Data Sufficiency Reasoning Questions

Direction: All these questions consists of two statements numbered I and II given below it. Decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question and answer from available options.

• if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question while the data in statement II alone is not sufficient to answer the question.
• If the data in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question while the data in statement I alone is not sufficient to answer the question.
• If the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
• If the data even in both statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.
• If the data in both statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.

Question: Which direction is Sarthak Goel facing?
Statements:
I. In the early morning Sarthak Goel was standing in front of a puppet and the shad­ow of the puppet was falling to the right of Sarthak Goel.
II. In the early morning Sarthak Goel was standing on the ground. His shadow was falling behind him when he turned to his left.
Ans: (c)

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Question: Adarsh amongst Adarsh, Blavinder, Chander, Dheeraj, Ekta and Faruq each having a different height. Who is the shortest?
Statements:
I. Chander is shorter than only Balvinder.
II. Adarsh is taller than only Dheeraj and Faruq.
Ans. (d)

Question: At present, how many villagers are voters in Ghaziabad?
Statements:
I. There were 8 Lakh voters in Ghaziabad in the list prepared for the last election.
II. The present list of Ghaziabad has 15% more voters than the list for the last election.
Ans. (e)

Question: If the first day of a month is Thursday, how many days were there in that month?
Statements:
I. The fourth Sunday happened to be on 25th.
II. The last day of the month was the fifth Sat­urday of that month.Ans. (b)

Question: Among Namita, Anita, Samita, Ramita and Sujata, who last for the College?
Statements:
I. Namita came after Anita but not after Sujata.
II. Ramita came after Sujata but not after Samita.
Ans. (e)

Question: Who is paternal uncle of P?
Statements:
I. P is brother of L, who is daughter of Q, who is sister of N, who is brother of S.
II. M is brother of K, who is husband of L, who is mother of G, who is sister of P.
Ans. (b)

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Question: What is the distance between Ghaziabad and Gurgaon by the shortest route?
Statements: I. Ghaziabad is to the North of Noida at a distance of 35km.
II. Gurgaon is to the west of Noida at a distance of 20km.
Ans. (e)

Question: Who is to the immediate right of Pratima among five persons Pratima, Fatima, Reena, Savita and Tina facing North?
Statements:
I. Reena is third to the left of Fatima; Pratima is second to the right of Reena.
II. Fatima is to the immediate left of Tina, who is sec­ond to the right of Pratima.
Ans. (c)

Question: Which village is to the North-East of Ahmedabad?
Statements:
I. Bhopal is to the North of Ahmedabad, and Cochin and Delhi are to the East and West of Bhopal, respectively.
II. Pune is to the South of Ahmedabad, and Erode is to the East of Pune, Kolkata is to the North of Pune.
Ans. (a)

Question: How is Shamita related to Ravina?
Statements:
I. Ravina’s sister is the mother of Nina, who is daugh­ter of Shamita.
II. Priyanka is the sister of Shamita.
Ans. (d)

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Question: How many daughters does K have?
Statements:
I. L and N are sisters of M.
II. N’s mother is K who has only one son.
Ans. (e)

Question: When was the election of the president of the society held?
Statements:
I. Sumeet submitted his nomination for the election on 13th and left on 17th for Delhi the day after he won the election.
II. The nominations were scrutinised on 14th and the ballot papers were prepared on the following day.
Ans. (e)

Question: Anu, Balvinder, Charu, Davinder and Falak are seated around a circular table facing at the centre. Who is on the im­mediate right of Balvinder?
Statements:
I. Davinder is between Anu and Falak.
II. Charu is between Balvinder and Falak.
Ans. (d)

Question: How many employees of Sateesh Private Limited got promotion?
Statements:
I. 18% of the 950 officer cadre employees and 6% of the 1100 of all other cadre em­ployees got promotion.
II. 28% of the employees in the age group of 51 to 56 and 17% of the employees in all other age groups got promotion.
Ans. (a)

Question: In a certain code language what does ‘come’ mean?
Statements:
I. ‘pit na ja’ means ‘come and go’ in the code language.
II. ‘na dik sa’ means ‘you may go’ in the code language.
Ans. (d)

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Question: Is Danny brother of Jennifer ?
Statements:
I. Jennifer is the sister of Martha and Kavin.
II. Kavin is the brother of Danny.
Ans. (d)

Question: How long does it take to reach city Pune from city Mumbai?
Statements:
I. Sangita was scheduled to leave the city Mumbai at 17.15 hrs but got late by 45 minutes and reached city Pune at 06.15 hrs the next day.
II. Sangita reached the bus-stand of city Mumbai at 14.25 hrs and got the bus after waiting for 35 minutes. She reached city Pune at 3.15 hrs the next day.
Ans. (c)

Question: How is Sangeeta related to Vaishali?
Statements:
I. Sangeeta’s husband is the only son of Vaishali’s mother.
II. Sangeeta’s brother and Vaishali’s husband are cousins.
Ans. (c)

Question: Out of the four teams Australia, Bangladesh, India and Denmark which
team is likely to win as per the opinion poll ?
Statements:
I. As per the opinion poll, chances of team India’s winning are more than that of team Australia but not as much as that of team Bangladesh, whose chances of winning are more than that of team Australia.
II. As per the opinion poll team India’s chances of winning are less than that of team Bangladesh but not less than that of team Denmark, whose chanc­es of winning are more than that of team Australia.
Ans. (b)

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Question: What will be the position of hour hand of a clock at 7.30 PM?
Statements:
I. There are English alphabets on the dial of the clock instead of digits.
II. The hour hand is at P at 7 O’clock.
Ans. (d)

Question: How is Anju related to Babita ?
Statements:
I. A is the sister-in-law of C. who is the daughter-in-law of B, who is the wife of D.
II. B is the mother of A’s son’s only uncle’s son.
Ans. (c)

Question: Manish’s flat is on which floor of the five-floor apartment?
Statements:
I. His flat is exactly above Govind’s flat whose flat is exactly above Narayan’s first-floor flat.
II. Jeevan’s flat, which is adjacent to Manish’s flat, is exactly below Ahmed’s flat, who is on fourth floor.
Ans. (c)

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Question: Who scored highest among Arshad, Billu, Chaman, Danish, & Ekta?
Statements:
I. Billu scored more than Danish, but not as much as Chaman.
II. Ekta scored more than Chaman but not more than Arshad.
Ans. (e)