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[Studyplan] CSAT Aptitude Paper 2: Maths & Data Interpretation-High priority topics,
Sample Questions, free studymaterial (part 2 of 3)
1. Math haters are grave diggers
1. #1: 2012 unlikely to repeat
2. #2: GS Strength doesnt compensate math weakness
3. #3: One lakh Delhi aspirants
4. #4: Maths = competitive edge + peace of mind
2. Mathematics: What to ignore?
1. Doubtful syllabus topics in Mathematics
2. Highest priority (finish them first)
3. Medium priority
4. Low Priority
3. CSAT Math doesnt not fall from sky but NCERTs
1. Gather the weapons
2. Which Quant book?
3. Dont waste time learning Speed maths / Vedic maths
4. High priority topics
5. H1: Linear Equations
1. NCERT: Linear Equations
2. Quant book: Linear Equations
6. H2: Number system
1. NCERT: Number system
2. NCERT Powers & Exponents
7. H3: Percentages, Profit Loss, SI- CI
8. H4: Ratio Proportion Variation Partnership (RPVP)
9. H5: Speed Time Distance Work (STDW)
10. H6: Averages, Allegations
11. H7: Data Interpretation (DI)
1. DI-1: odd- graphs
2. DI-2: bar graphs, pie charts
3. DI-3: Venn Diagrams
4. Dont assume A+B=total
5. DI-4 Tabulation questions
12. H8: Geometry: Area volume perimeter (AVP)
13. Appendix: Download links
1. A1: Last three years official CSAT papers
2. A2: NCERT Mathematics Topicwise Sorted free download
3. A3: Quant books: What to prepare, what to skip?
So far in the CSAT paper-2 study plan
1. Comprehension and Reasoning
2. Mathematics & Data Interpretation: high priority topics Youre here
3. Decision Making + Mathematics: Medium & low priority topics
Math haters are grave diggers
Many of you have this mindset / strategy:
6/13/2014 Mrunal [Studyplan] CSAT Aptitude Paper 2: Maths & Data Interpretation-High priority topics, Sample Questions, free studymaterial (part 2 of 3) Mru
1. I hate maths / Im weak in maths. Therefore, Ill pump extra hours in General studies to
compensate for my poor command over mathematics.
2. Prelim marks not counted in final merit list, and maths is not going to be asked in mains. so
why bother. Besides, in 2012 only 3 questions were asked!
3. xyz person on xyz forum said he managed to crack CSAT without preparing maths. Same
Cinderella story will repeat in my case.
4. In last three years, average cutoff was ___. So, so if I tick __ Questions in GS paper I and __
questions in comprehension /reasoning, I can easily reach cutoffs, without bothering about
maths.
To all such aspirants, Ive four things to say:
#1: 2012 unlikely to repeat
% of questions CSAT-2012 Paper II CSAT 2013
comprehension 40 MCQs. (=50% of the paper) reduced to 32 MCQs.
maths
only 3 MCQs = dream come true for math
haters.
17 MCQs = = ~1/5
th
of
paper.
only THREE questions from Maths in 2012! Will those Acche din come again?
Ok so why did the Achhe din end? Why didnt UPSC ask just three Maths MCQs in 2013, like
they did in 2012? You can unravel this mystery by looking at Behind the curtains timeline and
joining the dots
20 May 2012 CSAT-2013 exam held. Only 3 maths and 40 comprehension.
30 August 2012 Prof. Nigvekar submits report & recommends following
In CSAT Paper II: too many questions were asked from comprehension section, it needs
to be reduced slightly in favor of other type of aptitude questions.(e.g. reasoning, maths)
It will be better to reduce the English part in CSAT, and instead set bit tougher
questions in the compulsory English paper at mains level.
26
th
May 2013: CSAT 2013 exam. Comprehension reduced from 50% to 40%, consequently,
maths questions increased from 3 to 17, to fillup the total 80 questions quota. Even in mains-
2013, compulsory English paper was lengthier than previous exams, and hence tougher.
In other words, Maths is here to stay. 2012 scene unlikely to repeat. UPSC unlikely to ask only 3
maths MCQs in 2014.
#2: GS Strength doesnt compensate math weakness
Prof.Nigvekar Committee observed:
CSAT Paper-I (General studies) is difficult compared to paper-II (Aptitude test). The
candidates who are good in general studies, are at disadvantage, because they cant get any
edge with general studies. On the other side, candidates good in paper-II(Aptitude) gets
advantage, & they can make though the exam even without much study of general studies.
(Therefore) Aspirants with engineering background formed the major chunk of aspirants who
qualified the prelims in the first attempt.
In other words,
It takes far more effort to get 60 correct in GS, than it takes to get 60 correct in aptitude. Given
the large influx of Engineer-UPSC aspirants post sub-prime crisis and mushrooming self-financed
colleges, IF you (non-Engineers) think you can compensate your weakness in maths/aptitude by
pumping more hours in General studies => then youre making a grave mistake. You have to tame
the bull (maths) by the horns (continuous practice).
#3: One lakh Delhi aspirants
In April 2014, UPSC wrote a letter to DoPT, requesting more officers to be deployed for exam
duty because:
1. more than 10 lakh people expected to apply for CSAT-2014
2. Out of them more than 1 lakh people from Delhi alone. (This is UPSCs estimation!).
10 lakh is not worrisome, because most of them are non-serious people applying just because
papa said (JBPS). But 1 lakh from Delhi alone= that is a disturbing number.
Because majority of them would be full-time dedicated aspirants migrated to Delhi for the
sole purpose of UPSC preparation. Therefore, competition will be cutthroat than ever
before.
In recent years, even Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Indore, Lucknow and Abad are also
fast turning into Delhi like centres i.e. where many aspirants rent a room and full time
dedicate to UPSC preparation with or without coaching.
In this environment, youve to extract every mark you can, from every section you can.
Hating maths is not a good idea. Remember: Sincere candidates dont fail prelims by 100
marks, they fail by a margin of just few marks below the cutoff. And in most cases, they
could have avoided failure by keeping alert on negative marking, and extracting a few easy
questions from the subjects they disliked.
#4: Maths = competitive edge + peace of mind
Today every sincere player knows he has to prepare NCERT, Laxmikanth, and Economic
Survey. So command over those books = just minimum height n chest requirement in
military recruitment. Not a competitive edge, doesnt automatically ensure selection.
Last year pretty much every regular reader of Mrunal.org ticked 12-15 correct in Economy.
Again, no longer a competitive edge, its just a minimum system requirement (MSR).
People have been trying to get competitive edge over others by doing PH.D on Culture,
science, environment. But given the tough nature of GS-MCQs, all that labour barely
translates to additional 10-15 marks, that too after spending months in mugging up fifty
dozen festivals, tribes, caves, algae/biofertilizers and critically endangered species.
On the other side, maths can easily help raise your score by atleast 30** marks than the
crowd, and ensure peace of mind until prelim result comes. Then, you can completely focus
on mains preparation, rather than worrying about cutoffs in online forums.
**based on 2011 and 2013 trend, if UPSC asks 15-17 maths questions, then at least 12 of them
will be solvable even with moderate preparation. 12 x 2.5 = 30 marks.
Mathematics / Basic Numeracy: How much upto ClassX?
Maths internal breakup in last 3 CSAT
Maths Topic Subtopic 2011 2012 2013
Basic
HCF,LCM 1 0 1
Ratio Proportion 1 1 4
Linear EQ 1 0 1
Subtotal: Basic 3 1 6
STDW Speed Time Distance Work 2 1 4
Stat averages 1 1 0
Data Interpretation
(DI)
Pie chart 2 0 5
Tabulation 3 0 0
Speedgraphs Interpretation 3 0 1
Bacterial growth 3 0 0
Age pyramid 1 0 0
Subtotal: DI 12 0 6
oddballs
Permutation combination (how many figures
possible etc.)
3 0 0
geometry 1 0 0
AP, GP 1 0 1
Subtotal: Odd balls 5 0 1
Maths Total Basic+Stat+STD+DI 23 3 17
% out of 80 MCQs 28.75 3.75 21.25
UPSCs official syllabus doesnt specifically say well not ask this, this and this. It only says:
Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class X level)
Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. Class X level)
This etc. word is dangerous. Because upto class X level NCERT textbooks include statistics,
probability, trigonometry, parallelograms and even coordinate geometry. Should we prepare such
topics or not?
CSAT system is just three years old. So far ~43 total maths questions asked in 2011, 12 and 13.
This sample size too small to make projections that x topic will always be asked and y topic
will never be asked.
2011: UPSC introduces CSAT system, public believed that UPSC will completely revamp its
Aptitude Question bank in its secret computer database. But UPSC is still asking stuff they used to
ask way back in the 90s. Observe:
CSAT paper II q. (maths / DI upto class X level) similar asked in pre-CSAT era
2011 they gave a graph of A,B,C running and asked
who won the race, who was very slow etc.
1996- with four athletes A,B,C,D
2011: water contamination, various phases 1999: fertilizer input vs yield
2011: comparing speed of two trains
1995: comparing temperature of two
liquids
time speed distance Questions
Regularly asked between 1995-2012, with
almost identical difficultly level.
linear equations, HCF-LCM questions same as above
This is just tip of an iceberg- even reasoning, syllogism, assumption-inference, Venn
diagram, sitting arrangement- if you look at all the aptitude questions from 1995 to 2013-
history is repeating itself from pre-CSAT era to CSAT era.
Many questions are mirroring themselves only names, numbers and wording changed. if
previously they gave time-distance & asked you to find speed; this time they give speed and
time and ask you to find distance and so on
..meaning
1. UPSC hasnt completely revamped its question bank.
2. Just because xyz topic is not asked in last three CSAT = it doesnt mean UPSC will never ask
it in future exams. If something is taught upto class10, AND it has been asked in previous
prelims (Even before Pre-CSAT era), then we should prepare.
Doubtful syllabus topics in Mathematics
Topic
Taught up
to
NCERT
std.10?
Prepare
for
CSAT?
why?
Statistics (Cumulative
frequency, median,
mode etc.)
YES YES
Yes, because in 1999 they asked Data
interpretation (DI) about cumulative frequency and
average for grouped data with class interval.
Arithmetic
progression
YES YES asked in CSAT 2011 itself.
Geometric
progression
NO NO
GP starts from Class11. They did ask water
doubles every five minute question in 2001, but it
could be solved without formulas. At max, mugup
the ball rebounding formula.
Irrational numbers YES No its not asked from 1995 till 2013.
Coordinate Geometry YES YES Asked in 1995 and 1999 prelims.
Non-AVP Geometry
Theory
YES YES
Non-AVP Geometry theory= interior angle,
parallelogram sides, cyclic quadrilaterals etc.
topics beyond simple area-volume-perimeter
(AVP).
YES should be prepared, because asked in
1995, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 2001.
Trigonometry YES YES
height-n-distance problem has been asked in
past.
Ignore radian, maximum minimum values of
sin/cos/tan- because that starts from class11-
12 and never asked in pre-CSAT or CSAT era.
Clock Angles indirectly YES Asked in 98, 2002, 2000 etc.
Divisibility YES YES Asked in 2010.
Probability YES Yes Routinely asked this topic up to mid-2000s.
Yes. they routinely asked this topic upto mid-
2000s, (may be Examiner considers this a
reasoning topic and not maths)
Even in CSAT 2011, they asked a question on
Permutation
&Combination (Pnc)
NO YES
fundamental counting- that topic is the
mother of PnC, and starts only from class11
NCERT.
in same CSAT 2011, they even asked image
based PnC e.g. how many routes possible in
22 square diagram to reach from point A to
B.
Polynomials,Quadratic
Equations
YES YES
Polynomial factorization related problems
asked in 1995,96, 99, 2001
Pure mathematical questions related to
Quadratic equation (e.g. nature of roots, find
k etc. not asked so far)
Logarithms NO NO Never asked between 1995-2013.
Venn Diagram NO YES
Venn Diagram starts from NCERT Class11. But
they were regularly asked both in pre-CSAT and
CSAT era. Perhaps examiner considers them part
of reasoning and not mathematics or DI.
dangthese are way too many odd topics, cant we just focus on time speed distance, linear
equation, HCF-LCM? Hardly two months left before exam!!
Ans. No. Youve to be prepared for all possible topics. UPSC examiner has no moral obligations
to follow last years topic trend. 2011 he asks arithmetic progression, then ignores this topic for
2012 and 2013. If you aim to tick 10+ MCQs for a given subject, youve to be thoroughly
prepared- whether its polity, geography, economy or aptitude.
Nonetheless, it may not be feasible to give justice to all the maths topic within ~2 months, so
study-priority order should be following:
Highest priority (finish them first)
1. Linear Equation
2. Number System
3. %, profit loss, SI-CI
4. Ratio Proportion Variation
5. Speed Time Distance Work
6. Averages, Alligiations
7. Data Interpretation
8. Geometry: Area Volume Perimeter
Medium priority
Following topics not frequently asked, but takes barely 2 hours to master. because You just have
to mugup 3-5 formulas and variety of questions is very less. Therefore cost: benefit good, You
should make room in your schedule to prepare them.
9. Arithmetic Progression => only have to do one chapter in NCERT.
10. Coordinate Geometry => only have to do one chapter in NCERT.
11. Polynomials factorization => only have to do two chapters in NCERT.
Low Priority
Low priority doesnt mean UPSC will *NOT* ask them. Low priority means, within your study
time table, do them at last depending on how much free time left after allotting time for other high
priority topics such as history, polity, science, economy, environment (for Paper I) and those
reasoning-comprehension & other high priority topics under Maths (for Paper II).
Reason: following topics not frequently asked. Theyre not difficult but have many variety of
questions and formulas=> each of them take more than 4 hours to master. Therefore, put under
low priority in terms of study time allotment.
12. Geometry theory: Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Circles (TQC)
13. Trigonometry: only height n distance
14. Permutation Combination Probability
15. Statistics
Anyways, lets begin preparation:
CSAT Math doesnt not fall from sky but NCERTs
Some questions directly came from NCERT, just numbers changed. Observe
CSAT paper II question similar question in NCERT
2011: contractor penalty Class 10, Ch 5, page 113, Q.15
2011: students who play neither cricket nor
football.
Class11, ch1, page 23, example 26
2013: food in garrison, how many days will it last?
Class8, Ch13, page 212 example 7, 8 and
9.
Even the remaining questions, most of them are just slightly difficult than the concepts taught at
NCERT level. Meaning, you dont have to be an IIT/CAT rankerIf you can understand even
upto NCERT level mathematics, you can tick good number of MCQs.
Gather the weapons
ESSENTIAL
1. One book on quantitative aptitude (hence forth referred as Quant Book)
2. (For those really poor in maths)- NCERT Mathematics. Topicwise zip file
given at bottom.
3. one separate notebook / file, to maintain diary of mistakes- whenever you
find any new formula, shortcut, weird MCQ or make mistake, note it down
in this diary. Night before the exam, just read this diary. No need to revise
aptitude books or practice sums on that night. I did the same for CAT, got
96%ile.
OPTIONAL
1. A folder and loose A4 sized papers-To maintain a diary of mistakes and
shortcuts. This is better than a notebook because you can add new pages
anywhere as per your requirement.
2. A black slate, like those poor kids use in government primary schools-It
saves lot of paper wasted in practicing math & reasoning sums.
3. CSAT Topicwise solve papers (1995-2013) by Disha Publication. Contains all
papers of GS and aptitude- topicwise separated for both pre-CSAT and
CSAT era.
Which Quant book?
As such, CSAT maths is just slightly more difficult than NCERT exercises. BUT, since NCERTs
alone dont give all variety of questions and street-smart techniques to save time during exam.
Therefore, you need a quant book. For example, consider this
(2007) A person has to fill three liquids 403 lit. Petrol, 465 lt. diesel and 496 lt. motor
oil in bottles of equal size without mixing any of above liquids. What is the least possible
number of bottles required?
While NCERT teaches HCF in class10, but doesnt dwell into this concept. Concept is: youve to
find HCF (31), then divide each number with HCF, then youll get total number of bottles required
= 44.
To learn all such variety of questions and concepts, you need a book on quantitative aptitude.
NCERT are good to learn basic concepts, but NCERT alone are insufficient for CSAT.
Choice of Quantitative Aptitude book, depends on your career backup apart from Civil Service
Exam.
IBPS, Bank, Staff Selection (SSC),
AFCAT, LIC, NICL-AAO, ACIO,
FCI & other PSU jobs.
Fast-track to Objective Arithmetic by Rajesh Verma
going back to private sector /
business
CSAT Aptitude Manual by Tata Macgraw Hill (TMH),
Arihant or Pearson or xyz publication- whichever you can
find cheapest or second hand :-)
CDS, SCRA, CAT, XAT & other
higher level exams.
Quantum CAT Sarvesh Kumar (OR Arun Sharma)
Avoid following books
RS Aggarwals book on Quantitative Aptitude, M.Tyras book on quicker Maths, and any other 90s
era book that bookstorewalla recommends you, because:
1. Theyre Useless for SSC, CDS and SCRA because they dont give detailed coverage of
Trigonometry, geometry theory (parallelograms, circle-tangent etc.) OR quadratic
equations.
2. Theyre Useless for CSAT and higher level exams. Because they dont cover all variety of
tricky MCQs asked in such exams.
3. Even banking & insurance exams Rajesh Vermas techniques are faster & easy to
understand.
Dont waste time learning Speed maths / Vedic maths
For CSAT-Just memorize multiplication tables from 2 to 9. At max, mugup squares upto 19.
It is sufficient.
unlike Bank and CAT exam, the UPSC data interpretation questions dont test your speed
mathematics or long division skill,
unlike CDS and SSC, UPSC questions on divisibility, number theory or HCF-LCM, dont
test your skill over prime number tables (13, 17, 19, 23, 29).
Therefore, dont waste time in Vedic maths tricks for speed maths, addition, multiplication,
subtraction, division, cube roots, square roots etc.
If you already know such tricks then good, but now is not the right time to learn them fresh.
High priority topics
High priority topics doesnt mean UPSC will definitely ask majority of the questions from here.
It only means while you plan your study schedule, you should finish them first:
H1: Linear Equations
Sample questions from previous prelims
(1998) in a family, age of father is three times that of his daughter, and age of son is half of
his mother. If wife is nine years younger than husband, and brother is 7 years older than
sister, what is the age of mother? (Ans.60)
(2009) A gave half of his coins to B and 4 more besides. B gave half of his coins to C and 4
more besides. C gave half of his coins to D and 4 more besides. Both B and D end up with
same number of coins. How many coins did A have originally? (Ans.72 coins)
(2011) a person has only Rs. 1 and Rs. 2 coins with her. If the total number of coins that she
has is 50 and the amount of money with her is Rs. 75, then find the number of Rs. 1 and Rs.
2 coins with him? (Ans. 25 and 25)
What is Linear Equation?
Linear equation means unknown variable (x or y) doesnt have anything above their head.
x
2
+2x+1
This is not linear equation because x has 2 above its head. Infact this is a quadratic
equation. It is also part of upto classs10 syllabus. But comes under low priority
for CSAT.
2x+1
This is linear equation because x doesnt have anything above its head. (Actually its x
1
but for our understanding purpose, take it as just x). This is high priority topic for
CSAT.
Linear equations are very important for aptitude exams, from two angles
1. direct MCQs about age, coins, salary, expenditure related problems
2. Indirect applications in time-speed-distance-work; profit-loss-SI-CI; Geometry problems
etc.
L1: Age problems: silly mistakes
Q. 20 years ago, Bhootnath was 12 times the age of Abdul. At present, Bhootnath is twice as
old as Abdul blah blah blah
were presented with two conditions
Condition Wrong Right
I. 20 years ago, Bhootnath was 12 times the age
B-20=12A or
B=12(A-20)
B-20=12(A-
of Abdul (this is the most common
mistake)
20)
II. Bhootnath is twice as old as Abdul 2B=A B=2A
Many candidates make wrong equations as shown above, then get wrong answer. Examiner would
have even listed wrong answer in option. So junta happily ticks such option, my paper went so
good, then they fail & blame nepotism, corruption and DP Agrawal for everything.
How to avoid silly mistake?
In age problems, always prepare a table beginning with present age. Observe
At present, Bhootnath is twice as old as Abdul
present age
A and B
Eq1. B=2A
20 years ago, so make a column on left side:
Age 20 years ago: present age
A-20
B-20
A and B
Eq1. B=2A
Then make second equation: 20 years ago, Bhootnath was 12 times the age of Abdul
age 20 years ago (-20) present age
A-20
B-20
A and B
Eq2. B-20=12(A-20) Eq1. B=2A
Now plug the value of B from Eq1. into Eq2 and youll solve this effortlessly.
L2: keep minimum variables
Suppose the question is like this The sum of present ages of Abdul and Bhootnath is 56. 5
years ago Abduls age was.blah blah blah.find the present age of Bhootnath.
avoid this approach use this approach
assume Abdul present age A
Bhootnath present age B
assume Bhootnaths present Age B
assume Abduls present age
=(56-B)
Here you assumed two variables A and
B= lengthier calculations and increased
chances of silly mistakes.
Here youve to worry about only one
variable B. The moment you solve
B, you get answer.
L3: Cannot be determined
Suppose you end up with two equations like this:
I. x+y=5
II. y+z=6
Here youve two equations but three variables (x, y and z). You can never find out the unique value
of x, y, z in such situation. Hence answer = Cannot be determined. But sometimes, even two
variable-two equation set can be impossible to solve. For example
No solution infinite solution
I. x+ 2y=4
II. 2x+ 4y= 12
2x+ 3y=94x+ 6y=18
To learn more about ^this, refer to NCERT Maths Class 10, Chapter3, table given on the
page #9.
Examiner will test this by offering you both choice Cannot be determined; sometimes
even data sufficiency (DS) question. Make sure you pick the right answer in right situation.
Anyways, lets proceed with preparations:
@Those weak in maths @Those good at maths
Following NCERT 7, 8 and 10, then
refer your Quant book.
NCERT Class10. (Because it has some good
CSAT level sums)
Then refer your Quant book: Rajesh Verma or
Sarvesh Kumar (not both).
NCERT: Linear Equations
Class Ch. What to focus for CSAT?
7 4
How to convert statements into simple equation.
example 10 age problem on page 90
Exercise 4.4 question no. 2 and 3
7 12
12.5 Monomials, Binomials, Trinomials & Polynomials (page 233)
12.6 adding-subtracting simple equations. Solve the four questions given
immediately. (page 235)
12.8 formula and rules. page 243
Formula for no. of diagonals in a figure. Page 246
Page 247 summary.
8 2
Point 2.3 the example given in it page 24
Page 25 Example 7 age problem
page 26 Example 8 coin problem
Page 26-27 examples 9 to 11
Exercise 2.2 do all the sums
Page 30: Example 14 digit reversal
Page 31: Example 15 about age problem
Exercise 2.4 do all sums
Page 35: example 19 age problem
Page 35: Exercise 2.6 only do Problem 6 and 7.
10 3
Everyone should do this, irrespective of how strong / weak in maths.
Page 46: In what situation, infinite solution / no solutions? Table 3.4 most
important for MCQs.
Algebraic method to solve equations
Page 50 understand the substitution method given in point 3.4.1
Page 52 Example 9: understand why the answer is cannot be determined.
Page 53 Exercise 3.3 only solve Question No.3
Page 54 understand elimination method from example 11
Page 56 example 13: digit reversal problem
Page 57 Do all the sums under Q.2 of exercise 3.4
Page 57: solve the apple sum under topic 3.4.5 but avoid the headache of that
cross multiplication method. Stick to substitution & elimination methods.
Page 60 ticket problem example 14
Page 63: do Q.(i) to (v) most important for CSAT.
Page 65: example 19 avoid that stupid algebra method. Learn Boats and streams
topic from my [Aptitude] article click me.
Page 67
Quant book: Linear Equations
Rajesh Verma Sarvesh Kumar
First solve chapter 27
then chapter
7.Chapter 27 linear
equation
Understand the
consistency
system given on
first page of this
chapter.
then solve all
the questions in
illustration and
exercises
you may avoid
following type
of questions
because no
asked in UPSC
Q.14 in
Exercise1
Q1 on
Exercise2
Chapter 7: Word
problems based on
numbers
Focus on digit
reversal
problems and
age related
Ch13. Elements of Algebra
in the initial part of this chapter he talks about polynomials, ignore
it for the moment and directly move to page 525, Linear
Equation
He has explained all four methods to solve Linear equations. But
stick to substitution and elimination method. Combined these two,
you can handle pretty much every question.
Ex.13: Do Question 10 to 18
Level 1: Do Question 23 to 31.
Important: in Level1 exercises question No. 23 to 31: observe
his explanations- how he solved them without assuming X or Y, or
even framing equations. IF you master this technique, itll save a
lot of precious minutes in the exam.
problems.
H2: Number system
Sample Questions from previous prelims
1. (2007) A person has to fill three liquids 403 lit. Petrol, 465 lt. diesel and 496 lt. motor oil
in bottles of equal size without mixing any of above liquids. What is the least possible
number of bottles required? Ans. HCF will be 31. Then divide it with each number, youll
get total number of bottles: 44.
2. (2009) while adding the first few continuous natural numbers, a candidate missed one of the
number and wrote a wrong answer 177. Which number did he miss? Ans. Sum of the first
n natural numbers is n(n+1)/2, but he missed x, so [n(n+1)/2] minus x = 177. Once
you plug in the options, only x=13 will satisfy this equation.
3. (2011) three persons start walking together and their steps measure 40 cm, 42 cm and 45
cm respectively. What is the minimum distance each should walk so that each can cover the
same distance in complete steps? Ans. whether its bells ringing together or bulbs lighting
together or people walking together-youve Find LCM of those numbers. 25 m 20 cm
4. (2013) A gardener has 1000 plants. He wants to plant them in such a way that the number of
rows and the number of columns remains the same. What is the minimum number of plants
that he needs more for this purpose? Ans. Whenever you have to arrange soldiers or
flowers or trees in Equal Row n equal column, then you have to make it square. Add 24
more trees so it becomes 1024=3232.
These are not really difficult questions, most of them can be solved without mugging up any
formulas. You just need a good grip over basic concepts.
POOR IN MATHS GOOD IN MATHS
begin with NCERT
(chapter wise list given
below)
Then use Quant books.
No need for NCERT.
Directly use your Quant book. Refer to appendix of this
article, for what to prepare and what to skip in the quant
books.
NCERT: Number system
NCERT Chapter Topic to focus for CSAT
7
2.Fractions and
Decimals
1. proper, improper, mixed fraction
2. Ex.2.1s example 6
3. Example 5 on page35
4. Example 6 on page39
9. rational
numbers
1. topic 9.7 comparison of numbers- page 179
2. example 6: direction sense test page 186
3. summary from page 191-92
8
1.Rational
numbers
Table 1.2 the properties of rational numbers.Topic 1.4 how to find
rational number between two rational numbers.
16. Playing
with numbers.
Divisibility rules for 2,3,5,9
9
1.Number
system
basic concept of recurring decimals: example 8topic 1.6 laws of
exponents for real numbers page 24
1.7 summary page 27
10 1.Real numbers
HCF, LCM how to find
Page 10 Example 6, 8 and the remark given at bottom of it.
Page 11: Question 7 important concept for circular race tracks.
Page 19 note to reader.
Ignore Euler and irrational numbers.
NCERT Powers & Exponents
NCERT Chapter Topic to focus for CSAT
7 13.Exponents & powers
comparing numbers with powers
how even-odd powers change the sign of negative
numbers
13.6 expressing large numbers in std.form
8
6. squares and square
roots
table in 6.2
Numbers between square numbers- the lines given in
italics.
6.4.2 Pythagorean triplets
6.7 estimating square root.
7. Cube and Cube roots geometry angle- example 7.2.2
12.Powers
12.3 Laws of exponents,
12.4.1 Comparing very large and very small numbers.
Related articles under my [Aptitude] series:
1. LCM-HCF Simplified
2. Remainders: one number and two divisors
After this is done, you have to solve all questions from your quant book. Even solve the already
solved sums given in the illustrations. Refer to bottom of this article Appendix A3, for what to
prepare what to skip from Rajesh / Sarvesh.
H3: Percentages, Profit Loss, SI- CI
Sample Qs. from previous prelims
1. (1998) A man bought two clocks A and B for total Rs.650. He sold A at 20% profit and B at
25% loss. If he had kept selling price of both clocks the same, then what were the cost
prices of each clock? Ans. It requires your understanding of linear equation,
percentages and profit loss. As cost price 250, and Bs 400.
2. (2002) Trader fixed the price of an article in such way that by giving a rebate of 10%, he
made profit of 15%. If the cost of the article is Rs.72, what is the selling price? Ans. 92
rupees.
3. (2005) Left pan of a faulty weigh weighs 100 gms more than the right pan. Shopkeeper
keeps the weight measure in left pan while buying goods but keeps it in the right pan while
selling goods. He only uses 1 kg weight. If he sells goods at the listed cost price, what is his
profit? Ans. gist of the question is: he frauds 10% in buying and 10% in selling. So, on each
trading sequence.
Hint: Assume 1 gm costs 1 rupee. Find per unit price while buying and selling.
buying fraud of 100 gm per 1000 gm = 1100 gm
selling fraud 100 gm per 1000gm =
900 gm
Unit cost price per gram= Rs.1000 paid/ per 1100 gm
bought
unit SP =Rs. 1000 got/ per 900 gm
sold
Effective cost price = 10/11 Effective selling price = 10/9
Profit % = (SP-CP/CP) x 100= 200/9%
This is one of those weird/unique question, so note it in your diary of mistake,
4. (2010) two numbers X and Y are respectively 20% and 28% less than third number Z. By
what % is the number Y less than number X. Ans 10%
5. (2010) Difference between simple interest from two banks on Rs.500 for two years is
Rs.2.5, what is the difference between their rates? Ans. 0.25%
Percentages-NCERT
As such UPSCs percentage related questions are complicated than the exercises given in NCERT,
but still solve NCERT as warm-up exercise for multiplication and division.
Class 7 Ch8
Class 8 Ch8
To learn how to solve such MCQs, without mugging up formulas, refer to following articles:
1. Concepts of Marked Price and Successive Discounts (Profit-Loss) without (stupid) formulas
2. Compound Interest Rate, Population Growth without Formulas
3. Alligation: Advanced applications in Interest rates, Profit-loss, Average Wages (Wine-Water Concept)
4. Product Consistency: If Sugar price increases then consumption should be Decreased by What %, Time-
Speed-Distance problems,
After this is done, you have to solve all questions from your quant book. Even solve the already
solved sums given in the illustrations. Refer to bottom of this article, for what to prepare what to
skip from Rajesh / Sarvesh.
H4: Ratio Proportion Variation Partnership (RPVP)
Sample Qs. from previous prelims
1. (1998) If 15 pumps of equal capacity can fill a tank in 7 days, then how many extra pumps
will be required to fill the tank in 5 days? Ans.6 (you can solve this as pipes n cisterns /
speed-time-distance problem also. ultimately its a problem of inverse relation between
speed vs time)
2. (2002) Amit Shah started a business with investment of Rs.30,000. Rahul Gandhi joined
after some time and invested Rs.20,000. At the end of year, profit was divided in the ratio of
2:1. After how many months did Rahul join the business? Ans. 3 months
3. (2013) in a rare coin collection, there is one gold coin for every three non-gold coins. 10
more gold coins are added to the collection and the ratio of gold coins to non-gold coins
would be 1: 2. Based on the information; the total number of corns in the collection now
becomes what? Ans. 90
4. (2013) Out of 120 applications for a post, 70 are male and 80 have a drivers license. What
is the ratio between the minimum to maximum number of males having drivers license?
Ans. 3:7
5. (2013) the tank-full petrol in Aruns motor-cycle lasts for 10 days. If he starts using 25%
more every day, how many days will the tank-full petrol last? Ans. 8 days.
6. (2013) In a garrison, there was food for 1000 soldiers for one month. After 10 days, 1000
more soldiers joined the garrison. How long would the soldiers be able to carry on with the
remaining food? Ans. Inverse variation topic. Ans. 10 days.
7. (NCERT Class8) There are 100 students in a hostel. Food provision for them is for 20
days. How long will these provisions last, if 25 more students join the group? Ans. 16 days.
8. (NCERT Class8) The scale of a map is given as 1:30000000. Two cities are 4 cm apart on
the map. Find the actual distance between them. Ans.1200
Understand the partnership concept from this article: (Aptitude) Partnership and profit-sharing
made Easy.
PS: Even those good at Maths MUST do the sums from Class8 Chapter 13.
Class Ch. What To Focus
7 8
Basics of Ratios. Although most of the chapter is focused on percentages. too
rudimentary stuff, use it just for warm up exercise for multiplication and division.
8 13
Basics of variation.
page 207 example5 interesting
Page 208 exercise 13.1 Question 5 to 10
Page 212 example 7, 8 and 9. Question 8. MOST IMPORTANT- how long the
food will last. This type of questions asked in CSAT. Understand the concept
well.
Exercise 13.2 Q4 to 11. Notice Q5, its identical to the food lasting problem.
Then solve your Quant book. Refer appendix for what to prepare, what to skip.
H5: Speed Time Distance Work (STDW)
This is fourth block, because these sums also test your understanding of Linear Equation (H1),
LCM (H2), Percentages (H3) and ratios (H4). But Juntaa directly starts preparing STDW without
learning first four blocks because last time UPSC asked many MCQs from STDW. Such quickfix-
shortcut-moodswing based preparation usually lead to #EPICFAIL. You need good command over
all those basic concepts from H1 to H4. Proceed in a systematic manner.
1. (2001) A worker reaches his factory 3 minutes late if his speed from his house to the
factory is 5 km/hr. If he walks at a speed of 6km/hr, then he reaches the factory 7 minutes
early. The distance of the factory from his house is ___? Ans 5 km
2. (2004) Two cars X and Y starts from two places A and B respectively which are 700km apart
at 9 a.m. Both the cars run at an average speed of 60 km/hr. Car X stops at 10 a.m. and again
starts at 11 a.m., while the other car Y continues to run without stopping. When do the cars
cross each other? Ans 3:20PM
3. (2005) Aryan runs at a speed of 40meters/minute. Rahul follows him after an interval of 5
minutes and runs at a speed of 50 meters/minute. Rahuls dog runs at a speed of 60
meters/minute and starts along with Rahul. The dog reaches Aryan and then comes back to
Rahul, and continues to do so till Rahul reaches Aryan. What is the total distance covered by
the dog? Ans 1200m
4. (2007) A and B can complete work together in 5 days. If A works at twice his speed and B at
half of his speed, this work can be finished in 4 days. How many days would it take for A
alone to complete his job? Ans 10 days
5. (2010) Three men start together to travel the same way around a circular track of 11km.
Their speeds are 4, 5.5 and 8 kmph respectively. When will they meet at the starting point
for the first time? Ans 22 hours
6. (2012) Mr. Kumar drives to work at an average speed of 48km/hr. The time taken to cover
the first 60% of the distance is 10 minutes more than the time taken to cover the remaining
distance. How far is his office? Ans. 40 km
7. (2013) A person can walk a certain distance and drive back in six hours. He can also walk
both ways in 10 hours. How much time will he take to drive both ways? Ans. 2 hrs
8. (2013) A thief running at 8 km/hr is chased by a policeman whose speed is 10 km/hr. If the
thief is 100 m ahead of the policeman, then the time required for the policeman to catch the
thief will be what? Ans. 3 min
9. (2013) A train travels at a certain average speed for a distance of 63 km and then travels a
distance of 72 km at an average speed of 6 km/hr more than its original speed. If it takes 3
hours to complete the total journey, what is the original speed of the train in km/hr? Ans.42
kmph
NCERT not much useful here, because it runs on the LCM method and doesnt dwell on all
varieties of questions.
STDW is made up of two topics
1. Speed time distance cars, trains, platforms, boats etc.
2. Speed time work A can complete a work in., pipe A can fill the tank in etc.
All of these can be solved through just one formula: STD (speed x time =distance). Go through
following articles:
Time-speed-Distance Time-speed-work
1. Trains, Platforms TSD (Time,
Speed, Distance) made easy
2. Boats and Streams made-easy
using our STD-Table Method
3. Average Speed made easy without
Formulas
4. STD table : Application in train man
bridge, time and work problems
5. Time n Distance: Early and late to
office (shortcut using product
consistency method)
6. Product Consistency: Time-Speed-
Distance problems
1. [Speed Time Work] Two Men can finish a work, A is 3x
more efficient than B, B leaves before completion & variety
of cases
2. [Speed Time Work] Three men can finish a work in x days,
A & B start work, C joins after x day, share in wages &
other special cases
3. Time n Work: 4 men and 6 women can complete a work in
8 Days then
Once youve understood this STD table concept, then apply it while solving the illustrations and
exercises given in your quant book.
H6: Averages, Allegations
1. (1996) If the average of A, B and C is 14. Twice the sum of B and C is 30. What is the value
of A? Ans. 27
2. (1997) the average monthly income of a person in a certain family of 5 is Rs.1000. What
will be monthly average income of person in the same family if the income of one person
increased by Rs. 12,000 per year? Ans. 1200
3. (2011) A student on her first 3 tests received an average score of N points. If she exceeds
her previous average score by 20 points on her fourth test, then what is the average score for
the first 4 tests? (Ans. N+5)
NCERTs dont provide the street-smart techniques OR the requisite variety of questions asked in
aptitude exams. They mainly deal from Statistics angle. (Statistics is asked but low-priority for
CSAT).
So, instead of NCERTS, first go through following articles:
[Aptitude] Averages: Entry / Removal of 1 element => Increase / Decrease in Average Shortcut method
explained
[Aptitude] Averages: More than two elements added / removed : shortcut technique explained
[Aptitude] Alligations,Mixtures,Alloys: Water,Milk,Wine mixing: Weighted Average Made Easy for
CSAT,CAT,CMAT,IBPS Aptitude
[Aptitude Q] Mixture and Alligiation: Change Alcohol concentration from 15% to 32%
[Aptitude] Alligation: Advanced applications in Interest rates, Profit-loss, Average Wages (Wine-Water
Concept)
Then solve all the illustrations and examples from your Quant book.
if you really want to learn the basics, consult following NCERT chapter (although quite
unnecessary because everyone knows this much basic.)
class ch
7 3
8 5, 15 (These are useful for data interpretation though)
9 14
10 14
H7: Data Interpretation (DI)
GRAPHICAL TEXTUAL
1. Odd speed graphs, bacterial growth graphs etc.
2. bar graphs, pie charts, line graphs
1. Venn diagrams
2. Tabulation
DI-1: odd- graphs
[Prelim 1995] The variations in temperatures form 0 degree C to 100 degree C with
respect to time of two liquids P,Q are shown in the graph given below:
Which one of the following statements is correct?
a. During heating, liquid P remained hotter than liquid Q throughout
b. At no point of time during heating did the two liquids have the same temperature
c. P attained the temperature of 100 degree C faster than Q
d. Q attained the temperature of 100 degree C faster than P
ANSWER. (d)
[Prelim 1996] Following graph represents a race among four persons.
Consider following statements
1. A stood first in the race
2. C led all the way
3. D ran faster than others in the later part of the race.
Answer choices
1. 1 and 3 false, while 2 correct
2. 1 and 2 false, while 3 correct
3. 1 and 3 correct while 2 false
4. 1 is correct; 2 and 3 false.
Correct answer: (B)
hint: you should add numbers on both axis, then find what time each took to finish the race. youll
see D won the race.
[Prelim 1999]The yield versus fertilizer input is shown in the graph.
Consider the following statements based on this graph:
1.Yield rate is zero at B and C
2.There is no yield with no fertilizer input
3.The yield is minimum at D
4.The yield is neither minimum nor maximum at C
Which of the above statements are correct?
a. 1,2 and 4
b. 3 and 4
c. 2 and 3
d. 1,3 and 4
ANSWER.(b)
[Prelim 2000]The following figure represents time vs learning curves of two students,Q
and R for learning a Mathematics lesson:
Which one of the following can be drawn from the graph?
a. R started slowly in the beginning but got ahead of Q to complete learning the lesson
b. Q started slowly and finished learning the lesson earlier than R
c. R was always faster than Q in learning Mathematics
d. Q was always faster than R in learning Mathematics
ANSWER.(a)
Hint: add numbers on both axis, then youll see who is learning to what pace.
Youll also find odd graphs in last three CSAT papers (attached at bottom of this article). Im not
copying them here because more images=slower loading webpage.
I call them odd graphs because usually unseen in other aptitude exams, even CAT. But these graphs
are not falling from sky, topic is given in NCERT. First understand following concepts from
NCERT Class8, Chapter 15 Graphs
Page 234-35: Example1 two cricketers performance graph
Page 235-36: Example2 car average speed graph
Exercise 15.1: Q1 Patients temperature
Page 237-38 Q3. growth of two plants A and B
Page 238: Weather forecast vs actual temperature graph
Page 239: understand the concept in Q7
In the real CSAT, usually they dont give numbers on the axis. But if you want to solve them with
NCERT technique, then youve to write numbers on your own understanding. Observe following
image
Once you add numbers like this, it becomes very easy to compare P vs Q and eliminate options
accordingly.
Where to get additional practice?
Youre unlikely to find such odd graphs practice questions easily. Theyre usually not asked in
Bank and CAT. Although theyre sporadically asked in CDS, CAPF and SCRA exams (For all four
major exams of UPSC, the Examiner seems to be utilizing the same DI Question bank from the
secret server in the basement of UPSC Headquarter). But again cost:benefit not that great IF you
start digging through all previous papers of CDS, CAPF and SCRA = too time consuming exercise.
Anyways, you will find a few such question under
1. aptitude manuals
2. CST magazines mock tests.
You dont have to specifically buy them only for the ODD graphs. Borrow whatever you can
from library / friend circle.
DI-2: bar graphs, pie charts
Im not adding their samples questions here, because dozens of images =slow loading
webpage, especially on mobile browser.
But youll find the samples in the last 3 CSAT papers attached below the article.
Difficulty wise- above SSC and little below BankPO
Data Interpretation in BankPO/ CAT UPSC CSAT
Often require lengthy calculation and long divisions, even
prime numbers (17,19, 23,37 etc.).
Usually calculations are easy
youve to do 10%, 20%, 25% of
something and youll get the
answer.
requires you to find exact mathematical answer.
often the four options are very close
Usually give you 3-4 text
statements and ask which
one of them are correct as
per the given chart.
Meaning they dont usually
(16.5,16.7,16.55,16.67) so you cant eliminate wrong
choices by logic or guestimation, youve to do exact
calculation without any mistakes.
require you to find exact
mathematical answer.
Although youve to do
maths /apply logic to
eliminate the wrong
statements.
To make difficult questions from pie chart, they
usually make a combo of
two pie charts OR
1 pie chart + 1 bar graph or
1 pie chart + 1 table.
Same
To get a basic overview of Pie charts, bar graphs etc you can consult NCERT class8 chapter 5. But
as such it doesnt contain any street smart tricks OR sums relevant to CSAT. Therefore, to gain
command youve to get practice. Where to get practice DI sets?
1. SSC sets far easier than CSAT. so avoid
2. CAT sets will be an overkill. so avoid
3. Hence your best bet is bank PO exam papers. But even in them, avoid sets that require
lengthy calculations and long divisions. Yes but where to get BankPO papers? Ans. hit the
library and
go through monthly issues of Pratiyogita Darpan or banking service chronicle
CST (Civil service times) magazine gives demo CSAT papers with DI
Arihant/Kiran publication books papersets
Quant books usually dont give many DI sets whether its Rajesh, Sarvesh or Arun Sharma. Its a
clever marketing trick to sell another separate book for DI. But for CSAT DI, you dont need any
separate book. Also dont waste time on internet gathering bank papers theyre usually too
scattered and bad PDF quality. Just hit the library and go through those magazines.
DI-3: Venn Diagrams
Sample questions from previous prelims:
1. [1998] There are 50 students admitted to a nursery class. Some students can speak only
English and some can speak only Hindi. 10 students can speak both English and Hindi. If the
number of students who can speak English is 21, then how many can speak Hindi, how many
can speak only Hindi and how many can speak only English ? Ans. 39,29 and 11 respectively
2. [2000] In an examination, every candidate took Physics or Mathematics or both. 65.8% took
Physics and 59.2% took Mathematics. The total number of candidates was 2000.How many
candidates took both Physics and Mathematics? Ans. 500
3. [2001] In a survey,it was found that 80% of those surveyed owned a car while 60% of those
surveyed owned a mobile phone. If 55% owned both a car and a mobile phone, what percent
of those surveyed owned a car and a mobile phone or both? Ans. 85%
4. [2011-II] There are 100 students in a particular class. 60% students play cricket, 30%
student play football and 10% students play both the games. What is the number of students
who play neither cricket nor football? Ans.20
There are two sub types:
1. logical Venn diagrams (we saw in previous article)
2. mathematical Venn diagrams (that well see here)
Dont assume A+B=total
Q. In a society 10 people drink tea, 4 people drink both coffee and tea..blah blah
blah..find total people in the society.
Wrong Approach Right Approach
Total people in society =+ only tea drinkers
+ only coffee drinkers
+ (those who drink both tea & coffee)
Total people in society =+ only tea drinkers
+ Only coffee drinkers
+ (Those who drink both tea & coffee)
+ Those who drink neither tea nor coffee
(n)
This is juntaas most common mistake in Venn
diagram. they forget about n
Read the question description carefully. If
and when required take n=0.
As such Venn diagram is class11 topic but UPSC has repeatedly asked it both in pre-CSAT and
CSAT era. Perhaps, examiner considers it Reasoning and not maths. Nonetheless, Venn
diagram is a very easy NO EXCUSE topic. At max it should take ~3 hours to finish this topic at
home.
Start preparation with Class11 NCERT Mathematics chapter1.
page What to focus for CSAT?
16
Properties of intersections. you dont have to mugup formulas, but understand the concept
from those colored regions in those five image boxes.
17 Example 18. this is the basic of all 2 circle Venn diagrams.
21
Formula of n(AUBUC). As such you can solve 3 circle Venn diagrams with just logic of
this portion minus that portion. but sometimes problems are trickier and you need this
formula.
22-
26
All the illustrations and all the exercises.
27 Q.13 to 16
After this, solve all the sums in your Quant book (+ whatever sums you get in Pratiyogita, CST
etc.)
DI-4 Tabulation questions
[1996] The following table shows the percentage distribution of revenue expenditure of
Government of India in 1989-90 and 1994-95 : Expenditure Head (percent to total)
Years Defence Interest payments Subsidies Grants to State/UT other
1989-90 15.1 27.7 16.3 13.6 27.4
1994-95 13.6 38.7 8.0 16.7 23
Based on this table, it can be said that the Indian economy is in poor shape because the Central
government continues to be under pressure to :
a. Reduce expenditure on defence
b. Spend more and more on interest payments
c. Reduce expenditure on subsidies
d. Spend more and more as grants-in-aid to State government/Union Territories
ANSWER.(b)
3. (2000) A club has 108 members. Two-thirds of them are men and the rest are women. All
members are married except for 9 women members. How many married women are there in
there in the club? Ans.27
4. (2001) A city has a population of 3,00,000 out of which 1,80,000 are males. 50% of the
population is literate. If 70% of the males are literate, the number of literate females is __.?
Ans 24,000
You can solve Q3 and Q4 by directly framing linear equations. but table = less changes of error.
Sometimes, question descriptions of tabular vs Venn diagram sound very similar, but the main
difference: the players in a tabular questions will not have overlapping. Observe
Tabular question Venn diagram question
1. In a company ** male, out of them ** union
members. Total female are **, blah blah
blah..then find __.
2. in a company ** people work in HR, **
people work in R&D, ** people work in
marketing blah blah blah.then find ___.
1. In a society 10 people drink tea, 4
people drink both coffee and
tea..blah blah blah..find total
people in the society.
2. in a society ** people own car, **
own bike.blah blah blah
Overlapping not possible. Man is man, woman
is woman. You can make two columns: union
vs non-union and further two sub columns man
vs woman.
same way, Person who works in HR cannot
work in R&D at the same time. These are all
separate columns. no overlapping circles.
Overlapping circles are possible,
people who like tea, may also like
coffee. Those who own car, may
also own bike.
This is not difficult, but juntaa doesnt practice at home so in the exam they cannot decide
which way to proceed- Should I make table OR Venn diagram? So, they simply start
scribbling data either in table or in Venn diagram, until they get nowhere after 10-15
minutes of calculation.
Then they try second approach, but make silly mistakes in addition / multiplication so finally
after wasting 20 minutes they leave the sum.
This is one of the main reasons why people cannot finish paper on time and fail in the CSAT.
DONOT start scribbling numbers, UNLESS you know exactly how youre going to reach the
answer.
Keep an eye on the wrist watch. DONOT spend so much time on a single question, even if
its Data interpretation.
Anyways where to get practice?
NCERTs not much useful here. Youll find some questions within Venn diagram chapter of your
quant book. Beyond that
1. Previous papers of General Studies (Mains) paper II upto 2012. Because in those years,
UPSC had statistics and DI section under Mains syllabus and they used to ask such tabulation
questions.
2. Bank papers given in competitive magazines Pratiyogita, Banking chronicle etc. but keep in
mind, UPSCs tabulation MCQs dont involve that lengthy calculations unlike IBPS/SBI.
H8: Geometry: Area volume perimeter (AVP)
1. [2005]A big rectangular plot of area 4320 meter square is divided into 3 square shaped
smaller plots by fencing parallel to the smaller side of the plot. However some area of land
was still left as a square could not be formed. So, 3 more square shaped plots were formed
by fencing parallel to the longer side of the original plot such that no area of the plot was
left surplus. What are the dimensions of the original plot? Ans. 120m x 36m
2. [2010]The diameters of two circular coins are in the ratio of 1:3. The smaller coin is, made
to roll around the bigger coin till it returns to the position from where the, process of
rolling started. How many times the smaller coin rolled around the bigger coin? Ans.3 times
3. [1998]A square pond has 2m sides and is 1m deep. If it is to be enlarged, the depth
remaining the same, into a circular pond with the diagonal of the square as diameter as
shown in the figure, then what would be the volume of the earth to be removed? Ans. (2pi-
4)m
3
How to proceed?
if you dont have
Sarvesh Kumar
if youve Sarvesh Kumar
First NCERTs then
your quant book.
No need to consult NCERT. Because he has neatly summarized all
theorms, formula and special questions given in NCERTs.
NCERT Class7 Chapter 11
206-208 all examples for area-perimeter related questions
220 example 15
221 example 16
223 do all exercises in 11.3
225-26 Example 20, 21, 22. Similar park-road question asked in 1997
226-28
all the sums and summary
Class9 Chapter 12: Areas related to triangles: HERONs formula
199 Herons formula
201 example 2
202 all questions
203 Q.3 to 6; Example 4
205 ex.6
207 all questions and summary
Class9 Chapter 13: surface area volume. Proceed in following sequence:
237 first mug up all the formulas given in this summary
211-213 Cuboids area related sums
227-28 Cuboid volume related sums. 1995: UPSC asked question similar to example 11.
216-17 Cylinder area related sums
229-231 Cylinder volume related sums
220-21 Cone area related sums
232-33 Cone volume related sums
224-25 Sphere area related sums
235-37 Sphere volume related sums
Class10 Chapter 12
225 example cost of ploughing the field
226 entire exercise 12.1
227 formula for area of a sector
230 Q3, 8, 9
231 Q10 to 14
231-
238
all illustration and sums important for CSAT. They keep asking such combo images and
shaded areas.
Class10 Chapter 13
This chapter deals with volume of combo figures. Semi-sphere above a cube & so on. Solve all
the illustration and exercises given here.
next article, we see how to approach the medium and low priority topics under mathematics for
CSAT.
Appendix: Download links
A1: Last three years official CSAT papers
https://files.secureserver.net/0s4I32bAjTl3bm
except CSAT-2013, all contain official answerkey from UPSC
A2: NCERT Mathematics Topicwise Sorted free download
https://files.secureserver.net/0fmaNqqBDslHlc
A3: Quant books: What to prepare, what to skip?
Beyond NCERT, youll need to practice maximum sums from your quantitative aptitude book.
However, not all chapters / topics given in such books, are important for CSAT. So, consult
following PDF files on what topics to focus and which topics to ignore:
1. Fast track to Arithmetic Rajesh Verma What to prepare what to skip for CSAT
2. Quantam CAT Sarvesh Kumar What to prepare what to skip for CSAT
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