List of top Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) Questions asked in CAT

A cricket tournament had three teams– India, Australia and Sri Lanka– taking part in it. The format of the tournament was such that in the preliminary stage each of these teams would play the other teams four times.
Four points are awarded for a win and in case a team beats another team by a huge margin, it is given a bonus point in addition to the four points.
At the end of the preliminary stage, the top two teams, in terms of the points scored, reach the finals.
No match in the tournament ends in a tie and if two teams end up with the same number of points at the end of the preliminary stage, the team with the better net run rate is placed higher

Two teams of five each must be selected from a group of ten persons — A through J — of which:
• A, E, and G are doctors.
• D, H, and J are lawyers.
• Band I are engineers.
• Cand Fare managers.
It is also known that:
(i) Every team must contain persons of each of the four professions.
(ii) C and H cannot be selected together.
(iii) I cannot be selected into a team with two lawyers.
(iv) J cannot be in a team with two doctors.
(v) A and D cannot be selected together.

Each of five people—A, B, C, D and E—owns a different car among Maruti, Mercedes, Sierra, Fiat and Audi and the colours of these cars are Black, Green, Blue, White and Red, not necessarily in that order. No two cars are of the same colour. It is also known that:
(i) A’s car is not Black and it is not a Mercedes.
(ii) B’s car is Green and it is not a Sierra.
(iii) E’s car is not White and it is not an Audi.
(iv) C’s car is a Mercedes and it is not Blue.
(v) D’s car is not Red and it is a Fiat.

The following table shows the sales (in Rs. lakh) of three products (A, B, C) across four regions (North, South, East, West) in 2011. 

Five people (P, Q, R, S, T) sit in a row facing north. 
- P is not at an end. 
- Q is to the immediate right of P. 
- R is second to the left of S. 
- T is not adjacent to P or Q.
 

A company’s expenses in 2011 are divided as follows: Salaries 40%, Rent 20%, Utilities 15%, Marketing 15%, Miscellaneous 10%. Total expenses are Rs. 500 lakh.

A team of 3 is to be selected from 5 people (A, B, C, D, E). 
- A and B cannot be together. 
- C and D must be together. 
- E cannot be with D.

A bar chart shows the number of units sold by a company for four products (P1, P2, P3, P4) in two years (2010, 2011). 

 

Four tasks (A, B, C, D) are scheduled on four days (1, 2, 3, 4), one task per day. 
- A is before B. 
- C is not on day 1. 
- D is on day 3 or 4. 
- B is not on day 4. 
 

Four students (A, B, C, D) are assigned to four projects (P1, P2, P3, P4), one each. 
- A does not get P1. 
- B gets P2 or P3. 
- C does not get P3. 
- D gets P4. 
 

A shop sells three items: X, Y, Z. In January, X sold 100 units at Rs. 50/unit, Y sold 80 units at Rs. 60/unit, Z sold 50 units at Rs. 40/unit. In February, X’s units increased by 20%, Y’s by 25%, Z’s by 10%. Prices remain the same.