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Along the eastern foothills of the Himalayas lie the district of Darjeeling in the state of West Bengal and the state of Sikkim, both of which are considered as a trekker’s paradise. 

 

Five towns in each of them deserve special mention from the point of view of trekking. They are 1) Takdah,  2) Mangan,  3) Sukhiapukhri,  4) Namchi,  5) Mirik,  6) Sarathang,  7) Pelling,  8) Lachung,  9) Sandakphu, and  10) Kurseong. 

 

Each town in either of the district/state is connected to exactly three towns in the other state/district. One town is connected by a 4x4 wheel drive dirt road. The second town is connected by a bicycling route. The third town is connected by a foot-trekking path.

 

The following information is also known about them :

i)   Sarathang has a 4x4 wheel drive dirt road to Sandakphu, which in turn has a bicycling route to Namchi

ii)  Mangan has a foot-trekking path to Kurseong. 

iii) Mangan is not connected to Sukhiapukhri, which is not in the same district/state as that of Mangan

iv) Lachung and Namchi are in the same district/state, and from each of the two towns there is no route to reach Mirik or Kurseong, both of which are towns in a different district/state than the one in which Lachung lies

v)  Sarathang, which belongs to the state of Sikkim, is not connected to Sukhiapukhri which does not belong to the state of Sikkim

Question

Which of the following pairs of towns are definitely connected by a foot-trekking path ?

 

Option: 1

Sarathang and Kurseong

 


Option: 2

Sandakphu and Lachung

 


Option: 3

Sukhiapukhri and Pelling


Option: 4

Kurseong and Takdah

 


Answers (1)

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Depicting all the connections in a tabular form we get :

              Sikkim

 

Darjeeling

Sarathang

Namchi

Mangan

Lachung

Takdah / Pelling

Sukhiapukhri

X

4x4 wheel drive             dirt road

X

Bicycle route

Foot-trekking            path

Sandakphu

4x4 wheel drive             dirt road

Bicycle route

X

Foot-trekking            path

X

Mirik

Foot-trekking            path

X

4x4 wheel drive             dirt road

X

Bicycle route

Kurseong

Bicycle route

X

Foot-trekking            path

X

4x4 wheel drive             dirt road

Pelling / Takdah

X

Foot-trekking            path

Bicycle route

4x4 wheel drive             dirt road

X

 

We can see that Sarathang and Kurseong are connected by a bicycle route.

We also have no way to find out which town out of Takdah or Pelling is in the state of Sikkim and which one is in Darjeeling district. Hence we cannot be sure of the connectivity of Sukhiapukhri and Pelling.

Kurseong is definitely not connected by a foot-trekking path to Takdah, whichever state/district it may be lying in.

Only Sandakphu is connected to Lachung by a foot-trekking path

 

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Rakesh

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