Data Sufficiency – Data Interpretation – MBA CUET PG – Notes & Practice Questions

Data sufficiency questions evaluate your understanding of fundamental mathematics, along with your reasoning, analytical, and problem-solving skills. Each question in this category provides a scenario without requiring you to compute the exact answer. Your task is to determine whether the information given is adequate for solving the problem. There are five possible answer choices, each representing a different way of interpreting the connection between the question and the provided information. Your goal is to choose the option that correctly reflects this relationship.

Understanding Answer options

In Data sufficiency problems, a question consists of two statements labeled I and II, in which a certain information is given. You have to decide whether the information given in the statements is sufficient to answer the question or not.

(a) The answer can be obtained from Statement I alone but statement II alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked:

(b) The answer can be obtained from statement II alone but statement I alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked:

(c) The answer can be obtained from both statements I and II together, but neither statement I nor statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question asked;

(d) We can answer the asked question from either statement I or statement II;

(e) We cannot answer the question asked from Statement I and II together, and additional information is required to answer the question.

Practice Questions

Directions for Questions Q1 to Q30: Each of the questions below consists of a question and some statements You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question or not.

1. What is the colour of the fresh grass?

I. Blue is called green, red is called orange, orange is called yellow

II. Yellow is called white, white is called black, green is called brown and brown is called purple.

(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.

2. How is ‘No’ coded in the code language?

I. ‘Ne Pa Sic Lo’ means ‘But No None And’ and ‘Pa Lo Le Ne’ means ‘If None and But.

II. ‘Le Se Ne Sic’ means ‘If No None Will’ and ‘Le Pi Se Be’ means ‘Not None If All.

(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 Il 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 Il 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.

3. How is M related to N?

I. P, who has only two kids, M and N, is the mother-in-law of Q, who is sister-in-law of N.

II. R, the sister-in-law of M, is the daughter-in-law of S, who has only two kids, M and N.

(a) if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are no 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 no sufficient to answer the question.

(c) if the data either in statement I alone or in statement Il 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.

4. How is Sulekha related to Nandini?

I. Sulekha’s husband is the only son of Nandini’s mother

II. Sulekha’s brother and Nandini’s husband are cousins.

(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.

5. T studies in which of the schools B, C, D, E and F?

I. T does not study in the same school as either R or J.

II. R and J study in schools D and F respectively.

(a) if the data in statement 1 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 Il 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.