XAT General Knowledge (GK) Previous Year Papers with Questions and Answers – 2017

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XAT General Knowledge (GK) Previous Year Papers with Questions and Answers – 2017

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 2017

    1. In which of the following countries is Tamil an official language?

    •  Andaman
    •  Burma
    •  Sri Lanka
    •  Singapore
    •  Both C & D above

     

    2. The international Court of Justice is located in:

    • Geneva
    •  The Hague
    •  Munich
    •  New York
    •  Washington DC

     

    3. Which of the following countries is not a member of SAARC?

    •  Bhutan
    •  Myanmar
    •  Bangladesh
    •  Nepal
    •  The Maldives

     

    4. Which of the following institutions are related to the Bretton Woods Agreement?

    •  International Labour Organization
    •  International Monetary Fund
    •  World bank
    •  World Trade Organization
    •  Both B & C

    5. In India, February 28th is celebrated as:

    •  Army Day
    •  International Yoga Day
    •  National Integration Day
    •  National Science Day
    •  Sadbhavana Divas

     

    6. Barak 8 is:

    •  The 8th president or USA.
    •  A surface to air missile jointly developed by India and lsrael
    •  A total of 8 mines of Coal and Iron Ore in Barakar near Jharkhand
    •  8 villages, where only renewable energy is used, at the bank of Barak River, South Assam.
    •  Eight tribes, all living in Barak Valley of Assam

     

    7. Which of the followings is the oldest mountain range?

    •  Himalayas
    •  Nilgiri Hills
    •  Satpuras
    •  Karakoram
    •  Aravalis

     

    8. The words “Satyameva Jayate “, inscribed on Indian currency are taken from :

    •  Mahabharat
    • Mundak Upanishad
    •  Rigveda
    •  Shakuntala
    •  A passage to lndia

     

    9. Who directed the Oscar winning film “Gandhi”?

    •  Ben Kingsley
    •  Richard Attenborough
    •  David Lean
    •  Ritwik Ghatak
    •  Frank Darabont

     

    10. Which of the following options Is a MISMATCH?

    •  Andersen Consulting :: Accenture
    •  Isis Chocolates :: Libeert
    •  Brad‘s Drink :: Pepsi
    •  Quantum Computer Services :: AOL Inc.
    • BearingPoint :: KPMG Consulting lnc.

     

    11. Which of the following companies is listed in the Fortune Global 500 Companies, in 2016?

    •  GAIL (India) Limited
    •  Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC)
    •  Patanjali
    •  Rajesh Exports
    •  Tata Consultancy Services

     

    12. Which of the following brands is NOT currently owned by an Indian company?

    •  Allen Solly
    •  Dettol
    •  La Opala
    •  Monte Carlo
    •  Royal Enfield

     

    13. Some of the famous battles are listed below:
    1. The Battle of Cajamarca
    2. The Battle Huai-Hai
    3. The Battle of Plassey
    4. The Battle of Stalingrad
    5. The Battle of Waterloo
    6. The Battle of Yorktown
    Which of the followings is the correct chronological order of the above battles?

    •  1-2-3-4-5-6
    •  1-2-6-3-5-4
    •  1-3-6-5-4-2
    •  2-1-3-6-4-5
    •  2-6-1-3-4-5

     

    14. Which of the following, is a WRONG combination?

    •  Maldives – Maldivian Rupee
    •  Bangladesh – Bangladeshi Taka
    •  Bhutan – Bhutanese Ngultrum
    •  East Timor – US. Dollar
    •  Indonesia – Indonesian Rupiah

     

    15. Which of the followings is a WRONG combination?

    •  Willis Haviland Carrier – Microwave compatible Tiffin Carrier
    •  Alexander Bell – Telephone
    •  Alfred Nobel – Dynamite
    •  Elisha Graves Otis – Safety Elevator
    •  John Boyd Dunlop – Pneumatic Tyre

     

    16. Which of the following banks is recently in the news because its employees opened additional relationship accounts without its customer’s permission?

    •  Citibank
    •  HSBC
    •  Standard Chartered
    •  Wells Fargo
    •  Bank of Nova Scotia

     

    17.Which of the followings is in the outermost reaches of the solar system?

    •  Orion Nebula
    •  Andromeda Galaxy
    •  Oort Cloud
    •  Asteroid belt
    •  Interstellar wormhole

     

    18.Which Cult Television series celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2016?

    •  Frasier
    •  That 70’s Show
    •  Veep
    •  StarTrek
    •  Buniyaad

     

    19. Bogota, Lima and Quito are the capitals of:

    •  Colombia, Peru and Ecuador respectively.
    •  Warsaw, Madrid and Montevideo respectively.
    •  Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina respectively.
    •  Nigeria, Sudan and Zimbabwe respectively.
    •  None of the above

     

    20. The Yazidis are:

    •  Mythological creatures in the Bible
    •  Mystery creatures sighted in the Greenland
    •  Ethnic and religious minority in Iraq
    •  Members of an Islamic sect in Hungary
    •  Ethnic and religious minority in Pakistan

     

    21. Where is Hadrian’s Wall located?

    •  China
    •  Afghanistan
    •  Rome
    •  England
    •  Ladakh

     

    22. Which of the following animals’ conservation status was changed from “endangered” to “vulnerable” by WWF recently?

    •  Giant Panda
    •  Tigers
    •  Orangutan
    •  Asian Elephant
    •  Blue Whale

     

    23. In which of the following countries, both the Tropic of Capricorn and the Equator pass through?

    •  Brazil
    •  Argentina
    •  Peru
    •  Chile
    •  Venezuela

    24. Which of the following novelists has won the Booker Prize?

    •  Ruskin Bond
    •  R. K. Narayan
    •  Amitav Gosh
    •  Anita Desai
    •  Kiran Desai

     

    25. Rodrigo Duterte is associated with which of the following nations?

    •  USA
    •  Russia
    •  Philippines
    •  Indonesia
    •  Vietnam

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  • XAT General Knowledge (GK) Answers from Previous Year Paper of 2017

    1. Both C & D above
    2. The Hague
    3. Myanmar
    4. Both B & C
    5. National Science Day
    6. A surface to air missile jointly developed by India and lsrael
    7. Aravalis
    8. Mundak Upanishad
    9. Richard Attenborough
    10. BearingPoint :: KPMG Consulting lnc.
    11. Rajesh Exports
    12. Dettol
    13. 1-3-6-5-4-2
    14. Maldives – Maldivian Rupee
    15. Willis Haviland Carrier – Microwave compatible Tiffin Carrier
    16. Wells Fargo
    17. Oort Cloud
    18. StarTrek
    19. Colombia, Peru and Ecuador respectively.
    20. Ethnic and religious minority in Iraq
    21. England
    22. Giant Panda
    23. Brazil
    24. Kiran Desai
    25. Philippines

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