UPSC CSAT 2024 Questions

31 questions from the CSAT 2024 paper with answers and detailed solutions. Pick an option to check your answer.

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Q1CSAT 2024Average

The total weight of 6 boys equals the total weight of 4 women. The average weight of the women is 63 kg. What is the average weight of the boys?

Q2CSAT 2024Basic Set TheoryVenn DiagramsPercentage

In an examination, 80% of students passed in English, 70% of students passed in Hindi and 15% failed in both the subjects. What is the percentage of students who failed in only one subject?

Q3CSAT 2024Divisibility RulesRemainder Theorem

A number when divided by 3 gives remainder 2, when divided by 4 gives remainder 3, and when divided by 5 gives remainder 4. What is the smallest such number?

Q4CSAT 2024Fundamental Arithmetical Operations

In the expression

5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1

the symbol * can be chosen from +, − and ×, with each of these operations being used at most two times.

What is the smallest non-negative value of the expression?

Q5CSAT 2024LCM & HCF

A can X contains 399 litres of petrol and a can Y contains 532 litres of diesel. They are to be bottled in bottles of equal size so that the whole of petrol and diesel would be separately bottled. The bottle capacity in terms of litres is an integer. How many different bottle sizes are possible?

Q7CSAT 2024PartnershipProfit and Loss

Two persons, P and Q, enter into a business. P invests ₹14,000 more than Q. P keeps his investment for 8 months, while Q keeps his investment for 10 months.

The total profit is ₹2,000, and P's share of the profit is ₹400 more than Q's share.

What is the capital invested by P?

Q8CSAT 2024Percentage

P's salary is 20% lower than Q's salary which is 20% lower than R's salary. By how much percent is R's salary more than P's salary?

Q9CSAT 2024Percentage

A number is mistakenly divided by 4 instead of multiplying by 4. What is the percentage change in the result due to this mistake?

Q11CSAT 2024Time and Work

A certain number of men can complete a piece of work in 6k6k days, where kk is a natural number. By what percentage should the number of men be increased so that the work can be completed in 5k5k days?

Q12CSAT 2024Time and Work

X, Y and Z can independently complete a piece of work in 6 hours, 8 hours and 8 hours respectively. Only one person can work during each hour, and no person can work for two consecutive hours. If all three are used, what is the minimum time required to complete the work?

Q13CSAT 2024Alphabet Test

Consider the sequence A_BCD_BBCDABC_DABC_D that follows a certain pattern. Which one of the following completes the sequence?

Q14CSAT 2024Calendars

The calendar for the year 2025 is same for:

Q15CSAT 2024Clocks

What is the angle between the minute hand and hour hand when the clock shows 4:25 hours?

Q16CSAT 2024Clocks

How many times the hour hand and the minute hand coincide in a clock between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. (same day)?

Q17CSAT 2024Coding-Decoding

If in a certain code, 'ABCD' is written as 24 and EFGH' is written as 1680, then how is 'IJKL' written in that code?

Q18CSAT 2024Coding-Decoding

If in a certain code, 'POT' is written as ATOP and 'TRAP' is written as APART, then how is 'ARENA' written in that code?

Q19CSAT 2024Coding-Decoding

In some code, letters P, Q, R, S, T represent numbers 4, 5, 10, 12, 15. It is not known which letter represents which number. If Q-S=2S and T=R+S+3, then what is the value of P+R-T?

Q20CSAT 2024Cube and Dice

What is the least possible number of cuts required to cut a cube into 64 identical pieces?

Q21CSAT 2024Direction & Distance

A person walks 100 m straight from his house, turns left and walks 100 m, again turns left and walks 300 m, then turns right and walks 100 m to reach his office. In which direction does he walk initially from his house if his office is exactly in the North-East direction?

Q22CSAT 2024Direction & Distance

A person walks 100 m Westward, then turns left and walks 100 m. He then takes 225° turn clockwise. In which direction is he walking now?

Q23CSAT 2024Mathematical Reasoning StatementsData Sufficiency

What are the values of mm and nn, where mm and nn are natural numbers?

Statement I: m+n>mnm + n > mn

And m>nm > n
Statement II:

The product of mm and nn is 24.

Which one of the following is correct?

Q24CSAT 2024Mathematical Reasoning StatementsData Sufficiency

What is the time required to download the software?

Statement I:
The size of the software is 12 megabytes.

Statement II:
The transfer rate is 2.4 kilobytes per second.

Which one of the following is correct?

Q25CSAT 2024Mathematical Reasoning StatementsData Sufficiency

A person buys three articles p,q,rp,q,r for ₹50. The price of article qq is ₹16, which is the least.

Question: What is the price of article pp?

Statement I:
The cost of pp is not more than that of rr.

Statement II:
The cost of rr is not more than that of pp.

Which one of the following is correct?

Q26CSAT 2024Order & RankingData Sufficiency

A Question is given followed by two Statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements.

A certain amount was distributed among X, Y and Z.

Question: Who received the least amount?

Statement-I: X received 4/5 of what Y and Z together received.

Statement-II: Y received 2/7 of what X and Z together received.

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

Q27CSAT 2024Order & RankingData Sufficiency

A Question is given followed by two Statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements.

P, Q, R and S appeared in a test.

Question: Has P scored more marks than Q?

Statement-I: The sum of the marks scored by P and Q is equal to the sum of the marks scored by R and S

Statement-II: The sum of the marks scored by P and S is more than the sum of the marks scored by Q and R.

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

Q28CSAT 2024Problems on Ages

A father said to his son, "n years back I was as old as you are now. My present age is four times your age n years back". If the sum of the present ages of the father and the son is 130 years, what is the difference of their ages?

Q29CSAT 2024Problems on AgesData Sufficiency

A Question is given followed by two Statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements.

Age of each of P and Q is less than 100 years but more than 10 years. If you interchange the digits of the age of P, the number represents the age of Q.

Question: What is the difference of their ages?

Statement-l: The age of P is greater than the age of Q.

Statement-II: The sum of their ages is 11/6 times their difference.

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

Q30CSAT 2024Statement and ConclusionSyllogism

Statement:
India is the world's largest producer of milk.

Conclusions:

I. India is the world's largest exporter of milk.
II. India does not import milk.

Q31CSAT 2024Syllogism

A Main Statement is followed by four Statements labelled P, Q, R and S. Choose the ordered pair of the Statements where the first Statement implies the second, and the two Statements are logically consistent with the Main Statement.

Main Statement: Pradeep becomes either a Director or a Producer.

Statement P: Pradeep is a Director. Statement Q: Pradeep is a Producer.

Statement R: Pradeep is not a Director.

Statement S: Pradeep is not a Producer.

Select the correct answer.