Data Sufficiency

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Number of Questions : 30

Directions for questions 1 to 27: Each of the 3. Is ∆PQR a right angled triangle?
following questions given below is followed by two
statements, I and II. Mark the answer using the Q
following instructions:

Mark (1) if the question can be answered by using

one of the statements alone, but cannot P R
be answered by using the other statement
alone. I. ∠Q − ∠P > 0
Mark (2) if the question can be answered by using
either statement alone. ∠P + ∠Q
II. The value of is equal to 1.
Mark (3) if the question can be answered by using ∠R
both the statements together, but cannot
be answered by using either statement 4. If m and n are consecutive positive integers,
alone. is m > n?
Mark (4) if the question cannot be answered even I. m – 1 and n + 1 are consecutive positive
by using both the statements together. integers.
II. m is an even integer.
1. Is a ball point pen costlier than an ink pen?
I. The cost of 5 sets of 4 ball point and 3
5. If a, b and c are integers, is (a – b + c) greater
ink pens is the same as the cost of 4
than (a + b – c)?
sets of 3 ball point and 5 ink pens.
II. The cost of 6 sets of 6 ball point and 4 I. b is positive.
ink pens is the same as the cost of 12 II. c is negative.
sets of 3 ball point and 2 ink pens.
6. Harpu, who is a non-vegetarian, eats chicken
2. There are three rods of lengths L1 cm, L2 cm only on Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays.
and L3 cm such that no two of them are of the Did he eat chicken today?
same length. If L1, L2 and L3 are integers, I. He ate chicken yesterday.
can we exactly measure X cm using the three II. He ate chicken two days before
rods, where X is an integer? yesterday.
I. L1 + L2 = 100 cm
II. L2 + L3 = 201 cm

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7. XEN is a three-digit number, where X, E and 11. What is the area of the region bounded by
N are single-digit whole numbers. What is lines L and M and the coordinate axes in the
the value of ‘X’? first quadrant?
I. The sum of the square of the first X natural I. The lines L and M intersect at a point that
numbers is 55. also lies on both the lines, 3x – 4y = 1
II. X2 + 2X – 15 = 0. and 7x – 8y = 5.
II. The lines L and M are perpendicular to
each other and one of them intersects the
y-axis with an intercept of 4.
8.
R r
A 12. In a circle, chord PQ intersects chord AB at
O2
N. What is the minimum length of the line
O1 segment AB?
I. PN = NQ = 6 units.
II. AB is a diameter of the circle, ∠PNA
B = 90° and NQ = 6 units.

13. The figure given below shows the shape of a

window. If arc AB is a semicircle and ABCD
Find the area of the shaded portion in the is a rectangle, then what is the perimeter of
above figure. the window?
I. R – r = 2 cm
II. AB, the length of which is 6 cm, is a chord
of bigger circle and tangent to the smaller
circle. A B

9. Points P and Q lie on diagonal BD of rectangle

ABCD. Find the area of rectangle ABCD.
I. The lengths of perpendiculars dropped C D
from P on AD and BC are 2 cm and 4 cm I. The perimeter of the rectangle ABCD is
respectively. The lengths of perpendiculars 142 feet.
dropped from Q on BC and CD are 3 cm II. The length of the diagonal of the rectangle
and 4 cm respectively. ABCD is 61 feet.
II. The lengths of perpendiculars dropped
from P on CD and AD are 1 cm and 2 cm 14. The marked price of an article is Rs. 250.
respectively. The lengths of perpendiculars Find the net profit percent on the sale of the
dropped from Q on BC and CD are 4 cm article.
and 3 cm respectively. I. Successive discounts of 20% and 25%
were given on the sale of the article.
10. A, B, C are positive integers such that II. The article was sold at Rs. 200.
A < B < C. Is C – A even?
I. A × B × C is an odd natural number. 15. If a, b and c are integers, then what is the
II. AB + BC + CA is an even natural number. value of (a2 + b2 + c2)?
I. 4a + 3b + 2c = 27 and 1 < a < b < c < 8.
II. a + b + c = 9 and 0 < a < b < c.

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16. Is x > y? 22. A square is inscribed in a circle. What is the
I. (x – y) × (x – y) > 0. difference between the area of the circle and
that of the square?
 1 1
II. (x + y)  x + y  = 4 I. The diameter of the circle is 25 2 cm.
 
II. The side of the square is 25 cm.
17. What is the least value of the expression
23. Two friends, Ram and Gopal, bought apples
(21x + 14y)?
from a wholesale dealer. How many apples
1 1 1 did they buy?
I. + + = 1 and x, y are prime
x y xy I. Ram bought one-half the number of apples
that Gopal bought.
numbers.
II. The wholesale dealer had a stock of 500
II. The product (x.y) = 6, where ‘x’ and ‘y’
apples.
are positive integers.
24. The average weight of students in a class is
18. In a hockey match, the Indian team was
50 kg. What is the number of students in the
behind by 2 goals with 5 min remaining.
class?
Did they win the match?
I. The heaviest and the lightest members of
I. Deepak Thakur, the Indian striker, scored
the class weigh 60 kg and 40 kg
3 goals in the last 5 min of the match.
respectively.
II. Korea scored a total of 3 goals in the
II. Exclusion of the heaviest and the lightest
match.
members from the class does not change
the average weight of the students.
19. Four students were added to a dance class.
Would the teacher be able to divide her
25. A small storage tank is spherical in shape.
students evenly into a dance team (or teams)
What is the storage volume of the tank?
of 8?
I. The wall thickness of the tank is 1 cm.
I. If 12 students were added, the teacher
II. When an empty spherical tank is
could put everyone in teams of 8 without
immersed in a large tank filled with water,
any leftovers.
20 l of water overflow from the large tank.
II. The number of students in the class is
currently not divisible by 8.
26. Mr X starts walking northwards along the
boundary of a field from point A on the
20. On a given day a boat ferried 1,500
boundary, and after walking for 150 m reaches
passengers across the river in 12 hr.
B, and then walks westwards, again along
How many round trips did it make?
the boundary, for another 100 m when he
I. The boat can carry 200 passengers at any
reaches C. What is the maximum distance
time.
between any pair of points on the boundary
II. It takes 40 min each way and 20 min of
of the field?
waiting time at each terminal.
I. The field is rectangular in shape.
II. The field is a polygon, with C as one of its
21. What will be the time for downloading
vertices and A as the mid-point of a side.
software?
I. Transfer rate is 6 kilobytes per second.
II. The size of the software is 4.5 megabytes.

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27. A line graph on a graph sheet shows the 28. Four friends — A, B, C and D got the top four
revenue for each year from 1990 through 1998 ranks in a competitive examination, but A did
by points and joins the successive points by not get the first, B did not get the second,
straight-line segments. The point for revenue C did not get the third, and D did not get the
of 1990 is labelled A, that for 1991 as B, and fourth rank. Who secured which rank?
that for 1992 as C. What is the ratio of growth I. Neither A nor D were among the first 2.
in revenue between 1991-92 and 1990-91? II. Neither B nor C was third or fourth.
I. The angle between AB and X-axis when
measured with a protractor is 40°, and 29. The members of a local club contributed
the angle between CB and X-axis is 80°. equally to pay Rs. 600 towards a donation.
II. The scale of Y-axis is 1 cm = Rs. 100 How much did each one pay?
I. If there had been five fewer members,
Directions for questions 28 to 30: Each question each one would have paid an additional
is followed by two statements, I and II. Answer each Rs. 10.
question using the following instructions: II. There were at least 20 members in the
club, and each one paid not more than
Mark (1) if the question can be answered by using Rs. 30.
statement I alone but not by using II alone.
Mark (2) if the question can be answered by using 30. A family has only one kid. The father says,
statement II alone but not by using I alone. “After ‘n’ years, my age will be 4 times the
Mark (3) if the question can be answered by using age of my kid.” The mother says, “After ‘n’
either statement alone and years, my age will be 3 times that of my kid.”
Mark (4) if the question can be answered using What will be the combined ages of the parents
both the statements together but not by after ‘n’ years?
either statement alone. I. The age difference between the parents
is 10 years.
II. After ‘n’ years the kid is going to be twice
as old as she is now.

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Answers and Explanations

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1. 1 Let the prices of ink and ball point pen be i & b 6. 3 From statement I: Since he had chicken yesterday,
respectively. today could be either Sunday, Monday or Wednesday.
The first statement gives 5 × (4b + 3i) = 4 × (3b + 5i). Hence, statement I alone is not sufficient.
Using this we can find the ratio of the price of a From statement II: Today is either Friday, Tuesday or
ball-point pen and an ink pen. So statement I alone is Wednesday.
sufficient. Hence, statement II alone is not sufficient.
From statement II, we get 6 × (6b + 4i) = 12 × (3b + 2i), By combining the two statements, it can be deduced
which will boil down to 0 = 0. Hence using statement that today is Wednesday and so, he did not eat chicken
II, we cannot answer the question. today.
Hence, both the statements together are sufficient.
2. 3 Neither of the statement alone can be used to answer
the question. 7. 2 From statement I, we get X = 5.
Using both the statements: From statement II, we get X = 3, – 5. So, the possible
L2 + L3 – 2(L1 + L2) = 201 – 200 = 1 cm. value of x is 3.
Hence, any integral multiple of length can be measured.
8. 4 From statement I: We cannot determine the area of
3. 1 Statement I do not provide any information regarding shaded region as we don’t know the exact radii of the
∠R. Hence, it’s not sufficient alone. two circles.
We know that ∠R + ∠P + ∠Q = 180° From statement II: On the basis of the information given
Using statement II, we get ∠R + ∠R = 180° in this statement, we cannot calculate the radii of the
⇒ ∠R = 90° two circles. Hence, this statement alone is also not
⇒ ∠PQR is a right angled triangle. sufficient.
Hence, statement II alone is sufficient. Even after by using both the statements together,
we cannot find the area of the shaded region.
4. 1 Note that for two consecutive integers the larger must
be 1 more than the smaller. 9. 2 From statement I:
Considering particular values for m and n. For example,
if m = 4, then n = 3 or 5 since m and n are consecutive. D C
Then m – 1 = 3 and n + 1 = 4 or 6. Since m – 1 and P 4
n + 1 are consecutive integers, n = 3. Thus, m = n + 1, 2 4
or m > n. Q
∴ Statement I alone is sufficient. 3
The fact given in statement II that m is even is irrelevant. x

5. 3 a–b+c>a+b–c A B
⇒c>b
Either statements I or II alone is not sufficient to answer As the length of the perpendicular from P to AD
the question. = 2 cm and to BC = 4 cm
Using both the statements together, we can say for Length of AB = 6 cm
sure that c < b. As the length of the perpendicular from Q to AB
Hence, (a – b + c) < (a + b – c) = x and to BC = 3 cm
Q is the midpoint of BD

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 As the length of the perpendicular from Q to CD = 4 cm Using statement II:
Length of side BC = 8 cm
Hence, statement I alone is sufficient to answer the P
question.
Using Statement II: N
A B
O
D 2 J L 4 C
1 Q
K
2 P 3
AB
Value will be minimum, when PQ passes through
M 2
Q 4
the center of the circle O.
Minimum value of AB is 12 units.
So, statement II alone is sufficient to answer the
A B question.
∆DJP, ∆DLQ and ∆DCB all are similar to each other.
13. 4 Let the two sides of rectangle ABCD are ‘x’ and ‘y’.
DL DJ 2
= = (As ∆DJP ~ ∆DLQ) Using statement A:
QL PJ 1
x + y = 71
⇒ DL = 3 × 2 = 6 cm which is not sufficient to answer the question.
⇒ DC = DL + CL = 6 + 4 = 10 cm

DJ DC 2 Using statement B:
and = = (As ∆DJP ~ ∆DCB) x2 + y2 = 612
PJ BC 1
which is not sufficient to answer the question.
10
⇒ BC = = 5 cm Combining statements I and II:
2
We get (x + y)2 = x2 + y2 + 2xy
Area of the rectangle = 10 cm × 5 cm = 50 cm
Hence, statement II alone is sufficient to answer the (712 – 612 )
⇒ x×y= = 660
question. 2
(x – y)2 = x2 + y2 – 2xy = 712 – 1320 = 2401
10. 1 Since A × B × C is odd, so each of A, B and C is odd. x – y = 49 ...(i)
So, C – A = even. also, x + y = 71 ...(ii)
Hence, statement I alone is sufficient to answer the solving we get ‘x’ and ‘y’ as 60 feet and 11 feet
question. respectively.
However, from statement II, best that can be deduced Since we do not know that AB is 60 feet or 11 feet,
is that at least two among A, B, C, are even. we cannot find the answer.
Hence, statement II is insufficient.
14. 4 The question cannot be answered even by using both
11. 3 Statement I gives a point through which lines pass. statements together as nothing can be said about the
So, by itself it is not sufficient. cost price of the article.
Statement II alone also does not give both the lines.
Combining both the statements, we get the equations 15. 1 Using statement I:
of both the lines. Hence area can be computed. Since it is given that 1 < a < b < c < 8, it can be verified
very easily that c cannot take values from the set
12. 2 Using statement I: Given that PN = NQ = 6 units. {1, 2, 3}.
Let AN = a and NB = b. Now Applying the secant Further checking ‘c’ for {4, 5, 6, 7}, there is only one set
theorem, we get that AN × NB = a × b = PN × NQ of values of a, b and c that satisfies 1 < a < b < c < 8.
⇒ a × b = 36. The values of a, b and c are 2, 3 and 5 respectively.
=6×6 Hence, the value of a2 + b2 + c2 equals to 38.
⇒ minimum of a + b = 12 Hence, statement I alone is sufficient to answer the
It means that the minimum value of AB is 12 units. question.
Therefore, statement I alone is sufficient to answer Using statement II:
the question. There are multiple sets of values of a, b and c that
satisfies
a + b + c = 9 and 0 < a < b < c.

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 For example (a = 1, b = 2, c = 6), (a = 1, b = 3, c = 5) and end of the match, India would have scored zero goals.
(a = 2, b = 3, c = 4). In the last 5 minutes, as India made 3 goals and Korea
Hence we cannot calculate a unique value of a2 + b2 + c2. on the whole made 3 goals, we can say the match
Hence, statement II alone is not sufficient to answer was drawn.
the question. Hence, we cannot answer the question even by using
both the statements together.
16. 1 Statement (I) : (x – y)2 > 0.
On the basis of the given information, nothing can be 19. 1 From I, if by adding 12 students, the total number of
concluded about x and y students is divisible by 8. By adding 4 students,
So, statement (I) itself is not sufficient. it will be divisible by 8.
Statement (II) : (x + y) (x + y) = 4xy
(x + y)2 – 4xy = 0⇒x – y)2 = 0⇒x = y.
20. 1 Statement I gives the capacity of boat and is of no help
So, x >/ y. So, statement (II) in itself is sufficient. in finding out the number of round trips.
From statement II round trips can be calculated since
17. 2 Using statement I: we know the total time taken is 12 hr.
1 1 1
+ + =1
x y xy 21. 3 Statement I gives the rate and statement II gives the
size. It is like statement I gives the speed and statement
⇒ y + x + 1 = xy ...(i)
II the distance and we are to find out time.
Now since x and y are prime number, the only prime
So both statements are needed.
numbers which satisfy the above equation are x = 2,
y = 3 or x = 3, y = 2 ⇒ xy = 6
Applying AM ≥ GM inequality 22. 2
21x + 14y
⇒ ≥ 7 6xy ⇒ 21x + 14y ≥ 84
2
Therefore, the least value of 21x + 14y is 84. O

Using statement II:

xy = 6 = 1.6 = 3.2
⇒ (x, y) = (1, 6), (6, 1), (3, 2) or (2, 3) We know that the diameter of circle will be the diagonal
The value of the given expression will be minimum at x of the square.
= 2 and y = 3. Thus, from any of the two statements, we can find
∴ Min(21x + 14y) = 21 × 2 + 14 × 3 = 84. out the areas of the circle and square.

18. 4 Let us consider two cases: 23. 4 Statement I gives a general figure of Ram and Gopal.
(a) If 5 min remaining the score was 0 – 2. Then final Statement II does not give any idea of how many apples
score could have been 3 – 3. [Assuming no other Ram and Gopal purchased.
Indian scored] Both statements together also cannot give any result.
(b) But if the score before 5 min was 1 – 3, then final
score could have been 4 – 3. 24. 4 Statement I gives the weight of the heaviest and lightest
members of the class but no indication as to the number
From statement I, we know only the number of goals of students in the class or the total weight of the
made by India in the last 5 minutes. But, as we don’t students is there. The second statement is also
know what the opponent team did in the last 5 minutes, inconclusive, making our answer choice as (4).
we can’t conclude anything. So statement I alone is
not sufficient. 25. 3 Statement I gives the thickness of the wall which is of
Similarly, statement II does not talk about the total no use to find the volume of the tank since we do not
number of goals scored by India. So statement II is not know the radius of the sphere.
sufficient. Statement II gives us the answer as the volume of
Using both the statements, we have two possibilities: water displaced is equal to the volume of the immersed
(I) If Korea had scored 3 goals 5 minutes before the tank.
end of the match India would have scored 1 goal. So to find the exact storage volume of the tank both
In the last 5 minutes as India made 3 goals and Korea the statements are needed.
on the whole made 3 goals, we can conclude that
India had won the game.
(II) If Korea had scored 3 goals 5 minutes before the

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26. 3 Statement I by itself does not solve the problem but it
RQ
does tell us about the shape of the field. However, Ratio of revenues =
it fails to give information about the points A, B and C QP
as to whether they be at the end of the field, etc. Since in a line graph, the years are uniformly spaced
This data is given by the second statement, from which
RQ tan80°
it is known that ⇒ =
QP tan 40°
So the ratio can be determined from statement I alone.
C 100m B
Statement II is immaterial because we intend to find the
150m ratio and not absolute figures.

A 28. 3 From statement I, their ranks will be A - 4, B -1, C - 2,

D - 3.
150m From statement II, also their ranks will be A - 4, B -1,
C - 2, D - 3.

29. 1 Let there be n members in the club.

The polygon has the length = 150 × 2 = 300 m and the
600 600
breadth = 100 m and also that it is a rectangle (from A). From statement I, we have = + 10 .
n−5 n
Thus, the maximum distance is the diagonal length of
the rectangle. Solving this equation, we get n = 20. Therefore, we
can find the payment of each member.
Hence, statement I alone is sufficient.
27. 1 R C From statement II, we cannot determine anything.

30. 1 F + n = 4 (k + n) … (i)
M + n = 3 (k + n) …(ii)
From the above equations
F – M = (k + n)
8 0° From statement I
B
Q F – M = 10 ⇒ k + n = 10
F + n = 40
A 4 0° M + n = 30
P
⇒ F + M + 2n = 70
Hence, from statement I alone, we can get the answer.

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