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4392 Previous Year Questions • 2016–2026 • Prelims, Mains, Essay, Optionals
Prelims - Paper 2 (CSAT)
20 shown2024•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.1
Which of the following statements best reflect the most logical and rational inferences that can be made from the passage?
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2024•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.2
Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:
1
The food distribution mechanism needs to be reimagined and made effective to reduce the loss and wastage of food.
2
Ensuring the reduction of wastage and loss of food is a social and moral responsibility of all citizens.
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2024•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.3
Which of the following statements best reflects/reflect the most logical and rational inference/inferences that can be made from the passage?
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2024•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.4
Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:
1
Fiscal policies of governments are solely responsible for higher prices.
2
Higher prices do not affect the long-term government bonds.
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2024•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.5
What is the least possible number of cuts required to cut a cube into 64 identical pieces?
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2024•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.6
In the expression 5 4 3 2 1, * is chosen from +, -, x each at most two times. What is the smallest non-negative value of the expression?
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2024•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.7
A certain number of men can complete a piece of work in 6k days, where k is a natural number. By what percent should the number of men be increased so that the work can be completed in 5k days?
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2024•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.8
X, Y and Z can complete a piece of work individually in 6 hours, 8 hours and 8 hours respectively. However, only one person at a time can work in each hour and nobody can work for two consecutive hours. All are engaged to finish the work. What is the minimum amount of time that they will take to finish the work?
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2024•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.9
How many consecutive zeros are there at the end of the integer obtained in the product 1^2 x 2^4 x 3^6 x 4^8 x... x 25^50?
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2024•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.10
On January 1st, 2023, a person saved ₹1. On January 2nd, 2023, he saved ₹2 more than that on the previous day. On January 3rd, 2023, he saved ₹2 more than that on the previous day and so on. At the end of which date was his total savings a perfect square as well a perfect cube?
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2024•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.11
Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical and rational inference that can be made from the above passage?
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2024•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.12
Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:
1
India needs a new generation of urban professionals with knowledge relevant to modern urban practice.
2
Indian universities at present have no capacity or potential to impart training in systems approach.
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2024•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.13
Which one of the following statements best reflects the central idea of the above passage?
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2024•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.14
Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:
1
Internet is not inclusive enough.
2
Internet can adversely affect the quality of politics in a country.
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2024•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.15
222^333 + 333^222 is divisible by which of the following numbers?
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2024•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.16
What percent of water must be mixed with honey so as to gain 20% by selling the mixture at the cost price of honey?
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2024•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.17
What is the rightmost digit preceding the zeros in the value of 30^30?
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2024•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.18
421 and 427, when divided by the same number, leave the same remainder 1. How many numbers can be used as the divisor in order to get the same remainder 1?
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2024•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.19
A can X contains 399 litres of petrol and a can Y contains 532 litres of diesel. They are to be bottled in bottles of equal size so that whole of petrol and diesel would be separately bottled. The bottle capacity in terms of litres is an integer. How many different bottle sizes are possible?
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2024•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.20
Consider the following statements in respect of the sum S = x + y + z, where x, y and z are distinct prime numbers each less than 10:
1
The unit digit of S can be 0.
2
The unit digit of S can be 9.
3
The unit digit of S can be
5
Which of the statements given above are correct?
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