Caselet -2 Analytical Reasoning | Previous Year Papers – CAT 2016
Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
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, Buchanan, 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:
• 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.
• Whatmore is coaching Australia and John is from neither Australia nor Pakistan.
• Buchanan is not coaching China and the person who is coaching Bermuda is from Canada.
• Anshuman is neither from Canada nor from Pakistan
• The person from Pakistan is coaching Bangladesh.
Q1: Whatmore is from which country?
(a) India
(b) Japan
(c) Canada
(d) Cannot be determined
Q2: Who is the person from Australia?
(a) Buchanan
(b) John
(c) Whatmore
(d) Cannot be determined
Q3: The person from Japan is definitely not coaching
(a) China
(b) Wales
(c) Australia
(d) More than one of the above
Explanation
The above questions can be easily answered by tabulating the given data as below:
Based on the above table:
Answer 1: (d) Whatmore can be from India on Japan. So, cannot be determined.
Answer 2: (a) According to above data Buchanan is from Australia.
Answer 3: (b) Wales had Buchanan, who is from Australia as their coach.
