Data Sufficiency


Direction: 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 answer the question.

  1. Are all the five friends - A, B, C, D and E - sitting around a circular table facing the centre, who sits to the immediate right of A?
    I. E sits to third to the right of D. A is not an immediate neighbours of D?
    II. C sits to second left of B. A is not an immediate neighbours of D.











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    Using Statement I:
    Using Statement II:
    So, by Using Statement I alone, we can say that E sits on the immediate right of A.

    Correct Option: A

    Using Statement I:
    Using Statement II:
    So, by Using Statement I alone, we can say that E sits on the immediate right of A.


  1. Who among P, Q, R, S and T is the tallest?
    I. P is taller than Sand T but shorted than R, Q is taller than S.
    II. T is taller than S. P is not the tallest.











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    Even by using both the statements, we are not able to detemine who is tallest as we do not have the exact idea about the height of Q.

    Correct Option: D

    Even by using both the statements, we are not able to detemine who is tallest as we do not have the exact idea about the height of Q.



  1. Is 'EAST'the word formed after performing the following operation on a word containing there four letters?
    I. There is only one letter between A and T, E is to the left of A.
    II. The word does not begin with T. There is only one letter between E and S, T is not an immediate neighbours of E.











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    From I: EAST or ETSA
    Hence I alone is not sufficient
    From II: Only EAST is possible
    Hence II alone is sufficient.

    Correct Option: B

    From I: EAST or ETSA
    Hence I alone is not sufficient
    From II: Only EAST is possible
    Hence II alone is sufficient.


Direction: 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 answer the question.

  1. Among P Q, R, S T and V, each lives on a different floor of six-story building having its six floors numbered one to six (the ground floor is numbered 1, the floor above it, number 2, and so on, and the topmost floor is numbered 6). Who live on the topmost floor?
    I. There is only floor between the Floors on which R and Q live. P lives on an even-numbered floor.
    II. T does not live on an even-numbered floor. Q lives on an even-numbered floor. Q does not live on the topmost floor.
    III. S lives on an even-numbered floor. There are two floor between the floors on which S and P live. T lives on a floor immediately above R's floor.











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    From I: P > Q, but T is not the tallest.
    From II: R > P, but S is not the tallest.
    From I and II: R > P > Q. Neither S nor T can be the tallest. Hence R is the tallest.

    Correct Option: E

    From I: P > Q, but T is not the tallest.
    From II: R > P, but S is not the tallest.
    From I and II: R > P > Q. Neither S nor T can be the tallest. Hence R is the tallest.



  1. Point D is in which direction with respect to Point B?
    I. Point A is to the west of Point B. Point C is to The north of Point B. Point D is to the south of Point C.
    II. Point G is to the south of Point D. Point G is 4 km from Point B. Point D is 9m from point B.
    III. Point A is to the west of Point B. Point B is exactly midway between Point E, Point D is to the west of Point F.











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    From I: Possible months: January, February, March, April, May or June.
    From II: Rahul's son correctly remembers that his father went on vacation after 31st March but before 1st May. So, his father went on vacation in the month of April. Hence only II is sufficient.

    Correct Option: B

    From I: Possible months: January, February, March, April, May or June.
    From II: Rahul's son correctly remembers that his father went on vacation after 31st March but before 1st May. So, his father went on vacation in the month of April. Hence only II is sufficient.