Consider the following for the next ten (10) items that follow: Each item contains a Question followed by two Statements. Answer each item using the following instructions: Area of a rectangle with length x and breadth y is P and area of a parallelogram (which is strictly not a rectangle) with adjacent sides of length x and y is Q. Question : Is P > Q?
- AIf the Question can be answered by one of the Statements alone, but not by the other.
- BIf the Question can be answered by either Statement alone.
- CIf the Question can be answered by using both the Statements together, but cannot be answered by using either Statement alone.
- DIf the Question cannot be answered even by using both Statements together.
Explanation
The parallelogram’s area is Q = xy·sinθ where θ ≠ 90° (it is strictly not a rectangle). Statement II fixes θ = 60°, so Q = (√3/2)xy < xy = P — answered by statement II alone. Statement I (x : y = 2 : 1) says nothing about the angle, so it cannot answer. One statement alone (but not the other) suffices: option (a). (The stored key (b) and a published third-party key’s (c) are both incorrect here: statement I alone is insufficient.)