Data Sufficiency Questions

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 04:34 AM PST

Direction for next 4 data sufficiency questions: Each question is followed by two statements, I and II. Mark your answer as

a. If the question can be answered by one of the statements alone, but cannot be answered by using the other statement alone.
b. If the question can be answered by using either statement alone.
c. If the question can be answered by using both the statements together, but cannot be answered by using either statement alone.
d. If the question cannot be answered even by using both the statements together.

1. What is the average speed of a car for its entire journey from Delhi to Mumbai?
I. The car covered the one-third distance at an average speed of 40 km/hr.
II. It covered the two-thirds distance at an average speed of 60 km/hr.

2. Is it Monday on March 7 of the year Z? (Z is a natural number).
I. March 31 of the year (Z + 1) will be a Sunday.
II. April 25 of the year Z is Monday.

3. The sum of the ages of Amar, Akbar and Anthony is 53 years. If Anthony, whose ages are a perfect square, is the oldest, then who is the youngest?
I. Sum of ages of Amar and Akbar is a perfect square.
II. Ages (in years) of all of them are distinct odd natural numbers.

4. If Argentina beats Brazil by 3 goals in a soccer match, how many goals were scored by Argentina?
I. Both terms were tied at the end of first half.
II. The number of goals scored by both the teams in the first half as well as the second half was a perfect square.

Friday, December 10, 2010