English and Logical Reasoning Prep Guide
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- English and Logical Reasoning Prep Guide
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- Logical Reasoning
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- Data Sufficiency
English and Logical Reasoning Prep Guide · Logical Reasoning · Data Sufficiency
Directions: Each of the following consists of a question and two...
Directions: Each of the following consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question:
What is code for 'Comfortable' in the code language?
Statement I : 'pa ta ti' means 'They are comfortable'.
Statement II : 'ta tu na nu' means 'We are not confident'.
Options
- AIf 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.
- BIf 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.
- CIf the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question.
- DIf the data in both statement I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.
Correct answer
D.
If the data in both statement I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.
Step-by-step solution
Checking Statement I:
Statement I:'pa ta ti' means 'They are comfortable'.
Reference:
'pa ta ti' means 'They are comfortable'.
Inference:
Using the info given, we can't find the code for the word 'comfortable'.
Clearly, Statement I alone is not sufficient to answer the question.
Clearly, Statement I alone is not sufficient to answer the question.
Checking Statement II:
Statement II:& 'ta tu na nu' means 'We are not confident'.
Reference:
'ta tu na nu' means 'We are not confident'.
Inference:
Here, the word 'comfortable' doesn't even exist in the statement.&
Clearly, Statement II alone is not sufficient to answer the question as well.
Checking both Statement I and II together:
Statement I:& 'pa ta ti' means 'They are comfortable'.
Statement II:& 'ta tu na nu' means 'We are not confident'.
Inference:
If we use both the statements, we can observe that in neither of the two statements any word except 'are' is common. Therefore, we won't be able to deduce the code for the word 'comfortable'.
Clearly, the desired answer can't be found even if we use both the statements together.
Option D is hence the correct answer.
Checking both Statement I and II together:
Statement I:& 'pa ta ti' means 'They are comfortable'.
Statement II:& 'ta tu na nu' means 'We are not confident'.
Inference:
If we use both the statements, we can observe that in neither of the two statements any word except 'are' is common. Therefore, we won't be able to deduce the code for the word 'comfortable'.
Clearly, the desired answer can't be found even if we use both the statements together.
Option D is hence the correct answer.