CAT 2020 Slot 2 DILR questions, answer key and solutions

The Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) section of CAT 2020 Slot 2: 24 questions in 40 minutes, 6 TITA and 18 MCQ. The answer key below is CAT's official one.

QQuestionTopicTypeAnswerSolution
Q1Set 1 · The total number of possible congurations using beads of…Grids & MatricesTITA2
Q2Set 1 · What is the maximum possible number of Red beads that can…Grids & MatricesTITA9
Q3Set 1 · What is the minimum number of Blue beads in any conguration?Grids & MatricesTITA6
Q4Set 1 · Two Red beads have been placed in ‘second row, third column’…Grids & MatricesTITA6
Q5Set 2 · Initially cars numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4 arrive among which 1…ArrangementsMCQD
Q6Set 2 · Suppose eight cars have arrived, of which two have left…ArrangementsMCQC
Q7Set 2 · Suppose the sequence at some point of time is 4, 5, 6, V, 3…ArrangementsMCQC
Q8Set 2 · Suppose that car 4 is not the first car to leave and that…ArrangementsMCQA
Q9Set 3 · In HomeDecor departments of which cities were the sales…Charts & TablesMCQA
Q10Set 3 · What was the increase in sales amount, in Crore Rupees, in…Charts & TablesMCQA
Q11Set 3 · Among all the 12 departments (i.e., the 3 departments in…Charts & TablesMCQB
Q12Set 3 · What was the total sales amount, in Crore Rupees, in 2019…Charts & TablesMCQA
Q13Set 4 · What is the percentage of votes polled in total by all the…Charts & TablesTITA9
Q14Set 4 · How many candidates who contested in constituency B lost…Charts & TablesTITA11
Q15Set 4 · What BEST can be concluded about the number of votes polled…Charts & TablesMCQB
Q16Set 4 · What was the number of valid votes polled in constituency D?Charts & TablesMCQA
Q17Set 4 · The winning margin of a constituency is defined as the…Charts & TablesMCQD
Q18Set 4 · For all the four constituencies taken together, what was the…Charts & TablesMCQD
Q19Set 5 · Which one of the following statements is true?SchedulingMCQD
Q20Set 5 · Who all are NOT guiding any Economics students?SchedulingMCQC
Q21Set 5 · Scheduling: Q is guiding G.SchedulingMCQB
Q22Set 5 · If D is scheduled in a slot later than Q's, then which of…SchedulingMCQB
Q23Set 5 · If E and Q are both scheduled in the same slot, then which…SchedulingMCQA
Q24Set 5 · If D is scheduled in the slot immediately before Q’s, then…SchedulingMCQD

Topics in this section

TopicQuestions
Charts & Tables10
Scheduling6
Arrangements4
Grids & Matrices4

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