UPSC CSAT Reasoning Questions

156 questions with explanations

Consider the following figures: What is the missing number?

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What can we say about persons with more than one disease from these graphs?

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Which of the two towns has a higher number of persons with Diabetes?

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Consider the four age pyramids given below namely A, B, C and D representing four different countries. Which one of them indicates the declining population?

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Consider the following Velocity-Time graph. It shows two trains starting simultaneously on parallel tracks. With reference to the above graph, which one of the …

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P, Q, R and S are four men. P is the oldest but not the poorest. R is the richest but not the oldest. Q is older than S but not than P or R. P is richer than Q …

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Examine the following statements : 1. All colours are pleasant. 2. Some colours are pleasant. 3. No colour is pleasant. 4. Some colours are not pleasant. Given …

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In a meeting, the map of a village was placed in such a manner that south-east becomes north, north-east becomes west and so on. What will south become ?

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In a group of five persons A, B, C, D and E, there is a professor, a doctor and lawyer. A and D are unmarried ladies, and do not work. Of the married couple in …

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A cuboid has six sides of different colours. The red side is opposite to black. The blue side is adjacent to white. The brown side is adjacent to blue. The red …

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Six persons M, N, O, P, Q and R are sitting in two rows, three in each. Q is not at the end of any row. P is second to the left of R. O is the neighbour of Q an…

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Six books A, B, C, D, E and F are placed side by side. B, C and E have blue cover and the other books have red cover. Only D and F are new books and the rest ar…

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2 3 1 1 2 –1 3 4 ?

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In a line of boys, Ganesh is 12th from the left and Rajan is 15th from the right. They interchange their positions. Now, Rajan is 20th from the right. What is t…

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3 4 5 2 3 4 1 2 3 14 29 ?

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Three persons A, B and C wore shirts of black, blue and orange colours (not necessarily in that order) and pants of green, yellow and orange colours (not necess…

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If in a certain language, TRIANGLE is coded as SQHZMFKD, which word would be coded as DWZLOKD?

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Find the missing term in the given series 9, 11, 16, 26, ?, 69

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In a row of students, Ramesh is 9th from the left and Suman is 6th from the right. When they both interchange their position then Ramesh will be 15th from the l…

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Raman is 9th from the top in a class of 31 students. What will be his position from the bottom?

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