CAT 2022 Question Paper With Answers & Explanation
Section-1
Question Numbers (1 to 5): The management of a
university hockey team was evaluating performance of
four women players - Amla, Bimla, Harita and Sarita for
their possible selection in the university team for next
year. For this purpose, the management was looking at
the number of goals scored by them in the past 8
matches, numbered 1 through 8. The four players
together had scored a total of 12 goals in these matches.
In the 8 matches, each of them had scored at least one
goal. No two players had scored the same total number
of goals.
The following facts are known about the goals scored by
these four players only. All the questions refer only to
the goals scored by these four players.
1. Only one goal was scored in every even numbered
match.
2. Harita scored more goals than Bimla.
3. The highest goal scorer scored goals in exactly 3
matches including Match 4 and Match 8.
4. Bimla scored a goal in Match 1 and one each in
three other consecutive matches.
5. An equal number of goals were scored in Match 3
and Match 7, which was different from the number of
goals scored in either Match 1 or Match 5.
6. The match in which the highest number of goals was
scored was unique and it was not Match 5.
The correct sequence of goals scored in matches
1, 3, 5 and 7 is 4, 1, 2, 1.
Q. 3 Which of the following statement(s) is/are true? Statement-1: Amla and Sarita never scored goals
in the same match. Statement-2: Harita and Sarita never scored goals
in the same match.
Q. 4 Which of the following statement(s) is/are false? Statement-1: In every match at least one player
scored a goal. Statement-2: No two players scored goals in the
same number of matches.
Q. 5 If Harita scored goals in one more match as
compared to Sarita, which of the following
statement(s) is/are necessarily true? Statement-1: Amla scored goals in consecutive
matches. Statement-2: Sarita scored goals in consecutive
matches.
Question Numbers (6 to 10): There are 15 girls and
some boys among the graduating students in a class.
They are planning a get-together, which can be either a
1-day event, or a 2-day event, or a 3-day event. There
are 6 singers in the class, 4 of them are boys. There are
10 dancers in the class, 4 of them are girls. No dancer
in the class is a singer.
Some students are not interested in attending the gettogether.
Those students who are interested in attending
a 3-day event are also interested in attending a 2-day
event; those who are interested in attending a 2-day event
are also interested in attending a 1-day event.
The following facts are also known:
1. All the girls and 80% of the boys are interested in
attending a 1-day event. 60% of the boys are
interested in attending a 2-day event.
2. Some of the girls are interested in attending a 1-day
event, but not a 2-day event; some of the other girls
are interested in attending both.
3. 70% of the boys who are interested in attending a
2-day event are neither singers nor dancers. 60% of
the girls who are interested in attending a 2-day event
are neither singers nor dancers.
4. No girl is interested in attending a 3-day event. All
male singers and 2 of the dancers are interested in
attending a 3-day event.
5. The number of singers interested in attending a
2-day event is one more than the number of dancers
interested in attending a 2-day event.
Q. 7 Which of the following can be determined from the
given information?
I. The number of boys who are interested in
attending a 1-day event and are neither dancers
nor singers.
II. The number of female dancers who are interested
in attending a 1-day event.
Number of female dancers interested in attending
a 2-day event is equal to ‘0’.
Question Numbers (11 to 15): Adhara, Bithi, Chhaya,
Dhanavi, Esther, and Fathima are the interviewers in a
process that awards funding for new initiatives. Every
interviewer individually interviews each of the candidates
individually and awards a token only if she recommends
funding. A token has a face value of 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, or 13.
Each interviewer awards tokens of a single face
value only.
Once all six interviews are over for a candidate, the
candidate receives a funding that is Rs.1000 times the
product of the face values of all the tokens. For example,
if a candidate has tokens with face values 2, 5, and 7,
then they get a funding of Rs.1000 × (2 × 5 × 7)
= Rs.70,000.
Pragnyaa, Qahira, Rasheeda, Smera, and Tantra were
five candidates who received funding. The funds they
received, in descending order, were Rs.390,000,
Rs.210,000, Rs.165,000, Rs.77,000, and Rs.66,000.
The following additional facts are known:
1. Fathima awarded tokens to everyone except Qahira,
while Adhara awarded tokens to no one except
Pragnyaa.
2. Rashida received the highest number of tokens that
anyone received, but she did not receive one from
Esther.
3. Bithi awarded a token to Smera but not to Qahira,
while Dhanavi awarded a token to Qahira but not to
Smera.
Total funds received by Smera was either 66000 or 165000, so tokens received were either (3, 2, 11) or
(3, 5, 11). In either case the total number of tokens was 3.
Q. 15 Which of the following could be the amount of funding
that Tantra received?
(a) Rs. 66,000
(b) Rs. 165,000
The funds received by Tantra could be either Rs.66,000 or Rs.1,65,000. Hence, option (2) is correct.
Question Numbers (16 to 20):
Given above is the schematic map of the metro lines in
a city with rectangles denoting terminal stations (e.g.
A), diamonds denoting junction stations (e.g. R) and
small filled-up circles denoting other stations. Each train
runs either in east-west or north-south direction, but not
both. All trains stop for 2 minutes at each of the junction
stations on the way and for 1 minute at each of the other
stations. It takes 2 minutes to reach the next station for
trains going in east-west direction and 3 minutes to reach
the next station for trains going in north-south direction.
From each terminal station, the first train starts at 6 am;
the last trains leave the terminal stations at midnight.
Otherwise, during the service hours, there are metro
service every 15 minutes in the north-south lines and
every 10 minutes in the east-west lines. A train must
rest for at least 15 minutes after completing a trip at the
terminal station, before it can undertake the next trip in
the reverse direction. (All questions are related to this
metro service only. Assume that if someone reaches a
station exactly at the time a train is supposed to leave,
(s)he can catch that train.)
Q. 16 If Hari is ready to board a train at 8:05 am from station M,
then when is the earliest that he can reach station N?
Given that Hari is ready to board a train at 8:05 am
from station M.
Trains leave after every 10 minutes. So Hari can
catch the 8:10 train from M.
There are 17 stations, 2 junctions and 20 intervals,
so time taken to travel = 20 × 2 + 17 × 1 + 2 × 2
= 61 minutes
Hence, time at which Hari reaches station N
= 8:10 + 1:01 = 9:11 am.
Q. 17 If Priya is ready to board a train at 10:25 am from
station T, then when is the earliest that she can reach
station S?
There can be two routes that Priya can take. Case 1: First travel by East-West line and then
North-South line.
Trains leave after every 10 minutes on the East-
West line.
The 10:20 am train from P reaches and then leaves
T at = 10:20 + 00:11 + 00:02 = 10:33 am
In the first case Priya will have to wait for 8 minutes
at the station before boarding the train.
So let us see if the waiting time is reduced in
case 2. Case 2: First travel by North-South line and then
East-West line.
Trains leave after every 15 minutes on the North-
South line. The 10:15 am train from B will reach
T at = 10:15 + 00:11 = 10:26 am and leave T at
10:28 am. In this case Priya’s train leaves within
3 minutes of her reaching the station. This train
reaches R at = 10:28 + 00:15 = 10:43 am.
From R Priya has to catch the East-West train for
station S.
The 10:30 am train from M reaches R at = 10:30 +
00:11 = 10:41 am and leaves at 10:43 am.
Priya can catch this train and reach station S at
= 10:43 + 00:29 = 11:12 am.
Q. 18 Haripriya is expected to reach station S late. What
is the latest time by which she must be ready to
board at station S if she must reach station B before
1 am via station R?
The last (midnight) train from A reaches R at
12:11 am and leaves at 12:13 am. It will reach B at
= 12:13 + 00:17 + 00:11 = 12:41 am.
From S to R the travel time is 29 minutes. To catch
the 12:13 am train Haripriya will have to start from
S at = 12:13 – 00:29 = 11:44 pm or before that.
Trains start from N after every 10 minutes and the
time taken to reach S is 17 minutes.
There is a stoppage of 2 minutes at S.
The 11:30 pm train from N reaches S at 11:47 pm,
which does not serve the purpose.
The 11:20 pm train from N reaches S at 11:37 pm
and leaves at 11:39 pm.
This train will reach R by 11:39 + 00:29
= 12:08 am.
Then she can catch the last train from A going to B
at 12:13 am.
Haripriya can catch the train at S if she reaches
the station latest by 11:39 pm.
Q. 19 What is the minimum number of trains that are
required to provide the service on the AB line
(considering both north and south directions)?
Total time for a train to travel from A to B and to
start back = 11 + 2 + 15 + 2 + 11 + 15
= 56 minutes.
Trains leave after every 15 minutes.
The minimum number of trains that are required to
provide the service on the AB line
(in the North-South direction) = [56/15] = [3.733]
= 4 trains
Hence, for both directions = 4 + 4 = 8 trains.
Q. 20 What is the minimum number of trains that are
required to provide the service in this city?
The minimum number of trains that are required to
provide the service in this city
= Trains in AB and CD lines + Trains in MN and
PQ lines.
Time taken for a train to travel from M to N and
start back
= 11 + 2 + 29 + 2 + 17 + 15 = 76 minutes.
Trains leave after every 10 minutes on this line.
The minimum number of trains required on the MN
line in the East-West direction
= [76/10] = [7.6] = 8 trains
Minimum number of trains required in both
directions on the MN line = 16 trains
Hence, total number of trains required
= (AB + CD) + (MN + PQ) = (8 + 8) + ( 16 + 16)
= 48.