CAT DILR Questions | CAT Data Sufficiency questions
Comprehension
Directions for Questions: These questions are based on the information given below.
In each question, you are given certain data followed by two statements, for answering the question
Mark (a) , if the question can be ansered with the help of one of the statements, but not with the help of the other statement.
Mark (b), if the question can be answered with the help of either of the statements alone.
Mark (c), if the question can be answered only with the help of both the statements
Mark (d), if the question can not be answered even with the help of both the statements together
CAT/1999
Question . 57
Mr Mendel grew one hundred flowering plants form black seeds and white seeds, each seed giving rise to one plant. A plant gives flowers of only one colour. From a black seed comes a plant giving red or blue flowers. From a white seed comes a plant giving red or white flowers. How many black seeds were used by Mr. Mendel
I. The number of plants with white flowers was 10
II. The number of plants with red flowers was 70
Explanatory Answer
Method of solving this CAT DILR Question from Data Sufficiency question
(d) By one of the options we can say that there are atleast 10 white seeds but no conclusion can be arrived at, about the number of black seeds even with the help of both the statement.