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XAT General Knowledge (GK) Previous Year Papers with Questions and Answers – 2013
Thursday, December 3rd, 2020
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.
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XAT General Knowledge (GK) Questions from Previous Year Paper of 2013
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
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
CPI and WPI as acronyms, refer to–
Political Parties
Purchasing capacity indices
Price indices
Poverty indices
Unemployment indices
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
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
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
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
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
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
Read the statements carefully and answer the questions that follow
Earth Summit is held every year.
Last Earth Summit took place in Rio de Janeiro.
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
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
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
Harish Hande who won the Magsaysay Award in 2011 is famous for –
RTE
RTI
Lokpal Bill
MRTPC
SELCO
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
Who is the Chairman of Indian Planning Commission ?
M. S. Ahluwalia
C. Rangarajan
Manmohan Singh
Raminder Singh Gujral
Subba Rao
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
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
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
From which of the following items India export the most?
Textile goods
Jute
IT Services
Gems and Jewellery
Leather
Which of the following acids helps in human digestion?
Lactic
Tartaric
Hydrochloric
Sulphuric
Acetic
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
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
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
Which country was the highest producer of cars in the world in 2011?
USA
Germany
Korea
Japan
China
What is the approximate share of manufacturing sector in Indian GDP in 2011-12?
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XAT General Knowledge (GK) Answers from Previous Year Paper of 2013
Reliance Industries, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, IOC
Reserve Bank of India
Price indices
World Economic Forum
Poverty eradication, improving maternal health, universal primary education, combating AIDS
Spain, Greece, Iceland, Portugal
Russia, US, Iran, China, Saudi Arabia
High unemployment rate
IMF, World Bank
2 and 3
France, Ukraine, Sweden, Korea
Shenzhen-China, NSE-India, SGX-Singapore, DAX-Germany
SELCO
Curtail tax avoidance
Manmohan Singh
Palme d’Or – Movie; Pulitzer – Journalism; Cannes Lions – Advertising, Booker – Literature
Amazon – Kindle; Nintendo – Wii; Rovio – Angry Birds; Zynga – Castle Ville
All of the above
Gems and Jewellery
Hydrochloric
Yogeshwar Dutt–Haryana, Mary Kom–Manipur, Vijay Kumar– Himachal Pradesh, Gagan Narang– Andhra Pradesh
Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Morocco, Sudan
Indian School of Business, Hyderabad
China
15%
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