Friday, August 10, 2012

CSAT (General Studies Paper-II) Syllabus


CSAT (General Studies Paper-II): Syllabus and Right Approach

80 questions to be solved in 2 hr. (120 minutes) correct answer for the first 72 questions carried 2.5 marks each and a negative marking of 0.833 marks for each incorrect answer. 8 questions i.e. Q. No. 73 to 80 based on Decision Making and Problem Solving did not attract any negative marks.
In terms of level of difficulty, CSAT (General Studies Paper-II of Preliminary test) mostly questions are based on general competitive examination’s question but some of them are different i.e.

(1)   Questions related to Decision Making and Problem Solving
(2)   Questions related to Interpersonal skills and Communication skill
(3)   Some questions related to general IQ and graph related and needs basic understanding of different subject like Physics, Biology etc.

The questions related to Comprehension (in both medium) are huge in numbers which is helpful for Hindi medium students. Here my personal advice to all Hindi medium student that they should take help of Hindi Dictionary. UPSC uses difficult words in Hindi which is exact translation of English so if you’re Hindi is not excellent you will not understand the theme of question so please enrich Hindi vocabulary. People always prefer to enrich English vocabulary but if you really want to score good marks in Hindi medium you must be an excellent in Hindi. So please don’t blame UPSC. Do hard labor on your part.

Overview
Total Duration of the exam (minutes)
 120 minutes
Total number of questions
 80
Sections
  No
Number of choices per question
 4
Marks per question
 2.5
Negative marking (ONLY FOR 72 QUESTIONS)
 0.833

Previous year’s  question paper of UPSC:  Follow the link given below http://www.upsc.gov.in/questionpaper/index.htm


Wednesday, August 8, 2012

NUMBER SERIES (GENERAL MENTAL ABILITY)




Practice Questions on Number Series

Directions: In each of the following questions, a number series is given with one term missing. Find the missing term at? Place.

(1) 1, 9, 25, 49, ?, 121                                     SSC 2002
(a) 64   (b) 81   (c) 91   (d) 100

(2) 4, 7, 12, 19, 28, ?                                       MCA  2005
(a) 30   (b) 36   (c) 39   (d) 49

(3) 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 25, ?                             RRB 2004
(a) 26   (b) 27   (c) 29   (d) 37

(4) 6, 11, 21, 36, 56, ?                                     Hotel Management 2003
(a) 42   (b) 51   (c) 81   (d) 91

(5) 3, 20, 63, 144, 275, ?                                 BTM 2005
(a) 354 (b) 468 (c) 548 (d) 554

(6) 1, 6, 15, ?, 45, 66, 91                                 BBS 2004
(a) 25   (b) 26   (c) 27   (d) 28

(7) 2, 5, 9, 19, 37, ?                                         CPO 2003
(a) 73   (b) 75   (c) 76   (d) 78

(8)  1, 4, 27, 16, ?, 36, 343                              SNAP 2004
(a) 25   (b) 87   (c) 120 (d) 125

(9) 2, 9, 28, ?, 126, 217, 344                           RRB 2005
(a) 50   (b) 65   (c) 70   (d) 82

(10) 2, 15, 4, 12, 6, 7, ?, ?                               UPSC 2004
(a) 8, 8 (b) 8, 0 (c) 3, 8 (d) 5, 7

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Classification (Practice Questions)

CLASSIFICATION

Practice Questions on Classification

Directions (Q. No. 1-18): Choose the odd word



1. (a) Skull (b) Appendix (c) Pelvis (d) Fibula (e) Vertebra      (MBA 1997)

2. (a) Cumin (b) Groundnut (c) Cinnamon (d) Pepper (e) Clove  (Specialist Officer 2006)

3. (a) Cabbage (b) papaya (c) Gourd (d) Cucumber (e) Brinjal    (Agriculture Officers exam 2005)

4. (a) Tomato (b) Carrot (c) Ginger (d) Potato (d) Turmeric        (EPFO 2004)

5. (a) Dog (b) Horse (c) Goat (d) Cat (e) Fox                             (RBI 2004)

6. (a) Feeling (b) Joy (c) Anxiety (d) Anger (e) Sorrow                (SBI PO 2001)

7. (a) Chicken (b) Snake (c) Swan (d) Crocodile (e) Frog      (NABARD 2002)

8. (a) Zink (b) Iron (c) Aluminium (d) Copper (e) Mercury      (Management Trainee Exam 2003)

9. (a) King (b) Queen (c) Bishop (d) Minister (e) Knight         (SBI PO 1997)

10. (a) Dagger (b) Hammer (c) Knife (d) Sword (e) Blade       (Bank PO 2003)

11. (a) Cot (b) Sheet (c) Quilt (d) Pillow (e) Blanket                (CAT 1998)

12. (a) Tonnes (b) Quintals (c) Grams (d) Kilograms (e) Kilometers  (Hotel Management 2004)

(a) Car (b) Scooter (c) Helicopter (d) Aeroplane (e) Cycle  (RRB 2005)

(a) Guava (b) Litchi (c) Papaya (d) Watermelon (e) Jackfruit  (Bank PO 2004)

(a) Tomato (b) Cucumber (c) Brinjal (d) Carrot (e) Gourd   (MBA 2002)

13. (a) Sun (b) Moon (c) Star (d) Planet (e) Universe    (Bank Po 1997)

14. (a) Sparrow (b) Swan (c) Parrot (d) Koel (e) Vulture    (RBI 2004)

15. (a) Tea (b) Cinchona (c) Rubber (d) Cardamom (e) Chalk   (SBI PO 2005)

16. (a) Violet (b) Blue (c) Green (d) White (e) Yellow    (MBA 2005)

17. (a) January (b) May (c) July (d) August (e) November     (BBA 2004)

18. (a) Amethyst (b) Ruby (c) Marble (d) Sapphire (e) Diamond    (Hotel Management 2004)