XAT General Knowledge Syllabus 2025: Check Important Topics

Jun 25, 2024, 11:43 IST

XAT General Knowledge Syllabus 2025: Check the complete XAT GK syllabus and the important exam questions. Know the important topics, best books, topic-wise weightage, and more details here.

Check the detailed XAT General Knowledge Syllabus
Check the detailed XAT General Knowledge Syllabus

XAT General Knowledge Syllabus 2025: The candidates aspiring to appear for the XAT 2025 exam are recommended to go through the XAT GK syllabus carefully. The XAT syllabus contains General Knowledge (GK) questions in part 3. The score from the General Knowledge (GK) section will be exclusively utilised by XLRI for its final selection process. Get the complete information about the XAT Syllabus for General Knowledge here.

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XAT GK Syllabus 2025

The XAT 2025 part 3 exam has two sections and General Knowledge (GK) is one of them. This section contains around 25 Multiple Choice Questions(MCQ) based on General Knowledge. The candidates of the XAT 2025 exam must go through the complete syllabus to excel in this section. All the topics of the XAT General Knowledge (GK) syllabus are provided below:

General Knowledge (GK)

The purpose of this paper is to check the knowledge of current events, everyday science, History of India, Geography, etc. The key topics of the XAT GK syllabus are provided below:

  • History
  • Geography
  • Economics
  • Indian Polity
  • General Science
  • Environment Science
  • National & International Organisations
  • Art & Culture, Dance, Heritage, Religion
  • Defence and Wars
  • Eminent Personalities
  • Sports and Championships
  • Entertainment, 
  • Books and Authors
  • Awards
  • Current Affairs

XAT General Knowledge Syllabus 2025: Weightage

In the GK section, 10 questions come from static GK, while the remaining 15 are from current affairs. 

XAT General Knowledge Syllabus 2025: Key Points

XAT GK section has around 25 questions and like the other parts, the GK section also consists of Multiple Choice Questions. Check the following table to know about the XAT General Knowledge section exam pattern. 

XAT General Knowledge Exam Pattern

Section 

General Knowledge (GK)

Total Number of Questions

25

Maximum Marks

25

Type of Questions

Multiple choice Questions(MCQs)

Marking scheme

  • For each correct answer: +1 mark
  • No Negative Marks

How to Prepare the XAT General Knowledge Syllabus 2025?

The XAT Exam demands a dedicated and disciplined approach along with an effective preparation strategy. The GK section is extremely important in the XAT exam and the candidates have to score well in this section to get admission to XLRI. Here, you can find some tips that should be kept in mind while preparing for the XAT General Knowledge syllabus.

  • Refer to the NCERT books of SST for history, geography, economics, and Indian polity. 
  • Focus on important historical events, dates, and prominent personalities. 
  • Read newspapers, magazines, and online news portals to stay updated with current affairs, national and international events, sports, politics, and science and technology. Always note down details of important events in a separate notebook.

Best Books to Prepare for XAT General Knowledge Syllabus 

Choosing the right study material is very important in the preparation of the XAT exam. Here we are providing a list of some best books for the XAT General Knowledge section.

  1. Lucent GK
  2. NCERT books of Science and SST
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