CAT DILR Preparation

You no longer need to be scared of Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation for CAT, we have got your back covered.

Takshzila offers the best CAT DILR Preparation Courses

CAT DILR Online Coaching With A Pedagogy

DILR is the most feared section of CAT. There is no syllabus, no theory, and just unfamiliar territory. CAT DILR classes can help in solving a collection of unrelated sets, but for foundational stuff, you need a little more help.

Thus, we have adopted a more seasoned approach – we analysed the common practices amongst people who are good at solving reasoning-based puzzles. We then created lessons+practice materials highlighting their methods and solving patterns.

As a cultivated interest, this subject is treated at Takshzila as specialty, and persevering against a seemingly dead-end or insurmountable puzzle is our hallmark.

Our CAT DILR video lectures include more such insights into improving one’s reasoning prowess. Add to this all that a student wishes – detailed video explanation for all sets, a large number of sets to practise, graded per difficulty levels – and you get the best DILR course for CAT available today.

Highlights Of Our Logical Reasoning And Data Interpretation For CAT Course

To improve your problem solving skills, quantity is never a substitute for quality. In your DILR preparation for CAT, what you need is not more sets to solve but an approach for tackling a set.

It starts with the simple task of representing the given data/information in the best way and identifying which clues to begin with. And then you create progresses to find linkages between different clues.

Creating alternate scenarios is a classic tool when one hits a dead-end. Re-scanning the clues to see which information has not been used is another way around a dead-end. Find a structured way to do all the above and more in our CAT online classes .

  • Smooth learning curve: easy sets to difficult
  • CAT DILR video lectures instructing you how to approach a set
  • Detailed video solutions to each set
  • Wide variety and coverage of sub-topics
  • All the popular puzzles

CAT Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning Decoded

While historically this section was just DI, since the turn of century, LR sets have slowly but surely slipped in and today, they have almost entirely displaced DI sets. Today, if you are lucky, you might find one traditional DI set.

Have a look at the table below that captures the broad pattern of CAT data interpretation & logical reasoning section over the past few years.

CAT 2022 20 Qs, 40 mins 4 sets, each of 5 Qs
CAT 2021 20 Qs, 40 mins 2 sets, each of 4 Qs

2 sets, each of 6 Qs
CAT 2020 24 Qs, 40 mins 3 sets, each of 4 Qs

2 sets, each of 6 Qs
CAT 2019 32 Qs, 60 mins 8 sets, each of 4 Qs

The difficulty level of the section is high, but on the other hand, solving just two sets correctly can easily fetch you 99+ percentile. Hence, it is important that you focus on CAT DILR preparation and not neglect the section just because there isn’t any theory to learn.

It is worth noting that sets asked in recent CAT are tough to categorise into topics as we know them. Some don’t even fall under traditional DI or LR!

Today, a DI set might require reasoning, while LR sets might include numerical data. Nearly all such sets will have unusual and unfamiliar settings. In our CAT DILR classes, we solve all the past year sets because that is our best playground to experience CAT and prepare for what is to come.

What’s In The Best DILR Course For CAT?

There are two separate courses bundled as one – one course on Data Interpretation and one on Logical Reasoning. While CAT, in recent years, has not emphasised on DI, other exams still ask a lot of it. We offer a comprehensive bundle to cater to other management entrances – XAT, IIFT, SNAP, NMAT – and of course, CAT DILR preparation.

Data Interpretation

In DI, raw data is given in the form of tables or graphs/charts or as caselets. One needs to process this data and gather information from it to answer the questions that follow a data-set. Two major challenges here are:

    1. comprehending the data as well as the question
    2. swift calculations

The CAT DILR online coaching adequately covers both these skills. For better understanding of the data and the questions, lessons are categorised not as per visual representation, but as type of data & type of questions possible on it.

The lessons are

      • Calculation Techniques (including Vedic Maths techniques)
      • Growth Rates
      • Market Share (Pie Charts)
      • Measures using a ratio e.g. utilisation, productivity, etc
      • Set Theory

Logical Reasoning

While it is very difficult to categorise sets asked in CAT into topics, yet all the common topics are all covered.

      • Arrangements (linear, circular, tabular)
      • Grouping (If-then conditionals)
      • Tournament based
      • Truth & Lies
      • Cube based sets (visualisation)
      • Mathematical reasoning
      • Strategy-based Games
      • NMAT/SNAP specific ones (alphanumeric series, coding, input/output, etc)

Test Series

There will be 8 DILR section tests on the patterns of CAT in the DILR self-study course. And if you purchase the comprehensive test series, you will further get 15 CAT mock tests online and 25 online mock tests for other exams (XAT, IIFT, SNAP, NMAT).

Self Study Course For Other Sections

The only CAT Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension course with a hands-on approach of putting theory into practice.

Whether you are a beginner or an expert, the quantitative aptitude online classes will wow everyone.

Frequent Searches: CAT DILR online coaching, CAT DILR video lectures

Frequently Asked Questions

CAT authorities do not state any defined syllabus. Based on the past years papers, we can arrive at an indicative list of topics. For DI it is relatively easier with sets being asked on tabular data, line and bar graphs, pie charts, scatter diagrams, spider/radar charts and sometimes unusual graphs as well. In LR some popular topics are arrangements (linear, circular, tabular), conditional grouping, truth & lies, cube-based reasoning sets, mathematical reasoning, sets on games and tournaments, etc. Most of the time, it is difficult to categorise the LR set into any specific topic. Hence, your DILR preparation for CAT needs to go beyond the standard types of topics and prepare you to think on your feet and handle unseen scenarios.

The ideal strategy would be a layered one i.e. at first get familiar with all the standard topics. This can be done by completing the DILR preparation material of any reputed cat classes including our online cat course. Once this is done, you can then practise solving all past year actual CAT DILR sections, from 2017 to 2022. The next layer will be attempting mocks and here one needs to learn the art of selecting the sets to be tried. All the sets cannot be completed in the given time and so, selecting the right sets is crucial. And all along, if you can indulge in solving puzzles – any sort of puzzles – it will add to your creative thinking skills and deepen your reasoning abilities.

A set pedagogy is not followed in DILR prep by most prep courses. To identify the right pedagogy, we discussed with people who are good at reasoning skills. Next, we identified the difficulties faced by students in DILR preparation. And based on these inputs, we designed the best DILR course for CAT. So, while we keep introducing you to a variety of commonplace puzzles to widen your reasoning abilities, among the CAT specific practice sets we gradually increase the difficulty level and for each set, we highlight the video explanations instead of simply offering you solutions. This makes you ponder on the process, so that you can improve your skills to handle other unseen scenarios as well.

There are very few books targeted at CAT DILR. The only ones we can think of are by the Tata McGraw Publication (Arun Sharma) and the Pearson one (Nishit Sinha), both of which are not the best resources, all told. There is no alternative to study material from a reputable coaching institute. If you attend our CAT DILR classes and solve all the given practice material, you ideally should not need any other book. Having said that, it is always a good idea to keep your grey cells active by trying out a variety of puzzles. And for this, George Summer’s The Great Book of Puzzles and Teasers is a good place to start.

If you are able to devote roughly 7-8 hours every week, you can complete the standard study material in about 3 months. And another 3 months of practising past year actual CATs and from mocks would be adequate enough to be well prepared. In our course, the total watch time of the 336 videos of CAT logical reasoning video lectures is roughly 70 hours.

How To Master CAT Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning?

Mindset

Your mindset plays a crucial role in your DILR preparation for CAT. Unlike QA, there are no theorems that you can pre-learn and apply to a DILR set. Each set is unique and needs to be solved based on the conditions given in that set. And mugging up these conditions will have no relevance for another set. So, this is the mindset to adopt – irrespective of the number of sets you practise, the next set will yet be a new challenge.

While one can improve one’s reasoning skills and learn how to approach a set, there is no singular approach that will work in all sets. So another mindset to embrace quickly is to stop searching for a one-size-fits-all kind of approach.

Perseverance, concentration and depth of chain of if-then should be your go-to tools for DILR sets.

To master logical reasoning and data interpretation for CAT, you must identify where your strengths lie. t Strong reasoning skills help you train your mind.

Challenging DILR sets often require concentration, creative thinking, and lateral thinking. Stay updated with the latest CAT questions to improve in DILR. .

CAT DILR video lectures to the rescue

To best use the DILR videos, you must fight the urge to jump to explanations when you hit a wall with a set. Instead, take that difficult set, completely dismantle it, and go looking for clues with the help of explanations, so you can solve similar sets in the future.

Experiencing this ‘hitting a wall’ and then being able to find a small hidden opening is an important learning agenda.

Our videos in CAT DILR online coaching do exactly this, prodding you to push and nudging you in the right direction but without giving away too much.