Given below is a question followed by two statements numbered I and II, each…
2023
Given below is a question followed by two statements numbered I and II, each containing some information. Decide which of the statement(s) is/are sufficient to answer the question. Q: What is the code for 'flowers' in the code language ? (I): In the same code language, 'flowers are good' is written as 'mot det mic'. (II): In the same code language, 'they like flowers' is written as 'det nik shi'.
- A.
(1) The statement (I) alone is sufficient to answer the question while statement (II) alone is not sufficient
- B.
(2) The statement (II) alone is sufficient to answer the question while statement (I) alone is not sufficient
- C.
(3) Both statements (I) and (II) together are necessary to answer the question
- D.
(4) Both statements (I) and (II) are not sufficient to answer the question.
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Correct answer: C
Answer: The code for 'flowers' is 'det'.
Reasoning:
From statement (I): the sentence 'flowers are good' maps to the code words 'mot det mic'.
From statement (II): the sentence 'they like flowers' maps to the code words 'det nik shi'.
Each statement by itself is ambiguous because each natural-language sentence has three words and each coded sentence has three code words, so a single sentence does not identify which specific code word corresponds to which specific English word.
Looking at both statements together, the only common natural-language word is 'flowers', and the only common code word between the two coded phrases is 'det'.
Therefore 'flowers' corresponds to the code 'det', and both statements together are necessary to reach this conclusion.
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