NinetynineCAT Selection & Distribution questions 41 since 2017
Across the 24 CAT papers from 2017 to 2025, Selection & Distribution was asked 41 times, in 9 of the 24 papers. CAT asks about 1.7 Selection & Distribution questions per paper on average; in 2022–2025 it was 0.8 per paper, against 2.4 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, Selection & Distribution was asked 41 times, in 9 of the 24 papers.
- Selection & Distribution is the 7th most-asked of the 9 CAT DILR topics, with 7.1% of all DILR questions since 2017.
- CAT asks about 1.7 Selection & Distribution questions per paper on average; in 2022–2025 it was 0.8 per paper, against 2.4 in the four years before (falling).
- The heaviest year for Selection & Distribution was CAT 2017, with 8 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 Selection & Distribution questions come in CAT each year?
| Year | Questions | Slots that year | Per slot |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAT 2017 | 8 | 2 | 4.0 |
| CAT 2018 | 4 | 2 | 2.0 |
| CAT 2019 | 8 | 2 | 4.0 |
| CAT 2020 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| CAT 2021 | 12 | 3 | 4.0 |
| CAT 2022 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| CAT 2023 | 5 | 3 | 1.7 |
| CAT 2024 | 4 | 3 | 1.3 |
| CAT 2025 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
Selection & Distribution ideas CAT has repeated
- Distribute items among people under value/total constraints 14 questions, 2017–2024
All Selection & Distribution questions, newest first
CAT 2024
- CAT 2024 Slot 1 · Set 1 Six web surfers M, N, O, P, X, and Y each had 30 stars which they… (4 questions)
CAT 2023
- CAT 2023 Slot 1 · Set 1 Faculty members in a management school can belong to one of four… (5 questions)
CAT 2021
- CAT 2021 Slot 3 · Set 1 Three reviewers Amal, Bimal, and Komal are tasked with selecting… (6 questions)
- CAT 2021 Slot 2 · Set 1 Ten objects o1, o2, …, o10 were distributed among Amar, Barat… (6 questions)
CAT 2019
- CAT 2019 Slot 2 · Set 1 In the table below the check marks indicate all languages spoken by… (4 questions)
- CAT 2019 Slot 1 · Set 1 A new game show on TV has 100 boxes numbered 1, 2, ....., 100 in a… (4 questions)
CAT 2018
- CAT 2018 Slot 1 · Set 8 Twenty four people are part of three committees which are to look at… (4 questions)
CAT 2017
- CAT 2017 Slot 2 · Set 1 An old woman had the following assets: (a) Rs. 70 lakh in bank… (4 questions)
- CAT 2017 Slot 1 · Set 8 There are 21 employees working in a division, out of whom 10 are… (4 questions)
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