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Question

Consider the Question and two Statements given below :

Question : Is xan integer?

Statement-1 : x /  3 is not an integer.

Statement-2 : 3 xis an integer.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the Question and the Statements?

The correct answer is

Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are not sufficient to answer the Question

Option(4) is correct.

Statement-1 : x / 3 is not an integer :False , for x = 6 , x/3 = 2 which is integer, so this statement is false.

Statement-2 : 3x is an integer:False , for x= 1/2 , 3x = 3/2  which is not an integer.

Therefore both statements are false.

Hence, the correct answer is an option(4) i.e.,  Both Statement – 1 and Statement – 2 are not sufficient to answer the question.

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Important Questions from Data Sufficiency

  1. Consider two Statements and a Question:

    Statement 1: Priya is 4 ranks below Seema and is 31 st  from the bottom.

    Statement 2:  Ena is 2 ranks above Seema and is 37" from the bottom.

    Question:  What is Seema’s rank from the top in the class of 40 students ?

    Which one of the following is correct in respect of the Statements and the Question ?

  2. Consider two Statements and a Question:

    Statement 1: Each of A and D is heavier than each of B, E and F, but none of them is the-heaviest.

    Statement 2:  A is heavier than D, but is lighter than C.

    Question:  Who is the heaviest among A,B,C, D and E?

    Which one of the following is correct in respect of the Statements and the Question ?

  3. Consider two Statements and a Question :

    Statement-1 : The last day of the month is a Wednesday.

    Statement-2 : The third Saturday of the month was the seventeenth day.

    Question : What day is the fourteenth of the given month ?

    Which one of the following is correct in respect of the Statements and the Question ?

  4. Consider the Question and two Statements given below:

    Question : What is the age of Manisha?

    Statement-1: Manisha is 24 years younger than her mother.

    Statement-2 : 5 years later, the ages of Manisha and her mother will be in the ratio 3 : 5.

    Which one of the following is correct in respect of the Question and the Statements?

  5. A company provides three types of discounts one after the other to the customer:

    I. 25% and 15%

    II. 30% and 10%

    III. 35% and 5%

    Which will be the best offer for the customer?

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