Question

Read the statements and find out the probable option which can be sufficient to answer the question: What is the total monthly salary of Kakade?
Statement I. Kakade‘s basic salary is Rs.100/- more than Madan’s salary, who also serves in Kakade’scompany.
Statement II. Other allowance taken by Madan besides his basic salary is of Kakade’s salary.
Statement III. Madan’s basic salary is Rs.15000/- per month.

• A. II and III together
• B. I and III together
• C. I, II and III together
• D. Data insufficient

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Let's determine the total monthly salary of Kakade using the given statements:
Statement I: Kakade’s basic salary is Rs.100/- more than Madan’s salary, who also serves in Kakade’s company.
Statement II: Other allowance taken by Madan besides his basic salary is of Kakade’s salary.
Statement III: Madan’s basic salary is Rs.15000/- per month.
Analyze the statements:
Using Statement I:
- Kakade's basic salary is Rs.100/- more than Madan’s salary.
- We know Madan’s basic salary from Statement III is Rs.15000/-, so Kakade’s basic salary is Rs.15100/-.
Using Statement II:
- This statement says the other allowance taken by Madan is of Kakade’s salary.
- However, it does not specify the amount of Kakade’s other allowances or total salary.
Using Statement III:
- Madan’s basic salary is Rs.15000/- per month.
Conclusion:
- From Statements I and III, we can determine Kakade’s basic salary as Rs.15100/-, but not the total monthly salary because we don’t know Kakade’s other allowances.
- Statement II does not provide specific amounts needed to determine Kakade's total monthly salary.
Therefore, the correct answer is: D. Data insufficient.

Answer 2

Instead of working through each statement in prose, list exactly what unknown each statement fixes and check whether Kakade's total monthly salary (basic pay plus allowances) can ever be pinned to one number.

1. Option A (II and III together): Statement III gives Madan's basic salary as Rs. 15,000. Statement II describes Madan's other allowance in relation to Kakade's salary, but without Statement I we have no link between Madan's basic pay and Kakade's basic pay at all, so Kakade's basic salary itself stays unknown. Not sufficient.
2. Option B (I and III together): Statement III gives Madan's basic salary as Rs. 15,000, and Statement I gives Kakade's basic salary as Rs. 100 more, i.e., Rs. 15,100. This fixes Kakade's basic pay only — his allowances remain completely unknown, so his total monthly salary cannot be found. Not sufficient.
3. Option C (I, II and III together): Even combining all three, Statement II talks about Madan's other allowance, not Kakade's own allowances, so it never supplies the missing piece needed to add anything to Kakade's basic pay of Rs. 15,100. The total monthly salary still cannot be computed. Not sufficient.
4. Option D (Data insufficient): Since no combination of the three statements ever specifies Kakade's own allowances, his total monthly salary can never be determined from any of them, singly or combined.

No combination of the statements supplies Kakade's allowance amount, so his total salary can never be pinned down.

Therefore, the correct answer is Data insufficient.