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CSAT 2023 Question Paper and solution PDF download (70-80) | UPSC CSAT 2023 Question Paper and solution PDF download

 70. Six lectures A, B, C, D, E, and F, each of one hour duration, are scheduled between 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. 

Consider the Question and two statements given below :

Question : Which lecture is in the third period?

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

Statement-2 : There is no lecture after lecture B.

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

a) Statement-1 alone is sufficient to answer the Question

b) Statement-2 alone is sufficient to answer the Question

c) Both Statement-1 and Statement-2 are sufficient to answer the Question

d) Both Statement-1 and Statement-2 are not sufficient to answer the Question

Directions for the following 3 (three) items:

Read the following two passages and answer the items that follow the passages. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only.

Passage-1

The majority of people who fail to accumulate money sufficient for their needs, are generally, easily influenced by the opinions of others. They permit the newspapers and the gossiping neighbours to do their thinking for them.

Opinions are the cheapest commodities on the earth. Everyone has a flock of opinions ready to be wished upon by anyone who will accept them. If you are influenced by opinions when you reach decisions, you will not succeed in any undertaking.

71. Which one of the following is implied by the passage?

a) Most of the people do not accumulate money for their needs.

b) Most of the people never fail to accumulate money for their needs.

c) There are people who fail to accumulate money for their needs.

d) There is no need to accumulate money.

72. What is the main idea of the passage?

a) People should not be influenced by the opinions of others.

b) People should accumulate as much money as they can.

c) People should neither give nor accept the opinions.

d) People will succeed in any undertaking if they, do not accept any opinion at all.

Passage-2

"The social order is a sacred right which is the basis of all other rights. Nevertheless, this right does not come from nature, and must therefore be founded on conventions."

73. With reference to the above passage,

which of the following statements is/ are correct?

1) Conventions are the sources of rights of man.

2) Rights of man can be exercised only when there is a social order.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

a) 1 only

b) 2 only

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Neither 1 nor 2 


74. Two candidates X and Y contested an election. 80% of voters cast their vote and there were no invalid votes. There was no NOTA (None of the above) option. X got 56% of the votes cast and won by 1440 votes. What is the total number of voters in the voters list?

a) 15000

b) 12000

c) 9600

d) 5000


75. What is the smallest number greater than 1000 that when divided by any one of the numbers 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 leaves a remainder of 39

a) 2063

b) 1073

c) 1083

d) 1183


76. Let p be a two-digit number and q be the number consisting of same digits written in reverse order. If p x q=2430, then what is the difference between p and q?

a) 45

b) 27

c) 18

d) 9


77. Consider the following statements in respect of two natural numbers p and q such that p is a prime number and q is a composite number:

1. P x q can be an odd number.

2. q/p can be a prime number.

3. P + q can be a prime number.

Which of the above statements are correct?

a) 1 and 2 only

b) 2 and 3 only

c) 1 and 3 only

d) 1, 2 and 3


78. Consider the following statements:

1. Between 3:16 pm, and 3:17 p.m.. both hour hand and minute hand coincide.

2. Between 4:58 p.m. and 4:59 p.m.. both minute hand and second hand coincide.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

a) 1 only

b) 2 only

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Neither 1 nor 2


79. 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 transferred to Y. After mixing well, 20 ml of the mixture in Y is transferred back to X. If m denotes the proportion of milk in X and n denotes the proportion of water in Y, then which one of the following is correct?

a) m = n

b) m > n

c) m < n

d) Cannot be determined due to insufficient data


80. 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 to 90°, 50°, 45° and 75° respectively, then what is the percentage of expenditure on item A?

a) 112/9

b) 125/6

c) 155/9

d) 250/9 


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