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1. XAT 2021 Question Paper - BDM

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

   1. Kabaddi
   2. Breakdancing
   3. Greco-Roman wrestling
   4. Ballet
   5. Cricket

   Correct AnswerChoice B
   Breakdancing

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2. XAT 2021 Question Paper - BDM

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

   1. Kudremukh
   2. Aravali
   3. Balaghat
   4. Dundwa
   5. Satpura

   Correct AnswerChoice E
   Satpura

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3. XAT 2021 Question Paper - BDM

   Who was the first woman chief minister in Independent India?

   1. Sucheta Kripalani
   2. Nandini Satpathy
   3. Shashikala Kakodkar
   4. Sarojini Naidu
   5. Anwara Taimur

   Correct AnswerChoice A
   Sucheta Kripalani

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4. XAT 2021 Question Paper - BDM

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

   1. Saryu Rai
   2. Draupadi Murmu
   3. Shibu Soren
   4. Raghubar Das
   5. Hemant Soren

   Correct AnswerChoice E
   Hemant Soren

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5. XAT 2021 Question Paper - BDM

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

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

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

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6. XAT 2021 Question Paper - BDM

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

   1. Noam Chomsky
   2. Ramchandra Guha
   3. Arnab Goswami
   4. Douglas Stuart
   5. Khaled Hosseini

   Correct AnswerChoice A
   Noam Chomsky

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7. XAT 2021 Question Paper - BDM

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

   1. Gopal Gouda
   2. Malavika Hegde
   3. Kamini Utappa
   4. V. G. Siddhartha
   5. Venu Madhav Krishna

   Correct AnswerChoice B
   Malavika Hegde

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8. XAT 2021 Question Paper - BDM

   Which of the following is not an online learning application?

   1. Patreon
   2. Udemy
   3. Khan Academy
   4. Duolingo
   5. Coursera

   Correct AnswerChoice A
   Patreon

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9. XAT 2021 Question Paper - BDM

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

   1. Roshni Nadar Malhotra
   2. Chanda Kochhar
   3. Gita Gopinath
   4. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
   5. Arundhati Bhattacharya

   Correct AnswerChoice A
   Roshni Nadar Malhotra

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10. XAT 2021 Question Paper - BDM

    Which of the following is a Danish dependency?

    1. Monaco
    2. San Marino
    3. Andorra
    4. Gibraltar
    5. Greenland

    Correct AnswerChoice E
    Greenland

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11. XAT 2021 Question Paper - BDM

    From which organisation was Timnit Gebru terminated recently?

    1. Samsung
    2. Microsoft
    3. Facebook
    4. Apple
    5. Google

    Correct AnswerChoice E
    Google

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12. XAT 2021 Question Paper - BDM

    Which is the first GI tagged product in India?

    1. Odisha Rasagulla
    2. Madhubani Painting
    3. Darjeeling Tea
    4. Kashmiri Apple
    5. Mysore Silk

    Correct AnswerChoice C
    Darjeeling Tea

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13. XAT 2021 Question Paper - BDM

    What is Hayabusa2?

    1. It is a cartoon series to take on the popular Naruto series.
    2. It is the name of a new smartphone based on Linux.
    3. It is an asteroid-sample-return mission by JAXA.
    4. It is a Japanese adaptation of Star Wars.
    5. It is the name given to the new mutated form of Coronavirus.

    Correct AnswerChoice C
    It is an asteroid-sample-return mission by JAXA.

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14. XAT 2021 Question Paper - BDM

    Who authored the famous book Economy of Permanence?

    1. “Diwan Bahadur” Rettamalai Srinivasan
    2. Vinayak Narahari "Vinoba" Bhave
    3. Joseph Chelladurai Cornelius “JC” Kumarappa
    4. “Lokamanya” Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    5. Murlidhar Devidas “Baba” Amte

    Correct AnswerChoice C
    Joseph Chelladurai Cornelius “JC” Kumarappa

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15. XAT 2021 Question Paper - BDM

    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?

    1. Godrej
    2. Bajaj
    3. Tata
    4. Birla
    5. Wadia

    Correct AnswerChoice E
    Wadia

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16. XAT 2021 Question Paper - BDM

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

    1. Jamaica
    2. Guam
    3. Puerto Rico
    4. Bahamas
    5. Papua New Guinea

    Correct AnswerChoice C
    Puerto Rico

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17. XAT 2021 Question Paper - BDM

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

    1. Sabarmati
    2. Dandi
    3. Wankaner
    4. Champaran
    5. Bikaner

    Correct AnswerChoice D
    Champaran

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18. XAT 2021 Question Paper - BDM

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

    1. Ranjitsinh Disale
    2. Ajay Desai
    3. Ramnath Desai
    4. Vijayalaxmi Pandey
    5. Chamundeswari Nath

    Correct AnswerChoice A
    Ranjitsinh Disale

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19. XAT 2021 Question Paper - BDM

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

    1. She is a novelist and the youngest one to have been shortlisted for the Pulitzer prize.
    2. She is an environment activist, who won the Time’s person of the year in 2019.
    3. She is the youngest Indian to have awarded the title of Chess Grandmaster in 2020.
    4. She is a scientist and an inventor who won the Time’s Kid of the Year in 2020.
    5. She is an actress who recently signed for the upcoming Harry Potter movie.

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

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20. XAT 2021 Question Paper - BDM

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

    1. Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary
    2. Satpura National Park
    3. Kheoni Wildlife Sanctuary
    4. Pench National Park
    5. Kuno National Park

    Correct AnswerChoice E
    Kuno National Park

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21. XAT 2021 Question Paper - BDM

    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?

    1. Roberto Baggio
    2. Pele
    3. Cristiano Ronaldo
    4. Diego Maradona
    5. Messi

    Correct AnswerChoice D
    Diego Maradona

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22. XAT 2021 Question Paper - BDM

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

    1. Taiwan
    2. Japan
    3. Chile
    4. Turkey
    5. Israel

    Correct AnswerChoice A
    Taiwan

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23. XAT 2021 Question Paper - BDM

    The table below lists countries and capital cities

    COUNTRIES	CAPITAL CITIES
    Jamaica	Port of Spain
    Cuba	Havana
    Guyana	Kingston
    Trinidad and Tobago	Georgetown

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

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

    Correct AnswerChoice D
    P-3, Q-2, R-4, S-1

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24. XAT 2021 Question Paper - BDM

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

    1. The Director General of the International Labour Organization
    2. The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020
    3. The Time’s Person of the Year 2019
    4. The 46th President of the United States of America
    5. The Director General of the World Health Organization

    Correct AnswerChoice E
    The Director General of the World Health Organization

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25. XAT 2021 Question Paper - BDM

    What is the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict?

    1. A territorial conflict primarily between Turkey and Greece
    2. A territorial conflict primarily between Armenia and Azerbaijan
    3. A territorial conflict primarily between Turkey and Iran
    4. A territorial conflict primarily between Russia and Ukraine
    5. A territorial conflict primarily between Russia and Uzbekistan

    Correct AnswerChoice B
    A territorial conflict primarily between Armenia and Azerbaijan

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