CHANAKYA PRELIMS TEST SERIES

CPTS-2024
CSAT-4
(TEST-23)
Answer and Explanation
1. Answer: (D) 20. Answer: (A) Explanation:
Men Days Work
2. Answer: (B)
72 21 28
? 18 100
3. Answer: (C)
72 × 21 × 100
?= = 30
4. Answer: (B) 18 × 280

21. Answer: (C) Explanation:

5. Answer: (D)
Let the cost price of each cupboard be a

6. Answer: (C) When sold at a profit of Rs. 4000

SP = CP + Profit = 80a + 4000
7. Answer: (B) Remaining (140 – 80) sold at a loss of Rs. 1200
SP = CP – Loss
8. Answer: (A)
SP = 60a – 1200
Total SP = 80a + 4000 + 60a – 1200
9. Answer: (D)
= 140a + 2800

10. Answer: (C) Explanation: Gain on the selling of 140 cupboards

= 140a + 2800 – 140a
836 + 112 = 948
= 2800
948
= 316 2800
3 × 100 = 10
140a
Similarly
a = 200
213 + 420 = 633
633 22. Answer: (B) Explanation:
= 211.
3
Since 31 is the factor of 899 hence when that
number will be divided by 31 it will also leave the
11. Answer: (A) same remainder 65. So
65
12. Answer: (A) =R=3
31

13. Answer: (D) 23. Answer: (C) Explanation:

The first 15 natural numbers that leave a remainder
14. Answer: (C) of 1 when divided by 5 are:
1, 6, 11, 16, ......, 71
15. Answer: (B)
This is an arithmetic sequence with
16. Answer: (A) a1 = 1,
d = 5,
17. Answer: (C)
n = 15

18. Answer: (A) an = a + (n – 1) d = 1 + (n – 1) 5 = 5n – 4

n
Sn = (a1 + an)
19. Answer: (A) 2

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 15 Solution for the Questions 36 to 38
S15 = (1 + 71) 540
2 Student Cricket Badminton Hockey
540 P No No Yes
Average = = 36
15 Q Yes No No
24. Answer: (B) Explanation: R Yes No No
Let water be x l and liquid be y l. S No Yes No
125 T No No Yes
12y × = 13.75 (y + x) V Yes No No
100
y = 11x W No Yes No
Z No Yes No
y : x = 11 : 1
36. Answer: (B)
25. Answer: (B) Explanation:
37. Answer: (C)
Difference between S1 and C1 for 2 years
R 2 38. Answer: (B)
D=P
100 Solution for the Questions 39 to 43
20 2 Narayan
48 = P × Rohit Sumit
100
P = 1200
Leela Somesh
26. Answer: (C) Explanation:
110 km P 90 km Shilpa Mira
A B Rekha

Female
P is the point of intersection. Since they meet at a
point which is 110 km from A, this point of intersection Male
will be 90 km away from B. Since they took the same Married couple
time hence ratio of distance is ratio of speed and Siblings
hence the answer will be 11 : 9. Generation Gap

27. Answer: (D) Narayan Rekha

28. Answer: (D) Shilpa Rohit Somesh Leela

Mira Sumit

29. Answer: (C)

39. Answer: (B)
30. Answer: (D)
40. Answer: (D)

31. Answer: (C) 41. Answer: (C)

32. Answer: (B) 42. Answer: (A)

43. Answer: (C)

33. Answer: (A)
44. Answer: (B)
34. Answer: (B)
45. Answer: (B)

35. Answer: (A) 46. Answer: (B)

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47. Answer: (C) 55. Answer: (C) Explanation:

48. Answer: (B) I II

12% of profit 8% of loss
49. Answer: (C)

50. Answer: (D) 3% of loss

51. Answer: (B)

5 15
52. Answer: (A) Explanation: 1 3
10 I + II = 100
640 ×
100
× 100 ≈ 59% I II
16
683 ×
100 1 : 3
53. Answer: (C) Explanation: 25 75

Points covered by Philips for VCD/DVD

14 56. Answer: (C)
= × 650 = 91
100
Poitns earned by BPL for Colour Brightness 57. Answer: (B)
18
= × 600 = 108 58. Answer: (B)
100
108 – 91
Required % less = × 100 = 15.74% 59. Answer: (C)
108
54. Answer: (B) Explanation:
60. Answer: (B)
2 47
15 % ≡ %
3 3 61. Answer: (C)
Let cost price (CP) of one litre of milk be Rs. 1. and
hence SP of 1 litre of mixture will be Rs. 1. 62. Answer: (B)
47
Profit = % 63. Answer: (A)
3
1 – CP 47 64. Answer: (A)
= × 100 = %
CP 3
300 65. Answer: (B)
⇒ CP =
347
300 66. Answer: (B)
∴ CP of the mixture = Rs.
347
By Alligation
CP of 1 litre of CP of 1 litre of 67. Answer: (A)
Water Milk
0 1 68. Answer: (A)
CP of mixture
300 69. Answer: (C)
347
300 47 300 300 70. Answer: (A) Explanation:
1– = –0=
347 347 347 347 Series follows a logic of –16, –8, –4, –2, –1. Hence
Ratio of water and milk = 47 : 300 the next term in the series would be 9 – 0.5 = 8.5

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71. Answer: (C) Explanation: 79. Answer: (B) Explanation:
Series follows the logic of –50, –100, –150 and hence S7
= 0.49 ⇒ S7 = 3.43
the next term of the series should be 300 – 200 = 7
100. M8 → Marks in 8th exam
S7 + M8
72. Answer: (A) = 0.53
8
73. Answer: (D) 3.43 + M8 = 0.53 × 8
81
⇒ M8 0.81 = = 81%
74. Answer: (D) 100
80. Answer: (B) Explanation:
75. Answer: (B) Explanation:
5+x 29 + x A B
=
12 + x 57 + x Work Ratio 100 150
⇒x=3 2 : 3
Time Ratio 3 : 2
76. Answer: (C) Explanation:
3 ≡ 12
IT
20 = ⇒ IT = 250 m 1≡4
5
45 × 2≡8
18

77. Answer: (B) Explanation:

IF
54 = ⇒ IF = 150 m
5
90 – 80 ×
18
78. Answer: (A) Explanation:
A B C
59
Marks 73 150 × = 88.5 x
100
Total marks 73 + 88.5 + x = 161.5 + x

161.5 + x
× 100 = 53
450
x = 77

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