Paper Code:32 21 Jan.

2013

CHRONICLE
IAS ACADEMY
A CIVIL SERVICES CHRONICLE INITIATIVE

IAS 2013 CSAT TEST SERIES

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Direction for question number 1 to 3: The following graph shows the readership of 4 leading newspapers in India over a year.

(c) Train C is at constant acceleration. (d) Train A and B and C cover the same distance in time t0. 5. Given below is a family tree. The names encircled are females and those connected with horizontal lines are spouse and those connected with inclined/vertical lines are children.

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1. Which newspaper shows a constant increase in readership? (a) A (c) C (b) B (d) D How is G related to C? (a) Niece (c) Cousin (b) Nephew (d) None of these 2. Which of the statements is correct? A. Newspaper D was the highest selling newspaper in the beginning of year. B. Newspaper C showed a constant increase in readership. C. Newspaper C was never the top selling newspaper during the period. D. Newspaper A showed an exponential increase in the readership. (a) A and B (b) B, C and D (c) A and C (d) A and D 6. A starts from his home and goes towards B as shown in figure. What is the displacement between A and B? (b) 7 kms 3. The readership of which newspaper(s) can be said to have reached its saturation level? (a) A and B (c) Only C (b) C and D (d) None of these (a) 12 kms (c) (4 2 + 3) kms (d) 10 kms 4. Consider the following Speed - Time graph. It shows three trains moving simultaneously in parallel tracks. 7. Given figure below shows the number of people preferring to travel via Train, Bus and Aero plane in a survey. With reference to the above graph, which one of the following statements is correct? How many people among them prefer to travel by Train and Bus? (b) 5 (d) 12 (a) Train C moves with a constant velocity. (b) Train A is at rest and in not moving. (a) 3 (c) 8
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8. The speed time curve of three cars A, B and C on a highway is shown below:

11. What is the difference in time of finishing between the winner and the runner-up? (a) 20 min (c) 60 min (b) 40 min (d) 80 min

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Which car can be said to have achieved an exponential growth in speed? (b) Only B (d) A and C both (a) Only A (c) Only C 9. Examine the following statements. A. B. C. D. All parrots are green. Some birds are green. No living creature except birds can be green. All parrots are living creatures. 12. How many grand-daughters does A have? (a) 2 (c) 4 (b) 3 (d) 5 Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the information given above? Some birds are not green. Some birds are not parrots. All Parrots are birds. Only Parrots can be green. (a) (b) (c) (d) 13. How many unmarried persons are there in the family? (a) 4 (c) 6 (b) 5 (d) 7 14. Which of the following statements are correct? (a) (b) (c) (d) O is the only aunt of H. C and F are cousins. F, S and T are cousins. M has three aunts. Directions for quesiton number 10 and 11:A, B and C ran a race around a circular track of length 24 kms. A, B and C start from the points shown in the figure. They start simultaneously with speeds 6 km/hr, 12 km/hr and 8 km/hr respectively. The race ends at point A and each one of them has to complete at least one round of the track. 15. Given below are the temperature pyramids of four regions A, B, C and D for a year. The thickness of the pyramid depends on the temperature at a particular time of the year. Which region among them can be classified as a coastal area in Northern Hemisphere? (b) B (d) D (a) A (c) C 10. Who wins the race? (a) A (c) C (b) B (d) Both A and C 16. The chart given below is a road map from city A to city B. The roads go through the intermediate cities 1, 2, 3, etc. The direction of edge of each road indicates the direction of
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Directions for question number 12 to 14: Given below is a family tree. The names encircled are females and those connected with horizontal lines are spouse and those connected with inclined/vertical lines are children.

movement on a particular road. All roads are one-way.

19. What will be the total time taken by both the buses to cross the tunnel completely from their current positions? (a) 6 sec (c) 8 sec (b) 7 sec (d) 14 sec

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How many routes are there to go from city A to city B. (b) 5 (d) 7 (a) 3 (c) 6 17. Consider the following figure and answer the item that follows: What is the total number of triangles in the above grid? (b) 24 (d) 27 (a) 23 (c) 25 20. Which car travelled the fastest in the last few minutes of the race? (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) Cannot be determined Directions for question number 18 and 19: Two buses A and B each of length 10 m is travelling in opposite direction on a road. A tunnel of length 50 m is between the buses as shown in figure. The speed of the bus at point A is 36 km/hr and that of bus at point B is 54 km/ hr. Their positions and distance from the tunnel at an instant is shown in the figure. 21. Who travelled with second highest speed among the three in the race? (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) Cannot be determined 22. Who travelled with the least average speed overall for the whole race? (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) Cannot be determined 18. Which bus will cross the tunnel first? (a) (b) (c) (d) A B Both cross together Cannot be determined Directions for question number 23 to 24: A tank has two pipes A and B. One of the pipes is an inlet pipe whereas the other is an outlet pipe. In the empty tank both the
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Directions for question number 20 to 22: Three cars A, B and C were racing against each other in a professional race track. The last few minutes of the race are tabulated in the chart given below. The chart is a time - distance graph and shows the distance travelled by the respective cars in the real time. Study the graph and answer the questions that follow:

pipes are opened simultaneously. The amount of water flown through the pipes as the time progresses is shown in the figure below. Assume tank filled after some time.

26. What is the minimum number of colours required to paint the figure such that no two adjacent regions (regions sharing a common edge) have the same colour?

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(a) 2 (c) 4 (b) 3 (d) 5 23. Which pipe is the outlet pipe? (a) A (b) B (c) Can be any of the two (d) Cannot be determined 24. Which statement among them is correct? Directions for question number 27 to 29: Three cars X, Y and Z race against each other in a highway. Their time - distance graph is shown in the chart given below. Study the given chart and answer the questions given below. (a) The average speed of water flowing through pipe B is more than that of A. (b) At time t0, the tank is full. (c) VA - VB denotes the amount of water in the tank at time t0. (d) None of these 25. Given below are four tea pots A, B, C and D each having same length, width and height. The only difference between them is the height and the length of the spout. 27. Which car won the race? (a) X (b) Y (c) Z (d) All the cars ended in dead heat. 28. Which car has the lowest average speed? (a) X (b) Y (c) Z (d) All the cars have the same average speed 29. Which car was leading the race for the first 15 minutes of the race? (a) X (b) Y (c) Z (d) All the cars were at the same place Which of the given statements is correct? (a) (b) (c) (d) All the teapots have the same capacity. Teapot B and D have the maximum capacity. Teapot A and C have the same capacity. Teapot D has the maximum capacity. Directions for question number 30 to 32: In a survey held among 500 students of a college about their favorite
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outdoor sport among Cricket, Basketball and Football, students voted for their sport. The details are summarized in a venn diagram shown below. There were 10 students who didn't like any of the sport. Answer the questions given below.

33. What can be said about car A? (a) (b) (c) (d) It is moving with constant speed. It is moving with constant acceleration. It is not at all moving. None of these

34. What can be said about car B? (a) (b) (c) (d) It is moving with constant speed. It is moving with constant acceleration. It is moving with constant velocity. None of these

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35. What can be said about car C? (a) It is moving with constant speed. (b) Speed of the car was decreasing through out the period given. (c) Speed of the car was increasing through out the period given. (d) None of these 36. Which car obtains an exponential growth in speed? (a) A (c) C (b) B (d) None of these 30. How many students played at least two games? (a) 30 (c) 50 (b) 40 (d) 60 37. Which of the following is correct about the meeting point of all the three lines of the graph? 31. If 10 students like both cricket and football but not basketball, then how many students like basketball? (a) 140 (c) 180 (b) 170 (d) 190 32. How many students does not like more than one game? (a) 10 (c) 440 (b) 50 (d) 450 (a) At the meeting point, the velocity of all the cars is same. (b) At the meeting point, the distance covered by all the cars is same. (c) At the meeting point, the rate of change of velocity of all the cars is same. (d) None of these can be inferred about the meeting point. 38. Consider the following figures: 2 6 5 11 15 31 ? Directions for five questions that follow: The acceleration time graph for three cars A, B and C are given below. Study the graph and answer the questions that follow. 10 14 19 35 51 What is the missing number? (a) 72 (c) 62 (b) 71 (d) 63 39. Consider the following statements: A. All musicians are singers. B. Some singers are actors. C. Actors are prone to become alcoholics. From the above three statements it may be concluded that Musicians are alcoholic. Some actors are alcoholic. Some actors may be musicians. Singers are generally actors. (a) (b) (c) (d)
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40. Examine the following statements: A. Either Amit and Balu are of the same weight or Amit is heavier than Balu. B. Either Chaman and Daman are of the same weight or Daman is heavier than Chaman. C. Balu is heavier than Chaman. Which one of the following conclusions can be drawn from the above statements? Amit is heavier than Balu Amit is heavier than Chaman Balu and Daman are of the same weight Daman is heavier than Chaman

C. Mishra did not buy folder of green colour. D. Verma bought pen of white colour. What were the colours of the folder and pen bought by Mishra, respectively? (a) Blue and green (b) Green and blue (c) White and blue (d) White and green

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(a) (b) (c) (d) 41. Examine the following statements: Based on the above information, four conclusions, as given below, have been made. Which one of these logically follows from the information given above? Only 1 fitness magazine continued Atleast 1 science magazine was discontinued People of the colony liked Travel magazines Only 1 Science magazine continued A. Only those who are smart can become a scientist. B. Some of the scientists are genius. C. Those scientists who are genius can opt for rocket-science. Which one of the following conclusion can be drawn from the above statements? (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) All those who are smart are scientists. (b) All the scientists are smart. (c) All those who opt for rocket-science are scientists. (d) Anyone who opts for rocket-science is genius. 45. Read the passage given below and the two statements that follow(given on the basis of the passage): 42. Rizwan, a 10 year old boy, took cycling and karate lessons this summer. He is looking forward to sports camps for the next summer break so that he can learn to play football and cricket. Based on the above information, four conclusions, as given below, have been made. Which one of these logically follows from the information given above? Four men are seated in a compartment of a train going from Delhi to Mumbai. Two of them are engineers and the other two are architects. Two of them are from Mumbai and two from Delhi. Two of them are Hindu and the other two are Sikhs. No two men of the same profession are of same city or of same religion. Also, no two of the same religion are from the same city. Also, the Hindu - Engineer is from Delhi. A. The Mumbai based architect is Sikh. B. The Sikh-engineer is not from Delhi. Which of the above statements is/are correct conclusions? (b) B only (d) Neither A nor B (a) Rizwan likes attending camps. (b) Rizwan's parents want him to be active during summer breaks. (c) Rizwan attends some lessons every summer break. (d) Rizwan likes football and cricket. (a) A only (c) Both A and B 46. Amit is taller than Rohan but not as tall as Deven. Then, (a) (b) (c) (d) Amit is taller than Deven Deven is not as tall as Rohan Deven is taller than Rohan Rohan is not as tall as Amit 43. Three persons Sharma, Verma and Mishra bought folders and pens among three white, blue and green colours each (not necessarily in that order). No person bought folders and pens of the same colour. Further, it is given that. A. Sharma did not buy folder of white colour. B. Verma did not buy folder of blue colour. 47. Given that, A. A is the mother of B. B. C is the father of D
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44. In a colony, 15 people subscribed for magazines - 7 Travel, 5 Science and 3 Fitness magazines. Till the end of the year only 10 of the magazines continued, six of which were travel.

C. B is the sister of C. D. E is the husband of A. Who is the aunt of D? (a) A (c) C (b) B (d) E

B. Some participants of the exhibition are genius. C. All geniuses are eligible for voting. Which one of the following conclusions can be drawn from the above statements? (a) All scientists are eligible for voting. (b) All genius scientists are eligible for voting. (c) All scientists are the participants of the exhibition. (d) None of the above conclusions can be drawn.

48. Examine the following statements: A. Heera has more diamonds than Panna. B. Panna has less diamonds than Sona. C. Chandi has more diamonds than Panna but less than Heera D. Moti has more diamonds than Heera but less than Sona. Who has the maximum diamonds? (b) Sona (d) Moti (a) Heera (c) Chandi

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49. Examine the following statements: 52. In a intra-school competition, a student is to be selected to represent the School. The principal, the vice-principal, the manager and the vicemanager get to select the student. The formula agreed by them was the acceptance of a candidate by most of them and in case of a tie, the candidate agreed by the principal is considered selected. Four students P, Q, R and S approached for the selection. A. P was agreed by the principal and the manager. B. Q was agreed by the vice-principal and the manager. C. R was rejected by the principal and the vicemanager. D. S was agreed by principal but rejected by manager. A. I watch movies only if it's a holiday next day. B. It's not a holiday if the office is open. C. Whenever I watch the movies I take my friend along with me. Which one of the following conclusions is valid in the context of the above statements? (a) If it's a holiday next day, I watch movies. (b) If it's not a holiday today, the office is not open. (c) I like watching movie on the holidays. (d) If the office is open today, then I did not watch the movie yesterday. After more consultation, the vice-manager accepted R and Q was accepted by vice-manager and P was accepted by vice-principal and S was rejected by principal. Who finally got selected? (b) Q (d) S (a) P (c) R 50. Only six helicopters A, B, C, D, E and F are available with the island Hakau to connect it from the rest of the world. Only one among the helicopters A, C and E is operational at a time. During snowfalls the helicopters C, D and F are not used. During storms, the helicopters B and F are shut down. During seismic activities only A or D is used. In this context, which one of the following statements is correct? (a) Under normal circumstances only three helicopters are used. (b) During snowfalls only two helicopters are used. (c) During seismic activities only one helicopter is used. (d) During natural calamities, the use of helicopters is reduced. 53. Consider the following statements: A. All 14 inch laptops in this hostel are blue. B. Some of them have optical disks. C. All 14 inch laptops manufactured after 2011 have optical disks. D. All laptops are not 14 inch. Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the above statements? (a) Only 14 inch laptops are there in this hostel. (b) Some blue 14 inch laptops are there in this hostel. (c) Laptops other than 14 inch cannot have optical disks. (d) All 14 inch laptops having optical disks are blue. 51. Examine the following statements: Directions for the following 5 (five) items: A. None but scientists are participants of the exhibition. Examine the information given in the following paragraph and answer the items that follow:
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54. Who among them was a dentist? (a) D (c) F (b) E (d) C 60. Which family lives on the 6th floor? (a) Singhal (c) Sharma (b) Verma (d) Gupta 55. Who lives in Kolkata? (a) C (c) D 61. Which family has only 2 members? (a) Singhal (c) Sharma (b) Verma (d) Gupta (b) B (d) E 56. What is the profession of D? (a) Engineer (b) Doctor (c) Dentist (d) Cannot be determined 62. On which floor did the family with 5 members lives? (a) 3rd (c) 5th (b) 4th (d) 6th 57. From which city did the Engineer catch his train? (a) Mumbai (c) Kolkata (b) Pune (d) Chennai 63. Who lives to the immediate top of Gupta family? (a) Verma (c) Kappor (b) Singhal (d) No one 58. What is the profession of the organizer of the reunion? (a) Engineer (c) Dentist (b) Doctor (d) Architect 64. A total of how many people lives above the floors of Kapoor family? (a) 7 (c) 9 (b) 8 (d) 10 59. Consider the following statements: A. B. C. D. 65. Examine the following statements: All cars consume power. Fuel provides power. Electricity also provides power. Electrically operated machines do not make noise. A. None but wealthy can afford Cars. B. Some those who own cars get in accidents. C. Most of them who get in accidents go hospital. Which one of the following conclusions can be drawn from the above statements? All wealthy get in accidents. Only wealthy go hospital. All those having cars are wealthy. Only wealthy get in accidents. Which one of the following inferences can be drawn from the above statements? (a) All cars consume fuel. (b) Some cars consume electricity. (c) If electrically operated cars are used, it will not make noise. (d) Power can be generated through Fuel and Electricity only. (a) (b) (c) (d) Direction for five items that follow: A building has 6 floors (1 to 6, floor 1 being the ground floor) having a flat in each floor. In each flat a family lives. Each family has different number of family members from 1 to 6 and no family lives on the floor 66. In a lane, having five bungalows in a row from left to right facing north, live five celebrities having different professions. The Actor has a good understanding with the Scientist and has to go left every time he visits his bungalow. The Politician is of friendly nature and has friendship with everyone and has to go left as frequently as right. The Industrialist owns a corner bungalow and visits his only neighbor, The Editor on the right.
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Six friends A, B, C, D, E and F living in city Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Pune (not in order), decided to organize a reunion in Delhi. Two among them are engineers, two doctors, one of them an architect and a dentist. The dentist lives in Mumbai. Mr. B took a train from Chennai and the architect joined him at the Kolkata station. Mr. A organized the reunion at his residence. The two doctors from Pune and Bengaluru came from the same train. C is not in medical profession. F is not a doctor.

number having the same number of family members. Sharma family lives in 5th floor. Mr. Verma lives alone below Gupta family but above Singhal family. Mr. Sengupta has the biggest family in the building and hence lives in the lowermost floor. Mr. Kapoor has a family of 4 persons and is not living on the top floor. The family with 3 members lives on the second floor. Based on the above given information, answer the following questions.

From the left to right, in what order do the five celebrities live? (a) Industrialist, Editor, Politician, Scientist, Actor (b) Scientist, Actor, Politician, Industrialist, Editor (c) Industrialist, Scientist, Politician, Editor, Actor (d) Industrialist, Editor, Scientist, Politician, Actor

70. How many votes were polled? (a) 500 (c) 469 (b) 475 (d) 459

71. What percentage of the total votes polled were FOR the law? (a) 42% (c) 46.4% (b) 47.5% (d) 44.7%

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72. How many male members voted FOR the law? (a) 220 (c) 115 (b) 105 (d) 130 Read the following passage and answer the 3(three) items that follow: P, Q, R, S and T are the members of the same family. Among them, there are two fathers, one mother, two wives, three sons, and a grandfather. The grandfather is the retired General and his son R is a police inspector. The husband of T is a constable and Q is the only single person in the family. S is the youngest male of the family. 67. How is S related to Q? (a) Son (c) Brother 73. In a train, the 5th bogie after the engine is a sleeper S1 and the 9th engine from the rear is Chair car C1. There are a total of 3 bogies between the bogies S1 and C1. Then a minimum of how many bogies are there in the train including the engine? (a) 18 (c) 11 (b) 17 (d) 10 (b) Father (d) Grandson 68. Who are the females in the group? (a) P and R (c) S and T 74. The following item consists of four statements. Of these four statements, two can both be true, but both cannot be false. Study the statements carefully and identify the two that satisfy the above condition. Select the correct answer using the codes given below the set of statements: Examine the following statements: (b) R and T (d) P and T 69. Whose wife is the police inspector? (a) P (c) S (b) Q (d) T A. B. C. D. All houses have windows. Some houses have windows. Some houses don't have windows. No house has windows. (b) B and C (d) B and D Codes: Read the following passage and answer the 3 (three) items that follow: (a) A and D (c) A and C In the lok sabha, a new law was to be decided to pass. Due to disagreements, a poll was conducted among the 500 members. 30% of the seats are reserved for women, and 70% of the women voted FOR the law and 26% voted AGAINST the law, the remaining women restrained from voting. 220 male members voted AGAINST the law and 25 men restrained themselves from voting. 75. There are four routes to travel from city P to city Q, six routes to travel from city Q to city R and seven routes to travel from city R to city S. Also, there are five routes to travel from city P to city R. In how many different ways can a person travel from city P to city S? (a) 840 (c) 203 (b) 22 (d) 173
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