Top 100 General Knowledge Questions for XAT 2026

XAT general knowledge Questions consist of questions from History, Economics, National and International Current Affairs, Business Affairs and Sports. With the XAT exam scheduled to be held on Jan 4, 2026, candidates must practice GK questions thoroughly.

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XAT General Knowledge questions are asked from various topics included in the syllabus. The XAT exam consists of 25 questions from the GK section and the topics are taken from, current affairs, business affairs, sports, history etc.

The authorities have scheduled the XAT exam date for Jan 5, 2025. Now that only a little time left at hand, you must practise XAT general knowledge questions to get familiar with the XAT exam pattern, question type, difficulty level and more.

This article will help candidates get a hang of the top 100 general knowledge questions for XAT 2026.

Top 100 XAT General Knowledge Questions

The XAT General Knowledge questions are derived from the XAT syllabus. The general knowledge is the second section of the XAT exam paper. It comprises a total of 25 questions that are to be answered in 30 minutes.

You are provided with five options for a question. Moreover, 0.25 marks are deducted for every wrong answer. The provision of negative markings and less time to attempt questions can make it difficult to answer questions. Thus, candidates are advised to go through the top 100 XAT general knowledge questions provided below:

Who among the following has been named as the TIME magazine Person of the Year 2016?

Answer: Donald Trump

Which Indian village has recently earned the tag of becoming India's first digital village in India?

Answer: Akodara

Who was recently elected as the President of FICCI for 2017?

Answer: Pankaj R. Patel

Who among the following has been elected as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (U.N.) by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump?

Answer: Nikki Haley

Name the person who has recently replaced Cyrus Mistry as the Chairman of Tata Global Beverages.

Answer: Harish Bhat

What is the newly launched toll-free helpline number for the Unique Identification Authority of India?

Answer: 1947

When did Indian Railways recently set the target to achieve 100 per cent de-carbonisation with 90 per cent electrification?

Answer: 2021

Name the Indian states that have jointly topped the Ease of Doing Business Reforms Ranking 2015-16.

Answer: Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

Name the creative agency NITI Aayog has appointed to run its campaigns.

Answer: Thinkstr

Which Indian FMCG player is planning to use the Artificial insemination technique for 92 per cent of the female offspring of cows?

Answer: Patanjali

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Who was recently selected by the U.N. Security Council as the next U.N. Secretary-General?

Answer: Antonio Guterres

Name the instant messaging mobile application launched by Google.

Answer: Allo

Which country has topped the Global Competitiveness Index, GCI 2016-17, released in September 2016.

Answer: Switzerland

In which state of India has Adani Green Energy (Tamil Nadu) Ltd. installed the world's largest solar power plant of 648 megawatts?

Answer: Tamil Nadu

Who is appointed as the Chairman of India's Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)?

Answer: VK Sharma

Which stock exchange became the first Indian stock exchange to file an Initial Public Offering with SEBI?

Answer: Bombay Stock Exchange

What cities did the Nomad Film Festival 2016 start in?

Answer: New Delhi

Which village became the first Wi-fi hotspot village in Haryana?

Answer: Gumthala Garhu

Which of the following topped the Forbes list of the world's highest-paid actors of 2016?

Answer: Dwayne Johnson

Which Indian actress has been ranked 10th worldwide in the "Forbes magazine" list?

Answer: Deepika Padukone

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Which company has acquired gaming (interactive live streaming) startup Beam?

Answer: Google

Who has recently been appointed as the Managing Director of the State Bank of India?

Answer: Dinesh Kumar Khara

What is the new name of the Business Broadcast News channel' Bloomberg TV India', owned by Anil Ambani?

Answer: BTVi

Which company acquired Yahoo for $4.8 billion in July 2016?

Answer: Verizon

What is the theme of the 2016 World Population Day?

Answer: Investing in teenage girls

What is the name of the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) platform that was launched by the HRD ministry on August 15?

Answer: Swayam

Who has been elected as the Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)?

Answer: Sunil Bharti Mittal

Who has been appointed as the new CEO and M.D. of Airtel Payments Bank by Bharti Airtel?

Answer: Shashi Arora

Which harmful chemical is found in the bread and is claimed to cause cancer in the consumers?

Answer: Monosodium Glutamate

Which online jewellery portal has been acquired by Titan in an all-cash deal?

Answer: Caratlane

Which Indian State has become the first "kerosene-free state" after the sale of subsidised cooking and lighting fuel has been stopped there?

Answer: Chandigarh

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Name the passenger train which has been flagged off by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and is a part of the 'after' mission of India's Railways Ministry.

Answer: Gatimaan Express

Which city of Japan will host the 2016 Group of 7 (G7) Summit?

Answer: Ise-Shima

Who has been elected and appointed as the new President of Taiwan?

Answer: Tsai Ing-wen

Who has been elected President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)?

Answer: Anurag Thakur

Who has been declared as the new Chief Minister of Assam?

Answer: Sarbananda Sonowal

36. Who is the Chief Head of the Indian Air Force?

A: Marshal VR Chaudhari PVSM AVSM VM ADC

Who has been elected as the newly elected Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu?

Answer: Jayalalithaa

Who has been appointed as the Finance Secretary of India?

Answer: Ashok Lavasa

Name the Indian women who have earned a name in the Forbes' 2016 list of America's Richest Self-Made Women.

Answer: Neerja Sethi and Jayshree Ullal

In which country did the Indian government organise the 1st Yoga Championship?

Answer: Egypt

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Which is the 1st country in the world to ban Deforestation?

Answer: Norway

Who among the following headed the 7th Pay Commission?

Answer: AK Mathur

Which is the 1st Indian state to ban these electronic cigarettes?

Answer: Punjab

Who has been elected as the first Indigenous woman to the House of Representatives of Parliament of Australia?

Answer: Linda Burney

Which of the operations below was started to evacuate Indian citizens stranded in South Sudan's capital, Juba?

Answer: Sankat Mochan

Who has officially clinched the Republican nomination for the U.S. President after a state-by-state vote at the Party Convention?

Answer: Donald Trump

Who was appointed as the Chief Economist of the World Bank in July 2016?

Answer: Paul Romer

Which of the following is NOT a historical site as declared by UNESCO's World Heritage Site recently?

A: Gateway of India

49. Which country has been declared measles-free by the World Health Organization (WHO)?

Answer: Brazil

On which railway stretch of India Railways did Minister Suresh Prabhu launch the nation's first Green Rail Corridor?

Answer: Rameswaram-Manamadurai

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In which city of India's first Water Metro project was recently launched?

Answer: Kochi

Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIAI)?

Answer: Ajay Bhushan Pandey

Who has been appointed Head of the International Olympic Committee Athletes' Commission?

Answer: Angela Ruggiero

Who has taken over as the Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes?

Answer: Rani Singh Nair

Name the mobile payments company that has announced the partnership with IRCTC's app for power e-cash payments on IRCTC's e-catering app, Food on Track.

Answer: MobiKwik

Name the journalist, considered the 'dean of black press columnists', who passed away recently.

Answer: George E. Curry

Which of the following was not selected for the 2016 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna?

Answer: Shiva Thapa

Who was sworn in as President of Brazil in August 2016?

Answer: Michel Temer

Who of the following is the author of the book "I Want 2 be Tendulkar"?

Answer: Manish Sharma

Majuli recently became the first island district of India. Majuli is located in which of the following states?

Answer: Assam

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Who of the following was India's flag-bearer at the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games?

Answer: Devendra Jhajharia

Which country has launched the first of its new generation weather satellites, Fengyun-4?

Answer: China

Which Indian state has launched a subsidised meal scheme, 'Annapurna Rasoi'?

Answer: Rajasthan

Who among the following has topped the Forbes 2016 list of "World's Most Powerful People"?

Answer: Vladimir Putin

Who has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu?

Answer: O. Panneerselvam

Who has been appointed the Chief of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)?

Answer: B.S. Bhullar

Which movie won the Best Film Award at the first BRICS Film Festival that recently concluded in New Delhi?

Answer: Thithi

When is Constitution Day celebrated in India to spread awareness about the Indian Constitution?

Answer: November 26

Which of the following was declared as the word of 2016 by Oxford Dictionaries?

Answer: Post-Truth

Who has been appointed as the Chairman of an eight-member task force appointed to re-calibrate all ATMs in India by RBI?

Answer: S.S. Mundra

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Who is the author of the book titled "An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India", which was recently released by the Vice President of India, M. Hamid Ansari

Answer: Sashi Tharoor

Who has become the 1st Indian-American woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives?

Answer: None of these

Who among the following is appointed as CEO of the World Bank?

Answer: Kristalina Georgieva

When is World Tsunami Awareness Day observed globally?

Answer: November 5

What is the name of the new book that Arundhati Roy recently announced?

Answer: The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

Which institution was renamed as "Niti Aayog"?

Answer: Planning Commission of India

Who will be appointed as the Chief Justice of India in November 2022?

Answer: Justice Dhananjay (D.Y) Chandrachud

Which countries did not qualify for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022?

Answer: Italy

Match the famous CEOs with the title of their biographies.

Answer: A3, B2, C1, D4

Which of the following is not a site associated with the Indus Valley Civilization?

Answer: Bhimbetka

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Identify the sectors into which the Indian economy is divided for the calculation of GDP.

Answer: Agriculture, Manufacturing and Services

Match the new names of the given companies with their respective old names.

Answer: A2, B3, C1, D4

Which price index measures inflation by the Reserve Bank of India?

Answer: Consumer Price Index

Which institution published the cartoon book titled Raju & The Forty Thieves – A Booklet on Modus Operandi of Financial Fraudsters?

Answer: The Reserve Bank of India

Which of the following is the description of INS-Arihant?

Answer: Nuclear-powered Submarine

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From the following, choose the Article in the Constitution of India that proclaims: "It shall be the obligation of every citizen of India to safeguard and develop the natural environment, including forests, lakes, rivers, and animals, and to have compassion for living beings."

Answer: Article 51A (g)

Which of the following is NOT attributed as a reason for the Russian invasion of Ukraine?

Answer: Ukraine has citizens of different ethnicities

Match the following animals/birds with the Wildlife Sanctuary, National Park or a region where they naturally occur.

Answer: A3, B4, C2, D1

Which of the following is the world's largest River delta?

Answer: The Ganges River delta

Which of the following animals are on the State Emblem of India?

Answer: Lion, Bull, and Horse

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Which of the following is not a Gig worker?

Answer: A person running a salon

Which country does BTS (Bangtan Boys), the pop-music band, belong to?

Answer: South Korea

Which company developed Vikram–S, India's first private space rocket, launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on November 18, 2022?

Answer: Skyroot Aerospace

Who scored maximum goals in the recently concluded FIFA World Cup, 2022?

Answer: Kylian Mbappe

Which former Prime Minister of India wrote "Kaidi Kaviraj Ki Kundalini," a poetic compilation, while being jailed?

Answer: Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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Which of the following was NOT a reason for the Sri Lankan economic crisis in 2022?

Answer: Decline of fisheries

In October 2022, which organisation penalised Alphabet for violating antitrust laws in India?

Answer: Competition Commission of India

The first ever Wildlife conservation bond (a financial instrument) in the world was floated to conserve which of the following critically endangered species?

Answer: Black Rhino in South Africa