Inequality Tips and Tricks for Government Exams

Theory

Inequality Reasoning refer to expressions that contain inequality signs such as <, >, =, etc. To understand the questions based on mathematical inequalities, candidates must know about various signs, which are used in such types of questions.

Types

• Basic Inequality
  In this type of Inequality reasoning, expressions consisting of comparison between different elements will be given and a defined relation between any 2 elements will be asked.
• Either  – or Case 
  In this type of Inequality reasoning, a definite relation between two elements cannot be determined. In this type of question there will be given 2 relations only from which either relation 1 or 2 can be true. 
• Coded Inequality
  In this type of Inequality reasoning, codes will be assigned to inequality symbols and the expression will be given using those codes. Candidates need to decode the symbols and find the relation between the elements.

Tips 

• Candidates can consider the symbols by trick to find the answers quickly such as > as Father,  ≥ as Mother, = as Servant, the priority for solving any questions will be given on the basis of seniority such as Father is senior than Mother and Mother is senior than Servant, and so on.
• Some of the rules for Basic Inequalities are as follows.
  
• Candidates need to follow the below mentioned rules for solving the either or case inequalities reasoning section:
  

Solved Examples

Directions: In these questions, relationship between different elements is shown in the statement. The statement is followed by two conclusions. Choose the correct answer on the basis of information given below.