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4392 Previous Year Questions • 2016–2026 • Prelims, Mains, Essay, Optionals
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Prelims - Paper 2 (CSAT)
20 shown2013•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.29
A, B, C, D and E belong to five different cities P, Q, R, S and T (not necessarily in that order). Each one of them comes from a different city. Further it is given that:
1
B and C do not belong to Q.
2
B and E do not belong to P and R.
3
A and C do not belong to R, S and T.
4
D and E do not belong to Q and T.
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2013•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.30
Seven men, A, B, C, D, E, F and G are standing in a queue in that order. Each one is wearing a cap of a different colour like violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red. D is able to see in front of him green and blue, but not violet. E can see violet and yellow, but not red. G can see caps of all colours other than orange. If E is wearing an indigo coloured cap, then the colour of the cap worn by F is
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2013•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.31
There are some balls of red, green and yellow colour lying on a table. There are as many red balls as there are yellow balls. There are twice as many yellow balls as there are green ones. The number of red balls
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2013•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.32
Mineral oil deposits under the sea do not get completely decomposed because they
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2013•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.33
Sedimentary rock leads to the formation of oil deposits because
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2013•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.34
In a class of 45 students, a boy is ranked 20th. When two boys joined, his rank was dropped by one. What is his new rank from the end?
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2013•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.35
A thief running at 8 km/hr is chased by a policeman whose speed is 10 km/hr. If the thief is 100 m ahead of the policeman, then the time required for the policeman to catch the thief will be
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2013•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.36
A train travels at a certain average speed for a distance of 63 km and then travels a distance of 72 km at an average speed of 6 km/hr more than its original speed. If it takes 3 hours to complete the total journey, what is the original speed of the train in km/hr?
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2013•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.37
According to the passage, why should the discharge of agricultural slurry into watercourses be restricted?
1
Losing nutrients in this way is not a good practice economically.
2
Watercourses do not contain the microorganisms that can decompose organic components of agricultural slurry.
3
The discharge may lead to the eutrophication of water bodies.
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2013•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.38
The passage refers to the conversion of "pollutant to fertilizer". What is pollutant and what is fertilizer in this context?
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2013•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.39
According to the passage, what are the effects of indiscriminate use of fertilizers?
1
Addition of pollutants to the soil and water.
2
Destruction of decomposer microorganisms in soil.
3
Nutrient enrichment of water bodies.
4
Creation of algal blooms.
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2013•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.40
What is/are the characteristics of a water body with cultural eutrophication?
1
Loss of ecosystem services
2
Loss of flora and fauna
3
Loss of mineral nutrients
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2013•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.41
What is the central theme of this passage?
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2013•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.42
According to the passage,
which of the following statements is most likely to be true as the reason for man's miseries?
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2013•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.43
With reference to the passage, the following assumptions have been made:
1
The author gives primary importance to physical and material help in eradicating human misery.
2
Charitable homes, hospitals, etc. can remove human misery to a great extent.
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2013•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.44
🖼️ DiagramConsider the following figures 1, 2, 3 and 4: In the figures from 1 to 4 above, two symbols are shown to change their position in a regular direction. Following the same sequence, which one of the following will appear at the fifth stage?
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2013•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.45
🖼️ DiagramThe problem figures follow a particular sequence. In accordance with the same, which one of the four answer figures should appear as the fifth figure?
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2013•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.46
🖼️ DiagramThe problem figures follow a particular sequence. In accordance with the same, which one of the four answer figures should appear as the fifth figure?
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2013•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.47
🖼️ DiagramConsider the following diagrams: x men, working at constant speed, do a certain job in y days. Which one of these diagrams shows the relation between x and y?
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2013•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.48
Consider the following matrix:
3 | 370 | 7
2 | 224 | 6
1 | 730 | X
What is the number at 'X' in the above matrix?
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