UPSC CSAT 2016 Questions

30 questions from the CSAT 2016 paper with answers and detailed solutions. Pick an option to check your answer.

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Q1CSAT 2016AverageProblems on Ages

Five family members had a total age of 80 years three years ago. A baby was added to the family during these three years. The average age of the family today is the same as it was three years ago. Find the baby's present age.

Q2CSAT 2016Average

The average monthly income of a family of five is ₹10,000. One member's income increases by ₹1,20,000 per year. What will be the new average monthly income?

Q3CSAT 2016Divisibility Rules

If R and S are different integers both divisible by 5, then which of the following is not necessarily true?

Q4CSAT 2016Geometry and Mensuration

An agricultural field is in the form of a rectangle having length x1 meters and breadth x2 meters (x1 and x2 are variable). If x1 + x2 = 40 meters, then the area of the agricultural field will not exceed which one of the following values?

Q5CSAT 2016Geometry and Mensuration

AB is vertical trunk of huge tree with A being the point where base of trunk touches the ground. Due to a cyclone, the trunk has been broken at C which is at height of 12 meters, broken part is partially attached to vertical portion of trunk at C. If the end of broken part B touches the ground at D which is at distance of 5 meters from A, then the original height of trunk is:

Q6CSAT 2016Geometry and Mensuration

A piece of tin is in the form of rectangle having length 12 cm and width 08 cm. This is used to construct a closed cube. The side of the cube is:

Q7CSAT 2016Geometry and Mensuration

A cylindrical overhead tank of radius 2m and height 7m is to be filled from an underground tank of size 5.5m×4m×6m. How much portion of the underground tank is still filled with water after filling the overhead tank completely?

Q8CSAT 2016Mixtures and Alligations

Sugar is mixed with water in three vessels:

  • Vessel A: 30 g sugar in 180 ml water

  • Vessel B: 40 g sugar in 280 ml water

  • Vessel C: 20 g sugar in 100 ml water

Compared with the other solutions, how sweet is the solution in vessel B?

Q9CSAT 2016Percentage

There is an order of 19000 quantity of a particular product from a customer. The firm produces 1000 quantity of that product per day out of which 5% are unfit for sale. In how many days will the order be completed?

Q10CSAT 2016PercentageRatio and Proportion

The total emoluments of two persons are the same, but one gets allowances to the extent of 65% of his basic pay and the other gets allowances to the extent of 80% of his basic pay. The ratio of the basic pay of the former to the basic pay of the latter is

Q11CSAT 2016Percentage

Two numbers X and Y are respectively 20% and 28% less than a third number Z. By what percentage is the number Y less than the numbers X?

Q12CSAT 2016Permutations and Combinations

A question paper has five questions. Each question has two possible answers: True or False. No two candidates can have identical answer sequences. What is the maximum number of candidates?

Q13CSAT 2016Permutations and Combinations

Using the digits 1, 2, 3 and 4 exactly once, four-digit numbers are formed subject to these conditions:

  • 2 and 3 cannot immediately follow each other.

  • 1 cannot be immediately followed by 3.

  • 4 cannot be last.

  • 1 cannot be first.

How many numbers can be formed?

Q14CSAT 2016Probability

A round archery target of diameter 1 m is marked with four scoring regions from the centre outwards as red, blue, yellow and white. The radius of the red band is 0.20 m. The width of all the remaining bands is equal. If archers throw arrows towards the target, what is the probability that the arrows fall in the red region of the archery target?

Q15CSAT 2016Profit and LossPercentage

A person allows a 10% discount for cash payment from the marked price of a toy and still he makes a 10% gain. What is the cost price of the toy which is marked ₹770?

Q16CSAT 2016Squares and Square Roots

In aid of charity, every student in a class contributes as many rupees as the number of students in that class. With the additional contribution of Rs. 2 by one student only, the total collection is Rs. 443. Then how many students are there in the class?

Q17CSAT 2016Time and Distance

A and B walk around a circular park from the same point in opposite directions at 2 rounds/hour and 3 rounds/hour respectively. How many times do they cross each other between 8:00 AM and 9:30 AM?

Q18CSAT 2016Time and Work

Ram and Shyam work together for 4 days and complete 60% of a job. Ram then leaves, and Shyam completes the remaining work in another 8 days. How many days would Ram alone take to complete the entire job?

Q19CSAT 2016Time and Work

W can complete 25% of a work in 30 days, X can complete one-fourth of the work in 10 days, Y can complete 40% in 40 days and Z can complete one-third of the work in 13 days. Who will complete the entire work first?

Q20CSAT 2016Blood Relations

Directions for the following 5 (five) items:

Consider the following information and answer the five items that follow:

There are five persons in a group - P, Q, R, S, and T. The group has one doctor, one lawyer and one artist. P and S are unmarried students. T is a man married to one of the group members. Q is the brother of P and is neither doctor nor artist. R is not doctor.

Who is the doctor?

Q21CSAT 2016Blood Relations

Directions for the following 5 (five) items:

Consider the following information and answer the five items that follow:

There are five persons in a group - P, Q, R, S, and T. The group has one doctor, one lawyer and one artist. P and S are unmarried students. T is a man married to one of the group members. Q is the brother of P and is neither doctor nor artist. R is not doctor.

Who is the artist?

Q22CSAT 2016Blood Relations

Directions for the following 5 (five) items:

Consider the following information and answer the five items that follow:

There are five persons in a group - P, Q, R, S, and T. The group has one doctor, one lawyer and one artist. P and S are unmarried students. T is a man married to one of the group members. Q is the brother of P and is neither doctor nor artist. R is not doctor.

Who is the spouse of R?

Q23CSAT 2016Blood Relations

Directions for the following 5 (five) items:

Consider the following information and answer the five items that follow:

There are five persons in a group - P, Q, R, S, and T. The group has one doctor, one lawyer and one artist. P and S are unmarried students. T is a man married to one of the group members. Q is the brother of P and is neither doctor nor artist. R is not doctor.

Who is the lawyer?

Q24CSAT 2016Blood Relations

Directions for the following 5 (five) items:

Consider the following information and answer the five items that follow:

There are five persons in a group - P, Q, R, S, and T. The group has one doctor, one lawyer and one artist. P and S are unmarried students. T is a man married to one of the group members. Q is the brother of P and is neither doctor nor artist. R is not doctor.

Who of the following is definitely a man?

Q25CSAT 2016Coding-Decoding

A military code writes SYSTEM as SYSMET and NEARER as AENRER. Using the same code, FRACTION can be written as

Q26CSAT 2016Cube and Dice

A cube has all its faces painted with different colours. It is cut into smaller cubes of equal sizes such that the side of the small cube is one-fourth the big cube. The number of small cubes with only one of the sides painted is

Q27CSAT 2016Direction & Distance

A person walks 12 km due north, then 15 km due east, after that 19 km due west and then 15 km due south. How far is he from the starting point?

Q28CSAT 2016Direction & Distance

A person X was driving in a place where all roads ran either north-south or east-west, forming a grid Roads are at a distance of 1 km from each other in a parallel. He started at the intersection of two roads, drove 3 km north, 3 west and 4 km south which further route could bring him back to his starting point, if the same route is not repeated?

Q29CSAT 2016Order & Ranking

In a class of 60 students, where the number of girls is twice that of boys, Kamal, a boy, ranked seventeenth from the top. If there are 9 girls ahead of Kamal, the number of boys in rank after him is

Q30CSAT 2016Seating Arrangement

Five people A, B, C, D and E are seated about a round table. Every chair is spaced equidistant from adjacent chairs.

i. C is seated next to A.

ii. A is seated two seats from D.

iii. B is not seated next to A.

On the basis of above information, which of the following must be true?

1. D is seated next to B.

2. E is seated next to A.

3. D and C are separated by two seats.

Select the correct answer using the code given below: