UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT) | UPSC Civil Service Year Wise Previous Years Questions

Basic Numeracy

1. What is the value of X in the sequence 20, 10, 10, 15, 30, 75, X? 2. An Identity Card has the number ABCDEFG, not necessarily in that order, where each letter represents a distinct digit (1 3. Which date of June 2099 among the following is Sunday if 5 June 2022 is Sunday? 4. A bill for ₹1,840 is paid in the denominations of ₹50, ₹20 and ₹10 notes. 50 notes in all are used. Consider the fo 5. Which number amongst 240, 321, 418 and 812 is the smallest? 6. The digits 1 to 9 are arranged in three rows in such a way that each row contains three digits, and the number formed in 7. X and Y run a 3 km race along a circular course of length 300 m. Their speeds are in the ratio 3 : 2. If they start toge 8. In a tournament of Chess having 150 entrants, a player is eliminated whenever he loses a match. It is given that no matc 9. How many 3-digit natural numbers (without repetition of digits) are there such that each digit is odd and the number is 10. The increase in the price of a certain item was 25%. Then the price was decreased by 20% and then again increased by 10% 11. The letters A, B, C, D and E are arranged in such a way that there are exactly two letters between A and E. How many suc 12. On one side of a 1·01 km long road, 101 plants are planted at equal distance from each other. What is the total distance 13. A, B and C are three places such that there are three different roads from A to B, four different roads from B to C and 14. A has some coins. He gives half of the coins and 2 more to B. B gives half of the coins and 2 more to C. C gives half of 15. In the series AABABCABCDABCDE..., which letter appears at the 100th place? 16. How many seconds in total are there in x weeks, x days, x hours, x minutes and x seconds? 17. Five friends P, Q, X, Y and Z purchased some notebooks. The relevant information is given below: 1. Z purchased 8 noteb 18. A man started from home at 14:30 hours and drove to village, arriving there when the village clock indicated 15:15 hours 19. A person X wants to distribute some pens among six children A, B, C, D, E, and F. Suppose A gets twice the number of pen 20. Let A, B and C represent distinct non-zero digits. Suppose x is the sum of all possible 3-digit numbers formed by A, B a 21. There is a numeric lock which has a 3-digit PIN. The PIN contains digits 1 to 7. There is no repetition of digits. The d 22. There are eight equidistant points on a circle. How many right-angled triangles can be drawn using these points as verti 23. 24 men and 12 women can do a piece of work in 30 days. In how many days can 12 men and 24 women do the same piece of wor 24. What is the remainder when 91 × 92 × 93 × 94 × 95 × 96 × 97 × 98 × 99 is divided by 1261?   25. Consider the following statements in respect of a rectangular sheet of length 20 cm and breadth 8 cm: 1. It is possible 26. When 70% of a number x is added to another number y, the sum becomes 165% of the value of y. When 60% of the number x is 27. Two candidates X and Y contested an election. 80% of voters cast their vote and there were no invalid votes. There was n 28. What is the smallest number greater than 1000 that when divided by any one of the numbers 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 leaves a rema 29. Let p be a two-digit number and q be the number consisting of same digits written in reverse order. If p × q = 2430, the 30. Consider the following statements in respect of two natural numbers p and q such that p is a prime number and q is a com 31. Consider the following statements : 1. Between 3:16 p.m. and 3:17 p.m., both hour hand and minute hand coincide. 2. Be 32. There are two containers X and Y. X contains 100 ml of milk and Y contains 100 ml of water. 20 ml of milk from X is tran 33. If 15 × 14 × 13 × ... × 3 × 2 × 1 = 3m × n where m and n are positive integers, the 34. What is the value of X in the sequence 2, 12, 36, 80, 150, X? 35. One non-zero digit, one vowel and one consonant from English alphabet (in capital) are to be used in forming passwords, 36. There are 9 cups placed on a table arranged in equal number of rows and columns out of which 6 cups contain coffee and 3 37. The sum of three consecutive integers is equal to their product. How many such possibilities are there? 38. What is the number of numbers of the form 0·XY, where X and Y are distinct non-zero digits? 39. The average weight of A, B, C is 40 kg, the average weight of B, D, E is 42 kg and the weight of F is equal to that of B

Comprehension

Data Interpretation

1. Consider the Question and two Statements given below : Question : Is x an integer? Statement-1 : x / 3 is no 2. Consider the Question and two Statements given below in respect of three cities P, Q and R in a State : Question : How 3. Consider the Question and two Statements given below: Question : What is the age of Manisha? Statement-1: Manisha is 2 4. A pie chart gives the expenditure on five different items A, B, C, D and E in a household. If B, C, D and E correspond t

Logical Reasoning and General Mental Ability

1. Two friends X and Y start running and they run together for 50 m in the same direction and reach a point. X turns right 2. If the order of the letters in the English alphabet is reversed and each letter represents the letter whose position it 3. Consider the Question and two Statements given below: Question : Is Z brother of X? Statement-1 : X is a brother 4. Three persons A, B and C are standing in a queue not necessarily in the same order. There are 4 persons between A and B, 5. P, Q, R, S, T and U are six members of a family. R is the spouse of Q. U is the mother of T and S is the daughter of U. 6. Two Statements followed by four Conclusions are given below. You have to take the Statements to be true even if they see 7. Three Statements followed by three Conclusions are given below. You have to take the Statements to be true even if they 8. Eight students A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H sit around a circular table, equidistant from each other, facing the centre of 9. Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting equidistant from each other around a circular table (facing the centre of th 10. Six lectures A, B, C, D, E and F , each of one hour duration, scheduled between 8:00 am and 2:00 pm

Basic Numeracy

Comprehension

Data Interpretation

Logical Reasoning and General Mental Ability

UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)

MCQ (Single Correct Answer)

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Six lectures A, B, C, D, E and F , each of one hour duration, scheduled between 8:00 am and 2:00 pm

Consider the following question and two statements:

Question: Which lecture is in the third period?

Statement-1: Lecture F is preceded by A followed by C .

Statement-2: No lecture after lecture B .

Which of the following is correct regarding the question and the statements?

Statement-1 alone is sufficient to answer the question

Statement-2 alone is sufficient to answer the question.

Both statement-1 and statement-2 are sufficient to answer the question

Both statement-1 and statement-2 are not sufficient to answer the question