Introduction to Data Sufficiency Questions - 1

1 All DS questions consist of four parts.

1. Question stem

2. Statement 1

3. Statement 2

4. Five answer choices.

2 All DS questions have the same five answer choices:

A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient but statement (2) ALONE is not sufficient.

B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient but statement (1) ALONE is not sufficient.

C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.

D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.

E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are not sufficient.

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3 DS Questions are of two types : Value type & Yes / No type

1. Value Type : Unique value is to be found out.

• e.g. what is the value of ‘a’?’ where ‘a’ is mentioned in the question.

2. Yes / No Type : We are not asked to find the specific value but instead we are asked to check if we can make a

definitive conclusion that a particular statement is true or false.

• e.g. Is 25 an even number?

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4 All DS questions should be attempted as per the process shown below.

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