CSAT Questions:

Averages concept in Numbers:

Example: Average of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5?
1. Consider the following statements.
1. The average of 1st 100 natural numbers is = 50.50
2. The average of all the prime numbers and composite numbers up to 100 is = 50.50
3. The average of all the odd numbers in first 100 natural numbers is = 50
4. The average of 1st 100 even numbers is = 101
Which of the above statements are/is correct?
(a) Only 1, 2 & 3 (b) Only 2, 3 & 4
(c) Only 1, 3 & 4 (d) All the above
2. The average of 50 consecutive natural numbers is x. What will be the are average when the
next four natural numbers are also included? (UPSC PYQS)
(a) x + 1 (b) x + 2 (c) x + 4 (d) x + (x/54)

Highest Common factor (H.C.F) Concept:

3. The sides of hexagonal field are 216, 423, 1215, 1422, 2169 and 2223 meters. Find the
greatest length of the tape that can measure all the side exactly?
(a) 54 (b) 33 (c) 18 (d) 9

Common sense-based Questions

4. Which number amongst 240, 321, 418 and 812 is the smallest? (CSAT 2022)
(a) 240 (b) 321 (c) 418 (d) 812

5. When we multiply a certain two - digit number by the sum of its digits, 238 is achieved. If
we multiply the number written in reverse order of the same digits by the sum of the digits,
we get 301, find the number:
(a) 27 (b) 43 (c) 26 (d) 34

6. On January 1st, 2023, a person saved 1. On January 2nd, 2023, he saved 2 more than that
on the previous day. On January 3rd, 2023, he saved 2 more than that on the previous day
and so on. At the end of which date was his total savings a perfect square as well a perfect
cube? (CSAT 2024)
(a) 7th January, 2023 (b) 8th January, 2023
(c) 9th January, 2023 (d) Not possible

7. 222333 +333222 is divisible by which of the following numbers? (CSAT 2024)

(a) 2 and 3 but not 37 (b) 3 and 37 but not 2
(c) 2 and 37 but not 3 (d) 2, 3 and 37

Interlinking the concepts is very Important

8. A student appeared in 6 papers. The maximum marks are the same for each paper. His
marks in these papers are in the proportion of 5 : 6 : 7 : 8 : 9 : 10. Overall he scored 60%.
In how many numbers of papers did he score less than 60% of the maximum marks?
(CSAT 2021)
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
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 How UPSC traps us?
9. The sum of three consecutive natural numbers is equal to their product. How many
such possibilities are there?
(a) Only one (b) Only two
(c) Only three (d) No such possibility is there

10. The sum of three consecutive integers is equal to their product. How many such
possibilities are there? (CSAT 2022)
(a) Only one (b) Only two
(c) Only three (d) No such possibility is there

11. If today is Sunday, then which day is it exactly after 1010 days?
(a) Wednesday (b) Thursday
(c) Friday (d) Saturday

12. If today is Sunday, then which day is it exactly on 1010 th day? (CSAT 2023)
(a) Wednesday (b) Thursday
(c) Friday (d) Saturday

13. If 20 persons can clean 20 floors in 20 days, then in how many days can 16 persons clean
16 floors?
(a) 25 days (b) 24 days
(c)20 days (d) 16 days
Don’t Judge Questions based on their Size:
14. A shop owner offers the following discount options on an article to a
customer:
1. Successive discounts of 10% and 20%, and then pay a service tax of 10%
2. Successive discounts of 20% and 10%, and then pay a service tax of 10%
3. Pay a service tax of 10% first, then successive discounts of 20% and 10%
Which one of the following is correct?
(a) 1 only is the best option for the customer.
(b) 2 only is the best option for the customer.
(c) 3 only is the best option for the customer.
(d) All the options are equally good for the customer.
Chapter: Averages
In this chapter we will learn following,
1. Averages (Mean) meaning
2. Averages applications & Properties
3. Weighted Average (Combined Mean)
4. Average Speed

Introduction
Suppose there is a group having so many values, imagine if we represent that entire
group by a single value, this leads to concept of averages.

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 The basic formula for the average of n numbers n1 , n2 , n3 ,… nn is

n1  n2  n3 ....  nn
Average ( An ) =
n

So total of numbers = ( An )  n.

Important Note: If there are two numbers a, b (a<b) their average lies between a
&b
only.

Concept -01: Meaning of Average

.
Replacing each and every number in the group with Average (Mean) value.

Foundation Questions

1. Average age of 3 students is 20 years. If a new student entered the class, what is the age of
new student so that average of the group won’t change?
(a) 20 (b) 18 (c) 22 (d) 16

2. Average age of 30 students is 18 years. If a teacher is included in the class, then average of
the class is increased by 1, what is the age of teacher?
(a) 21 (b) 31 (c) 51 (d) 49

3. The average age of 10 students is 25 years find the age of new student, if he included
average is decreased by 0.5 years?
(a) 24.5 (b) 19.5 (c) 12.5 (d) 18.75

4. The average of a batsman in 20 innings is 40, in the next innings he scored 82 runs, his
new Average is?
(a) 41 (b) 40 (c) 42 (d) 44

5. The average monthly income of a person in a certain family of 5 is Rs. 10,000. What will
be the average monthly income of a person in the same family if the income of one person
increased by Rs.1,20,000 per year? (CSAT 2016)
(a) 12,000 (b) 16,000 (c) 20,000 (d) 34,000
Concept – 02: Replacements/ Removals
Whenever a number or something is replaced by another number, observe what is
happening (find out net change) in the group to find Mean.
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6. The average age of 10 numbers is 36, two numbers with values 15 and 21 are replaced with
12 and 20, and then what is the new average?
(a) 36.40 (b) 35.40 (c) 27 (d) 35.60

7. The average marks of 100 students are given to be 40. It was found later that marks of one
student were 53 which were misread as 83. The corrected mean marks are (CSAT 2019)
(a) 39 (b) 39.7 (c) 40 (d) 40.3
Concept – 03: Averages Applications in Numbers
Example 03:
Average of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5?
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3.5
Sol: Average of equally spaced numbers (2 – 1 = 3 – 2 = 4 – 3 = 5 – 4 = 1) is middle
number, it is 3 here.

If a big series is given it is difficult to figure out middle number so better to follow another
way, Average = (First + Last number)/ 2

In above series, Average of first and last numbers, i.e. (5 + 1)/ 2 = 3.

Mean = (First number + Last number)/ 2 = (Smaller number + Larger number)/ 2

8. Consider a sequence of seven consecutive integers, the average of first five integers is k.
The average of all seven integers is:
(a) k (b) k + 1 (c) k + 2 (d) None

9. The average of 50 consecutive natural numbers is x. What will be the are average when the
next four natural numbers are also included? (UPSC CDS 2019)
(a) x + 1 (b) x + 2 (c) x + 4 (d) x + (x/54)

10. Five consecutive even numbers 2x, (2x + 2), (2x + 4), (2x + 6), (2x + 8), average is 24,
then
I. Largest number is = 28
II. Average of smallest and largest numbers is 24
Which of the above statements are/is correct?
(a) Only 1 (b) Only II
(c) Both I & II (d) None of the above

11. There are thirteen 2-digit consecutive odd numbers. If 39 is the mean of the first five such
numbers, then what is the mean of all the thirteen numbers? (CSAT 2017)
(a) 47 (b) 49 (c) 51 (d) 45
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12. The average of all the numbers between 6 and 500 which are divisible by 5 is
(a) 275 (b) 255
(c) Can’t be determined (d) None of the above

13. Consider the following statements.

5. The average of 1st 100 natural numbers is = 50.50
6. The average of all the prime numbers and composite numbers up to 100 is = 50.50
7. The average of all the odd numbers in first 100 natural numbers is = 50
8. The average of 1st 100 even numbers is = 101
Which of the above statements are/is correct?
(a) Only 1, 2 & 3 (b) Only 2, 3 & 4
(c) Only 1, 3 & 4 (d) All the above
Concept – 04: Averages Properties
Note:
(1) Let an average of a group of numbers is A, If each and every number is added
by some constant say (k), then average is also added by same value k, so new
average is A + k.

(2) Similarly, if each and every number is multiplied by some value say (k), then
average is also multiplied by same value k, so new average is (A) k

14. The average of 11 numbers is 9. If each of these 11 numbers is multiplied by 6 and then 5 is
added to each of these resultant numbers, then the new average is:
(a) 45 (b) 67 (c) 68 (d) 59

Concept – 05: Weighted Average (Combined Mean)

Suppose there are two sections A and B. Average marks of section A (30 students)
is 60 and average marks of section B (20 students) is 80. Find the average marks of entire
students in the two sections.
Total marks of section A = 60 x 30
Total marks of section B = 80 x 20
Total marks in A & B = 60 x 30 + 80 x 20.
Average is = [60 x 30 + 80 x 20] / (30+20) = 3400/50 = 68.
Overall average (= 68) is in between 60 and 80 only.

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 So whenever we have two (or) more groups, whose individual averages are known, we
need to find average (weighted average) of all the groups together. Assume there are total
n groups, each group having x1 , x2 , x3 ......xn elements with averages A1 , A2 .. An respectively.

x1 A1  x2 A2  x3 A3  ......  xn An
Weight Average is =
x1  x2  x3  ......  xn

15. 80 boys with average weight 50 kgs and 120 girls with an average weight 60 kgs. Find the
average weight of whole class?
(a) 54 (b) 60 (c) 56 (d) 53

16. The average score of a batsman after his 50th innings was 46.4. After 60th innings, his
average score increases by 2.6. What was his average score in the last ten innings? (CSAT
2020)
(a) 122 (b) 91 (c) 62 (d) 49

17. 18 kg of rice costing rs.12 mixed, 24 kg of rice costing rs.10 and 36 kg of rice costing rs.16
are mixed. Find the average cost of the mixture?
(a) 12.75 (b) 10.78 (c) 11.56 (d) 13.23

18.A school has only 3 classes that contain 10, 20 and 30 students respectively. The pass
percentage of these classes are 20%, 30% and 40% respectively. Find the pass percentage
of the entire school.
(a) 25% (b) 33.33% (c) 45% (d) 30%

19. 50 boxes with equal weights were loaded in a ship. 5 more boxes each weighting 105 kg
were later added, making the average weight of all the 55 boxes as 95 kg. The weight of
each of the 50 boxes first loaded is
(a) 95 kg (b) 94 kg (c) 96 kg (d) 102 kg

Concept – 06: Average Speed

In Time speed &distance, Distance = Speed x Time.
Average speed = Total distance travelled/ Total Time taken

20. Anoop travels first 1/3rd of the total distance at the speed of 10kmph and the next 1/3rd
distance at the speed of 20kmph and last 1/3rd of the speed of 60kmph. The average speed
of the Anoop is:
(a) 15kmph (b) 18kmph (c) 25kmph (d) 30kmph

21. A car travels from a place X to place Y at an average speed of v km/hr, from Y to X at an
average speed of 2v km/hr, again from X to Y at an average speed of 3v km/hr and again

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 from Y to X at an average speed of 4v km/hr. Then the average speed of the car for the
entire journey? (CSAT 2020)
(a) is less than v km/hr
(b) lies between v and 2v km/hr
(c) lies between 2v and 3v km/hr
(d) lies between 3v and 4v km/hr
Miscellaneous Models

22. The average income of A, B, and C is Rs.10, 000 per month and the average income of
B, C and D is Rs.12, 000 per month. If the average salary of D is twice that of A, then the
average salary of B and C is (in Rs.):
(a) 12, 500 (b) 16, 000 (c) 12, 000 (d) 15, 000

23. The average of first three numbers is double of the fourth number. If the average of all
the four numbers is 12, find the 4th number:
(a) 16 (b) 48/7 (c) 18/7 (d) 12

24. The average weight of all the 11 players in Indian cricket team is 60 kg. If the average
weight of first six lightest weight players is 59 kg and that of the six heaviest players is 62
kg. The average weight (in kgs) of the player which lies in the sixth position in the list of
players when all the 11 players are arranged in the order of increasing or decreasing
weights:
(a) 55 (b) 56 (c) 66 (d) 52
PYQS
1. P, Q, R, S and T are five friends. The mean of weights of P, Q, R and S is 50 kg, whereas the
mean of weights of Q, R, S and T is also 50 kg. Which of the following statements is/are
correct?
1. The weight of T is 50 kg.
2. The weights of P and T are equal.
Select the correct answer using the code given below (UPSC APFC 2023)
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

2. Average marks in Mathematics of Section A comprising 30 students is 65 and that of

section B comprising 35 students is 70. What are the average marks (approximately) of
both the sections if it was detected later that an entry of 47 marks was wrongly made as
74? (UPSC CDS 2023)
(a) 67.28 (b) 67.58 (c) 68.11 (d) 68.63

3. A car travels 3/4th of the distance at a speed of 60 km/hr and the remaining 1/4th of the
distance at a speed of v km/hr. If the average speed for the full journey is 50 km/hr, then
the value of v is? (UPSC CAPF 2022)
(a) 40 (b) 30 (c) 100/3 (d) 35

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4. Let the average score of a class of boys and girls in an examination be p. The ratio of boys
and girls in the class is 3 : 1. If the average score of the boys is (p + 1), then what is the
average score of the girls? (UPSC CDS 2021)
(a) (p – 1) (b) (p – 2) (c) (p – 3) (d) p

5. Consider two-digit numbers which remain the same when the digits interchange their
positions. What is the average of such two-digit numbers? (UPSC CDS 2019)
(a) 33 (b) 44 (c) 55 (d) 66

6. If the average of 9 consecutivepositive integers is 55, then what is the largest integer?
(UPSC CDS 2018)
(a) 57 (b) 58 (c) 59 (d) 60

7. A student on her first 3 tests received an average score of N points. If she exceeds her
previous average score by 20 points on her fourth test, then what is the average score for
the first 4 tests ? (CSAT 2011)
(a) N + 20 (b) N + 10 (c) N + 4 (d) N + 5

8. The sum of the ages of 5 members comprising a family, 3 years ago, was 80 years. The
average age of the family today is the same as it was 3 years ago, because of an addition of
a baby during the intervening period. How old is the baby ? (CSAT 2016)
(a) 6 months (b) 1 year (c) 2 years (d) 2 years and 6
months

9. The monthly average salary paid to all the employees of a company was ₹ 5000. The
monthly average salary paid to male and female employees was ₹ 5200 and ₹ 4200
respectively. Then the percentage of males employed in the company is (CSAT 2016)
(a) 75% (b) 80% (c) 85% (d) 90%

10. Suppose the average weight of 9 persons is 50 kg. The average weight of the first 5 persons
is 45 kg, whereas the average weight of the last 5 persons is 55 kg, Then the weight of the
5th person will be (CSAT 2017)
(a) 45 kg (b) 47.5 kg (c) 50 kg (d) 52.5 kg

11. A family has two children along with their parents. The average of the weights of the
children and their mother is 50 kg. The average of the weights of the children and their
father is 52 kg. If the weight of the father is 60 kg, then what is the weight of the mother?
(CSAT 2019)
(a) 48 kg (b) 50 kg (c) 52 kg (d) 54 kg

12. Sunita cuts a sheet of paper into three pieces. Length of first piece is equal to the average
of the three single digit odd prime numbers. Length of the second piece is equal to that of
the first piece and one-third the length of the third piece. The third piece is as long as the
other two pieces together. The length of the original sheet of paper is?
(CSAT 2019)
(a) 13 units (b) 15 units (c) 16 units (d) 30 units

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13. In a class, there are three groups A, B and C. If one student from group A and two students
from group B are shifted to group C, then what happens to the average weight of the
students of the class? (CSAT 2020)
(a) It increases (b) It decreases
(c) It remains the same (d) No conclusion can be drawn due to insufficient data.

14. The average age of a teacher and three students is 20 years. If all the three students are of
same age and the difference between the age of the teacher and each student is 20 years,
then what is the age of the teacher? (CSAT 2020)
(a) 25 years (b) 30 years (c) 35 years (d) 45 years

15. There are two Classes A and B having 25 and 30 students respectively. In Class-A the
highest score is 21 and lowest score is 17. In Class-B the highest score is 30 and lowest
score is 22. Four students are shifted from Class-A to Class-B.
Consider the following statements:
1. The average score of Class-B will definitely decrease
2. The average score of Class-A will definitely increase
Which of the above statements is/are correct? (CSAT 2021)
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

16. The average weight of A, B, C is 40 kg, the average weight of B, D, E is 42 kg and the weight
of F is equal to that of B. What is the average weight of A, B, C, D, E and F? (CSAT 2022)
(a) 40.5 kg (b) 40.8 kg
(c) 41 kg (d) Cannot be determined as data is inadequate

17. For five children with ages a < b < c < d < e; any two successive ages differ by 2 years.
Question: What is the age of the youngest child?
Statement-1: The age of the eldest is 3 times the youngest.
Statement-2: The average age of the children is 8 years.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the statement?
(CSAT 2023)
(a) The question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but cannot be
answered using the other statement alone.
(b) The question can be answered by using either statement alone.
(c) The question can be answered by using both the statements together, but cannot be
answered using either statement alone.
(d) The question cannot be answered even using both the statements together.
Chapter: Coding – Decoding

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 Standard types
 Letter Coding
 Number & Symbol Coding
 Mixed Coding
 Substitution

Coding Based on Rearrangement of Letters

1. If in a certain code language ‘THREAT’ is written as ‘RHTTAE’, then how Will ‘PEARLY’
be written in that code?
(a) EAPLRY (b) AEPLRY (c) AEPLYR (d) AEPYLR

2. If in a certain code language ‘TELANGANA’ is written as ‘ELNATAGNA’, then how will

‘CREATE’ be written in that language?
(a) RETCAE (b) RETACE (c) RTECAE (d) TERCAE

Coding Based on Replacement of Letters

3. If in a certain code language ‘TREND’ is written as ‘USFOE’, then how will ‘ENTRY’ be
written in that code?
(a) GNUSZ (b) FOUSZ (c) FUDSZ (d) FOUZS

4. If in a certain code language ‘NAME’ is written as ‘OYPA’, then how will ‘TEAM’ be coded
in that language?
(a) UCDI (b) UCID (c) UICD (d) UDCI

Opposite Letters Coding

5. If in a certain code language ‘NOTION’ is written as ‘MLGRLM’, then how will ‘VECTOR’
be written in that language?
(a) EVXLGI (b) EVGXIL (c) EVXGIL (d) EVXGLI

Coding of Letters by Their Left and Right Letters

6. If in a certain code language ‘BAT’ is written as ‘ACZBSU’, then how will ‘SIX’ be written
in that code?
(a) RTHJYW (b) RHTJYW (c) RTHWJY (d) RTHJWY

Number Coding

7. If in a certain code language ‘PUT’ is written as ‘57’, then how will ‘BAT’ be written in that
language?
(a) 25 (b) 60 (c) 55 (d) 23

8. If in a certain code language ‘AT’ is written as ‘20’, ‘BAT’ is written as ‘40’, then how will
‘CAT’ be written in that language?
(a) 30 (b) 50 (c) 60 (d) 70

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 9. If in a certain code language ‘DEW’ is written as ‘1625529’, ‘GET’ is written as
‘4925400’, then how will be ‘two’ is written in that language?
(a) 400529522 (b) 400529225 (c) 400925225 (d) 400225925

10. If ‘REASON’ is coded as 5 and ‘BELIEVED’ as 7, what is the code number for
‘GOVERNMENT’?
(a) 10 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 8

11. If E = 5 & HOTEL = 12, then LAMB?

(a) 7 (b) 10 (c) 26 (d) 28

12. If RAIN = 8$%6, MORE= 7#8@ then REMAIN =?

(a) #@7$%6 (b) #@&$%6 (c) 8@#$%6 (d) 8@7$%6

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions (for Q.no 17
& 18) given below it:

In below table
LETTER P N A J I R E B U K
DIGIT CODE 5 3 9 1 4 6 2 7 0 8

CONDITIONS
1. If both the first and the last letters in the group are vowels, both should be coded as $
2. If both the first and the last letters in the group are CONSONANTS, both should be coded
as #
13. What is the code for RBUKAE?
(a) #70892 (b) 670892 (c) 670982 (d) 607892

14. What is the code for KUNAJB?

(a) 803917 (b) #0395# (c) #0391# (d) $0391$

Coding by Substitution/Word Replacement

15. In a certain code language “PRE NOT BIS “means “SMOKING IS HARMFUL
“ &“VOT DOR NOT “ means “AVOID HARMFUL HABIT “ &“DOR BIS
YEL” means “PLEASE AVOID SMOKING “. What is the code for HABIT?

(a) NOT (b) DOR (c) VOT (d) BIS

16. If ‘green’ is called ‘red’, ‘red’ is called ‘blue’, ‘blue’ is called ‘white’, ‘white’ is called ‘yellow’,
‘yellow’ is called ‘pink’, then what is the colour of grass?
(a) Blue (b) Yellow (c) Violet (d) Red

17. If ‘milk’ is called ‘curd’, ‘curd’ is called ‘salt’, ‘salt’ is called ‘sugar’, ‘sugar’ is called ‘water’,
then what is used to mean tea sweet?
(a) salt (b) curd (c) sugar (d) water

18. If “Fabulous” is coded as “61233631”, then what will be the code for “Square”?
(a) 192114 (b) 103195 (c) 1918135 (d) 183195

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19. If “ACE” is coded as “0-78-620”, then what will be the code for “BAD”?
(a) 14-0-252 (b) 16-0-248 (c) 62-0-4100 (d) 16-0-4096

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions (for Q.no 24
& 25) given below it:

In a certain code language

'Card win team time' is written as 'la ta ja sa', 'Fight game play card' is written as 'ja pa ra da'
'In win team fight' is written as 'da ta fa la'.

20. What is the code for 'game'?

(a) pa (b) ra (c) da (d) either (a) or (b)

21. 'Card fight in' is coded as?

(a) ta da la (b) fa ja sa (c) la ra ta (d) ja da fa

UPSC CSAT PYQS

1. If ‘ZERO’ is written as ‘CHUR’, then how is ‘PLAYER’ written? (CSAT 2023)

(a) SOCAGT (b) SODBGT (c) SODBHT (d) SODBHU

2. If the order of the letters in the English alphabet is reversed and each letter represents the
letter whose position it occupies, then which one of the following represents
“LUCKNOW"? (CSAT 2022)
(a) OGXPMLD (b) OGXQMLE (c) OFXPMLE (d) OFXPMLD

3. In a code language ‘MATHEMATICS’ is written as LBSIDNZUHDR’. How is ‘CHEMISTRY’

written in that code language? (UPSC CSAT 2021)
(a) DIDLHRSSX (b) BIDNHTSSX (c) BIDLHTSSX (d) DGFLIRUQZ

4. In the English alphabet, the first 4 letters are written in opposite order, and the next 4
letters are written in opposite order and so on; and at the end Y and Z are interchanged.
Which will be the fourth letter to the right of the 13thletter? (UPSC CSAT 2021)
(a) N (b) T (c) H (d) I

5. The letters from A to Z are numbered from 1 to 26 respectively. If GHI = 1578 and DEF =
912, then what is ABC equal to? (UPSC CSAT 2020)
(a) 492 (b) 468 (c) 262 (d) 246

6. If every alternative letter of the English alphabet from B onwards (including B) is written
in lower case (small letters) and the remaining letters are capitalized, then how is the first
month of second half of the year written? (UPSC CSAT 2019)
(a) JuLY (b) JUly (c) jUlY (d) julY

7. If LSJXVC is the code for MUMBAI, the code for DELHI? (UPSC CSAT 2018)
(a) CCIDD (b) CDKGF (c) CCJFG (d) CCIFE

8. If RAMON is written as12345, and DINESH as 675849, then HAMAM will be written as?
(UPSC CSAT 2018)
(a) 92233 (b) 92323 (c) 93322 (d) 93232
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9. In a certain code, '256' means 'red colour chalk', '589' means "green colour flower' and
'254' means 'white colour chalk'. The digit in the code that indicates 'white' is (CSAT
2017)
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 8

10. A military code writes SYSTEM as SYSMET and NEARER as AENRER. Using the same
code, FRACTION can be written as: (CSAT 2016)
(a) CARFTION (b) FRACNOIT (c) NOITCARF (d) CARFNOIT

Coding – Decoding
Key: Foundation Questions
1-c 2-a 3-b 4-a 5-b 6-b 7-d 8-c 9-b 10-c 11-a 12-d 13-b 14-c 15-c 16-d 17-d 18-d 19-a 20-d 21-d

PYQS: 1- d, 2-d, 3-b, 4-b, 5-d, 6-c, 7-a, 8-b, 9-b, 10-d

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