Questions & Options Approach

to DI-LR

By Nilanjan Dutta
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 Brief Introduction About Myself
➢ BESU Shibpur, 2012 pass-out (CS)

➢ Final Year (2011 – 12 season) appeared for CAT/XAT / IIFT

➢ CAT – 99.43, XAT – 99.35, IIFT – 99.59

➢ Converts – XLRI, IIM-Indore, IIFT

➢ XLRI 2014 pass-out

CAT 100%-iler ➢ Working as a Business Consultant with an IT firm in Kolkata

➢ QA-DI-LR & GD-PI Mentor

➢ 2nd attempt at CAT – 100%-ile in CAT 2016

➢ National Level Debater, Lead Actor, Sports Enthusiast

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 DILR Section Attempting Strategy

★ Attempt as many Sets as possible

★ Structured Approaches for Unstructured Problems

★ You get Marks for solving Questions, not Sets

★ Never leave a Question unattempted
★ Intuition works, exploit Clues/Options

★ All Questions & Options in a set are related

 Caselet Disscussion
Five people joined different engineering colleges. Their first names were Sarah
(Ms.), Swati (Ms.), Jackie, Mohan and Priya (Ms.). The surnames were Reddy,
Gupta, Sanyal, Kumar and Chatterjee. Except for one college which was rated as 3
star, all other colleges were rated either 4 star or 5 star. The “Techno Institute” had
a higher rating than the college where Priya studied. The three-star college was not
“Deccan College.” Mohan’s last name was Gupta but he didn’t study at “Barla
College.” Sarah, whose last name wasn’t Sanyal, joined “Techno Institute.” Ms.
Kumar and Jackie both studied at four-star colleges. Ms. Reddy studied at the
“Anipal Institute,” which wasn’t a five-star college. The “Barla College” was a five-
star college. Swati’s last name wasn’t Chatterjee. The “Chemical College” was
rated with one star less than the college where Sanyal studied. Only one college
was rated five star.

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 Caselet Disscussion
Which is the correct combination of first names and surnames?
➢ Mohan Gupta, Sarah Kumar, Priya Chatterjee
➢ Priya Chatterjee, Sarah Sanyal, Jackie Kumar
➢ Jackie Sanyal, Swati Reddy, Mohan Gupta
➢ Mohan Gupta, Jackie Sanyal, Sarah Reddy
➢ Jackie Chatterjee, Priya Reddy, Swati Sanyal
 Caselet Disscussion
Which option gives a possible student - institute combination?
➢ Priya – Anipal, Swati – Deccan, Mohan – Chemical
➢ Swati – Barla, Priya – Anipal, Jackie – Deccan
➢ Jackie – Chemical, Priya – Techno, Mohan – Barla
➢ Priya – Anipal, Jackie – Techno, Sarah – Barla
➢ Swati – Deccan, Priya – Anipal, Sarah – Techno
 Caselet Disscussion
Mohan Gupta may have joined:
➢ Techno Institute which had 5 star rating
➢ Deccan College which had 5 star rating
➢ Anipal Institute which had 4 star rating
➢ Chemical College which had 4 star rating
➢ Techno Institute which had 4 star rating
 Caselet Disscussion
In which college did Priya study?
➢ Anipal Institute
➢ Chemical Institute
➢ Barla College
➢ Deccan College
➢ Techno- Institute
 Caselet Disscussion
The person with surname Sanyal was:
➢ Sarah studying in Chemical College
➢ Swati studying in Barla College
➢ Priya studying in Deccan College
➢ Jackie studying in Deccan College
➢ Sarah studying in Techno- Institute
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Caselet Disscussion CAT 2017 – Slot 2
 Caselet Disscussion
How many Elective Courses between E1 to E6 had a decrease in their
enrollments after the change process?
➢ 4
➢ 1
➢ 2
➢ 3
 Caselet Disscussion
After the change process, which of the following is the correct sequence
of the number of students in the six electives E1 to E6?
➢ 19, 76, 79, 21, 45, 60
➢ 19, 76, 78, 22, 45, 60
➢ 18, 76, 79, 23, 43, 61
➢ 18, 76, 79, 21, 45, 61
 Caselet Disscussion
After the change process, which course among E1 to E6 had the largest
change in its enrollment as a percentage of its original enrollment?
➢ E1
➢ E2
➢ E3
➢ E6
 Caselet Disscussion
Later, the college imposed a condition that if after the change of electives,
the enrollment in any elective (other than E7), dropped to less than 20
students, all the students who had left the course will be required to re-
enroll for that elective.
Which of the following is a correct sequence of electives in decreasing
order of their final enrollments?
➢ E2, E3, E6, E5, E1, E4
➢ E3, E2, E6, E5, E4, E1
➢ E2, E5, E3, E1, E4, E6
➢ E2, E3, E5, E6, E1, E3
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 Caselet Disscussion
Seven female CAT Toppers – Ritika, Vaishnavi, Pritha, Anisha, Saavi, Twisha and Malvika will be attending
there only IIM interview call from amongst the top seven IIMs – IIM A, IIM B, IIM C, IIM L, IIM I, IIM K and
IIM S, not necessarily in any order, from Monday to Sunday (different days of the same week). All seven of
them have secured a interview call from a different IIM. The seven of them are also from different
graduation background/disciplines, from amongst Fashion Designing, Engineering, Hotel Management,
Psychology, Chemistry, Commerce and Law, again in no particular sequence. Pritha has her IIM interview
exactly the day before Saavi, and a few days before Anisha. Only two girls have their interviews scheduled
between Pritha and the one who has her IIM I interview. The girl from Fashion Designing background is the
one with an IIM K call. Only three girls have their interviews lined up between Malvika and Ritika. Pritha
neither has an IIM C call, nor did she graduate in Hotel Management. Malvika is from a Psychology
background, and expects to get some diversity points, for the same. Only one girl has her interview
scheduled between Anisha and the one with an IIM K call. Neither Pritha nor Saavi have IIM K call and
neither of them are from Fashion Designing background either. Anisha has her interview scheduled on
Thursday and she is from Engineering background. Only two of the girls have their interviews scheduled
between Anisha and the one who has an IIM C call. Twisha has her IIM interview just the day before the girl
having her IIM B interview, the latter not having graduated in Law. Pritha’s graduation discipline wasn’t Law.
Malvika has her interview scheduled before Ritika, who graduated with a B.Sc. in Chemistry. Pritha neither
has an IIM A nor an IIM S call. Anisha too doesn’t have the coveted IIM A call.
 Caselet Disscussion
The girl with an IIM I call, did her graduation in which discipline?
➢ Law
➢ Chemistry
➢ Engineering
➢ Hotel Management
 Caselet Disscussion
The girl from a Commerce background has her IIM Call how many days before
Vaishnavi did?
➢ 2
➢ 3
➢ 4
➢ 5
 Caselet Disscussion
The Hotel Management graduate has a call from which IIM?
➢ IIM S
➢ IIM I
➢ IIM B
➢ IIM L
 Caselet Disscussion
Which of these girls has her IIM Interview during the weekend (Saturday/Sunday)?
➢ Twisha
➢ Ritika
➢ Pritha
➢ Saavi
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