Caselets

In caselets data are given in the form of paragraph. No charts/graphs are provided with the data. Caselets vary considerably in length, in the amount of information contained, in different sentences and paragraph. While reading a caselets it s always advisable to underline the important fact and figures and if necessary make your own table/chart/graphs for solving the questions. In CAT Caselets can be asked either/both in Quants and Data Interpretation section and it s similar to the Reading Comprehension part in English Usage section. The best way to mastery caslets is to practice

Example 1:
Directions for Q. 1 to 5: Refer to the following information and the answer the following questions. People Power Corporation presently employs three Managers (A, B and C) and five recruitment agents (D, E, F, G and H). The company is planning to open a new office in San Jose to manage placement of software professionals in the US. It is planning to relocate two of the three managers and three of the five recruitment agents to the office at San Jose. As it is an organization which is highly people oriented the management wants to ensure that the individuals who do not function well together should not be made as a part of the team going to the US. The following information was available to the HR department of People Power Corporation.

Managers A and C are at each others throat and therefore cannot be sent as a team to the new office. C and E are excellent performers in their own right. However, they do not function together as a team. They should be separated. D and G have had a major misunderstanding during the last office picnic. After the picnic these two have not been in speaking terms and should therefore not be sent as a team. D and F are competing for a promotion that is due in another 3 months. They should not be a team.

Q1. If D goes to the new office which of the following is (are) true? I. C cannot go II. A cannot go III. H must also go (a) I only (b) II and III only (c) I and III only (d) I, II and III

2. If A is to be moved as one of the Managers, which of the following cannot be a possible working unit? (a) ABDEH (b) ABFGH (c) ABEGH (d) ABDGH 3. If C and F are moved to the new office, how many combinations are possible? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 5 4. Given the group dynamics of the Managers and the recruitment agents, which of the following is sure to find a berth in the San Jose office? (a) B (b) H (c) G (d) E 5. If C is sent to the San Jose office which member of the staff cannot go with C? (a) B (b) D (c) G (d) F ANSWERS: 1. (c) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. (b)

Example 2
Ghosh Babu took voluntary retirement in Dec. 1991 and received a certain amount of money as retirement benefits. On Jan 1, 1992, he invested the entire amount in shares. At the end of the month, he sold all his shares and realised 25% profit. On Feb 1, he reinvested the entire amount in shares which he sold at the end of the month at a loss of 20%. Again, he invested the entire amount on Mar 1 in a new company. At the end of the month, he sold the new company to a friend and realised a profit of 20% in the process. He invested the entire amount in shares on Apr 1, which he sold at the end of the month for Rs. 1,08,000 incurring a loss of 10%. 1. What is the amount of retirement benefits received by Ghosh Babu? a) Rs. 1,08,000 b) Rs. 1,25,000 c) Rs. 1,20,000 d) Rs. 1,00,000 2. The percentage profit received by Ghosh Babu between Jan 1 and Apr 30 is: a) 8.00%

b) 15.00% c) - 10.00% d) None of these 3. The amount of loss incurred by Ghosh Babu based on his operation in Apr 1992 is: a) Rs. 25,000 b) Rs. 12,000 c) Rs. 20,000 d) Rs. 8,000 4. The maximum amount invested by Ghosh Babu in any one month was in: a) January b) February c) March d) April Answers: 1. d Let the amount received by Ghosh Babu in Dec. 1991 be Rs. x, as retirement benefits: Therefore, investment in the month of Jan 1992 = 100 Profit of 25% at the end of Jan 1992. Hence, investment in the month of Feb 1992 = 125 Loss of 20% at the end of Feb 1992 Hence, investment in the month of March 1992 = 100 Profit of 20% at the end of March 1992 Hence, investment in the month of April 1992 = 120 Loss of 10% at the end of April 1992 Therefore the amount left at the end of April 1992 = 108 Amount at the end of April 1002 = Rs. 1,08,000 Therefore, simply equating figures, he would have started with Rs 1,00,000 2. a % Profit between Jan 1 and Apr 30 = (1.08x - x/x) X 100 3. b Investment in the month of April = Rs. 1,20,000 Amount received at end of April = Rs. 1,08,000 Therefore, Loss = Rs. 12,000 4. b Maximum amount invested by Ghosh Babu is in the month of February = Rs. 1,25,000

Logical Reasoning
Logical Reasoning is always the toughest part of CAT. In CAT LR questions usually comes with 2/3 bits . A paragraph is given with full of information followed by 2/3 questions. You have to read it and use your logic to answer the questions. In 3 sections CAT paper there is no special section on LR but one can expect LR questions to be present in any section. The main idea behind LR is to is use the information and preconditions to make a conclusion Most problems give a variety of conditions and you must use an "if"-"then" approach. It's important that you read the whole problem, and choose the best hint or clue before starting

to solve the problem. When practicing logic with reasoning making a chart or drawing a picture are good strategies. Before starting any LR problem it s advised to keep few points in mind. Important Tips for Logical Reasoning Before you try to answer a few sample questions, here are some general test-taking tips that should help you with the Logical Reasoning section. 1. Study the question carefully. A brief explanation of why each choice is correct or incorrect follows each practice question. If you understand this reasoning for the practice items, you will do well on the actual assessment. 2. NEVER assume or use any information that the question fails to give you. This is NOT an assessment of how much you know about economics in general! Consider ONLY the information given in each reading passage when choosing among the alternative responses. 3. Read both the factual passage and the sentence completion instruction carefully. Both must be considered in making your choice. 4. Be sure to read all the response choices carefully before choosing one. 5. In questions that ask you to select a valid conclusion, always choose the one conclusion that must definitely follow from the information you are given. In questions that ask you to find the invalid alternative, choose the one conclusion that does not definitely follow from the information. 6. Pay special attention to words like "all," "some," or "none" when you read the factual information each question gives you. Other qualifying words such as "other than," "only" or "unless" are important, too. These words can play a critical part in precisely specifying the facts to be used in your reasoning. 7. Pay attention to negative prefixes also, such as non-, un-, or dis-. These can be crucial to specifying the basic facts in the paragraph. 8. "Test-taking" courses or your college instructors may have advised you to avoid any response choices that contain the quantifiers "all" or "none." In both the practice questions here and in the actual economist assessment, these words are NOT signs of incorrect response choices. They will appear in both correct and incorrect response choices. 9. Pay close attention to the word "ONLY" and to the phrase "IF AND ONLY IF." Saying "The door will open IF AND ONLY IF both keys are used" sets up a highly specific condition that must be met. There is exactly one way to open the door-you must use both keys. By contrast, if the sentence says, "The door will open if the key is used," there may be several ways to open the door besides by using the key. 10. The questions in the assessment will vary in difficulty level, and difficult questions will be mixed in with easier ones throughout the assessment. When you encounter a question that is difficult for you, try drawing diagrams or other schematic notes on the "scratch" paper provided to support and confirm your thought processes. Also,

bear in mind that you can stop working on a difficult question temporarily and return to it later.

Example1
Q. 1 to 4 are based on the following information: - Ghosh Babus new interest is psychology. He has identified various personality patterns and given them names. These personality patterns are inter-related as follows: - All Alessandras, Belissimas, Cassandras, Desdemonas, Elissimas and Firdauses are Queens. - All Alessandras are Belissimas. - No Belissima that is not an Alessandra is a Firdaus. - Some Cassandras are Alessandras. - All Desdemonas are Cassandras. - Some Cassandras are not Belissimas. - No Desdemona is an Alessandra. - All Queens and only Queens that are neither Belissimas nor Cassandras are Elissimas. 1. Which of the following is true? (1) All Firdauses are Alessandras. (2) Some Firdauses are Alessandras. (3) All Firdauses are either Alessandras, Cassandras or Elissimas. (4) Some Firdauses are Cassandras. 2. Which of the following is not true? (1) No Desdemonas are Belissimas. (2) Some Belissimas are Desdemonas. (3) Some Firdauses are both Belissimas and Cassandras. (4) Some Queens are neither Belissimas nor Elissimas. 3. Which of the following cannot be said to be true or false? I. No Belissima or Cassandra is an Elissima. II. Some Cassandras are Belissimas but not Alessandras. III. No Belissima is both an Alessandra and a Desdemona. (1) I only (2) II only (3) III only (4) I & II 4. Peter is not a Belissima, therefore, (1) Peter is an Elissima (2) If Peter is a Queen, he is an Elissima or Cassandra. (3) If Peter is not an Elissima, he is a Cassandra. (4) None of the above ANSWERS: 1. (3) 2. (1) 3. (2) 4. (2)

Example2
DIRECTIONS for questions 5 to 7: Answer the following questions based on the passage below. A group of three or four has to be selected from seven persons. Among the seven are two women, Fiza and Kavita, and five men: Ram, Shyam, David, Peter and Rahim. Ram would not like to be in the group if Shyam is also selected. Shyam and Rahim want to be selected together in the group. Kavita would like to be in the group only if David is also there. David, if selected, would not like Peter in the group. Ram would like to be in the group only if Peter is also there. David insists that Fiza be selected in case he is there in the group. 5. Which of the following statements is true? a. Kavita and Ram can be part of a group of four. b. A group of four can have two women. c. A group of four can have all four men. d. None of the above 6. Which of the following is a feasible group of four? a. Ram, Peter, Fiza, Rahim b. Shyam, Rahim, Kavita, David c. Shyam, Rahim, Fiza, David d. Fiza, David, Ram, Peter 7. Which of the following is a feasible group of three? a. David, Ram, Rahim b. Peter, Shyam, Rahim c. Kavita, David, Shyam d. Fiza, David, Ram Answers: 5. d The group of 4 cannot be made, except S + R + F + D. 6. c From the above 7. b In all the other choices we have D, who insist that F be with him.

Example3
Directions for 8 10: Mr. Doubt fire has an unique way of attempting the question paper having 50 Qs. He starts from question 1 and attempts all questions which are terms of the A. P with a common difference of 3 in the forward direction and 3 in the reverse direction. If he reaches a stage when he cannot attempt any more question he starts in the reverse direction with the first unanswered question. He repeats the same process and when he reaches a stage when he cant process any further, he reverses his direction again starting with the first unanswered question 8. Which is the 20th question he answers? (A) 50

(b) 48 (c) 47 (d) 44 9. Which is the last question that he answers if he attempts all the 50 questions? (a) 50 (b) 49 (c) 48 (d) 3 10. How many times does he reverse his direction? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6 ANSWERS 8. (d) 9. (b) 10. (a)

Offline Last seen: 6 years 9 weeks ago Joined: 2007-03-03 My Solutions is My Solutions is 1 4 7 10 13 16 19 22 25 28 31 34 37 40 43 46 49 50 47 44 41 38 35 32 29 26 23 20 17 14 11 8 5 2 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 42 45 48 From the above sequence you can get all the answers. Though its not the right way of attempting the Qs. Just to make things easier I wrote it. 20th term is 44 Last Qs he answers is 48 (ok the answer is wrong) 3 times he reverses his direction you should attempt the Qs like a=1 and d=3 and max value possible is 50 so 17th term ll be 49 and after that it ll reverse the direction from number 50 then 20th term is 44 similarly you can answer ii and iii bit

Logical Puzzle
The following details regarding the age, weight and height of six different individuals are available. The six persons are A, B, C, D, E and F. a. B is the oldest person and taller than C but shorter than A and heavier than D. b. F is not heavier than C but heavier than E and older than D, who is older than A, who is the youngest person. c. A is the heaviest person and shorter than F, who is shorter than D. d. C is taller and older than E but not heavier than D. Q1. Who is the tallest person? a. D b. F c. A d. C Q2. Which of the following cannot be the order of the names of the persons from the oldest to the youngest? a. B, F, D, C, E , A b. B, C, F, D, E, A c. B, F, C, A, D, E d. B, C, F, E, D, A Q3. How many persons are taller, heavier as well as older than F? a. 1 b. 0 c. 4 d. Cant be determined Q4. If at most two persons are older than E, then how many persons are younger than D? a. 2 b. 1 c. 3 d. 4 Q5. How many persons are heavier than C? a. 1 b. 2

c. 4 d. 3 __________________ n/a __________________ n/a two persons are older than E, then how many persons are younger than D? a. 2 b. 1 c. 3 d. 4 Ans:b) 1 "To get the BEST, be the BEST" __________________ n/a __________________ n/a Offline Last seen: 3 years 31 weeks ago Joined: 2008-01-02 Q1. Who is the tallest Q1. Who is the tallest person? a. D b. F c. A d. C Ans:a) D "To get the BEST, be the BEST" __________________ n/a

__________________ n/a Offline Last seen: 3 years 31 weeks ago Joined: 2008-01-02 Q2. Which of the following Q2. Which of the following cannot be the order of the names of the persons from the oldest to the youngest? a. B, F, D, C, E , A b. B, C, F, D, E, A c. B, F, C, A, D, E d. B, C, F, E, D, A Ans: C.B,F,C,A,D,E "To get the BEST, be the BEST" __________________ n/a __________________ n/a

Offline Last seen: 3 years 31 weeks ago Joined: 2008-01-02 Q5. How many persons are Q5. How many persons are heavier than C? a. 1 b. 2 c. 4 d. 3 Ans: d. 3 "To get the BEST, be the BEST" __________________

n/a __________________ n/a Offline Last seen: 3 years 31 weeks ago Joined: 2008-01-02 Q3. How many persons are Q3. How many persons are taller, heavier as well as older than F? a. 1 b. 0 c. 4 d. Cant be determined Ans: d.Can't be determined "To get the BEST, be the BEST" __________________ n/a __________________ n/a

Offline Last seen: 3 years 50 weeks ago Joined: 2007-09-03 ans Q1. Who is the tallest person? a. D b. F c. A d. C ans is :-a(D) Q2. Which of the following cannot be the order of the names of the persons from the oldest to the youngest? a. B, F, D, C, E , A

b. B, C, F, D, E, A c. B, F, C, A, D, E d. B, C, F, E, D, A ans is :-c Q3. How many persons are taller, heavier as well as older than F? a. 1 b. 0 c. 4 d. Cant be determined ans is :-b Q4. If at most two persons are older than E, then how many persons are younger than D? a. 2 b. 1 c. 3 d. 4 ans is :-a Q5. How many persons are heavier than C? a. 1 b. 2 c. 4 d. 3 ans is :-d Little Star __________________ n/a __________________ n/a

logical puzzle Q.1) Q.2) B Q.3) D A

Q.4 D Q.5) D

answer 1) a 2) c 3) b 4) b 5) d

Offline Last seen: 3 years 23 weeks ago Joined: 2009-05-16 Q4. If at most two persons Q4. If at most two persons are older than E, then how many persons are younger than D? a. 2 b. 1 c. 3 d. 4 ans is - b)

Offline Last seen: 3 years 35 weeks ago Joined: 2009-07-15 ANS 1-a 2-c 3-d 4-d 5-b __________________ n/a

__________________ n/a DI casel ets

Sakiv and his wife (Musuk) throw a dinner party and invite four other married couples Mrs. and Mr. A, Mrs. and Mr. B, Mrs. and Mr. C, Mrs. and Mr. D. Once everyone arrives, various people shake hands. No person shakes hands with himself and no married couple shakes hands with each other. Sakiv asks his wife and everyone else at the party that with how many people did they shook hand with and is shocked to find that every answer he received was different. Following table lists the answers given by some of them

Everyone in the party either always lies or always tells the truth. Some ladies always lie but men always tell the truth. Mr. B had more handshakes than Mr. C. In the party Mrs. C said Musuk is lying about her number of handshakes. It is known that everyone of the 9 people who answered actually shook hand with different number of persons.

google_protectAndRun("ads_core.google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_render_ad);google_protectAndRun("ads_core.google_render_ad", google_handleE

q.How many of the ladies always lie definitely?a.1 b.2 c.3 d.4 q.How many people did musuk shake hands with?3,4,5,1 q.What was mr.B's answer?1,3,5,3 or 5

Mr.

Mrs.

musuk 0 A8 A 2 B B 4 C C 7 D6 D Now men always speak the truth Mr.B>Mr.C since all are different the number of handshakes is from 0 to 8 Now Mr.A is shaking with all so musuk is lying Then Mrs.C is telling the truth Now only Mrs.A can have 0 as all other are shaking hands with Mr.A So Mrs.A is also lying Similarly,since Mrs.C is having 7 handshakes all except Mr.C & Mrs.A will have at least 2 handeshakes So Mr.C has only 1 handshake Now the table becomes Mr. Mrs. musuk ?(true value still unknown) A8 A 0 B B 4(not verified yet) C1 C 7 D6 D You cab proceed similarly for the rest OR as is clear from the table the couples are having 8 handshakes in total So Mrs.B not equal to 4 as then Mr.B is also 4 which is not possible So Mr. & Mrs. B will have 3 or 5 handshakes so musuk will have 4 handshakes The final table becomes Mr. Mrs. musuk 4 A8 A 0 B (3/5) B (5/3) C1 C 7 D6 D 2 now the questions can be answered 1.3 2.4 3.3 or 5