The question below is followed by two statements numbered I and II. Decide whether the data given in the statements are sufficient to answer the question.
In a certain code language, each word is always written with the same code word, different words have different code words, and the code words need not be in the same order as the words. What does ‘tam’ mean?
I. ‘tam lo’ means ‘good morning’, and ‘pe ra’ means ‘evening tea’.
II. ‘tam vu’ means ‘morning walk’, and ‘vu kel’ means ‘walk fast’.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Statement II alone is sufficient, but statement I alone is not sufficient.
A code word found in two codes stands for the word common to both sentences.
Statement I alone:
The two sentences share no word, so nothing can be paired
‘tam’ means ‘good’ or ‘morning’: not sufficient
Statement II alone:
‘walk’ is common to both sentences and ‘vu’ to both codes, so vu = walk
In ‘tam vu’ = ‘morning walk’, ‘tam’ is left with ‘morning’, so tam = morning: sufficient