GK or General Knowledge and Current Affairs is one area tested in many MBA entrance exam , here I am providing GK sample paper for XAT MBA entrance exam

1. The venue for 2016 Olympics will be-
a) London
b) Lausanne
c) Rio de Janeiro
d) Geneva

2. Name the operation that killed Osama bin Laden
a) Operation zero
b) Operation Neptune Spear
c) Operation Laden
d) Operation Blue star


3.Which of the following sports is proposed to be excluded from the 2020 Olympics-
a) Boxing
b) Weight lifting
c) Wrestling
d) Hockey

4.NASSCOM is
a) A Research organization
b) A Company engaged in IT solutions
c) An Association of software & services companies
d) An Association of fertilizer companies

5.‘Finmeccanica’ is the name of
a) An international financial company
b) An international bank
c) A defence and aerospace company
d) A film production company


6. World Radio day is celebrated on
a) January 13
b) February 13
c) March 13
d) April 13


7. What is the name of Kashmiri all girls rock band which was branded ‘Un-islamic’
a) Pragaash
b) Rock-12
c) Zea
d) Pralay



8. Dell’ a computer giant has recently been in news for
a) Getting a global contract for more than $78 bns.
b) Striking a deal for $24.4 bns.to make it private
c) for making the largest super computer
d) for manufacturing the smallest super computer



9.Monarch of which of the following countries proposes to abdicate the throne in April 2013
a) Britain
b) Combodia
c) Brunei
d) Netherlands


10.Rangaswamy Srinivasan, an Indian American has been awarded the most prestigious American –National Medal of Technology & Innovation for his work in the field of-
a) Space technology
b) Taking the US economy out of depression
c) LASIK surgery
d) Reviving the health care system

Ans: 1 c, 2 b, 3 c, 4 c, 5 c, 6 b, 7 a, 8 b, 9 d, 10 c

11.Which of the following banks has been merged with ICICI Bank
a) Karur Vysya Bank
b) State Bank of Indore
c) Bank of Rajasthan
d) Lord Krishna Bank

12. Delhi gang rape victim was treated in which of the following hospitals –
a) Mount Kermal Hospital
b) Mount Elizabeth Hospital
c) Queen Victoria Hospital
d) St. Stephen’s Hospital


13. If the demand for separate state of Telangana is acceded to- from which part of India it will be carved out –
a) Orissa
b) Karnataka
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Maharashtra

14. Pricing of Which petroleum product has been deregulated-
a) Diesel
b) Petrol
c) LPG
d) Kerosene

15. Tsangpo, on which China proposes to build three more dams, is another name of which river –
a) Amazen
b) Ganga
c) Brahmaputtra
d) Yamuna


16.Metlife India Insurance Company Ltd. has collaborated with
a) State Bank of India
b) Canara Bank
c) Punjab National Bank
d) Punjab & Sind Bank


17. The book ‘For the New Generation” is authored by
a) Chetan Bhagat
b) Arvind Kejriwal
c) Kiran Bedi
d) Kuldeep Nayyar



18. How much stake can an insurance company hold in the equity in a company
a) 10 percent
b) 15 percent
c) 20 percent
d) 25 percent



19.Name the solicitor General of India-
a) Rohinton Nariman
b) Mohan Parasaran
c) Gopal Subramaniam
d) Vijay Govindarajan


20.Who is the author of the book “A Little Book of Life”
a) Salman Rushdie
b) Rusking Bond
c) Charan Deep Singh
d) Ameesh Tripathi

Ans: 11 c, 12 b, 13 c, 14 b, 15 c, 16 c, 17 c, 18 b, 19 b, 20 b

21. What was the target for India’s exports for 2012-13
a) US$ 350 billion
b) US$ 560 billion
c) US$ 400 billion
d) US$ 270 billion

22. Where is the stone testing laboratory established
a) Udaipur
b) Jaipur
c) Jabalpur
d) Indore


23. When is the World Autism Awareness day observed
a) February 13th
b) March 5th
c) April 2nd
d) May 3rd

24. Name of the state that leads in highest minimum wages in the country
a) Kerala
b) Gujarat
c) Haryana
d) Punjab

25. Which state banned the showing of the film Vishwaroopam
a) Karnataka
b) TamilNadu
c) AndhraPradesh
d) Kerala


26. Monetary policy of the country is decided by the
a) Ministry of Finance – Government of India
b) Group of Nationalized and commercial banks of the country
c) Reserve Bank of India
d) Government of India in consultation with leading corporate groups


27. Increasing the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) will –
a) Expand the money supply in the country
b) Contract the money supply in the economy
c) Neither expand nor contract the supply of money
d) The term is not related to Money supply but the demand of cash



28. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is-
a) Direct credit provider to Individuals in Rural areas
b) Rural Bulk credit provider and functions as a refinancing institution
c) Provides seasonal credit to farmers only
d) Provides credit to Rural housing only



29. Special Drawing Rights (SDR) defined and maintained by
a) World Bank
b) IMF
c) Federal Reserve
d) European Central Bank


30.Gilt edged market refers to
a) Government securities
b) FII
c) Bullion market
d) None of these

Ans: 21 a, 22 b, 23 c, 24 c, 25 b, 26 c, 27 b, 28 b, 29 b, 30 a

31. Where is the headquarter of Green peace

a) Paris
b) New York
c) Madrid
d) Amsterdam

32. Regional Rural Banks were given freedom to fix rate of interest from which year
a) 1996
b) 1999
c) 2003
d) 2007


33. Bhoomi is the project of on line delivery and management of land records in

a) Kerala
b) Bihar
c) Assam
d) Karnataka

34. Who is the CMD of National Housing Bank
a) A.Kartikeyan
b) R.V.Verma
c) Ravi Agarwal
d) O.P.Munjal

35. Which bank has been awarded finance Asia award 2012
a) HSBC
b) ICICI
c) STANDARD CHARTERED
d) KOTAK


36. Which Airline in India has struck a deal with ‘ Etihad Airways’
a) Indigo
b) Kingfisher
c) Jet
d) Indian


37. Anil Kakodkar committee is related to...
a) Airlines safety
b) Nuclear reactors
c) Sugar pricing
d) Railway modernization



38.Which of the following regulates the commodities trading market
a) SEBI
b) Forward Markets Commission
c) RBI
d) IRDA



39. Nobel Prize for Economics in 2012 has been given for
a) Welfare index
b) Match making theory
c) Inflation theory
d) Trade variable theory


40. Softbank is a mobile operator of which country
a) China
b) Norway
c) Japan
d) Singapore

Ans: 31 d, 32 a, 33 d, 34 b, 35 d, 36 c, 37 d, 38 b, 39 b, 40 c