Puzzles for CAT Questions with Solutions PDF

Puzzles appear in the LR subsection of CAT DILR. If you have been preparing for the CAT exam, you’d know that CAT Puzzles are usually tricky and demand deep focus. Historically, LR puzzles have always been present in the CAT exam There are usually 4-5 CAT LR Puzzle sets in the paper and account for about 40-50 percent of the entire DILR section.

CAT Puzzle questions are based on Linear & Circular Arrangements, Matrix / Grid Matching, Selection & Team Formation, Quantitative & Numerical Reasoning Puzzles, Grid-Based Fillers, Alphanumeric Riddles, Missing Data Tables, Binary Logic, Games and Tournaments, Scheduling & Sequencing, Venn Diagrams (Set Theory), Routes and Networks and Cubes and Visual Logic. 

Most of the LR puzzles set of CAT exam are logic heavy and time consuming. Thus, requires proper planning and preparation. The best method is practicing and practicing more until you master every LR topic viz. structured solving. Practice previous years' CAT question papers for Puzzles, specifically.

Check below a few CAT Puzzles Questions for practice. Solve them to evaluate time taken. You should regularly practice previous years’ questions as part of your CAT 2026 preparation. Also find the CAT Puzzles guide book PDF for free download.   

CAT Puzzles questions with solutions PDF

Sample CAT Puzzles Questions with Solutions

Direction for questions 1 to 4: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

Chandra Kishan and his wife Meera have a family of three generations comprising thirteen members of whom six are female members. Some of Chandra Kishan’s children are married and none of his grand children are married.

Meera has a daughter-in-law named Amia and two sons-in-law, one being Buttler

Ramakrishna’s brother is Devesh, who has two nephews and two nieces-one being Maya.

Priyanka Devesh’s sister has two children.

Amia, who is sister-in-law to Devesh has four nephew and nieces.

Manohar who is married to Geeta in the family has a daughter Indira and a son.

Joy has a sister and two cousins, Akash and Indira.

1. Akash is the son of ______.

(a) Geeta

(b) Ramakrishna

(c) Devesh

(d) Priyanka

2. Maya is the niece of ______.

(a) Priyanka

(b) Buttler

(c) Ramakrishna

(d) Meera

3. Which of the following pairs is a brother and sisters?

(a) Manohar and Amia

(b) Devesh and Geeta

(c) Joy and Indira

(d) Buttler and Priyanka

4. Amongst the following, which one is false?

(a) Priyanka is Meera’s child

(b) Joy is Geeta’s child

(c) Akash is Ramakrishna’s nephew

(d) Geeta has less than two nephews

Direction for questions 5 to 8: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

Kamal, Lalman, Manish, Nishant, Praveen, Qadir, Raman, Sanjay, Umang and Waqar are the only ten members in a department. There is a proposal to form a team from within the members of the department, subject to the following conditions.

(i) A team must include exactly one among Praveen, Raman, and Sanjay.

(ii) A team must include either Manish or Qadir, but not both.

(iii) If a team includes Kamal, then it must also include Lalman, and vice versa.

(iv) If a team include one among Sanjay, Umang, and Waqar, then it must also include the other two.

(v) Lalman and Nishant cannot be members of the same team. Lalman and Umang cannot be members of the same team.

(vi) The size of a team is defined as the number of members in the team.

5. What could be the size of a team that includes Kamal?

(a) 2 or 3

(b) 2 or 4

(c) 3 or 4

(d) Only 4

6. In how many ways a team can be constituted so that the team includes Nishant?

(a) 2

(b) 3

(c) 4

(d) 6

7. What would be the size of the largest possible team?

(a) 8

(b) 7

(c) 6

(d) 5

8. Who can be a member of a team of size 5?

(a) Kamal

(b) Lalman

(c) Manish

(d) Praveen

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