Data Sufficiency

Little Beau Peep lost her sheep. She couldn’t remember how ma

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Practice Data Sufficiency –

Little Beau Peep lost her sheep. She couldn’t remember how many were there. She knew she would have 400 more next year, than the number of sheep she had last year. How many sheep were there?

A. The number of sheep last year was 20% more than the year before that and this simple rate of increase continues to be the same for the next 10 years.

B. The increase is compounded annually.

If twenty sweets are distributed among some boys and girls such tha

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If twenty sweets are distributed among some boys and girls such that each girl gets two sweets and each boy gets three sweets, what is the number of boys and girls?

A. The number of girls is not more than five.

B. If each girl gets 3 sweets and each boy gets 2 sweets, the number of sweets required for the children will still be the same.

In a class of 30 students, Rashmi secured the third rank among the

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In a class of 30 students, Rashmi secured the third rank among the girls, while her brother Kumar studying in the same class secured the sixth rank in the whole class. Between the two, who had a better overall rank? 

A. Kumar was among the top 25% of the boys merit list in the class in which 60% were boys.

B. There were three boys among the top five rank holders and three girls among the top ten rank holders. 

Four candidates for an award obtain distinct scores in a test. Each

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Four candidates for an award obtain distinct scores in a test. Each of the four casts a vote to choose the winner of the award. The candidate who gets the largest number of votes wins the award. In case of a tie in the voting process, the candidate with the highest score wins the award. Who wins the award?

A. The candidates with the top three scores each vote for the top scorer amongst the other three.

B. The candidate with the lowest score votes for the player with the second highest score.

Nandini paid for an article using currency notes of denominations R

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Nandini paid for an article using currency notes of denominations Re. 1, Rs. 2, Rs. 5, and Rs. 10 using at least one note of each denomination. The total number of five and ten rupee notes used was one more than the total number of one and two rupee notes used. What was the price of the article?

A. Nandini used a total of 13 currency notes.

B. The price of the article was a multiple of Rs. 10.

Tarak is standing 2 steps to the left of a red mark and 3 steps to

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Tarak is standing 2 steps to the left of a red mark and 3 steps to the right of a blue mark. He tosses a coin. If it comes up heads, he moves one step to the right; otherwise he moves one step to the left. He keeps doing this until he reaches one of the two marks, and then he stops. At which mark does he stop?  

A. He stops after 21 coin tosses.

B. He obtains three more tails than heads.