CAT DILR questions
Tables and charts, seating arrangements, floors and other puzzles, solved step by step.
Tables
Quarterly Sales of Five Products
A consumer-goods company sells five products. The table shows the sales of each product in the four quarters of a financial year.
Headcount and Salaries by Department
A company has five departments. The first table gives the number of employees in each department in 2024 and 2025; the second gives the average monthly salary per employee in each department.
Tables with Missing Data
Linear Arrangement
Six Friends in a Row
Six friends — A, B, C, D, E and F — sit in a row of six seats numbered 1 to 6 from left to right. All of them face the same direction.
Eight Players on a Bench
Eight people — Anaya, Kabir, Lavanya, Manav, Naina, Omkar, Riya and Siddharth — sit in a straight row of eight seats, numbered 1 to 8 from left to right. All of them face north. Each plays a different sport: Cricket, Hockey, Tennis, Badminton, Chess, Football, Kabaddi and Squash.