Question

Babu is younger than Gopu. Somu is older than Pappu. Read the statements and find out the probable option which can be sufficient to answer the question:Who among them is the oldest?
Statement I. Somu is older than Babu.
Statement II. Gopu is older than Somu.
Statement III. Pappu is the youngest of all.

• A. I and II together
• B. III Only
• C. I, II and Ill together
• D. II Only

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Let's determine who among Babu, Gopu, Somu, and Pappu is the oldest using the given statements:
Statement I: Somu is older than Babu.
Statement II: Gopu is older than Somu.
Statement III: Pappu is the youngest of all.
Analyze the statements:
Using Statement I:
- Somu > Babu
Using Statement II:
- Gopu > Somu
Using Statement III:
- Pappu is the youngest, so Pappu < everyone else
To find the oldest person:
Using Statement II alone:
- Gopu > Somu
- Given that Somu is older than Babu from Statement I, it implies Gopu > Somu > Babu.
- Since Pappu is the youngest from Statement III, we already know Pappu < everyone else.
Therefore, Gopu is the oldest based on Statement II alone.
Hence, the correct answer is: D. II Only.

Answer 2

Two facts are given before the statements: Babu is younger than Gopu, and Somu is older than Pappu. Rather than testing each statement in prose, build a direct ranking chain each time and see when it settles who is oldest.

1. Option A (I and II together): Statement I gives Somu older than Babu, and Statement II gives Gopu older than Somu. Combined with the base facts, this chain gives Gopu > Somu > Babu and Somu > Pappu, so Gopu is oldest — but Statement II alone already gives the same conclusion (checked below), so requiring both here is more than necessary.
2. Option B (III only): Statement III just says Pappu is the youngest. This tells us nothing about how Babu, Gopu and Somu rank relative to each other beyond the base facts, so the oldest among them cannot be identified. Not sufficient.
3. Option C (I, II and III together): All three together certainly fix a full ranking, but Statement III (Pappu is youngest) adds nothing that Statement II didn't already settle for finding the oldest, so this uses more information than required.
4. Option D (II only): Statement II gives Gopu > Somu. Using the base fact Somu > Pappu, this chains to Gopu > Somu > Pappu. Using the other base fact Babu < Gopu, Gopu is already known to be older than Babu directly. So Gopu is older than Somu, Pappu and Babu — Statement II by itself is enough to identify Gopu as the oldest.

Statement II, combined only with the facts already given in the question, is enough on its own to rank Gopu above everyone else.

Therefore, the correct answer is II Only.