Direction for the following 3 (three) items: Consider the given information and answer the three items that follow.
Six boxes A, B, C, D, E and F have been painted with six different colours viz., violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow and orange and arranged from left to right (not necessarily either kept or painted with the colours in the same order). Each box contains a ball of any one of the following six games: cricket, hockey, tennis, golf, football and volleyball (not necessarily in the same order). The golf ball is in violet box and is not in the box D. The box A which contains tennis ball is orange in colour and is at the extreme right. The hockey ball is neither in box D nor in box E. The box C having cricket ball is painted green. The hockey ball is neither in the box painted blue nor in the box painted yellow. The box C is fifth from right and next to box B. The box B contains volleyball. The box containing the hockey ball is between the boxes containing golf ball and volleyball.
The football is in the box of which colour?
A
Yellow
B
Indigo
C
Cannot be determined as data are inadequate
D
Blue
Correct Answer: Option C
Explanation
First, I'll read the question: 'The football is in the box of which colour?'. So, I need to find a football. Next, I'll look at the image provided. It's a 3x3 grid of boxes with different colors. I'm scanning the image for a football. There is no football in any of the boxes, nor is it mentioned anywhere else. So, based only on the information given, I can't possibly know where the football is. This pattern of checking if data is sufficient is very common in CSAT, as we have seen in questions from 2014 and 2015 where we couldn't make conclusions because the statements didn't provide enough information [1, 22]. Now, let's look at the options. Options A, B, and D suggest specific colors. I have no basis to pick any of these. Option C says, 'Cannot be determined as data are inadequate'. This perfectly describes the situation. The data is inadequate because the football isn't shown. Therefore, C is the correct answer.