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EWDILR-2101:
DILR Pathfinder Workshop-1
SET-1: DIRECTIONS for questions 1 to 4: Answer the
questions on the basis of the information given below.
Lokesh, a science teacher, conducted an exam which was
attempted by exactly eight students. A through H. The score
of any student is an integer from 0 to 100. After the evaluation,
Lokesh gave the following scores to the students and ranked
them from 1 to 8 in the descending order of their scores.
Students A B C D E F G H
Score 64 78 43 39 83 60 52 92
However, after the students received their scores, some of
them approached Lokesh and asked that their papers be re-
evaluated. Lokesh re-evaluated their responses and the
scores of all the students who approached him increased after
re-evaluation. Further, the scores of none of the other
students changed after re-evaluation.
The following information is known about their scores of all the
eight students after re-evaluation.
(i) The score of no two students were the same.
(ii) The rank of any student after the re-evaluation was not the
same as that before the re-evaluation.
(iii) The total increase in the scores of all the students was not
more than 50.
1. If exactly two students approached Lokesh for re-
evaluation, the increase in the scores of all the students who
approach Lokesh is at least
2. What is the minimum possible increase in the scores of all
the students who approached Lokesh for re-evaluation?
3. If the total increase in the scores of all the students who
approached Lokesh for re-evaluation is the minimum possible,
what is the highest percentage increase in the score of any
student?
(A) 12.8% (B) 19.2% (C) 22.0% (D) 25.0%
4. If exactly three students approached Lokesh for re-
evaluation, what is the maximum possible increase in the
score of any student who approached Lokesh?
(A) 41 (B) 44 (C) 45 (D) 39
SET-2: DIRECTIONS for questions 5 to 8: Answer the
questions on the basis of the information given below.
You are given an n×n square matrix to be filled with numerals
so that no two adjacent cells have the same numeral. Two
cells are called adjacent if they touch each other horizontally,
vertically or diagonally. So a cell in one of the four corners has
three cells adjacent to it, and a cell in the first or last row or
column which is not in the corner has five cells adjacent to it.
Any other cell has eight cells adjacent to it.
Q.5: What is the minimum number of different numerals
needed to fill 3x3 matrix?
Q.6: What is the minimum number of different numerals
needed to fill a 5×5 square matrix?
Q.7: Suppose you are allowed to make one mistake, that is,
one pair of adjacent cells can have the same numeral. What
is the minimum number of different numerals required to fill a
5×5 matrix?
(A) 4 (B) 9 (C)25 (D)16
Q.8: Suppose that all the cells adjacent to any particular cell
must have different numerals. What is the minimum number
of different numerals needed to fill a 5×5 square matrix?
(A) 9 (B) 25 (C) 16 (C) 4
SET-3: DIRECTIONS for questions 9 to 12: Answer the
questions on the basis of the information given below.
The following are the weights of five students – P, Q, R, S and
T taken three at a time – 125kg, 127kg, 128kg, 132kg, 133kg,
135kg, 135 kg, 136kg, 138kg and 143 kg. The weight of each
of the student is a distinct integer. It is known that T is the
heaviest and P,Q and S together weighed 16kg less than R ,S
and T together.
9. Who is the third heaviest student?
(A) P (B) R (C) T (D) Can’t be determined
10. What is the weight of heaviest student?
(A) 49 (B) 48 (C) 47 (D) 46
11. What is the difference in weight of Q and S?
(A) 10kg (B) 5Kg
(C) 7kg (D) Can’t be determined
12. The maximum difference between the weights any two of
the given students is
(A) 9kg (B) 10 kg (C) 11kg (D) None of these.
SET-4: DIRECTIONS for questions 13 to 16: Answer the
questions on the basis of the information given below.
An ATM dispenses exactly Rs. 5000 per withdrawal using 100,
200 and 500 rupee notes. The ATM requires every customer
to give her preference for one of the three denominations of
notes. It then dispenses notes such that the number of notes
of the customer’s preferred denomination exceeds the total
number of notes of other denominations dispensed to her.
Q.13: In how many different ways can the ATM serve a
customer who gives 500 rupee notes as her preference?
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Q.14: If the ATM could serve only 10 customers with a stock
of fifty 500 rupee notes and a sufficient number of notes of
other denominations, what is the maximum number of
customers among these 10 who could have given 500 rupee
notes as their preferences?
committee is the average of the numbers of educationalists in
the other two committees.
3. 60% of the politicians are in the administration committee,
and 20% are in the teaching committee.

Q.17: Based on the given information, which of the following

statements MUST be FALSE?
Q.15: What is the maximum number of customers that the
ATM can serve with a stock of fifty 500 rupee notes and a (A) The size of the research committee is less than the size
sufficient number of notes of other denominations, if all the of the teaching committee
customers are to be served with at most 20 notes per
(B) In the teaching committee the number of educationalists is
withdrawal?
equal to the number of politicians
(A) 13 (B) 10 (C) 16 (D) 12
(C) The size of the research committee is less than the size of
Q.16: What is the number of 500 rupee notes required to serve the administration committee
50 customers with 500 rupee notes as their preferences and
(D) In the administration committee the number of
another 50 customers with 100 rupee notes as their
bureaucrats is equal to the number of educationalists
preferences, if the total number of notes to be dispensed is the
smallest possible? Q.18: What is the number of bureaucrats in the administration
committee?
(A) 800 (B) 900 (C) 1400 (D) 750

SET-5: DIRECTIONS for questions 17 to 20: Answer the

questions on the basis of the information given below.
Twenty four people are part of three committees which are to
look at research, teaching, and administration respectively. No
two committees have any member in common. No two
committees are of the same size. Each committee has three
types of people: bureaucrats, educationalists, and politicians,
with at least one from each of the three types in each
committee. The following facts are also known about the
committees:
1. The numbers of bureaucrats in the research and teaching
committees are equal, while the number of bureaucrats in the
research committee is 75% of the number of bureaucrats in
the administration committee.
Q.19: What is the number of educationalists in the research
committee?
Q.20: Which of the following CANNOT be determined uniquely
based on the given information?
(A) The size of the teaching committee
(B) The size of the research committee
(C) The total number of educationalists in the three
committees
(D) The total number of bureaucrats in the three committees

2. The number of educationalists in the teaching committee is

less than the number of educationalists in the research
committee. The number of educationalists in the research