DATA SUFFICIENCY

Class Exercise

DIRECTIONS for questions 1 to 40: Each question is followed by two statements, (I) and (II), giving certain data.
You have to decide whether the information provided in the statements is sufficient for answering the question.
Choose 1 Statement (I) by itself is sufficient to answer the question, but statement (II) by itself is not.
Choose 2. Statement (II) by itself is sufficient to answer the question, but statement (I) by itself is not.
Choose 3 Statements (I) and (II) taken together are sufficient to answer the question, even though neither
statement by itself is sufficient.
Choose 4 Either statement by itself is sufficient to answer the question.
Choose 5 Statements (I) and (II) taken together are not sufficient to answer the question, requiring more data
pertaining to the problem.
1. What is the base n of the number system?
I. The difference of any two-digit number written in the base n and its reverse written in the base n, when
expressed in base 10 is divisible by 6.
II. n is a prime number.
2. The ratio of incomes of Amar, Akbar and Anthony is 3 : 4 : 5, who among them saves the maximum amount,
if the expenses of none of them exceed their income?
I. Anthony’s income is Rs. 1000 more than that of Akbar.
II. The ratio of the expenses of Amar, Akbar and Anthony is 4 : 3 : 6.
3. A two-digit number is mistakenly written in the reversed order of the digits. The difference between original
number and reversed number is divisible by 9. What is the original two-digit number?
I. The digits of the number are odd.
II. The sum of the digits of the number is divisible by 16.
4. There are sixteen buildings - A through P - in a locality, arranged in four rows and four columns. Is building
A taller than building P?
I. Among the tallest buildings in each row, A is the shortest.
II. Among the shortest buildings in each column, P is the tallest.
5. Five persons - A, B, C, D and E – are siblings. If among A, B, C and E there are at least two girls, then how
many sisters does C have?
I. A has more sisters than brothers.
II. B has as many sisters as brothers.
6. Among Gita, Sita and Rita, two are twins of the same age and the third is of a different age. Is Sita older than
Rita?
I. Gita is older than Rita.
II. Gita is older than Sita.
7. My friend and I had gone shopping, carrying some amount each. The amount (in Rs.) with each of us was an
integer and was less than 100 but more than 10. If the amount (in Rs.) with me was actually the number
obtained by reversing the digits of the amount (in Rs.) with my friend, was the difference in the amounts
carried by my friend and me more than Rs.65?
I. I bought two books, the cost (in Rs.) of each of which was the same and was an integer, and I was left
with Rs.3
II. My friend bought two pens, the cost (in Rs.) of each of which was the same and was an integer, and he
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8. Four persons - Sanjay, Varthan, Uday and Phani - got the top four ranks in Sociology and Cosmology, not
necessarily in the same order. No two persons got the same rank in any subject and no person got the same
rank in both the subjects. Also, the sum of the ranks of no two persons is the same. What is the rank in
Sociology of the person who got the second rank in Cosmology?
I. Sanjay got the third and fourth ranks in Sociology and Cosmology respectively.
II. Varthan got the second and first ranks in Sociology and Cosmology respectively.
9. 20 persons are standing in a queue, of which 65% are boys. Anand is in the 10th position from the front. If
Bindu is in the fifth position, from the front, among the girls, is Bindu standing ahead of Anand?
I. At least three boys are standing in front of Bindu.
II. Four boys are standing between Anand and Bindu.
10. A game consists of throwing two dice simultaneously. There is an entry fee of Rs.10 and an additional fee of
Rs.2 for every simultaneous throwing of the two dice. The game is considered to have ended normally when
both the dice show the same number on their faces. In this case the player gets Rs.50 and ends the game.
Alternately, a player can choose to terminate the game prematurely after any number of throws. Vishnu has
incurred a loss of Rs.40 by playing this game. How many times did he throw the two dice simultaneously?
I. The total number of times that the two dice turned up showing different numbers on their faces is at
least 15.
II. The game ended normally.
11. I have a total of 125 fruits - apples and oranges put together - which are to be distributed to 12 boys and 9
girls of a class, such that each girl gets at least one apple but no orange but each boy gets at least one apple
and at least one orange. Can apples be distributed equally to all the 21 students? Assume that the number of
fruits of any variety, distributed for any person is always an integer.
I. The number of apples is a multiple of 7.
II. The oranges can be distributed equally to all the boys.
12. How many zeros are there at the end of p!?
I. The highest power of 2 in p! is 15.
II. The highest power of 2 in p! is 11.
13. 28 coins are to be distributed to seven children – A, B, C, D, E, F and G – such that each of them gets at
least one coin but a different number of coins. Who got the highest number of coins?
I. Each of D, F, and G got less than four coins and B got exactly one coin more than D.
II. None of A, B, C got the highest number of coins and each of D, F, G got less number of coins than any
of A, B and C.
14. In how many days will 3 men and 4women build a wall ?
I. 5 women and 4 men build the wall in seven days.
II. 6 men and 8 women build the wall in ten days.
15. A circle is inscribed in a square ABCD. What is the area of the circle?
I. Area of ABCD is y cm2.
II. Perimeter of ABCD is x cm.
16. If X is an even integer, is Y an even integer?
I. The average of X and Y is odd.
II. The average of X, Y, (Y+ 1), (X+1) is odd.
17. In Kya Kya Island, each of the fruits - Apple, Orange, Banana and Mango - is called by a different name
among Appa, Oppa, Bappa and Mappa, not necessarily in the same order. If Orange is sweeter than Bappa
but not as costly as Appa, by which name is Banana called in Kya Kya Island?
I. Bappa is sweeter than Mango but not as costly as Oppa.
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18. At a function, only apples and oranges are distributed to the attendants. Among the attendants, each of Ram,
Shyam and Tom got a different number of apples and a different number of oranges. Further, the total
number of fruits that each of them got was also different. Who got the highest number of oranges?
I. Ram did not get the least number of apples but got the least number of total fruits, while Tom got the
highest number of apples but did not get the highest number of oranges.
II. Shyam got the least number of apples, and second highest number of oranges but the total number of
fruits got by Ram is the least.
19. Who won the football European cup?
I. France played against Germany in the finals, while Spain played against France in the semi-finals.
II. Spain was the only unbeaten team in the tournament.
20. If every Saturday and Sunday are holidays and no other day is a holiday, how many holidays are there in the
year X?
I. There are a total of 53 Thursdays in the year X.
II. There are a total of 52 Fridays in the year X.
21. Of the four friends - P, Q, R, S - all the married persons are considered to be one group and each person of
this group always lies, while all the unmarried persons are considered to be another group and each person of
this group always tells the truth. Among these four, if exactly three persons are married, who is the unmarried
person?
I. P said, “Q and R belong to the same group”.
II. Q said, “R and S belong to two different groups”.
22. Five industrialists – Anand, Anil, Mukesh, Ratan and Sunil - decided to meet at the FICCI headquarters to
prepare the final draft to be presented to the Finance Minister regarding their expectations from the union
budget. Anand arrived first and took one of the five equi-spaced seats at a circular table. Anil joined him later,
followed by Mukesh, Raman and Sunil in that order. Who sits to the immediate right of Anand?
I. No two persons who arrived successively occupied adjacent seats.
II. Anil sits to the immediate right of Sunil.
23. Four students were added to a dance class. Would the teacher be able to divide her students evenly into a
dance team (or teams) of 8?
I. If 12 students were added, the teacher could put everyone in teams of 8 without any leftovers.
II. The number of students in the class is currently not divisible by 8.
24. Are the roots of equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, reciprocals of each other?
I. a = c and b = –(a2 + 1)
II. b = c.
25. Among P, Q, and R, who completes the work the fastest?
I. Time taken by P to complete the work, working individually, is twice the time taken by Q and R working
together to complete the work.
II. Time taken by R to complete the work, working individually, is five times the time taken by P, Q and R
working together to complete the work.
26. What is the value of X?
X  2Y
I. X and Y are unequal even integers, less than 10, and is an odd integer.
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II. X and Y are even integers, each less than 10, and product of X and Y is 12.
27. On a given day a boat ferried 1,500 passengers across the river in 12 hr. How many round trips did it make?
I. The boat can carry 200 passengers at any time.
II. It takes 40 min each way and 20 min of waiting time at each terminal.
28. What will be the time for downloading software?
I. Transfer rate is 6 kilobytes per second.
II. The size of the software is 4.5 megabytes.
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29. A sum of Rs. 38,500 was divided among Jagdish, Punit and Girish. Who received the minimum amount?
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I. Jadgish received of what Punit and Girish received together.
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II. Punit received of what Jadgish and Girish received together.
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30. A square is inscribed in a circle. What is the difference between the area of the circle and that of the square?
I. The diameter of the circle is 252 cm.
II. The side of the square is 25 cm.
31. Two friends, Ram and Gopal, bought apples from a wholesale dealer. How many apples did they buy?
I. Ram bought one-half the number of apples that Gopal bought.
II. The wholesale dealer had a stock of 500 apples.
32. In a hockey match, the Indian team was behind by 2 goals with 5 min remaining. Did they win the match?
I. Deepak Thakur, the Indian striker, scored 3 goals in the last 5 min of the match.
II. Korea scored a total of 3 goals in the match.
33. Is 500 the average (arithmetic mean) score in the GMAT?
I. Half of the people who take the GMAT score above 500 and half of the people score below 500.
II. The highest GMAT score is 800 and the lowest score is 200.
34. Is Country X’s GDP higher than country Y’s GDP?
I. GDPs of the countries X and Y have grown over the past 5 years at compounded annual rate of 5% and
6% respectively.
II. Five years ago, GDP of country X was higher than that of country Y.
35. Is x = y?
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I. (x  y)     4
x y
II. (x – 50)2 = (y – 50)2
36. A dress was initially listed at a price that would have given the store a profit of 20% of the wholesale cost.
What was the wholesale cost of the dress?
I. After reducing the listed price by 10%, the dress sold for a net profit of $10.
II. The dress is sold for $50.
37. What are the values of m and n?
I. n is an even integer, m is an odd integer, and m is greater than n.
II. Product of m and n is 30.
38. Is |x – 2| < 1 ?
I. |x| < 1
II. |x-1| < 2
39. People in a club either speak French or Russian or both. Find the number of people in a club who speak only
French.
I. There are 300 people in the club and the number of people who speak both French and Russian is 196.
II. The number of people who speak only Russian is 58.
40. Two persons are running in the same direction around a circular track. If they started together, how many
times have they met before meeting at the starting point for the first time?
I. The track length is 900 m.
II. Their speeds are 20 m/s and 5 m/s respectively.

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