Directions: Study the information and answer the question. After facing yet another World Cup debacle, the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) is in search of a new coach for the team. It…
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After facing yet another World Cup debacle, the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) is in search of a new coach for the team. It shortlisted five persons - Anshuman, Buchanen, John ,Whatmore and Chappel. Each of them is from a different country among Australia, India, Japan, Pakistan and Canada, not necessarily in that order. At present, each of them is coaching the team of a different country among Australia, Bangladesh, China, Wales and Bermuda, not necessarily in that order. The following details were also observed about their particulars:
(i) For any person, each of his three particulars - his name, the name of the country from which he is and the name of the country that he is coaching at present, starts with a different letter.
(ii) Whatmore is coaching Australia and John is from neither Australia nor Pakistan.
(iii) Buchanen is not coaching China and the person who is coaching Bermuda is from Canada.
(iv) Anshuman is neither from Canada nor from Pakistan and also the person from Pakistan is coaching Bangladesh.
After facing yet another World Cup debacle, the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) is in search of a new coach for the team. It shortlisted five persons - Anshuman, Buchanen, John ,Whatmore and Chappel. Each of them is from a different country among Australia, India, Japan, Pakistan and Canada, not necessarily in that order. At present, each of them is coaching the team of a different country among Australia, Bangladesh, China, Wales and Bermuda, not necessarily in that order. The following details were also observed about their particulars:
(i) For any person, each of his three particulars - his name, the name of the country from which he is and the name of the country that he is coaching at present, starts with a different letter.
(ii) Whatmore is coaching Australia and John is from neither Australia nor Pakistan.
(iii) Buchanen is not coaching China and the person who is coaching Bermuda is from Canada.
(iv) Anshuman is neither from Canada nor from Pakistan and also the person from Pakistan is coaching Bangladesh.
Whatmore is from which country?
- India
- Japan
- Canada
- Cannot be determined
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D - Cannot be determined
Chappel must be the Pakistani coaching Bangladesh (Buchanen cannot coach Bangladesh by rule i), John is from Canada coaching Bermuda, Buchanen is from Australia coaching Wales, Anshuman coaches China. Anshuman and Whatmore take India and Japan in either order, so Whatmore's country cannot be determined.
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