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All the theorems given in this chapter. You dont have to mug up the theorem itself but must
understand how it they apply in the finding the sides and angles of any triangle. Youll find their
gist in the summary but without looking at figures, it wont go in the head.
133 Q4
9_5 167 summary at area of triangles and parallelograms
9_8
146 Q1
151 Summary- the angle sum property and diagonals of quadrilaterals.
9_10 187 Summary-especially the properties of a cyclic quadrilateral.
10_10
213 Q.1,2 and3
214 Q12
215 summary
10_6
128 exercise 6.1 q.1
136 example 7
147 ex.11
151 q.10,11,12
153 q.10
154 summary
Clocks
1. [1997] The number of times in a day the Hour-hand and the Minute-hand of a clock are at right angles,
is __. Ans 48
2. [1998] An accurate clock shows the time as 3.00. After hour hand has 135 degree, the time would be
__. Ans 7:30
3. (2000) A clock shows 8AM in the morning. Throughout how many degrees will the hour hand rotate
when the clock shows 2 oclock in the afternoon? Ans.180
4. [2009] How many times are an hour hand and a minute hand of a clock at right angles during their
motion from 1.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m.? Ans.18
5. (2002) When the time in the wall-clock is 3.25 p.m., the acute angle between the hours-hand and the
minute- hand is ___? Ans 47.5 degrees.
NCERT class7 deals with measuring angles, but thats kid-stuff. For Clock problem, directly memorize the
readymade formulas given in your Quant book, and practice sums from there. And in the exam, bring wrist
watch and geometry compass for quick calculation (especially the 47.5 degree!)
L2: Trigonometry
I could notice only one MCQ so far
(1999) A man is standing on a 6 meter pole whose shadow length is 8 meters. IF the length of his shadow is
2.4m, what is the height of this man? Ans. 1.8 metes
There are two ways to solve above question
1. Similarity of triangles, then take two ratios of sides. => in that case its a Geometry TQC problem
2. TAN ratios (because there will be two angles with same measurement) => in that case its a
Trigonometry problem.
Anyways, no need to consult NCERT or the Quant book for this. Because I made videos and incorporated all
good sums from NCERTs within my subsequent articles. Links
6/9/2014 Mrunal [Studyplan] CSAT Aptitude Paper 2: Decision Making + Maths Medium & Low priority topics, Sample Questions, free studymaterial (part 3 of 3) M
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1. Youtube lecture playlist
Then articles:
2. Introduction, Types of Questions, Shortcut for memorizing 30,45,60
3. HnD Type #1: One Building One Angle finding height, distance or hypotenuse
4. HnD Type #2: Broken Trees and Telegraph Poles: Finding original height
5. HnD Type #3: One Building Two Angles
6. HnD Type #4: Two Buildings-Two Angles
7. HnD Type #5: Finding speed, time or distance
Ignore the other articles under my [Trigonometry] section because theyre meant for SSC and CDS, and not
asked in UPSC so far.
L3: Permutation Combination Probability
(1995) A table has three drawers. It is known that one of the drawers contains two silver coins, another
contains two gold coins and the third one contains a silver coin and gold. One of the drawers is opened at
random and a coin is drawn. What is the probability that the other coin in the drawer is a gold coin? Ans. 0.5
(2004) Nine letters are to be dropped in three different letter boxes. In how many different ways can this be
done? Ans 3
9
(2006) In a tournament, each of the participants was to play one match against each of the other
participants. Three players fell ill after each team had played three matches and had to leave the tournament.
What was the total number of participants at the beginning, if the total number of matches played was 75?
Ans. 15
(2006) digits are chosen at random 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9 without repeating any digit. What is the probability
that their product is odd? Ans. 5/42
(2006) How many numbers are there in all from 6000 to 6999 (Both 6000 and 6999 included) having all
digits same ? Ans 496
(2007) If all the numbers from 501 to 700 are written, what is the total number of times does the digit 6
appear? ans. 140
(2007) In how many maximum different ways can 3 identical balls be placed in the 12 squares(each ball to
be placed in the exact centre of the squares and only one ball is to be placed in one square) shown in the
figure given below such that they do not lie along the same straight line?
Ans. 200
(2009) In a carrom board game competition, m boys and n girls (m>n>1) of a school participate in which
every student has to play exactly one game with every other student. Out of the total games played, it was
found that in 221 games one player was a boy and the other player was a girl.
Consider the following statements:
1. The total number of students that participated in the competition is 30.
2. The number of games in which both players were girls is 78.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
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d. Neither 1 nor 2
ans.C
(2010) when ten persons shake hands with one another, in how many ways is it possible? Ans. 45
(2010) In a tournament 14 teams play league/matches. If each team plays against every other team only
once then how many matches are played? Ans.91
(2011) there are four routes to travel from city A to city B and six routes from city B to city C. How many
routes are possible to travel from the city A to city C? Ans. 24
(2011) Study the following figure.. (youll find the figure in CSAT paper attached below)If, A person
goes from A to B always moving to the right or downwards along the lines. How many different routes can
he adopt? Ans. 6
How to proceed?
1. learn concepts from above articles, and youll able to solve most of the problems without needing any
formulas:
i. [Aptitude] Permutation Combination made easy without Formulas
ii. [Aptitude] PnC: arrange such that two people Always sitting together?
iii. [Aptitude] Probability Made Easy (Extension of Permutation Combination Concept!)
iv. [Aptitude] PnC: How many Ways to arrange letters of word RECUPERATE (Permutation without
Formulas)
v. [Aptitude] PnC: All possible numbers using 012345, All possible words using ABCDE, Permutation
Arrangement Made Easy with and without Formulas
2. Then solve NCERT Class11 Ch.7 for permutation combination problems. (yes syllabus says is
maths upto ClassX but UPSC has asked PnC questions in CSAT-2011 so perhaps examiner
considers this topic part of reasoning and not maths.
3. Probability: up to class10 books cover very basic concepts, dont have much CSAT quality questions.
So go through NCERT class 11 Chapter 16.
4. Beyond that your quant book for additional practice.
L4: Statistics
(1999) the office distribution of working hours is following
Members Work Hours
5 0-19
1 20-24
25 25-29
40 30-34
15 35-39
8 40-45
Consider following inferences drawn from the table
1. average number of working hours is 30
2. % of those who worked 35 or more hours, is less than 25
3. at least five staff members worked more than 44 hours
Which of the inferences is/are valid?
a. 1 alone
b. 2 alone
c. 1 and 2
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d. 1,2 and 3
Above question tests your understanding of cumulative frequency and averages of grouped data with class
intervals. Such pre-CSAT questions can be asked again, because this taught in Class10 NCERT chapter 14.
And upto class10 is part of the new CSAT Syllabus.
Anyways, topic not difficult all. Can be finished in less than four hours. (Hence cost: Benefit is still better
than culture topic in Prelim GS.) First goto following playlist and Watch my video number 1, 3, 7, 8, 14,
17, 18 and 19.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4D384E259F9ADECE
Avoid videos related to mean deviation, quartile deviation and standard deviation theyre from class11
hence not part of syllabus. (They were part of old-mains syllabus. no longer relevant for new prelims or new
mains)
Also mugup this formula: 3 Median = Mode + 2 Mean
Where to get practice?
1. Class 10 NCERT Chapter 14
a. Exercise 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4
b. understand the remark given on page 279
2. General studies (mains) paper II before 2013. Because they had these topics in syllabus.
Appendix: Download links
A1: Last three years official CSAT papers
https://files.secureserver.net/0s4I32bAjTl3bm
except CSAT-2013, all contain official answerkey from UPSC
A2: NCERT Mathematics Topicwise Sorted free download
https://files.secureserver.net/0fmaNqqBDslHlc
A3: Quant books: What to prepare, what to skip?
Beyond NCERT, youll need to practice maximum sums from your quantitative aptitude book. However, not
all chapters / topics given in such books, are important for CSAT. So, consult following PDF files on what
topics to focus and which topics to ignore:
1. Fast track to Arithmetic Rajesh Verma What to prepare what to skip for CSAT
2. Quantam CAT Sarvesh Kumar What to prepare what to skip for CSAT
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