DATA SUFFICIENCY PRACTICE EXERCISE

Ref: DSPE1001301

Directions for questions 1 to 35: Each problem What is the colour of P’s dress if N is two places
contains a question and two statements labelled 1 and 2 away to the right of the person who is wearing red
giving certain data You have to select the correct answer coloured dress?
from (A) to (D) depending on the sufficiency of the data 1. M and O are two places away to the right of the
given in the statements to answer the question, mark persons wearing green and yellow coloured
your answer as dresses respectively. M is adjacent to Q.
2. Q and P are two places away to the left of the
(A) if the question can be answered by using one of the
persons who are wearing blue and violet
statements alone but cannot be answered by using
coloured dresses respectively.
the other statement alone.
(B) if the question can be answered by using either 10. Each of the faces of a cube is numbered with a different
statement alone. number 1 through 6. Which number is opposite 4?
(C) if the question can be answered by using both 1. Each of the faces numbered 1 and 2 are adjacent
statements together but cannot be answered by to each of the faces numbered 4 and 5.
using either statement alone. 2. Number 5 is opposite number 3.
(D) if the question cannot be answered even by using
both the statements together. 11. What is the measure of angle ABC in the
quadrilateral ABCD?
1. If a, b and c are positive integers, then is the sum of 1. ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral.
a, b and c, a perfect square? 2. Angle CDA is 75°.
1. a, b and c are successive multiples of 4 and
none of these is more than 60. 12. What is the sum of the roots of quadratic equation
2. a, b and c are successive multiples of 5 and ax2 + bx + c = 0?
none of these is more than 60. 1. The roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0 are successive
integers whose product is 30.
2. If a and b are positive integers, then is a + b = 19? 2. The roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0 are distinct integers
1. a2 + b2 = 85 such that the sum of their squares is 72.
2. ab = 42
13. The present age of a man is thrice that of his only
3. What is the units digit of (ap) (bq)? (p and q are daughter. Is the present age of his wife more than
natural numbers) twice that of the daughter?
1. a = 5 1. The average age of the man, wife and the
2. b is a prime number greater than 2. daughter is 30 years.
2. The present age of the wife is less than
a 40 years.
4. If a, b are positive, is > 1?
b
14. What is the cost price of the cycle?
1 1
1. > 1. The profit on selling the cycle for `640 is twice
a b the loss on selling the cycle for `460
2. a > b2
2
2. The cost price of 5 cycles is equal to the selling
price of 2 cycles.
5. Do the points P, Q and R form a triangle?
1. The sum of the angles PQR and RPQ is 90°. 15. In a certain year, how many days are there in the
2. Q is equidistant from P as well as from R. month of February?
1. In the 3 years preceding that year, there is no
6. Is the L.C.M of a, b, c and d equal to 150? leap year.
1. The L.C.M of (a, b and c) = 30 2. In the 3 years after that year, there is no leap
2. The L.C.M of (a, b and d) = 65 year.

7. If p and q are real numbers, is p positive? 16. At what rate of interest was `P invested?
1. p2q3 < 0 1. The simple interest on `P for four years was
2. p3q4 > 0 `800.
2. The difference between the simple interest and
8. What is the ratio of savings of P and Q, given that Q the compound interest on `P for two years was
saves one–fourth of his income? `80, interest being compounded annually.
1. The ratio of incomes of P and Q is 3 : 4.
2. The ratio of expenditures of P and Q is 2 : 3. 17. What is the distance between M and N after 3 hours,
if M and N started walking from the same point?
9. Five persons M, N, O, P and Q are sitting in a row 1 M covers a distance of 64 km in 8 hours.
and they are wearing different coloured dresses 2. The total distance travelled by M and N in
among - red, blue, green, yellow and violet. 5 hours is 75 km.
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18. What is the distance travelled by the ball before it
comes to rest?
1. The ball is dropped from a height of 15 ft.
2 succeeding it has the same number of days as
2. The ball rebounds to rd the height from which it
3 the year pqrs.
drops, every time.
19. If four persons A, B, C and D are of different weights, is
C the heaviest?
1. There are at least two persons who are not heavier
than C.
2. C’s weight is more than the total weight of B and
D.
20. If A, B, C and D are the four contestants in an election,
who is the winner?
1. The total number of votes polled in favour of A is
more than the votes polled in favour of at least two
other contestants.
2. The total number of votes polled in favour of B and
C is less than the votes polled in favour of D.
21. Is x > y?
1. x3 > y3
1 1
2. >
x y2
22. What is the remainder when x is divided by y?
1. x is equal to p raised to an even power, where p is
a prime number.
2. y is one more than p.
23. What time does the clock show?
1. The hands of the clock are inclined at an angle of
180°.
2. The time shown by the clock is between 8 O'clock
and 9 O'clock.
24. How many male members are there in a family of six?
1. There are two married couples and one pair of
siblings.
2. There is a paternal grandfather and a grand son.
25. Find the side of the square.
1. When four circles of equal radii are drawn in the
square such that each circle touches two adjacent
sides of the square and two of the other 3 circles,
the area unoccupied by the circles is 168 cm2.
2. The largest possible triangle that can be inscribed
in the square has an altitude of 28 cm.
26. If ab is a two-digit number, is it a multiple of 12?
1. ab is a palindrome.
2. ab can be expressed as the product of distinct
primes.
27. How many chapathis did Ompuri eat today?
1. Ompuri eats 3 chapathis each day in all the
months which have 31 days. The rest of the
months, he eats, 2 chapathis each day.
2. The next month has 31 days.
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28. How many days are there in the year pqrs?
1. The three-digit number qrs is not divisible by 8.
2. Neither the year preceding pqrs nor the year
29. Is K2 > P2?
1. K3 > P3
2. K and P are the lengths of the two sides of
a rectangle.
30. Three friends - A, B and C have different incomes
and different expenditures. Is savings of A less than
that of C?
1. A’s income is more than C’s income and C’s
expenditure is less than B’s expenditure which
is not the highest.
2. A’s income is less than B’s income which is not
the highest. C’s expenditure is the least.
31. Each of the five persons A, B, C, D and E work for
a different company among Satyam, Infosys,
Microsoft, IBM and TIME, not necessarily in the
same order. Who is working for TIME?
1. Either A or B is working for Satyam. C is
working for either Infosys or Microsoft.
2. Either Satyam or Microsoft is the employer of C.
D works neither for Infosys nor for IBM.
32. If a glass is filled completely with pure milk and
water, what is the ratio of milk and water?
1. The glass is filled with water to 1/4 of its
capacity.
2. The glass is filled with pure milk to 3/4 of its
capacity.
33. Five persons A, B, C, D and E are seated in a row,
(not necessarily in the same order), who is sitting to
the immediate left of C?
1. Neither E nor B is to the right of C and there are
exactly two persons to the right of D.
2. Either A or D is to the right of C.
34. Two teams with equal number of members must be
selected from A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J. Each
team must have at least four members. A, D, F and
J must be in the same team. How many members
are there in the team, which does not have F in it?
1. If I is in a team then H and G should also be
included in that team and E should not be in
either of the teams.
2. B or C never teams up with A and whenever H
is selected, C should also be selected.
35. If a, b, c and d are positive integers, then how many
numbers among a, b, c and d are even?
1. (a + b + c)d is even.
2. a is odd.