2025 CSAT, all questions

UPSC Prelims 2025 · CSAT

Question 45: Basic Numeracy

A set (X) of 20 pipes can fill 70% of a tank in 14 minutes. Another set (Y) of 10 pipes fills 3/8th of the tank in 6 minutes. A third set (Z) of 16 pipes can empty half of the tank in 20 minutes. If half of the pipes of set X are closed and only half of the pipes of set Y are open, and all pipes of the set (Z) are open, then how long will it take to fill 50% of the tank ?

a8 minutes
b10 minutes
c12 minutes
d16 minutes

UPSC's 2025 key was reported published in May 2026, but no file was found on upsc.gov.in or in the Wayback Machine. The 2025 papers can be browsed, not scored.

Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2025, General Studies Paper II (CSAT), Series A. The paper on upsc.gov.in.