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65+ CAT GK Questions: Important Questions with Answers

Are you preparing for CAT 2025? While the exam itself doesn’t have a GK section, most top B-schools assess your General Knowledge in GD-PI-WAT rounds. That’s why staying updated is critical to success.

This guide by Planet E brings you 65+ well-researched GK questions with 4 options each and answers, covering Economy, Polity, Business, Sports, Science, Current Affairs, and more.


✨ Why GK Matters for CAT Aspirants

✅ Personal Interviews test your awareness.
✅ Group Discussions revolve around national and international topics.
✅ WAT needs factual accuracy.
✅ A well-read candidate stands out.


📘 65+ Important CAT GK Questions

Here are the most likely areas from which questions may be asked during your B-school selection process.

🏛 Indian Economy & Business


1. What is India’s GDP growth rate for FY 2024–25 as per the Economic Survey?

  • A) 5.2%

  • B) 6.5%

  • C) 7.8%

  • D) 4.9%
    Answer: 6.5%


2. Who is the current Governor of the Reserve Bank of India?

  • A) Urjit Patel

  • B) Shaktikanta Das

  • C) Raghuram Rajan

  • D) D. Subbarao
    Answer: Shaktikanta Das


3. Which is the largest public sector bank in India?

  • A) Punjab National Bank

  • B) Bank of Baroda

  • C) State Bank of India

  • D) Canara Bank
    Answer: State Bank of India


4. What does NITI Aayog stand for?

  • A) National Institution for Transforming India

  • B) National Institute for Technology and Innovation

  • C) National Integrated Trade Initiative

  • D) National Industrial and Trade Institute
    Answer: National Institution for Transforming India


5. Who is called the Father of the White Revolution in India?

  • A) Norman Borlaug

  • B) M.S. Swaminathan

  • C) Verghese Kurien

  • D) C. Subramaniam
    Answer: Verghese Kurien


6. What is the base year for India’s GDP calculation?

  • A) 2004–05

  • B) 2011–12

  • C) 2014–15

  • D) 2010–11
    Answer: 2011–12


7. What does CRR stand for in banking?

  • A) Capital Reserve Ratio

  • B) Cash Reserve Ratio

  • C) Credit Risk Ratio

  • D) Current Risk Rate
    Answer: Cash Reserve Ratio


8. Which campaign promotes manufacturing in India?

  • A) Digital India

  • B) Make in India

  • C) Skill India

  • D) Stand-Up India
    Answer: Make in India


9. Which Indian company first crossed $200 billion market capitalization?

  • A) TCS

  • B) Reliance Industries

  • C) Infosys

  • D) Wipro
    Answer: Reliance Industries


10. What is the Repo Rate as of June 2025?

  • A) 5.75%

  • B) 6.00%

  • C) 6.25%

  • D) 6.50%
    Answer: 6.50%


11. Who is the current Finance Minister of India?

  • A) Nitin Gadkari

  • B) Piyush Goyal

  • C) Nirmala Sitharaman

  • D) Amit Shah
    Answer: Nirmala Sitharaman


12. GST stands for:

  • A) Goods and Services Tax

  • B) General Sales Tax

  • C) Government Service Tax

  • D) Gross State Tax
    Answer: Goods and Services Tax


⚖️ Indian Polity & Governance


13. Who is the Chief Justice of India as of 2025?

  • A) N.V. Ramana

  • B) U.U. Lalit

  • C) D.Y. Chandrachud

  • D) Ranjan Gogoi
    Answer: D.Y. Chandrachud


14. How many members are nominated by the President to Rajya Sabha?

  • A) 10

  • B) 12

  • C) 14

  • D) 15
    Answer: 12


15. Who was India’s first woman President?

  • A) Sarojini Naidu

  • B) Pratibha Patil

  • C) Indira Gandhi

  • D) Sucheta Kriplani
    Answer: Pratibha Patil


16. Article 370 was related to which region?

  • A) Punjab

  • B) Jammu & Kashmir

  • C) Nagaland

  • D) Sikkim
    Answer: Jammu & Kashmir


17. Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner?

  • A) Prime Minister

  • B) President

  • C) Supreme Court

  • D) Parliament
    Answer: President


18. Who is the current Lok Sabha Speaker?

  • A) Sumitra Mahajan

  • B) Om Birla

  • C) Meira Kumar

  • D) Ghulam Nabi Azad
    Answer: Om Birla


19. Which Amendment reduced the voting age from 21 to 18?

  • A) 42nd Amendment

  • B) 44th Amendment

  • C) 61st Amendment

  • D) 73rd Amendment
    Answer: 61st Amendment


20. Tenure of Rajya Sabha members is:

  • A) 5 years

  • B) 4 years

  • C) 6 years

  • D) 3 years
    Answer: 6 years


21. The Iron Lady of India was:

  • A) Indira Gandhi

  • B) Sarojini Naidu

  • C) Sushma Swaraj

  • D) Pratibha Patil
    Answer: Indira Gandhi

 

🌐 International Affairs

22. WHO headquarters are located in:

  • A) Paris

  • B) Geneva

  • C) New York

  • D) London
    Answer: Geneva


23. Who is the UN Secretary-General as of 2025?

  • A) Ban Ki-moon

  • B) António Guterres

  • C) Kofi Annan

  • D) Tedros Adhanom
    Answer: António Guterres


24. BRICS stands for:

  • A) Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa

  • B) Belgium, Russia, Italy, China, Spain

  • C) Britain, Russia, India, Canada, Sweden

  • D) Bangladesh, Romania, Iran, Chile, Slovakia
    Answer: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa


25. When did India become a WTO member?

  • A) 1985

  • B) 1995

  • C) 2001

  • D) 1991
    Answer: 1995


26. ASEAN full form is:

  • A) Association of South Asian Nations

  • B) Asia-Europe Strategic Alliance Network

  • C) Association of Southeast Asian Nations

  • D) Allied Southeast Nations
    Answer: Association of Southeast Asian Nations


27. G20 summit in 2023 was hosted by:

  • A) Indonesia

  • B) India

  • C) Italy

  • D) Argentina
    Answer: India


28. The headquarters of the International Monetary Fund is in:

  • A) Washington D.C.

  • B) Geneva

  • C) Vienna

  • D) Brussels
    Answer: Washington D.C.


29. UNICEF stands for:

  • A) United Nations International Children’s Education Fund

  • B) United Nations Children’s Fund

  • C) Universal Children’s Fund

  • D) United Nations Integrated Child Emergency Fund
    Answer: United Nations Children’s Fund


30. The Paris Agreement relates to:

  • A) Cyber Security

  • B) Climate Change

  • C) Free Trade

  • D) Nuclear Disarmament
    Answer: Climate Change


🏆 Sports & Awards


31. Who won the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019?

  • A) Australia

  • B) India

  • C) England

  • D) New Zealand
    Answer: England


32. The Olympic Games 2024 will be hosted in:

  • A) Tokyo

  • B) Paris

  • C) Los Angeles

  • D) Rome
    Answer: Paris


33. Who is known as the Flying Sikh?

  • A) Milkha Singh

  • B) P.T. Usha

  • C) Abhinav Bindra

  • D) Sachin Tendulkar
    Answer: Milkha Singh


34. Who received the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize?

  • A) World Food Programme

  • B) Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov

  • C) Narges Mohammadi

  • D) Abiy Ahmed
    Answer: Narges Mohammadi


35. The Bharat Ratna was awarded in 2019 to:

  • A) Pranab Mukherjee

  • B) Sachin Tendulkar

  • C) Bhupen Hazarika

  • D) All of the above
    Answer: All of the above


36. Who won the Ballon d’Or 2023?

  • A) Lionel Messi

  • B) Karim Benzema

  • C) Cristiano Ronaldo

  • D) Luka Modric
    Answer: Lionel Messi


37. The first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal:

  • A) Saina Nehwal

  • B) Mary Kom

  • C) P.V. Sindhu

  • D) Karnam Malleswari
    Answer: P.V. Sindhu


38. Who is the captain of Indian women’s cricket ODI team as of 2025?

  • A) Mithali Raj

  • B) Harmanpreet Kaur

  • C) Smriti Mandhana

  • D) Deepti Sharma
    Answer: Harmanpreet Kaur


39. Dronacharya Award is given for:

  • A) Literature

  • B) Teaching

  • C) Coaching in Sports

  • D) Social Work
    Answer: Coaching in Sports


40. The Thomas Cup is associated with which sport?

  • A) Badminton

  • B) Tennis

  • C) Hockey

  • D) Football
    Answer: Badminton


🔬 Science & Technology


41. ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 mission landed on the Moon in:

  • A) July 2022

  • B) August 2023

  • C) January 2024

  • D) November 2023
    Answer: August 2023


42. The Father of the Indian Space Program:

  • A) Homi J. Bhabha

  • B) Vikram Sarabhai

  • C) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

  • D) Satish Dhawan
    Answer: Vikram Sarabhai


43. Which planet is known as the Red Planet?

  • A) Venus

  • B) Mars

  • C) Jupiter

  • D) Saturn
    Answer: Mars


44. The first Indian satellite:

  • A) Bhaskara

  • B) Rohini

  • C) Aryabhata

  • D) INSAT-1A
    Answer: Aryabhata


45. The largest gland in the human body is:

  • A) Pancreas

  • B) Liver

  • C) Thyroid

  • D) Pituitary
    Answer: Liver


46. What does DNA stand for?

  • A) Deoxyribonucleic Acid

  • B) Dinucleic Acid

  • C) Dioxyribonucleic Acid

  • D) Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
    Answer: Deoxyribonucleic Acid


47. The vaccine for COVID-19 developed by Bharat Biotech is called:

  • A) Covishield

  • B) Covaxin

  • C) Sputnik V

  • D) Corbevax
    Answer: Covaxin


48. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 was awarded for:

  • A) Quantum Dots

  • B) Climate Models

  • C) Attosecond Light Pulses

  • D) Graphene
    Answer: Attosecond Light Pulses


49. The fastest land animal:

  • A) Lion

  • B) Leopard

  • C) Cheetah

  • D) Gazelle
    Answer: Cheetah


50. Silicon Valley is famous for:

  • A) Steel Industry

  • B) Film Production

  • C) Software & Technology

  • D) Automobile Manufacturing
    Answer: Software & Technology


📰 Current Affairs & Miscellaneous


51. The current Chief Minister of Maharashtra (2025):

  • A) Eknath Shinde

  • B) Devendra Fadnavis

  • C) Uddhav Thackeray

  • D) Ajit Pawar
    Answer: Eknath Shinde


52. The Gaganyaan Mission is related to:

  • A) Mars Orbiter

  • B) Human Spaceflight

  • C) Chandrayaan

  • D) PSLV Launch
    Answer: Human Spaceflight


53. The current UN Climate Change Conference is called:

  • A) COP25

  • B) COP26

  • C) COP27

  • D) COP28
    Answer: COP28


54. Who is the current President of France?

  • A) Nicolas Sarkozy

  • B) Francois Hollande

  • C) Emmanuel Macron

  • D) Marine Le Pen
    Answer: Emmanuel Macron


55. India’s first digital currency pilot was launched by:

  • A) SEBI

  • B) RBI

  • C) SBI

  • D) NITI Aayog
    Answer: RBI


56. The Indian state known as the ‘Spice Garden of India’ is:

  • A) Kerala

  • B) Tamil Nadu

  • C) Karnataka

  • D) Goa
    Answer: Kerala


57. What is India’s rank in the Global Innovation Index 2024?

  • A) 40th

  • B) 36th

  • C) 30th

  • D) 25th
    Answer: 36th


58. The new Capital of Andhra Pradesh is:

  • A) Vijayawada

  • B) Amaravati

  • C) Visakhapatnam

  • D) Guntur
    Answer: Amaravati


59. The Kashi Vishwanath Corridor is located in:

  • A) Varanasi

  • B) Prayagraj

  • C) Ayodhya

  • D) Haridwar
    Answer: Varanasi


60. The ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ was launched in which year?

  • A) 2012

  • B) 2014

  • C) 2016

  • D) 2018
    Answer: 2014


61. The International Day of Yoga is celebrated on:

  • A) June 21

  • B) March 21

  • C) April 22

  • D) May 1
    Answer: June 21


62. The ‘Make in India’ initiative was launched in:

  • A) 2010

  • B) 2012

  • C) 2014

  • D) 2016
    Answer: 2014


63. Who is the author of the book ‘India 2020’?

  • A) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

  • B) Ratan Tata

  • C) Amartya Sen

  • D) C. Rangarajan
    Answer: A.P.J. Abdul Kalam


64. The ‘Jan Dhan Yojana’ aims at:

  • A) Health Insurance

  • B) Financial Inclusion

  • C) Education

  • D) Employment Generation
    Answer: Financial Inclusion


65. India’s first woman IPS officer:

  • A) Kiran Bedi

  • B) Anju Sharma

  • C) Rina Mitra

  • D) Renu Raj
    Answer: Kiran Bedi


66. Which city is known as the ‘Silicon Valley of India’?

  • A) Hyderabad

  • B) Pune

  • C) Bengaluru

  • D) Chennai
    Answer: Bengaluru


🎯 How to Use These Questions Effectively

✅ Read them daily to improve recall.
✅ Note down any weak areas.
✅ Discuss them in study groups.
✅ Practice speaking about these topics for interviews.


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