Question

How many pages of the book Ram read on Monday. The book was read completely by Tuesday.
Statement I: Ram read last 30 pages of the book on Tuesday 
Statement II: The book has 600 pages out of which half were read by Ram before Monday 
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below

• A. Data in Statement I alone is sufficient to find the answer
• B. Data in Statement II is sufficient enough to find answer
• C. Data in Statements I and II together is not sufficient to find the answer
• D. Data in both the Statements is sufficient to find the answer

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

To determine how many pages of the book Ram read on Monday, we need to analyze the given statements individually and together.

1. Statement I: Ram read the last 30 pages of the book on Tuesday.
   • This statement tells us how many pages Ram read on Tuesday but gives no information about how many pages were read on Monday. Therefore, we cannot determine the number of pages read on Monday from this statement alone.
2. Statement II: The book has 600 pages, out of which half were read by Ram before Monday.
   • This statement tells us that before Monday, Ram had read half of the book, which is \frac{600}{2} = 300 pages.
   • Since the entire book was completed by Tuesday, and 30 pages were read on Tuesday, the number of pages left to be read on Monday was 600 - 300 - 30 = 270 pages.
   • Thus, the data in Statement II is sufficient to find the answer.
3. Statement I and II together:
   • Combining both statements is unnecessary because Statement II alone suffices to find the number of pages read on Monday.

Hence, the correct answer is Data in Statement II is sufficient enough to find the answer.