2025 CSAT, all questions

UPSC Prelims 2025 · CSAT

Question 76: Basic Numeracy

Let p + q = 10, where p, q are integers.

  1. Value-IMaximum value of p × q when p, q are positive integers.
  2. Value-IIMaximum value of p × q when p ≥ – 6, q ≥ – 4.

Which one of the following is correct ?

aValue-I < Value-II
bValue-II < Value-I
cValue-I = Value-II
dCannot be determined due to insufficient data

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.