NinetynineCAT Grids & Matrices questions 67 since 2017
Across the 24 CAT papers from 2017 to 2025, Grids & Matrices was asked 67 times, in 14 of the 24 papers. CAT asks about 2.8 Grids & Matrices questions per paper on average; in 2022–2025 it was 2.3 per paper, against 3.2 in the four years before (falling). 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, Grids & Matrices was asked 67 times, in 14 of the 24 papers.
- Grids & Matrices is the 3rd most-asked of the 9 CAT DILR topics, with 11.6% of all DILR questions since 2017.
- CAT asks about 2.8 Grids & Matrices questions per paper on average; in 2022–2025 it was 2.3 per paper, against 3.2 in the four years before (falling).
- The heaviest year for Grids & Matrices was CAT 2018, with 12 questions across 2 slots.
Counted from all 24 CAT papers 2017–2025 (1,830 questions), one topic tag per question. How we tag.
How many Grids & Matrices questions come in CAT each year?
| Year | Questions | Slots that year | Per slot |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAT 2017 | 8 | 2 | 4.0 |
| CAT 2018 | 12 | 2 | 6.0 |
| CAT 2019 | 4 | 2 | 2.0 |
| CAT 2020 | 10 | 3 | 3.3 |
| CAT 2021 | 6 | 3 | 2.0 |
| CAT 2022 | 4 | 3 | 1.3 |
| CAT 2023 | 10 | 3 | 3.3 |
| CAT 2024 | 5 | 3 | 1.7 |
| CAT 2025 | 8 | 3 | 2.7 |
Grids & Matrices ideas CAT has repeated
- 3x3 grid of boxes each holding three sacks/pouches of coins, equal row/column totals 9 questions, 2019–2023
- Values placed in a grid layout, deduced from row and column totals 11 questions, 2020–2024
- Fill a grid with symbols/numbers obeying adjacency or ordering rules 13 questions, 2018–2024
- Line of sight on a grid: who can see/reach whom along rows, columns, diagonals 12 questions, 2017–2019
- Pairwise interactions within a group (calls, replies, relationships) 14 questions, 2021–2025
All Grids & Matrices questions, newest first
CAT 2025
- CAT 2025 Slot 2 · Set 2 There are six spherical balls, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, and B6, and four… (4 questions)
- CAT 2025 Slot 1 · Set 5 Alia, Badal, Clive, Dilshan, and Ehsaan played a game in which each… (4 questions)
CAT 2024
- CAT 2024 Slot 2 · Set 3 The numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 are placed in ten slots… (5 questions)
CAT 2023
- CAT 2023 Slot 2 · Set 1 There are nine boxes arranged in a 3×3 array as shown in Tables 1 and… (5 questions)
- CAT 2023 Slot 1 · Set 4 The schematic diagram below shows 12 rectangular houses in a housing… (5 questions)
CAT 2022
- CAT 2022 Slot 3 · Set 4 There are only four neighbourhoods in a city - Levmisto, Tyhrmisto… (4 questions)
CAT 2021
- CAT 2021 Slot 1 · Set 2 Amudha, Bharatan, Chandran, Dhinesh, Ezhil, Fani and Gowtham are seven… (6 questions)
CAT 2020
- CAT 2020 Slot 3 · Set 1 A farmer had a rectangular land containing 205 trees. He distributed… (6 questions)
- CAT 2020 Slot 2 · Set 1 Twenty five coloured beads are to be arranged in a grid comprising of… (4 questions)
CAT 2019
- CAT 2019 Slot 2 · Set 5 Three pouches (each represented by a filled circle) are kept in each… (4 questions)
CAT 2018
- CAT 2018 Slot 2 · Set 7 According to a coding scheme the sentence, Peacock is designated as… (4 questions)
- CAT 2018 Slot 1 · Set 3 You are given an n×n square matrix to be filled with numerals so that… (4 questions)
- CAT 2018 Slot 1 · Set 7 Adriana, Bandita, Chitra, and Daisy are four female students, and… (4 questions)
CAT 2017
- CAT 2017 Slot 2 · Set 2 In an 8 X 8 chessboard a queen placed anywhere can attack another… (4 questions)
- CAT 2017 Slot 1 · Set 7 In a square layout of size 5m × 5m, 25 equal sized square platforms of… (4 questions)
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