UPSC CSAT 2014 Questions

31 questions from the CSAT 2014 paper with answers and detailed solutions. Pick an option to check your answer.

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Q1CSAT 2014Basic Set Theory

Out of a total of 120 musicians in a club, 5% can play all the three instruments, guitar, violin and flute. It so happens that the number of musicians who can play any two and only two of the above instruments is 30. The number of musicians who can play the guitar alone is 40. What is the total number of those who can play violin alone or flute alone?

Q2CSAT 2014Divisibility Rules

Which one of the following numbers is divisible by 11?

Q3CSAT 2014LCM & HCF

A bell rings every 18 minutes. A second bell rings every 24 minutes. A third bell rings every 32 minutes. If all the three bells ring at the same time at 8 o'clock in the morning, at what other time will they all ring together?

Q4CSAT 2014LCM & HCF

Five persons fire bullets at a target at intervals of 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12 seconds respectively. The number of times they would fire the bullets together at the target in an hour is:

Q5CSAT 2014PercentageSimple and Compound Interest

As per agreement with a bank, a businessman had to refund a loan in some equal installments without interest. After paying 18 installments he found that 60 percent of his loan was refunded. How many installments were there in the agreement?

Q6CSAT 2014Percentage

A and B decide to travel from place X to place Y by bus. A has Rs. 10 with him and he finds that it is 80% of the bus fare for two persons. B finds that he has Rs. 3 with him and hands it over to A. In this context, which one of the following statements is correct?

Q7CSAT 2014PercentageGeometry and Mensuration

A gardener increased the area of his rectangular garden by increasing its length by 40% and decreasing its width by 20%. The area of the new garden

Q8CSAT 2014Permutations and Combinations

A group of 630 children is seated in rows for a group photograph. Each row contains three fewer children than the preceding row. Which of the following numbers of rows is not possible?

Q9CSAT 2014Profit and LossPercentage

If Sohan, while selling two goats at the same price, makes a profit of 10% on one goat and suffers a loss of 10% on the other, then:

Q10CSAT 2014Time and Distance

Two cars start simultaneously from places A and B, which are 160 km apart, and move towards each other. Their speeds are 50 km/h and 30 km/h. They start at 8:10 AM. When will they meet?

Q11CSAT 2014Time and Distance

A worker reaches his factory 3 minutes late when walking at 5 km/h. At 6 km/h, he reaches 7 minutes early. Find the distance between his house and factory.

Q12CSAT 2014Blood Relations

Directions for the following 3 (three) items:

Read the passage given below and answer the items that follow.

A, B, C, D, E, F are members of a family. They are engineer, stenographer, doctor, draughtsman, lawyer and judge (not in order). A, the engineer is married to the lady stenographer. The judge is married to the lawyer. F, the draughtsman is the son of B and brother of E. C, the lawyer is the daughter-in-law of D. E is the unmarried doctor. D is the grandmother of F. There are two married couples in the family.

What is the profession of B?

Q13CSAT 2014Blood Relations

Directions for the following 3 (three) items:

Read the passage given below and answer the items that follow.

A, B, C, D, E, F are members of a family. They are engineer, stenographer, doctor, draughtsman, lawyer and judge (not in order). A, the engineer is married to the lady stenographer. The judge is married to the lawyer. F, the draughtsman is the son of B and brother of E. C, the lawyer is the daughter-in-law of D. E is the unmarried doctor. D is the grandmother of F. There are two married couples in the family.

Which of the following is/are couple/couples?

Q14CSAT 2014Blood Relations

Directions for the following 3 (three) items:

Read the passage given below and answer the items that follow.

A, B, C, D, E, F are members of a family. They are engineer, stenographer, doctor, draughtsman, lawyer and judge (not in order). A, the engineer is married to the lady stenographer. The judge is married to the lawyer. F, the draughtsman is the son of B and brother of E. C, the lawyer is the daughter-in-law of D. E is the unmarried doctor. D is the grandmother of F. There are two married couples in the family.

What is the profession of D?

Q15CSAT 2014Calendars

If the 3rd day of a month is Monday, which one of the following will be the fifth day from 21st of this month?

Q16CSAT 2014Clocks

The hour and minute hands of a clock move without jerking.

2. The clock shows a time between 8 o'clock and 9 o'clock.

3. The two hands of the clock are one above the other.

After how many minutes (nearest integer) with the two hands will be again lying one above the other?

Q17CSAT 2014Data Interpretation

Directions for following 4(four) items

The following graph shows the average profit of two fruit-sellers A and B in thousands (Rs.) per year from the year 1995 to 2000.[CSAT 2014]

 Average profit of fruit-sellers A and B from 1995 to 2000

In which year is the average profit of A and B same?

Q18CSAT 2014Data Interpretation

Directions for following 4(four) items

The following graph shows the average profit of two fruit-sellers A and B in thousands (Rs.) per year from the year 1995 to 2000.[CSAT 2014]

 Average profit of fruit-sellers A and B from 1995 to 2000

What is the difference between the average profit of B and A in the year 1998?

Q19CSAT 2014Data Interpretation

Directions for following 4(four) items

The following graph shows the average profit of two fruit-sellers A and B in thousands (Rs.) per year from the year 1995 to 2000.[CSAT 2014]

 Average profit of fruit-sellers A and B from 1995 to 2000

How much more average profit did A make in the year 2000 than in the year 1999?

Q20CSAT 2014Data Interpretation

Directions for following 4(four) items

The following graph shows the average profit of two fruit-sellers A and B in thousands (Rs.) per year from the year 1995 to 2000.[CSAT 2014]

 Average profit of fruit-sellers A and B from 1995 to 2000

What is the trend of the average profit of B from the year 1997 to the year 2000? 

Q21CSAT 2014Data Interpretation

The following table shows the marks obtained by two students in different subjects:

Subject

Student A

Maximum marks

Student B

Maximum marks

English

60

100

80

150

Psychology

70 100 70 100

History

50 100 60 100

Sanskrit

30 50 15 25

The difference in the mean aggregate percentage marks of the students is

Q22CSAT 2014Data Interpretation

The following table gives population and total income of a city for four years:

Year

1992

1993

1994

1995

Population (in lakhs) 20 21 22 23
Income (in crores (Rs.) 1010 1111 1225 1345

Which one of the following statements is correct in respect of the above data?

Q23CSAT 2014Direction & Distance

Location of B is north of A and location of C is east of A. The distances AB and AC are 5 km and 12 km respectively. The shortest distance (in km) between the locations B and C is

Q24CSAT 2014Direction & Distance

Consider the following statements:

There are six villages A, B, C, D, E and F.

F is 1 km to the west of D.

B is 1 km to the east of E.

A is 2 km to the north of E.

C is 1 km to the east of A.

D is 1 km to the south of A.

Which three villages are in a line?

Q25CSAT 2014Order & Ranking

In a row 'A' is the 11th position from the left and 'B' is in the 10th position from the right. If 'A' and 'B' interchange, then 'A' becomes 18th from the left. How many persons are there in the row other than 'A' and 'B'?

Q26CSAT 2014Puzzle

Six books A, B, C, D, E and F are placed side by side.

  • B, C, E and F have green covers.

  • A and D have yellow covers.

  • A, B and D are new.

  • C, E and F are old.

  • A, B and C are law reports.

  • D, E and F are medical extracts.

Which two books are old medical extracts and have green covers?

Q27CSAT 2014PuzzleLogical Reasoning

A question paper must have a question on one of eight poets A, B, C, D, E, F, G or H. The first four belong to the medieval period and the rest are modern poets.

Modern poets generally figure in the question paper in alternate years. Generally, those who like H like G also, and those who like F like E also. The paper-setter does not like to ask about F as he has written a book on F, but he likes F. Last year, the paper contained a question on A.

This year's paper is most likely to contain a question on:

Q28CSAT 2014Puzzle

Consider the following statements:

  1. George attends Music classes on Monday.

  2. He attends Mathematics classes on Wednesday.

  3. His Literature classes are not on Friday.

  4. He attends History classes on the day following Mathematics.

  5. On Tuesday, he attends Sports classes.

If he attends just one subject in a day and Sunday is free, then he is also free on:

Q29CSAT 2014Puzzle

In a group of six women there are four dancers, four vocal musicians, one actress and three violinists.

Girija and Vanaja are among the violinists, while Jalaja and Shailaja do not know how to play the violin.

Shailaja and Tanuja are among the dancers.

Jalaja, Vanaja, Shailaja and Tanuja are all vocal musicians and two of them are also violinists.

If Pooja is an actress, who is certainly a dancer and a violinist?

Q30CSAT 2014Seating Arrangement

Four children are sitting in a row. A is occupying the seat next to B but not next to C. If C is not sitting next to D, who is/are occupying seat/seats adjacent to D?

Q31CSAT 2014Venn Diagrams

There are 50 students admitted to a nursery class. Some students can speak only English and some can speak only Hindi. 10 student can speak both English and Hindi. If the number of students who can speak English is 21, then how many students can speak Hindi how many can speak only Hindi and how many can speak only English?