CAT 2021 DILR Slot 1 Question Paper and Answer Key is available for free download. DILR section in slot 1 CAT 2021 question paper was rated moderate to difficult. The question paper had a total of 66 questions. CAT DILR section carried almost 30% of the weightage in total- 4 sets with 20 questions.

Candidates preparing for CAT 2025 can download CAT DILR question paper with the answer key PDF for the Slot 1 exam conducted on November 28, 2021, to get a better idea about the type of questions asked in the paper and the difficulty level of questions.

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Question 1:

Who are Gowtham’s acquaintances?

  • (1) Amudha, Dhinesh and Fani
    (2) Amudha, Bharatan and Fani
    (3) Bharatan, Dhinesh and Ezhil
    (4) Dhinesh, Ezhil and Fani

Question 2:

Which of these pairs share the same type of relationship?

  • (1) (Chandran, Ezhil) and (Dhinesh, Gowtham)
    (2) (Amudha, Gowtham) and (Ezhil, Fani)
    (3) (Bharatan, Chandran) and (Dhinesh, Ezhil)
    (4) (Bharatan, Ezhil) and (Fani, Gowtham)

Question 3:

Who is an acquaintance of Amudha?

  • (1) Ezhil
    (2) Fani
    (3) Gowtham
    (4) Dhinesh

Question 4:

Who is an acquaintance of Chandran?

  • (1) Ezhil
    (2) Dhinesh
    (3) Fani
    (4) Bharatan

Question 5:

How many friends does Ezhil have?

  • (1) 1
    (2) 2
    (3) 3
    (4) 4

Question 6:

How many people are either a friend or a friend-of-a-friend of Ezhil?

  • (1) 2
    (2) 3
    (3) 5
    (4) 4

Question 7:

What is the correct sequence of number of papers written by B, C, E and G, respectively?


Question 8:

How many papers were written by Indian authors?


Question 9:

Which of the following statement(s) MUST be true?

Statement A: Every issue had at least one paper by author(s) from each country.
Statement B: Every issue had at most two papers by author(s) from each area.


Question 10:

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

  • (1) Every issue had exactly two papers by authors from Logistics area.
  • (2) Every issue had exactly two papers by Indian authors.
  • (3) Every issue had at least one paper by author(s) from Automation area.
  • (4) Every issue had exactly one paper by a Chinese author.

Question 11:

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

  • (1) There was exactly one paper by an author from Manufacturing area in the April issue.
  • (2) There was exactly one paper by an author from Logistics area in the October issue.
  • (3) There were exactly two papers by authors from Manufacturing area in the July issue.
  • (4) There were exactly two papers by authors from Manufacturing area in the January issue.

Question 12:

Which of the following is the correct sequence of number of papers by authors from Automation, Manufacturing and Logistics areas, respectively?

  • (1) 5, 6, 7
  • (2) 6, 7, 5
  • (3) 6, 6, 6
  • (4) 6, 5, 7

Question 13:

What BEST can be concluded about the number of units of fruit salad sold in the first hour?

  • (1) Either 1 or 2.
  • (2) Exactly 1.
  • (3) Either 0 or 1 or 2.
  • (4) Exactly 2.

Question 14:

Which of the following is NECESSARILY true?

  • (1) Narmada sold one unit of leftover milk.
  • (2) Kaveri sold one unit of leftover mangoes.
  • (3) Ganga did not sell any leftover apples.
  • (4) Ganga did not sell any leftover mangoes.

Question 15:

What BEST can be concluded about the total number of units of milk the three women had in the beginning?

  • (1) Either 18 or 19 or 20 units.
  • (2) Either 17 or 18 or 19 units.
  • (3) Either 18 or 19 units.
  • (4) Either 19 or 20 units.

Question 16:

The total sales (in Rs. million) in 2019 from products in office supplies category is closest to

  • (1) 16.5
  • (2) 13.5
  • (3) 18.0
  • (4) 12.5

Question 17:

The percentage increase in sales in Furniture category from 2019 to 2020 is closest to

  • (1) 20%
  • (2) 2.8%
  • (3) 1%
  • (4) 25%

Question 18:

How many subcategories had sales of Rs. 4 million or more in 2019 and registered an increase in sales over 25% in 2020?


Question 19:

The improvement index for a category is the maximum percentage increase in sales from 2019 to 2020 among any of its subcategories. The correct order of categories in increasing order of this improvement index is:

  • (1) office supply, furniture, technology
  • (2) technology, furniture, office supply
  • (3) office supply, technology, furniture
  • (4) furniture, technology, office supply

CAT 2021 Question Paper DILR Slot 1: Sectional Analysis

IIM Ahmedabad organized CAT 2021. Slot 1 of CAT 2021 was held from 8:30 AM to 10:30 PM. CAT 2021 DILR slot 1 section was quite easy as compared to slot 2 and slot 3.

  • Out of the total of 20 questions, 15 questions were MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions), while the rest of the 5 questions were TITA (type in the answer).
  • 1 out of 4 DILR sets was easy to attempt. The other 3 sets were a bit tricky and complex.
  • The DI and LR sets carried either 4 or 6 questions. All 4 sets carried 60 marks in total.

Go through the below-mentioned table to develop a better understanding of CAT 2021 DILR slot 1-

Sections No. Of Questions Marks Carries Difficulty Level
Arrangement - Researchers, Publishing 6 18 Moderate to Difficult
Arrangement - Friends, Strangers, Acquaintances 6 18 Easy to Moderate
DI-Smoothies 4 12 Easy to Moderate
Bar Graph 4 12 Moderate to Difficult

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