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4392 Previous Year Questions • 2016–2026 • Prelims, Mains, Essay, Optionals

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Prelims - Paper 2 (CSAT)

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2025•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.61
Which one of the following statements best reflects the critical message conveyed by the author of the passage?
CSAT
2025•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.62
With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made: I. Corporate capitalism promotes the growth of labour force and provides more employment opportunities. II. Poor and marginalized sections of population are benefited by corporate capitalism due to trickle-down effect. Which of the above assumptions is/are valid?
CSAT
2025•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.63
Which one of the following statements reflects the best explanation of the above passage?
CSAT
2025•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.64
Consider the following statements: I. There exists a natural number which when increased by 50% can have its number of factors unchanged. II. There exists a natural number which when increased by 150% can have its number of factors unchanged. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
CSAT
2025•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.65
There are 7 places A, B, C, D, E, F and G in a city connected by various roads AB, AC, CD, DE, BF, EG and FG. A is 6 km south of B. A is 10 km west of C. D is 5 km east of E. C is 6 km north of D. F is 9 km west of B. F is 12 km north of G. A person travels from D to F through these roads. What is the distance covered by the person?
CSAT
2025•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.66
In a certain code if 64 is written as 343 and 216 is written as 729, then how is 512 written in that code?
CSAT
2025•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.67
What is the remainder when 9^3 + 9^4 + 9^5 + 9^6 + ... + 9^100 is divided by 6?
CSAT
2025•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.68

A question is given followed by two Statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements and mark the correct option. Question: What is the smallest 1-digit number having exactly 4 distinct factors?

Statement I
2 is one of the factors.
Statement II
3 is one of the factors.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements?

CSAT
2025•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.69

A question is given followed by two Statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements and mark the correct option. Question: Let P, Q, R, S be distinct non-zero digits. If PP * PQ = RRSS, where P <= 3 and Q <= 4, then what is Q equal to?

Statement I
R = 1.
Statement II
S = 2.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements?

CSAT
2025•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.70

A question is given followed by two Statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements and mark the correct option. Question: How is Q related to P?

Statement I
P has two sisters, R and S.
Statement II
R's father is the brother of Q.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements?

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2025•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.71
Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical, rational and crucial message conveyed by the passage?
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2025•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.72
Which one of the following statements best reflects the crux of the passage?
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2025•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.73

A question is given followed by two Statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements and mark the correct option. Question: In a football match, team P playing against Q was behind by 3 goals with 10 minutes remaining. Does team P win the match?

Statement I
Team P scored 4 goals in the last 10 minutes.
Statement II
Team Q scored a total of 4 goals in the match.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements?

CSAT
2025•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.74

A question is given followed by two Statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements and mark the correct option. Question: Is (p + q)^2 - 4pq, where p, q are natural numbers, positive?

Statement I
p < q.
Statement II
p > q.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements?

CSAT
2025•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.75
In a T20 cricket match, three players X, Y and Z scored a total of 37 runs. The ratio of number of runs scored by X to the number of runs scored by Y is equal to ratio of number of runs scored by Y to number of runs scored by Z. Value-I = Runs scored by X, Value-II = Runs scored by Y, Value-III = Runs scored by Z. Which one of the following is correct?
CSAT
2025•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.76
Let p + q = 10, where p, q are integers. Value-I = Maximum value of p q when p, q are positive integers. Value-II = Maximum value of p q when p >= -6, q >= -4. Which one of the following is correct?
CSAT
2025•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.77
Consider a set of 11 numbers: Value-I = Minimum value of the average of the numbers of the set when they are consecutive integers >= -5. Value-II = Minimum value of the product of the numbers of the set when they are consecutive non-negative integers. Which one of the following is correct?
CSAT
2025•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.78
The average of three numbers p, q and r is k. p is as much more than the average as q is less than the average. What is the value of r?
CSAT
2025•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.79
Let x be a real number between 0 and 1. Which of the following statements is/are correct? I. x^2 > x^3. II. x > sqrt(x). Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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2025•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.80
The difference between any two natural numbers is 10. What can be said about the natural numbers which are divisible by 5 and lie between these two numbers?
CSAT
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