CET Matrix Puzzles Questions with Solutions
- 43 questions from MBA CET 2025 (41) and 2026 (2)
- Asked in 8 of 13 slots
- Difficulty: 13 Easy / 27 Medium / 3 Hard
- Question and answer free · detailed solution after free login · updated 28 Oct 2026
Matrix Puzzles give conditions about people or things and several attributes, and you fill a grid to answer the questions on that one puzzle. CET keeps each puzzle together with all its questions.
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- Pigeon
- Crow
- Crane
- Sparrow
- Parrot
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Answer: A. Pigeon
Read the information given below carefully and answer the question that follows :
25 coloured beads are to be arranged in a grid comprising of 5 rows and 5 columns. Each cell in the grid must contain exactly one bead. Each bead is coloured either Red, Blue or Green.
While arranging the beads along any of the 5 rows or along any of the 5 columns, the rules given below are to be followed :
1. Two adjacent beads along the same row or column are always of different colours.
2. There is at least one Green bead between any two Blue beads along the same row or column.
3. There is at least one Blue and at least one Green bead between any two Red beads along the same row or column.
4. Every unique, complete arrangement of twenty five beads is called a configuration.
Question :
What is the total number of possible configurations using beads of only two colours ?
- 25
- 24
- 6
- 2
- 0
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Answer: D. 2
Frequently asked questions
How many Matrix Puzzles questions came in MBA CET 2025 and 2026?
43 Matrix Puzzles questions were asked: 41 in MBA CET 2025 and 2 in MBA CET 2026. Every one is on this page with its answer (twin papers are not counted).
Which CET slots asked Matrix Puzzles? Which had the most?
Matrix Puzzles questions came in 8 of 13 slots. CET 2025 Slot 1 had the most (16 questions). Slot-wise lists: CET 2026 and CET 2025.
How difficult are CET Matrix Puzzles questions?
Of the 43 Matrix Puzzles questions that carry a difficulty rating, 13 are Easy, 27 Medium and 3 Hard.
Are the solutions free?
The question and its answer are free for everyone. The detailed Cetking solution opens after a free login with your mobile number (OTP).
How is a puzzle shown on this page?
Each puzzle gets one page with all its questions together (10 puzzles here), so you never solve half of one. Questions that stand alone are shown five to a page.
Where can I practise more Matrix Puzzles?
Open all Puzzles and Arrangements chapters for the other chapters, all CET papers and topics for every slot, or the Arena to practise.