In this question, a question is followed by two statements numbered (I) and (II). You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and decide the appropriate answer. Among 5 poles, G, H, I, S and W each having a different height, which pole is the tallest? (I) G is taller than only two poles. H is taller than W and no pole has height between H and W. (II) S is taller than W.
Both statements I and II together are NOT sufficient to answer the question
Rank the 5 poles from tallest (rank 1) to shortest (rank 5).
Statement I alone: G is taller than only two poles, so G is rank 3. H is just above W, so H–W occupy ranks 1–2 or ranks 4–5. If H = 1, W = 2, then H is tallest; if H = 4, W = 5, then I or S is tallest. So Statement I alone is not sufficient.
Statement II alone: S is taller than W says nothing about the other poles, so the tallest pole cannot be found from it.
Both together: with H = 1, W = 2, S would have to be taller than W, i.e. rank 1, which H already holds, so this case fails. So H = 4, W = 5, G = 3, and S and I take ranks 1 and 2 in either order. The tallest pole can be S or I, so it still cannot be fixed.
| Rank (tallest → shortest) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Case 1 | S | I | G | H | W |
| Case 2 | I | S | G | H | W |
Check: both cases satisfy every condition – G taller than only H and W, H directly above W, S above W – yet they give different tallest poles, so even the combined data are not sufficient.
Hence, Both statements I and II together are NOT sufficient to answer the question.
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