General Studies Paper II (CSAT) · Subtopic
Numbers and relations
Official syllabus
Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. — Class X level);
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What this covers
Number questions depend on the domain: integers, fractions and real numbers do not permit the same shortcuts. A factor divides exactly; a multiple is obtained by integer multiplication.
Key ideas
- integer
- rational number
- factor
- multiple
- divisibility