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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
Asked in 4 of 9 years.
| Year | Questions |
|---|---|
| XAT 2024 | Not asked |
| XAT 2023 | 3 |
| XAT 2022 | Not asked |
| XAT 2021 | Not asked |
| XAT 2020 | Not asked |
| XAT 2019 | Not asked |
| XAT 2018 | 3 |
| XAT 2017 | 6 |
| XAT 2016 | 5 |
Most-asked concepts
Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.
| Concept | Questions | Papers | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduling and Optimisation | 5 | 2 | 2017, 2016 |
| Preference Matching | 3 | 1 | 2016 |
| Project Scheduling | 3 | 1 | 2023 |
| Scheduling | 3 | 1 | 2018 |
| Selection Using Data | 3 | 1 | 2017 |
How to practise Analytical and Arrangement Sets PYQs
- Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
- Solve one year’s Analytical and Arrangement Sets questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
- Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
- 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.
XAT2023
XAT2018
XAT2017
- Q.33 · MCQ · Selection Using Data: Best way to pick a Snakes and Ladders team from score data PDF
- Q.34 · MCQ · Selection Using Data: Best way to pick a shooting team from score data PDF
- Q.35 · MCQ · Selection Using Data: Correct rule for picking a cricket team from score data PDF
- Q.41 · MCQ · Scheduling and Optimisation: Maximum plates a food stall can sell in its first hour PDF
- Q.42 · MCQ · Scheduling and Optimisation: Maximum daily profit with a second oven PDF
- Q.43 · MCQ · Scheduling and Optimisation: Work split that maximises profit with a helper PDF
XAT2016
- Q.45 · MCQ · Preference Matching: Projects where none of six buyers is satisfied PDF
- Q.46 · MCQ · Preference Matching: Projects where at least three buyers are satisfied PDF
- Q.47 · MCQ · Preference Matching: Projects leaving at most two buyers unsatisfied after changes PDF
- Q.48 · MCQ · Scheduling and Optimisation: Step that must be in a farmer's ideal crop schedule PDF
- Q.49 · MCQ · Scheduling and Optimisation: Crop schedule maximising profit without repeating a crop PDF
Other Decision Making topics
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.