Data Sufficiency

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 Find out which of the 2
statements that follow are
sufficient to answer the
question.

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 Mark Answer as ...
A. Only A is sufficient.
B. Only B is sufficient.
C. Both are required.
D. Either is sufficient.
E. Data insufficient/irrelevant.
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 Is x = - 5?
A. 25 = x2
B. x = |x|
Answer: (B)

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 Is x > y?
A. x + y = 2
B. x / y = 2
Answer: (C)

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 Is the integer k odd or
even?
A. k2 is odd
B. 2k is even
Answer: (A)

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 Is x > y?

A. 3x = 3k
B. k = y2
Answer: (E)

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 Is 1/x > 1/y?

A. x > 1
B. x < y
Answer: (C)

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 Is 2a > 3b; a,b > 0?

A. a > 2b
B. a >= b + 3
Answer: (A)

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 100,000 people are
eligible to vote. How many
of them voted?
A. 68% of eligible men voted
B. 73% of eligible women voted
Answer: (E)
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 Is X divisible by 9?

A. X is divisible by 3
B. X is divisible by 27
Answer: (B)

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What is the 2 digit number
ab? It is > 9

A. 2a + 3b = 11a + 2b
B. The 2 digit no. Is a multiple of
19
Answer: (A)
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 Is a+b+c multiple of 8?
0 <= Integers a,b,c <=9
A. 3 digit number abc is a multiple
of 8
B. a*b*c is a multiple of 8
Answer: (E)
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 A, B & C are lines. Are A
and B parallel?

A. x = y
B. y = z
Answer: (A)

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 Which area is larger,
ABCD or EFGH?

A. Perimeter of ABCD > Perimeter

of EFGH
B. AC > EG
Answer: (E)
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ABCD is a square. BCO is
a semi-circle. What is the
area of ABOCD?
A. AC = 42
B. Radius of BOC is 2
Answer: (D)
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Do P & Q lie on the circle
with center at (0,0)?
A. Coordinates of P is (2,3)
B. Coordinates of Q is (4,1)
Answer: (C)

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a, b and c are angles of a
triangle. Is c > 60?
A. a +b > c
B. a > b > c
Answer: (B)

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 On what day of the week
does first August of the
year X X X X fall ?
A. First April of that year was a
Monday
B. X X X X is a leap year.
Answer: (A)
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 X’s score in the latest
test is
A. X attempted 80% of the 180
questions.
B. X got 60% of the attempted
questions correct.
Answer: (E)
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 The total number of
ways a six letter word can
be re arranged
A. All the letters are different
B. Two of the six letters repeat
Answer: (A)
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In how many ways can A
pay for the newspaper ?
A. A has 3 one rupee coins and
four 50 paise coins
B. The newspaper costs Rs. 2
Answer: (C)
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 Does X gain or lose?

A. X es the cost by 10 and

gives a discount of 10%.
B. X es the cost by 10% and
allows a discount of 10%.
Answer: (B)
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 x, y & z are real
numbers.
Is x + y + z > 3?
2 2 2

A. x + y + z = 3
B. x  y  z
Answer: C
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 What is x equal to ?
f(g(x)) = 9.
A. f(x) = x2
B. g(x) = 1/2x
Answer: E

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 How many possible
values can (x - y) assume,
if x and y are integers ?

A. 2 < x < 5
B. 3 < y < 6
Answer: C

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 Is (a / b) > (a+c) / (b+c)

A. a > c and c < b

B. c > 0
Answer: E

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Are there 53 Wednesdays
& Thursdays in this year?
A. January 1st of the year was a
Wednesday
B. The last two digits of the year
(XXXX) is a multiple of 4.
Answer: C
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Find the area of a regular
hexagon
A. Its boundary length is 36cm
B. The area (hexagon) is 6
times the area (an equilateral
triangle) formed on one of the
sides
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If a, b and c are integers,
is (a-b+c) greater than
(a+b-c)
A. b is negative.
B. c is positive.
Answer: C
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 What is 2 @ 3
A. a @ b is not necessarily
equal to b @ a for two integers
a and b, and 1 @ 2 = 3
B. a @ b = (a + b)/a for a not
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 What are values of the
real numbers X and Y?
A. The AM of X and Y = a and
the GM of X and Y is also = a.
B. (X/Y) = R and (X-Y) = D
Answer: E
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 Is (x – y) > (r – s)
A. x > r and y < s
B. xy < rs
Answer: A

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 Are both “a” & “b”
positive? Both “a” & “b”
are less than 10.
A. “a” is less than 3
B. The sum of “a” and “b” is 18
Answer: B
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 What is the integer R in
the number 25R397 ?
A. The number is divisible by
11.
B. The number is divisible by 7.
Answer: A
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 If a & b are both positive
numbers, then which is
larger, 2a or 3b?
A. a > 2b
B. a  b + 3
Answer: A
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 Is k + k – 2 > 0
2

A. k < 1
B. k < - 2
Answer: B

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 A series of numbers is
A(n) = A(n-1) + 2. Is
A(10) an even integer?
A. A(1) is an even integer.
B. The sum of the first 10 terms
is even.
Answer: A
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 Is 1/x greater than 1/y ?

A. x is greater than 1.
B. x is less than y.
Answer: C

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 What is 1000 term in th

sequence S?
A. The fifth term in S is 47.
B. Each term in S is obtained
by multiplying the preceding
term by 4 and adding 1.
Answer: C
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 If x and y are integers,
is x < y?
A. The cube of x is less than
the cube of y.
B. The square of x is less than
the square of y.
Answer: A
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 a, b, c are positive
numbers. Is 1/(b+c),
1/(c+a), 1/(a+b) in AP?

A. a  b  c  0
B. a2, b2, c2 are in A.P
Answer: C
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 What is the sum of 3
consecutive odd integers?
A. The smallest of the three is
equal to the sum of the integers
B. The sum of the 3 integers is
< than the average of the 3
Answer: A
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What is the 2 digit number
ab? The number is
greater than 9.
A. 2a + 3b = 11a + 2b
B. The two digit number is a
multiple of 19
Answer: A
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 Is the geometric
progression an increasing
one?

A. The common ratio is > 0

B. The common ratio is > 1
Answer: E
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 What was the time when
X arrived?
A. The time was between 4’O
clock and 5’O clock.
B. The arms of the clock were
135o apart.
Answer: C
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 What is the two digit
number AB?
A. AB is a multiple of 4.
B. The sum of its digits is
divisible by 9.
Answer: E
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 x, y and z are positive
odd integers. Is x + z
divisible by 4?
A. y - x = 2
B. z - y = 2
Answer: C
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 If 2 < n < 3, is the
hundred’s digit of the
decimal form of n equal to
9?
A. n + 0.001 > 3
B. n + 0.0001 < 3
Answer: A
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Three packages together
weigh 48 pounds. What is
the weight of the heaviest
package?
A. One weighs 12 pounds.
B. One weighs 24 pounds.
Answer: B
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 How many soaps did
the shop sell today?
A. 12% of the customers in the
shop today purchased it.
B. The shop had 480
customers today.
Answer: E
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 If xy = 0, is x > y?

A. 4x < 5y
B. x < 0
Answer: B

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 Is ( x + y) + (x - y) =
2 2

130?
A. x2 + y2 = 65
B. x = 7 and y = 7
Answer: D

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 x and y are positive
integers & x/y is a
decimal, is the decimal a
terminating decimal?
A. 50 < x < 70
B. y = 5
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