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Quantitative Aptitude & Reasoning UPSC Prelims PYQs
UPSC Prelims has asked 724 questions on Quantitative Aptitude & Reasoning, part of CSAT (1,120 questions). That is 64.6% of the topic, the largest of its 2 sub-topics. The most recent one is from 2026.
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Quantitative Aptitude & Reasoning PYQs by the latest year asked
Each question is counted once, under the latest year it was asked in the exam.
| Period | PYQs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 and later | 320 | |
| 2016–2020 | 261 | |
| 2011–2015 | 143 |
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Asked in 2026
The class average x in a test increases by 4 when the score of a student is rectified, whose corrected score is 100 instead of 0. Later, the score of another student was found to have been recorded as 81 in place of 56. If there are no other corrections and the final corrected average is y, then y - x is
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P has a son and a daughter. S is the mother of T. S is R's spouse. Q and R are children of P. Then how is Q related to S?
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With reference to 'circular letters', which of the following statements is/are correct?
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1. Circular letters are usually addressed to a group of people.
2. Non-standard and customized content is typical of circular letters.
3. Circular letters are used to intimate appraisals and increments of employees within organisations.
4. Circular letters are less cost-effective than personalised and specific recipient-directed letters.
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