulary + General Awareness)  (English, Disha Experts)

Target XAT Simplified: Past Papers + Mock Tests + Vocabulary + General Awareness (2005 - 2012) is a set of two books. One contains solved XAT papers and the other is a book that helps build vocabulary and word skills.

Summary Of The Book

Target XAT Simplified: Past Papers + Mock Tests + Vocabulary + General Awareness (2005 - 2012) helps students who are preparing for the XAT MBA entrance exams. This book contains past years XAT papers with solutions. The other book, 50 Cool Stories 3000 Hot Words helps build vocabulary.

The XAT is one of the toughest of management entrance exams. An increasing number of students take this exam each year as XLRI is gaining popularity as a prestigious management institute. The Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) consists of various sections that test quantitative aptitude, verbal ability, data interpretation and logical reasoning. The paper also contains essay questions and a section testing general awareness. Target XAT Simplified: Past Papers + Mock Tests + Vocabulary + General Awareness (2005 - 2012) contains XAT papers from the year 2005 to the year 2012. The book also provides detailed solutions to the questions.      

It also contains five mock tests modeled on the XAT exam pattern. The Mock Test papers are divided into two parts. The first section contains aptitude questions that test quantitative and verbal ability, reasoning ability, and decision making. The next section contains general awareness questions and essay questions. The solutions for the mock tests are also included in the book. This book also contains the collected essay questions asked in XAT papers over the last decade. It also provides a separate list of essay questions for practice. Besides these, the book contains a question bank on general awareness topics.

The second book, 50 Cool Stories 3000 Hot Words uses a different approach to word building and vocabulary skills. Instead of just providing abstract word lists, the book contains 50 interesting stories that relate to different fields like law, business, infrastructure, environment, demographics, sociology, sports, and marketing. The author then uses these stories to help the readers add to their vocabulary. At the end of each chapter a word list, their meaning, and different forms of the word are included. This approach, combining a story and context with vocabulary, helps the readers understand new words and retain them in their memory.

Target XAT Simplified: Past Papers + Mock Tests + Vocabulary + General Awareness (2005 - 2012) helps enhance their knowledge in many aspects like general awareness, contextual usage, GD and PI skills, and trends and issues. All this is done through interesting stories that focus on subjects that might come up in exams, group discussions or interviews. Together, these two books can help students prepare for the XAT exam and other competitive exams.