XAT General Knowledge (GK) Previous Year Papers with Questions and Answers – 2013

Wednesday, December 13th, 2017

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XAT General Knowledge past year papers should be a part of each and every student’s library who is serious about XAT GK preparation. It would take hardly one hour to go through past year papers and this one hour would teach you about the kind of stuff that gets asked in the exam. I would strongly recommend to all XAT GK students to please go through this post in details and honestly assess yourself as to how much you would have scored in the actual exam.

XAT General Knowledge (GK) Previous Year Papers with Questions and Answers – 2013
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XAT General Knowledge (GK) Questions from Previous Year Paper of 2013

1. Which of the following Indian companies feature in Fortune Five hundred list for 2012?

• Reliance Industries, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, IOC
• Tata Motors, SBI, CTS, Wipro, IOC
• Tata Steel, IOC, Reliance Industries, Ranbaxy
• IOC, Reliance Industries, SBI, GAIL
• IOC, Reliance Industries, ACC, BPCL

 

2. Which of these bodies decides the monetary policy in India?

• Reserve Bank of India 
• Ministry of Finance
• Ministry of Commerce
• Ministry of Finance and Commerce
• Planning Commission

 

3. CPI and WPI as acronyms, refer to–

• Political Parties
• Purchasing capacity indices
• Price indices
• Poverty indices
• Unemployment indices

 

4. What is Davos famous for?

• It is best known tourist place of Switzerland
• G8 members meet here, every year
• EU financial headquarters
• World Economic Forum
• Best ski resorts in the world

 

5. Which of the following are Millennium Development Goals?

• Poverty eradication, reducing child mortality, reducing trade barriers, combating AIDS
• Poverty Reduction, environment sustainability, universal primary education, equal employment
• Reduce unemployment, promote diversity, combating malaria, improving maternal health
• Globalisation, reduction in poverty, combating AIDS, universal primary education
• Poverty eradication, improving maternal health, universal primary education, combating AIDS

 

6. Which of following countries in Europe were most hit by sovereign debt crisis?

• Greece, Germany, Spain, Iceland
• Portugal, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic
• Greece, Spain, France, Switzerland
• Spain, Greece, Iceland, Portugal
• Germany, U.K., France, Greece

 

7. Which of the following countries would account for maximum petroleum production of the world?

• Saudi Arabia, Iran, Kazakhstan, US, Nigeria
• Russia, US, Iran, China, Saudi Arabia
• Saudi Arabia, US, Venezuela, Iran, Iraq
• Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Libya
• Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Venezuela

 

8. Which of the following was not the reason for recent slide of Indian rupee?

• Huge Trade Deficit
• Low Growth and High Inflation
• Low Capital Inflow
• Burgeoning current account deficit
• High unemployment rate

 

9. Which of followings combination belongs to Bretton Woods institute?

• IMF, World Bank
• IMP, WTO, Doha Round
• World Bank, WTO, IBRD
• IMF, World Bank, UNESCO
• None of the above

 

10. Read the statements carefully and answer the questions that follow

1. Earth Summit is held every year.
2. Last Earth Summit took place in Rio de Janeiro.
3. Another name for earth summit is United Nation Conference on Environment and Development.

Which of the above is the right combination?

• 1 and 2
• 2 and 3
• 1 and 3
• 1, 2 and 3
• 2 only

 

11. Which of the following countries meet more than one fourth of their energy requirement from nuclear power?

• France, US, Russia, Germany
• France, Ukraine, Sweden, Korea
• France, India, Ukraine, Germany
• Germany, Russia, Canada, Japan
• Japan, Germany, Korea, England

 

12. Pick the right match from the following combinations

• Shenzhen-China, NSE-India, SGX-Singapore, DAX-Germany
• NASDAQ-US, MCX-India, SGX-Korea, FTSE-France
• NYSE-US, BSE-India, FTSE-England, DAX-Denmark
• NASDAQ-Canada, BSE-India, FTSE-France, DAX-Germany
• Shenzhen-Singapore, Shanghai-China, FTSE-France, BSE-India

 

13. Harish Hande who won the Magsaysay Award in 2011 is famous for –

• RTE
• RTI
• Lokpal Bill
• MRTPC
• SELCO

 

14. Indian government is planning to introduce GAAR. What is the purpose of GAAR?

• Increase rural income
• Increase agriculture income
• Regulatory authority for managing agriculture resources
• Regulate foreign investment in agriculture
• Curtail tax avoidance

 

15. Who is the Chairman of Indian Planning Commission ?

• M. S. Ahluwalia
• C. Rangarajan
• Manmohan Singh
• Raminder Singh Gujral
• Subba Rao

 

16. Given below are some well-known awards and their respective fields. Choose the correct combination:

• Palme d’Or – Television; Pulitzer – Advertising; Grammy – Music; Booker – Literature
• Pulitzer – Advertising; Grammy – Music; Cannes Lions – Advertising; Booker – Literature
• Grammy – Music; Booker – Journalism; Emmy – Television; Palme d’Or – Movies
• Cannes Lions – Movie, Grammy – Music, Pulitzer – Journalism, Emmy – Television
• Palme d’Or – Movie; Pulitzer – Journalism; Cannes Lions – Advertising, Booker – Literature

 

17. A few combinations of names of companies and their products are given below. Choose the right option:

• Amazon – Kindle; Roxio – Angry Birds; Google – Ad Sense; Zynga – Nook
• Amazon – Kindle; Nintendo – Wii; Rovio – Angry Birds; Zynga – Castle Ville
• Zynga – Angry Birds; Nintendo – Wii; Google – Ad Sense; Rovio – Castle Ville
• Amazon–Nook; Sony– Wii; Zynga – Castle Ville; Google – Ad Sense
• Amazon – Nook; Nintendo – Wii; Rovio–Castle Ville; Roxio–Kindle

 

18. Read the following statements carefully –

I. Excise duty is a tax on manufacture or production of goods and services.

II. Not all kinds of excise duty is collected by the Central Government in India.

III. Excise duty is an indirect tax.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

• Statements I and II
• Statements II and III
• Statement I and III
• All of the above
• None of the above

 

19. From which of the following items India export the most?

• Textile goods
• Jute
• IT Services
• Gems and Jewellery
• Leather

 

20. Which of the following acids helps in human digestion?

• Lactic
• Tartaric
• Hydrochloric
• Sulphuric
• Acetic

 

21. Which of the following is the right match for Olympics medal winners from India?

• Sushil Kumar–Haryana, Mary Kom–Assam, Saina Nehwal– Andhra Pradesh, Vijay Kumar– Madhya Pradesh
• Sushil Kumar–Rajasthan, Mary Kom–Manipur, Vijay Kumar– Himachal Pradesh, Yogeshwar Dutt–Haryana
• Yogeshwar Dutt–Haryana, Mary Kom–Manipur, Vijay Kumar– Himachal Pradesh, Gagan Narang– Andhra Pradesh
• Yogeshwar Dutt–Delhi, Saina Nehwal– Uttarakhand, Sushil Kumar–Haryana, Mary Kom– Manipur
• Saina Nehwal– Uttarakhand, Gaurav Narang–Punjab, Sushil Kumar–Haryana, Mary Kom– Manipur

 

22. Which of the following African countries underwent political turmoil in the last two years?

• Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Morocco, Sudan
• Tunisia, Yemen, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Kenya
• Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Mauritania, Nigeria, Malta
• Mauritania, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Sudan, Maldives
• Egypt, Libya, Lebanon, Algeria, Sudan, Kenya

 

23. Which of the following education institutions was Mr. Rajat Gupta, the former McKinsey chief associated with?

• XLRI Jamshedpur
• Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
• Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
• Indian Institute of Management Lucknow
• Indian School of Business, Hyderabad

 

24. Which country was the highest producer of cars in the world in 2011?

• USA
• Germany
• Korea
• Japan
• China

 

25. What is the approximate share of manufacturing sector in Indian GDP in 2011-12?

• 22%
• 24%
• 31%
• 15%
• 10%

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XAT General Knowledge (GK) Answers from Previous Year Paper of 2013

1. Reliance Industries, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, IOC
2. Reserve Bank of India
3. Price indices
4. World Economic Forum
5. Poverty eradication, improving maternal health, universal primary education, combating AIDS
6. Spain, Greece, Iceland, Portugal
7. Russia, US, Iran, China, Saudi Arabia
8. High unemployment rate
9. IMF, World Bank
10. 2 and 3
11. France, Ukraine, Sweden, Korea
12. Shenzhen-China, NSE-India, SGX-Singapore, DAX-Germany
13. SELCO
14. Curtail tax avoidance
15. Manmohan Singh
16. Palme d’Or – Movie; Pulitzer – Journalism; Cannes Lions – Advertising, Booker – Literature
17. Amazon – Kindle; Nintendo – Wii; Rovio – Angry Birds; Zynga – Castle Ville
18. All of the above
19. Gems and Jewellery
20. Hydrochloric
21. Yogeshwar Dutt–Haryana, Mary Kom–Manipur, Vijay Kumar– Himachal Pradesh, Gagan Narang– Andhra Pradesh
22. Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Morocco, Sudan
23. Indian School of Business, Hyderabad
24. China
25. 15%

 

XAT General Knowledge (GK) Previous Year Papers with Questions and Answers – 2013
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