HPSC HCS 2022 CSAT Paper 2 Question Paper (21-May-2023)

Question 1

Seven boxes P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are kept one over the other but not necessarily in the same order. Only four boxes are kept between R and S. Only three boxes are kept between Q and T. V is kept at one of the position above P, but not immediately above P. Q is kept at one of the positions above V. Only two boxes are kept between S and U. How many boxes are kept between R and P?

Accepted Answer

Three

Answer

Two

Answer

None

Answer

Four

Question 2

A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular table. Each of them is either facing the centre or are facing outside (opposite to the centre). H sits second to the right of G. Only three people sit between H and B. C sits second to the right of B. Both the immediate neighbours of B face a direction opposite to that of B, E sits to the immediate left of G. Only three people sit between E and A. D sits second to the right of A. D faces outside. D is not an immediate neighbour of B. F faces inside. How many people sit between E and H, when counted from the left of E?

Accepted Answer

Four

Answer

One

Answer

Two

Answer

Three

Question 3

Each of A, B, C, D, E, F and G visited a museum on different days of a week starting from Monday and ending on Sunday of the same week. Only three people visited between C and B. Only two people visited between B and D. G visited immediately before A but not on Saturday or Monday. E visited immediately before F. F did not visit on Sunday. More than one person visited between F and C. Who visited the museum on Wednesday?

Accepted Answer

B

Answer

G

Answer

D

Answer

C

Question 4

J, K, L, M, N, P, Q and R are living on eight different floors of the same building. The lowermost floor of the building is numbered 1, the floor above it, number 2 and so on till the topmost floor is numbered 8. K lives on an even numbered floor. Only three people live between K and Q. N lives immediately above P but immediately below M, J lives immediately above L. J does not live on an odd numbered floor. More than two people live between R and K. J lives on one of the floors below K. How many people live between L and P?

Accepted Answer

Four

Answer

None

Answer

Two

Answer

Three

Question 5

Study the following information and answer the given question. P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting around a square table.
Some of them are sitting at the corners while some are sitting at the exact centre of the sides. The ones sitting at the centre of the sides like either of the four colours- pink, yellow, grey or black. The ones sitting at the corners like either of the four colours- green, purple, red or orange. U sits at the corner of the table and does not like purple. Only three people sit between U and the one who likes green. Q sits second to the left of the one who likes green. R likes orange. The one who likes black sits to the immediate right of R. Only three people sit between V and S. Neither V nor S likes black. V is not an immediate neighbour of Q. The one who likes grey sits to the immediate right of the one who likes purple. W sits to the immediate left of P. More than one person sits between purple and yellow. How many people sit between the one who likes green and the one who likes Pink, when counted from the right of the one who likes green?

Accepted Answer

Four

Answer

One

Answer

Two

Answer

Three

HPSC HCS 2022 CSAT Paper 2 Question Paper (21-May-2023)

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