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Prelims Paper II

For UPSC 2015By:Karthik Malmarugan

CIVIL SERVICESAPTITUDE TEST (CSAT)

An Introduction

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UPSC CSAT SYLLABI

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TO CRACK UPSC

SYLLABUS IS HOLY.

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PR$%IOUS CSAT PAP$RS&'

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High level Syllogism Logical Connectives

Assumption / Inference /Reasoning

Arrangement Circle / Line Blood Relations Direction Sense

Non er!al "igure #irror reflection enn Diagram

Lo$ %riority Areas #issing Num!er Coding Decoding Se&uence Series

A!ALYTICAL R$ASO!I!7

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BASIC !U"$RACY Basic &3$erac7 8,9m.ers a, -6eir rela-io,s

or ers o; ma3,i-9 e e- '< 8C ass 9 e8ee Fre?9e, y< Pro.a.ili-y' @9a ra-i $?9a-io, Coor i,a-e 7eome-ry

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TOPIC WIS$ ( SPLIT UPPR$%IOUS CSAT PAP$RS

Year / Topics 2 !! 2 !2 2 !" 2 !#

Co$pre%e&sio& 2) *5 2+ *1

"e,-al A.ili-y 10 * 12 1+

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!# =!>

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DATA I TERPRETATIO Graphical

Bar Graph, Pie Graph, Line Graph

Textual Venn Diagram Tabulation

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UPSC CSAT PAPER

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Hi % Priori07 Li,ear $?9a-io, !9m.er Sys-em pro;i- loss SI4CI Ra-io Propor-io, %aria-io, Spee Time is-a, e Wor= A>era3es Alle3a-io,s a-a I,-erpre-a-io, 7eome-ry: Area %ol9me Perime-er

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is-a, e Perm9-a-io, Com.i,a-io,Pro.a.ili-y S-a-is-i s

SO +ATHS

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Blood Relation Grouping: Person vs

Cit !"ccupation!relation!et

c# Line $e%uence !

Comparisons &rrangement:

Table!Rectangular Conditional Team $election

A ALYTICAL REASO I @ PROBLE+ SOLVI @

$cheduling Lectures,'vents ##

Direction $ense

(on)Verbal *igure Venn Diagram +irror Re lection

Lo- Priorit &reas +issing (umber Coding Decoding $e%uence $eries

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PART I

BASIC U+ERACY Li,ear $?9a-io, !9m.er Sys-em

pro;i- loss SI4CI Ra-io Propor-io, %aria-io, Spee Time is-a, e Wor=

A>era3es Alle3a-io,s a-a I,-erpre-a-io, 7eome-ry: Area %ol9me Perime-er

BASIC U+ERACY A>era3es Alle3a-io,s pro;i- loss SI4CI

Ra-io Propor-io, %aria-io, Spee Time is-a, e Wor= 7eome-ry: Area %ol9me Perime-er

!9m.er Sys-em Li,ear $?9a-io, a-a I,-erpre-a-io,