CAT 2026 · Slot 3 · Expected paper

CAT 2026 Slot 3 DILR Analysis: Expected Paper, Questions & Solutions

22 questions
19 MCQ
3 TITA
66 marks
16 medium
4 easy
2 hard

DILR is split into 5 parts: Set 1 (4), Set 2 (4), Set 3 (4), Set 4 (5), Set 5 (5). Open a part for every question with options, answers and solutions, or a single question on its own page.

Set 1: DILR – ZENTRA Salesmen and Households

Data Interpretation

Q1
How many households did Rohit meet on the second day?
Q2
How many households did Vikram meet on the first day?
Q3
How many ZENTRA items were sold by Vikram on the first day?
Q4
What was the total number of households met by Vikram, Arjun and Rohit on the first day?

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Set 2: DILR – District-wise Pandemic Cases

Logical Reasoning

Q5
On how many days did Alden and Brim have the same number of new cases?
Q6
Which of the two statements below is/are necessarily false?
Statement A: There were 2 new cases in Brim on Day 3.
Statement B: There were no new cases in Cova on Day 2.
Q7
On which day(s) did Cova not have any new case?
Q8
What can be concluded about the number of new cases in Alden on Day 3?

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Set 3: DILR – Housing Layout, Occupancy and Quoted Prices

Logical Reasoning

Q9
Which house in Block BB has parking space?
Q10
Which of the following options best describes the number of vacant houses in Row-2?
Q11
Which of the following houses is definitely occupied?
Q12
How many houses are vacant in Block AA?

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Set 4: DILR – Smart Watches Monthly and Quarterly Sales

Data Interpretation

Q13
What is the percentage change in sales in September 2026 as compared to sales in September 2025?
Q14
In which quarter of 2026 was the percentage increase in sales from the same quarter of 2025 the highest?
Q15
During which quarter was the percentage decrease in sales from the previous quarter's sales the highest?
Q16
During which month was the percentage increase in sales from the previous month the highest?
Q17
In each year, consider the months in which sales were strictly greater than that year's average monthly sales. What is the ratio of the combined sales in these months across 2025 and 2026 to the combined sales in all the remaining months?

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Set 5: DILR – Doctoral Students and Seminar Scheduling

Logical Reasoning

Q18
Which one of the following statements is true?
Q19
Who among the following are NOT guiding any Marketing students?
Q20
Which of the following statements is necessarily true?
Q21
If N and X are both scheduled in the same slot, which statement BEST describes the relationship between M, V and A?
Q22
If M is scheduled in the slot immediately before X's, which of the following is NOT necessarily true?

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