Verbal Reasoning - Data Sufficiency - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Data Sufficiency - Section 1 (Q.No. 17)
Directions to Solve
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.
17.
Question: How many doctors are practising in this town ?
Statements:
- There is one doctor per seven hundred residents.
- There are 16 wards with each ward having as many doctors as the number of wards.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
From I, total number of doctors in town = (1/700 x N) , where N = total number of residents in town. But, the value of N is not known.
From II, total number of doctors in town
= (Number of wards in town) x (Number of doctors in each ward)
= 16 x 16 = 256.
Discussion:
8 comments Page 1 of 1.
Caulie said:
1 year ago
I think that it is option B as from what they are saying there are 16 wards in the whole town and there are 16 doctors in each one.
Priyanka said:
3 years ago
How can we say 16 wards have an equal no of doctors though the data weren't sufficient?
Please someone explain to me.
Please someone explain to me.
Sai said:
5 years ago
There is no sufficient information. Then how you calculate 256 doctors in the town?
Harsh said:
9 years ago
Not given the total wards then how come?
Venkat said:
9 years ago
How you gave the decision that is 256? There was not sufficient data.
Spandana said:
1 decade ago
Till we don't sufficient information regarding the total number of wards in the whole town how can we calculate total number of doctors in whole town. So correct option should be option D.
Ashutosh Kimothi said:
1 decade ago
Question says how many doctors are practicing in town.
By statement I one cannot find the town population to find the no: of doctors.
By statement II one cannot assuming that there are only 16 wards in town which is not correct.
By combining both statement also the No of Doctors cannot be assumed.
The correct answer should be D as we don't know the population of town (referring the Statement I) and we don't know the No: of hospital in town or No: of wards in town (Referring statement II).
By statement I one cannot find the town population to find the no: of doctors.
By statement II one cannot assuming that there are only 16 wards in town which is not correct.
By combining both statement also the No of Doctors cannot be assumed.
The correct answer should be D as we don't know the population of town (referring the Statement I) and we don't know the No: of hospital in town or No: of wards in town (Referring statement II).
Irtiza said:
1 decade ago
Wards refer to a single hospital: the question assumes that there are 16 wards in the entire town, which does not make sense, and is not mentioned in the answer option itself. The right answer should be D because we do not know the number of hospitals in the entire town.
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