Question

Four married couples competed in a singing competition. Each couple had a unique team name. Points scored by the teams were 2, 4, 6 and 8. The 'Sweet Couple' won 2 points. The 'Bindas Singers' won two more points than Laxman's team. Mukesh's team won four points more than Lina's team, but Lina's team didn't score the least amount of points. 'Just Singing' won 6 points. Waheda wasn't on the team called 'New Singers'. Sanjeev's team won 4 points. Divya wasn't on the 'Bindas Singers' team. Tapas and Sania were on the same team, but it wasn't the 'Sweet Couple'.

Laxman's teammate and team's name were:

• A. Divya and Sweet Couple
• B. Divya and Just Singing
• C. Waheda and Bindas Singers
• D. Waheda and Sweet Couple

Hint:

Pin down the two named scores first (Sweet Couple = 2, Just Singing = 6), then test how the remaining scores 4 and 8 can split between Bindas Singers and New Singers using the Laxman and Lina clues.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Step 1: Understanding the Question:
Four couples, four team names (Sweet Couple, Bindas Singers, Just Singing, New Singers), and four scores (2, 4, 6, 8) all need to be matched up using the given clues, then we read off Laxman's teammate and team.

Step 2: Key Formula or Approach:
Start from the two scores given directly by name (Sweet Couple = 2, Just Singing = 6), then use the clues that link a person's team score to another team's score to pin down the remaining two scores (4 and 8) for Bindas Singers and New Singers.

Step 3: Detailed Explanation:
Sweet Couple scored 2 and Just Singing scored 6, directly from the clues. So Bindas Singers and New Singers between them hold the remaining scores, 4 and 8, in some order.
The clue that Bindas Singers won two more points than Laxman's team compares Bindas Singers to a different team (Laxman cannot be on Bindas Singers himself, or the clue would be comparing a team's score to itself), so Laxman's team's score equals Bindas Singers' score minus 2.
Try Bindas Singers = 8: then Laxman's team would score 6, which is Just Singing. Sanjeev's team scores 4 (given directly), so Sanjeev would be on New Singers (the only team left with 4). That leaves Sweet Couple (2) and Bindas Singers (8) for Mukesh and Tapas. Using the clue that Mukesh's team scored four more than Lina's team, and Lina's team was not the lowest scorer, the only fit among 2, 4, 6, 8 is Lina's team = 4 and Mukesh's team = 8, so Mukesh lands on Bindas Singers (8), leaving Tapas on Sweet Couple (2). But we are told Tapas and Sania's team was NOT Sweet Couple, so this branch breaks down.
So instead Bindas Singers = 4 and New Singers = 8. Then Laxman's team scores 4 minus 2 = 2, which is Sweet Couple. Sanjeev's team scores 4 directly, so Sanjeev is on Bindas Singers.
Using the same Mukesh and Lina clue: the only fit is Lina's team = 4 and Mukesh's team = 8, so Lina is on Bindas Singers (with Sanjeev) and Mukesh is on New Singers.
The only man left, Tapas, takes the only team left, Just Singing (6 points), which is not Sweet Couple, matching the clue that Tapas and Sania's team was not Sweet Couple. So Sania is on Just Singing with Tapas.
The only women left, Divya and Waheda, must pair with the only men left, Laxman (Sweet Couple) and Mukesh (New Singers). The clue that Waheda wasn't on New Singers rules out Waheda as Mukesh's partner, so Waheda must be Laxman's teammate on Sweet Couple, and Divya is Mukesh's partner on New Singers.

Step 4: Final Answer:
Laxman's teammate is Waheda, and their team is Sweet Couple.
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