Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) also has released the exam schedule in this regard on Friday.

On the other hand, CBSE Compartment exam for 12th class students will taken place on September 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28 and 29.

Sources from CBSE remind that students who have passed the practical but have failed in theory can focus only on theory exams and need not worry about practicals.

CBSE Compartment exam to start from great September 22

Practical exams for regular candidates will be held in the schools where the candidate studied, say sources from CBSE.

Examination for private candidate will be conducted at the theory examination centre unless otherwise notified.

Private candidates can contact the prinicipals of the school of their theory examination centre to know about the date and time for the practical exam before their theory exam is over.

Sources say the practical exams must be completed before September 28. CBSE Compartment exam will begin by 10 am during the days meant for them.

Students must be there at the exam centre atleast one hour before the commencement of the examination. They can enter into the exam hall a little before 10 am.

Question paper and answer booklets will be distributed from 10 to 10.15 am. They can begin writing by 10:30 am. Students can check the question paper for any errors before commencing writing.

The schedule for CBSE Compartment exam for 10th class students is given below:

Tuesday 22 September
Timing: 10.30 am to 1.30 pm
Exam and subject code: 087 SOCIAL SCIENCE

Wednesday 23 September
Timing: 10.30 am to 1.30 pm
Exam and subject code: 049 PAINTING, 086 SCIENCE,
090 SCIENCE (W/O PRACTICAL)

Thursday 24 September
Timing: 10.30 am to 1.30 pm
Exam and subject code: 002 HINDI COURSE-A, 064 HOME SCIENCE and 085 HINDI COURSE-B

Friday 25 September
Timing: 10.30 am to 1.30 pm
Exam and subject code: 041 MATHEMATICS STANDARD and
241 MATHEMATICS BASIC

Saturday 26 September
Timing: 10.30 am to 1.30 pm
Exam and subject code: 101 ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE, 122 SANSKRIT and 184 ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Monday 28 September (PART A)
Timing: 10.30 am to 1.30 pm
Exam and subject code: 003 URDU COURSE-A, 004 PUNJABI,
005 BENGALI, 007 TELUGU, 009 MARATHI, 011 MANIPURI,
012 MALAYALAM, 013 ODIA, 014 ASSAMESE, 015 KANNADA,
016 ARABIC, 017 TIBETAN, 018 FRENCH, 024 NEPALI, 026 LEPCHA, 089 TELUGU – TELANGANA, 096 SPANISH, 098 MIZO
303 URDU COURSE B.

Monday 28 September (PART B)
Timing: 10.30 am – 12.30 pm
Exam and subject code: 034 HINDUSTANI MUSIC (VOCAL)

Tuesday 22 September (PART A)
Timing: 10.30 am to 1.30 pm
Exam and subject code: 003 URDU ELECTIVE, 027 HISTORY, 028 POLITICAL SCIENCE, 030 ECONOMICS, 037 PSYCHOLOGY, 041 MATHEMATICS, 042 PHYSICS, 044 BIOLOGY, 048 PHYSICAL EDUCATION, 055 ACCOUNTANCY, 066 ENTREPRENEURSHIP, 074 LEGAL STUDIES, 076 NATIONAL CADET CORPS, 104 PUNJABI, 124 NEPALI, 322 SANSKRIT CORE, 793 CAPITAL MARKET OPERATIONS, 803 WEB APPLICATION, 804 AUTOMOTIVE, 805 FINANCIAL MARKETS MANAGEMENT, 806 TOURISM, 807 BEAUTY & WELLNESS, 808 AGRICULTURE, 809 FOOD PRODUCTION
810 FRONT OFFICE OPERATIONS, 811 BANKING, 812 MARKETING 814 INSURANCE, 819 ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY, 829 TEXTILE DESIGN, 835 MASS MEDIA STUDIES (NEW), 837 FASHION STUDIES, 840 APPLIED MATHEMATICS

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Monday September 28 (PART B)
Timing: 10.30 am to 12.30 pm
Exam and subjec code: 034 HINDUSTANI MUSIC VOCAL, 035 HINDUSTANI MUSIC MEL.INS, 036 HINDUSTANI MUSIC PER INS, 049 PAINTING, 052 APP/COMMERCIAL ART, 056 KATHAK – DANCE.

Wednesday 23 September
Timing: 10.30 am to 1.30 pm
Exam and subject code: 029 GEOGRAPHY

Thursday 24 September
Timing: 10.30 am to 1.30 pm
Exam and subject code: 043 CHEMISTRY and 054 BUSINESS STUDIES.

Friday 25 September
Timing: 10.30 am to 1.30 pm
Exam and subject code: 064 HOME SCIENCE

Saturday 26 September
Timing: 10.30 am to 1.30 pm
Exam and subject code: 039 SOCIOLOGY

Monday 28 September
Timing: 10.30 am to 1.30 pm
Exam and subject code: 002 HINDI ELECTIVE and 302 HINDI CORE

Tuesday 29 September
Timing: 10.30 am to 1.30 pm
Exam and subject code: 001 ENGLISH ELECTIVE-N, 045 BIOTECHNOLOGY and 301 ENGLISH CORE.

Wednesday 30 September
Timing: 10.30 am to 1.30 pm
Exam and subject code: 065 INFORMATICS PRAC. (NEW), 083 COMPUTER SCIENCE (NEW), 265 INFORMATICS PRAC. (OLD), 283 COMPUTER SCIENCE (OLD) and 802 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

CBSE further says candidates appearing for the CBSE Compartment exam have to follow safety norms. Parents must ensure that their children are not sick before attending the CBSE Compartment exam.

Students coming for the CBSE Compartment exam must get their own hand sanitizers and water bottles. Both must be transparent. Also, candidates must cover their nose and mouth with mask.

Exam petition
It is interesting to note that Supreme Court also has issued notice to CBSE with regards to conducting of CBSE Compartment exams in response to a petitions filed by students.

Students filed the petition seeking cancellation of CBSE Compartment exam. Students were led by Anika Samvedi.

A three judge bench under the leadership of Justice A.M. Khanwilkar issued a notice in connection with the petition.

And, directed CBSE to file its response by September 7. The matter is posted for hearing on September 10.

The schedule for CBSE Compartment exam for 10th standard can be obtained at ‘https://cbse.nic.in/newsite/attach/compdatesheetX2020.pdf’

The same for CBSE Compartment exam for 12th standard can be obtained  at ‘https://cbse.nic.in/newsite/attach/compdatesheetXII2020.pdf’

Those who are wishing to join management courses in XLRI (Xavier School of Management) can concentrate on this exam which is one of the most popular ones in the country.

Those who take up XAT 2025 Registration from 28 September 2024 onwards, can choose to write exam from the new test centers.

The Newly Added Test Centers Are: Ajmer, Aligarh, Anantapur, Arrah, Baddi, Balasore, Bareilly, Bhagalpur, Bikaner, Bilaspur, Chikkaballapur, Darbhanga, Davanagere, Dhenkanal, Haldwani, Hazaribagh, Hisar, Jodhpur, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga), Kalyani, Karimnagar, Kolhapur, Kurukshetra, Mehsana, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Muzaffarpur, Nanded, Patiala, Salem, Shimla, Sikar, Ujjain, Vellore.

The Other Test Centers Are: Agra, Ahmedabad, Aurangabad City (Maharashtra), Allahabad, Ambala, Amravati, Amritsar, Bengaluru, Berhampur, Bhatinda, Bhilai Nagar, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh/Mohali, Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi-NCR, Dhanbad, Dibrugarh, Durgapur/Asansol, Ernakulam, Gandhinagar, Goa, Gorakhpur, Guwahati, Gwalior, Hooghly, Hubballi(Hubli), Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur,Jalandhar, Jaipur, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Kannur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Kota, Kottayam, Kurnool, Lucknow, Madurai, Mangalore, Mumbai, Mysuru(Mysore), Nagpur, Nashik, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Rajahmundry, Ranchi, Roorkee, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Siliguri, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirappalli, Tirupathi, Tiruvallur, Udaipur, Udupi Vadodara, Varanasi, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Warangal, Tejpur, Jorhat, Rajkot, Shillong, Naharlagun.

The process of submitting the application started on 15 July 2024. Admit card for the exam will be available for download from 20 December 2024.

Exam will be conducted on 5 January 2025 from 2:00pm to 5:30pm. The process of application (XAT 2025 Registration) has begun.

The scores in the exam will be used by other well-known management institutions for admission into courses offered by them.

There are other prestigious B Schools that offer admission into management courses based on scores in XAT and these institutions are known as XAMI (Xavier Association of Management Institutes).

Point to remember

The official website for the exam is ready and it can be visited with the help of URL ‘https://xatonline.in/’ The candidates can read the information about the exam.

The link to take up XAT 2025 registration is active, candidates can take up XAT 2025 registration and apply for the test.

About the exam

The full name of the exam is Xavier Aptitude Test which is popularly known to all as XAT. It is conducted every year by XLRI of Jamshedpur.

It is a national level exam that has to be passed to gain admission into management courses offered by XLRI and other participating institutions.

XAT 2025 is meant to be conducted for the year 2025. The test will be conducted across 75 cities in India.

Even apart from participating institutions, many other b schools across India offer admissions based on scores in this exam.

Who can take up XAT 2025 registration?

Candidates willing to take up XAT 2025 registration must have passed Bachelor’s Degree or its equivalent from a recognized educational institution located anywhere in India.

Candidates appearing for the final year of their qualifying degree examination and those who have completed degree requirements and are awaiting results can also take up XAT 2025 registration.

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However, they have to pass the exam and provide a proof for it by the time of admission process commencement in XLRI or its associate institutions.

1. The URL mentioned above must be typed into the browser and submitted to allow the website to download.

2. Once the website is ready, candidates can click the information brochure and know about the exam.

3. After reading the information, candidates can click the button Register.

4. Clicking the above button will open another webpage with URL ‘https://applications.xatonline.in/?_gl=1*17pi4n7*_ga*MTM4OTUzOTQ1NC4xNzIwODU1NjQw*_ga_44L83023B1*MTcyMDg1NTY0MC4xLjEuMTcyMDg1NTgyMC42MC4wLjA.’

5. When the webpage with above URL opens, candidates can provide the required information and create an account with username and password.

6. Post account creation, candidates can login and start applying for the exam.

Link to take up XAT 2025 Registration is Here

Registration fee

Candidates have to pay XAT 2025 registration fee of Rs 2200 while applying for the exam. Those applying for XLRI programmes, have to pay Rs 200 per programme.

How to download admit card?

Candidates who have successfully completed their XAT 2025 registration will alone be able to download admit card and its process is explained below:

1. Candidates have to visit the official website for the exam at ‘https://xatonline.in/’

2. Once the website is ready, candidates have to click the link for downloading hall ticket which may open another webpage.

3. When another webpage opens, candidates have to type their application number and other required information and submit them to obtain the admit card.

Exam pattern

XAT 2025 will be conducted online as a computer based test where the questions have to be answered on a computer screen at the test centre.

Duration to complete answering is 3 hours 30 minutes. The test will have questions related to Decision Making, Verbal & Logical Ability, Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation, General Knowledge, and Essay Writing.

Candidates who have taken up XAT 2025 registration must remember that XLRI has decided to make changes in exam timings. XAT 2025 exam timing stands changed from morning to afternoon.

The exam has to be passed with required qualifying marks which is also known as cutoff scores.

Cutoff score is the minimum marks candidates have to get in the exam to be eligible for next phase of admission.

The score of the candidates in the exam must be either greater than cutoff or equal to it.

Those who pass can appear for the next stage which comprises group discussion, interview, document verification. Those who get the seat can pay the money and join the institution for classes.

Point to remember

It is to note that many institutions accept XAT scores for admission into management programmes offered by them, their admission process and schedule may vary from that of XLRI.

Candidates have to visit the websites of those institutions and obtain information about their admission process before submitting applications there.