Data Sufficiency

Practice Data Sufficiency –

What  is the value of m and n?  

A. n is an even integer, m is an odd integer, and m is greater than n.

B. Product of m and n is 30.

Practice Data Sufficiency –

A sum of Rs. 38,500 was divided among Jagdish, Punit and Girish. Who received the minimum amount?

A. Jagdish received 2/9 of what Punit and Girish together received.

B. Punit received 3/11 of what Jagdish and Girish together received. 

Practice Data Sufficiency –

Is the distance from the office to home less than the distance from the cinema hall to home?

A. The time taken to travel from home to office is as much as the time taken from home to the cinema hall, both distance being covered without stopping.

B. The road from the cinema hall to home is bad and speed reduces, as compared to that on the road from home to the office.

Practice Data Sufficiency –

What is the selling price of the article ?

A. The profit on sales is 20%.

B. The profit on each unit is 25% and the cost price is Rs. 250.

Practice Data Sufficiency –

What is the cost price of the article ?

A. After selling the article, a loss of 25% on cost price is incurred.

B. The selling price is three-fourths of the cost price.

Practice Data Sufficiency –

Is x + y – z + t even ?

A. x + y + t is even.

B. t and z are odd.

Practice Data Sufficiency –

What is the number x?

A. The LCM of x and 18 is 36.

B. The HCF of x and 18 is 2.

Practice Data Sufficiency –

What is the price of mangoes per kg?

A. Ten kg of mangoes and two dozens of oranges cost Rs. 252.

B. Two kg of mangoes could be bought in exchange for one dozen oranges.

Practice Data Sufficiency –

Two types of widgets, namely type A and type B, are produced on a machine. The number of machine hours available per week is 80. How many widgets of type A must be produced?

A. One unit of type A widget requires 2 machine hours and one unit of type B widget requires 4 machine hours.

B. The widget dealer wants supply of at least 10 units of type A widget per week and he would not accept less than 15 units of type B widget.

Practice Data Sufficiency –

What are the ages of the three brothers ?

A. The product of their ages is 21.

B. The sum of their ages is not divisible by 3.

Practice Data Sufficiency –

Ten boys go to a neighbouring orchard. Each boy steals a few mangoes. What is the total number of mangoes they steal?
I. The first boy steals 4 mangoes and the fourth boy steals 16 mangoes and the eight boy 32 mangoes and the tenth boy steals 40 mangoes.
II. The first boy stole the minimum number of mangoes and the tenth boy stole the maximum number of mangoes.

Practice Data Sufficiency –

What will be the total cost of creating a 1- foot border of tiles along the inside edges of a room?
I. The room is 48 feet in length and 50 fet in breadth.
II. Every tile costs Rs. 10.

Practice Data Sufficiency –

Ravi spent less than Rs.75 to buy one kilogram each of potato, onion, and gourd. Which one of the three vegetables bought was the costliest? 

A. 2 kg potato and 1 kg gourd cost less than 1 kg potato and 2 kg gourd.

B. 1 kg potato and 2 kg onion together cost the same as 1 kg onion and 2 kg gourd.

Practice Data Sufficiency –

Five students Atul, Bala, Chetan, Dev and Ernesto were the only ones who participated in a quiz contest. They were ranked based on their scores in the contest. Dev got a higher rank as compared to Ernesto, while Bala got a higher rank as compared to Chetan. Chetan’s rank was lower than the median. Who among the five got the highest rank?  

A. Atul was the last rank holder.

B. Bala was not among the top two rank holders.    

Practice Data Sufficiency –

In a particular school, sixty students were athletes. Ten among them were also among the top academic performers. How many top academic performers were in the school? 

A. Sixty per cent of the top academic performers were not athletes.

B. All the top academic performers were not necessarily athletes.