CAT 2021 Slot 1 DILR questions, answer key and solutions

The Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) section of CAT 2021 Slot 1: 20 questions in 40 minutes, 5 TITA and 15 MCQ. The answer key below is CAT's official one.

QQuestionTopicTypeAnswerSolution
Q1Set 1 · The total sales (in ₹ million) in 2019 from products in…Charts & TablesMCQD
Q2Set 1 · The percentage increase in sales in Furniture category from…Charts & TablesMCQB
Q3Set 1 · How many subcategories had sales of ₹ 4 million or more in…Charts & TablesTITA1
Q4Set 1 · The improvement index for a category is the maximum…Charts & TablesMCQD
Q5Set 2 · Who are Gowtham's acquaintances?Grids & MatricesMCQB
Q6Set 2 · Which of these pairs share the same type of relationship?Grids & MatricesMCQD
Q7Set 2 · Who is an acquaintance of Amudha?Grids & MatricesMCQA
Q8Set 2 · Who is an acquaintance of Chandran?Grids & MatricesMCQC
Q9Set 2 · How many friends does Ezhil have?Grids & MatricesTITA3
Q10Set 2 · How many people are either a friend or a friend-of-a-friend…Grids & MatricesTITA4
Q11Set 3 · What BEST can be concluded about the number of units of…Charts & TablesMCQD
Q12Set 3 · Which of the following is NECESSARILY true?Charts & TablesMCQC
Q13Set 3 · What BEST can be concluded about the total number of units…Charts & TablesMCQA
Q14Set 3 · If it is known that three leftover units of mangoes were…Charts & TablesTITA6
Q15Set 4 · What is the correct sequence of number of papers written by…SchedulingMCQC
Q16Set 4 · How many papers were written by Indian authors?SchedulingTITA8
Q17Set 4 · Which of the following statement(s) MUST be true? A: Every…SchedulingMCQA
Q18Set 4 · Scheduling: Every issue had exactly one paper by a Chinese…SchedulingMCQC
Q19Set 4 · Scheduling: There was exactly one paper by an author from…SchedulingMCQC
Q20Set 4 · Which of the following is the correct sequence of number of…SchedulingMCQA

Topics in this section

TopicQuestions
Charts & Tables8
Grids & Matrices6
Scheduling6

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