Directions: Each of the questions below, consist of a question and three statements numbered I, II and III. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read the three statements and give answer: What are the words for code "dt ef" as per the given code language? I. "ninja turle game famous" is coded as "cd ef dk mn" II. "game in world the" is coded as "dk pq lm dt", "ninja in the world" is coded as "pq lm dt cd" III. "turtle now the world" is coded as "lm ex dt mn"
Verbal Reasoning
Data Sufficiency
Difficulty: Hard
Choose an option
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AData in statements I, II and III together are sufficient to answer the question.
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BData in statements I, II and III together are not sufficient to answer the question.
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CData in statements I and II together are sufficient to answer the question.
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DData in statements I and III together are sufficient to answer the question.
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EData in statements II and III together are sufficient to answer the question.
Answer
Correct Answer: Data in statements I, II and III together are not sufficient to answer the question.
Explanation
### Concept & Logic
In artificial language coding, isolate the codes for specific words by finding common words across multiple sentences. If two words always appear together and never apart, their specific codes cannot be decoupled.
### Step-by-Step Solution
We need to find the words for the code "dt ef".
**From Statement I & II & III:**
* `ninja turle game famous` = `cd ef dk mn` (I)
* `game in world the` = `dk pq lm dt` (II)
* `ninja in the world` = `pq lm dt cd` (II)
* `turtle now the world` = `lm ex dt mn` (III)
**Finding "ef":**
* "ninja" is common in I and II -> code `cd`.
* "game" is common in I and II -> code `dk`.
* "turtle" is common in I and III -> code `mn`.
* Remaining word in I is "famous", and remaining code is `ef`. So, `ef` = `famous`.
**Finding "dt":**
* "the" and "world" appear in both sentences of II, and also in III.
* The codes `lm` and `dt` are common in all these sentences.
* Since "the" and "world" are never used separately in any of the statements, it is impossible to determine whether `dt` stands for "the" or "world".
* Therefore, "dt ef" could mean "the famous" or "world famous". Since we cannot determine a unique answer, the data is insufficient.
### Exam Strategy & Shortcut
Scan for word frequencies. If two target words share the exact same frequency across the same exact sentences, they will inevitably share two ambiguous codes. You can immediately conclude "insufficient data" without writing out the full mapping.
### Common Pitfall
Assuming that the order of words in the sentence corresponds exactly to the order of codes. Codes are almost always scrambled.
### Final Answer
Therefore, the correct answer is **Data in statements I, II and III together are not sufficient to answer the question.**