Question

In a certain code '13' means 'stop smoking' and '59' means 'injurious habit'. What is the meaning of '9' and '5' respectively in that code ?

I. '157' means 'stop bad habit'.
II. '839' means 'smoking is injurious'.

• A. If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question
• B. If the data in statement II alone are sufficient answer the question
• C. If the data either in I or II alone are sufficient to answer the question;
• D. If the data even in both the statements together are not sufficient to answer the question

Answer 1

The correct option is C If the data either in I or II alone are sufficient to answer the question;

From Statement I, we get that '1' stands for stop because that is the common term in "stop smoking" and "stop bad habit"

and that '5' means habit because that is common to "injurious habit" and "stop bad habit"

so in code '59', '9' means injurious.

Similarly from Statement II, we get '1' means smoking and '9' is injurious.

so in code '13', '3' is stop and in code '59', '5' is habit.

so the data either in I or II is sufficient to answer the question.

option C