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6 Venn Diagrams PYQ (Solutions)

Master Venn Diagrams for CAT 2026 with practice questions and detailed explanations

CAT 2025

Venn Diagram problems in CAT typically appear in the DILR section, requiring reasoning with overlaps, intersections, and category distributions. These sets often present survey-style data or multi-category classification puzzles.

  • CAT 2017: Included a Venn-like LR set in Slot 1 (e.g., the Rural Kids Survey), involving overlap analysis.
  • CAT 2018 (Slot 2): Featured a dedicated “Venn Diagrams” set — a pure 3-set Venn puzzle of moderate difficulty.
  • CAT 2019 (Slot 2): Again had a Venn Diagram-based DILR set, moderate to difficult in level.
  • CAT 2020–2021: No significant Venn sets appeared in the DILR section.
  • CAT 2022: A Venn-based set theory question appeared in QA, though not as a DILR set.

Expected Weightage:
Across 2017–2024, Venn Diagram sets appeared in 2–3 CAT papers (notably 2018 and 2019).
When they do appear in DILR, they usually form one full set (≈4 questions).
They are not guaranteed every year, but remain a recurring CAT favorite that shows up periodically.

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Weightage Over Past Years

YearQ.NODifficulty Level
20241Hard
20202Medium
20191Hard
20182Hard

CAT 2024 Venn Diagrams questions

Question 1

Slot-1

The chart below provides complete information about the number of countries visited by Dheeraj, Samantha and Nitesh, in Asia, Europe and the rest of the world (ROW).

Number of countries visited

The following additional facts are known about the countries visited by them.

  1. 32 countries were visited by at least one of them.
  2. USA (in ROW) is the only country that was visited by all three of them.
  3. China (in Asia) is the only country that was visited by both Dheeraj and Nitesh, but not by Samantha.
  4. France (in Europe) is the only country outside Asia, which was visited by both Dheeraj and Samantha, but not by Nitesh.
  5. Half of the countries visited by both Samantha and Nitesh are in Europe.

How many countries in Asia were visited by at least one of Dheeraj, Samantha and Nitesh?

How many countries in Europe were visited only by Nitesh?

How many countries in the ROW were visited by both Nitesh and Samantha?

How many countries in Europe were visited by exactly one of Dheeraj, Samantha and Nitesh?

10

5

14

12

CAT 2020 Venn Diagrams questions

Question 1

Slot-1

Ten musicians (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J) are experts in at least one of the following three percussion instruments: tabla, mridangam, and ghatam. Among them, three are experts in tabla but not in mridangam or ghatam, another three are experts in mridangam but not in tabla or ghatam, and one is an expert in ghatam but not in tabla or mridangam. Further, two are experts in tabla and mridangam but not in ghatam, and one is an expert in tabla and ghatam but not in mridangam.

The following facts are known about these ten musicians.

  1. Both A and B are experts in mridangam, but only one of them is also an expert in tabla.

  2. D is an expert in both tabla and ghatam.

  3. Both F and G are experts in tabla, but only one of them is also an expert in mridangam.

  4. Neither I nor J is an expert in tabla.

  5. Neither H nor I is an expert in mridangam, but only one of them is an expert in ghatam.

Who among the following is DEFINITELY an expert in tabla but not in either mridangam or ghatam?

A

F

H

C

Who among the following is DEFINITELY an expert in mridangam but not in either tabla or ghatam?

B

J

G

E

Which of the following pairs CANNOT have any musician who is an expert in both tabla and mridangam but not in ghatam?

A and B

F and G

C and E

C and F

If C is an expert in mridangam and F is not, then which are the three musicians who are experts in tabla but not in either mridangam or ghatam?

E, F and H

C, G and H

E, G and H

C, E and G

Question 2

Slot-3

A survey of 600 schools in India was conducted to gather information about their online teaching learning processes (OTLP).

The following four facilities were studied.

F1: Own software for OTLP

F2: Trained teachers for OTLP

F3: Training materials for OTLP

F4: All students having Laptops

The following observations were summarized from the survey.

  1. 80 schools did not have any of the four facilities – F1, F2, F3, F4.

  2. 40 schools had all four facilities.

  3. The number of schools with only F1, only F2, only F3, and only F4 was 25, 30, 26 and 20 respectively.

  4. The number of schools with exactly three of the facilities was the same irrespective of which three were considered.

  5. 313 schools had F2.

  6. 26 schools had only F2 and F3 (but neither F1 nor F4).

  7. Among the schools having F4, 24 had only F3, and 45 had only F2.

  8. 162 schools had both F1 and F2.

  9. The number of schools having F1 was the same as the number of schools having F4.

What was the total number of schools having exactly three of the four facilities?

80

64

200

50

What was the number of schools having facilities F2 and F4?

185

95

45

85

What was the number of schools having only facilities F1 and F3?

What was the number of schools having only facilities F1 and F4?

CAT 2019 Venn Diagrams questions

Question 1

Slot-2

Students in a college are discussing two proposals --

A: a proposal by the authorities to introduce dress code on campus, and

B: a proposal by the students to allow multinational food franchises to set up outlets on college campus.

A student does not necessarily support either of the two proposals. In an upcoming election for student union president, there are two candidates in fray: Sunita and Ragini. Every student prefers one of the two candidates.

A survey was conducted among the students by picking a sample of 500 students. The following information was noted from this survey.

  1. 250 students supported proposal A and 250 students supported proposal B.

  2. Among the 200 students who preferred Sunita as student union president, 80%80 \% supported proposal A.

  3. Among those who preferred Ragini, 30%30 \% supported proposal A.

  4. 20%20 \% of those who supported proposal B preferred Sunita.

  5. 40%40 \% of those who did not support proposal B preferred Ragini.

  6. Every student who preferred Sunita and supported proposal B also supported proposal A

  7. Among those who preferred Ragini, 20%20 \% did not support any of the proposals.

Among the students surveyed who supported proposal A, what percentage preferred Sunita for student union president?

What percentage of the students surveyed who did not support proposal A preferred Ragini as student union president?

What percentage of the students surveyed who supported both proposals AA and BB preferred Sunita as student union president?

40

25

20

50

How many of the students surveyed supported proposal B, did not support proposal A and preferred Ragini as student union president?

150

210

200

40

CAT 2018 Venn Diagrams questions

Question 1

Slot-1

1600 satellites were sent up by a country for several purposes. The purposes are classified as broadcasting (B), communication (C), surveillance (S), and others (O). A satellite can serve multiple purposes; however a satellite serving either B , or C , or S does not serve O . The following facts are known about the satellites:

  1. The numbers of satellites serving B,CB, C, and SS (though may be not exclusively) are in the ratio 2:1:12: 1: 1.

  2. The number of satellites serving all three of BB, CC, and SS is 100 .

  3. The number of satellites exclusively serving CC is the same as the number of satellites exclusively serving SS. This number is 30%30 \% of the number of satellites exclusively serving BB.

  4. The number of satellites serving OO is the same as the number of satellites serving both CC and SS but not BB.

What best can be said about the number of satellites serving C ?

Must be at least 100

Cannot be more than 800

Must be between 450 and 725

Must be between 400 and 800

What is the minimum possible number of satellites serving BB exclusively?

250

100

500

200

If at least 100 of the 1600 satellites were serving 0 , what can be said about the number of satellites serving SS ?

At most 475

Exactly 475

No conclusion is possible based on the given information

At least 475

If the number of satellites serving at least two among B,CB, C, and SS is 1200 , which of the following MUST be FALSE?

The number of satellites serving B exclusively is exactly 250

The number of satellites serving B is more than 1000

The number of satellites serving C cannot be uniquely determined

All 1600 satellites serve B or C or S

Question 2

Slot-2

Fun Sports (FS) provides training in three sports - Gilli-danda (G), Kho-Kho (K), and Ludo (L). Currently it has an enrollment of 39 students each of whom is enrolled in at least one of the three sports. The following details are known:

  1. The number of students enrolled only in LL is double the number of students enrolled in all the three sports.
  2. There are a total of 17 students enrolled in G .
  3. The number of students enrolled only in G is one less than the number of students enrolled only in L .
  4. The number of students enrolled only in K is equal to the number of students who are enrolled in both K and L.
  5. The maximum student enrollment is in L .
  6. Ten students enrolled in G are also enrolled in at least one more sport.

What is the minimum number of students enrolled in both G and L but not in K ?

If the numbers of students enrolled in KK and LL are in the ratio 19:2219: 22, then what is the number of students enrolled in LL ?

18

17

22

19

Due to academic pressure, students who were enrolled in all three sports were asked to withdraw from one of the three sports. After the withdrawal, the number of students enrolled in G was six less than the number of students enrolled in L , while the number of students enrolled in K went down by one. After the withdrawal, how many students were enrolled in both G and K ?

Due to academic pressure, students who were enrolled in all three sports were asked to withdraw from one of the three sports. After the withdrawal, the number of students enrolled in G was six less than the number of students enrolled in L , while the number of students enrolled in K went down by one. After the withdrawal, how many students were enrolled in both G and L ?

6

5

7

8

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