DATA SUFFICIENCY

 

Directions: Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and give answer

1) if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
2) if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
3) if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
4) if the data in both the statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.
5) if the data in both statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.

1. What does 'Pa' mean in the code language?

I. 'Pe Bo Pa' means 'Look at me' and 'Bo Se Pe Ki means 'don't look at him' in that code language.

II. 'Ka Ta Ne Pa' means 'take me and go' and 'Li We Si Pa' means 'either me or you' in that code language

Answer:- 3

 

2. How is Seema related to Mangesh?

I. Shalini, the cousin of Mangesh, is the niece of Seema. 

II. Sulekha, Seema's sister, is the wife of Omkar, Mangesh's father.

Answer:- 2

 

3. What is Shekhar's rank in the class of 40?

I. Samir, who is 9th from the top in the class is above shailendra by 12 ranks who is below shekhar by 5 ranks.

II. Nilesh, who is between Shekhar and Sudhanshu, is 15th from the bottom.

Answer:- 1

 

4. P, Q, R, S and T hold different ranks. Who among them ranks the lowest? 

I. S is two ranks below R, who is not the highest in the rank.

II. P is higher in rank than S but below than Q and T in rank.

Answer:- 5

 

5. Who among A, B, C, D and E runs the fastest?

I. B runs faster than E but is not the fastest.

II. C, though does not run as fast as A and B, runs faster than D and E

Answer:- 4

 

6. Which year was observed as International Labour’s year?
I. International Labour year was observed in the same year when India undertook five consecutive nuclear tests.
II. India made history when it under took five consecutive nuclear test on 11th May 1998.
Answer:- 5

7. Alka and Madhu are friends. Which of them is older in age than the other? 
I. Alka was born in the first leap year after 1980.
II. Madhu was born in 1983.
Answer:- 5

8. Which state, Master blaster Sachm Tendulkar belongs to? 
I. Sachin and Ajay Jadeja belong to same state.
II. Sachin Tendulkar belong to a state where Congress party rules the government.
Answer:- 4

9. What is the time now? 
I. The sun rises at seven in the morning and sets at six in the evening.
II. Both hands (minute and hour) are at a same point between 11 and 1.
Answer:- 2

10. Who is tallest among Tarun, Barun, Vinod, Kishore and Maya?
I. Barun is taller than Maya but not as tall as Kishore, who is taller than Vinod.
II. Tarun is taller than Maya.
Answer:- 4

 

11. How is ‘never’ written in a code language? 
I. ‘never ever go there’ is written as ‘na ja ni ho’ in that code language.
II. ‘go there and come back’ is written as ‘ma ho sa ni da’ in that code language.
Answer:- 4

12. Among M, P, K, J, T and W, who is lighter than only the heaviest?
I. P is heavier than M and T.
II. W is heavier than P but lighter than J who is not the heaviest.
Answer:- 5

13. What does ‘S’ mean in a code language? 
I. ‘5 $ # 3’ means ‘flowers are really good’.
II. ‘7 # 3 5’ means ‘good flowers are available’.
Answer:- 5

14. How is P related to J?
I. M is brother of P and T is sister of P. 
II. P’s mother is married to J’s husband who has one son and two daughters.
Answer:- 5

15. How many students are there between Suresh and Mohan in a row of fifty students? 
I. Suresh is twelfth from the left end and Mohan is seventeenth from the right end.
II. Suresh is six places away from Jayesh who is twentieth from the left end.
Answer:- 1

 

16. Eight people A,B,C,D,E,F,G and H are seated around a circular table and are equidistant from each other. Who is in front of F?

1) F is second to the left of D who is neighbor of A and C.

2) G is in front of D and neighbor of B and E.

Answer:- 5

 

17.  What is the color of black hair in a color code?

1) White is called red, red is called orange

2) Blue is called green, Green is called black, black is called white.

Answer:- 2

 

18. On which date is Ramavtar’s Father’s marriage anniversary?

1) Ramavtar’s sister correctly remembers that their father’s anniversary is after 7th but  before 11th may.

2) Ramavtar correctly remembers that his father’s marriage anniversary is after 5th but before 10th may.

Answer:- 4

 

19. Among A, B, C, D and E, who is the lightest?

1) C is heavier than D but lighter than A.

2) B is lighter than D but heavier than E.

Answer:- 5

 

20. How is L related to Z?

1) M has two daughters and F is one of them who is married to L.

2) M is the mother of Z, who is younger sister of F.
Answer:- 5

 

21. What will be the total weight of 8 stones, each of the same weight?
I. One-fourth of the weight of each stone is 2 kg.
II. The total weight of five stones is 16 kilograms more than the total weight of three stones.
Answer:- 3

22. How many children does A have ?
I. B is the only daughter of C who is wife of A.
II. D and E are sons of A.
Answer:- 4

23. How is S related to P ?
I. M is brother of P and T is sister of P.
II. P's mother is married to S's husband who has one son and two daughters.
Answer:- 2

24. How many children are there in the row of children facing north?
I. A who is tenth from the left end is fourth to the left of B who is seventeenth from the right end.
II. C is second to the left of D who is thirteenth from the right end and eighteenth from the left end.
Answer:- 3

25. How many pages of book X did Vishal read on Saturday ?
I. The book has 150 pages out of which three-fifth were read by him before Saturday.
II. Vishal read the last 25 pages of the book on the morning of Sunday.
Answer:- 5

 

26. What is Himaksh’s position in a row of 12 children?

I. Manoj is fourth to the left of Ravi; Himaksh is seventh to the right of Narendra.

II. Himaksh is fifth to the right of Ravi; Manoj is third to the left at Narendra which is at one end.

Answer:- 4

 

27. Are some boys students?

I. Some students are teachers; All teachers are boys.

II. Some teachers are students; All boys are teachers.

Answer:- 1

 

28. Among M, N, O, P and R, P is taller than how many people?

I. O is taller than M but shorter than R, who is not taller than P.

II. N is not the tallest but is taller than O.

Answer:- 5

 

29. Difference of how many day’s is there between the ages of Jagu and Ankit?

I. Ankit was born on 26 and the month was September or October. Jagu was born on October 12.

II. Ankit was 3 months old at his first new year. Both of them were born in the same year.

Answer:- 5

 

30. Find the age of Kashvi.

I. Kashvi is more than 3 years older than Sneha. Sneha is 19 years old.

II. The ratio of the ages of Parul and Kashvi is 3 : 5 respectively. Total age of both of them is between 65 to 73 years.

Answer:- 1