James’s grade point average puts him in the top third of the graduatin

Question

James’s grade point average puts him in the top third of the graduating class of college A. Nestor is in the top tenth of the same class. Elizabeth had the same grade point average as Nestor. Nancy has a lower grade point average than Elizabeth.

If the information above is true, which of the following must also be true?

(A) James has a higher grade point average than Elizabeth.

(B) James has a higher grade point average than Nancy.

(C) Nestor has a higher grade point average than Nancy.

(D) Elizabeth and Nancy both have a higher grade point average than James.

(E) Nestor and James both have a higher grade point average than Nancy.

MBAhereIcome · Accepted Answer

J=top 3%
nancy < nestor=E=top 10%

we don't know the relation between nestor/elizabeth and james. nestor is in top 10% but he could also be in top 3%.

C) we do know that nancy < nestor. this is the ans.

agdimple333 · Answer

its C-
let the james position be 3rd,
nestor's 2nd, elizabeth is therefore 2nd
and nancy is 4th

from the above, only C holds.

fieldsrd · Answer

C. Using given conditions, we can for sure say Nestor has a hugher GPA thean Nancy.

rajeevrks27 · Answer

Since Elizabeth had the same grade point average as Nestor and Nancy has a lower grade point average than Elizabeth, So Nestor has a higher grade point average than Nancy.
IMO C

GMATD11 · Answer

I also marked C

But Why B is wrong

kraizada84 · Answer

James’s grade point average puts him in the top third of the graduating class of college A. Nestor is in the top tenth of the same class. Elizabeth had the same grade point average as Nestor. Nancy has a lower grade point average than Elizabeth.

If the information above is true, which of the following must also be true?

(B) James has a higher grade point average than Nancy.
(C) Nestor has a higher grade point average than Nancy.

C is best supported
for B:

suppose elizabeth (=nestor) is at 1st position, nancy is 2nd james is third, this satisfy the criteria specified by the argument. In this combination B is not true hence B cant be the answer.
HOpe it helps..!!

subhajeet · Answer

since it is specified here that "Elizabeth had the same grade point average as Nestor" so don't u think that here if nestor's rank is 1st then Elizabeth rank should also be 1

kraizada84 · Answer

yeah both have same ranks because there GPA are same.
the case that B presents is not the case "must be true" but the case "can be true".
This SITUATION below presents the case when B is not true and the circumstances satisfies all the criteria in the argument.

SITUATION:

elizabeth (=nestor) is at 1st position,
nancy is 2nd 
james is third=> james has lower GPA than nancy; B is not true in this case.

HTH

umabharatigudipalli · Answer

Not a tough question, but requires a lot of concentration and logic. (I picked E in a hurry :/)

In these type of questions, the data sample is very important. Instead of taking "the more obvious" data, try to take data that is different from the usual.
James's GPA puts him in top third. So he can occupy 1, 2 or 3.
Nestor and Elizabeth can occupy 1 through 10.
Nancy is always below Nestor and Elizabeth.
sample 1: 
Let 
1 - E/N
2 - Nancy
3 - James

This eliminates options A,B,and E

Now take 
1 - J
2 - E/N
3 - Nancy

This eliminates D.
The only option that holds true all the time is C.

Thanks,
Uma

Rohit23 · Answer

Nestor is in top tenth of a class. Elizabeth has same average grade points as Nestor while Nancy has lower grade points than Elizabeth. This means that Nancy has lower average grade points than Nestor. Hence, C is the answer.

rocky620 · Answer

IMO.

Top Third = top 33%
Top Tenth = top 10%

Hence only Option C.

Tejesh_Itha · Answer

Given information:

James is in top 3 percent
Nestor is in top 10 percent, but we are not given which position he is in, so he can be in top 3 percent as well.
Nestor > Nancy.

Based on all the info, only option C can be true.

forI · Answer

Why is not e marked as an answer when both James and Nestor have higher Grades than Nancy

bb · Answer

E) is close but not correct. This is due to a number technicality often tested on the LSAT rather than GMAT. This reads like an LSAT question... and LSAT is almost always harder.

We know for sure that Nestor has a higher GPA than Nancy. We also know that James is in the top third which means he may be 70% or 99%, and this is the part that could also include Nancy, who is in the top 10, such as 90% or 11%

As the result, we cannot for sure say that James has a higher GPA than Nancy.

chetan2u · Answer

Let us break down the information=> James’s grade point average puts him in the top third of the graduating class of college A. => J in top third Nestor is in the top tenth of the same class. => Ne in top tenth Elizabeth had the same grade point average as Nestor. => E=Ne Nancy has a lower grade point average than Elizabeth. => Na Top 20 Ne in top tenth => Top 6 E=Ne => E also in top 6 Na Navcy is lower than E (A) James has a higher grade point average than Elizabeth. There is no relation between J and E. It could be J,a,b,(E&N), .... or a, (E&N), J.... (B) James has a higher grade point average than Nancy. J could be 9th while Nancy could be 3rd just behind E & Ne (C) Nestor has a higher grade point average than Nancy. Ne = E and E> Na So, Ne>Na True (D) Elizabeth and Nancy both have a higher grade point average than James. Again, Nancy is lower than Elizabeth, and therefore could also have the lowest grade in class. Nancy has a restriction in the upper end but no restrictions in the lower end. (E) Nestor and James both have a higher grade point average than Nancy. Again Nancy has restriction with only Nestor & E in upper end, it could easily be in top tenth, that is top 6, while James is between 6th and 10th position.

raviteja00seven · Answer

Even B Holds true for your explaination

fuquaj · Answer

Top 1/3 (33.33%).

Nestor is in the top 10%, so he is definitely in the top 33.33% (1/3).

James is in the top 1/3. He MIGHT be in the top 1/10 as well.

Sivathmika · Answer

Hi, consider another scenario, where 1st -> Elizabeth and Nestor (As they both have equal grade points)
2nd -> Nancy (As Nancy scored lower than Elizabeth)
3rd -> James (As said, he was top third)
So, according to this situation, option B does not support. Hope it helps!

GMATD11

I also marked C

But Why B is wrong

Samreensa · Answer

C can be wrong as well.

Logic - 
Nestor is in top 10, it can be 1st or 9th (we don't know)
So, If nestor is at 1st ranking = eliza is at first ranking as well -> Nancy can take anyplace on or below 2nd
i.e before, same or after James.

There isn't any "Must be true" condition here.

James’s grade point average puts him in the top third of the graduatin

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