XAT 2017 Question Paper - GK

Tamil is an official language in both Singapore and Sri Lanka. Therefore, option E is the right answer. 

The International Court of Justice is located in the Hague, Netherlands. Therefore, option B is the right answer.

SAARC stands for South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.  Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, the Maldives, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka are the members of SAARC. Myanmar is not a member of SAARC and hence, option B is the right answer. 

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD - world bank) are known as the Bretton Woods twins. Both of these institutions were conceived at the Bretton woods conference which took place in 1944. Therefore, option E is the right answer. 

Army Day is celebrated on the 15th of January.
International Yoga day is celebrated on the 21st of June. 
National Integration day is celebrated on the 19th of November on the birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi. 
National Science Day is celebrated on the 28th of February to commemorate the discovery of Raman effect by Sir C.V.Raman. 
Sadbhavana Divas is celebrated on the 20th of August.

Therefore, option D is the right answer. 

Barak 8 is a surface to air missile jointly developed by India and Israel. DRDO and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) work in tandem to develop the missile. Therefore, option B is the right answer. 

The Aravali mountain range is nearly 2000 million years old and is one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world. 
The Himalayas are formed only before 50 to 60 million years.  
Therefore, option E is the right answer.

'Satyameva Jeyate', which means 'Truth alone triumphs' , was taken from Mundak Upanishad. Therefore, option B is the right answer.

The academy award winning film 'Gandhi' was directed by Richard Attenborough in the year 1982. Ben Kingsley played the lead in the film. Therefore, option B is the right answer. 

The given options give the new name of the company and its old name. 
The word before ':' gives the old name and the word after ':' gives the new name.
KPMG consulting was renamed bearing point. Option E gets the relationship the other way around. Therefore, option E is the right answer. 

Rajesh exports is a company exporting Gold and diamond jewellery. The company was ranked 295th among the fortune 500 companies in 2017 and has a revenue of 36 billion dollars. Therefore, option D is the right answer.

Allen Solly is owned by the Aditya Birla Group. 
La Opala is an Indian tableware company based out of Kolkata.
Monte Carlo is owned by the Oswal wools company based out of Ludhiana, Punjab.
Royal Enfield is owned by Eicher motors based out of Delhi.
Dettol is owned by Reckitt Benckiser, an MNC based out of Netherlands. 

Therefore, option B is the right answer. 

The Battle of Cajamarca was fought in 1532 between the Incas and Spaniards. 
The Battle of Huai Hai was fought in 1948. It was a part of the Chinese civil war. 
The Battle of Plassey was fought in 1757 between the British East India Company and the Nawab of Bengal.
The Battle of Stalingrad was fought between 1942 and 1943. It was fought between the German and the Soviet forces. It is considered to be the largest battle of World War II.
The Battle of Waterloo was fought in 1815 between the French and the British. Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated in the battle of Waterloo.
The Battle of Yorktown was fought in 1781. 
Therefore, the correct order is 1-3-6-5-4-2. Therefore, option C is the right answer. 

The currency of Maldives is Maldivian Rufiyaa. The currency of Maldives has been incorrectly specified and hence, option A is the right answer. 

The options match the inventors with their inventions.
Willis Haviland Carrier invented modern air conditioner. He did not invent microwave compatible tiffin carrier. Therefore, option A is incorrect and hence, option A is the right answer. 

Employees of Wells Fargo opened over 2 million phony accounts to hit their targets and earn bonuses. When the issue came to light in 2016, Wells Fargo fired over 5300 of its employees. Therefore, option D is the right answer. 

The solar system consists of the Sun, the 8 planets, Pluto, the asteroid belt and the Oort cloud. Andromeda galaxy and the Orion Nebula are not a part of the solar system. The asteroid belt is located between Mars and Jupiter. The Oort cloud forms the boundary of the solar system. Therefore, option C is the right answer.

Fraiser is an American Sitcom which was first aired in 1993. 
That '70s show is an American sitcom which was aired in 1998.
Veep is a recent American political satire show aired in 2012 on HBO.
Buniyaad is an Indian TV series which was broadcast in the 1986. 
Star Trek is an American TV series first televised in 1966. Star Trek celebrated its 50th year anniversary in 2016 and hence, option D is the right answer. 

Bogota is the capital of Colombia. 
Lima is the capital of Peru.
Quito is the capital of Ecuador. 
Therefore, option A is the right answer.

Yazidis are a religious minority who live primarily in the northern parts of Iraq. Therefore, option C is the right answer.

The Hadrian wall is also known as the Roman wall. The Roman emperor Hadrian built the wall in Brittania (present day England) in AD 122. The wall marked the northern limit of the Roman empire then. Therefore, option D is the right answer.

The population of the Giant Panda increased by over 16.8%. Following the development, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) declared the Giant Panda as vulnerable, an upgrade from the endangered status it enjoyed. Therefore, option A is the right answer. 

Equator is the 0$$^o$$ latitude and Tropic of Capricorn is 23.5$$^o$$S latitude. 
Argentina, Chile, and Peru are situated to the South of Equator. 
Tropic of Capricorn does not pass through Venezuela. 
Brazil is the only country in the given list through which both the equator and the tropic of Capricorn pass through.
Therefore, option A is the right answer. 

Rodrigo Duterte is the President of Philippines. Therefore, option C is the right answer.