A player is to be selected as the coach of the Indian team if he has experience of coaching a team. A player who has no coaching experience is also to be selected if his name is included by all three members of the Cricket Advisory Committee.
Bhatiya is a player in the Indian team and has no experience in coaching any team. But his name is included by all three Cricket Advisory Committee members.
What is the decision to be taken in his case?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → The candidate is to be selected
Test the candidate against each condition in turn: the main condition first, then the exception that allows a candidate who fails it.
Main condition, coaching experience: Bhatiya has no experience of coaching any team, so he does not meet it.
Exception, a player without coaching experience whose name is included by all three members of the Cricket Advisory Committee: all three members have included Bhatiya’s name, so he meets it.
The exception covers his case, so he is to be selected. The data given are enough to decide, and nothing in the conditions sends such a case back to the committee.