IAS CSAT — Reasoning previous year questions with solutions.
Consider the figures given below: [Image: Question Image] To fit the question mark, the correct answer is
Twelve people from a club. By picking lots, one of them will host a dinner for all once in a month. The number of dinners a particular member has to host in one year is
Consider the following statements: 1. Some claim to have seen UFOs (Unidentified Flying objects). 2. Life on other heavenly bodies is considered to be a possibility. 3. Voyage to space is now an established fact. From the above statements, it may be concluded that:
In a plane, line X is perpendicular to line Y and parallel to line Z; line U is perpendicular to both lines V and W; line X is perpendicular to line V. Which one of the following statements is correct?
What is the missing number ‘X’ of the series 7, X, 21, 31, 43?
If A runs less fast than B, and B runs as fast but not faster than C; then, as compared to A, C runs
Each of A, B, C and D has ₹100. A pays ₹ 20 to B, who pays ₹10 to C, who gets ₹ 30 from D. In this context, which one of the following statements is not correct?
Each of the six different faces of a cube has been coated with a different colour, i.e., V, I, B, G, Y and O. Following information is given: 1. Colours Y, O and B are on adjacent faces. 2. Colours I, G and Y are on adjacent faces. 3. Colours B, G and Y are on adjacent faces. 4. Colours O, V and B are on adjacent faces. Which is the colour of the face opposite to the face coloured with O?
Consider the following statements: 1. There are six villages A, B, C, D, E and F. 2. F is 1 km to the west of D. 3. B is 1 km to the east of E. 4. A is 2 km to the north of E. 5. C is 1 km to the east of A. 6. D is 1 km to the south of A. Which three villages are in a line?
Consider the following matrix: [Image: Question Image] Which one of the following figures fits into the blank part of the above matrix?
There are 50 students admitted to a nursery class. Some students can speak only English and some can speak only Hindi. Ten students can speak both English and Hindi. If the number of students who can speak English is 21, then how many students can speak Hindi, how many can speak only Hindi and how many can speak only English?
A, B, C, D, E, F are members of a family. They are engineer, stenographer, doctor, draughtsman, lawyer and judge (not in order). A, the engineer is married to the lady stenographer. The judge is married to the lawyer. F, the draughtsman is the son of B and brother of E. C, the lawyer is the daughter in-law of D. E is the unmarried doctor. D is the grandmother of F. There are two married couples in the family. Which of the following is/are a couple/couples?
Consider that: 1. A is taller than B. 2. C is taller than A. 3. D is taller than C. 4. E is the tallest of all. If they are made to sit in the above order of their height, who will occupy the mid position?
Consider the following figures: [Image: image] Change in positions of beads in the four figures above follows a sequence. Following the same sequence, which of the figures below should appear as the fifth figure above?
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 least number of tries can the cards be turned upside down such that all the six cards show number ‘2’ on the upper side?
A, B, C, D, E, F are members of a family. They are engineer, stenographer, doctor, draughtsman, lawyer and judge (not in order). A, the engineer is married to the lady stenographer. The judge is married to the lawyer. F, the draughtsman is the son of B and brother of E. C, the lawyer is the daughter in-law of D. E is the unmarried doctor. D is the grandmother of F. There are two married couples in the family. What is the profession of B?
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) will the two hands be again lying one above the other?
Location of B is north of A and location of C is east of A. The distances AB and AC are 5 km and 12 km, respectively. The shortest distance (in km) between the locations B and C is
‘Liberty, therefore, is never real unless the Government can be called to account when it invades rights’. Which one of the following is the best justification of the above statements?
Four persons, Alok, Bhupesh, Chander and Dinesh have a total of ₹ 100 among themselves. Alok and Bhupesh between them have as much money as Chander and Dinesh between them, but Alok has more money than Bhupesh; and Chander has only half the money that Dinesh has. Alok has in fact ₹ 5 more than Dinesh has. Who has the maximum amount of money?
In a group of six women there are four dancers, four vocal musicians, one actress and three violinists. Girija and Vanaja are among the violinists while Jalaja and Shailaja do not know how to play on the violin. Shailaja and Tanuja are among the dancers. Jalaja, Vanaja, Shailaja and Tanuja are all vocal musicians and two of them are also violinists. If Pooja is an actress, who among the following is certainly a dancer and a violinist?
Consider the following matrix with one empty block in the lower extreme corner: [Image: image] Which of the following figures could fit in the empty block and thus complete the matrix?
In a row ‘A’ is in the 11th position from the left and ‘B’ is the 10th position from the right. If ‘A’ and ‘B’ interchange, then ‘A’ becomes 18th from the left. How many persons are there is the row other than ‘A’ and ‘B’?
The number of deaths among the army personnel is 8 in 1000, but among the civilian population it is 20 per 1000. Which one of the following inferences can be drawn from this statement?