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Question 1 of 60
CAT 2023 Slot 1DILRLogical ReasoningArrangementsEasy
Caselet / Problem Set Context~218 words
Faculty members in a management school can belong to one of four departments – Finance and Accounting (F&A), Marketing and Strategy (M&S), Operations and Quants (O&Q) and Behaviour and Human Resources (B&H). The numbers of faculty members in F&A, M&S, O&Q and B&H departments are 9, 7, 5 and 3 respectively.
Prof. Pakrasi, Prof. Qureshi, Prof. Ramaswamy and Prof. Samuel are four members of the school's faculty who were candidates for the post of the Dean of the school. Only one of the candidates was from O&Q.
Every faculty member, including the four candidates, voted for the post. In each department, all the faculty members who were not candidates voted for the same candidate. The rules for the election are listed below.
  1. There cannot be more than two candidates from a single department.
  2. A candidate cannot vote for himself/herself.
  3. Faculty members cannot vote for a candidate from their own department.
After the election, it was observed that Prof. Pakrasi received 3 votes, Prof. Qureshi received 14 votes, Prof. Ramaswamy received 6 votes and Prof. Samuel received 1 vote. Prof. Pakrasi voted for Prof. Ramaswamy, Prof. Qureshi for Prof. Samuel, Prof. Ramaswamy for Prof. Qureshi and Prof. Samuel for Prof. Pakrasi.3a
Which two candidates can belong to the same department?
Question 2 of 60
CAT 2023 Slot 1DILRLogical ReasoningArrangementsEasy
Caselet / Problem Set Context~218 words
Faculty members in a management school can belong to one of four departments – Finance and Accounting (F&A), Marketing and Strategy (M&S), Operations and Quants (O&Q) and Behaviour and Human Resources (B&H). The numbers of faculty members in F&A, M&S, O&Q and B&H departments are 9, 7, 5 and 3 respectively.
Prof. Pakrasi, Prof. Qureshi, Prof. Ramaswamy and Prof. Samuel are four members of the school's faculty who were candidates for the post of the Dean of the school. Only one of the candidates was from O&Q.
Every faculty member, including the four candidates, voted for the post. In each department, all the faculty members who were not candidates voted for the same candidate. The rules for the election are listed below.
  1. There cannot be more than two candidates from a single department.
  2. A candidate cannot vote for himself/herself.
  3. Faculty members cannot vote for a candidate from their own department.
After the election, it was observed that Prof. Pakrasi received 3 votes, Prof. Qureshi received 14 votes, Prof. Ramaswamy received 6 votes and Prof. Samuel received 1 vote. Prof. Pakrasi voted for Prof. Ramaswamy, Prof. Qureshi for Prof. Samuel, Prof. Ramaswamy for Prof. Qureshi and Prof. Samuel for Prof. Pakrasi.3b
Which of the following can be the number of votes that Prof. Qureshi received from a single department?
Question 3 of 60
CAT 2023 Slot 1DILRLogical ReasoningArrangementsEasy
Caselet / Problem Set Context~218 words
Faculty members in a management school can belong to one of four departments – Finance and Accounting (F&A), Marketing and Strategy (M&S), Operations and Quants (O&Q) and Behaviour and Human Resources (B&H). The numbers of faculty members in F&A, M&S, O&Q and B&H departments are 9, 7, 5 and 3 respectively.
Prof. Pakrasi, Prof. Qureshi, Prof. Ramaswamy and Prof. Samuel are four members of the school's faculty who were candidates for the post of the Dean of the school. Only one of the candidates was from O&Q.
Every faculty member, including the four candidates, voted for the post. In each department, all the faculty members who were not candidates voted for the same candidate. The rules for the election are listed below.
  1. There cannot be more than two candidates from a single department.
  2. A candidate cannot vote for himself/herself.
  3. Faculty members cannot vote for a candidate from their own department.
After the election, it was observed that Prof. Pakrasi received 3 votes, Prof. Qureshi received 14 votes, Prof. Ramaswamy received 6 votes and Prof. Samuel received 1 vote. Prof. Pakrasi voted for Prof. Ramaswamy, Prof. Qureshi for Prof. Samuel, Prof. Ramaswamy for Prof. Qureshi and Prof. Samuel for Prof. Pakrasi.3c
If Prof. Samuel belongs to B&H, which of the following statements is/are true?
Statement A: Prof. Pakrasi belongs to M&S. Statement B: Prof. Ramaswamy belongs to O&Q.
Question 4 of 60
CAT 2023 Slot 1DILRLogical ReasoningArrangementsEasy
Caselet / Problem Set Context~218 words
Faculty members in a management school can belong to one of four departments – Finance and Accounting (F&A), Marketing and Strategy (M&S), Operations and Quants (O&Q) and Behaviour and Human Resources (B&H). The numbers of faculty members in F&A, M&S, O&Q and B&H departments are 9, 7, 5 and 3 respectively.
Prof. Pakrasi, Prof. Qureshi, Prof. Ramaswamy and Prof. Samuel are four members of the school's faculty who were candidates for the post of the Dean of the school. Only one of the candidates was from O&Q.
Every faculty member, including the four candidates, voted for the post. In each department, all the faculty members who were not candidates voted for the same candidate. The rules for the election are listed below.
  1. There cannot be more than two candidates from a single department.
  2. A candidate cannot vote for himself/herself.
  3. Faculty members cannot vote for a candidate from their own department.
After the election, it was observed that Prof. Pakrasi received 3 votes, Prof. Qureshi received 14 votes, Prof. Ramaswamy received 6 votes and Prof. Samuel received 1 vote. Prof. Pakrasi voted for Prof. Ramaswamy, Prof. Qureshi for Prof. Samuel, Prof. Ramaswamy for Prof. Qureshi and Prof. Samuel for Prof. Pakrasi.3d
What best can be concluded about the candidate from O&Q\mathrm{O} \& \mathrm{Q} ?
Question 5 of 60
CAT 2023 Slot 1DILRLogical ReasoningArrangementsEasy
Caselet / Problem Set Context~218 words
Faculty members in a management school can belong to one of four departments – Finance and Accounting (F&A), Marketing and Strategy (M&S), Operations and Quants (O&Q) and Behaviour and Human Resources (B&H). The numbers of faculty members in F&A, M&S, O&Q and B&H departments are 9, 7, 5 and 3 respectively.
Prof. Pakrasi, Prof. Qureshi, Prof. Ramaswamy and Prof. Samuel are four members of the school's faculty who were candidates for the post of the Dean of the school. Only one of the candidates was from O&Q.
Every faculty member, including the four candidates, voted for the post. In each department, all the faculty members who were not candidates voted for the same candidate. The rules for the election are listed below.
  1. There cannot be more than two candidates from a single department.
  2. A candidate cannot vote for himself/herself.
  3. Faculty members cannot vote for a candidate from their own department.
After the election, it was observed that Prof. Pakrasi received 3 votes, Prof. Qureshi received 14 votes, Prof. Ramaswamy received 6 votes and Prof. Samuel received 1 vote. Prof. Pakrasi voted for Prof. Ramaswamy, Prof. Qureshi for Prof. Samuel, Prof. Ramaswamy for Prof. Qureshi and Prof. Samuel for Prof. Pakrasi.3e
Which of the following statements is/are true?
Statement A: Non-candidates from M&S voted for Prof. Qureshi. Statement B: Non-candidates from F&A voted for Prof. Qureshi.
Question 6 of 60
CAT 2023 Slot 1DILRData InterpretationTablesModerate
Caselet / Problem Set Context~166 words
Five restaurants, coded R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 gave integer ratings to five gig workers – Ullas, Vasu, Waman, Xavier and Yusuf, on a scale of 1 to 5.
The means of the ratings given by R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 were 3.4, 2.2, 3.8, 2.8 and 3.4 respectively.
The summary statistics of these ratings for the five workers is given below.
UllasVasuWamanXavierYusuf
Mean rating2.23.83.43.62.6
Median rating24443
Modal rating24551 and 4
Range of rating*33443
*Range of ratings is defined as the difference between the maximum and minimum ratings awarded to a worker.
The following is partial information about ratings of 1 and 5 awarded by the restaurants to the workers.
(a) R1 awarded a rating of 5 to Waman, as did R2 to Xavier, R3 to Waman and Xavier, and R5 to Vasu.
(b) R1 awarded a rating of 1 to Ullas, as did R2 to Waman and Yusuf, and R3 to Yusuf.3f
How many individual ratings cannot be determined from the above information? (in numerial value)
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Question 7 of 60
CAT 2023 Slot 1DILRData InterpretationTablesModerate
Caselet / Problem Set Context~166 words
Five restaurants, coded R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 gave integer ratings to five gig workers – Ullas, Vasu, Waman, Xavier and Yusuf, on a scale of 1 to 5.
The means of the ratings given by R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 were 3.4, 2.2, 3.8, 2.8 and 3.4 respectively.
The summary statistics of these ratings for the five workers is given below.
UllasVasuWamanXavierYusuf
Mean rating2.23.83.43.62.6
Median rating24443
Modal rating24551 and 4
Range of rating*33443
*Range of ratings is defined as the difference between the maximum and minimum ratings awarded to a worker.
The following is partial information about ratings of 1 and 5 awarded by the restaurants to the workers.
(a) R1 awarded a rating of 5 to Waman, as did R2 to Xavier, R3 to Waman and Xavier, and R5 to Vasu.
(b) R1 awarded a rating of 1 to Ullas, as did R2 to Waman and Yusuf, and R3 to Yusuf.40
To how many workers did R2 give a rating of 4? (in numerial value)
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Question 8 of 60
CAT 2023 Slot 1DILRData InterpretationTablesModerate
Caselet / Problem Set Context~166 words
Five restaurants, coded R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 gave integer ratings to five gig workers – Ullas, Vasu, Waman, Xavier and Yusuf, on a scale of 1 to 5.
The means of the ratings given by R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 were 3.4, 2.2, 3.8, 2.8 and 3.4 respectively.
The summary statistics of these ratings for the five workers is given below.
UllasVasuWamanXavierYusuf
Mean rating2.23.83.43.62.6
Median rating24443
Modal rating24551 and 4
Range of rating*33443
*Range of ratings is defined as the difference between the maximum and minimum ratings awarded to a worker.
The following is partial information about ratings of 1 and 5 awarded by the restaurants to the workers.
(a) R1 awarded a rating of 5 to Waman, as did R2 to Xavier, R3 to Waman and Xavier, and R5 to Vasu.
(b) R1 awarded a rating of 1 to Ullas, as did R2 to Waman and Yusuf, and R3 to Yusuf.41
What rating did R1 give to Xavier? (in numerial value)
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Question 9 of 60
CAT 2023 Slot 1DILRData InterpretationTablesModerate
Caselet / Problem Set Context~166 words
Five restaurants, coded R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 gave integer ratings to five gig workers – Ullas, Vasu, Waman, Xavier and Yusuf, on a scale of 1 to 5.
The means of the ratings given by R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 were 3.4, 2.2, 3.8, 2.8 and 3.4 respectively.
The summary statistics of these ratings for the five workers is given below.
UllasVasuWamanXavierYusuf
Mean rating2.23.83.43.62.6
Median rating24443
Modal rating24551 and 4
Range of rating*33443
*Range of ratings is defined as the difference between the maximum and minimum ratings awarded to a worker.
The following is partial information about ratings of 1 and 5 awarded by the restaurants to the workers.
(a) R1 awarded a rating of 5 to Waman, as did R2 to Xavier, R3 to Waman and Xavier, and R5 to Vasu.
(b) R1 awarded a rating of 1 to Ullas, as did R2 to Waman and Yusuf, and R3 to Yusuf.42
What is the median of the ratings given by R3 to the five workers? (in numerial value)
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Question 10 of 60
CAT 2023 Slot 1DILRData InterpretationTablesModerate
Caselet / Problem Set Context~166 words
Five restaurants, coded R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 gave integer ratings to five gig workers – Ullas, Vasu, Waman, Xavier and Yusuf, on a scale of 1 to 5.
The means of the ratings given by R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 were 3.4, 2.2, 3.8, 2.8 and 3.4 respectively.
The summary statistics of these ratings for the five workers is given below.
UllasVasuWamanXavierYusuf
Mean rating2.23.83.43.62.6
Median rating24443
Modal rating24551 and 4
Range of rating*33443
*Range of ratings is defined as the difference between the maximum and minimum ratings awarded to a worker.
The following is partial information about ratings of 1 and 5 awarded by the restaurants to the workers.
(a) R1 awarded a rating of 5 to Waman, as did R2 to Xavier, R3 to Waman and Xavier, and R5 to Vasu.
(b) R1 awarded a rating of 1 to Ullas, as did R2 to Waman and Yusuf, and R3 to Yusuf.43
Which among the following restaurants gave its median rating to exactly one of the workers?
Question 11 of 60
CAT 2023 Slot 1DILRLogical ReasoningOptimizationHard
Caselet / Problem Set Context~306 words
A visa processing office (VPO) accepts visa applications in four categories – US, UK, Schengen, and Others. The applications are scheduled for processing in twenty 15-minute slots starting at 9:00 am and ending at 2:00 pm. Ten applications are scheduled in each slot.
There are ten counters in the office, four dedicated to US applications, and two each for UK applications, Schengen applications and Others applications. Applicants are called in for processing sequentially on a first-come-first-served basis whenever a counter gets freed for their category. The processing time for an application is the same within each category. But it may vary across the categories. Each US and UK application requires 10 minutes of processing time. Depending on the number of applications in a category and time required to process an application for that category, it is possible that an applicant for a slot may be processed later.
On a particular day, Ira, Vijay and Nandini were scheduled for Schengen visa processing in that order. They had a 9:15 am slot but entered the VPO at 9:20 am. When they entered the office, exactly six out of the ten counters were either processing applications, or had finished processing one and ready to start processing the next.
Mahira and Osman were scheduled in the 9:30 am slot on that day for visa processing in the Others category.
The following additional information is known about that day.
  1. All slots were full.
  2. The number of US applications was the same in all the slots. The same was true for the other three categories.
  3. 50% of the applications were US applications.
  4. All applicants except Ira, Vijay and Nandini arrived on time.
  5. Vijay was called to a counter at 9:25 am.
44
How many UK applications were scheduled on that day? (in numerial value)
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Question 12 of 60
CAT 2023 Slot 1DILRLogical ReasoningOptimizationHard
Caselet / Problem Set Context~306 words
A visa processing office (VPO) accepts visa applications in four categories – US, UK, Schengen, and Others. The applications are scheduled for processing in twenty 15-minute slots starting at 9:00 am and ending at 2:00 pm. Ten applications are scheduled in each slot.
There are ten counters in the office, four dedicated to US applications, and two each for UK applications, Schengen applications and Others applications. Applicants are called in for processing sequentially on a first-come-first-served basis whenever a counter gets freed for their category. The processing time for an application is the same within each category. But it may vary across the categories. Each US and UK application requires 10 minutes of processing time. Depending on the number of applications in a category and time required to process an application for that category, it is possible that an applicant for a slot may be processed later.
On a particular day, Ira, Vijay and Nandini were scheduled for Schengen visa processing in that order. They had a 9:15 am slot but entered the VPO at 9:20 am. When they entered the office, exactly six out of the ten counters were either processing applications, or had finished processing one and ready to start processing the next.
Mahira and Osman were scheduled in the 9:30 am slot on that day for visa processing in the Others category.
The following additional information is known about that day.
  1. All slots were full.
  2. The number of US applications was the same in all the slots. The same was true for the other three categories.
  3. 50% of the applications were US applications.
  4. All applicants except Ira, Vijay and Nandini arrived on time.
  5. Vijay was called to a counter at 9:25 am.
45
What is the maximum possible value of the total time (in minutes, nearest to its integer value) required to process all applications in the Others category on that day? (in numerial value)
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Question 13 of 60
CAT 2023 Slot 1DILRLogical ReasoningOptimizationHard
Caselet / Problem Set Context~306 words
A visa processing office (VPO) accepts visa applications in four categories – US, UK, Schengen, and Others. The applications are scheduled for processing in twenty 15-minute slots starting at 9:00 am and ending at 2:00 pm. Ten applications are scheduled in each slot.
There are ten counters in the office, four dedicated to US applications, and two each for UK applications, Schengen applications and Others applications. Applicants are called in for processing sequentially on a first-come-first-served basis whenever a counter gets freed for their category. The processing time for an application is the same within each category. But it may vary across the categories. Each US and UK application requires 10 minutes of processing time. Depending on the number of applications in a category and time required to process an application for that category, it is possible that an applicant for a slot may be processed later.
On a particular day, Ira, Vijay and Nandini were scheduled for Schengen visa processing in that order. They had a 9:15 am slot but entered the VPO at 9:20 am. When they entered the office, exactly six out of the ten counters were either processing applications, or had finished processing one and ready to start processing the next.
Mahira and Osman were scheduled in the 9:30 am slot on that day for visa processing in the Others category.
The following additional information is known about that day.
  1. All slots were full.
  2. The number of US applications was the same in all the slots. The same was true for the other three categories.
  3. 50% of the applications were US applications.
  4. All applicants except Ira, Vijay and Nandini arrived on time.
  5. Vijay was called to a counter at 9:25 am.
46
Which of the following is the closest to the time when Nandini's application process got over?
Question 14 of 60
CAT 2023 Slot 1DILRLogical ReasoningOptimizationHard
Caselet / Problem Set Context~306 words
A visa processing office (VPO) accepts visa applications in four categories – US, UK, Schengen, and Others. The applications are scheduled for processing in twenty 15-minute slots starting at 9:00 am and ending at 2:00 pm. Ten applications are scheduled in each slot.
There are ten counters in the office, four dedicated to US applications, and two each for UK applications, Schengen applications and Others applications. Applicants are called in for processing sequentially on a first-come-first-served basis whenever a counter gets freed for their category. The processing time for an application is the same within each category. But it may vary across the categories. Each US and UK application requires 10 minutes of processing time. Depending on the number of applications in a category and time required to process an application for that category, it is possible that an applicant for a slot may be processed later.
On a particular day, Ira, Vijay and Nandini were scheduled for Schengen visa processing in that order. They had a 9:15 am slot but entered the VPO at 9:20 am. When they entered the office, exactly six out of the ten counters were either processing applications, or had finished processing one and ready to start processing the next.
Mahira and Osman were scheduled in the 9:30 am slot on that day for visa processing in the Others category.
The following additional information is known about that day.
  1. All slots were full.
  2. The number of US applications was the same in all the slots. The same was true for the other three categories.
  3. 50% of the applications were US applications.
  4. All applicants except Ira, Vijay and Nandini arrived on time.
  5. Vijay was called to a counter at 9:25 am.
47
Which of the following statements is false?
Question 15 of 60
CAT 2023 Slot 1DILRLogical ReasoningOptimizationHard
Caselet / Problem Set Context~306 words
A visa processing office (VPO) accepts visa applications in four categories – US, UK, Schengen, and Others. The applications are scheduled for processing in twenty 15-minute slots starting at 9:00 am and ending at 2:00 pm. Ten applications are scheduled in each slot.
There are ten counters in the office, four dedicated to US applications, and two each for UK applications, Schengen applications and Others applications. Applicants are called in for processing sequentially on a first-come-first-served basis whenever a counter gets freed for their category. The processing time for an application is the same within each category. But it may vary across the categories. Each US and UK application requires 10 minutes of processing time. Depending on the number of applications in a category and time required to process an application for that category, it is possible that an applicant for a slot may be processed later.
On a particular day, Ira, Vijay and Nandini were scheduled for Schengen visa processing in that order. They had a 9:15 am slot but entered the VPO at 9:20 am. When they entered the office, exactly six out of the ten counters were either processing applications, or had finished processing one and ready to start processing the next.
Mahira and Osman were scheduled in the 9:30 am slot on that day for visa processing in the Others category.
The following additional information is known about that day.
  1. All slots were full.
  2. The number of US applications was the same in all the slots. The same was true for the other three categories.
  3. 50% of the applications were US applications.
  4. All applicants except Ira, Vijay and Nandini arrived on time.
  5. Vijay was called to a counter at 9:25 am.
48
When did the application processing for all US applicants get over on that day?
Question 16 of 60
CAT 2023 Slot 1DILRLogical ReasoningGridsHard
Caselet / Problem Set Context~322 words
The schematic diagram below shows 12 rectangular houses in a housing complex. House numbers are mentioned in the rectangles representing the houses. The houses are located in six columns – Column-A through Column-F, and two rows – Row-1 and Row-2. The houses are divided into two blocks - Block XX and Block YY. The diagram also shows two roads, one passing in front of the houses in Row-2 and another between the two blocks.
Some of the houses are occupied. The remaining ones are vacant and are the only ones available for sale.
The road adjacency value of a house is the number of its sides adjacent to a road. For example, the road adjacency values of C2, F2, and B1 are 2, 1, and 0, respectively. The neighbour count of a house is the number of sides of that house adjacent to occupied houses in the same block. For example, E1 and C1 can have the maximum possible neighbour counts of 3 and 2, respectively.
The base price of a vacant house is Rs. 10 lakhs if the house does not have a parking space, and Rs. 12 lakhs if it does. The quoted price (in lakhs of Rs.) of a vacant house is calculated as (base price) + 5 ×\times (road adjacency value) + 3 ×\times (neighbour count).
The following information is also known.
  1. The maximum quoted price of a house in Block XX is Rs. 24 lakhs. The minimum quoted price of a house in block YY is Rs. 15 lakhs, and one such house is in Column-E.
  2. Row-1 has two occupied houses, one in each block.
  3. Both houses in Column-E are vacant. Each of Column-D and Column-F has at least one occupied house.
  4. There is only one house with parking space in Block YY.
How many houses are vacant in Block XX? (in numerial value)
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Question 17 of 60
CAT 2023 Slot 1DILRLogical ReasoningGridsHard
Caselet / Problem Set Context~322 words
The schematic diagram below shows 12 rectangular houses in a housing complex. House numbers are mentioned in the rectangles representing the houses. The houses are located in six columns – Column-A through Column-F, and two rows – Row-1 and Row-2. The houses are divided into two blocks - Block XX and Block YY. The diagram also shows two roads, one passing in front of the houses in Row-2 and another between the two blocks.
Some of the houses are occupied. The remaining ones are vacant and are the only ones available for sale.
The road adjacency value of a house is the number of its sides adjacent to a road. For example, the road adjacency values of C2, F2, and B1 are 2, 1, and 0, respectively. The neighbour count of a house is the number of sides of that house adjacent to occupied houses in the same block. For example, E1 and C1 can have the maximum possible neighbour counts of 3 and 2, respectively.
The base price of a vacant house is Rs. 10 lakhs if the house does not have a parking space, and Rs. 12 lakhs if it does. The quoted price (in lakhs of Rs.) of a vacant house is calculated as (base price) + 5 ×\times (road adjacency value) + 3 ×\times (neighbour count).
The following information is also known.
  1. The maximum quoted price of a house in Block XX is Rs. 24 lakhs. The minimum quoted price of a house in block YY is Rs. 15 lakhs, and one such house is in Column-E.
  2. Row-1 has two occupied houses, one in each block.
  3. Both houses in Column-E are vacant. Each of Column-D and Column-F has at least one occupied house.
  4. There is only one house with parking space in Block YY.
Which of the following houses is definitely occupied?
Question 18 of 60
CAT 2023 Slot 1DILRLogical ReasoningGridsHard
Caselet / Problem Set Context~322 words
The schematic diagram below shows 12 rectangular houses in a housing complex. House numbers are mentioned in the rectangles representing the houses. The houses are located in six columns – Column-A through Column-F, and two rows – Row-1 and Row-2. The houses are divided into two blocks - Block XX and Block YY. The diagram also shows two roads, one passing in front of the houses in Row-2 and another between the two blocks.
Some of the houses are occupied. The remaining ones are vacant and are the only ones available for sale.
The road adjacency value of a house is the number of its sides adjacent to a road. For example, the road adjacency values of C2, F2, and B1 are 2, 1, and 0, respectively. The neighbour count of a house is the number of sides of that house adjacent to occupied houses in the same block. For example, E1 and C1 can have the maximum possible neighbour counts of 3 and 2, respectively.
The base price of a vacant house is Rs. 10 lakhs if the house does not have a parking space, and Rs. 12 lakhs if it does. The quoted price (in lakhs of Rs.) of a vacant house is calculated as (base price) + 5 ×\times (road adjacency value) + 3 ×\times (neighbour count).
The following information is also known.
  1. The maximum quoted price of a house in Block XX is Rs. 24 lakhs. The minimum quoted price of a house in block YY is Rs. 15 lakhs, and one such house is in Column-E.
  2. Row-1 has two occupied houses, one in each block.
  3. Both houses in Column-E are vacant. Each of Column-D and Column-F has at least one occupied house.
  4. There is only one house with parking space in Block YY.
Which of the following options best describes the number of vacant houses in Row-2?
Question 19 of 60
CAT 2023 Slot 1DILRLogical ReasoningGridsHard
Caselet / Problem Set Context~322 words
The schematic diagram below shows 12 rectangular houses in a housing complex. House numbers are mentioned in the rectangles representing the houses. The houses are located in six columns – Column-A through Column-F, and two rows – Row-1 and Row-2. The houses are divided into two blocks - Block XX and Block YY. The diagram also shows two roads, one passing in front of the houses in Row-2 and another between the two blocks.
Some of the houses are occupied. The remaining ones are vacant and are the only ones available for sale.
The road adjacency value of a house is the number of its sides adjacent to a road. For example, the road adjacency values of C2, F2, and B1 are 2, 1, and 0, respectively. The neighbour count of a house is the number of sides of that house adjacent to occupied houses in the same block. For example, E1 and C1 can have the maximum possible neighbour counts of 3 and 2, respectively.
The base price of a vacant house is Rs. 10 lakhs if the house does not have a parking space, and Rs. 12 lakhs if it does. The quoted price (in lakhs of Rs.) of a vacant house is calculated as (base price) + 5 ×\times (road adjacency value) + 3 ×\times (neighbour count).
The following information is also known.
  1. The maximum quoted price of a house in Block XX is Rs. 24 lakhs. The minimum quoted price of a house in block YY is Rs. 15 lakhs, and one such house is in Column-E.
  2. Row-1 has two occupied houses, one in each block.
  3. Both houses in Column-E are vacant. Each of Column-D and Column-F has at least one occupied house.
  4. There is only one house with parking space in Block YY.
What is the maximum possible quoted price (in lakhs of Rs.) for a vacant house in Column-E? (in numerial value)
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Question 20 of 60
CAT 2023 Slot 1DILRLogical ReasoningGridsHard
Caselet / Problem Set Context~322 words
The schematic diagram below shows 12 rectangular houses in a housing complex. House numbers are mentioned in the rectangles representing the houses. The houses are located in six columns – Column-A through Column-F, and two rows – Row-1 and Row-2. The houses are divided into two blocks - Block XX and Block YY. The diagram also shows two roads, one passing in front of the houses in Row-2 and another between the two blocks.
Some of the houses are occupied. The remaining ones are vacant and are the only ones available for sale.
The road adjacency value of a house is the number of its sides adjacent to a road. For example, the road adjacency values of C2, F2, and B1 are 2, 1, and 0, respectively. The neighbour count of a house is the number of sides of that house adjacent to occupied houses in the same block. For example, E1 and C1 can have the maximum possible neighbour counts of 3 and 2, respectively.
The base price of a vacant house is Rs. 10 lakhs if the house does not have a parking space, and Rs. 12 lakhs if it does. The quoted price (in lakhs of Rs.) of a vacant house is calculated as (base price) + 5 ×\times (road adjacency value) + 3 ×\times (neighbour count).
The following information is also known.
  1. The maximum quoted price of a house in Block XX is Rs. 24 lakhs. The minimum quoted price of a house in block YY is Rs. 15 lakhs, and one such house is in Column-E.
  2. Row-1 has two occupied houses, one in each block.
  3. Both houses in Column-E are vacant. Each of Column-D and Column-F has at least one occupied house.
  4. There is only one house with parking space in Block YY.
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Which house in Block YY has parking space?
Question 21 of 60
CAT 2023 Slot 2DILRLogical ReasoningArrangementsEasy
Caselet / Problem Set Context~163 words
Odsville has five firms – Alfloo, Bzygoo, Czechy, Drjbna and Elavalaki. Each of these firms was founded in some year and also closed down a few years later.
Each firm raised Rs. 1 crore in its first and last year of existence. The amount each firm raised every year increased until it reached a maximum, and then decreased until the firm closed down. No firm raised the same amount of money in two consecutive years. Each annual increase and decrease was either by Rs. 1 crore or by Rs. 2 crores.
The table below provides partial information about the five firms.
FirmFirst year of existenceLast year of existenceTotal amount raised (Rs. crores)
Alfloo2009201621
Bzygoo20122015
Czechy20139
Drjbna2011201510
Elavalaki201013
For which firm(s) can the amounts raised by them be concluded with certainty in each year?
Question 22 of 60
CAT 2023 Slot 2DILRLogical ReasoningArrangementsEasy
Caselet / Problem Set Context~163 words
Odsville has five firms – Alfloo, Bzygoo, Czechy, Drjbna and Elavalaki. Each of these firms was founded in some year and also closed down a few years later.
Each firm raised Rs. 1 crore in its first and last year of existence. The amount each firm raised every year increased until it reached a maximum, and then decreased until the firm closed down. No firm raised the same amount of money in two consecutive years. Each annual increase and decrease was either by Rs. 1 crore or by Rs. 2 crores.
The table below provides partial information about the five firms.
FirmFirst year of existenceLast year of existenceTotal amount raised (Rs. crores)
Alfloo2009201621
Bzygoo20122015
Czechy20139
Drjbna2011201510
Elavalaki201013
What best can be concluded about the total amount of money raised in 2015?
Question 23 of 60
CAT 2023 Slot 2DILRLogical ReasoningArrangementsEasy
Caselet / Problem Set Context~163 words
Odsville has five firms – Alfloo, Bzygoo, Czechy, Drjbna and Elavalaki. Each of these firms was founded in some year and also closed down a few years later.
Each firm raised Rs. 1 crore in its first and last year of existence. The amount each firm raised every year increased until it reached a maximum, and then decreased until the firm closed down. No firm raised the same amount of money in two consecutive years. Each annual increase and decrease was either by Rs. 1 crore or by Rs. 2 crores.
The table below provides partial information about the five firms.
FirmFirst year of existenceLast year of existenceTotal amount raised (Rs. crores)
Alfloo2009201621
Bzygoo20122015
Czechy20139
Drjbna2011201510
Elavalaki201013
What is the largest possible total amount of money (in Rs. crores) that could have been raised in 20132013?
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Question 24 of 60
CAT 2023 Slot 2DILRLogical ReasoningArrangementsEasy
Caselet / Problem Set Context~163 words
Odsville has five firms – Alfloo, Bzygoo, Czechy, Drjbna and Elavalaki. Each of these firms was founded in some year and also closed down a few years later.
Each firm raised Rs. 1 crore in its first and last year of existence. The amount each firm raised every year increased until it reached a maximum, and then decreased until the firm closed down. No firm raised the same amount of money in two consecutive years. Each annual increase and decrease was either by Rs. 1 crore or by Rs. 2 crores.
The table below provides partial information about the five firms.
FirmFirst year of existenceLast year of existenceTotal amount raised (Rs. crores)
Alfloo2009201621
Bzygoo20122015
Czechy20139
Drjbna2011201510
Elavalaki201013
If Elavalaki raised Rs. 3 crores in 2013, then what is the smallest possible total amount of money (in Rs. crores) that could have been raised by all the companies in 2012?
Question 25 of 60
CAT 2023 Slot 2DILRLogical ReasoningArrangementsEasy
Caselet / Problem Set Context~163 words
Odsville has five firms – Alfloo, Bzygoo, Czechy, Drjbna and Elavalaki. Each of these firms was founded in some year and also closed down a few years later.
Each firm raised Rs. 1 crore in its first and last year of existence. The amount each firm raised every year increased until it reached a maximum, and then decreased until the firm closed down. No firm raised the same amount of money in two consecutive years. Each annual increase and decrease was either by Rs. 1 crore or by Rs. 2 crores.
The table below provides partial information about the five firms.
FirmFirst year of existenceLast year of existenceTotal amount raised (Rs. crores)
Alfloo2009201621
Bzygoo20122015
Czechy20139
Drjbna2011201510
Elavalaki201013
If the total amount of money raised in 20142014 is Rs. 1212 crores, then which of the following is not possible?

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