4

Click here to load reader

Xat 2017 strategy to write essay in 20 minutes

Embed Size (px)

Citation preview

Page 1: Xat 2017 strategy to write essay in 20 minutes

XAT 2017: Strategy to Write Essay in

20 Minutes

Essay Writing forms an integral part of the Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT). This specific part of the exam frequently troubles the XAT applicants, for the most part about the topics of the essay and how to give their best shot as possible within the allotted 25 minutes.

(Image Source)

While apparently, the topics may appear to be easy, for writing a standard essay, hopefuls are frequently clueless as far as presenting their thoughts in 200 words within the time period.

Page 2: Xat 2017 strategy to write essay in 20 minutes

The following table gives you the XAT essay topics over last 10 years.

XAT Essay Topics

Year Essay Topic

2014 The most beautiful things in life can't be seen or touched with hands; they must be felt with heart.

2013

Corruption is the root cause of monetary slowdown in India

Statement I - Poverty is the significant issue that is plaguing India. As a result of the size and many-sided quality of this issue, government policies are not successful.

2012 Statement I - Poverty is the significant issue that is plaguing India. As a result of the size and many-sided quality of this issue, government policies are not successful.

Statement II - Poverty is an outcome of the government policies. Rather than attempting to address the issue, the government should focus on the root causes of the issue.

Support one of the statements. Justify it with examples.

2011 The statesmant who should attempt to direct private people in what way they should utilize their capitals would not stack himself with the most unnecessary attention but rather expect a power which could safely be trusted to no council or senate whatever, and which would nowhere be so dangerous in hands of man who had habit and assumption enough to favor himself fit to practice it.

2010 Earth provides enough to fulfill each man's need however not each man's greed

2009 The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of wealth; the inherent temperance of socialism is the equivalent sharing of miseries

2008 Gender Bias: Cause of Third World War

2007 Economic development without natural harm – hallucination or reality

2006

India has the biggest pool of talented manpower, however not very many developments and licensed items.

2005 More than one billion Indians: A gigantic problem or a sea of opportunities.

Now we should share with you the procedures to enhance your essay

writing abilities. Gautam Puri, Vice Chairman, Career Launcher shares, "The evaluators search for

language abilities, as well as for the point of view included, the spectrum of ideas,

and your knowledge relating to the current topic. Having fair information of the

contemporary topics will give you an edge. So reading daily newspapers,

especially the editorial columns, is highly advised."

Page 3: Xat 2017 strategy to write essay in 20 minutes

Presently we should grant to you the methods to improve your

article writing abilities. Gautam Puri, Vice Chairman, Career Launcher shares, "The evaluators look for

dialect abilities, and additionally for the point of view included, the range of

thoughts, and your knowledge identifying with the current topic. Having a

reasonable data of the contemporary focuses will give you an edge. So perusing

daily papers, especially the article sections, is exceptionally prompted."

Here we present to you 6 techniques for acing the essay composing

area of XAT:-

Analyze the topic and choose the way you want to drive it After getting the subject, choose the direction in which you need to drive your

essay into. Since for the most part the points are dynamic in nature, you can

contextualize it to governmental issues, social issue or current happening. Once

you choose the unique context, your job will get much easier. "For essays, since

the way of points was hard to predict, I read daily newspapers, especially the

editorial segment," notices Maulik Gandhi, XAT 2014 topper with 99.74

percentile and XLRI Jamshedpur student.

Assemble the points before starting The next step is to assemble the points. Scribble down the points in proper order

which you need to present in your essay. Support your points with the assistance of

statistical data points, cases etc. The more you can substantiate your points, better

it will be for the assessment procedure. "I composed the keywords that came to

my mind after seeing the topic. I took 5 minutes to arrange my thoughts and after

that began writing," said Anjul Rajoriya, a second-year student of XLRI

Jamshedpur.

Write a draft before starting the essay Prepare the structure and draft essay before starting the actual essay. Do not take

more than 5 minutes for it. Separate your points to be included into the

presentation, body and conclusion. If you prepare the draft, it would be a great deal

more helpful for you to pen down the actual essay. You can do the important edits

and enhance the language of the essay.

Structure your essay properly Make sure that your paper comprises of 3 sections, introduction, body and

conclusion. The essay should be of around 200 to 300 words. You can separate the

3 sections with passages. You can also include specific facts through bullet points.

Page 4: Xat 2017 strategy to write essay in 20 minutes

Keep time in check The duration of the XAT essay is 25 minutes. Monitor your time so you don't exceed the time limit.

Since Essay Writing would be the last question of the 3-hour XAT paper, spare your energy and

time till the last 25 minutes. Do not spend more than 5 minutes for drafting the essay and before

submitting, revise once the final copy.

Read also:- XAT 2017: Check out test centres, paper pattern, other details here

XAT 2017: Unanswered question can deduct your 0.05 marks

Free Mock Test for XAT 2017