Question

Each of the following questions is followed by two statements, I and II. Answer as follows:
Mark option (1) if the question can be answered using statement I alone, but not using statement II alone.
Mark option (2) if the question can be answered using statement II alone, but not using statement I alone.
Mark option (3) if the question can be answered using both statements I and II together, but not by using either statement alone.
Mark option (4) if the question cannot be answered even using both statements I and II together.

How much tax did Mrs. X pay?
I. Gauri paid twice the amount that Rajat did last year.
II. Rajat paid Rs. 9800 as tax this year.

• A. The question can be answered using statement I alone, but not using statement II alone.
• B. The question can be answered using statement II alone, but not using statement I alone.
• C. The question can be answered using both statements I and II together, but not by using either statement alone.
• D. The question cannot be answered even using both statements I and II together.

Hint:

Check first whether the statements even talk about Mrs. X; if the person named in each statement never matches the person asked about, no amount of combining the statements will help.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Step 1: Identify who the question is about.
The question asks for the tax paid by Mrs. X.
Neither of the two statements mentions Mrs. X anywhere.

Step 2: Check statement I.
Statement I talks about Gauri and Rajat only, and compares Gauri's tax to Rajat's tax from last year.
It gives no link between Gauri or Rajat and Mrs. X. So it tells us nothing about Mrs. X's tax.

Step 3: Check statement II.
Statement II gives the amount Rajat paid this year, Rs. 9800.
Again, this is a fact about Rajat, not about Mrs. X. It gives no information connecting Rajat to Mrs. X.

Step 4: Check both statements together.
Even combining statement I and statement II, we only learn facts about Gauri and Rajat's tax payments across two years.
There is no data point, formula, or relation anywhere that connects Gauri or Rajat's tax to Mrs. X's tax.
So even together, the two statements do not let us find Mrs. X's tax.

Final Answer:
The question cannot be answered even using both statements together.
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