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.
A teacher wrote a meaningful English word on the black-board.& Find the exactly middle letter of the 5 letter word?
Statement I : The first and last letter of the word is ‘E’. The second and fourth letters of the word are consecutive letters in English alphabet series. R is adjacent to A.
Statement II :& The first and last vowel is same. Only one letter is placed between A and E. S is written after R. The vowels are placed at odd numbered positions.
Options
- AIf the data in statement I is sufficient to answer the question.
- BIf the data in statement II is sufficient to answer the question.
- CIf the data in either statement I or statement II is sufficient to answer the question.
- DIf the data in both statement I and statement II is necessary to answer the question.
Correct answer
C.
If the data in either statement I or statement II is sufficient to answer the question.
Step-by-step solution
A teacher wrote a meaningful English word on the black-board.
Find the exactly middle letter of the 5 letter word?
Statement I:& The first and last letter of the word is ‘E’. The second and fourth letters of the word are consecutive letters in English alphabet series. R is adjacent to A.
Statement II:& & The first and last vowel is same. Only one letter is placed between A and E. S is written after R. The vowels are placed at odd numbered positions.
Checking statement I:
E _ _ _ E
The consecutive letters could be A − B or R-S or Q − R.
If we place, A-B then we get no meaningful English word.
EBRAE , EARBE
If we place R-S, then we get one meaningful English word.
ERASE
If we place R-Q, then we get no meaningful English word.
ERAQE ,& EQARE
Thus A is placed exactly in the middle.
Hence data in statement I is sufficient to answer.
Checking statement II:
Following two cases can occur.
Case-1: If the letter starts and ends with vowel ‘A’.
A R E S A
Case-2: If the letter starts and ends with vowel ‘E’.
ERASE
ERASE is meaningful English word. Thus the exactly middle letter is ‘A’.
Hence data in statement II is sufficient to answer.
Hence data in either statement I or II is sufficient to answer.
Hence option C is correct.
Find the exactly middle letter of the 5 letter word?
Statement I:& The first and last letter of the word is ‘E’. The second and fourth letters of the word are consecutive letters in English alphabet series. R is adjacent to A.
Statement II:& & The first and last vowel is same. Only one letter is placed between A and E. S is written after R. The vowels are placed at odd numbered positions.
Checking statement I:
E _ _ _ E
The consecutive letters could be A − B or R-S or Q − R.
If we place, A-B then we get no meaningful English word.
EBRAE , EARBE
If we place R-S, then we get one meaningful English word.
ERASE
If we place R-Q, then we get no meaningful English word.
ERAQE ,& EQARE
Thus A is placed exactly in the middle.
Hence data in statement I is sufficient to answer.
Checking statement II:
Following two cases can occur.
Case-1: If the letter starts and ends with vowel ‘A’.
A R E S A
Case-2: If the letter starts and ends with vowel ‘E’.
ERASE
ERASE is meaningful English word. Thus the exactly middle letter is ‘A’.
Hence data in statement II is sufficient to answer.
Hence data in either statement I or II is sufficient to answer.
Hence option C is correct.