CAT 2022 DILR Question Paper with Solution PDF (November 27 - shift 1)
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On 27 November 2022, IIM Bangalore administered the CAT 2022 DILR Slot 1 paper in the 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM morning window. The Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning section packed 20 questions worth 60 marks into a tight 40-minute sectional clock, split into 4 sets of 5 questions and made up of 14 MCQs plus 6 TITA items.
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The overall feel was Medium to Difficult: 2 sets sat in the Easy to Medium zone while the other 2 leaned Medium to Difficult, and with 0 traditional DI sets the entire section ran on reasoning logic. Picking the right 2 to 3 sets early was the single biggest lever on your final marks. Work through the fully solved PDF below to see how each of the 20 questions is cracked step by step.
CAT 2022 Slot 1 DILR Questions with Solutions
Comprehension:
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Given above is the schematic map of the metro lines in a city with rectangles denoting terminal stations (e.g. A), diamonds denoting junction stations (e.g. R) and small filled-up circles denoting other stations. Each train runs either in east-west or north-south direction, but not both. All trains stop for 2 minutes at each of the junction stations on the way and for 1 minute at each of the other stations. It takes 2 minutes to reach the next station for trains going in east-west direction and 3 minutes to reach the next station for trains going in north-south direction. From each terminal station, the first train starts at 6 am; the last trains leave the terminal stations at midnight. Otherwise, during the service hours, there are metro service every 15 minutes in the north-south lines and every 10 minutes in the east-west lines. A train must rest for at least 15 minutes after completing a trip at the terminal station, before it can undertake the next trip in the reverse direction. (All questions are related to this metro service only. Assume that if someone reaches a station exactly at the time a train is supposed to leave, (s)he can catch that train.)If Hari is ready to board a train at 8:05 am from station M, then when is the earliest that he can reach station N?
If Priya is ready to board a train at 10:25 am from station T, then when isthe earliest that she can reach station S?
Haripriya is expected to reach station S late. What is the latest time by which she must be ready to board at station S if she must reach station B before 1 am via station R?
What is the minimum number of trains that are required to provide the service on the AB line (considering both north and south directions)?
What is the minimum number of trains that are required to provide the service in this city?
Comprehension:
The management of a university hockey team was evaluating performance of four women players - Amla, Bimla, Harita and Sarita for their possible selection in the university team for next year. For this purpose, the management was looking at the number of goals scored by them in the past 8 matches, numbered 1 through 8. The four players together had scored a total of 12 goals in these matches. In the 8 matches, each of them had scored at least one goal. No two players had scored the same total number of goals.
The following facts are known about the goals scored by these four players only. All the questions refer only to the goals scored by these four players.
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1. Only one goal was scored in every even numbered match.2. Harita scored more goals than Bimla.
3. The highest goal scorer scored goals in exactly 3 matches including Match 4 and Match 8.
4. Bimla scored a goal in Match 1 and one each in three other consecutive matches.
5. An equal number of goals were scored in Match 3 and Match 7, which was different from the number of goals scored in either Match 1 or Match 5.
6. The match in which the highest number of goals was scored was unique and it was not Match 5.
How many goals were scored in Match 7?
Which of the following is the correct sequence of goals scored in matches 1, 3, 5 and 7?
Which of the following statement(s) is/are true?
Statement-1: Amla and Sarita never scored goals in the same match.
Statement-2: Harita and Sarita never scored goals in the same match.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are false?
Statement-1: In every match, at least one player scored a goal.
Statement-2: No two players scored goals in the same number of matches.
If Harita scored goals in one more match as compared to Sarita, which of the following statement(s) is/are necessarily true?
Statement-1: Amla scored goals in consecutive matches.
Statement-2: Sarita scored goals in consecutive matches.
Comprehension:
Adhara, Bithi, Chhaya, Dhanavi, Esther, and Fathima are the interviewers in a process that awards funding for new initiatives. Every interviewer individually interviews each of the candidates individually and awards a token only if she recommends funding. A token has a face value of 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, or 13. Each interviewer awards tokens of a single face value only. Once all six interviews are over for a candidate, the candidate receives a funding that is Rs.1000 times the product of the face values of all the tokens. For example, if a candidate has tokens with face values 2, 5, and 7, then they get a funding of Rs.1000 × (2 × 5 × 7) = Rs.70,000. Pragnyaa, Qahira, Rasheeda, Smera, and Tantra were five candidates who received funding. The funds they received, in descending order, were Rs.390,000, Rs.210,000, Rs.165,000, Rs.77,000, and Rs.66,000.
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The following additional facts are known:1. Fathima awarded tokens to everyone except Qahira, while Adhara awarded tokens to no one except Pragnyaa.
2. Rashida received the highest number of tokens that anyone received, but she did not receive one from Esther.
3. Bithi awarded a token to Smera but not to Qahira, while Dhanavi awarded a token to Qahira but not to Smera.
How many tokens did Qahira receive?
Who among the following definitely received a token from Bithi but not from Dhanavi?
How many tokens did Chhaya award?
How many tokens did Smera receive?
Which of the following could be the amount of funding that Tantra received?
(a) Rs. 66,000
(b) Rs. 165,000
Comprehension:
There are 15 girls and some boys among the graduating students in a class. They are planning a get-together, which can be either a 1-day event, or a 2-day event, or a 3-day event. There are 6 singers in the class, 4 of them are boys. There are 10 dancers in the class, 4 of them are girls. No dancer in the class is a singer.
Some students are not interested in attending the get-together. Those students who are interested in attending a 3-day event are also interested in attending a 2-day event; those who are interested in attending a 2-day event are also interested in attending a 1-day event.
The following facts are also known:
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1. All the girls and 80% of the boys are interested in attending a 1-day event. 60% of the boys are interested in attending a 2-day event.2. Some of the girls are interested in attending a 1-day event, but not a 2-day event; some of the other girls are interested in attending both.
3. 70% of the boys who are interested in attending a 2-day event are neither singers nor dancers. 60% of the girls who are interested in attending a 2-day event are neither singers nor dancers.
4. No girl is interested in attending a 3-day event. All male singers and 2 of the dancers are interested in attending a 3-day event.
5. The number of singers interested in attending a 2-day event is one more than the number of dancers interested in attending a 2-day event.
How many boys are there in the class?
Which of the following can be determined from the given information?
I. The number of boys who are interested in attending a 1-day event and are neither dancers nor singers.
II. The number of female dancers who are interested in attending a 1-day event.
What fraction of the class are interested in attending a 2-day event?
What BEST can be concluded about the number of male dancers who are interested in attending a 1-day event?
How many female dancers are interested in attending a 2-day event?
CAT 2022 DILR Slot 1 Exam Pattern and Marking Scheme
The DILR section in CAT 2022 Slot 1 gave you 20 questions for 60 marks in a fixed 40-minute window, with no option to carry unused time into other sections. Of the 20 questions, 14 were MCQs and 6 were TITA, spread evenly across 4 sets of 5 questions each.
- Total questions: 20 in the Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning section
- Section duration: 40 minutes (sectional time limit)
- Total marks: 60 (3 marks per question)
- Marking (MCQ): +3 for every correct MCQ and -1 for every wrong MCQ, so accuracy across all 14 MCQs directly protects your score.
- Marking (TITA): +3 for every correct TITA answer and 0 penalty for a wrong one, so you should attempt all 6 TITA questions you reach.
- Question types: 14 MCQ (with negative marking) and 6 TITA (no negative marking), totalling 20 questions.
CAT 2022 DILR Slot 1 Set-wise Topics and Weightage
All 4 sets in this slot were Logical Reasoning based with 0 pure Data Interpretation sets, and each set carried 5 questions worth 15 marks. The 4 scenarios below decided where you spent your 40 minutes.
- Hockey - Goals and Score (5 questions): an arrangement-style set on a hockey game tracking goals and the running score, rated in the Easy to Medium band.
- Train Schedule and Routes (5 questions): a logical set on train timings, stops and routes, demanding careful tabulation across the 5 questions.
- Judges, Interviews and Tokens (5 questions): a constraint-heavy reasoning set on judges, interview slots and tokens, sitting in the Medium to Difficult band.
- Venn Diagram - Get-Together Planning (5 questions): a set-theory based planning scenario solved with a 3-group Venn diagram across all 5 questions.
CAT 2022 DILR Slot 1 Set-wise Video Analysis
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How to Use the CAT 2022 DILR Slot 1 Solved Paper
With only 8 to 10 of the 20 questions genuinely doable in this slot, your job is to triage all 4 sets in the first 5 minutes and commit to the 2 to 3 friendliest ones. Use the solved PDF in these 4 steps.
- Attempt all 4 sets cold under a 40-minute timer and write down which 2 sets you would lock in within the first 5 minutes.
- Score yourself using +3 and -1 for the 14 MCQs and +3 and 0 for the 6 TITA questions to get a realistic raw total out of 60.
- Open the solutions and compare your set-selection call against the 2 Easy to Medium sets that most students cleared.
- Re-solve any set where you crossed 8 minutes, since spending over 8 minutes on 1 weak set was the most common mistake in this slot.
Good Attempts and Percentile Benchmark
- A good performance was 10 to 12 questions attempted at 85 to 90% accuracy, though the realistically doable count was only 8 to 10.
- A raw score of about 28 to 30 marks in DILR was enough for a 99+ percentile in this section.
- Very few students cleared more than 2 of the 4 sets, so attempting 2 sets cleanly beat rushing all 4.
DILR Slot 1 Question Paper FAQs
Ques. What was the difficulty level of CAT 2022 DILR Slot 1?
Ans. The CAT 2022 DILR Slot 1 section was rated Medium to Difficult overall. Of the 4 sets, 2 sets fell in the Easy to Medium band and 2 sets in the Medium to Difficult band, keeping the doable count down to about 8 to 10 of the 20 questions.
Ques. How many questions and sets were in CAT 2022 DILR Slot 1?
Ans. The section had 20 questions for 60 marks, arranged in 4 sets of 5 questions each. There were 14 MCQs and 6 TITA questions, and you had a 40-minute sectional time limit.
Ques. Were there any Data Interpretation sets in CAT 2022 DILR Slot 1?
Ans. No. All 4 sets were Logical Reasoning based with 0 pure Data Interpretation sets. The scenarios covered a hockey goals-and-score set, a train schedule and routes set, a judges-interviews-tokens set, and a Venn-diagram get-together planning set.
Ques. What is a good number of attempts in CAT 2022 DILR Slot 1?
Ans. Attempting 10 to 12 questions at 85 to 90% accuracy counted as a strong performance, even though only 8 to 10 questions were realistically doable. Most students managed to clear no more than 2 of the 4 sets.
Ques. How many marks fetch a 99 percentile in CAT 2022 DILR Slot 1?
Ans. A raw score of about 28 to 30 marks in the DILR section was enough for a 99+ percentile in this slot. With +3 per correct answer, that translates to roughly 10 clean correct answers from the 20 questions.
Ques. Where can I check official CAT 2022 details?
Ans. CAT 2022 was conducted by IIM Bangalore on 27 November 2022 across 3 slots. You can verify official exam information on the conducting body's website at iimcat.ac.in.
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