XAT 2013 Question Paper

Using the data from both the tables available, we can create the table for away matches as given below:

From the above table, we can see 6 such values: 0, 2, 5, -2, -3 and -4.

Thus, option B is the answer.

Reliance Industries, IOC, TATA steel, and TATA motors featured in the fortune 500 list in 2012. Therefore, option A is the right answer.

The monetary policy is framed by the Reserve Bank of India. The fiscal policy is framed by the ministry of Finance. Therefore, option A is the right answer. 

CPI and WPI are price indices used to keep track of inflation.

CPI is the abbreviation of Consumer Price index. It calculates the average price paid by the consumer to the shopkeepers.
WPI is the abbreviation of Wholesale price index. It calculates the price paid by the manufactures and wholesalers in the market.

Therefore, option C is the right answer.

Davos is a town in Switzerland where the annual congregation of the world economic forum takes place. Therefore, option D is the right answer. 

The UN set 8 development goals in 2000 to be accomplished by 2015. These goals are known as the millennium goals. 

The goals are as follows:
1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger.
2. Achieve universal primary education.
3. Promote gender equality
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV and Malaria
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop global partnerships for development

Only option E captures these points. Therefore, option E is the right answer. 
Millennium development goals were replaced by sustainable development goals in 2015.

When a country is unable to pay its debts, it is said to have been hit by the sovereign debt crisis. In Europe, Greece filed for bankruptcy. Spain, Iceland, and Portugal are also affected by the sovereign debt crisis. Together, these countries are known by the acronym PIGS. Therefore, option D is the right answer. 

The top oil producing countries in the world are the United States, Saudi Arabia, Russia, China and Canada. Option B contains 4 of the 5 top oil producing countries in the world. Therefore, option B is the right answer. 

The 2012 slide in Indian rupee was caused due to a huge trade deficit, low growth and high inflation, low capital inflows and increasing current account deficit. High employment rate was not one of the reasons for the slide of rupee in 2012. Therefore, option E is the right answer.

IMF and World bank are known as the Bretton woods twins. The decision to form both the institutes arose out of the conference held at Bretton woods on July 1944.Therefore, option A is the right answer.