CAT 2018 Slot 2 DILR Set 7 Q25–Q28

A DILR caselet from the Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) section of CAT 2018 Slot 2, with 4 questions (Grids & Matrices). Answers are CAT's official key.

The set

According to a coding scheme the sentence,
Peacock is designated as the national bird of India is coded as 5688999 35 1135556678 56 458 13666689 1334 79 13366
This coding scheme has the following rules:
1. The scheme is case-insensitive (does not distinguish between upper case and lower case letters).
2. Each letter has a unique code which is a single digit from among 1,2,3,......,9.
3. The digit 9 codes two letters, and every other digit codes three letters.
4. The code for a word is constructed by arranging the digits corresponding to its letters in a non-decreasing sequence.
Answer these questions on the basis of this information

Question 25

What best can be concluded about the code for the letter L?
  1. A
    6
  2. B
    8
  3. C
    1 or 8
  4. D
    1

Answer: (D) 1 Grids & Matrices MCQ

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Question 26

What best can be concluded about the code for the letter B?
  1. A
    1 or 3 or 4
  2. B
    1
  3. C
    3
  4. D
    3 or 4

Answer: (D) 3 or 4 Grids & Matrices MCQ

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Question 27

For how many digits can the complete list of letters associated with that digit be identified?
  1. A
    2
  2. B
    1
  3. C
    0
  4. D
    3

Answer: (A) 2 Grids & Matrices MCQ

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Question 28

Which set of letters CANNOT be coded with the same digit?
  1. A
    S , U , V
  2. B
    X , Y , Z
  3. C
    S , E , Z
  4. D
    I , B , M

Answer: (A) S , U , V Grids & Matrices MCQ

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Same concept in other years

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