QUESTION

CSAT

Medium

Reasoning

Prelims 2019

Consider two statements S1 and S2 followed by a question:

S1: pp and qq both are prime numbers. S2: p+qp + q is an odd integer.

Question: Is pqpq an odd integer?

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Explanation

Statement S1: pp and qq are both prime numbers. Most primes are odd, but there is one even prime: 2. If one of them is 2 (even), then pqpq will be even. If both are odd, pqpq will be odd. So, S1 alone is not enough because we don’t know if one of the primes is 2.

Statement S2: p+qp+q is an odd number. The sum of two numbers is odd only if one is even and the other is odd. Since pp and qq are primes, one of them must be 2 (even), and the other must be odd. If one number is even and the other is odd, their product pqpq will always be even. So, S2 alone is enough to conclude that pqpq is even.

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