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The XAT exam is considered one of the toughest MBA entrance exams. The general knowledge part of the exam plays a very important role in the selection process. During the XAT preparation of General Knowledge for XAT 2025, first analyse previous years' XAT GK sample paper to understand the types of questions that appear in the exam. Regular XAT exam GK practice is also very useful for building awareness of the world. XAT exam GK preparation can not be done overnight. A well-structured strategy has to be made to study current events as well as the static GK part.
XAT 2025 GK question paper will test the student's knowledge of traditional historical, geographical or scientific knowledge as well as their awareness of current events happening around the world.
Year of the Exam | Number of Questions |
2024 | 25 |
2023 | 25 |
2022 | 25 |
2021 | 25 |
2020 | 25 |
Every year in the XAT exam, 25 questions feature from the GK section. So 25% of the total number depends on this chapter. Also, unlike other sections, there is no negative marking in the GK section. Candidates can attempt all the questions in this section without the fear of negative markings. The difficulty level of questions is moderate to hard.
Identifying the XAT GK important topics is essential before preparing for the exam.
Important topics in the GK section for the XAT 2025 exam are:
Current affairs
Business
Politics
Economics
Indian Constitution and laws
Books and authors
Famous personalities
History and Geography
Awards and Winners
Miscellaneous
General knowledge topics can be divided into two parts.
Static GK
Current Affairs
Static GK parts cover topics like:
History
Geography
Polity
Economics
Science and technology
Sports
Important Organizations
Books and Authors
Awards and Winners
Current affairs section covers topics like:
Recent national and international events
Recent deaths of famous personalities
Recent events
Recent scientific breakthroughs
Recent awards and winners
Recent Summits and Conferences
After analyzing the previous year's questions, we see the trend that more questions come from the Static GK section than from Current Affairs. But to achieve good marks in the exam, we have to give the same focus on both sections.
Static GK refers to the sections which can not be changed and happened in the past.
Current affairs cover the recent important national and international events and developments. Generally, questions from this section come from events that happened in the last 1 or 2 years. So prepare accordingly to get familiar with the topics and questions.
Making a good plan for XAT General Awareness preparation is the first step.
Preparing for the Static GK part is easier than the current affairs section.
Static GK covers history, geography, science, economics, and politics. Before studying objective-type questions, read subjective books on these topics. After building the basic foundation for these topics, try objective-type questions.
Some of the objective-type XAT GK questions and answers books are:
Lucent’s GK book
Arihant’s GK book
To follow current affairs, read daily newspapers like The Hindu, Times of India, and The Indian Express. Follow journals and monthly magazines like the Manorama yearbook. You can also check online about the important events around the world. Some top sites to follow current events are GKToday, AffairsCloud, and Jagran Josh. Note the events which you think are important to memorize later. To sumup, referring to highly esteemed XAT preparation books is essential for XAT success. Apart from the famous books, you should also refer to the preparation tips shared by the toppers.
The GK section is very vast as per the syllabus. So daily XAT preparation for this section is mandatory for success. Always focus on key sections like important national and international news, recent awards and appointments, important sports news, economics, and science.
Follow some of the trusted YouTube channels like Wifistudy, StudyIQ and GK today to learn more about current affairs.
Attempt the GK quizzes and mocks to test your knowledge and identify your weaker areas.
For good grades in the GK section, students have to focus on both Statis GK and current affairs.
History: Focus on important events around the world, the Indian national movements and revolutions, Indian freedom fighters, Dynasties like Mughal, Sultanate, and Slave.
Geography: Various rivers and oceans around the world and cities on their banks, deserts, mountains, capital, currency and flags of different countries
Science: Various topics of Physics, chemistry, and biology, discoveries, inventions, chemical reactions, plants and animals
Polity: Focuses mainly on the Indian constitution and its articles, amendments, important government bodies, and their functionalities.
Economics: Various banks and their monetary policies, key economic terms and their definitions
Organizations: Important organisations like WTO, NATO, UN, BRICS, SAARC, their members and headquarters.
Awards: Nobel prize, Oscar, Bharat Ratna, Padmashree, Ddasaheb Falke award, Emmys, and other prestigious honours.
Sports: Famous athletes and their unique achievements, sports records, first and most recent in those categories
Books: Famous books and their authors.
Folk Dances and Festivals: Name of the folk dances and festivals of every Indian state.
In the current affairs section for the XAT 2025 exam, follow important events from 2023-24.
Some of the key current affairs topics are:
Important summits and conferences (2023-24)
Olympics, Last FIFA World Cup, Cricket World Cup and other major sports tournaments from 2023-24
Important appointments like Indian ambassadors in different countries and various brand ambassadors
Recent global disasters, environmental issues and international conflicts
Publication of recent books by famous personalities
Recent deaths between 2023-24 of famous persons and their working field
Recent GI tag items, national parks, dams, tunnels, national highways, bridges
Recent space missions, technological innovations
Recent schemes and applications
Good knowledge and performance in the General Awareness section in the XAT exam increase your chances of being admitted to the top B-schools like XLRI.
General knowledge and General awareness are both almost the same terms used interchangeably.
General knowledge focuses mainly on the static GK parts where facts can not be changed. But using the General awareness term, we focus mostly on current events like events of national and international importance, economy, environment, sports, etc, and some of the static gk.
In the XAT exam 2025, static gk and current affairs hold the same importance.
Some of the best sources to stay updated on the General awareness portions are:
Daily newspapers
Monthly magazines
YouTube channels
Online educational and news sites
Books
Some of the common mistakes students make in the GK section are:
Focusing too much on the static GK part and neglecting the current affairs. Preparing for both is essential to achieve high marks in the exam.
Students often do not read regular newspapers. Daily newspapers keep us updated with national and international events.
Lack of attempting mock tests in the GK part often plays a dividend role during the preparation. Mock tests are set as per the exam’s syllabus covering diverse topics. Attempting those will help you to learn new things as well as identify the area in which you need more practice.
Students often ignore the mock test results. After checking the mock test number, most of the students do not check the correct answers to the wrongly attempted questions. Make a note of newer questions that you learn during those tests.
Consistent practice and learning news are the keys to success in the GK Part of the XAT 2025 exam.
The syllabus of the GK portion is enormous and memorizing all the current events is almost impossible.
So frequent revision of the important chapters is very necessary. Note important events and study them from time to time to remember the events. Also, attempt 3 to 4 mock tests every week. Make a weekly routine allocating important chapters at a specific time, then follow that routine.
At the beginning of the preparation, go through the previous year's sample paper and check the answer keys. It will help you to understand the important topics, difficulty level of the questions, and answer techniques.
Some of the questions asked in the 2024 edition of the exam are:
Q1. Which of the following Indian states does the River Ganges not flow through?
Bihar
Jharkhand
Uttar Pradesh
Haryana (Correct answer)
Uttarakhand
Q2. Which of the following years is NOT a leap year?
1900 (Correct answer)
2000
1924
1896
2024
Q3. What is X-37B?
The U.S. military plane that has gone to space. (Correct answer)
The name of India’s Jupiter mission.
The new electric vehicle is to be launched by Tesla.
The name of the youngest kid of Elon Musk.
The newest variant of the COVID-19 virus.
Q4. What is the common terminology used to describe the following applications: ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Chatsonic?
News Aggregators
Dating Tools
Generative AI Tools (Correct answer)
UPI Applications
Gaming Applications
Q5. Which rocket was used to launch Aditya-L1?
LVM3 -M4
GSLV-F12
PSLV-C57 (Correct answer)
NGLV
TERLS
Name the largest freshwater lake in India.
[Answer: Wular Lake]
Who is the first Indian to get the Nobel prize and in which category?
[Answer: Rabindranath Tagore in 1913 for “Geetanjali”]
What is the currency of Japan?
[Answer: Yen]
Which indigenous computational software was developed by ISRO’s Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) for computational fluid dynamics (CFD)?
[Answer: PraVaHa (Parallel RANS Solver for Aerospace Vehicle Aero-thermo-dynamic Analysis)]
Which countries became the newest member of BRICS in 2024?
[Answer: Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates]
Credit cards are known as:
[Answer: Plastic money]
Which film won the Best Picture award in the 96th Oscar ceremony?
[Answer: Oppenheimer]
What is "Bachpan Bachao Andolan"?
[Answer: A movement in India protecting the rights of children.]
Who has been declared as the new Chief Minister of Assam?
[Answer: Sarbananda Sonowal]
The 'Bandipur National Park' established in 1974 as a tiger reserve under Project Tiger is located in the Indian state of _______
[Answer: Karnataka]
Practice some XAT General Knowledge sample questions with solutions and review them. It will enhance your answering techniques. Also, you will get an idea about important topics and the difficulty level of the questions.
Here are some important questions with solutions that came in recent years.
Q1. Malfunction of which of the following organs is the MOST common cause of vertigo?
Heart
Kidney
Stomach
Lung
Ear
Q2. Which Indian state enjoys special provisions under Article 371(D)?
Jharkhand
Meghalaya
Tripura
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Q3. In which Indian state is Sriharikota located?
Tamil Nadu
Andhra Pradesh
Odisha
Kerala
Telangana
Q4. Which is the largest landlocked saltwater lake in India?
Chilika Lake
Chital Lake
Vembanad Lake
Pulicat Lake
Sambhar Lake
Q5. Which of the following rivers does not cross international borders?
Tapi
Ravi
Brahmaputra
Ganga
Teesta
Q6. What is a grey market?
The trade of a commodity for which the country of origin is not mentioned
The trade of a commodity through distribution channels not authorized by the manufacturer
The trade of a commodity which is recognized as a counterfeit product
The trade of a commodity for which the taxes are evaded
The trade of a commodity which is unbranded
Q7. Who is the first Field Marshal of independent India?
A.S. Vaidya
Bipin Rawat
KM Cariappa
Krishnaswamy Sundarji
Sam Manekshaw
Q8. From the following options, choose the one which arranges the given queen's ascension to the throne in chronological order.
Razia Sultana, Ahilyabai Holkar, Durgavati, Lakshmi Bai, Rudrama Devi
Ahilyabai Holkar, Durgavati, Razia Sultana, Rudrama Devi, Lakshmi Bai
Razia Sultana, Rudrama Devi, Durgavati, Ahilyabai Holkar, Lakshmi Bai
Rudrama Devi, Razia Sultana, Durgavati, Lakshmi Bai, Ahilyabai Holkar
Razia Sultana, Rudrama Devi, Ahilyabai Holkar, Durgavati, Lakshmi Bai
Q9. Omuamua is:
A character in the TV series “Star Trek”
A Buddhist chant
An interstellar object
A small primate
NASA’s spaceship to Pluto
Q10. Which Indian state has different capitals in summer and winter?
Gujarat
Mizoram
Maharashtra
Uttarakhand
Sikkim
Constant practice of XAT GK sample papers will enhance your knowledge and answering techniques.
First, scan through the paper and answer the questions which are familiar to you. This will boost your confidence.
In the questions you are unsure of, handle them smartly.
Though there is no negative marking in the GK part of the XAT exam, if you can correctly guess the answer then it will help you to score high marks.
Eliminate the extreme options and make an educated guess among the remaining options.
After attempting all the questions revise once if the time permits.
After solving the XAT 2025 exam sample GK questions, review the answer key thoroughly and note the areas from where the questions are coming more frequently. Also, try to identify the area where you are mistaking the most and revise those chapters urgently. These will help you to increase your accuracy.
Here are the answer keys to the above questions.
Q1. Option E: Ear
Q2. Option D: Andhra Pradesh
Q3. Option B: Andhra Pradesh
Q4. Option E: Sambhar Lake
Q5. Option A: Tapi
Q6. Option B: The trade of a commodity through distribution channels not authorized by the manufacturer
Q7. Option E: Sam Manekshaw
Q8. Option C: Razia Sultana, Rudrama Devi, Durgavati, Ahilyabai Holkar, Lakshmi Bai
Q9. Option C: An interstellar object
Q10. Option C: Maharashtra
Time management skills are very important in the XAT exam. Here are some tips to manage time while answering the GK section in the XAT exam.
As we know the GK section of the XAT exam has no negative marking, so allot 10-15 minutes in the end to do this section.
Do not overthink easier questions. Trust your instinct and answer the next question.
Attempt the ones which are familiar to you first to boost your confidence level. Then try those questions which you are unsure of. This can be very esssetial for you to score better in your first XAT attempt.
Eliminate the obvious incorrect options and make an educational guess to solve those questions.
Do not spend too much time on one question, move on to the next and return later.
At the end of the exam, if there is time left, then take a revision and check if all the answers you gave in the GK section look correct to you.
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Important topics in the GK section for the XAT 2025 exam are:
Current affairs
Business
Politics
Economics
Indian Constitution and laws
Books and authors
Famous personalities
History and Geography
Awards and Winners
Miscellaneous
No. There is no negative marking in the XAT GK section. Students can attempt all the questions in this section without having the fear of negative marks.
Some of the objective-type XAT GK questions and answers books are:
Lucent’s GK book
Arihant’s GK book
Textbooks on specific subjects like history, geography, physics, chemistry
Some of the best sources to stay updated on current affairs are:
Daily newspapers [The Hindu, Times of India, and The Indian Express.]
Monthly magazines [Manorama yearbook]
YouTube channels [Wifistudy, StudyIQ and GK today]
Online educational and news sites
Books
Make a routine at the beginning of the preparation period and allocate 30 minutes to 1 hour for each subject each day. Give mock tests every alternate day and review the questions and answers.
Read daily newspapers and monthly magazines to stay updated on the current affairs section.
Some of the techniques to improve accuracy in the XAT GK section are:
Make a strategy after identifying important topics and follow it daily.
Attempt GK quizzes and mock tests frequently and review the questions and answers.
Revise the sections in which you are weak.
Stay updated with the current events and make notes of the important events.
XAT scores are valid for 2 years hence you can easily download it again Visit the official website of XAT 2025 i.e xatonline.in. and then Click on 'scorecard' tab.login with your credentials XAT ID and password type the security text shown on screen. Click on candidate scorecard and download a PDF copy of the same hope it helps.
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1)Great Lakes, Chennai
2)IRMA
3) Goa Institute of Management
4) NIBM
5) TAPMI
Do your research about these colleges as to what is their average package, the roles offered.
Colleges like NIBM specialize in Finance, and IRMA has a lot of sales marketing Roles. So ultimately the choice is yours which specialization you want to pursue.
Hello aspirant,
Here below are the names of the colleges that you can target:
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