# Analytical and Arrangement Sets XAT PYQ Topic Wise

> Analytical and Arrangement Sets XAT PYQs: all 17 questions from 9 official papers (2016–2024), by concept. Asked in 4 of 9 years; last in 2023.

Source: https://previousyearquestions.app/xat/topics/xat-analytical-dm/

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## Answer first

Analytical and Arrangement Sets PYQs (previous year questions) for XAT: Analytical and Arrangement Sets (Decision Making) had **17 questions** across the 9 official XAT papers we tagged (2016–2024), and appeared in 4 of them. Asked in 4 of 9 years; last in 2023. The concepts asked in the most papers: Scheduling and Optimisation, Project Scheduling, Scheduling.

## Year-wise question count

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## Most-asked concepts

Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.

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## How to practise Analytical and Arrangement Sets PYQs

1. Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
2. Solve one year's Analytical and Arrangement Sets questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
3. Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
4. Once a concept is clean in two papers, move to the next. Then sit a full paper from the year pages.

## Questions by year

Each line gives the question number, type, concept, our one-line summary, with a link to the official PDF.

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## Other Decision Making topics

- [Decision-Making Caselets PYQs](/xat/topics/xat-decision-caselets/)

## FAQ

### How many Analytical and Arrangement Sets questions come in XAT?
In the official papers we tagged: 3 in 2023, 3 in 2018, 6 in 2017 and 5 in 2016. Not asked in the other 5 years. That is 17 questions in all, about 9% of Decision Making.

### Which Analytical and Arrangement Sets topics repeat in XAT?
Asked in the most papers: Scheduling and Optimisation, Project Scheduling, Scheduling. The concept table lists every one with its count.

### Are these official XAT questions?
Yes. Every question is from an official XAT paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.