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coded inequality
1. In this question, one statement is given followed by 4. Statement/dFku%
four conclusions. Find out which conclusion is true P<S;U>T>S;R>Q>P
on the basis of the given statements. Conclusion/fu"d"kZ
:
bl ç'u esa] ,d dFku ds ckn pkj fu"d"kZ fn, x, gSaA fn, x, dFku I. R > S II. S=T
ds vk/kj ij irk yxk, fd dkSu&lk fu"d"kZ lR; gSA III. R > U IV. P < U
Statement/dFku: (a) None of these/buesa ls dksbZ ugha
Q=R>ST<U>V=Z (b) Only I is true/dsoy I lR; gSA
Conclusion/fu"d"kZ
: (c) Only IV is true/dsoy IV lR; gSA
I. U>S II. Q < T
(d) Only III is true/dsoy III lR; gSA
III. S < V IV. Z > U
(a) 1 (b) 2 (e) Only I and III are true/dsoy I vkSjIII lR; gSSA
(c) 4 (d) 3 5. Statement/dFku%
2. Based on the given statements, four conclusions have E=G>H=P;C>F>M=P
been drawn. On the basis of statement find out which Conclusion/fu"d"kZ:
conclusion is not true. I. F > E II. E > M III. C > H
fn, x, dFku ds vk/kj ij] pkj fu"d"kZ fudkys x, gSaA dFku ds (a) Only I and II are true/dsoy I vkSjII lR; gSA
vk/kj ij irk yxk, fd dkSu&lk fu"d"kZ lR; ugha gSA (b) Only I and III are true/dsoy I vkSjIII lR; gSA
Statement/dFku: (c) Only II and III are true/dsoy II vkSjIII lR; gSA
B>FP>L=KW<M
(d) All are true/lHkh lR; gSaA
(a) F > K (b) L < M
(c) P = K (d) B > L (e) None of these is true/buesa ls dksbZ lR; ugha gSA
3. In the following question, assuming the given 6. For the following expression, which symbols should
statements to be true, find out which of the given be placed in place of question marks (?) respectively
conclusions is/are definitely true and then give your from left to right to make the expression J > E
answer accordingly. definitely true?
fuEufyf[kr iz'u esa] fn, x, dFku dks lR; ekurs gq,] fn, x, fuEufyf[kr vfHkO;fDr ds fy, vfHkO;fDr J > E dks fuf'pr :i
ls lR;
fu"d"kksZa esa ls dkSu&lk@ls fu"d"kZ fuf'pr :i ls lR; gS@gSa] Kkr cukus ds fy, iz'u fpUgksa (\) ds LFkku ij Øe'k% ck,a ls
dhft, vkSj fiQj rnuqlkj viuk mÙkj nhft,A nk,a fdu izrhdksa dks j[kk tkuk pkfg,\
Statement/dFku% (a) =, >, = (b) <, =, <
C>J=T;X<C<M; G>J>F (c) =, >, < (d) =, <, =
Conclusion/fu"d"kZ: (e) buesa ls dksbZ ugha
I. F<X II. M > J III. C > G 7. In the following question, assuming the given
(a) Only conclusion I follows. statements to be true, find out which of the given
dsoy fu"d"kZ
I vuqlj.k djrk gSA conclusions is/are definitely true and then give your
(b) Only conclusions I and III follow. answer accordingly.
dsoy fu"d"kZ
I vkSjIII vuqlj.k djrs gSaA fuEufyf[kr iz'u esa] fn, x, dFku dks lR; ekurs gq,] fn, x,
(c) Only conclusion II follows. fu"d"kkZsa esa ls dkSu&lk@ls fu"d"kZ fuf'pr :i ls lR; gS@gS
dsoy fu"d"kZ
II vuqlj.k djrs gSaA dhft, vkSj fiQj rnuqlkj viuk mÙkj nhft,A
(d) Only conclusions I and II follow. Statement/dFku%
dsoy fu"d"kZ
I vkSjII vuqlj.k djrs gSaA Z>O>R<T;R>K>H<V
(e) All conclusions I, II and III follow. Conclusion/fu"d"kZ
:
lHkh fu"d"kZ
I, II vkSjIII vuqlj.k djrs gSaA I. Z > V II. T > H III. H<O
 (a) Only conclusion I follows. Directions: In each of the following questions,
dsoy fu"d"kZ
I vuqlj.k djrk gSA assuming the given statements to be true, find out
(b) Only conclusions I and II follow. which of the given conclusions is/are definitely true?
dsoy fu"d"kZ
I vkSjII vuqlj.k djrk gSA funsZ'k% fuEufyf[kr esa ls izR;sd iz'u esa fn, x, dFkuksa dks lR; ek
(c) Only conclusion II follows. gq,] Kkr dhft, fd fn, x, fu"d"kksZa esa ls dkSu&lk@ls fu"d"k
dsoy fu"d"kZ
II vuqlj.k djrk gSA fuf'pr :i ls lR; gS@gSa\
(d) Only conclusions II and III follow. (a) Only conclusion I follows.
dsoy fu"d"kZ
II vkSjIII vuqlj.k djrs gSaA dsoy fu"d"kZ
I vuqlj.k djrk gSA
(e) All conclusions I, II and III follow. (b) Only conclusion II follows.
lHkh fu"d"kZ
I, II vkSjIII vuqlj.k djrs gSaA dsoy fu"d"kZII vuqlj.k djrk gSA
8. In the following question, assuming the given (c) Both conclusions I and II follow.
statement to be true, find out which of the given nksuksa fu"d"kZ
I vkSjII vuqlj.k djrs gSaA
conclusions is/are definitely true and then give your (d) Either conclusion I or II follows.
answer accordingly. ;k rks fu"d"kZ
I ;k II vuqlj.k djrk gSA
fuEufyf[kr iz'u esa] fn, x, dFku dks lR; ekurs gq,] fn, x, (e) Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.
fu"d"kkZsa esa ls dkSu&lk@ls fu"d"kZ fuf'Pr :i ls lR; gS@gSa]uKkr rks fu"d"kZ
I vkSj u gh fu"d"kZ
II vuqlj.k djrk gSA
dhft, vkSj fiQj rnkuqlkj viuk mÙkj nhft,A 10. Statement/dFku%
Statement/dFku% A<Z>P>Q<L<M<R=S
R<U<Q=T;Q>L>M;N=M<O Conclusion/fu"d"kZ
:
Conclusion/fu"d"kZ : I. M > P II. L < S
I. Q > N II. R < M III. T = M 11. Statement/dFku%
(a) Only conclusion I is true. A=G< M>Z>X>T
dsoy fu"d"kZ
I lR; gSA Conclusion/fu"d"kZ
:
(b) Only conclusion II is correct. I. Z > T II. Z = T
dsoy fu"d"kZII gSA 12. Statement/dFku%
(c) Either conclusion I or III is true. A<B=C>E>D>F
;k rks fu"d"kZ
I ;k III lR; gSSA Conclusion/fu"d"kZ
:
(d) Only conclusions I and II are true. I. E > F II. E = F
dsoy fu"d"kZI vkSjII lR; gSaA 13. Statement/dFku%
(e) All conclusions I, II and III are true. I<J>K>L>M=N<O
lHkh fu"d"kZ
I, II vkSjIII lR; gSaA Conclusion/fu"d"kZ
:
9. In the following question, assuming the given I. O > J II. K > N
statements to be true, find out which of the given 14. Which of the following symbols should be substituted
conclusions is/are definitely true and then give your in the given expression to make the expression P > Q
answer accordingly. definitely true?
fuEufyf[kr iz'u esa] fn, x, dFku dks lR; ekurs gq,] fn, x, O;atd P > Q dks fuf'pr :i ls lR; cukus ds fy, fn, x, O;atd
esa fuEufyf[kr
fu"d"kksaZ esa ls dkSu&lk@ls fu"d"kZ fuf'pr :i ls lR; gS@gSa] Kkr esa ls dkSu&ls izrhdksa dks izfrLFkkfir djuk pkfg
dhft, vkSj fiQj rnuqlkj viuk mÙkj nhft,A R=N>Q?T<V=O?P>S<U
(a) <, < (b) >, <
Statement/dFku% (c) <, > (d) >, >
O>M>Q=S;M<U=K<W;K>Y=A
(e) >, >
Conclusion/fu"d"kZ :
I. Y > Q II. A < W III. O = W In the following questions the symbols  , %, and $
(a) Only conclusion I follows. have been used in the following meaning.
dsoy fu"d"kZ I vuqlj.k djrk gSA fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa esa izrhd
 , %,  rFkk$ dk iz;ksx fuEukuqlkj
(b) Only conclusion II follows. vFkZ esa fd;k x;k gSA
dsoy fu"d"kZ II vuqlj.k djrk gSA  'P  Q', means 'P is not greater than Q'.
(c) Either II or III and II follows.
'P  Q', dk vFkZ gS
'P, Q' ls cM+k ugha gSA*
;k rksII ;k III vkSjII vuqlj.k djrs gSaA
(d) Both conclusions II and III follow.  'P % Q', means 'P is neither smaller nor equal to Q'.
nksuksa fu"d"kZ
II vkSjIII vuqlj.k djrs gSaA 'P % Q', dk vFkZ gS
'P, u rksQ' ls NksVk vkSj u gh leku gSA
(e) All conclusions I, II and III follow.  'P  Q', means 'P is neither greater than nor equal
to Q'.
lHkh fu"d"kZ
I, II vkSjIII vuqlj.k djrs gSaA
'P  Q', dk vFkZ gS
'P, u rksQ' ls cM+k gS vkSj u gh leku gSA
  (a) x + y  z
'P " Q', means 'P is neither bigger nor smaller than Q'. (b) x × y | z
'P " Q', dk vFkZ gS
'P, u rksQ' ls cM+k gS vkSj u gh NksVk gSA
(c) x  y  z (d) x – y  z
 'P $ Q', means 'P is not smaller than Q'. Directions: In the following questions, the symbols 
'P $ Q', dk vFkZ gS
'P, Q' ls NksVk ugha gSA  and  are used with the following meaning.
Now assuming the statements given in each question funZs'k
: fuEufyf•r ç'uksa esa] çrhd
 vkSj  dk mi;ksx
below to be true, find out which of the conclusions I fuEufyf•r vFkks± esa fd;k x;k gSA
and II given below them is/are definitely true?
P Q means P is greater than Q/P  Q dk vFkZ gS fd P,
vc uhps izR;sd iz'u esa fn, x, dFkuksa dks lR; ekurs gq,] ;g irk Q ls cM+k gSA
yxkb, fd muds uhps fn, x, fu"d"kZ I rFkkII esa ls dkSu&lk@ls P Q means P is either greater than or equal to Q.
fuf'pr :i ls lR; gS@gSa\ P  Q dk vFkZ gS fd
P, Q ls ;k rks cM+k gS ;k cjkcj gSA
(a) Both conclusions I and II are true.
P Q means P is equal to Q/P  Q dk vFkZ gS fd P, Q ds
fu"d"kZ I rFkkII nksuksa lR; gSaA
cjkcj gSA
(b) Neither conclusion I nor II is true.
P Q means P is smaller than Q/P  Q dk vFkZ gS P,fd Q
u rks fu"d"kZ I rFkk u ghII lR; gSaA
ls NksVk gSA
(c) Only conclusion I is true/dsoy fu"d"kZ I lR; gSaA
P Q means P is either smaller than or equal to Q.
(d) Only conclusion II is true/dsoy fu"d"kZ II lR; gSaA P  Q dk vFkZ gS fd
P, Q ls ;k rks NksVk gS ;k cjkcj gSA
(e) Either conclusion I or II is true. Now in each of the following questions assuming the given
;k rks fu"d"kZ
I ;k II lR; gSaA statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions I
and II given below them is/are definitely true? Give
15. Statement/dFku%
answer
K  D, D W, W " Z vc fuEufyf•r çR;sd ç'u esa fn, x, dFkuksa dks lR; ekurs gq,A
Conclusion/fu"d"kZ
: Kkr dhft, fd uhps fn, x, nks fu"d"kks±
I vkSjII esa ls dkSu lk@ls
I. Z%K II. K " W
fuf'pr :i ls lR; gS@gSa\ tokc nksA
16. Statement/dFku%
(a) If only conclusion I is true/;fn dsoy fu"d"kZ I lR; gS
F N, N " K, K  D (b) If only conclusion II is true/;fn dsoy fu"d"kZ II lR; gS
Conclusion/fu"d"kZ
: (c) If either I or II is true/;fn ;k rks I vkSj ;k II lR; gS
I. D"N II. D % N (d) If neither I nor II is true/;fn uk rksI vkSj u ghII lR; gS
17. Statement/dFku% (e) If both I and II are true/;fn nksuksa I vkSjII lR; gS
B " R, R $ J, J % M
21. Statement/dFku:
Conclusion/fu"d"kZ: P  A, I  D, K  A, I  P
I. MR II. J  B Conclusion/fu"d"kZ :
18. Statement/dFku% I. IK II. DA
D $ T, T % M, M K 22. Statement/ dFku:
Conclusion/fu"d"kZ : U S, N A, H U, A S
Conclusion/fu"d"kZ :
I. K%T II. M  D
I. U A II. A U
19. Statement/dFku% 23. Statement/dFku:
V % R, R  N, N $ J E D, K A, E R, A D
Conclusion/fu"d"kZ : Conclusion/fu"d"kZ :
I. JR II. V % N I. K A II. K  R
24. Statement/dFku:
20. If +, –, |,  , × and  denote respectively larger, not Y L, A  R, M Y, M R
smaller, smaller, not larger, equal and not equal, then Conclusion/fu"d"kZ :
? can be found from x  y + z. I. R L II. A M
25. Statement/dFku:
;fn +, –, |,  , × vkSj Øe'k% cM+k gS] ugha NksVk gS] NksVk gS]
E L, A N, E V, A V
ugha cM+k gS] cjkcj gS vkSj ugha cjkcj gS dks fu:firx djsa]
 rks Conclusion/fu"d"kZ :
y + z ls fey ldrk gSA I. N V II. A E

Answer Key
1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (c) 6. (e) 7. (d) 8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (b)

11. (a) 12. (d) 13. (e) 14. (a) 15. (c) 16. (e) 17. (a) 18. (d) 19. (b) 20. (b)

21. (d) 22. (c) 23. (d) 24. (a) 25. (d)
 Solution

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1. (a) dFku: II. V > N (=, >, =, =, > ) ()
Q=R>ST<U>V=Z III. V > N (>, >, =, =) ()
fu"d"kZ
: vr% dsoy fu"d"kZII vkSjIII lR; gSA
I.U > S (, ) () 6. (e) dFkukuqlkj:
II.
Q < T (=, >, ) (×) I?M=L>D?N<O=P?E<R=S
III.
S < V (, <, >) (×) fu"d"kZ
:
IV.
Z > U (=, <) (×) I. I > E
vr% dsoyI lgh gSA fn, x, Option esaa ls dksbZ Hkh lR; ugha gSA
2. (c) dFku: 7. (d) dFkukuqlkj:
B>FP>L=KW<M
Z > O> R < T
fu"d"kZ
:
(a) F > K (, >, =) () R>K>H<V
(b) L < M (=, , <) () fu"d"kZ
:
(c) P = K (>, =) (×) I. Z > V (>, >, >, >, <) (×)
(d) B > L (, , >) () II. T > H (>, >, >) ()
vr% fodYi(c) vlR; gSA II. H < N (<, <, <) ()
3. (c) dFkukuqlkj
: vr% dsoy fu"d"kZ
II vkSjIII vuqlj.k djrs gSaA
8. (c) dFkukuqlkj
:
G>J>F
R<U<Q=T
C>J=T
Q> L> M
X<C<M
N=M<O
fu"d"kZ
:
I. F < X (<, <, >) (×) fu"d"kZ
:
II. M > J (>, <) () I. Q > N (>, >, =) (×)
III. C > G (>, <) (×) II. R < M (<, <, >, >) (×)
III. T = M (=, >, >) (×)
vr% dsoy fu"d"kZII vuqlj.k djrk gSA
vr% ;k rks fu"d"kZ
I ;k II lR; gSA
4. (c) dFkukuqlkj:
9. (b) dFkukuqlkj:
R>Q>P<S<T<U
fu"d"kZ
: O>M>Q=S
I. R > S (>, >, <) (×)
M<U=K<W
II. S = T (<) (×)
III. R > U (>, >, <, <, < ) (×) K>Y=A
IV. P < U (<, <, <) () fu"d"kZ
:
vr% dsoy fu"d"kZIV lR; gSA I. Y > Q (<, <, =, >) (×)
5. (c) dFkukuqlkj: II. A < W (=, <, <) ()
E=G>H=P=M<F<C III. O > W (>, <, =, <) (×)
fu"d"kZ
: vr% dsoy fu"d"kZII vuqlj.k djrk gSA
I. F > E (>, =, =, <, =) (×) 10. (b) dFkukuqlkj
:
A<Z>P>Q<L<M<R=S
 fu"d"kZ
: fu"d"kZ
:
I. M > P (>, >, <) (×) I. J < R (×)
II. L < S (<, >, =) () II. V > N ()
vr% dsoy fu"d"kZ II vuqlj.k djrk gSA vr% u rks fu"d"kZ
I vkSj u gh
II lR; gSA
Iv
11. (a) dFkukuqlkj
: 20. (b) fn;k gS]
A=G<M>Z>X>T + dk vFkZ 
gS'>' cM+k gSA
fu"d"kZ
: – dk vFkZ
gS'>' vFkkZr~ cM+k Hkh gks ldrk gS vkSj cjkcj Hkh gk
I. Z > T (>, >) ()
| dk vFkZ 
gS '<' NksVk gSA
II. Z = T (>, >) (×)
vr% dsoy fu"d"kZI vuqlj.k djrk gSA  dk vFkZ 
gS '<' vFkkZr~ NksVk Hkh gks ldrk gS vkSj cjkcj
12. (d) dFkukuqlkj
: ldrk gSA
A<B=C>E>D>F dk vFkZ 
× gS '=' cjkcj gSA
fu"d"kZ
:
I. E > F (>, >) (×)
 dk vFkZ  gS '  ' vFkkZr~ cjkcj ugha gSA
II. E = F (>, >) (×) iz'ukuqlkj]
vr% ;k rks fu"d"kZ
I ;k II vuqlj.k djrk gSA ×  y + z ;k x  y > z
13. (e) dFkukuqlkj
: = x > y > z ;k x < y > z
I<J>K>L>M=N<O vc fn, x, fodYiksa ls]
fu"d"kZ
: (a) x + y  z ;k x > y  z ;k x > y > z ;k x > y <
I. O < J (>, =, <, <, <) (×) (b) x × y|z ;k x = y < z
II. K > N (>, >, =) (×)
vr% u rks fu"d"kZ
I u gh fu"d"kZII vuqlj.k djrk gSA (c) x  y  z ;k x  y < z ;k x > y < z ;k x < y < z
14. (a) ;fn P > Q, rc iz'u fpUgksa ds LFkku ij Øe'k%
< vkSj< dks (d) x – y  z ;k x > y < z
izfrLFkkfir djuk pkfg,A fn, x, lHkh fodYiksa dk è;kuiwoZd voyksdu djus ij ikrs gSa
vFkkZr~ fodYi (b), (c) rFkk(d) esa iz;qDr lehdj.k O;Dr ugha djrk gSA fodYi
R=N>Q<T<V=O<P>S<U
(a) esa iz;qDr lehdj.k iz'u esa fn, x, lehdj.k ls O;Dr djrk gSA
 P>Q 21. (d) Statement:
vr% dsoy fu"d"kZ
I lR; gSA P  A, I  D, K  A, I  P
15. (c) dFkukuqlkj
: P > A, I < D, K  A, I  P
K<D<W=Z KA<PI<D
fu"d"kZ
: Conclusion:
(i) I  K
I. Z > K (=, >, >) ()
I = K (, >, ) (×)
II. K < W (<, <) (×)
(ii) D  A
vr% dsoy fu"d"kZ I lR; gSA D = A (>, , >) (×)
16. (e) dFkukuqlkj: vr% u rksI vkSj u ghII lR; gSA
F<N=K<D 22. (c) Statement:
fu"d"kZ
: U  S, N  A, H  U, A  S
I. D = N (>, =) (×) U  S, N < A, H > U, A  S
II. D > N (>, =) (×) H>USA>N
;k rks fu"d"kZ
I ;k II lR; gSA Conclusion:
17. (a) dFkukuqlkj: (i) U  A
U = A (, ) (×)
B=R>J>M
(ii) A  U
fu"d"kZ
: A < U (, ) (×)
I. M < R ()
vr% ;k rksI ;k II lR; gSA
II. J < B ()
23. (d) Statement:
vr% fu"d"kZI vkSjII nksuksa lR; gSA E  D, K  A, E  R, A  R
18. (d) dFkukuqlkj: E  D, K  A, E > R, A = R
D>T>M<K KA=R<ED
fu"d"kZ
: Conclusion:
I. K > T (×) (i) K  A
II. M < D () K = A () (×)
vr% dsoy fu"d"kZ II lR; gSA (ii) K  R
K < R (, =) (×)
19. (b) dFkukuqlkj:
V > R, R < N, N > J
vr% u rksI vkSj u ghII lR; gSA
V>R<N>J
24. (a) Statement: 25. (d) Statement:
Y  L, A  R, M  Y, M  R E  L, A  N, E  V, A  V
Y  L, A  R, M > Y, M  R E > L, A  N, E < V, A = V
ARM>YL L<E<V=AN
Conclusion: Conclusion:
(i) R  L (i) N  V
R > L (, >, ) () N = V (, =) (×)
(ii) A  M (ii) A  E
A = M (, ) (×) A < E (=, >) (×)
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