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XAT 2024 Question Paper with Solutions

Written by Nilesh Jangid, Founder · Quant & DILR mentor · CAT 99.84 %ile · Last checked: 31 Oct 2026

Download the XAT 2024 question paper with an answer key and solutions. Below you will find the section-wise structure of the paper and how it compares with other years.

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Year 2024

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Questions 100 per paper

In each PDF Questions, answer key, solutions

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These papers are memory-based reconstructions prepared by Thinkoraa mentors and students. They are not official XLRI papers, and the wording or order of some questions may differ from the actual exam.

Please read before you download: these are memory-based reconstructions prepared by Thinkoraa mentors and students. They are not official XLRI papers, and the wording or order of some questions may differ from the actual exam. Use them for practice.

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XAT 2024 Question Paper PDF

One PDF Each has the questions, an answer key and solutions.

Paper Structure

XAT 2024 Paper Structure

Question counts, counted from the answer keys and section headings of the booklets.

Paper	Questions	Quant & DI	Decision Making	Verbal & Logical	General Knowledge	PDF pages
XAT 2024	100	28	21	26	25	52

Across these booklets the section sizes are the same except in XAT 2024. The 2024 booklet also lists the three essay prompts. Compare with: XAT 2026, XAT 2025.

What Appeared

What Appeared in XAT 2024

The cases, sets and passages of this paper, described in a line each (from the Thinkoraa reconstruction, not official wording).

Quant & DI sets

Aman buying goods with Rs. 100; 41 shortlisted applicants for data analyst interviews; The upper hinge of a dataset; A T20 cricket match; A store offering a choice of discount coupons.

Decision Making cases

Mr. Singh and the part-time staff of a housing society; Symbolis, a medium-sized IT services organization; Raman, a project manager in an IT department; Kasta, a small industrial town with a steel plant; Ms. Vineeta Lama of Jampur; ABC Business School; DeepSea, a natural gas extraction company.

Verbal & Logical passages

A scene in a darkened room; Behavioral economists and human decisions.

How To Use

How To Use the XAT 2024 Paper

Attempt it timed

Set a timer and attempt the paper section by section, as in the exam.

Check the answer key

Score yourself section by section, and note how many questions you attempted and got right.

Read the solutions

Go through the solution for every wrong or skipped question, and for the right ones where you were unsure.

Keep an error log

Write down the topic and why you lost the marks: concept gap, calculation slip, misread question or time.

Next steps: the XAT guide (syllabus, pattern, dates), free XAT mock tests and the CAT previous year papers. For Decision Making practice, download the 500 free XAT DM questions with answers.

FAQs

XAT 2024 Question Paper: FAQs

Is this the official XAT 2024 question paper?+

How many questions are there in the XAT 2024 paper here?+

XAT 2024: 100 questions (28 in Quant & DI, 21 in Decision Making, 26 in Verbal & Logical, 25 in General Knowledge). The 2024 booklet also lists the three essay prompts.

Does the XAT 2024 PDF have answers and solutions?+

Yes. The booklet ends with an answer key and solutions.

Can I attempt the XAT 2024 paper as a timed test?+

Yes. Open the PDF, set a timer and attempt it section by section. The free XAT mock tests on Thinkoraa give you an online test with analysis.

Where can I see the other years?+

See the XAT previous year papers page or the XAT 2026 question paper.