Verbal Reasoning - Data Sufficiency - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Data Sufficiency - Section 1 (Q.No. 23)
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.
23.
Question: How many students in a class play football ?
Statements:
- Only boys play football.
- There are forty boys and thirty girls in the class.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
It is not mentioned whether all the boys or a proportion of them play football.
Discussion:
14 comments Page 1 of 2.
Vignesh said:
5 years ago
@All.
They clearly mentioned only boys, and it is need not to be all the boys, so the given answer is correct.
They clearly mentioned only boys, and it is need not to be all the boys, so the given answer is correct.
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Chandan said:
5 years ago
option E is the correct answer.
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Sai said:
5 years ago
Yes, it's option E. Agree @Sankalp.
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Khader hussain sha said:
6 years ago
@All.
Hi, in the question we can see, the word "only" which means no one except that, ex:- if someone says that "only" boys play football means, that in the team suppose 11 player all are boys now coming to the question with respect to the above we say that "only" means a set in a sector here set are boys and sector mean all boys, now suppose we say that "only" greenhouse students play football means all the people in house with respect to girls and boys here we can say the validation of "all" is not needed as it describes. So, I believe the appropriate answer is D.
Hi, in the question we can see, the word "only" which means no one except that, ex:- if someone says that "only" boys play football means, that in the team suppose 11 player all are boys now coming to the question with respect to the above we say that "only" means a set in a sector here set are boys and sector mean all boys, now suppose we say that "only" greenhouse students play football means all the people in house with respect to girls and boys here we can say the validation of "all" is not needed as it describes. So, I believe the appropriate answer is D.
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Deek said:
8 years ago
I think E is the correct answer.
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Jasan.safir said:
8 years ago
Answer should be D. It is not mentioned that all boys play football, it mentioned that only boys, have to know how many boys all boys or some boys should be mentioned in nos. Have to take in the statement in depth.
Abc said:
8 years ago
Yes the correct answer is E. As the number of boys is clearly mentioned in statement 2.
Moumita said:
8 years ago
The answer is D because ONLY boys do NOT mean all boys play football. ONLY boys mean NO girls. So it is not given whether ALL boys play football or how many of them play football. The trick is in the word ONLY (excluding girls) but if it was given ALL boys play football, then we could have said it as 40.
So from both conditions, we cannot decide the number of players. So the given answer is correct.
So from both conditions, we cannot decide the number of players. So the given answer is correct.
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Ankan said:
8 years ago
It should definitely be E.
Sonali said:
9 years ago
Question is not to find no of boys ONLY play football.
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