Data Sufficiency

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Data Sufficiency: Overview

With the aid of various examples, we will learn the concept of data sufficiency, where we need to check whether the given data is sufficient or not. We will also look into the type of questions that can be made on this concept.

Important Questions on Data Sufficiency

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Which of the following statements are true?

(I) All natural numbers are also whole numbers.

(II) One is the smallest natural number.

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If D is the brother of B, how B is related to C? To answer this question which of the statements is/are necessary?

  1. The son of D is the grandson of C.
  2. B is the sister of D.

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The question given below contains two statements giving certain data. You have to decide whether the data given in the statements are sufficient for answering the question. Read both statements and mark the correct answer from the given options:

Who among the five friends Suraj, Taj, Mehmood, Vikramand, Bhairav is the youngest?

I. Bhairav is older than three of them, but Suraj is younger than Mehmood.

II. Taj is older than Vikram and Bhairav.

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Directions for questions : Each item is followed by two statements, A and B. Answer each question using the following instructions.

What is the difference between two numbers?

A. First number is 60% of the other number.

B. 50% of the sum of first and second number is 24 .

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Directions for questions : Each item is followed by two statements, A and B. Answer each question using the following instructions.

What are the ages of two individuals, x and y ?

A. The age difference between them is 6 years.

B. The product of their ages is divisible by 6 ..

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Find the length of the train A?

Statement I – train A cross a platform with double of his length in 12 sec and cross a man standing in that platform in 4 sec.

Statement II – train B with same length cross train A in 6 sec while moving opposite direction.

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What is the sum of age of father and son?

Statement I – mother’s present age is double of son’s age two years ago. Mother’s age is 5 years less than the age of father.

Statement II – ratio of age of daughter and son is 5: 6. Age of mother is twice of age of daughter after two years?

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Find the area of square?

Statement I – Side of square is same as the length of a rectangle, whose perimeter is same as the perimeter of a circle. Radius of circle is 7 cm.

Statement II – Side of square is same as the length of rectangle whose perimeter is 88. Breath of rectangle is half of the side of the square.

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Find 50% of sum of A and B :

Statement I. LCM of A and B is 4400% more than their HCF.

Statement II. Sum of LCM and HCF of both A and B is 1104.

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Find the time taken by train to cross a platform of length 630 meters :

Statement I. Train can cross a man running at 6 km/h in opposite direction of train in 47 seconds.

Statement II. Train crosses another train of length 230 meters running at 15 km/h in opposite direction in 56 seconds

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Pranav and Pankaj started working together. after a few days, Prashant joined them and they were able to finish the work in 10 days. All of them together were paid a total of 800. Find the share of Prashant.

Statement I: Pranav can do the work in 20 days, while Pankaj can do the same work in 25 days.

Statement II: Pranav can do the work in 60 days, while Pankaj can do the same work in 15 days.

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Each question given below is followed by two statements

A number is a product of three successive prime numbers. What is the number?

(I) The number is less than 200

(II) The difference between the first two numbers in the ascending order is 1.

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Two partners, P and Q entered a business, what profit will Q get at the end of 2 years?

Statement I: P and Q started the business by investing in the ratio 4:7 and After 2 years, Ps share is 95000.

Statement II: P joined the business with an amount of 500000.

A. If the data in statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone is not sufficient to answer the question.

B. 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.

C. If the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question.

D. If the data in both statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.

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How much time will Ram take to cover a distance of 100 km at a uniform speed?

Statement I: The speed of Mohan is 10 km per hour more than that of Ram.

Statement II: If Mohan increases his speed by 25% then he takes 3 hours 20 minutes less to cover a distance of 500 km.

A. If the data in statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone is not sufficient to answer the question.

B. 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.

C. If the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question.

D. If the data in both statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.

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Rahul invested a certain amount in a scheme that offered a certain rate of interest. Find the rate of interest per annum.

I). The simple interest earned by Rahul in a year is 10000.

II). The difference between the simple interest and compound interest on a certain sum at the given rate of interest is 2000 at the end of 2 years.

III). The amount becomes 10 times itself in 45 years at simple interest at the same rate of interest.

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How long will 12 women and 3 men take to do the work?

 I). 8 women and 9 men can do a work in 12 days.

II). 10 women and 15 men can do the same work in 8 days.

III). 4 women and 10 men can do the same work in 16 days.

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In a family there are 6 members, P, Q, R, S, T and U. Find the present age of U.

I) The average age of six family members is 32 years.

II) The total age of P, Q, R and S is 110 years.

III) The present age of T is 16 years less than the age of U.

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Find the loss percentage?

I) The discount offered in the article is 10% of the selling price.

II) The marked price of the article is 20% more than the selling price of the article and the selling price of an article is 16 less than the marked price of the article.

III) The cost price of the article is 100.

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In the following question, a question is followed by three statements I, II and III. Read all the statements to find the answer to given question and then answer accordingly that which statement/s can give the answer alone/together.

Ratio of the ages of Vikash and Rana before four years was 14:13 respectively. Find the present average age of Vikash, Atul and Vinay:

Statement I: Ratio of the present ages of Vikash and Atul is 4: 3 respectively. After four years, ratio of their ages will be 9: 7 respectively.

Statement II: Average of the present ages of Rana and Vinay is 33 years.

Statement III: Ratio of the present ages of Atul and Vinay is 2: 3 respectively.

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Direction Each of the following questions is followed by two statements: 

C1 and C2 are the circumferences of the outer and inner circles, respectively. What is C1:C2?

(I) The two circles are concentric.

(II) The area of the ring is 23 the area of greater circle.