Condition-based sets are one of the most frequently tested and challenging types in the Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) section of CAT. These sets involve logic puzzles with constraints—often disguised in Seating Arrangements, Grouping, Matching, Scheduling, or Games & Tournaments formats.
Five students – A, B, C, D and E – wrote an objective type test paper in which there were four questions – Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4 – with four possible answer choices – 1, 2, 3 and 4 – for each question. Only one choice is correct for each question and the correct answer choice for no two questions is the same. One mark is awarded for every correct answer and there is no negative marking for wrong answers. Each student attempted all the questions and each got a different score.
Further, the following information is known:
5000 applicants from 3 different backgrounds, – B.Tech., B.Com. and B.Sc., applied for jobs in a software company.
It was observed that some of the applicants with experience did not have any certification, but all those without any experience had either a .NET or a Java certification or both.
Further 20% of the total applicants are from B.Tech. background.
The total number of applicants who have both .Net and Java certification is 1400, of which 200 are from B.Com. background.
According to the table, of the B.Tech. applicants, 40% are experienced, 60% hold a Java certification and 40% neither hold .NET nor Java certification
Akshay, Manoj, Pradeep, Vishal, Vinod and Priya received a total of fifty presents for Christmas. The difference in the number of presents received by Manoj and Akshay is same as that received by Vinod and Priya.
The number of presents that Manoj received is twice that of Vishal.
The number of presents received by Pradeep is thrice that of Vinod.
The number of presents received by Priya, Vinod, Vishal, Pradeep, Manoj and Akshay are in increasing order.
Everyone received some present
Amazon, Boomers, Crawlers, Dabblers and Easers, are all warehousing corporations specializing in handling different types of cargo viz. Rubber products, Elastomers, Operative tools, Hydraulics and Sanitary products, not necessarily in that order. These warehouses are all located in the same city but in different areas viz. Danto Point, Kinjo Point, Pinto Point, Mingo Point and Chino Point and have their cargo coming in from the cities Calicut, Erode, Agra, Coimbatore and Salem, not necessarily in that order.
Only one of the warehousing corporations has its name, its location in the city and the name of the city from where it receives cargo starting with the same letter.
Only one warehousing corporation has its name, cargo handling specialization, location in the city and the city from which it receives its cargo; all starting with different letters. The remaining warehousing corporations have at least one of the parameters (cargo handling specialization, location in the city and the city from which it receives its cargo) starting with the same letter as their name. Also:
Chart 1 below shows the number of days when the Indian cricket team played matches in various formats. A Test match is played for exactly five days while One-day and T20 matches are played in a single day. The team plays only one match per day.
Chart 2 below shows the number of days when the Indian cricket team played various formats outside India as a percentage of the total number of days they played the same format in that year.
In the recently held city sports meet in Indore, contestants Jai, Ajit, Bimal, Veeru, Daniel, Aman, Chinoy, and Amjad bagged between them a total of 59 medals.
Given below is the data related to the medals received by the contestants.
A, B C, D, and E are five students in a class. They had five subjects for their first term exam – Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, and English. After the results were declared, it was noticed that every one of them was in the top five ranks in each subject. No student had the same rank in more than one subject. Also, in no subject did no two or more students have the same rank. D and A were ranked first and last respectively in a particular subject. The ranks of A, B, C, and D were respectively in A.P. in one of the subjects. B’s rank was a prime number in Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics. A was ranked first in Mathematics and B was ranked fifth. B stood first in Physics. A and C stood third in English and Biology respectively.
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