XAT 2017: Previous years' sample questions for practice
XAT 2017 prep material
XAT 2017 is about three months away and all you aspiring candidates have already accelerated the pace of your preparation. Reading General Knowledge topics, learning new techniques to tackle mathematical problems and brushing up English language skills –these three areas and many more topics are a part of your daily routine.
As XAT 2017 gets closer, the focus area for you is going to be mock tests. As per experts and previous years’ toppers, from the penultimate month your time and energy should be spent in attempting mock tests and solving sample questions.
Attempting mock tests is very crucial as it prepares the candidate for the actual test environment, gauge the difficulty level, gain speed in solving questions and improve timing. Remember, having knowledge is not enough, how well you use it makes the real difference.
Here we give you a sneak peek into the actual XAT question paper, to familiarize you with the quality of the questions asked in the exam.
XAT question paper is split into two parts, Part I and Part II. Part I is main question paper and Part II is General Knowledge. Part I has three sections A, B and C with 28, 24 and 31 questions respectively, i.e. a total of 83 questions. The three sections of Part I are followed by Part II that has twenty questions on General Knowledge. In total there are 103 questions to be solved in 150 minutes.
The following questions have been taken from XAT 2014 question paper, to help you gain some insight.
Verbal Ability:
1.Not just the absence of ________________ but also the presence of_____________ and honesty is required to bind up the nation’s wound.
A. retribution, camaraderie
B. guilt, religion
C. crime, religion
D. love, austerity
E. recrimination, insight
2.The MBA (I) is hardly a prerequisite for success, but II (2) certainly helps (3), and it has been getting more important (4) in recent years. Most (5) MBA programs equip their graduates to understand how (6) to deal with many of the important questions that their organizations will need to tackle (7) over time, and (8) that they will face in their careers.
The above italicized numbered words will he correctly represented by the following parts of speech:
A. I -Noun, 2-Pronoun, 3-Adverb, 4-Adjective, 5-Adjective, 8-Conjunction
B. I-Noun, 3-Adjective, 4-Adjective, 6-Adverb, 7-Adverb, 8-Article
C. 1-Noun, 2-Pronoun, 4-Adjective, 7-Adverb, 8-Conjunction
D. 2-Pronoun, 3-Verb, 4-Adverb, 6-Adverb, 8-Article
E. 2-Pronoun, 3-Verb, 4-Adjective, 7-Verb, 8-Conjunction
3. Choose the Best option:
1. The mechanism of electroweak symmetry breaking is one of the most important issues in the present Particle Physics.
2. They are required to give masses for all quarks and leptons and to guarantee the absence of the gauge anomaly.
3. In the standard electroweak model a fundamental Higgs doublet is introduced to cause the spontaneous symmetry breaking.
4. Supersymmetry (SUSY), eliminating all quadratic divergences, may provide a better theoretical basis to describe a fundamental Higgs boson with a relatively small mass to a high energy cutoff scale, say the Planck scale for example.
5. In the minimal SUSY extension of the standard electroweak model the Higgs sector consists of two chiral superfields of Higgs doublets (HI and H2 with opposite hypercharges).
A. 1, 3, 4, 5, 2
B. 1, 4, 3, 5, 2
C. 3, 4, 2, 5, 1
D. 1, 5, 2, 3, 4
E. 5, 4, 2, 3, 1 13.
Decision Making:
4. A group of nine runners will finish the 400 meters race in a certain order. The runners are: Ashok, Benjamin, Chetan, Divya, Eshant, Faneesh, Girish, Himani, and Irravaty. They all finish at different times, and their finishing order is as follow:
• Faneesh finishes before Ashok.
• Divya finishes before Benjamin and Eshant.
• lrravaty finishes after Chetan.
• Girish finishes after Ashok.
Which is the best position Girish can finish?
A. First
B. Second
C.Third
D. Fourth
E. Fifth
5. The main issues of interpretation arising from the work of professionally trained anthropologists are that they are late in colonial/post-colonial trajectories, because professional training shapes their interpretations. However, within field of interest and training, their works arc most thorough and systematic.
The best conclusion drawn from the above paragraph is analogous to:
A. Heisenberg uncertainty principle, which states that speed and position cannot be determined simultaneously.
B. Cultural relativism, which states that two or more than two cultures cannot be compared.
C. Personal relativism, which states that one should not study anthropological phenomenon for personal gains.
D. Conclusive relativism, which states that anthropologists should not knowingly color their findings.
E. Communicative relativism, which states that anthropologists should not be selective in communicating their findings.
Quantitative Ability:
6. The sum of the possible values of X in the equation 1X + 71 r 1X — 81= 16 is:
A. 0
B. I
C. 2
D. 3
E. None of the above
7. Consider four natural numbers: x, y, x y, and x y. Two statements are provided below
I. All four numbers are prime numbers.
II. The arithmetic mean of the numbers is greater than 4.
Which of the following statements would be sufficient to determine the sum of the Jour numbers?
A. Statement I
B. Statement II
C. Statement I and Statement II
D. Neither Statement I nor Statement II
E. Either Statement I or Statement II
8. A teacher noticed a strange distribution of marks in the exam. There were only three distinct scores: 6, 8 and 20. The mode of the distribution was 8. The sum of the scores of all the students was 504. The number of students in the in most populated category was equal to the sum of the number of students with lowest score and twice the number of students with the highest score. The total number of students in the class was:
A. 50
B. 51
C. 53
D. 56
E. 57
General Knowledge:
9. The correct match between the following mountain ranges and their highest peaks is:
A. Alps: Mont Blanc, Rockies-Mount Albert, Andes- Mount Aconcagua, Karakoram-K2
B. Alps: Mount Albert, Rockies-Aconcagua, Andes-Mont Blanc, Karakoram-K2
C. Alps: Mount Albert, Rockies-Aconcagua, Andes -K2, Karakoram-Mont Blanc
D. Alps-Mont Blanc, Rockies-Aconcagua, Andes-Mount Albert, Karakoram-K2
E. Alps- Aconcagua, Rockies-Mount Albert, Andes -Mont Blanc, Karakoram-K2
10. The factor that least influences exchange rate fluctuations:
A. Industrial Production
B. Investor sentiments
C. Interest Rates
D. Consumer Price Index
E. Goods and Services Tax
11. Which city houses the headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)?
A. Tokyo (Japan)
B. Vienna (Austria)
C. Geneva (Switzerland)
D. New York (USA)
E. Brussels (Belgium)
12. The ancient civilization of Sumer flourished in a region, which is a part of the following country in the modern world:
A. Iraq
B. Syria
C. Sumeria
D. Egypt
E. None of the above
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