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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.21
Who plays football, basketball and hockey?
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2013•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.22
Which game do B, C and D play?
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2013•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.23
Geeta is older than her cousin Meena. Meena's brother Bipin is older than Geeta. When Meena and Bipin visit Geeta, they like to play chess. Meena wins the game more often than Geeta. Based on the above information, four conclusions, as given below, have been made. Which one of these logically follows from the information given above?
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2013•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.24
According to the passage, the financial markets in the emerging market economies including India had the adverse impact in recent years due to
1. weak global economic prospects.
2. uncertainties in the international financial markets.
3. sovereign risk concerns in the Euro area.
4. bad monsoons and the resultant crop loss.
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2013•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.25
The Indian financial markets are affected by global changes mainly due to the
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2013•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.26
According to the passage, in the Indian financial system, banks' ability to withstand stress is critical to ensure overall financial stability because Indian financial system is
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2013•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.27
Risk and liquidity management assumes more importance in the Indian banking system in future due to
1. further globalization.
2. more consolidation and deregulation of the financial system.
3. further diversification of the financial system.
4. more financial inclusion in the economy.
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2013•Prelims•Paper 2 (CSAT)•Q.28
There are five hobby clubs in a college viz., photography, yachting, chess, electronics and gardening. The gardening group meets every second day, the electronics group meets every third day, the chess group meets every fourth day, the yachting group meets every fifth day and the photography group meets every sixth day. How many times do all the five groups meet on the same day within 180 days?
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2013•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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