Year
CAT 2018
Section
Data
Topic
DI Tables
Difficulty
Hard
Question
Slot-1
Read the passage and answer the questions below.
Read the passage and answer the questions below.
Passage:
A company administers a written test comprising of three sections of 20 marks each - Data Interpretation (DI), Written English (WE) and General Awareness (GA), for recruitment. A composite score for a candidate (out of 80) is calculated by doubling her marks in DI and adding it to the sum of her marks in the other two sections. Candidates who score less than marks in two or more sections are disqualified. From among the rest, the four with the highest composite scores are recruited. If four or less candidates qualify, all who qualify are recruited.
Ten candidates appeared for the written test. Their marks in the test are given in the table below.

Some marks in the table are missing, but the following facts are known:
- No two candidates had the same composite score.
- Ajay was the unique highest scorer in WE.
- Among the four recruited, Geeta had the lowest composite score.
- Indu was recruited.
- Danish, Harini, and Indu had scored the same marks the in GA.
- Indu and Jatin both scored in exactly one section and Jatin's composite score was 10 more than Indu's.
Question 1
Which of the following statements MUST be true?
- Jatin's composite score was more than that of Danish.
- Indu scored less than Chetna in DI.
- Jatin scored more than Indu in GA.
Both 2 and 3
Only 1
Only 2
Both 1 and 2
Question 2
Which of the following statements MUST be FALSE?
Bala scored same as Jatin in DI
Harini's composite score was less than that of Falak
Bala's composite score was less than that of Ester
Chetna scored more than Bala in DI
Question 3
If all the candidates except Ajay and Danish had different marks in DI, and Bala's composite score was less than Chetna's composite score, then what is the maximum marks that Bala could have scored in DI?
Question 4
If all the candidates scored different marks in WE then what is the maximum marks that Harini could have scored in WE?
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