NinetynineCAT Charts & Tables questions 130 since 2017
Across the 24 CAT papers from 2017 to 2025, Charts & Tables was asked 130 times, in 20 of the 24 papers. CAT asks about 5.4 Charts & Tables questions per paper on average; in 2022–2025 it was 5.3 per paper, against 5.4 in the four years before (steady). Below is how often it appeared each year, the ideas CAT keeps reusing, and every question with its answer.
Key facts
- Across the 24 CAT papers from 2017 to 2025, Charts & Tables was asked 130 times, in 20 of the 24 papers.
- Charts & Tables is the 1st most-asked of the 9 CAT DILR topics, with 22.6% of all DILR questions since 2017.
- CAT asks about 5.4 Charts & Tables questions per paper on average; in 2022–2025 it was 5.3 per paper, against 5.4 in the four years before (steady).
- The heaviest year for Charts & Tables was CAT 2024, with 25 questions across 3 slots.
Counted from all 24 CAT papers 2017–2025 (1,830 questions), one topic tag per question. How we tag.
How many Charts & Tables questions come in CAT each year?
| Year | Questions | Slots that year | Per slot |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAT 2017 | 12 | 2 | 6.0 |
| CAT 2018 | 8 | 2 | 4.0 |
| CAT 2019 | 16 | 2 | 8.0 |
| CAT 2020 | 14 | 3 | 4.7 |
| CAT 2021 | 16 | 3 | 5.3 |
| CAT 2022 | 9 | 3 | 3.0 |
| CAT 2023 | 5 | 3 | 1.7 |
| CAT 2024 | 25 | 3 | 8.3 |
| CAT 2025 | 25 | 3 | 8.3 |
Charts & Tables ideas CAT has repeated
- Gantt-style bar chart: start/end days of tasks or orders 8 questions, 2021
- Election vote counts: deduce votes/shares of candidates 16 questions, 2020–2024
- Trade flows between countries: imports, exports, tariffs, balances 9 questions, 2025
- Scatter/bubble plot DI: read coordinates and areas to compare entities 21 questions, 2018–2025
- Sales/revenue DI with percentage shares across segments and years 20 questions, 2018–2024
- Table with missing entries completed from additional clues 8 questions, 2020–2024
All Charts & Tables questions, newest first
CAT 2025
- CAT 2025 Slot 3 · Set 1 Anu, Bijay, Chetan, Deepak, Eshan, and Faruq are six friends. Each of… (4 questions)
- CAT 2025 Slot 3 · Set 3 Anirbid, Chandranath, Koushik, and Suranjan participated in a puzzle… (4 questions)
- CAT 2025 Slot 3 · Set 5 Three countries — Pumpland (P), Xiland (X) and Cheeseland (C) — trade… (5 questions)
- CAT 2025 Slot 2 · Set 4 The Sustainability Index (SI) of a country at a point in time is an… (4 questions)
- CAT 2025 Slot 2 · Set 5 The following charts depict details of research papers written by four… (4 questions)
- CAT 2025 Slot 1 · Set 4 Five countries engage in trade with each other. Each country levies… (4 questions)
CAT 2024
- CAT 2024 Slot 3 · Set 1 The table given below shows the amount, in grams, of carbohydrate… (4 questions)
- CAT 2024 Slot 3 · Set 2 Over the top (OTT) subscribers of a platform are segregated into three… (4 questions)
- CAT 2024 Slot 3 · Set 3 The air-conditioner (AC) in a large room can be operated either in… (5 questions)
- CAT 2024 Slot 3 · Set 4 Out of 10 countries -- Country 1 through Country 10 -- Country 9 has… (4 questions)
- CAT 2024 Slot 2 · Set 5 The two plots below give the following information about six firms A… (4 questions)
- CAT 2024 Slot 1 · Set 4 The chart below shows the price data for seven shares – A, B, C, D, E… (4 questions)
CAT 2023
- CAT 2023 Slot 3 · Set 2 In a coaching class, some students register online, and some others… (5 questions)
CAT 2022
- CAT 2022 Slot 3 · Set 3 In the following, a year corresponds to 1^st of January of that year… (3 questions)
- CAT 2022 Slot 3 · Set 4 There are only four neighbourhoods in a city - Levmisto, Tyhrmisto… (1 question)
- CAT 2022 Slot 2 · Set 4 The two plots below show data for four companies code-named A, B, C… (5 questions)
CAT 2021
- CAT 2021 Slot 3 · Set 3 The figure above shows the schedule of four employees – Abani, Bahni… (4 questions)
- CAT 2021 Slot 2 · Set 2 The different bars in the diagram above provide information about… (4 questions)
- CAT 2021 Slot 1 · Set 1 The horizontal bars in the above diagram represent 2020 aggregate… (4 questions)
- CAT 2021 Slot 1 · Set 3 Ganga, Kaveri, and Narmada are three women who buy four raw materials… (4 questions)
CAT 2020
- CAT 2020 Slot 3 · Set 3 XYZ organization got into the business of delivering groceries to home… (4 questions)
- CAT 2020 Slot 2 · Set 3 A chain of departmental stores has outlets in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru… (4 questions)
- CAT 2020 Slot 2 · Set 4 In an election several candidates contested for a constituency. In any… (6 questions)
CAT 2019
- CAT 2019 Slot 2 · Set 2 To compare the rainfall data, India Meteorological Department (IMD)… (4 questions)
- CAT 2019 Slot 2 · Set 8 A large store has only three departments, Clothing, Produce, and… (4 questions)
- CAT 2019 Slot 1 · Set 3 The Ministry of Home Affairs is analysing crimes committed by… (4 questions)
- CAT 2019 Slot 1 · Set 4 Five vendors are being considered for a service. The evaluation… (4 questions)
CAT 2018
- CAT 2018 Slot 2 · Set 2 There are only four brands of entry level smartphones called Azra… (4 questions)
- CAT 2018 Slot 1 · Set 4 The multi-layered pie-chart below shows the sales of LED television… (4 questions)
CAT 2017
- CAT 2017 Slot 2 · Set 5 There were seven elective courses – E1 to E7 - running in a specific… (4 questions)
- CAT 2017 Slot 2 · Set 6 Funky Pizzeria was required to supply Pizzas to three different… (4 questions)
- CAT 2017 Slot 1 · Set 5 A study to look at the early learning of rural kids was carried out in… (4 questions)
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