Placement Class Sheet 1

PLACEMENT CLASS SHEET

Data Sufficiency

Directions for the questions (1 – 40) : Select Ans : C

from one of the given choices. Considering I alone, x must be 13, 22,

(A) if statement I alone sufficient to 31 or 40.

answer the question. Considering II alone, x must be 40,

51, 15, 62, 73, 26, 37, 84, 48, 95
(B) if statement II alone sufficient to
or 59.
answer the question.
By combining both I & II together x
(C) if Both I & II together sufficient to
is 40.
answer the question.
3. If bowl S contains only marbles, how many
(D) if Neither I nor II alone is sufficient to marbles are in the bowl?
answer the question.
I) If 1 of the marbles were removed,
4
(E) if Either I or II alone is sufficient to
answer the question. the bowl would be filled to 1 of its
2

1. What is the remainder if the positive integer capacity.

‘y’ is divided by 3? II) If 100 marbles were added to the

I) ‘y’ is an even integer bowl, it would be filled.

II) ‘y’ is a multiple of 6 Ans : C

Both I & II together are sufficient to

Ans : B
answer the question : let n be the
I) is not sufficient. For e.g., 4  3
number of marbles in the bowl and let
leaves remainder 1, 6  3 leaves
c be the capacity of the bowl. Then
remainder 0.
1 1 3
from I) n  n  c , or n  c
II) is sufficient to answer the question. 4 2 2
Because it is a multiple of 6.
Next from II) 100 + n = c. Hence, we
2. What is the value of the positive two digit 3
have the system : nc
number ‘x’? 2

I) The sum of its digits is 4 100 + n = c. From this we can

calculate the value of n.
II) The difference of its digits is 4

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4. If John is 5 years older than Kathy, how old I) Half the distance of the trip was
is John? covered at 50 miles per hour, and the
other half of the distance was covered
I) Seven years ago, John was 3 times as
at 60 miles per hour.
old as Kathy was at that time.
II) Car X traveled at 30 miles for the full
II) Kathy and John were born on the
trip.
same day of the month.
Ans : E
Ans : A
7. Steve bought some apples at a cost of $60
5. A dress was initially listed at a price that
each and some oranges at a cost of $50
would have given the store a profit of 20
each. If he paid a total of $410, how many
percent of the wholesale cost. What was the
apples did Steve buy?
wholesale cost of the dress?
I) The total number of apples and
I) After reducing the asking price by 10
oranges Steve bought was 8.
percent, the dress sold for a net profit
of 10 dollars. II) Steve bought seven times as many
oranges as apples.
II) The dress sold for 50 dollars.
Ans : D
Ans : A
0.60x + 0.50y = 4.10 Given in question
Solution :
x+y=8 Given in I
From the question, we get
From this we can obtain the answer.
p – 0.1p = c + 10
Also, from II alone we can obtain the
0.9p = c + 10
answer.
c  10
p y = 7x Given in II
9
p = 1.2c given x
8. If x, y  0, is an integer?
y
c  10
= 1.2c
0.9 I) x is prime
From this we can obtain the required
II) y is even
answer.

6. Car X traveled from city A to city B in 30 Ans : E

minutes. What was the average speed of 9. If the sides x of the rectangle below are
car X? increased by 3 units, what was the original
area?

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I) The resulting area is 20. Ans : E

II) The resulting figure is a square. From both the statements the value of
Math is not clear.
y
13. Is x – y = 0?
x x
x
I) >0 II) x2 = y2
y y

Ans : C Ans : C

From I), the area of this figure is Combining both the statements we
y(x + 3) = 20. can obtain the answer.

From II), if the resulting figure is 14. If P is a positive integer, is P even

square, then y = x + 3. I) P divided by 3 leaves a remainder
From I & II together we can obtain of 1.
the answer.
II) P divided by 4 leaves a remainder
10. Suppose 3p + 4q = 11, then what is the of 1.
value of q?
Ans : B
I) p is prime From statement I we cannot determine

II) q = 2p From statement II

Ans : B p = 4  z + 1 is odd since of is 1 more

than the even expression. Hence
11. Is x – y divisible by 5?
statement II alone is sufficient.
I) x is divisible by 5
1 1
15. If x  0, 1, then is greater than ?
II) y is divisible by 5 x x +1

Ans : C I) x<1 II) x>1

Both I & II are together sufficient to
Ans : B
give the answer.
From statement I we cannot determine
12. How many students are enrolled in Math?
From statement II
I) There are 72 students enrolled in
p = 4  z + 1 is odd since of is 1 more
History.
than the even expression. Hence
II) There are 40 students enrolled in both statement II alone is sufficient.
History and Math.

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4 Data Sufficiency

16. If x = 3y, what is the value of x + y? 18. A piece of wood 5 feet long is cut into three
smaller pieces. How long is the longest of
I) 3y = 4x + 21 II) x>y
the three pieces?
Ans : A
I) One piece is 2 feet 7 inches long.
It is clear from the question that
statement I alone is sufficient to II) One piece is 7 inches longer than

answer. another piece and the remaining piece

is 5 inches long.
3y = 4x + 21

x = 3y Ans : D

By solving this system, we can determine Statement I alone is sufficient. Since 2

the value of both x and y and therefore the feet 7 inch is more than half of 5 feet, the
value of x + y. Hence statement I alone is piece that is 2 feet 7 inch long must be
sufficient. longer than the other two pieces put

17. An integer greater than 1 is prime if it is together.

divisible by itself and 1. Is n prime? Statement II alone is sufficient, since one

piece is 5 inches long, the sum of the
I) n is between 1 and 4
lengths of the remaining two pieces is 4
2
II) n – 5n + 6 = 0 feet 7 inches. Since one piece is 7 inches
longer than the other, L + (L + 7 inches) =
Ans : D
4 feet 7 inches, where L is the length of the
From statement I, the only integers
smaller of the two remaining pieces.
between 1 and 4 are 2 and 3 and both
Solving the equations yields L + 7 inches as
are prime. Hence we can determine
the length of the longest pieces.
that ‘n’ is prime.
19. Two pipes, A and B, empty into a reservoir.
From statement II, solving the
Pipe A can fill the reservoir in 30 minutes
equation
by itself. How long will it take for pipe A &
n2 – 5n + 6 = 0 B together to fill up the reservoir?
(n – 2) (n – 3) = 0
I) By itself, Pipe B can fill the reservoir
n = 2 or 3
in 20 minutes.
Hence, n = 2 or n = 3 again both 2 and
II) Pipe B has a larger cross-sectional
3 are prime.
area than Pipe A.
 The answer is D.

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Ans : A alone time of R. Hence the answer can be

It is clear from the question given. derived.

20. If xy greater than 1? x and y are both 24. How many members are there in
positive numbers. committee A?

I) x is less than 1 I) All the members of committee B are

II) y is greater than 1 in A.

Ans : E II) The number of members of committee

Both the statements are not sufficient B is 25.

to answer the question. Hence the answer Ans : E

is E. From I members of B are in A. But we do
21. Is Rajesh wearing a rain coat? not know that whether A has more
members.
I) It is raining heavily.
I) is not sufficient
II) Rajesh never goes out in rain without
II) is not sufficient
wearing a rain coat.
Even if we combine I & II, the data’s
Ans : C are not sufficient.
It is clear from the statement given. 25. What percent of all the balls in the bag
22. How many brothers does Raju have? were green?
I) Raju’s two sisters are twins.
I) There were exactly 10 green balls.
II) Raju’s uncle has only one nephew.
II) The ratio of red to blue balls was
Ans : B 8 : 13.

From II Raju has no brother because Ans : E

he is his uncle’s only nephew.
From I and II it is not known that red,
23. In how many days will the work done by R blue and green are the only colors in the
and S? bag.

I) R is twice efficient as S. 26. Drug addicts were arrested.

II) S takes 5 more days than R. I) Taking drugs is a crime.

Ans : C II) One who commits a crime can be

arrested.
From I & II, we can find two distinct
equation to find out the alone time of S and Ans : C

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6 Data Sufficiency

From I & II, taking drugs is a crime Statements I and II related to Raja’s
and one who commits a crime can be salary with other salaries but none of the
arrested. So drug addicts were arrested. salary is known so we need more datas.

27. The use of strong hollow bricks has led to

safer building.
30. How many books are on the book self?
I) Hollow bricks by the nature of their I) The book self is 20 metres long.
structures are stronger than solid
II) The average weight of each book is
bricks.
1 kgs.
4
II) The stronger the building, the safer
it is. Ans : E
Statements I and II do not give
Ans : C
information about the width of the book.
From I & II, Hollow bricks are
So, we need more datas.
stronger and the stronger the building, the
31. Is William taller than Jane?
safer it is.
28. How many books can xyz publishing co. I) William is taller than Suresh.

print in a day? II) Suresh is not as tall as Jane.

I) xyz publishing co. has 15 presses. Ans : E

II) Each press can print 3000 pages Data I is not enough; Data II is not

everyday. enough
From I and II
Ans : E
William = x, Jane = y, Suresh = z
Using I and II one can get only the
From I) x > z From II) z < y
total number of pages that can be printed in
From this we can not conclude
xyz co. in a day but not the number of
whether x > y.
books printed as required in the question.
32. Who types at a faster rate Antony or
29. How much is the salary of Rakesh?
Xavier?
I) Rakesh’s salary is 60% of Raja’s
salary. I) The difference between their typing
rates is 20 words per minute.
II) Raja’s salary is 70% of Vinod’s
salary. II) Xavier types at a constant rate of 100
words per minute.
Ans : E
Ans : E

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From I) alone is not sufficient to We cannot derive the correct answer.

answer the question because it does not We need more data.
identify who types at the faster rate.
From II) alone is not sufficient.
36. What is today’s date and month?
From I & II together, Xavier’s rate is
I) In two weeks it will be the first of a
80 or 120 words per minute. We cannot
month.
derive the correct answer. We need more
data. II) Two weeks ago it was the first of a
33. How many pencils does Antony have? month.

I) He bought 5 boxes of pencils. Ans : C

II) He lent 2 pencils to Raja. Combining I & II. It was clearly

February 15.
Ans : E
37. If we assume a constant reading rate, can
Without knowing the number of
Raja finish the book in 8 hours?
pencils in a box it is impossible to answer
the question. I) Raja reads 75 pages an hour.

34. Can truck A pass safely underneath an II) In 3 hours Raja reads half the book.
elevated highway 12 feet above the
Ans : B
ground?
Statement I is not sufficient.
I) Truck B can pass safely underneath
From II we can conclude that Raja
the highway.
takes 6 hours to finish the book.
II) Truck B is taller than Truck A. 38. Did Hindustan Lever make profit in 2000?
Ans : C I) The company made profit in 1999.
Combining I and II, Taller truck B can
II) The company made profit in 2001.
pass safely. So the shorter truck A can also
safely pass underneath the highway. Ans : E

35. Who is the tallest of the three? From year to year the profit differs.
So we need more data’s to derive the
I) x is taller than y.
answer.
II) z is not as short as y.
39. How old is Raja?
Ans : E I) 20 years from now he will be 2 years
From I & II x and z are taller than y. older than triple his present age.
So the possibilities are x is the tallest or z is
II) He is 3 years older than his brother.
the tallest.

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Ans : A
From I, if x is Raja’s present age then
x + 20 = 2 + 3x
So x = 9
Statement I is sufficient.
Since, we do not know Raja’s brother’s
age, II is not sufficient.
40. How many red marbles are in a box?

I) Squaring the number of red marbles

would have the same effect as
tripling it.

II) There are ten marbles in the box.

Ans : A
From I x2 = 3x
x2 – 3x = 0
 x(x – 3) = 0

 x = 0 (or) x = 3
So we can take x = 3
Statement I is sufficient.

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