UPSC CSAT 2021 Questions

39 questions from the CSAT 2021 paper with answers and detailed solutions. Pick an option to check your answer.

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Q1CSAT 2021Average

Class A has 25 students, with scores ranging from 17 to 21. Class B has 30 students, with scores ranging from 22 to 30. Four students are transferred from A to B.

Consider:

  1. The average score of B will definitely decrease.

  2. The average score of A will definitely increase.

Which statement(s) is/are correct?

Q2CSAT 2021Divisibility Rules

Consider all 3-digit numbers, without repetition of digits, obtained using three non-zero digits which are multiples of 3. Let S be their sum. Which of the following is/are correct?
1. S is always divisible by 74.
2. S is always divisible by 9.

Q3CSAT 2021Geometry and Mensuration

A cubical vessel of side 1 m is filled completely with water. How many millilitres of water are contained in it (neglect thickness of the vessel)?

Q4CSAT 2021LCM & HCFCalendars

Joseph visits the club on every 5th day, Harsh visits on every 24th day, while Sumit visits on every 9th day. If all three of them met at the club on a Sunday, then on which day will all three of them meet again?

Q5CSAT 2021Number Series

Replace the incorrect term by the correct term in the given sequence:
3, 2, 7, 4, 13, 10, 21, 18, 31, 28, 43, 40
where odd terms and even terms follow the same pattern.

Q8CSAT 2021Percentage

In a class, 60% of students are from India and 50% of the students are girls. If 30% of the Indian students are girls, then what percentage of foreign students are boys?

Q9CSAT 2021PercentageRatio and Proportion

A student appeared in 6 papers. The maximum marks are the same for each paper. His marks in these papers are in the proportion of 5:6:7:8:9:10. Overall he scored 60%. In how many number of papers did he score less than 60% of the maximum marks?

Q10CSAT 2021Percentage

P scored 40 marks more than Q in an examination. If Q scored 10% less marks than P, then how much did Q score?

Q11CSAT 2021Percentage

If the price of an article is decreased by 20% and then the new price is increased by 25%, then what is the net change in the price?

Q12CSAT 2021Permutations and Combinations

On a chessboard, in how many different ways can six consecutive squares be selected along a diagonal straight path?

Q14CSAT 2021Permutations and Combinations

Six persons are arranged in a row. Another person must shake hands with exactly three of them, but cannot shake hands with two consecutive persons. How many possible selections of three persons are there?

Q15CSAT 2021Ratio and Proportion

An amount of money was distributed among A, B and C in the ratio p : q : r.
Consider the following statements:
1. A gets the maximum share if p > (q + r).
2. C gets the minimum share if r < (p + q).

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Q17CSAT 2021Time and Distance

X and Y start simultaneously from opposite ends of a 15 km distance. X walks at 1.5 km/h. Y walks at 1 km/h in the first hour, 1.25 km/h in the second hour, 1.5 km/h in the third hour, and so on, increasing by 0.25 km/h each hour.

Which statements are correct?

  1. They meet after 5 hours.

  2. They meet midway between A and B.

Q18CSAT 2021Time and Work

A man completes 7/87/8 of a job in 21 days. If the total quantity of work is increased by 50%, how many more days will he require to complete the job?

Q19CSAT 2021Alphabet Test

In the series _b_a_ba_b_abab_aab; fill in the six blanks (_) using one of the following given four choices such that the series follows a specific order.

Q20CSAT 2021Calendars

Which day is 10th October, 2027?

Q21CSAT 2021CalendarsData Sufficiency

Consider two Statements and a Question:

Statement-1: The last day of the month is a Wednesday.

Statement-2: The third Saturday of the month was the seventeenth day.

Question: What day is the fourteenth of the given month?

Q22CSAT 2021Clocks

At which one of the following times, do the hour hand and the minute hand of the clock make an angle of 180° with each other?

Q23CSAT 2021Coding-Decoding

In a code language 'MATHEMATICS' is as LBSIDNZUHDR'. How is 'CHEMISTRY' written in that code language?

Q24CSAT 2021Coding-DecodingAlphabet Test

In the English alphabet, the first 4 letters are written in opposite order; and the next 4 letters are written in opposite order and so on; and at the end Y and Z are interchanged. Which will be the fourth letter to the right of the 13th letter?

Q25CSAT 2021Data Interpretation

Consider the following data of a Test Match:

Player1st innings2nd innings
RunsBallsRunsBalls
A61991476
B5125085
C15752050
D13551250

Who is the fastest run scorer in the Test Match?

Q26CSAT 2021Data InterpretationPie Chart (2D & 3D)

A pie diagram shows the percentage distribution of proteins, water and other dry elements in the human body. Given that proteins correspond to 16% and water corresponds to 70%. If both proteins and the other dry elements correspond to p% then what is the central angle of the sector representing p on the pie diagram?

Q27CSAT 2021Direction & Distance

A woman runs 12 km towards her North, then 6 km towards her South and then 8 km towards her East. In which direction is she from her starting point?

Q28CSAT 2021Direction & Distance

A bank employee drives 10 km towards South from her house and turns to her left and drives another 20 km. She again turns left and drivers 40 km, and then she turns to her right and drives for another 5 km. She again turns to her right and drives another 30 km to reach her bank where she works. What is the shortest distance between her bank and her house?

Q29CSAT 2021Missing Number

You are given two identical sequences in two rows:

Sequence-I 8 4 6 15 52.5 236.25
Sequence-II 5 A B C D E

What is the entry in the place of C for the Sequence-II?

Q30CSAT 2021Missing Number

Following is a matrix of certain entries. The entries follow a certain trend row-wise. Choose the missing entry (?) accordingly.

7B 10A 3C
3C 9B 6A
10A 13C ?
Q31CSAT 2021Order & RankingData Sufficiency

Three Statements S1, S2 and S3 are given below followed by a Question:

S1: C is younger than D, but older than A and B.

S2: D is the oldest.

S3: A is older than B.

Question: Who among A, B, C and D is the youngest?

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

Q32CSAT 2021Order & RankingData Sufficiency

Consider two Statements and a Question:

Statement-1: Priya is 4 ranks below Seema and is 31st from the bottom.

Statement-2: Ena is 2 ranks above Seema and is 37th from the bottom.

Question: What is Seema's rank from the top in the class of 40 students?

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

Q33CSAT 2021Order & RankingData Sufficiency

Consider two Statements and a Question:

Statement-1: Each of A and D is heavier than each of B, E and F, but none of them is the heaviest.

Statement-2: A is heavier than D, but is lighter than C.

Question: Who is the heaviest among A, B, C, D and E?

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

Q34CSAT 2021Problems on Ages

X said to Y, "At the time of your birth I was twice as old as you are at present." If the present age of X is 42 years, then consider the following statements:

1. 8 years ago, the age of X was five times the age of Y.

2. After 14 years, the age of X would be two times the age of Y.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Q35CSAT 2021Statement and Conclusion

Statement:

  • Some radios are mobiles.

  • All mobiles are computers.

  • Some computers are watches.

Conclusions:

I. Certainly, some radios are watches.
II. Certainly, some mobiles are watches.

Q36CSAT 2021Syllogism

A Statement followed by Conclusion-I and Conclusion- II is given below. You have to take the Statement to be true even if it seems to be at variance from the commonly known facts. Read all Conclusions and then decide which of the given Conclusion(s) logically follows/ follow from the Statement, disregarding the commonly known facts.

Statement: Some radios are mobiles. All mobiles are computers. Some computers are watches.

Conclusion-I: Certainly, some radios are watches.

Conclusion-II: Certainly, some mobiles are watches.

Which one of the following is correct?

Q37CSAT 2021Syllogism

A Statement followed by Conclusion-I and Conclusion- II is given below. You have to take the Statement to be true even if it seems to be at variance from the commonly known facts. Read all Conclusions and then decide which of the given Conclusion(s) logically follows/ follow from the Statement, disregarding the commonly known facts.

Statement: Some cats are almirahs. Some almirahs are chairs. All chairs are tables.

Conclusion-I: Certainly, some almirahs are tables.

Conclusion-II: Some cats may not be chairs.

Which one of the following is correct?

Q38CSAT 2021Syllogism

Consider two Statements and four Conclusions given below. You have to take the Statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts. Read all conclusions and then decide which of the given Conclusion(s) logically follows/follow from the Statements, disregarding the commonly known facts.

Statement-1: Some greens are blues.

Statement-2: Some blues are blacks.

Conclusion-1: Some greens are blacks.

Conclusion-2: No green is black.

Conclusion-3: All greens are blacks.

Conclusion-4: All blacks are greens.

Which one of the following is correct?

Q39CSAT 2021Venn Diagrams

In a group of 120 persons, 80 are Indians and rest are foreigners, Further, 70 persons in the group can speak English. The number of Indians who can speak English is