ANSWERS - HURDLE 16 : DATA INTERPRETATION 

Ans 1. 1

Ans 2. 3

Ans 3. 4

Ans 4. 2

Ans 5. 1

Ans 6. 3

Ans 7 . 4

Ans 8 . 4

Ans 9. 3

Ans 10. 4

Ans 11. 1

Ans 12. 4

Ans 13. 3

Ans 14. 1

Ans 15. 1

Ans 16. 2

Ans 17. I and III.

Ans 18. D , Ans 19. A , Ans 20. B , Ans 21. E , Ans 22 . F , Ans 23. I , Ans 24. K

Ans 25. Option 2, 12 animals.

Ans 26 . Option 3 , Coca Cola

Ans 27. Option 1 , Arundhati Roy

Ans 28 . Option 3 , Lara Quigaman.

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SOLUTION - Q 1 to Q 16

From statement 6 to 10 we have

Statement 6. A=C?,S2,P?,O3 or O5, D4
Statement 7. B=C?,S1, P2 or P3, O1 or O2 or O4 ,D?
Statement 8. C=C3 or C5 ,S5,P?,O? ,D1
Statement 9. D=C4,S?,P?,O1 or O4 ,D5 (Cannot be D1 or D4 as already taken by A and C)
Statement10. E=C2,S4,P?,O5,D? (Cannot be flying to C4 as D is flying to C4).

Now from statement 3 we can delete O2 from B and confirm that C is from O2. Delete O5 from A as per statement 10

A=C?,S2,P?,O3, D4
B=C?,S1, P2 or P3, O1 or O4 ,D?
C=C3,S5,P?,O2 ,D1
D=C4,S?,P?,O1 or O4 ,D5
E=C2,S4,P?,O5,D?

Now from statement 4 we have
A=C?,S2,P?,O3, D4
B=C?,S1, P3, O1 or 04 ,D? (delete P2 from here also)
C=C3,S5,P?,O2 ,D1
D=C4,S?,P2,O1 ,D5
E=C2,S4,P?,O5,D?

Now from statement 5 we have
A=C?,S2,P?,O3, D4
B=C?,S1, P3, O1 ,D2 ( Confirm D2 as this is only remaining)
C=C3,S5,P?,O2 ,D1
D=C4,S?,P2,O1 ,D5
E=C2,S4,P1,O5,D3

Now from statement 2 we have

So B must be flying to C5 and C must be having profession P4 so we get :
A=C1,S2,P5,O3, D?
B=C5,S1,P3,O4, D2
C=C3,S5,P4,O2, D1
D=C4,S3,P2,O1, D5
E=C2,S4,P1,O5, D3

A=C1,S2,P5,O3,D4
B=C5,S1,P3,O4,D2
C=C3,S5,P4,O2,D1
D=C4,S3,P2,O1,D5
E=C2,S4,P1,O5,D3
Consider Original price (P1) = 100 and original cost (C1) = 100 making original expense (E1) = 10000
New Price = P2 = 115
New Expense = 10000*92/100 = 9200
115*C2= 9200
C2= 80
So reduced by 20 %.