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[Studyplan] CSAT Aptitude Paper 2: Comprehension & Reasoning,
analysis, previous papers, free studymaterial, cutoffs (part 1 of 3)
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1. Chart: Analysis of all CSAT papers so far
2. [Section I] Comprehension for CSAT
1. Step1: Finish theory
2. How to prepare high level reasoning?
3. Step#2: Move hands while reading passage
4. Step#3: Maximum practice
5. Comprehension: Why read NonGS columns?
6. What about the English passages?
3. [Section II] Reasoning for CSAT
1. [Block 1] High level (HL) reasoning in CSAT
1. Sample questions: Logical Connectives
2. Sample questions: Syllogism
2. [Block2] Arrangement
1. A1: Blood relation
2. A2: Grouping: People vs clothing/city/occupation/relation
3. A3: Line Sequence / Comparison problems
4. A4: Arrangement: table Circular / Rectangular
5. A5: Conditional Team selection
6. A6: Scheduling lectures, events, journey
7. A7: Direction sense test
3. [Block 3] Reasoning: Non Verbal
4. [Block 4] Reasoning: Misc. Topics / Low priority
1. M1: Missing number pattern
2. M2: Sequence Series
3. M3: Coding decoding
4. M4: Logical Venn Diagrams
5. M5: Calendar
6. M6: Data Sufficiency (DS)
5. [Block 5] Reasoning: Totally Ignore these topics
4. Study schedule for the remaining days
5. Why people can’t finish paper?
1. P1: Start with English passages
2. P2: Don’t keep counting black circles in OMR sheet
3. P3: Don’t come back for “sets”
4. P4: Keep “sitter” Questions for the end
6. Become data processor NOT data collector
7. Booklist for CSAT exam Paper II?
1. Backup#1: Banking, insurance etc.
2. Backup#2: no competitive exam
3. Backup#3: higher difficulty exams
8. Book related doubts
http://mrunal.org/2014/06/studyplancsataptitudepaper2comprehensionreasoninganalysispreviouspapersfreestudymaterialcutoffspart12.html/print/ 1/28
9. Appendix1a: Sacred cutoffs of CSAT prelim exams
10. Appendix1b: Minimum Passing marks in CSAT prelims
11. Appendix2: Download links
Prologue to a mile long article
Yes, Just like YOYO Honey Singh, I’m also alive. and [Current] series will be resumed soon but first,
How to prepare for CSAT paper II (aptitude) in a systematic and timebound manner – that too via
selfstudy?
1. Comprehension and Reasoning You’re here
2. Mathematics & Data Interpretation: high priority topics
3. Decision Making + Mathematics: Medium & low priority topics
Structure of CSAT paper II (Aptitude)
Total Questions: 80
Total Marks: 200
Marks for correct answer: 2.5
Negative marking: Yes MINUS 0.83 marks. i.e. 33% of correct answer.
Sectional cutoffs: No. They combine marks for both paper I and paper II to select candidates for
next stage the Mains exam.
Four Sections of CSAT Paper II (Aptitude)
1. Comprehension (i) to test your understanding (ii) to test English
2. Reasoning
3. Mathematics
4. Decision making (without negative marking)
Chart: Analysis of all CSAT papers so far
From above charts, it is evident that in all three years, maximum number of questions have come from
Comprehension. So, let’s start with that.
[Section I] Comprehension for CSAT
HL: High level reasoning (Find assumption, inference, central theme in the passage)
Reading Comprehension 2011 2012 2013

Comprehension passages (printed in both Hindi and English) 28 32 24
Passages to test your English knowledge (printed only in English) 9 8 8
Total 37 40 32
UPSC comprehension passages are tougher than banking, insurance, staff selection and State PSCs
because:
1. CSAT comprehension don’t ask straightforward who, when or where type of MCQs.
2. Even when they ask “what” and “why”, you can’t find answer directly from a single sentence of
the passage. They test your understanding of the entire passage.
3. In CSAT 2011 and 2012, one passage would contain set of 56 MCQs. But in 2013, one passage
contains barely 23 questions. Hence you’ve to read more number of passages to get same amount
of MCQs. Similar trend in sitting arrangement and data interpretation sets. [Same trend in CAT
upto mid2000s, one passage 5 MCQs, nowadays 1 passage contains barely two MCQs.]
4. They even ask High level reasoning questions within the passages. (Find assumptions / inferences)
Step1: Finish theory
You’ll encounter the High level reasoning topic within Comprehension segment, for example:
Assumptions
1. Which of the following assumptions are valid? then 234 statements given
2. With reference to the passage, which of the above assumptions is/are valid?
Interferences
3. What does the author imply?
4. What does the passage imply?
5. Which one of the following statements conveys the inference of the passage?
6. Which of the following inferences can be made from the passage?
Central theme*
7. Which of the following statements constitute central passage of the theme?
8. What is the essential message being conveyed?
9. Which of the following best describes the thoughts of the author?
10. Which one of the following statements constitutes the central theme of this passage?
These are examples of HIGH LEVEL REASONING.
*as such “central theme” is not high level reasoning question, but to confuse you, they provide
assumptions and inferences as wrong options.
Passages Questions 2011 2012 2013

High level reasoning (HL) Find assumption, inference, central theme 10 8 8
Comprehension
other MCQs e.g. finding meaning of a phrase, causeeffect etc. 14 24 20
passages
A. Subtotal: Comprehension 28 32 24
B. English i.e. those easy passage given before Decision Making segment, and
9 8 8
passages only printed in English. No Hindi translation give.
Total MCQs A+B 37 40 32
Many candidates don’t need to practice comprehension at home. And in the exam, they make silly
mistakes by mixing up facts, assumptions, and inferences with the central theme. You need a strong grip
over high level reasoning theory to tick correct option in this section.
How to prepare high level reasoning?
Recommended Book: Analytical Reasoning by MK Pandey (BSC Publication)
RS Aggarwal also covers these topics but MK Pandey’s explanations and examples are much more
refined and lucid, particularly for comprehension angle.
CSAT Manuals by TMH, Pearson, Arihant etc. also cover, but not in a thorough manner.
As such MK Pandey is written for Bank exams, hence not all chapters are important for UPSC. Do
selective study in following sequence
Chapter Title Topics to focus

basic of
1 How to identify conclusion?– he has given list of keywords on page 6.
logic
Logical connective theory explained on page 19 and 20. He did not use the
word “Logical Connective”. He calls them “hypothetical reasoning”. But
some either way it’s important for both CSAT and CAT. After that read following
2 information article:
tips
[Reasoning] Logical Connectives (if, unless, either or) for CSAT, CAT
shortcuts formulas approach explained
Page 29. When assumption is invalid?
Page 30. When assumption cannot be out rightly rejected?
page33. Difference between implications and assumption.
All the practice exercises + read the full explanation given in the
3 Assumptions
answers why he classified something as “Assumption”? Otherwise in
the comprehension you’ll always endup in 50:50 doubt.
Page 53: Exercise 3C, particularly the end part questions dealing with
assumption in passages.
Page 119122: how to avoid confusion while deriving inference?
Evaluating
5 Page 127 onwards: all the question passages. Also read full explanation
inference
given in the answers.
Page 287 onwards: differentiating between immediate cause vs principle
10 Cause Effect cause. It’ll help particularly in the passages related to science, environment or
economy.
This will also help indirectly in the Decision Making Questions:
evaluating
Page 168: how to determine whether a suggestion action reduces or
the given
6 solves the problem?
course of
Page 171: how to determine if suggestion solution is practical or not?
action
Page 172: are you solving the problem or creating a new one?
After above “Core” theory is done, go through following:
Ch.4 Forcefulness of the arguments.
Ch.9 Strengthening and weakening the arguments
Ch.8 Punch line.
So far, UPSC hasn’t asked GMAT like questions about “strengthen/weaken arguments in the given
passage”. But nonetheless, above theory will help you digest the passages better.
Step#2: Move hands while reading passage
ManhattanGMATTM is a prominent coaching class in USA(!) Their comprehension tips are worth
implementing for CSAT. While reading the passage, do two things:
1. Note down the assumption & premises on the margin, in a shorthand note.
2. Highlight the important phrases. (GMAT/CAT done online, their software has this facility. You
can do the same even on paper question paper via pen / highlighter)
This helps quickly eliminating options without having to reread the whole passage again and again,
thus saving precious time during the exam. To see practical demo, go to following links. Their instructor
Stacey Koprince showed her own notes and thought process while reading the passage:
1. Passage: Language of the leader
2. Passage: Meteor showers part I; Part II
3. Passage: Multinational corporations
Additional tips from the same instructor:
3. How not to read the passage? 90% focus vs 20% focus
4. How to find the “central theme” / “central point”?
Once this is over, time for maximum practice. How?
Step#3: Maximum practice for Comprehension?
As such every publication house has released a separate book on comprehension. But I’m not
impressed with their content vs MRP.
Most of their tips are just “bolbachhan” without telling specifically do this or do that.
Then they give 2030 practice passages and charge 200300 rupees. But the quality of their
passages doesn’t even justify 50 rupees for the book.
If you can get such books from library then do borrow and practice. Otherwise don’t waste money
buying such ‘special comprehension books for CSAT’.
For practice you can use following resources:
1. Last three years CSAT papers to get a taste of the difficulty level of UPSC. (download links
given in appendix of this article)
2. 500 passages gathered from pagalguy.com’s old threads related to CAT preparation for year 2011
and 2012. (download links given in appendix of this article)
3. Pagalguy thread for CAT RC discussion 2013
4. this website got another 250 passages: codecoax.com/grerc/
You can find many more resources by just a google search. e.g. just type “1000 comprehension
passages” But keep in mind just ~3 months left. Don’t get fixated over RC. You’ve to prepare &
practice other topics as well.
Comprehension: Why read NonGS columns?
UPSC examiner doesn’t write new passage himself. He merely cutpastes the passages from
prominent English newspapers and academic books. From his side, he only designs the MCQs,
and gives Hindi translations.
Therefore, irrespective of your medium in mains exam, you have to read English newspapers and
magazines.
Just because you finished college in English medium, doesn’t automatically make you master of
English. Avoid such overconfidence.
The English textbooks you’ve read for engineering, medicine, pharma or commerce – they’re
*NOT* the same English that UPSC passages will contain. Therefore, you’ve to get yourself
familiar with the sentence flow and vocabulary of such academic / column type passages.
Otherwise, in the exam, you’ll take 15 minutes just to read one passage, while other players finish
the same within 3 minutes. In past exams, many candidates failed to finish entire paper, only
because of this reason.
To get a taste of comprehension passages, the best place is the Book review segment within
Hindu, Indian express, Frontline and EPW. Because they first talk about the book, then about the
contemporary issue dealt in the book e.g. arts, economics, science, environment, philosophy etc.
Links:
1. indianexpress.com/tag/bookreview/
2. thehindu.com/books/
3. epw.in/bookreviews
4. frontline.in/books/ (requires free registration)
of course it doesn’t mean you’ve to read all four each day. Just keep an eye as and when you get time.
Most candidates avoid such articles/columns in newspaper, thinking “this is not important for General
studies syllabus”. But Keep in mindComprehension is a perishable skill that must be polished with
regular reading of such “nonGS” English columns.
By the way,
What about the English passages?
Yes, what to do with those easy passages given before decision making questions? (i.e. printed
only in English and not in Hindi)
As such no separate preparation necessary. Because MK Pandey is entirely in English. So once
you’re done with that theory, you’ve automatically gained knowledge of such easy English
passages.
But still for practice of such passages, you may go through papersets of Bank and SSC exams
(only if you’ve time left!)
Anyways, enough of comprehension, let’s move to the next segment of CSAT paper II:
[Section II] Reasoning for CSAT
Type Reasoning Topics 2011 2012 2013
Syllogism 3 5 0
Logical connectives 0 2 0
High Level
assumption / inference / conclusion 0 5 0
Subtotal: High level Reasoning 3 12 0
1 case vs. many questions 0 5 11
1 case 1 question 1 7 5
Arrangement blood relation 3 1 0
Direction sense test 1 0 0
Sub Total: Sitting Arrangement 5 13 16
reflection from mirror 1 0 0
min. colors required to paint 1 0 0
NonVerbal which figure next 0 2 3
Cube figure 0 2 1
Subtotal: NonVerbal 2 4 4
Venn Diagrams 1 1 1
Misc Missing number pattern 1 0 3
Subtotal: Misc 2 1 4
Final Total Reasoning 12 30 24
Total
% weightage in Paper II 15 37.5 30
[Block 1] High level (HL) reasoning in CSAT
UPSC asked no syllogism / logical connectives in 2013, but they filled up the quota of “high level
reasoning” by asking 8 such MCQ (find assumption, inference etc) within 32 comprehension MCQs.
High level reasoning (HLR) 2011 2012 2013

Standalone MCQs within reasoning section 3 12 0
HLRMCQs within comprehension section 10 8 8
total HL reasoning 13 20 8
% weightage in CSAT Paper II (out of 80) 16% 25% 10%
We’ve already prepared the high level reasoning for comprehension i.e. logical connectives, assertion,
reasoning, central theme –from MK Pandey’s book. Only one important topic left = Syllogism.
Syllogism
For this, refer to MK Pandey’s Chapter 11 page 301 onwards.
Start with mastering “two statements”. e.g. all cats are dogs, all dogs are pigs then which of the
following conclusion is valid? then move to three statement and four statement syllogism.
MK Pandey has explained two methods to solve syllogism: AEIO method vs Venn diagram. I
prefer AEIO, some prefer Venn diagram, and you can pick whichever you find more comfortable.
Either way, do all the exercises and read the answer explanations in his book.
If you prefer AEIO method, then:
Mug up the tables given on 306, 307, 311, 321 (short form of table6) and read following
articles(they’re based on AEIO method)
[Reasoning] Syllogism (All Cats are Dogs): Method, approach, techniques, shortcuts explained for IBPS,
SSC, CSAT and CAT
[Reasoning] ThreeStatement Syllogism: technique, method, shortcuts for IBPS, SSC, CSAT, CAT, CMAT
[Reasoning Q] 3Statement Syllogism doubt Question: Apples, Mangoes, Vegetarians
[Reasoning] 4Statement Syllogism: Approach, Techniques, explained for SBI PO (High level reasoning)
and UPSC CSAT paper 2
If you still have time and mood, you can get additional practice from RS Aggarwal’s book. But that’d be
an overkill because only ~3 months left.
Sample questions: Logical Connectives
(Prelim 1995) Which of the following can be inferred from the statement that “Either John is
stupid or John is lazy”?
a. John is lazy/therefore, John is not stupid
b. John is not lazy/therefore, John is stupid
c. John is not stupid/therefore, John is lazy
d. John is stupid/therefore, John is not lazy
(CSAT 2012)
Examine the following statements:
1. I watch TV only if I am bored
2. I am never bored when I have my brother’s company.
3. Whenever I go to the theatre I take my brother along.
Which one of the following conclusions is valid in the context of the above statements?
A. If I am bored I watch TV
B. If I am bored, I seek my brother’s company.
C. If I am not with my brother, than i’ll watch TV.
D. If I am not bored I do not watch TV.
(CSAT 2012) Consider the following statements:
1. Either A & B are of same age or A is older than B
2. Either C & D are of same age or D is older than C
3. B is older than C
Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the above statements?
a. A is older than B
b. B and D are of the same age
c. D is older than C
d. A is older than C
Sample questions: Syllogism
(Prelim 1998) consider following statements:
1. all members of Mohan’s family are honest
2. some members of mohan’s family are not employed
3. some employed persons are not honest
4. some honest persons are not employed.
Which of the following inferences can be drawn from above statements?
a. all members of Mohan’s family are employed.
b. all employed members of Mohan’s family are honest
c. the honest members of Mohan’s family are not employed
d. the employed members of Mohan’s family are not honest.
(CSAT 2011). Examine the following statements:
1. All animals are carnivorous.
2. Some animals are not carnivorous.
3. Animals are not carnivorous.
4. Some animals are carnivorous.
Codes:
a. 1 and 3
b. 1 and 2
c. 2 and 3
d. 3 and 4
(CSAT 2011) Examine the following statements:
1. All trains are run by diesel engine.
2. Some trains are run by diesel engine.
3. No train is run by diesel engine.
4. Some trains are not run by diesel engine.
Codes:
A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 1 and 3
D. 1 and 4
1. All artists are whimsical.
2. Some artists are drug addicts.
3. Frustrated people are prone to become drug addicts.
From the above three statements it may be concluded that:
a. Artists are frustrated
b. Some drug addicts are whimsical
c. All frustrated people are drug addicts.
d. Whimsical people are generally frustrated
1. Only those who have a pair of binoculars can become the member of the birdwatcher’s club.
2. Some members of the birdwatcher’s club have cameras.
3. Those members who have cameras can take part in photocontests.
Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the above statements?
a. All those who have a pair of binoculars are members of the birdwatcher’s club.
b. All members of the birdwatcher’s club have a pair of binoculars.
c. All those who take part in photocontests are members of the birdwatcher’s club.
d. No conclusion can be drawn.
[Block2] Arrangement
Within arrangement, I also include blood relation and direction sense test because in all such
sums, you’ve to drag a chart/diagram in the rough sheets to get the answer.
MK Pandey has covered them under Chapter 20 “Problem solving”. For additional practice you can
use RS Aggarwal’s chapter 5, 6 and 8.
A1: Blood relation
(1998) A to F are members of a family consisting 4 adults and 3 children. A and D are brothers, A
is doctor. E is an engineer married to one of the brothers and has two children B is married to D
and G is their child. Who is C?
(2009) There is a family of 6 persons A, B, C, D, E and F. There are two married couples in the
family. The family members are lawyer, teacher, salesman, engineer, accountant and doctor. D,
the salesman is married to the lady teacher. The doctor is married to the lawyer. F, the accountant
is the son of B and brother of E. C, the lawyer is the daughterinlaw pf A. E is the unmarried
engineer. A is the grandmother of F. How is E related to F?
(CSAT 2011) A is the brother of B, C is the father of A, D is brother of E, E is the daughter of B
Then, the uncle of D is?
MK Pandey Chapter 20 from Page 612 onwards. Understand the concept of “backtracking” and
how to draw family tree especially for complex problems like “A is wife of B who is not an
engineer” etc.
then do all exercises in 20A (page 628 onwards). but it is only for “warmup”. The real UPSC level
sets begin from Exercise 20B and 20C. First solve them on your own, then understand the full
explanation and technique shown by MK Pandey.
combined problem of blood relation
Page Questions Explanation
plus __.
633 1219 intelligence comparison 670
635 2731 Weight comparison. 673
Sitting arrangement + age 680 (but he did not explain this one, just
638 5155
comparison. gave answer)
643 7983 Trait comparison. 687688
653 5054 occupation 705
653 5559 occupation 705
655 7073 nothing 706
660 111115 nothing try yourself
662 132135 surnames 709
For additional practice, you may refer RS Aggarwal Ch. 5 Blood relations (page 261 onwards) .
To complicate the question, often the examiner doesn’t ask straightforward blood relation but embeds it
in the problem related to grouping people vs. relation vs occupation vs car color and so on. Hence our
next preparation should focus on:
A2: Grouping: People vs clothing/city/occupation/relation
(Prelims 2010) Gopal, Harsh, Inder, Jai and Krishnan have Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Cuttack, Delhi and
Ernakulam as their hometowns (Not necessarily in that order). They are studying in Engineering,
Medical, Commerce, Economics and History Colleges (Not necessarily in that order). None of the five
boys is studying in his hometown, but each of them studies in one of the cities given above.Further, it is
given that:
i. Gopal’s hometown is Ernakulam.
ii. Harsh is not studying in Ahmedabad or Bhopal.
iii. Economic college is in Bhopal.
iv. Inder’s hometown is cuttack.
v. Krishnan is studying in Delhi.
vi. Jai is studying in Ernakulam and the History College4 is in his hometown Ahmedabad.
vii. Engineering College is situated in Ernakulam.
**then you’ve to solve four MCQs about who belongs to which city and college.
(CSAT 2012) Three persons A, B & C wear shirts of Black, Blue and Orange colours (not
necessarily in the order). No person wore shirt and pant of the same colour. Further, it is given
that, A did not wear shirt of black colour. B did not wear shirt of blue colour. C did not wear shirt
of orange colour. A did not wear the pants of green colour. B wore pants of orange colour. What
were the colours of the pants and shirts worn by C respectively?
(CSAT 2013) In five flats, one above the other, live five professionals. The professor has to go up
to meet his IAS officer friend. The doctor is equally friendly to all, and has to go up as frequently
as go down. The engineer has to go up to meet his MLA friend above whose flat lives the
professor’s friend. From the ground floor to the top floor, in what order do the five professionals
live?
How to prepare? In MK Pandey Chapter 20:
Page Questions understand his technique explained in page __

599 ex1 602
632 15 667
63839 5155 680 although has no explanation
657 8892 707
658 98102 707
663 140144 710
664 145149 710
A3: Line Sequence / Comparison problems
You’re given information about people standing in a line / cars parked / marks or height or wealth of
people in a sequence, then you’ve to solve the MCQs. observe samples:
(Prelims 2010) P, Q, R and S are four men. P oldest but not poorest. R richest but not oldest. Q
older than S but not than P or R. P richer than Q but not S. Arrange these men in descending order
of their age and richness.
(CSAT 2011) In a queue, Mr. X is fourteenth from the front and Mr. Y is seventeenth from the
end, while Mr. Z is exactly in between Mr. X and Mr. Y. If Mr. X is ahead Mr. Y and there are 48
persons in the queue, how many persons are then between Mr. X and Mr. Z?
(CSAT 2012) Rama scored more than Rani. Rani scored less than Ratna. Ratna scored more than
Rama. Padma scored more than Rama but less than Ratna. Who scored the highest?

60809 Point (3), Ex.7 60910
633 1219 670
635 2731 673
64445 9195 689
64546 96100 690
64951 2536 699700
654 6569 706

660 116121 708
661 122126 708709
Additional practice: RS Aggarwal ch.6 on puzzle tests.
A4: Arrangement: table Circular / Rectangular
(2000) A to F are sitting on a circular table. A is between D and F. C opposite of D. D and E are not on
neighboring chairs. Which of the following must be true? (then various possibilities given
(CSAT 2013) Five people A, B, C, D and E are, seated about a round table, every chair is spaced
equidistant from adjacent chairs. C is seated next to A. A is seated two seats from D. B is not seated
next to A. Which of the following must be true?
I. D is seated next to B.
II. E is seated next to A.
III. Both 1 and 2
IV. Neither 1 nor 2

604 606608. pay attention to definite information vs comparative information vs
Ex5, Ex6
05 negative information and how he utilizes all three of them to make the arrangement.
677678 observe how he prepares diagram to accommodate complex info gender
637 3943
vs marital status vs position on a circular table
681684. again observe how he prepared diagram to accommodate complex info of
640 6271
gender vs profession vs intelligence vs position on a rectangular table.
654 6064 This is for selfexercise.
655 7477 this is for selfexercise
659 108110 708
661 122126 708709
Then RS Aggarwal Ch 6
A5: Conditional Team selection
(CSAT 2013) A tennis coach is trying to put together a team of four players for the forthcoming
tournament. For this 7 players are available: males A, Band C; and females W, X, Y and Z. All
players have equal capability and at least 2 males will be there in the team. For a team of four, all
players must be able to play with each other. But, B cannot play with W, C cannot play with Z and
W cannot play with Y. Then 3 MCQ given
(CSAT 2013) The music director of a film wants to select four persons to work on “different
aspects of the composition of a piece of music. Seven persons are available for this work; they are
Rohit, Tanya, Shobha, Kaushal, Kunal, Mukesh and J aswant. Rohit and Tanya will not work
together. Kunal and Shobha will not work together. Mukesh and Kunal want to work together. the
only MCQ given.
How to prepare? MK Pandey Chapter 20:

621623. Obverse his shortcut method, he focuses on the options that are blatantly
621 Ex14
violating the selection rules, thus he eliminates wrong options quickly.
636 3238 674 to 676
643 8490 688 important don’t misread the last condition!
652 4449 703 to 705
658 9397 this is for selfexercise
Then RS Aggarwal Ch.6 Type 5: from page 356 onwards.
A6: Scheduling lectures, events, journey
Observe the pattern of MCQs asked in previous CSAT exams:
(CSAT 2012) Guest lectures on five subjects viz., Economics, History, Statistics, English and
Mathematics have to be arranged in a week from Monday to Friday. Only one lecture can be
arranged on each day. Economics cannot be scheduled on Tuesday. Guest faculty for History is
available only on Tuesday. Mathematics lecture has to be schedules immediately after the day of
Economics lecture. English lecture has to be scheduled immediately before the day of Economics
lecture. ***then MCQs start**

634 2026 671673
638 4450 678679
641 7278 684687
651 3743 702
656 7882 706
659 103107 708
662 127131 709
For additional practice, RS Aggarwal Ch6 “Puzzle test” (page 288)
A7: Direction sense test
Sample questions from previous prelims
(2009) A person travels 12 km due North, then 15 km due East, after that 15 km due West and then 18
km due South. How far is he from the starting point?
1. 6 km
2. 12 km
3. 33 km
4. 60 km
(2010)In a meeting, the map of a village was placed in such a manner that southeast becomes north,
northeast becomes west and so on. What will south become?
1. North
2. Northeast
3. Northwest
4. West
(2011) The houses of A and B face each other on a road going northsouth, A’s being on the western
side. A comes out of his house, turns left, travels 5 km, turns right, travels 5 km to the front of D’s
house. B does exactly the same and reaches the front of C’s house. In this context, which one of the
following statements is correct?
a. C and D live on the same street.
b. C’s house faces south.
c. The houses of C than 20 km apart.
d. None of the above
How to prepare?
MK Pandey doesn’t deal with “Direction sense test” topic. For this consult RS Aggarwal Chapter 8.
[Block 3] Reasoning: Non Verbal
NonVerbal 2011 2012 2013

reflection from mirror 1 0 0
Min. colors required to paint the given figure. 1 0 0
which figure next (similar to those SSC/Bank question) 0 2 3
Cube figure – which side will have what color / number / alphabet. 0 2 1
Subtotal: NonVerbal 2 4 4
MK Pandey doesn’t cover nonverbal reasoning
Preparation source: “A modern Approach to verbal and nonverbal reasoning, RS Aggarwal” (S.Chand
Publication)
solve all the chapters given under in the nonverbal reasoning section of that bookEven chapters
related to paper cutting and paper folding type MCQs.
Reason: UPSC is full of uncertainty. Similarly nothing prevents them from asking “paper cutting
/ paper folding” type questions. So practice a few sum from each variety.
Reserve the practice quota of nonverbal, for the last month before exam. Because even if you
begin right now (June), your skill/dexterity will perish by August end. Besides you cannot really
makes revision “notes” for this topic. (Except a few points in cube theory number of faces, how
many smaller cubes if “x” number of cuts are made etc.)
Just like “find missing number” MCQs, these should also be done at last during the exam.
Sometimes particularly in the cube questions, candidates cannot crack the pattern and
unnecessarily waste 1015 minutes for a one MCQ. Avoid doing that. Save these nonverbal
reasoning questions for the end.
[Block 4] Reasoning: Misc. Topics / Low priority
Odd ball topics = Not regularly asked in large amount. You cannot see a ‘pattern’ over the years unlike
sitting arrangement or assumptioninference.
Reasoning Misc. 2011 2012 2013

Missing number pattern 1 0 3
Venn Diagrams 1 1 1
total 2 1 4
M1: Missing number pattern
(Prelim 2006) find the missing number “X” in following series
fig1 fig2 fig3

16 64 64
9 18 25 25 18 1 9 18 1
36 16 X
Answer choice: 4 / 16 / 25 / 36.
(CSAT 2013) find the missing number “X” in following series
figure 1 figure 2 figure3

84 81 88
14 12 18 9 ? 11
The missing number (?) in figure 3 is? Answer choice: 7/16/21/28
Preparation source: RS Aggarwal Ch16: “Inserting the missing character” Page 628 and practice
the sums
Tip: in the exam, solve these sums in the end. Because sometimes it may take 10 seconds, and
sometimes even after 10 minutes of trialerror you may not see the pattern. So don’t waste too
much time.
M2: Sequence Series
(1995) consider the series given below. 4/12/95, 1/1/96, 26/2/96,… The next term of the series is
a. 24/3/96
b. 25/3/96
c. 26/3/96
d. 27/3/96
(1998) .Which one of the following satisfies relationship Dda:aDD:Rrb: ?
a. DDA
b. RRR
c. bRR
d. BBr
In the missing number questions we saw UPSC asked it twice 2006 and 2013. So far UPSC
hasn’t asked sequence/series but nothing prevents them from asking, especially under the aegis of
Chairman DP Agarwal, to break the backs of coaching classes and senior players. Therefore, you
should prepare such ‘chillar’ topics as well.
Don’t live under overconfidence that “just because xyz topic was not asked in last three exams, so
UPSC will never ask it in future exams.”
Preparation Source: RS Aggarwal,
Chapter 2 number analogy, following types
Type 8: number analogy
Type 9: Alphabet Analogy
Chapter 3: Classification, following types
Type 4: choosing odd numerical (indirectly helpful in missing number)
Type 5: choosing the odd letter group
M3: Coding decoding
(1999) In a code language, ‘SOLID’ is, written as ‘WPSLPIMFHA’. What does the code
‘ATEXXXQIBVO’ refer to?
a. EAGER
b. WAFER
c. WAGER
d. WATER
(2000) In a certain code, MARCH is written as OCTEJ, how is RETURN written in that code?
A. TFUVSM
B. QGSTQM
C. TGVWTP
D. TGRVSO
Preparation Source: RS Aggarwal, Chapter 4.
Optional: MK Pandey Chapter 17 and 19 on coded relationships and inequalities
M4: Logical Venn Diagrams
There are two type of Venn diagram questions
1. Mathematical: in a society 30% people drink coffee and 50%….we’ll see about this in next article
under Maths strategy.
2. Logical: you’re given a complex Venn diagram, without any quantity or percentages. It contains
overlapping of squares, rectangles, circles and triangles, then you have to identify which of them
are both singer and painters etc.
In last three exams, UPSC asked both type of Venn diagrams. They also asked such MCQs in 1996,
1998 and 2001. Hence should be prepared.
Preparation Source: RS Aggarwal, Chapter 9 Logical Venn diagrams.
What to do with mathematical Venn diagrams? we’ll see in next article under Maths strategy.
M5: Calendar
Sample questions from previous prelims
(2008) March 1, 2008 was Saturday. Which day was it on March 1, 2002?
a. Thursday
b. Friday
c. Saturday
d. Sunday
Preparation source: My article under Aptitude series click me
By the way, I consider Permutation, combination, probability, clock angles and mathematical Venn
diagrams as part of mathematics. We’ll see them in next part.
M6: Data Sufficiency (DS)
Not seen in recent times, but has been asked in preCSAT era, as part of age / sitting arrangement /
blood relation type problems. Observe
(2006) P, Q, R, S and T live in a five storied building (ground+4), and each of them resides on a
separate floor. Further,
1. T doesn’t reside on topmost floor
2. Q doesn’t reside on ground floor
3. S resides on one story above P, and one below R.
To know which person resides on ground floor, which of the above statements are sufficient?
a. only 1 and 3 sufficient
b. only 2 and 3 sufficient
c. 1, 2 and 3 are sufficient
d. 1, 2 and 3 are insufficient.
(2006) they gave four dice figures. and asked which of them are sufficient to find out the numbers
opposite to each other.
How to prepare DATA SUFFICIENCY?
Prepare data sufficiency ONLY after learning all the theories in reasoning and mathematics
particularly age problems and number system.
MK Pandey Chapter 7, Page 203 onwards
(optional) RS Aggarwal’s chapter 17 on data sufficiency. Although that’ll be overkill, because MK
Pandey’s chapter is far better and thorough than RS Aggarwal.
[Block 5] Reasoning: Totally Ignore these topics
You may “Ignore” because these topics are not seen in UPSC exams so far. They’re mainly reserved for
Bank exams. Again I use the word “may” because DP Aggarwal may ask It for breaking the backs. but
sometimes you’ve to take calculated risk hahaha
RS MK
Topic What does it contain?
Aggarwal Pandey
1. Analytical In a big paragraph, first you’re given recruitment

decision conditions. Then 45 “Cases” where you’ve to take
making or appropriate action e.g. select candidate, refer to manager 18 Ch.12
2. Eligibility etc.
Tests This type of questions not seen in UPSC, hence ignore.
3. Input Ch.

Output or First you’re given an example: input, step I, II, III, IV, V 13,
4. Sequential then output. Then you’re required to do similar for given 7 14, 15
Output 45 MCQs. and
Tracing 16
Study schedule for the remaining days
Random preparation based on mood swings = road to #EPICFAIL.
Proceed in following manner.
Month What To Prepare Why?

high level reasoning + Comprehension practice & mock tests will only cause
comprehension frustration IF you don’t finish high level reasoning theory first.
June
upto maths: with emphasis on Because it has so many topics, you’ve to start early. Besides,
Mid recording all the concepts related to HCF, LCM, Timespeeddistance etc will
July calculation errors and remain for longer duration in memory Compared to dexterity

shortcuts in your “diary of over nonverbal reasoning or data interpretation.
mistakes”.
Data interpretation
(DI)
Mid sitting arrangement
Hardly contain any theory. Even if you ‘finish’ entire DI today
July to Nonverbal reasoning
itself, your skill/ dexterity will get rusted by August. Hence
August misc. topics under
reserve the quota for MidJuly to Midaugust.
9 maths & reasoning
Comprehension
practice
August 10 to 23rd (14 days) should be spent in revision.
Practice aptitude after dinner. That way your hands keep moving and brain doesn’t feel sleepy.
Allot your fresh hours in daytime to general studies preparation.
For comprehension, make a resolve to solve at least 35 passages on daily basis. Download zip file
from bottom.
Why people can’t finish paper?
In past exams, many candidates have failed to finish entire aptitude paper within two hours duration.
Why?
1. They don’t read columns in Hindu, IE, frontline, EPW etc. Hence they take 1015 minutes to read
a passage, which a CAT/GMATmaster can finish in barely 35 minutes.
2. At home, they don’t study high level reasoning theory. So for every assumption /inference type
question they’re 50:50 doubtful. YET they don’t skip it, they just keep pondering over it for
another 1015 minutes.
3. At home, they don’t study maths out of fear, and study reasoning in a casual manner. So to cross
the imaginary cutoffs they come back again and again on same comprehension passages, even
when they’re unable to solve it, and repeat point #2.
4. They take too much time solving nonverbal reasoning and sitting arrangement questions. Even
after creating the diagram for sitting arrangement / blood relation their diagram doesn’t match
with any of the answer choice, so they spend another 1015 minutes in fixing It, rereading the
entire caselet.
5. At home they only “read” the sums from books and mugup formulas. But in real life exam, they
make silly mistakes in every multiplication, addition, subtraction and division. So they’ve to redo
the same question multiple times.
To avoid such firefighting and epicfails:
1. Be thoroughly prepared for Maths, reasoning and English.
2. Keep a wrist watch in the exam hall.
3. Observe following principles:
P1: Start with English passages
Donot start with first page of the question paper. But, immediately open 4th or 5th last page…it’ll
contain those “English testing passages” (= those passages without Hindi translations). Solve them first
because it’s the easiest section in the entire paper. Let’s assume cut off is xx. Then you’ve already filled
up your tank by 8 correct questions.
Now your brain and hands are warmed up, open first page and start with 1, 2, 3, 4…
For the first ~65 questions, UPSC doesn’t have ‘sections’. You’ll come across comprehension,
reasoning and maths questions at random intervals.
Some people first mark the page number / Question numbers of comprehension passages on the rough
page. Then begin solving all passages one by one. I don’t recommend this method because:
1. You’ll end up wasting precious moments in just flipping through pages.
2. You might accidentally miss a single maths /reasoning question hiding between two
comprehension sets.
So, just move with the flow Q no. 1, 2, 3, 4…so whatever maths, reasoning or comprehension question
you face in that sequence, either solve or skip or put on ‘marknreview’.
P2: Don’t keep counting black circles in OMR sheet
Ideally you should count the black circles in OMR sheet only once, in those last 57 minutes before
exam ends.
But most candidates keep counting their black circles, after every 2030 MCQs or every 3045 minutes
“how many did I attempt? (imaginary) cutoff cross hogaa ki nahi?”
This is a bad habit because:
1. You are wasting precious time in a nonproductive activity.
2. Creates stress on your subconscious brain, prompts you to tick answers based on “gutfeeling”,
even where you’re 50:50 doubtful.
3. You try to “Fit” wrong formula/ logic in to solve tough MCQs in maths/ reasoning.
4. You keep coming back to the “sets” again and again.
P3: Don’t come back for “sets”
Scenario: a passage contains 3 questions. You solved 2 MCQs confidently, but in one MCQ you’re
50:50 undecided. You mark its number on the last page of question paper, hoping “I’ll come back at the
end of the exam”.
This is a bad idea for two reasons
1. When you come back, the understanding of that passage would have evaporated from your short
term memory just like Amir Khan in Ghajni. You’ll have to spend another 357 minutes re
reading the passage.
2. In the last few minutes before exam ends, person is usually under fearfactor of “Cutoffs” so, even
if he is 50:50, he ticks answer on “Gut feeling” just to overcome that imaginary cutoff. In UPSC,
usually Gutfeeling answers are wrong answers. So don’t dig your grave in negative marking.
Same applies to blood relation, sitting arrangement, Data interpretation type “sets”. Solve the entire set
in one go. Avoid coming back for a single unsolved MCQ from such set.
P4: Keep “sitter” Questions for the end
Whenever you come across find missing number, find codingdecoding, find analogy; OR
Nonverbal questions like find next figure in the diagram, what will be the number / color on xyz
face of dice….
For all such questions, note their page number on the rough space. Only when you’re finished
with other questions, begin solving these questions. (this is one type of “marks and review” in
online exams)
Reason: sometimes it may take 1 minute, sometimes 10 minutes to crack the pattern in such
MCQs. You don’t want to break mentalrhythm during middle of the paper with such bumpyroad
MCQs, reserve them for the last lap.
Same advice for any unconventional maths/reasoning questions. Donot break rhythm to solve
something that you’ve never encountered before at home. or you’ll end up throwing good money
after bad money.
Remember: You’re not required to tick 80/80 MCQs to qualify for Mains. UPSC will give you
only 2.5 marks whether you solve a given question in 1 minute or in 10 minutes. So learn to
prioritize and make best use of time.
*you’re welcome to add more principals in the comments below*
Become data processor NOT data collector
1. UPSC introduced aptitude paper in 2011. At that time, people spent countless hours on net,
gathering tonnes on PDFS and webpages related to other higher level aptitude exams (CAT,
GMAT etc.) hoping that UPSC will ask tough questions from it.
2. But now three years have gone, the paper analysis so far reveals that yes UPSC asks tough
aptitude questions, but they’re not that tough. You can solve most of them through traditional
aptitude books. You don’t have to download terabytes of material, pdfs, movies, softwares meant
for CAT/GMAT etc. You don’t have to be on 24/7 internet gathering material for aptitude. So stop
that material collection activity and get start practicing from the traditional books.
Booklist for CSAT exam?
Aptitude Book choice depends on career backup (in case you fail UPSC). Don’t waste on money
separate set of books for every exam. CSAT Aptitude is a curious combination of both higher and lower
level exams than UPSC. So, books meant for both type of exams, work just fine with slight jugaads.
Backup#1: Banking, insurance etc.
Jobs: IBPS, SBI, Staff Selection (SSC), CAPF (Assistant Commandant), AFCAT, LIC, NICLAAO,
ACIO, FCI, State PSC lower level, & other central government or PSU jobs.
In that case, use following book combination for the CSAT paper II
Maths: Fast track to Objective Arithmetic by Rajesh Verma
Reasoning: RS Aggarwal OR BS Sijwali
if you’re buying second hand then RS Aggarwal because contains more practice Qs than
Sijwali.
if you’re buying brand new then BS Sijwali – because ~Rs.200 cheaper than RS Aggarwal
and yet covers all topics with good number of practice questions.
Comprehension: MK Pandey’s Analytical Reasoning (for assumption –inference and high level
reasoning) then maximum practice using online resources.
English grammar: Objective General English by SP Bakshi (Mind it: this is not asked in CSAT Paper
II but sentence correction / grammar important for nonUPSC aptitude exams.)
Backup#2: no competitive exam
Plan: If I cannot clear UPSC then I’ll simply go back to private sector job/ business.
In that case use any CSAT Manual by Tata Macgraw Hill (TMH), Arihant or Pearson etc. (Whichever
you can find cheaper second hand.)
As such I don’t have good opinion about such aptitude manuals because they’re hardly useful for non
UPSC exams:
1. They don’t contain detailed trigonometry, quadratic equation= useless for SSC, CDS, SCRA,
CAT etc.
2. No logarithms, no coordinate geometry, no geometry beyond areavolumeperimeter = useless for
CAT, CDS and SCRA.
3. Their Data interpretation sets don’t have lengthy calculations and peculiar problems seen in
banking exams = useless for IBPS and SBI exams. Then you’ll have to buy another paperset or DI
book.
4. They usually avoid inputoutput, eligibility test topic asked in banking exam. = useless for IBPS,
SBI and LIC/NICL exam, you’ll have to buy another book or paperset at that time.
5. Very few questions on nonverbal reasoning = not sufficient practice for SSC, insurance and
Banking.
Therefore, if you’re planning to give ‘nonUPSC’ exams as career backup, then avoid purchasing
Aptitude manuals. At max, these manuals will help in CAPF (Assistant commandant) but not much
outside that.
Backup#3: higher difficulty exams
CDS, CAT, CMAT, SNAP, XAT & other higher level exams.
1. Maths: Quantum CAT by Sarvesh Kumar (OR Arun Sharma)
a. IF you’re already good at maths then Arun Sharma
b. If you’re weak at maths then Sarvesh Kumar.
2. Reasoning: depends
a. In CDS they don’t ask reasoning. So, for CSAT use the reasoning books mentioned under
backup#1 (because CSAT asks reasoning questions!)
b. For CAT you may use Gajendra Kumar (Disha publication). And then maximum practice from
pagalguy.com threads for reasoning.
3. Comprehension: depends
a. CDS: Passages easier than CSAT. But they fillup the difficulty quota by giving tough sets
on sentence arrangement and sentence correction. (Mind it CSAT doesn’t ask verbal ability
/grammar). Hence use the sources given in backup#1.
b. Arun Sharma OR Ajay Singh then maximum practice from pagalguy.com threads for
comprehension and verbal ability. (Mind it CSAT doesn’t ask verbal ability –like those
sentence correction or sentence arrangement).
Book related doubts
Q. I already have purchased CSAT paper II Manual by xyz publication, do I need to refer those
separate books on maths and reasoning?
Ans. No need. If you already have bought such manual, just study the topics listed in this article, from
respective chapters.
You can also try desiJugaad: find a friend in your city with RS Aggarwal, exchange books for 1015
days. That way he can practice new stuff from your book while you get to practice the important
sections from his.
Q. I already have RS Aggarwal, do I need MK Pandey?
MK Pandey ’s high level reasoning concepts are far better than others. Particularly useful for
comprehension section of UPSC for those assumption / inference type of questions.
RS Aggarwal’s chapters on logicassumptioninference are just “practice workbook”, hardly
explaining the theory/ concepts in detail.
MK Pandey ’s puzzle test/ sitting arrangement chapter contains good number of UPSC level
question sets, along with useful explanations and tips.
+ highly useful for SBI and IBPS exams.
Q. I already have MK Pandey, do I need RS Aggarwal?
Yes because MK Pandey doesn’t cover many of the low level reasoning topics such as analogy,
nonverbal reasoning, and direction sense test.
Anyways, you don’t need a brand new RS Aggarwal, try to find second hand used copy. Aggarwal
is in the market since 90s, you shouldn’t have much trouble finding its second hand copy even in
tier II cities.
Q. I already have CAT books OR CAT coaching material for reasoning. DO I need others books?
Ans. CAT material will work just fine. But with conditions
1. CAT material usually doesn’t cover nonverbal reasoning beyond those cube color, dice face
questions. But UPSC is asking “which figure next”?… so for that much practice, download SSC/
bank papers or borrow someone’s RS Aggarwal.
2. You may Ignore / lowprioritize following topics from CAT reasoning material, because they’re
not seen in UPSC so far:
i. games and tournaments
ii. pipenetwork
iii. Data sufficiency (asked but low priority)
Q. I’ve CSAT books from xyz jholachhap publication house exclusively in Hindi medium. Can I
rely on them?
No. Hindi maadhyam aptitude books are bogus waste of time and money because
1. They complicate even easy concepts by using too much shuddha Hindi terminology
2. They’re full of printing mistakes in answers. it ruins the mood and tempo while practicing sums at
home.
Therefore, when it comes to aptitude books, better go for English books of reputed publication houses.
Appendix1: Sacred cutoffs of CSAT prelim exams
Only for the informative purpose. DONOT enter the examhall with ‘cutoff’ mindset. Each UPSC paper
is unique, each year’s demography is unique. If some baba or “Sir” has adviced that you must tick
minimum 55 MCQs in aptitude, ignore them. If you can’t solve an MCQ then you CANNOT solve that
MCQ, don’t dig your grave with guess work or gut feeling just to cross 55.
Exam CS (Prelim)* CS (Main)# CS(Final)

General 241 564 775
OBC 222 534 742
SC 207 518 719
ST 200 510 707
PH1 Ortho 199 510 725
PH2 Visual 184 502 718
PH3 Hearing 163 410 613
Total 400 1750 2025
Minimum passing marks: Prelims
From the above * and # , now we know UPSC’s official system of “minimum passing marks”
(this was never disclosed in RTIs so far).
it implies that if you failed to reach minimum passing marks in any one paper then they won’t
select you for next stage, even if you get best marks in other papers.
BUT overall merit list prepared by combing scores of both GS + Aptitue paper.
Minimum Must get
MAX marks passing atleast __ MCQs
marks correct*
CSAT (GS) 200 30 12
CSAT (Aptitude) 200 70 28
total 400
*1 MCQ worth 2.5 marks. And assume no MCQs is wrongly attempted.
PS: unlike Bank exams there is no sectional cutoffs within an individual paper. (This is confirmed via
RTI many times)
Sectional cutoff: no.
Paperwise cutoff: no. They combine marks of GS+aptitude: total out of 400
Preliminary (CSAT) marks counted only for shortlisting candidates to next stage (i.e. Mains
examination).
Final selection depends on the combined score of mains + interview.
Appendix2: Download links
#1: UPSC CSAT: Aptitude papers of 2011, 2012, 2013
Link: https://files.secureserver.net/0s4I32bAjTl3bm
UPSC uploaded these papers on its official site but PDF quality very bad. Hard to read the passages, and
size too big especially 2013 paper pdf alone is 22 MB. Hence I’ve collected better quality PDFs from
testkafunda.com + included official answerkey from UPSC. 2013’s answer key will come only after
final result, because again Lord Curzon stonewalled my RTI.
IF you want topicwise sorted question papers, refer CSAT Topicwise solve papers (19952013) by
Disha Publication.
#2: 500 Reading comprehension (RC) from Pagalguy.com
Link: files.secureserver.net/0sSHBgG2lnFPwx
In the next article, we’ll see the studyplan for mathematics and decision making.
For more on aptitude, visit Mrunal.org/Aptitude.
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