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Direction: 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 the question and both the statements and give answer

All the five persons P, Q, R, S and T are sitting in a straight line facing either north or south. Does Q sit between S and R?

I. P sits at one of the extreme ends of the line. Only two persons sit between P and R. T sits on the immediate left of R. Q and S are immediate neighbors of each other.

II. T faces north and sits at one of the extreme ends of the line. Only two persons sit between T and S. R sits second to the right of S. R sits on the immediate left of Q.

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 in both statement I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.

E)  if the data in both statement I and II together are necessary to answer the question.

Correct Answer: B

Solution :

From I. or, Thus, statement I alone is not sufficient to answer the question. From II. Or, Thus, Q sits between S and R. Hence II alone is sufficient to answer the question.