UPSC CSE Prelims Paper 2 (CSAT) Mock Test - 18 (May 30, 2021) - UPSC MCQ

Direction: The following graph represents a company ‘A’ and a market ‘B’. The company has four warehouses namely P, Q, R and S which are in midway between the company and the market. The number adjacent to the arrow represents the cost of transportation (in thousands) of one truck along the path.

Q. Which warehouse(s) should the company use the most to have minimum transportation cost?

Direction: The following graph represents a company ‘A’ and a market ‘B’. The company has four warehouses namely P, Q, R and S which are in midway between the company and the market. The number adjacent to the arrow represents the cost of transportation (in thousands) of one truck along the path.

Q. How many different routes are possible for the company to send goods from A to B if it is willing to use only those routes on which the transportation cost is not more than 50% higher than the cost along the cheapest route?

Direction: Eight persons M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T are standing in such a way that O is 20 m apart from N towards West, N is 30 m South with respect to M. M is 40 m towards West with respect to Q. P is 50 m towards South with respect to Q. R is 15 m apart from S towards North. T is 20 m towards East with respect to S. R is 40 m towards West with respect to P.

Q. In which direction is Q standing with respect to R?

Direction: Eight persons M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T are standing in such a way that O is 20 m apart from N towards West, N is 30 m South with respect to M. M is 40 m towards West with respect to Q. P is 50 m towards South with respect to Q. R is 15 m apart from S towards North. T is 20 m towards East with respect to S. R is 40 m towards West with respect to P.

Q. If one more person U is standing towards South-West with respect to P, then in which direction is T, standing with respect to U?

What is the meaning of ‘mover’ in a coded language?
Statements-
1. The meaning of ‘pit na ja’ is ‘movers and shakers’ in that coded language.
2. The meaning of ‘na dik sa’ is ‘you like shakers’ in that coded language.

There are three numbers whose product is 308700 and each of these three numbers is formed by 3 distinct prime numbers. Average of all three numbers is:

Direction: Eight persons M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T are standing in such a way that O is 20 m apart from N towards West, N is 30 m South with respect to M. M is 40 m towards West with respect to Q. P is 50 m towards South with respect to Q. R is 15 m apart from S towards North. T is 20 m towards East with respect to S. R is 40 m towards West with respect to P.

Q. What is the direction of O with respect to S?

Who is the tallest amongst M, T, R, K and Q?
Statements-
1. T is taller than R, M and Q but shorter than K.
2. R is shorter than T and M but taller than Q.

Let x = average of the first five prime numbers of the number system and y = average of the first five composite numbers of the number system, then, the difference of x and y is:

Statements:
A. All Stairs are Rifle.
B. All Rifles are Camera
C. Some Camera is Toys.
Conclusions-
1. Some Toys are Stairs
2. Some Camera is Stairs.
3. Some Toys are Rifle

Statement — Government stop spending huge amounts of money on international sports.
Arguments —
1. Yes, this money can be utilised for upliftment of the poor.
2. No, sport persons will be frustrated and will not get international exposure.

There are six villages namely A, B, C, D, E and F. Further, it is known that:
F is 1 km to the west of D and they are connected by motorable road.
B is 1 km to the east of E and they are connected by a muddy path which is non motorable.
A is 2 km to the north of E and they are connected by a motorable road.
C is 1 km to the east of A. C is not connected by roads. It is accessible only by a path in the jungle.
D is 1 km to the south of A and is connected by a motorable road.

Q. Which of the villages are connected to each other by motorable roads?

There are six villages namely A, B, C, D, E and F. Further, it is known that:
F is 1 km to the west of D and they are connected by motorable road.
B is 1 km to the east of E and they are connected by a muddy path which is non motorable.
A is 2 km to the north of E and they are connected by a motorable road.
C is 1 km to the east of A. C is not connected by roads. It is accessible only by a path in the jungle.
D is 1 km to the south of A and is connected by a motorable road.

Q. A person takes 10 min to cover 1 km distance on a motorable road, 30 min to cover 1 km on the muddy path and 1 hour to cover 1 km in the jungle terrain. How long will he take to reach A from B?

Read the information given below carefully and answer the following question.

• Six flats on a floor in two rows facing North and South are allotted to P, Q, R, S, T and U.
• Q gets a North facing flat and is not next to S.
• S and U get diagonally opposite  flats.
• R next to U, gets a south facing flat and T gets North facing flat.

Q. If the flats of P and T are interchanged then whose flat will be next to that of U?

Read the information given below carefully and answer the following question.

• Six flats on a floor in two rows facing North and South are allotted to P, Q, R, S, T and U.
• Q gets a North facing flat and is not next to S.
• S and U get diagonally opposite  flats.
• R next to U, gets a south facing flat and T gets North facing flat.

Q. Which of the following combination get south facing flats?

Direction: Among 400 cricket players, 45% played in IPL 1 and 6.25% played in only IPL 1. Again, 57.5% players played in IPL 2 and 11.25% players played only in IPL 2. Again 72.5 players played in IPL 3 and 27.5% players played only in IPL 3. Twenty percent players played in all three IPL tournaments.

Q. How many players are there who played in IPL 1 and IPL 2 but not in IPL 3?

Direction: Among 400 cricket players, 45% played in IPL 1 and 6.25% played in only IPL 1. Again, 57.5% players played in IPL 2 and 11.25% players played only in IPL 2. Again 72.5 players played in IPL 3 and 27.5% players played only in IPL 3. Twenty percent players played in all three IPL tournaments.

Q. What is the percentage of players who played in IPL 2 and IPL 3 but not in IPL 1?

There are six villages namely A, B, C, D, E and F. Further, it is known that:
F is 1 km to the west of D and they are connected by motorable road.
B is 1 km to the east of E and they are connected by a muddy path which is non motorable.
A is 2 km to the north of E and they are connected by a motorable road.
C is 1 km to the east of A. C is not connected by roads. It is accessible only by a path in the jungle.
D is 1 km to the south of A and is connected by a motorable road.

Q. Which of the following villages are connected by motorable road, but are on the same straight line?

If “PAVNPA” is the code for MUMBAI then the code for DELHI is.

Direction: Among 400 cricket players, 45% played in IPL 1 and 6.25% played in only IPL 1. Again, 57.5% players played in IPL 2 and 11.25% players played only in IPL 2. Again 72.5 players played in IPL 3 and 27.5% players played only in IPL 3. Twenty percent players played in all three IPL tournaments.

Q. What is the percentage of the players who played in at least two IPL tournaments?

Direction: Among 400 cricket players, 45% played in IPL 1 and 6.25% played in only IPL 1. Again, 57.5% players played in IPL 2 and 11.25% players played only in IPL 2. Again 72.5 players played in IPL 3 and 27.5% players played only in IPL 3. Twenty percent players played in all three IPL tournaments.

Q. The number of players who played only in either IPL 1 or IPL 2 is what percentage of the players who played in all three IPL?

Read the information given below carefully and answer the following question.

India has missed out fairly comprehensively on a large part of the lessons of Asian economic development, which has rapidly enhanced human well-being and capability along with- indeed as a part of- pursuing fast economic growth. A critical part of the East Asian strategy has been the use of public revenue, itself expanded by economic growth, to remove huge deficiencies in social, educational and health services, and to meet the growing demands of social and physical infrastructure, while making public services more accountable and efficiently organised. China’s experience also shows that devoting much more public revenue than India does to the education health care and nutrition of the people is compatible with- and can be very helpful for high and sustained growth. Comparing India’s miserable allocation of 1.2 percent of GDP to  public expenditure on health with China’s much higher figure of 2.7 per cent, what is strikingly is not only the lack of understanding of the demands of public health in India, but also how limited the understanding of many champions of economic growth are of the actual requirements for fast and sustained economic growth. We are bombarded by deafening rhetoric on ‘the priority of economic growth,’ with little thought given to health, education and other aspects of the formation of human capabilitiesreflecting a disarmingly foggy understanding of how long-run growth and participatory development can actually be achieved and sustained.

Q. The keynote that seems to be emerging from the passage is that

Direction: Six friends are sitting in a circle and are facing the centre of the circle. Deepak is between Prem and Pankaj. Priyanka is between Mickey and Lalita. Prem and Mickey are opposite to each other. Lalita and Pankaj are not sitting adjacent to each other.

Q. Who is sitting right to Prem?

Direction: Six friends are sitting in a circle and are facing the centre of the circle. Deepak is between Prem and Pankaj. Priyanka is between Mickey and Lalita. Prem and Mickey are opposite to each other. Lalita and Pankaj are not sitting adjacent to each other.

Q. Who is just right to Pankaj?

Statement: - In case of outstanding candidates, the condition of previous experience of social work may be waived by the Admission Committee for M.A. (Social work).

Conclusions-
1. Some of the students for M.A. (Social Work) will have previous experience of social work.
2. Some of the students for M.A. (Social Work) will not have previous experience of social-work

The government is urged by some to refrain from increasing the deficit. While it is right to be concerned with the consequences, the correct approach would be to aim to balance the budget over the growth cycle. That is, the deficit may be increased as the economy slows and contracted as the economy quickens. To object to an increase in the deficit irrespective of the state of the economy is to be dogmatic. Since 2014 the government has focussed aggressively on the supply side by making it easier for private firms to produce. But we are now facing a demand shortage in the economy. The immediate thing to do is to expand public investment in infrastructure.
Q.
The keynote that seems to be emerging from the passage is that

Direction: Six friends are sitting in a circle and are facing the centre of the circle. Deepak is between Prem and Pankaj. Priyanka is between Mickey and Lalita. Prem and Mickey are opposite to each other. Lalita and Pankaj are not sitting adjacent to each other.

Q. Who are the neighbours of Mickey?