Verbal Reasoning - Data Sufficiency - Discussion
In each of the following problems, there is one question and three statements I, II and III given below the question. You have to decide whether the data given in the statements is sufficient to answer the question. Read all the statements carefully and find which of the statements is/are sufficient to answer the given question. Choose the correct alternative in each question.
Question: In a certain code, 'XYZ' means 'We are friends'. Which letter stands for 'We' ?
Statements:
- 'PYN' means 'They are classmates'.
- 'ZMS' means 'We love them'.
- 'PX' means 'Hello friends',
To find the code for 'we', we need to have any of the following:
(i) 'We are friends' should have only 'We' common with another statement, as in II;
(ii) 'We are friends' should have only 'are' and 'friends' common with another single or two statements, as in I and III. Thus, we need Either II only or I and III only.
We want to know the code of word 'we'.
So if we know the code of words 'are' and 'friends' then easily we can be able to know the code of word 'we' excluding the codes for 'are' and 'friends' from xyz.
Therefore it should be either all or B but this is not in the option. Therefore answer is none of these.
Given statement says: XYZ We are friends.
Statement II says: ZMS We love them.
From both the above we can figure out common alphabet is Z and common word is We. Hence, we can definitely say that Z corresponds to We and option A should be the correct answer.
Thanks.
'PX' means 'Hello friends'.