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In each of the questions below 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. Read both the statements and

Give answer

  • (A) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question
  • (B) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question
  • (C) If the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question
  • (D) If the data given in both statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question and
  • (E) If the data in both statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.

6. 

Question: Gaurav ranks eighteenth from the top in a class. What is his rank from the last?

Statements:

  1. There are 47 students in the class.
  2. Jatin who ranks 10th in the same class, ranks 38th from the last.
A. I alone is sufficient while II alone is not sufficient
B. II alone is sufficient while I alone is not sufficient
C. Either I or II is sufficient
D. Neither I nor II is sufficient
E. Both I and II are sufficient
7. 

Question: What is the rank of P from the bottom in a class of 30 students ?

Statements:

  1. M is third from the top and there are five students between M and P.
  2. The rank of K is fourth from the bottom and there are 17 students between K and P.
A. I alone is sufficient while II alone is not sufficient
B. II alone is sufficient while I alone is not sufficient
C. Either I or II is sufficient
D. Neither I nor II is sufficient
E. Both I and II are sufficient
8. 

Question: In a row of five buildings - P, Q, R, S and T, which building is in the middle ?

Statements:

  1. Buildings S and Q are at the two extreme ends of the row.
  2. Building ,T is to the right of building R.
A. I alone is sufficient while II alone is not sufficient
B. II alone is sufficient while I alone is not sufficient
C. Either I or II is sufficient
D. Neither I nor II is sufficient
E. Both I and II are sufficient
9. 

Question: How many speeches were delivered in the two days' programme ?

Statements:

  1. 18 speakers were invited to give at least one speech (maximum of two speech), out of which one-sixth of the speakers could not come.
  2. One-third of the speakers gave two speeches each.
A. I alone is sufficient while II alone is not sufficient
B. II alone is sufficient while I alone is not sufficient
C. Either I or II is sufficient
D. Neither I nor II is sufficient
E. Both I and II are sufficient
10. 

Question: Among five friends, who is the tallest ?

Statements:

  1. D is taller than A and C.
  2. B is shorter than E but taller than D.
A. I alone is sufficient while II alone is not sufficient
B. II alone is sufficient while I alone is not sufficient
C. Either I or II is sufficient
D. Neither I nor II is sufficient
E. Both I and II are sufficient