UPSC 2022 CSAT Question 1

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. What is the average weight of A, B, C, D, E and F?

A. 40.5 kg | B. 40.8 kg | C. 41 kg | D. Cannot be determined as data is inadequate

Topic: Quantitative Aptitude | Year: 2022 | Subject: CSAT

UPSC 2022 CSAT Question 2

What is the number of numbers of the form 0.XY, where X and Y are distinct non-zero digits?

A. 72 | B. 81 | C. 90 | D. 100

Topic: Quantitative Aptitude | Year: 2022 | Subject: CSAT

UPSC 2022 CSAT Question 3

The sum of three consecutive integers is equal to their product. How many such possibilities are there?

A. Only one | B. Only two | C. Only three | D. No such possibility is there

Topic: Quantitative Aptitude | Year: 2022 | Subject: CSAT

UPSC 2022 CSAT Question 4

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 cups contain tea. In how many ways can they be arranged so that each row should contain at least one cup of coffee?

A. 18 | B. 27 | C. 54 | D. 812

Topic: Quantitative Aptitude | Year: 2022 | Subject: CSAT

UPSC 2022 CSAT Question 5

One non-zero digit, one vowel and one consonant from English alphabet (in capital) are to be used in forming passwords, such that each password has to start with a vowel and end with a consonant. How many such passwords can be generated?

A. 105 | B. 525 | C. 945 | D. 1050

Topic: Quantitative Aptitude | Year: 2022 | Subject: CSAT

UPSC 2022 CSAT Question 6

What is the value of X in the sequence 2, 12, 36, 80, 150, X?

A. 248 | B. 252 | C. 258 | D. 262

Topic: Quantitative Aptitude | Year: 2022 | Subject: CSAT

UPSC 2022 CSAT Question 7

If 15 14 13... 3 2 1 = 3^m n where m and n are positive integers, then what is the maximum value of m?

A. 7 | B. 6 | C. 5 | D. 4

Topic: Quantitative Aptitude | Year: 2022 | Subject: CSAT

UPSC 2022 CSAT Question 8

Which one of the following best reflects the practical, rational and lasting solution?

A. Constructing huge concrete storage tanks and canals across the country | B. Changing the cropping patterns and farming practices | C. Interlinking of rivers across the country | D. Buffer stocking of water through dams and recharging aquifers

Topic: Quantitative Aptitude | Year: 2022 | Subject: CSAT

UPSC 2022 CSAT Question 9

Passage 1: To encourage research is one of the functions of a university. Contemporary universities have encouraged research, not only in those cases where research is necessary, but on all sorts of well. entirely unprofitable subjects as Scientific research is probably never completely droughts be addressed so that the losses are valueless. However silly and insignificant it may minimal and the system becomes resilient? seem, however mechanical and unintelligent In this context, one important point that needs the labours of the researchers, there is always to be noted is that India gets 'too much' water a chance that the results may be of value to the investigator of talent, who can use the facts collected for him by uninspired but industrious researchers as the basis of some fruitful the remaining 245 days. This skewed water availability has to be managed and regulated generalization. But where research is not in consists mere but the original, for its consumption throughout the year. rearrangement of existing materials, where its object is not scientific but literary or historical, then there is a risk of the whole business becoming merely futile. Question: According to the author

A. not many research results can be of value to an intelligent investigator | B. a research result is always valuable to an intelligent investigator | C. any research result can be of value to an intelligent investigator | D. a research result must always be of some value to an intelligent investigator

Topic: Reading Comprehension | Year: 2022 | Subject: CSAT

UPSC 2022 CSAT Question 10

Passage 1: To encourage research is one of the functions of a university. Contemporary universities have encouraged research, not only in those cases where research is necessary, but on all sorts of well. entirely unprofitable subjects as Scientific research is probably never completely droughts be addressed so that the losses are valueless. However silly and insignificant it may minimal and the system becomes resilient? seem, however mechanical and unintelligent In this context, one important point that needs the labours of the researchers, there is always to be noted is that India gets 'too much' water a chance that the results may be of value to the investigator of talent, who can use the facts collected for him by uninspired but industrious researchers as the basis of some fruitful the remaining 245 days. This skewed water availability has to be managed and regulated generalization. But where research is not in consists mere but the original, for its consumption throughout the year. rearrangement of existing materials, where its object is not scientific but literary or historical, then there is a risk of the whole business becoming merely futile. Question: The author's assumption about scientific research is that

A. it is never very valuable | B. it is sometimes very valuable | C. it is never without some value | D. it is always very valuable

Topic: Reading Comprehension | Year: 2022 | Subject: CSAT

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Q1·CSAT·2022·Quantitative Aptitude
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. What is the average weight of A, B, C, D, E and F?
Q2·CSAT·2022·Quantitative Aptitude
What is the number of numbers of the form 0.XY, where X and Y are distinct non-zero digits?
Q3·CSAT·2022·Quantitative Aptitude
The sum of three consecutive integers is equal to their product. How many such possibilities are there?
Q4·CSAT·2022·Quantitative Aptitude
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 cups contain tea. In how many ways can they be arranged so that each row should contain at least one cup of coffee?
Q5·CSAT·2022·Quantitative Aptitude
One non-zero digit, one vowel and one consonant from English alphabet (in capital) are to be used in forming passwords, such that each password has to start with a vowel and end with a consonant. How many such passwords can be generated?
Q6·CSAT·2022·Quantitative Aptitude
What is the value of X in the sequence 2, 12, 36, 80, 150, X?
Q7·CSAT·2022·Quantitative Aptitude
If 15 14 13... 3 2 1 = 3^m n where m and n are positive integers, then what is the maximum value of m?
Q8·CSAT·2022·Quantitative Aptitude
Which one of the following best reflects the practical, rational and lasting solution?
Q9·CSAT·2022·Reading Comprehension
Passage 1: To encourage research is one of the functions of a university. Contemporary universities have encouraged research, not only in those cases where research is necessary, but on all sorts of well. entirely unprofitable subjects as Scientific research is probably never completely droughts be addressed so that the losses are valueless. However silly and insignificant it may minimal and the system becomes resilient? seem, however mechanical and unintelligent In this context, one important point that needs the labours of the researchers, there is always to be noted is that India gets 'too much' water a chance that the results may be of value to the investigator of talent, who can use the facts collected for him by uninspired but industrious researchers as the basis of some fruitful the remaining 245 days. This skewed water availability has to be managed and regulated generalization. But where research is not in consists mere but the original, for its consumption throughout the year. rearrangement of existing materials, where its object is not scientific but literary or historical, then there is a risk of the whole business becoming merely futile. Question: According to the author
Q10·CSAT·2022·Reading Comprehension
Passage 1: To encourage research is one of the functions of a university. Contemporary universities have encouraged research, not only in those cases where research is necessary, but on all sorts of well. entirely unprofitable subjects as Scientific research is probably never completely droughts be addressed so that the losses are valueless. However silly and insignificant it may minimal and the system becomes resilient? seem, however mechanical and unintelligent In this context, one important point that needs the labours of the researchers, there is always to be noted is that India gets 'too much' water a chance that the results may be of value to the investigator of talent, who can use the facts collected for him by uninspired but industrious researchers as the basis of some fruitful the remaining 245 days. This skewed water availability has to be managed and regulated generalization. But where research is not in consists mere but the original, for its consumption throughout the year. rearrangement of existing materials, where its object is not scientific but literary or historical, then there is a risk of the whole business becoming merely futile. Question: The author's assumption about scientific research is that

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