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Test 2 – CSAT Test

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 All India Civil Services Coaching Centre
(Under the aegis of Government of Tamil Nadu)
Test 2 – CSAT Test
Time Allowed: 2 Hours Maximum Marks: 200

1. The average of runs of a cricket player of 10 5. If in a certain code language, ‘MIRROR’ is coded
innings was 32. How many runs must he make as ‘139181815’, how will ‘APPLE’ be coded in
in his next innings so as to increase his average the same language ?
of runs by 4? (a) 11616125
(a) 76 (b) 3984145
(b) 79 (c) 1162254
(c) 85 (d) 11213147
(d) 87
6. The number A4571203B is divisible by 18. Find
2. In a certain school, 20% of students are below 8 the value of A and B.
years of age. The number of students above 8 (a) 8, 6
years of age is 2/3 of the number of students of (b) 6, 8
8 years of age which is 48. What is the total (c) 4, 6
number of students in the school? (d) 6, 4
(a) 72
(b) 80 7. If a man cycles at 10 kmph, he arrives at his
(c) 120 office at 1 PM. If he cycles at 15 kmph he will
(d) 100 arrive at his office at 11 AM. At what speed
must he cycle to get to the office at noon?
3. In a family, a couple has a son and daughter. (a) 14 km/hr
The age of the father is four times that of his (b) 11 km/hr
daughter and the age of the son is half of his (c) 12 km/hr
mother. The wife is ten years younger to her (d) None of the above
husband and the brother is six years older than
his sister. What is the age of the mother? Directions for Questions 8 to 11 (4 items):
(a) 34
(b) 40 Study the following information carefully and
(c) 38 answer the questions given below:
(d) 42
Six friends P, Q, R, S, T and U gather at P’s
4. The average temperature in Hyderabad for the home to watch a one-day cricket match on TV.
first four days of the month was reported as 58 Each friend belongs to a different state, viz.
degrees. It reported 60 degrees for 2nd, 3rd, Bihar, Goa, Haryana, Manipur, Nagaland, and
4th and 5th days. The ratio of the temperatures Sikkim but not necessarily in the same order.
of the 1st and 5th day was 7 : 8. Find the Each friend has a different occupation, viz.
temperature on the first day. Officer, Doctor, Teacher, Clerk, Salesman and
(a) 42 deg. Accountant.
(b) 56 deg.
(c) 63 deg. The one who is a Teacher belongs to Goa. The
(d) 68 deg. one who is a Doctor is not from Nagaland. S is a
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 is from Manipur is an Officer. P does not belong 14. A man covers one-third of distance at a speed
to Manipur. The person who belongs to Sikkim of 60 km/hr, next one-third at a speed of 30
is T but is not a Doctor. Q is neither a Teacher km/hr and rest one-third at a speed of 20
nor a Doctor, and he is from Bihar. km/hr. Find the average speed of man during
the journey?
8. The one who is an Accountant belongs to which (a) 36 km/hr
of the following States? (b) 25 km/hr
(a) Sikkim (c) 30 km/hr
(b) Bihar (d) 36.66 km/hr
(c) Either (a) or (b)
(d) None of the above 15. Sonu saves Rs. 1 on the first day of February,
Rs. 2 on the second day, Rs. 3 on the third day
9. Who among the following is a Teacher? and so on. What will be the total money Sonu
(a) R will save in February if it is a leap year?
(b) P (a) 395
(c) U (b) 406
(d) Q (c) 435
(d) None of the above
10. Who among the following belongs to
Nagaland? Directions for (Q.16 – Q.19): Answer the
(a) U questions based on the information given
(b) Accountant below.
(c) Q
(d) Clerk Berma and Names are two brands of kitchen
knives available in the local market. Berma is
11.Which of the following combinations is correct? an old brand that was introduced in 2010,
(a) P – Goa – Teacher while Names was introduced in 2016. For both
(b) R – Nagaland – Officer these brands, 20% of the knives bought in a
(c) T – Sikkim – Clerk particular year are disposed of as junk exactly
(d) U – Haryana – Accountant two years later. It is known that 10 Berma
knives were disposed of in 2014. The following
12. A person had to multiply two numbers. Instead figures show the number of Berma and Names
of multiplying by 33, the person multiplied by knives in operation from 2014 to 2019, as at
51, and the product went up by 360. What is the end of the year.
the raised product?
(a) 1175
(b) 1380
(c) 1490
(d) 1020

13. A dog is tied to a post by a rope. If the dog

moves along a circular path always keeping the
string stretched and describes 198 m when it
has traced out 108° at the centre, what is the
length of the rope? 16. How many Names knives were purchased in
(a) 135 m 2018?
(b) 108 m (a) 44
(c) 105 m (b) 50
(d) 107 m (c) 55

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 (d) 64 the next year, his income is increased by 10%
and its expenditure increased by 20%. Now his
17. How many Names knives were disposed of by saving is what percent lower than the previous
the end of 2019? saving
(a) 10 (a) 5%
(b) 16 (b) 7.5
(c) 22 (c) 10%
(d) Cannot be determined from the data (d) 15%

18. How many Berma knives were disposed of in 23.The average age of a class of 20 students is 12
2019? years. Out of which, one student whose age is
(a) 0 10 years left the class and two new boys
(b) 5 entered the class. The average age of the class
(c) 6 remains the same and the difference between
(d) Cannot be determined from the data the ages of new boys is 4 years. What will be
the age of the younger one?
19. How many Berma knives were purchased in (a) 9
2018? (b) 11
(a) 20 (c) 7
(b) 23 (d) 13
(c) 50
(d) Cannot be determined from the data 24. A salesman gets commission on total sales at
12%. If his sales exceed Rs.10000, he gets a 4%
20. Select the missing number from the options bonus on excess of sales over Rs.10000. If he
given below. gets a total commission (including bonus) of
Rs.1800, then the bonus received is
(a) 400
(b) 150
(c) 450
(d) 600

25. A watch loses 90 seconds in an hour and the

watch owner adjusts the time lost by the watch
in one day at the end of 48 hrs. After how
(a) 1012
many days will the watch show the correct
(b) 48
time before the watch owner adjust the time?
(c) 25
(a) 80 days
(d) 36
(b) 40 days
(c) 60 days
21. Babu said to Sanjay, “That boy playing with
(d) None of these
football is younger of the two brothers of the
daughter of my father's wife.” How is the boy
26.Sanjeev can run one km in 3 minutes 10
playing football related to Babu?
seconds and Motiani can run the same distance
(a) Uncle
in 3 minutes 20 seconds. If they start together,
(b) Elder brother
by what distance can Sanjeev beat Motiani in
(c) Younger brother
that race?
(d) Cousin
(a) 100 m
(b) 25 m
22.The income of Suresh is 10000 and its
(c) 50 m
expenditure is 6000 and thus saves 4000 Rs. In
(d) 75 m
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27. Two trains of equal lengths take 10 seconds (d) Weak
and 15 seconds respectively to cross a
telegraph post. If the length of each train be 32.Between 6 PM and 7 PM the minute hand of a
300 meters, at what time will they cross each clock will be ahead of the hour hand by 3
other traveling in opposite direction? minutes at
(a) 25 sec (a) 6: 15 PM
(b) 18 sec (b) 6: 18 PM
(c) 14 sec (c) 6: 36 PM
(d) 12 sec (d) 6: 48 PM

28. A fruit seller buys dry fruits at Rs.80, 100 and 33. Two numbers x and y are such that x = y². If Y is
120 per kilogram. He mixes them in the ratio 3 increased by 10%, then x is
: 4 : 5 by weight, and sells at a profit of 50%. (a) Increased by 100%
Which of the following can be the selling price (b) Increased by 10%
of the fruits? (c) Increased by 11%
(a) Rs. 80 (d) Increased by 21%
(b) Rs. 100
(c) Rs. 95 34.Ram buys two chairs at the same price and later
(d) None of these sold a chair for Rs. 1950 and another for Rs.
1050, the profit percentage on the first chair is
Directions (29 - 31): Read the information equal to the loss percent on the second chair.
carefully and answer the questions based on it. At what price he sold to make 25% profit?
(a) Rs 3000
Five people are sitting in a row. One of the two (b) Rs 1500
people at the extreme ends is intelligent and (c) Rs 1875
the other one is fair. A fat person is sitting to (d) Rs 3750
the right of a weak person. A tall person is
sitting to the left of the fair person and the 35. If 16 Painters working 5 hours a day can paint
weak person is sitting between the intelligent 320 floors in 20 days, then the number of floors
and fat person. painted by 20 painters in 24 days each working
8 hours a day
29.Tall person is at which place counting from right (a) 6200
? (b) 768
(a) First (c) 550
(b) Second (d) 844
(c) Third
(d) Fourth 36.A man pointing to a photograph says, “The lady
in the photograph is my nephew’s maternal
30. Person to the left of weak possesses which of grandmother.” How is the lady in the
the following characteristics ? photograph related to the man’s sister who has
(a) Intelligent no other sister?
(b) Fat (a) Cousin
(c) Fair (b) Sister-in-law
(d) Tall (c) Mother
(d) Mother-in-law
31. Which of the following persons is sitting at the
centre ? 37. A vessel is filled with liquid, 4 parts of which
(a) Intelligent are water and 7 parts syrup. How much of the
(b) Fat mixture must be drawn off and replaced with
(c) Fair
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 water so that the mixture may be half water 42. Who is good at Singing, Dance, and Cricket?
and half syrup? (a) Sourabh
(a) 14/33 (b) Pawan
(b) 33/14 (c) Mohit
(c) 3/14 (d) Aman
(d) 1/11
43.Who is good at Singing, Swimming, and Dance?
38.Five bells begin to toll together and toll (a) Pawan
respectively at intervals of 6, 5, 7, 10 and 12 (b) Sourabh
seconds. How many times will they toll (c) Mohit
together in one hour excluding the one at the (d) Aman
start ?
(a) 7 times 44. Who is good at Singing, Swimming, and
(b) 8 times Cooking but not in Cricket?
(c) 9 times (a) Mohit
(d) 11 times (b) Pawan
(c) Nitesh
39.The salary of an employee increases (d) Aman
consistently by 50% every year. If his salary
today is Rs. 10,000, what will be the salary after 45. There are 140 pages (numbered 1 to 140) in a
another 4 years? book. Find the probability of opening a page
(a) Rs. 62500 that bears multiple of either 3 or 5.
(b) Rs. 26500 (a) 11/35
(c) Rs. 50625 (b) 17/36
(d) None of the above (c) 13/28
(d) 11/26
40.A train 130 m long passes a bridge in 21
seconds moving with a speed of 90 km/hr. Find Directions (Q.46 - Q.47): Read the following
the length of the bridge? information carefully and answer the questions
(a) 400 m given below.
(b) 395 m
(c) 405 m R is the father of C, who is a son-in-law of P and
(d) 390 m E is the mother of G. E is a sister of K, who is a
brother-in-law of C and D is the daughter of A,
Directions for (Q.41 - Q.44) Study the following who is a grandmother of G.
information carefully and answer the questions
that follow. 46. If P is a female, then how is P related to C?
(a) Mother-in-law
Mohit and Sourabh are good at Dance and (b) Sister-in-law
Cricket. Aman and Mohit are good at Cricket (c) Niece
and Singing. Aman, Pawan, and Nitesh are good (d) Cannot be determined
at Singing and Swimming. Nitesh and Aman are
good at Singing and Cooking. Pawan and 47. If K married to S, then how is S related to P?
Sourabh are good at Swimming and Dance. (a) Daughter-in-law
(b) Son-in-law
41. Who is good at Cricket, Swimming, and Dance? (c) Mother-in-law
(a) Aman (d) Father-in-law
(b) Mohit
(c) Sourabh
(d) Nitesh
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48. In which direction is A from B?
1. C is in the South from B which is in the
West of A.
2. B and D are in a straight line and D is in the
South from A.
(a) If only statement (1) is sufficient to answer
the question.
(b) If only Statement (2) is sufficient to
answer the question.
50. What are the average expenses of Pawan?
(c) If both Statements (1) and (2) are required
(a) Rs. 5620
to answer the question.
(b) Rs. 5640
(d) If Statements (1) or (2) alone is sufficient
(c) Rs. 5460
to answer the question.
(d) Rs. 5480
49.A Birthday cap is in the form of a right circular
51.What is the approximate percentage increase in
cone which has a base of radius as 7 cm and
the amount Which Rubul enjoys for
height equal to 24 cm. Find the approximate
entertainment as compared to Rakhi for the
area of the sheet required to make 5 such caps.
same?
(a) 2800 cm2
(a) 33%
(b) 3000 cm2
(b) 31%
(c) 2650 cm2
(c) 37%
(d) 2750 cm2
(d) 35%
Directions (Q.50 - Q.53): Study the following
52.Find the difference (in the percentage of the
the pie-chart and table carefully to answer the
budget) between the average expenses of
questions given below
Education and the average expenses on
Entertainment of the couple?
The following pie-chart shows the distribution
(a) 1.3%
of the monthly family budget of a person.
(b) 0.9%
(c) 2%
(d) 2.5%

53. The total amount spent by Rubul on Travelling

and Food is approximately what percent of the
total amount spent by Rakhi on Education and
Food?
(a) 168%
(b) 171%
(c) 175%
(d) 174%
The following table shows the further
distribution (in percent) of the above- 54.If 1st day of a century is Friday then what could
mentioned items among the five family be the 1st day of the next century.
members i.e. Pawan (the person himself), (a) Monday or Tuesday
Wahida (his wife), Rubul (son), Aman (son), and (b) Sunday or Monday
Rakhi (his daughter). His monthly family budget (c) Tuesday or Wednesday
is Rs. 1, 20,000 (d) None of these

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55. Consider the following figure: 59.Anand and Bharat walked together towards the
north for 20 m. They then turned right and
walked another 30 m. They again turned right
and walked 35 m. Now, they turned left and
walked 15 m. Finally, they again turned left and
walked 15 m. In which direction they are now
and what is the distance between their end
point and start point?
How many triangles does the above figure
(a) East, 45m
have?
(b) North-east, 35m
(a) Less than 35
(c) East, 30m
(b) 35-45
(d) South-east, 35m
(c) 45-55
(d) More than 55
60. A container contains 40 litres of milk. From this
container 4 litres of milk was taken out and
56. In a row of 40 girls, when Komal was shifted to
replaced by water. This process was repeated
her left by four places, her number from the
further two times. How much milk is now
left end of the row becomes 10. What was the
contained by the container?
number of Swati from the right end of the row
(a) 36 litres
if Swati was three places to the right of Komal's
(b) 32.4 litres
original position?
(c) 29.16 litres
(a) 24
(d) 28 litres
(b) 23
(c) 22
61. A number consists of three digits having their
(d) 25
sum as 6 and the tens digit as 0. If the number
formed by reversing the original number is
57.The price of wheat has increased by 30%. Rohit
greater than the original number by 396, what
has decided to spend only 17% more than his
is the difference between the first and last
earlier spend. By what percentage does he
digit?
have to decrease his wheat consumption?
(a) 5
(a) 13%
(b) 3
(b) 12%
(c) 4
(c) 10%
(d) 2
(d) 15%
62. The speed of a boat in still water is 62.5% of its
58. Six people attend Maths lectures on different
downstream speed. The boat covers 42 km
days of the same week from Monday to
upstream in 7 hours. In how much time does it
Sunday. J attends the lecture before Thursday
cover 108 km downstream?
but after K. Three people attend the lecture
(a) 2.5 hours
between L and M; who attends the lecture
(b) 3.5 hours
after J. J does not attend the lecture
(c) 3.75 hours
immediately after K. N attends the lecture
(d) 4.5 hours
before P. Thursday remains a holiday. Who
among the following attends the lecture on
63. If the average height of 30 boys in a class of 50
Saturday?
is 165 cm and total height of all the students
(a) N
together is 8190 cm, what is the average height
(b) P
of girls in this class?
(c) M
(a) 163 cm
(d) None of these
(b) 162 cm
(c) 161 cm
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 (d) 160 cm (d) 192 m

64. Consider the following sequence: 69. The ratio of jobs done by 30 girls to the job
done by 25 boys, in the same time period is
lam_nc_dpe_frgs_ 5:6. If 9 girls and 10 boys can finish a job in
40/13 days. Then how many girls are required
The letters that appear in the gaps (in to complete the job in 6 days?
sequence) are: (a) 16
(a) boqh (b) 18
(b) bori (c) 12
(c) bohq (d) 14
(d) bpqh
70. Vishal rides on a bike to a place at a speed of
65. In Delhi, petrol costs Rs. 84 per litre and diesel 22 kmph and comes back at a speed of 20
costs Rs. 79 per litre. Petrol costs Re. 1 more in kmph. If the time taken by him in the second
Chennai than in Delhi. The average price (per case is 36 minutes more than that of the first
litre of both petrol and diesel) in Chennai is Rs. case, what is the total distance travelled by him
6 more than the corresponding average price (in km)?
(per litre of both petrol and diesel) in Delhi. (a) 132 km
How much does diesel cost in Chennai? (b) 264 km
(a) Rs. 87 (c) 134 km
(b) Rs. 90 (d) 236 km
(c) Rs. 93
(d) Rs. 83 71.Two men, Anil and David, and two women,
Shabnam and Rekha are in a sales group. Only
66. If we add 5 to the numerator of the fraction two speak Tamil. The other two speak Marathi.
and double the denominator, the new fraction Only one man and one woman can drive a car.
has a value of 3/2. If the numerator increases Shabnam speaks Marathi. Anil speaks Tamil.
by 9 and denominator increases by 4, the value Both Rekha and David can drive.
of the new fraction is 2. What is the value of Which of the following statements is true?
1.5 times the original fraction? (a) Both the Tamil speakers can drive a car.
(a) 7/4 (b) Both the Marathi speakers can drive a
(b) 7/5 car.
(c) 21/8 (c) Both of those who can drive a car speak
(d) 19/4 Marathi.
(d) One of those who can drive a car speaks
67. A watch, which gains 6 seconds in 5 minutes, Tamil.
was set right at 9 a.m. What time will it show at
12 p.m. on the same day? 72. A cow costs more than 4 goats but less than 5
(a) 12:03:36 p.m. goats. If a goat costs between 600 and 800,
(b) 12:03:30 p.m. which of the following is a most valid
(c) 12:03:24 p.m. conclusion?
(d) 12:03:40 p.m. (a) A cow costs more than 2,500.
(b) A cow costs less than 3,600.
68.If Rajyarani Express crosses a pole on a station (c) A cow costs between 2,600 and 3,800.
in 12 seconds and a 480 m long bridge in 42 (d) A cow costs between 2,400 and 4,000.
seconds, what is the length of the train?
(a) 216 m 73. In a box of marbles, there are three less white
(b) 184 m marbles than the red ones and five more white
(c) 196 m marbles than the green ones. If there are a
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 total of 10 white marbles, how many marbles (c) 260
are there in the box? (d) 280
(a) 26
(b) 28 79. Consider the given statement/s to be true and
(c) 32 decide which of the given
(d) 36 conclusions/assumptions can definitely be
drawn from the given statement. Statement:
74. Two pipes A and B can independently fill a tank 1. All bike are car
completely in 20 and 30 minutes respectively. If 2. Some bike are truck
both the pipes are opened simultaneously, how Conclusions:
much time will they take to fill the tank 1. Some truck are car
completely? 2. All truck are bike
(a) 10 minutes (a) Only 1 follows
(b) 12 minutes (b) Only 2 follows
(c) 15 minutes (c) Both 1 and 2 follow
(d) 25 minutes (d) Neither 1 nor 2 follows

75.The Compound interest on a certain sum for 2 80.Select the figure that will come next in the
years is Rs. 1512 and Simple interest is Rs.1440. figure series.
If the sum is invested such that the SI is Rs.
2592 and the number of years is equal to the
rate of interest per annum, then find the rate?
(a) 5 %
(b) 6 %
(c) 7 %
(d) 8 %

76. A sum of money is to be distributed among A,

B, C, D in the proportion of 5 : 2 : 4 : 3. If C gets (a)
Rs. 1000 more than D, what is B's share?
(a) Rs. 500
(b) Rs. 1500
(c) Rs. 2000
(d) None of these (b)

77. A vessel contains milk and water in the ratio of

4:3. If 14 litres of the mixture is drawn and
filled with water, the ratio changes to 3:4. How
much milk was there in the vessel initially?
(c)
(a) 24
(b) 32
(c) 40
(d) 48

78.A bag contains 25p coins, 50p coins and 1 rupee (d)
coins whose values are in the ratio of 8:4:2. The
total values of coins are 840. Then find the
total amount in rupees.
(a) 220
(b) 240
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