XAT 2021 Question Paper - GK

XAT 2021 - GK - Question 55

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The table below lists countries and capital cities

Which of the following options has the correct match of the countries with their respective capital cities?

A

P-1, Q-2, R-3, S-4

B

P-3, Q-2, R-4, S-1

C

P-3, Q-2, R-1, S-4

D

P-4, Q-2, R-1, S-3

E

P-4, Q-2, R-3, S-1

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XAT 2021 - GK - Question 56

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From which organisation was Timnit Gebru terminated recently?

A

Microsoft

B

Facebook

C

Google

D

Samsung

E

Apple

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XAT 2021 - GK - Question 57

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Which Wildlife Sanctuary/National Park is identified and prepared to translocate Asiatic Lions from Gir National Park, Gujarat?

A

Satpura National Park

B

Kuno National Park

C

Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary

D

Pench National Park

E

Kheoni Wildlife Sanctuary

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XAT 2021 - GK - Question 58

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Which of the following is a Danish dependency?

A

Andorra

B

Greenland

C

Gibraltar

D

Monaco

E

San Marino

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XAT 2021 - GK - Question 59

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15-year old Gitanjali Rao was recently in the news. Which of the following best describes her?

A

She is a scientist and an inventor who won the Time’s Kid of the Year in 2020.

B

She is an environment activist, who won the Time’s person of the year in 2019.

C

She is an actress who recently signed for the upcoming Harry Potter movie.

D

She is the youngest Indian to have awarded the title of Chess Grandmaster in 2020.

E

She is a novelist and the youngest one to have been shortlisted for the Pulitzer prize.

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XAT 2021 - GK - Question 60

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Match the following wild animal species with the national parks/wildlife sanctuaries where they naturally occur in India:

A

P-5, Q-3, R-4, S-1, T-2

B

P-3, Q-5, R-2, S-1, T-2

C

P-4, Q-5, R-2, S-3, T-1

D

P-4, Q-5, R-1, S-3, T-2

E

P-1, Q-5, R-3, S-4, T-2

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XAT 2021 - GK - Question 61

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Which Indian business group built the British Royal Navy ship, HMS Minden, on which the lyrics of the national anthem of the United States of America was supposedly written?

A

Wadia

B

Godrej

C

Bajaj

D

Birla

E

Tata

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XAT 2021 - GK - Question 62

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Which of the following will be a debut event in the Summer Olympics of 2024?

A

Kabaddi

B

Cricket

C

Breakdancing

D

Greco-Roman wrestling

E

Ballet

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XAT 2021 - GK - Question 63

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In India, where did Mahatma Gandhi stage his first major Satyagraha in 1917?

A

Sabarmati

B

Champaran

C

Wankaner

D

Bikaner

E

Dandi

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XAT 2021 - GK - Question 64

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Who is the chief minister of Jharkhand as of 31st December 2020?

A

Saryu Rai

B

Shibu Soren

C

Hemant Soren

D

Draupadi Murmu

E

Raghubar Das

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XAT 2021 - GK - Question 65

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Which of the following mountain ranges houses the famous pilgrimage Amarkantak?

A

Dundwa

B

Kudremukh

C

Satpura

D

Balaghat

E

Aravali

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XAT 2021 - GK - Question 66

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Who authored the famous book Economy of Permanence?

A

Vinayak Narahari "Vinoba" Bhave

B

“Lokamanya” Bal Gangadhar Tilak

C

Murlidhar Devidas “Baba” Amte

D

Joseph Chelladurai Cornelius “JC” Kumarappa

E

“Diwan Bahadur” Rettamalai Srinivasan

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XAT 2021 - GK - Question 67

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Dries Mertens, recently became the highest goal-scorer for the football club Napoli by surpassing the tally of 115 goals across all competitions. Whose goal scoring record did he surpass?

A

Pele

B

Messi

C

Diego Maradona

D

Cristiano Ronaldo

E

Roberto Baggio

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XAT 2021 - GK - Question 68

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Who was the first Indian to win the Global Teacher Prize?

A

Ajay Desai

B

Ramnath Desai

C

Chamundeswari Nath

D

Ranjitsinh Disale

E

Vijayalaxmi Pandey

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XAT 2021 - GK - Question 69

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The first woman to lead a listed Indian Information Technology (IT) company is:

A

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

B

Gita Gopinath

C

Roshni Nadar Malhotra

D

Chanda Kochhar

E

Arundhati Bhattacharya

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XAT 2021 - GK - Question 70

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Which of the following is not an OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) member?

A

Chile

B

Taiwan

C

Turkey

D

Israel

E

Japan

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XAT 2021 - GK - Question 71

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Vijay Prashad’s discussion event at the online Tata Literature Live!,2020, was cancelled. Who was to feature in the discussion with Vijay Prashad?

A

Ramchandra Guha

B

Douglas Stuart

C

Noam Chomsky

D

Arnab Goswami

E

Khaled Hosseini

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XAT 2021 - GK - Question 72

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What is Hayabusa2?

A

It is a cartoon series to take on the popular Naruto series.

B

It is a Japanese adaptation of Star Wars.

C

It is the name given to the new mutated form of Coronavirus.

D

It is the name of a new smartphone based on Linux.

E

It is an asteroid-sample-return mission by JAXA.

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XAT 2021 - GK - Question 73

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Which is the first GI tagged product in India?

A

Mysore Silk

B

Madhubani Painting

C

Kashmiri Apple

D

Darjeeling Tea

E

Odisha Rasagulla

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XAT 2021 - GK - Question 74

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Who was recently appointed as the CEO of Cafe Coffee Day?

A

Malavika Hegde

B

Kamini Utappa

C

Venu Madhav Krishna

D

V. G. Siddhartha

E

Gopal Gouda

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XAT 2021 - GK - Question 75

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Who was the first woman chief minister in Independent India?

A

Nandini Satpathy

B

Anwara Taimur

C

Sarojini Naidu

D

Sucheta Kripalani

E

Shashikala Kakodkar

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XAT 2021 - GK - Question 76

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Tedros Adhanom has been in the news for the last one year for being:

A

The Director General of the World Health Organization

B

The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020

C

The Time’s Person of the Year 2019

D

The Director General of the International Labour Organization

E

The 46th President of the United States of America

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XAT 2021 - GK - Question 77

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What is the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict?

A

A territorial conflict primarily between Turkey and Greece

B

A territorial conflict primarily between Armenia and Azerbaijan

C

A territorial conflict primarily between Turkey and Iran

D

A territorial conflict primarily between Russia and Uzbekistan

E

A territorial conflict primarily between Russia and Ukraine

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XAT 2021 - GK - Question 78

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Which of the following is not an online learning application?

A

Coursera

B

Duolingo

C

Udemy

D

Patreon

E

Khan Academy

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XAT 2021 - GK - Question 79

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Arecibo telescope, known for its stellar contributions in the field of astronomy, collapsed recently. Where was it located?

A

Jamaica

B

Bahamas

C

Puerto Rico

D

Guam

E

Papua New Guinea

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