CSAT/ 2023

1. Raj has ten pairs of red, nine pairs of white and eight pairs of black shoes in a box. If he
randomly picks shoes one by one (without replacement) from the box to get a red pair of
shoes to wear, what is the maximum number of attempts he has to make?
a. 27 b. 36 c. 44 d. 45
2. In how many ways can a batsman score exactly 25 runs by scoring single runs, fours
and sixes only, irrespective of the sequence of scoring shots?
a. 18 b. 19 c. 20 d. 21
3. There are four letters and four envelopes and exactly one letter is to be put in exactly one
envelope with the correct address. If the letters are randomly inserted into the
envelopes, then consider the following statements:
1. It is possible that exactly one letter goes into an incorrect envelope.
2. There are only six ways in which only two letters can go into the correct envelopes.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a. 1 only b. 2 only c. Both 1 and 2 d. Neither 1 nor 2

4. .What is the remainder when 85 X 87 X 89 X 91 X 95 X 96 is divided by 100?

a. 0 b. 1 c. 2

5. What is the unit digit in the expansion of (57242) ? A. 2

6. If ABC and DEF are both 3-digit numbers such that A. B. C. D. E and F are distinct
non-zero digits such that ABC + DEF = 1111, then what is the value of A + B + C + D + E
+F?
a. 28 b. 29 c. 30 d. 31
7. D is a 3-digit number such that the ratio of the number to the sum of its digits is least.
What is the difference between the digit at the hundred's place and the digit at the unit's
place of D?
a. 0 b. 7 c. 8 d. 9
8. ★Three of the five positive integers p, q, r. s. t are even and two of them are odd (not
necessarily in order). Consider the following
1. p + q + r – s - t is definitely even
2. 2p + q + 2r - 2s + t is definitely odd.
Which of the above statements is/are correct ?
a. 1 only b. 2 only c. Both 1 and 2 d. Neither 1 nor 2

9. ★Consider the following in respect of prime number p and composite number c

1. (p+c)/(p-c) can be even
2. 2p+c can be odd.
3. pc can be odd.
Which of the statements given above are correct ?
a. 1 and 2 only b. 2 and 3 only c. 1 and 3 only d. 1, 2 and 3
10. A 3-digit number ABC, on multiplication with D gives 37DD where A, B, C and D are
different non-zero digits. What is the value of A+B+C ?
a. 18 b. 16 c. 15 d. Cannot be determined due to insufficient data

11. For any choices of values of X, Y and Z, the 6-digit number of the form XYZXYZ is
divisible by :
a. 7 and 11 only
b. 11 and 13 only
c. 7 and 13 only
d. 7, 11 and 13

12. 125 identical cubes are arranged in the form of a cubical block.How many cubes are
surrounded by other cubes form each side?
a. 27
13. How many distinct 8-digit numbers can be formed by rearranging the digits of the
number 11223344 such that odd digits occupy odd positions and even digits occupy
even positions?
a. 12 b. 18 c. 36 d. 72

14. Let x be a positive integer such that 7x+ 96 is divisible by x. How many values of x are
possible? 12
15. If p, q, rand s are distinct single digit positive numbers, then what is the greatest value of
(p+q) (r+s)? 225
16. A number N is formed by writing 9 for 99 times. What is the remainder if N is divided by
13? . 11

17. Each digit of a 9-digit number is 1. It is multiplied by itself. What is the sum of the digits
of the resulting number? 81

18. What is the sum of all digits which appear in all the integers from 10 to 100? 856

19. ABCD is a square. One point on each of AB and CD; and two distinct points on each of
BC and DA are chosen. How many distinct triangles can be drawn using any three points
as vertices out of these six points? 6C3 = 20

20. A box contains 14 black balls, 20 blue balls, 26 green balls, 28 yellow balls, 38 red balls
and 54 white balls. Consider the following statements:

1. The smallest number n such that any n balls drawn from the box
randomly must contain one full group of at least one colour is 175.
2. The smallest number m such that any m balls drawn from the box
randomly must contain at least one ball of each colour is 167.

Which of the above statements is/are correct? Both 1 and 2

21. Choose the group which is different from the others:
a. 17,37,47,97 b. 31, 41, 53, 67
C. 71, 73, 79, 83 d. 83, 89, 91, 97 91 is nt Prime

22. A principal P becomes Q in 1 year when compounded half-yearly with R annual rate of
interest. If the same principal P becomes Q in 1 year when compounded annually with
8% annual rate of interest, then which one of the following is correct?
a. R = S b. R > S c. R < S d. R ≤ S

What is the remainder if 2^192 is divided by 6?

23. ★. Let pp, qq and rr be 2-digit numbers where p < q < r. If pp + qq + rr = tto, where tto is
a 3-digit number ending with zero, consider the following statements:
1. The number of possible values of p is 5.
2. The number of possible values of q is 6.
Which of the above statements is/are correct Both 1 and 2

24. What is the number of selections of 10 consecutive things out of 12 things in a circle
taken in the clockwise direction? 12

25. If today is Sunday, the which day is it exactly on 10 th day? THUSDAY

 26. There are three traffic signals. Each signal changes colour from green to red and
then. from red to green. The first signal takes 25 seconds, the second signal takes 39
seconds and the third signal takes 60 seconds to change the colour from green to red.
The durations for green and red colours are same. At 2:00 p.m, they together turn green.
Ans. 4:10 p.m.
27. At what time will they change to green next,simultaneously 40 children are standing
in a circle and one of them (say child-1) has a ring. The ring is passed clockwise. Child-1
passes on to child-2, child-2 passes on to child-4, child-4 passes on to child-7 and
so on. After how many such changes (including child-1) will themring be in the hands of
child-1 again? 15

28. What is the middle term of the sequence Z, Z, Y, Y. Y. X, X, X, X, W, W, W, W,

W,.....,A ? I

29.Question: Is p greater than q?

Statement-1: p X q is greater than zero.
Statement-2: p is greater than q
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the
Statements?
Question cannot be answered even by using both the Statements together.

24. AB and CD are 2 digit numbers. Multiplying AB with CD results in a 3-digit number
DBF.Adding DEF to another 3-digit number GHI to results in 375. Further A. B, C, D, E,
F, G, H, I are distinct digits, If E= 0, F =. 8, than what is A + B + C equal to? 6
Given AB x CD = DEF and DEF + GHI = 975, and also E = 0, F = 8
So, AB × CD = D08, and D08 + GHI = 975.
D08 + GHI = 975, is possible only when I = 7.
If I = 7 then H must be 6. So H = 6. And D + G = 9.
But 8, 7, and 6 are occupied, so only pair available for D and G is of 4 and 5 or vice versa.
Which leaves only 1, 2 and 3 for the value of A, B and C. So, A + B + C = 1 + 2 + 3 (in any
order) = 6.

26. Consider the Following statements in respect of five candidates P, Q, K, S and T Two
statements are true and one statement is false.
True Statement: One of P and Q was selected for the job,
False Statement: At least one of R and S was selected for the job,
True Statement: At most two of R, S and T were selected for the Job.
Which of the following conclusions can be drawn?
1. At least four were selected for the job. 2. S was selected for the job.
Ans. Neither 1 nor 2

27. Let P, Q, R, S and T be five statements such that;

I. If P is true, then, both Q and S are true. II. If R and S are true, then T is false,
Which of the Following can be concluded?
1. If T is true, then at least one of P and R must be false
2. If Q is true, then P is true,

28. A cuboid of dimensions 7 cm X 5 cm X 3 cm is painted red, green and blue colour on each
pair of opposite Faces of dimensions 7 cm X cm, 5 cm X cm, 7 cm X 3 cm respectively- Then
the cuboid is cut and separated into various cubes each of side length 1 cm. Which of the
following statements is/are correct?
1. There are exactly 15 small cubes with no paint on any face
2. There are exactly 6 small cubes with exactly two faces one painted with blue and the other
with green.

Question cant be answered even by using both the Stmts together.

30. ★Question: Is (p+q-r) greater than (p-q+r), where p q and r are integers?
Statement 1: (p-q) is positive
Statement-2: (p-r) is negative.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the
Statements? Question can be answered by using both the Statements
together, but cannot be answered using either Statement alone.

31. .In a party, 75 persons took tea, 60 persons took coffee and 15 persons took both tea
and coffee. No one taking milk takes tea. Each person takes at least one drink.
Question: How many persons attended the party?
Statement-1: 50 persons took milk.
Statement-2: Number of persons who attended the party is 5 times the number of
persons who took milk only. The Question can be answered by using both the
Statements together, but cannot be answered using either Statement alone.

32 Consider a 3-digit number.

Question: What is the number?
Statement-1: The sum of the digits of the number is equal to the
product of the digits.
Statement-2: The number is divisible by the sum of the digits of the number.
Question cannot be answered even by using both the statement together.

33. For five children with ages a < b < c < d < e; any two successive
ages differ by 2 years. Question: What is the age of the youngest child?
Statement-1: The age of the eldest is 3 times the youngest.
Statement-2: The average age of the children .
Question can be answered by using either Statement alone.

34. In an examination, the maximum marks for each of the four papers namely P, Q, R and S
are 100. Marks scored by the students are in integers. A student can score 99% in n different
ways. What is the value of n? 35
35. A flag has to be designed with 4 horizontal stripes using some or all of the colours red,
green and yellow. What is the number of different ways in which this can be done so that no two
adjacent stripes have the same colour?
This first-most strip can have 3 options (red, or green, or yellow) while other three strips
will have 2 options each. So, total number of ways 3 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 24.

36. A rectangular floor measures 4 m in length and 2-2 m in breadth. Tiles of size 140 cm by 60
cm have to be laid such that the tiles do not overlap. A tile can be placed in any orientation so
long as its edges are parallel to the edges of the floor. What is the maximum number of tiles that
can be accommodated on the floor? 09
. 4 m = 400 cm, 2.2 m = 220 cm Size of tile = 140 cm × 60 cm.
So, 9 tiles can be accommodated in the following ways:

37. There are five persons P, Q, R, S and T each one of whom has to be assigned one task
Neither P nor Q can be assigned Task-1 Task-2 must be assigned to either R or S. In how many
ways can the assignment be done? 24

38. There are large number of silver coins weighing 2 gm, 5 gm, 10gm, 25 gm, 50 gm each.
Consider the following statements:
1. To buy 78 gm of coins one must buy at least 7 coins.
2. To weigh 78 gm using these coins one can use less than 7 coins.

CSAT/2022

1. ★An Identity Card has the number ABCDEFG, not necessarily in that order, where each
letter represents a distinct digit (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 only). The number is divisible by 9. After
deleting the first digit from the right, the resulting number is divisible by 6. After deleting two
digits from the right of original number, the resulting number is divisible by 5. After deleting three
digits from the right of original number, the resulting number is divisible by 4. After deleting four
digits from the right of· original number, the resulting number is divisible by 3. After deleting five
digits from the right of original number, the resulting number is divisible by 2.

Which of the following is a possible value: for sum of the middle three digits of the no? 8

2. ★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 the second row is twice the number formed in the first row; and
the number formed in them third row is thrice the number formed in the first row. Repetition of
digits is not allowed. If only three of the four digits 2, 3, 7 and 9 are allowed to use in the first
row, how many such combinations are possible to be arranged in the three rows?
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
3. 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 together in the same direction, how many times would the first one pass the
other (the start-off is not counted as passing)? 3

4.~★@ How many 3-digit natural numbers (without repetition of digits) are there such that each
digit is odd and the number is divisible by 5? _,_,5 = 4x3 = 12
5. Consider the Question and two Statements given below: Question: Is x an integer?
Statement-1: x/3 is not an integer. Statement-2: 3x is an integer.
Both Statement-1 and Statement-2 are not sufficient to answer the Question

6. 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 such arrangements are possible? 24

7. 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 between 5 consecutive plants ? 40.4 m

8. In the series AABABCABCDABCDE…, which letter appears at the 100th place ? I

9. A has some coins. He gives half of the coins and 2 more to B. B givesmhalf of the coins and
2 more to C. C gives half of the coins and 2 more to D. The number of coins D has now,
is the smallest two-digit number. How many coins does A have in the beginning? 52

9. How many seconds in total are there in x weeks, x days, x hours, x minutes and x seconds?
694861x
10. 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 pens received by B, three times that of C, four times that of D,
five times that of E and six times that of F. What is the minimum number of pens X should buy
so that the number of pens each one gets is an even number? 294

11. ★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 and C without repetition.
Consider the following statements:
1. The 4-digit least value of x is 1332.
2. The 3-digit greatest value of x is 888. Only(1)

12. 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 digits in the PIN from left to right are in decreasing order. Any two
digits in the PIN differ by at least 2. How many maximum attempts docs one need to find out the
PIN with certainty? 10

13. There are eight equidistant points on a circle. How many right-angled triangles can be drawn
using these points as vertices and taking the diameter as one side of the triangle? (a) 24

14. What is the remainder - 91 × 92 × 93 × 94 × 95 × 96 × 97 × 98 × 99 is divided by 1261? 0

15. Consider the following statements in respect of a rectangular sheet of length 20 cm and
breadth 8 cm: 1. It is possible to cut the sheet exactly into 4 square sheets.
2. It is possible to cut the sheet into 10 triangular sheets of equal area.

16.★ 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 3? 1083
17. Let p be a 2-digit number and q be the number consisting of same digits written in reverse
order. If p × q = 2430, then what is the difference between p and q? 45x54= 9

18. Consider the following statements in respect of two natural number p and q such that p is a
prime number and q is a composite number :
1. p × q can be an odd number. 2. q/p can be a prime number. 3. p + q can b e a prime number.
Which of the above statements are correct? (d) 1, 2 and 3

19. Consider the following statements :

1. Between 3:16 p.m. 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.

20. 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

21. 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? 250/9

22.★ If 15 × 14 × 13 × ... × 3 × 2 × 1 = 3m × n where m and n are positive integers, then what is

the maximum value of m?
15 × 14 × 13 × ….. × 3 × 2 × 1 = 15!
We have to find maximum power of 3 in 15!
That will be in 15/3 (= 5) + 5/3 (= 1) = 6 6

23. 2, 12, 36, 80, 150, X? 252

24.One non-zero digit, one vowel and mone 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? 945

25. ★There are 9 cups placed on a table arranged in equal number of rows and columns out of
which 6 cupsmcontain coffee and 3 cups contain tea. In how many ways can they be arranged
so that each row shouldmcontain at least one cup of coffee? 9c3-3 = 81
26.★ The sum of three consecutive integers is equal to their product. How many such
possibilities are there? Only three
27.★ What is the number of numbers of the form 0.XY, where X and Y are distinct non-zero
digits? (a) 72

CSAT/2021
1. Consider all 3-digit numbers (without repetition of digits) obtained using three non-zero
digits which are multiples of 3. Let S be their sum. Which of the following is/are correct?
1. S is always divisible by 74. 2. S is always divisible by 9. Both

2. Integers are listed from 700 to 1000. In how many integers is the sum of the digits 10?
703, 712, 721, 730, 802, 811, 820, 901 and 910 Hence, there are 9 such integers in which
the sum of the digits is 10.

3. If 3^2019 is divided by 10, then what is the remainder? 7

3^2019 will have the same last digit as that of 33 , i.e. 7(33)/10 = 27/10 Hence, the
remainder will be 7.
4. The number 3798125P369 is divisible by 7. What is the value of the digit P? 6 (7-1)
5. From January 1, 2021, the price of petrol (in Rupees per litre) on mth day of the year is
80 + 0.1m, where m = 1, 2, 3, …, 100 and thereafter remains constant. On the other
hand, the price of diesel (in Rupees per litre) on nth day of 2021 is 69 + 0.15n for any n.
On which date in the year 2021 are the prices of these two fuels equal 20th May

6. A biology class at high school predicted that a local population of animals will double in
size every 12 years. The population at the beginning of the year 2021 was estimated to
be 50 animals. If P represents the population after n years, then which one of the
following equations represents the model of the class for the population?
(a) P = 12 + 50n (b) P = 50 + 12n (c) P = 50 (2)12n (d) P = 50 (2)n/12

7. The difference between a 2-digit number and the number obtained by interchanging the
positions of the digits is 54.Consider the following statements:
1. The sum of the two digits of the number can be determined only if the product
of the two digits is known.
2. The difference between the two digits of the number can be determined.

8. When a certain number is multiplied by 7, the product entirely comprises ones only
(1111...). What is the smallest such number? 15873

9. ★There are three points P, Q and R on a straight line such that PQ:QR = 3:5. If n is the
number of possible values of PQ:PR, then what is n equal to ? 2

10. ★On a chess board, in how many different ways can 6 consecutive squares be chosen
on the diagonals along a straight path ? 6
 11. Using 2, 2, 3, 3, 3 as digits, how many distinct numbers greater than 30000 can be
formed? 6
12. There are 6 persons arranged in a row. Another person has to shake hands with 3 of
them so that he should not shake hands with two consecutive persons. In how many
distinct possible .combinations can the handshakes take place? (4)
13. In an objective type test of 90 questions, 5 marks are allotted for every correct answer
and 2 marks are deducted for every wrong answer. After attempting all the 90 questions,
a student got a total of 387 marks. What is the number of incorrect responses ?(a) 9
Consider the following statements :
1. The sum of 5 consecutive integers can be 100.
2. The product of three consecutive natural numbers can be equal to their sum.
14. A cubical vessel of side 1 m is filled completely with water. How many millilitres of water
is contained in it (neglect thickness of the vessel) ?
(a) 1000 (b) 10000 (c) 100000 (d) 1000000

15. An amount of money was distributed among A, B and C in the ratio p : q : r.

Consider the following statements :
1. A gets the maximum share if p is greater than (q+r).
2. C gets the minimum share if r is less than (p+q).

16. At which one of the following times, do the hour hand and the minute hand of the clock
make an angle of 180° with each other? Between 7:05 hours and 7:10 hours
17. Consider the following addition problem : 3P+4P+PP+PP = RQ2; where P, Q and R are
different digits. What is the arithmetic mean of all such possible sums? 220
18. Consider the following multiplication problem :
(PQ)×3 = RQQ, where P, Q and R are different digits and R≠ 0. What is the value of (P+R)÷Q?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) Cannot be determined due to insufficient data

CSAT/2020
1.Two Statements S1 and S2 are given below followed by a Question:
S1 : n is a prime number.
S2 : n leaves a remainder of 1 when divided by 4.
Question: If n is a unique natural number between 10 and 20, then what is n?
S1 and S2 together are not sufficient to answer the Question.

2. How many zeroes are there at the end of the following product?
1 x 5 x 10 x 15 x 20 x 25 x 30 X 35 x 40 x 45 x 50 x 55 x 60 (a) 10

3. Let XYZ be a three-digit number, where (X + Y + Z) is not a multiple of 3. Then (XYZ +

YZX + ZXY) is not divisible by 9

4. How many five-digit prime numbers can be obtained by using all the digits 1, 2, 3, 4
and 5 without repetition of digits?
(a) Zero (b) One (c) Nine (d) Ten
5. How many integers are there between 1 and 100 which have 4 as a digit but are not
divisible by 4? (a) 5 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 13

6. Let x, y be the volumes; m, n be the masses of two metallic cubes P and Q

respectively. Each side of Q is two times that of P and mass of Q is two times that of P.
Let u = m / x and v = n /y. Which one of the following isvcorrect? (a) u = 4v

7. If you have two straight sticks of length 7.5 feet and 3.25 feet, what is the minimum
length can your measure?(a) 0.05 foot (b) 0.25 foot (c) 1 foot (d) 3.25 feet

8. One page is torn from a booklet whose pages are numbered in the usual manner
starting from the first page as 1. The sum of the numbers on the remaining pages is
195. The torn page contains which of the following numbers. 7, 8

9. Let A3BC and DE2F be four-digit numbers where each letter represents a different
digit greater than 3. If the sum of the numbers is 15902, then what is the difference
between the values of A and D? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

10. Two statements S1 and S2 are given below followed by a Question:

S1 : There are not more than two figures on any page of a 51-page book.
S2 : There is at least one figure on every page.
(c) S1 and S2 together are not sufficient to answer the Question.

11. A bottle contains 20 litres of liquid Q. 4 litres of liquid A is taken out of its and replace
by same quantity of liquid B. Again 4 litres of the mixture is taken out and replaced by
same quantity of liquid B. What is the ratio of quantity of liquid A to that of liquid B in the
final mixture?
(a) 4 : 1 (b) 5 : 1 (c) 16 : 9 (d) 17 : 8

12. Consider the following statements:

1. The minimum number of points of intersection of a square and a circle is 2.
2. The maximum number of points of intersection of a square and circle is 8.

13. How many pairs of natural numbers are there such that the difference of whose
squares is 63? 3pairs

14. Which one of the following will have minimum change in its value if 5 is added to
both numerator and the denominator of the fractions 2/3, 3/4, 4/5 and 5/6 ?

15. A digit n > 3 is divisible by 3 but not divisible by 6. Which one of the following is
divisible by 4? (a) 2n (b) 3n (c) 2n + 4 (d) 3n + 1
 16. If 1 litre of water weighs 1 kg, then how many cubic millimetres of water will weigh
0.1 gm? (a) 1 (b) 10 (c) 100 (d) 1000

17.

19. The recurring decimal representation 1.272727 … is equivalent to

(a) 13/11 (b) 14/11 (c) 127/99 (d) 137/99

20. What is the least four-digit number when divided by 3, 4, 5 and 6 leaves a remainder 2 in
each case? (a) 1012 (b) 1022 (c) 1122 (d) 1222

21. What is the remainder when 51 x 27 x 35 x 62 x 75 is divided by 100?

(a) 50 (b) 25 (c) 5 (d) 1

22. For what value of n, the sum of digits in the number (10n + 1) is 2?
(a) For n = 0 only (b) For any whole number n
(c) For any positive integer n only (d) For any real number n

23. How many different sums can be formed with the denomination Rs. 50, Rs. 100, Rs. 200,
Rs. 500, and Rs. 2,000 taking at least three denominations at a time?
(a) 16 (b) 15 (c) 14 (d) 10

24. Each face of a cube can be painted in black or white colours. In

how many different ways can the cube be painted? 10

25. How many triplets (x, y, z) satisfy the equation x + y + z = 6, where x, y and z are natural
numbers? 10

26. A printer numbers the pages of a book starting with 1 and uses
3089 digits in all. How many pages does the book have ?
a. 1040 b. 1048 c. 1049 d. 1050

27. Suppose you have sufficient amount of rupee currency in three

denominations : Rs. 1, Rs. 10 and Rs. 50. In how many different
ways can you pay a bill of Rs. 107 ?
a. 16 b. 17 c. 18 d. 19
28. Consider two statements S1 and S2 followed by a question:
S1: p and q both are prime numbers.
S2: p + q is an odd integer.
Question: Is pq an odd integer?
Both S1 and S2 are necessary to answer the question

29. Number 136 is added to 5B7 and the sum obtained is 7A3, where A and B are integers. It is
given that 7A3 is exactly divisible by 3. The only possible value of B is
a. 2 b. 5 c. 7 d. 8

30.The number of times the digit 5 will appear while writing the integers from 1 to 1000 is
a. 269 b. 271 c. 300 d. 302

31. A solid cube is painted yellow, blue and black such that opposite faces are of same colour.
The cube is then cut into 36 cubes of two different sizes such that 32 cubes are small and the
other four cubes are Big. None of the faces of the bigger cubes is painted blue. How many
cubes have only one face painted? 8

32. Mr 'X' has three children. The birthday of the first child falls on the 5th Monday of April, that
of the second one falls on the 5th Thursday of November. On which day is the birthday of his
third child, which falls on 20th December? Thursday

33. The number of parallelograms that can be formed from a set of four parallel lines
intersecting another set of four parallel lines, is
a. 18 b. 24 c. 32 d. 36
34. In a conference, out of a total 100 participants, 70 are Indians. If 60 of the total participants
are vegetarian, then which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. At least 30 Indian participants are vegetarian.
2. At least 10 Indian participants are non-vegetarian.

35. A five-storeyed building with floors from I to V is painted using four different colours and only
one colour is used to paint a floor.
Consider the following statements:
1. The middle three floors are painted in different colours.
2. The second (II) and the fourth (IV) floors are painted in different
colours.
3. The first (I) and the fifth (V) floors are painted red.
To ensure that any two consecutive floors have different colours
Only statement 3 is sufficient

36. All members of a club went to Mumbai and stayed in a hotel. On the first day, 80% went for
shopping and 50% went for sightseeing, whereas 10% took rest in the hotel. Which of the
following conclusion(s) can be drawn from the above data?
1. 40% members went for shopping as well as sightseeing.
2. 20% members went for only shopping.

37. The ratio of a two-digit natural number to a number formed by reversing its digits is 4: 7. The
number of such pairs is a. 5 b. 4 c. 3 d. 2

38. If x is greater than or equal to 25 and y is less than or equal to, then which one of the
following is always correct?
a. x is greater than y b. (y - x) is greater than 15 c. (y - x) is less than or equal to 15
d. (x - y) is greater than or equal to 65

39. Rakesh had money to buy 8 mobile handsets of a specific company. But the retailer offered
very good discount on that particular handset. Rakesh could buy 10 mobile handsets with the
amount he had. What was the discount the retailer offered?
a. 15% b. 20% c. 25% d. 30%

40. How many diagonals can be drawn by joining the vertices of an octagon? a. 20

41. If X is between -3 and -1, and Y is between -1 and 1, then X - Y is in between which of the
following? 0 and 9
42. X and Y are natural numbers other than 1, and Y is greater than X. Which of the following
represents the largest number? a. XY b. X / Y c. Y / X d. (X + Y) / XY
43. A solid cube of 3 cm side, painted on all its faces, is cut up into small cubes of 1 cm side.
How many of the small cubes will have exactly two painted faces?
a. 12 b. 8 c. 6 d. 4
44. While writing all the numbers from 700 to 1000, how many numbers occur in which the digit
at hundred's place is greater than the digit at ten's place, and the digit at ten's place is greater
than the digit at unit's place?
a. 61 b. 64 c. 85 d. 91

45. A bag contains 15 red balls and 20 black balls. Each ball is numbered either 1 or 2 or 3.
20% of the red balls are numbered 1 and 40% of them are numbered 3. Similarly, among the
black balls, 45% are numbered 2 and 30% are numbered 3. A boy picks a ballat random. He
wins if the ball is red and numbered 3 or if it is black and numbered 1 or 2 . What are the
chances of his winning? a. ½ b. 4/7 c. 5/9 d. 12 /13

46. There are 24 equally spaced points lying on the circumference of a circle. What is the
maximum number of equilateral triangles that can be drawn by taking sets of three points as the
vertices? a. 4 b. 6 c. 8 d. 12

47. Twelve equal squares are placed to fit in a rectangle of diagonal 5 cm. There are three rows
containing four squares each. No gaps are left between adjacent squares. What is the areg of
each square?
a. 5/7 sq cm b. 7/5 sq cm c. 1 sq cm d. 25/12 sq cm
48. A person bought a refrigerator worth Rs. 22,800 with 12.5% interest compounded yearly. At
the end of first year he paid Rs. 8,650 and at the end of second year Rs. 9,125. How much will
he have to pay at the end of third year to clear the debt?
a. Rs. 9,990 b. Rs. 10,000 c. Rs. 10,590 d. Rs. 11,250

49. .If x - y = 8, then which of the following must be true?

1. Both x and y must be positive for any value of x and y.
2. If x is positive, y must be negative for any value of x and y.
3. If x is negative, y must be positive for any value of x and y
Neither 1 nor 2 nor 3
50. A 2-digit number is reversed. The lamer of the two numbers is divided by It smaller
one. What is the largest possible remainder? a. 9 b. 27 c. 36 d. 45

51. Two walls and a ceiling of a room meet at right angles at a point P. A fly is in the air 1
m from one wall, 8 m from the other wall and 9 m from the point P. How many meters is
the fly from the ceiling? a. 4 b. 6 c. 12 d. 15

52. What is the total number of digits printed, if a book containing 150 pages is to
numbered from 1 to 150?
a. 262 b. 342 c. 360 d. 450

53. Certain 3-digit numbers following characteristics:

1. All the three digits are different. 2. The number is divisible by 7.
3. The number on reversing the digits is also divisible by 7.
How many such 3-digit numbers are there? 4

54. How many numbers arc there between 99 and 1000 such that the digit 8 occupies the
units place? a. 64 b. 80 c. 90 d. 104
Exp. _ _ 8, -> 10x9 ways

55.A bag contains 20 balls. 8 balls are green, 7 are white and 5 are red. What is the
minimum number of balls that must be picked up from the bag blindfolded (without
replacing any of it) to be assured of picking at least one ball of each colour? 16

56. If 2 boys and 2 girls are to be arranged in a row so that the girls are not next to each
other, how many possible arrangements are there ? 12

57.The outer surface of a 4 cm x 4 cm x 4 cm cube is painted completely in red. It is sliced

parallel to the faces to yield sixty four 1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm small cubes. How many small
cubes do not have painted faces? a. 8 b. 16 c. 24 d. 36
58. If there is a policy that 1/3rd of population of a community has migrated every year from one
place, to some other place, what is the leftover population of that community after the sixth year,
if there is no further growth in the population during this period?
a. 16/243 part of the population b. 32/243 part of the population
c. 32/729 part of the population d. 64/729 part of the population

59. P = (40% of A) + (65% of B) and Q = (50% of A) + (50% of B), where A is greater than B.
In this context, which of the following statements is correct? None of the above can be
concluded with certainty.

60. A watch loses 2 minutes in every 24 while another watch gains 2 minutes, in 24 hours.
At a particular instant, the two watches showed an identical time. Which of the following
statements is correct if 24-hour clock is
a. The two watches show the identical time again on completion of 30 days.
b. The two watches show the identical time again on completion of 90 days.
c. The two watches show the identical time again on completion of 120 days.
d. None of the above statements correct

61. There are thirteen 2-digit consecutive odd numbers. If 39 is the mean of the first five
such numbers, then what is the mean of all the thirteen numbers?a. 47 b. 49 c. 51 d. 45
62. Six boys A, B, C, D, E and F play a game of cards. Each has a pack of 10 cards. F
borrows 2 cards from A and gives away 5 to C who in turn gives 3 to B while B gives 6 to D
who passes 1 to E. Then the number of cards possessed by D and E is equal to the number
of cards possessed by
a. A, B and C b. B, C and F c. A, B and F d. A, C and F
Sol. Ans (b) The final tally of cards with each boy will be : A-8, B-7, C-12, D-15, E-11, F-7. So
total sum of cards of D and E is 26. Which means F + B + C = 26 Cards. So the correct
answer is (b).

63. There is a milk sample with 50% water in it. If 1/3rd of this milk is added to equal amount of
pure milk, then water in the new mixture will fall down to a. 25%

63. There are 4 horizontal and 4 vertical lines, parallel and equidistant to one another on a
board. What is the maximum number of rectangles and squares that can be formed? 4C2 x 4C2
ways,== 36 ways

CSAT/2016
1. A cube has all its faces painted with different colours. It is cut into smaller cubes of equal
sizes such that the side of the small cube is one-fourth the big cube. The number of
small cubes with only one of the sides painted is:
(a) 32 (b) 24 (c) 16 (d) 8

2.If R and S are different integers both divisible by 5, then which of the following is not
necessarily true?
(a) R - S is divisible by 5 (b) R + S is divisible by 10 (c) R x S is divisible by 25
(d) R + S is divisible by 5

3. How many numbers are there between 100 and 300 which either begin with or end with
2? (a) 110 (b) 111 (c) 112 (d) None of the above

4. Four-digit numbers are to be formed using the digits 1, 2, 3 and 4; and none of these
four digits are repeated in any manner. Further, 1. 2 and 3 are not to immediately follow each
other 2. 1 is not to be immediately followed by 3 3. 4 is not to appear at the last place
4. 1 is not to appear at the first place How many different numbers can be formed? (a) 6

5. A cylindrical overhead tank of radius 2 m and height 7 m is to be filled from an

underground tank of size 5.5m x 4m x 6m. How much portion of the underground tank is
still filled with water after filling the overhead tank completely? (a) ⅓

6. A and B walk around a circular park. They start at 8 a.m. from the same point in the opposite
directions. A and B walk at a speed of 2 rounds per hour and 3 rounds per hour respecely. How
many times shall they cross each other after 8 00 a.m. and before 9.30.a.m.? (a) 7

7. A round archery target of diameter 1 m is marked with four scoring regions from the centre
outwards as red, blue, yellow and white. The radius of the red band is 0.20 m. The width of all
the remaining bands is equal. If archers throw arrows towards the target, what is the probability,
that the arrows fall in the red region of the archery target?
(a) 0.40 (b) 0.20 (c) 0.16 (d) 0.04

8. There are five hobby clubs in a college —photography, yachting, chess, electronics and
gardening. The gardening group meets every second day, the electronics group meets every
third day, the chess group meets every fourth day, the yachting group meets every fifth day
and the photography group meets every sixth day. How many times do all the five groups meet
on the same day within 180 days? (a) 5 (b) 18 (c) 10 (d) 3

We have to find highest common factor of these 5 numbers 90, 60, 45, 36 and 30. It is 3.

9. In aid of charity, every student in a class contributes as many rupees as the number of
students in that class. With the additional contribution of Rs. 2 by one student only, the total
collection is Rs. 443. Then how many students are there in the class? , N = 441
Hence, N = 21

10. A daily train is to be introduced between station A and station B starting from each end
at 6 AM and the journey is to be completed in 42 hours. What is the number of trains needed
in order to maintain the Shuttle Service? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 7

11. A piece of tin is in the form of a rectangle having length 12 cm and width 8 cm. This is
used to construct a closed cube. The side of the cube is:
(a) 2 cm (b) 3 cm (c) 4 cm (d) 7 cm
Sol. Ans (c) Surface area of constructed cube = Area of rectangle Hence,
6a = 12*8 So, a = 4 cm

12. In a. question paper there are five questions to be attempted and answer to each question
has two choices - True (T) or False (F). It is given that no two candidates have given the
answers to the five questions in an identical sequence. For this to happen the maximum number
of candidates is: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 2^5 =32

13. How many natural numbers are there which give a remainder of 31 when 1186 is divided by
these natural numbers 9
14. In how many ways can a batsman score exactly 25 runs by scoring single runs, fours and
sixes only, irrespective of the sequence of scoring shots? 19ways

15 A person ordered 5 pairs of black socks and some pairs of brown socks. The price of a
black pair was thrice that of a brown pair. While preparing the bill, the bill clerk interchanged the
number of black and brown pairs by mistake which increased the bill by 100%. What was the
number of pairs of brown socks in the original order? (a) 10 (b) 15 (c) 20 (d) 25

16. A selection is to be made for one post of Principal and two posts of Vice-Principal. Amongst
the six candidates called for the interview, only two are eligible for the post of Principal while
they all are eligible for the post of Vice-Principal. The number of possible combinations of
selectees is (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 18 (d) None of the above

17. A student has to opt for 2 subjects out of 5 subjects for a course, namely, Commerce,
Economics, Statistics, Mathematics I and Mathematics II. Mathematics II can be offered only if
Mathematics I is also opted. The number of different combinations of two subjects which can be
opted is 7

18. There are 5 tasks and 5 persons. Task-1 cannot be assigned to either person-1. or
person-2. Task-2 must be assigned to either person-3 or person-4. Every person is to be
assigned one task. In how many ways can the assignment be done? 24

19. In a society it is customary for friends of the same sex to hug and for friends of opp. sex to
shake hands when they meet. A group of friends met in a party and there were 24 handshakes.
Which one among the following numbers indicates the possible number of hugs? 21

20.
20. "Price is not the same thing as value. Suppose that on a day the price of everything
viz.,"Price is not the same thing as value. Suppose that on a day the price of everything viz.,
coal, bread, postage stamps, a day's labour, the rent of houses, etc. were to double. Prices
then would Mcertainly rise, but- values of all things except one would not."
The writer wants to say that if prices of all things were doubled
(a) the values of all things would remain constant.
(b) the values of the things sold would be doubled.
(c) the values of the things bought would be halved.
(d) the value of money only would be halved.,

21. A and B decide to travel from place X to place Y by bus. A has Rs. 10 with him and he finds
that it is 80% of the bus fare for two persons. B finds that he has Rs. 3 with him and hands it
over to A. In this context, which one of the following statements is correct?
(a) Now the money A has just enough to buy two tickets. (b) A still needs Rs. 2 for buying the
tickets (c) After buying the two tickets A will be left with 50 paise.
(d) The money A now has is still not sufficient to buy two tickets.

22. Five persons fire bullets at a target at an interval of 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12 seconds respectively.
The number of times they would fire the bullets together at the target in an hour is
LCM of 6,7,8,9 and 12 ==]504 => 3600 / 504 = 7

23. Assume that

1. the hour and minute hands of a clock move without jerking.
2. the clock shows a time between 8 o'clock and 9 o'clock.
3. the two hands of the clock are one above the other.
After how many minutes (nearest integer) with the two hands will be again lying one above the
other? (a) 60 (b) 62 (c) 65 (d) 67

24. . A question paper must have a question on one of the eight poets: A, B, C, D, E, F, G or H
The first four belong to the medieval period while the rest are considered modern poets
Generally, modern poets figure in the question paper in alternate years. Generally those who
like H like G also; and those who like F like E also. The paper-setter does not like to ask about
F as he has written a book on F, but he likes F. Last year, the paper contained a question on A.
On the basis of the information given, this year's paper is most likely to contain a question on
(a) C (b) E (c) F (d) H

25. A straight line segment is 36 cm long. Points are to be marked on the line from both the end
points. From each end, the first point is at a distance of 1 cm from the end, the second point isat
a distances of 2 cm from the first point & the third point is at a distance of 3 cm from the sec: 12

26. Six identical cards are placed on a table. Each card has number '1' marked on one side and
number '2' marked on its other side. All the six cards are placed in such a manner that the
number '1' is on the upper side. In one try, exactly four (neither more nor less) cards are turned
upside down. In how many Ieast number of tries can the cards be turned upside down such that
all the 6 cards show number '2' on the upper side? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) This cannot be
achieved

Q. A gardener has 1000 plants: He wants to plant them in such a way that the number of rows
and the number of columns remains the same. What is the minimum number of plants that he
needs more for this purpose? 24

Q.A sum of RS. 700 has to be used to give seven cash prizes to the students of a school for
their overall academic performance. If each prize is Rs. 20 less than its preceding prize, then
what is the least value of the prize?
(a) RS. 30. (b) RS. 40 (c) RS. 60 (d) RS. 80
Q. Geeta is older than her cousin Meena, Meena's brother Bipin is older than Geeta. When
Meena and Bipin visit Geeta, they like to play chess. Meena wins the game more often than
Geeta. Based on the above information, four conclusions, as given below, have been made.
Which one of these logically follows from the information given above?
a) While playing chess with Geeta and Meena, Bipin often loses.
b) Geeta is the oldest among the three.
c) Geeta hates to 10 the game.
d) Meena is the youngest of the three.

Q.