IAS CSAT PYQ
Topic-wise IAS CSAT previous year questions with detailed solutions.
1,280 Questions
3 Topics
1996–2026
Year-wise weightage
How many CSAT questions each topic contributed per year in IAS — darker cells mean more questions that year. Tap a topic to open its questions.
| Topic | Weightage | Total | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comprehension | 36.8% | 471 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 31 | 27 | 28 | 26 | 30 | 34 | 31 | 40 | 36 |
| Maths | 32.5% | 416 | 31 | 31 | 28 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 39 | 24 | 32 | 24 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 20 |
| Reasoning | 30.7% | 393 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 25 | 21 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 32 | 37 | 24 |
| All topics | 1280 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 |
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A cross-section of CSAT questions asked in IAS, spread across topics and years. Open any one for the full solution.
- Directions: Each item in this section contains a question followed by two statements. Answer each item using…2026
- There are four types of weights, namely 1 kg, 2 kg, 5 kg and 10 kg. What is the maximum number of different…2026
- Directions: Read the following passage and answer the items that follow. Your answers should be based solely…2026
- Directions: Each item in this section contains a question followed by two statements. Answer each item using…2026
- If 10^m × 1000 × n = 75^25 × 25^32 × 32^75, where n is not divisible by 10, then the value of m is2026
- Directions: Read the following passage and answer the items that follow. Your answers should be based solely…2026
- Directions: Each item in this section contains a question followed by two statements. Answer each item using…2026
- There are two chemicals which do not react with each other. A container contains 10 litres of the chemical A.…2026
- Directions: Read the following passage and answer the items that follow. Your answers should be based solely…2026
- Directions: Each item in this section contains a question followed by two statements. Answer each item using…2026
- For 1 3 < x < y < 2, which of the following statements is/are always correct? 1. x + 1 x < y + 1 y 2. √1+y^2…2026
- Directions: Read the following passage and answer the items that follow. Your answers should be based solely…2026
- P, Q, R, S and T are ranked 1 to 5 (not necessarily in that order). The rank of P is 4, the rank of Q is not…2026
- If x and y are two digits and the number 4x5y790 is divisible by 11, then what is the remainder, if x + y is…2026
- Match List-I with List-II and select the answer using the code given below the Lists: List-I (Barrier to…2026
- Consider the following three statements, namely S1, S2 and S3: 1. S1. Protecting the environment is an…2026
- The speed of a train T is 100 km per hour and the speed of a person P is 4 km per hour. T crosses P in 15…2026
- Directions: Read the following passage and answer the items that follow. Your answers should be based solely…2026
- A cut on a solid object divides the object into two parts where the new surfaces thus produced are plane. On…2026
- Three partners A, B and C entered into a business. A invested one-third of the capital for one-third…2026
- Directions: Read the following passage and answer the items that follow. Your answers should be based solely…2026
- The weight of X, in kg, is denoted by X. The weights of A, B, C, D, P, Q, R and S are measured. Given: 1. A +…2026
- Suppose x, y and z are variables taking positive real numbers as their possible values. It is given that y is…2026
- Directions: Read the following passage and answer the items that follow. Your answers should be based solely…2026
- There are four statements X, Y, Z and W. Their relations are as follows: If X is incorrect, then so is Z; if…2026
- A toy T jumps forward or backward. In each forward jump, it moves 5' forward whereas in each backward jump,…2026
- Directions: Read the following passage and answer the items that follow. Your answers should be based solely…2026
- Consider the following statements: 1. Every red is blue. 2. Every blue is green. 3. Every green is yellow.…2026
- The top of a table is rectangular and its dimensions are 6' × 10'. Two rectangular portions of the table top…2026
- Directions: Read the following passage and answer the items that follow. Your answers should be based solely…2026
- In a sequence of numbers, each number other than the first two is the sum of the two immediately preceding…2026
- How many three-digit numbers can be expressed as an integral power of 2?2026
- Directions: Read the following passage and answer the items that follow. Your answers should be based solely…2026
- A pattern formed by two characters a and b is repeated more than once in the following string: × b × a × a ×…2026
- X travels 6 km on a bicycle with average speeds of 5 km per hour, 10 km per hour and 4 km per hour during the…2026
- Match List-I with List-II and select the answer using the code given below the Lists: List-I (Relationship…2026