Verbal Reasoning

Data Sufficiency - Base Level 3

Directions to Solve

In each of the following problems, there is one question and three statements I, II and III given below the question. You have to decide whether the data given in the statements is sufficient to answer the question. Read all the statements carefully and find which of the statements is/are sufficient to answer the given question. Choose the correct alternative in each question.

1.  Questions : What does 'come' represent in a code language ?
Statements : 

I.   'pit na tac' means 'come and go' in that code language.
II.  'ja ta da' means  ' you are good' in that code language.
III. 'na da rac' means 'you can come' in that code language.
A. Only I and II
B. Only II and III
C. Only I and III
D. All I, II and III
E. None of these
2.  Questions : How many sons does X have ?
statements : 

I.   Q and U are brothers of T.
II.  R is sister of P and U.
III. R and T are daughters of X.
A. Only I and II
B. Only II and III
C. All I, II and III
D. I, II and III together are not sufficient.
E. None of these
3.  Questions : How is 'DATE' written in the code language ?
Statements :

I.  DEAR is written as $ # @ ? in code in that code.
II. TREAT is written as % ? # @ % in that code.
III.TEAR is written as % # @ ? in that code.
A. Only I and II
B. Only II and III
C. All I, II and III
D. Only I and either II or III
E. None of these
4.  Questions : What is Suman's rank from the top in a class of forty students ?
Statements :

I.   Suman is 3 ranks below Deepak from the top.
II.  Deepak's rank from the bottom is 23.
III. Suman is 3 rank above Deepak from the bottom.
A. Any two of the three
B. Only I and II
C. Only II and III
D. All I, II and III
E. Only II and either I or III
5.  Questions : Who is tallest among six boys P, T, N, D, Q, and R ?
Statements :

I.   P is taller than D and N but not as tall as T.
II.  R is taller than Q but not as tall as T.
III. Q is not taller than T and R.
A. Only I and II
B. Only II and III
C. Only I and III
D. All I, II and III
E. Only I and either II or III
6.  Questions : Village T is in direction with respect to village R ?
Statements : 

I.   T is to the North of W which is to the West of S.
II.  T is to the North-West of S.
III. W is to the North-West of R.
A. Any two of the three
B. Only I and II
C. Only II and III
D. Only I and III
E. None of these
7.  Questions : Among P, Q, R, S and T, Q is the second tallest and S is immediate taller than the shortest . Who among them is in the middle when they stand in the order  of their heights.
Statements :

I.   T is not the shortest.
II.  R is taller than S but shortest than Q.
III. P ranks third in height above S when all are arranged in the order of height.
A. Only I and II
B. Either II only or I and III only
C. Only II
D. Only II and III
E. None of these
8.  Questions : How is the girl in the photograph related to Kunal ?
Statements :

I.   Pointing to the photograph, Kunal said, "She is the mother of my father's only grand-daughter".
II.  Kunal has no siblings.
III. Pointing to the photograph, Kunal said, "She is the only daughter-in-law of my mother."
A. Any two of the three
B. Only I and II
C. Only II and III
D. Either only III or only I and III
E. None of these
9.  Questions : Five persons - A, B, C, D and E are sitting in a row. Who is sitting in the middle ?
Statements :

I.   B is between E and C.
II.  B is to the right of E.
III. D is between A and E.
A. Only I and II
B. Only II and III
C. Only I and III
D. All I, II and III
E. None of these
10.  Questions : In which year was Sanjay born ?
Statements :

I.   Sanjay is six years older than Gopal.
II.  Gopal's brother was born in 1982.
III. Sanjay's brother is two years younger  than Gopal's brother who was eight yeras younger than Gopal.
A. Only I and II
B. Only II and III
C. Only I and III
D. All I, II and III
E. None of these

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