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Vkumar

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· 1 Months ago

Not sure how to get wasim and pankaj hometown??

Question:

DIRECTIONS: Read the following information carefully to answer these questions.


Sumeet, Pankaj, Wasim, Bishan and Capil are five players of the college cricket team and the hometowns are Surat, Pune, Warrangal, Bangalore and Calcutta but not in this order. The fives specialist are slot of spinner, pace bowler, wicket keeper, batsman and captain are held by them, again not in the order of names stated above.


1. Their names, hometowns and specialities do not start with same letter.


2. Neither Pankaj nor Wasim is the captain and they do not belong to either Surat or Bangalore.


3. Sumeet is neither a Wicket keeper nor a Batsman.


4. Pune is not Bishan’s hometown. 


5. The player who hails from Bangalore is a Wicket keeper.


6. The captain’s hometown is Pune while the Batsman does not hail from Warrangal.


The Spinner’s hometown is?
Options:
A) Calcutta 
B) Banglore 
C) Warrangal
D) Pune
E) None of these
Solution:

Ans: (c)

I. As names, hometowns and specialities do not start with the same letter Pankaj can be from either Warrangal or Calcutta.


II. As Sumeet is neither a Wicket keeper nor a Bastsman and he cannot be a spinner. Hence, he is either captain or pace bowler. 


III. As given, the player who hails from Bangalore is a wicket keeper. Hence, Capil is from Bangalore  and he is a wicket keeper. 


IV. As Captain's hometown is Pune hence Sumeet is the captain and he is from Pune. As given in the data that their names, hometown and specialities do not start with the same letter. Wasim, a Batsman from Calcutta. 


V. Pankaj, a Spinner from Warrangal. 


VI. Bishan, a Pace bowler from Surat. 

Name

City

Speciality

Capil

Bangalore

Wicket Keeper

Sumeet

Pune

Captain

Wasim

Calcutta

Batsman

Pankaj

Warrangal

Spinner

Bishan

Surat

Pace Bowler


The Spinner’s home town is Warrangal.

Knowledge Expert

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· 1 Months ago

Look at these two statements carefully while you solve:

1. Their names, hometowns and specialties do not start with same letter.

2. Neither Pankaj nor Wasim is the captain and they do not belong to either Surat or Bangalore.

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