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Games & Tournaments - 2
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Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

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The year was 2006. All six teams in Pool A of World Cup hockey, play each other

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exactly once. Each win earns a team three points, a draw earns one point and a loss
earns zero points. The two teams with the highest points qualify for the semifinals. In
case of a tie, the team with the highest goal difference (Goal For - Goals Against)
qualifies.
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In the opening match, Spain lost to Germany. After the second round (after each team
played two matches), the pool table looked as shown below.

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Games Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Points
0 0 3 1 6
Argentina 2 2 0 0 2 0 6
Spain 2 1 0 1 5 2 3
Pakistan 2 1 0 1 2 1 3
New Zealand 2 0 0 2 1 6 0
South Africa 2 0 0 2 1 4 0

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In the third round, Spain played Pakistan, Argentina played Germany, and New Zealand
played South Africa. All the third round matches were drawn. The following are some

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results from the fourth and fifth round matches

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(a) Spain won both the fourth and fifth round matches.
(b) Both Argentina and Germany won their fifth round matches by 3 goals to 0.
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Pakistan won both the fourth and fifth round matches by 1 goal to 0.

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rounds?
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Which one of the following statements is true about matches played in the first two

(1) Germany beat New Zealand by 1 goal to 0.

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(2) Spain beat New Zealand by 4 goals to 0.

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(3) Spain beat South Africa by 2 goals to 0.

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(4) Germany beat South Africa by 2 goals to 1.

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rounds?
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Which one of the following statements is true about matches played in the first two

(1) Pakistan beat South Africa by 2 goals to 1.

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(2) Argentina beat Pakistan by 1 goal to 0.

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(3) Germany beat Pakistan by 2 goals to 1.

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(4) Germany beat Spain by 2 goals to 1.

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that qualified?
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If Pakistan qualified as one of the two teams from Pool A, which was the other team

(1) Argentina (2) Germany (3) Spain

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(4) Cannot be determined

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Question – 3
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Which team finished at the top of the pool after five rounds of matches?

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(1) Argentina (2) Germany (3) Spain (4) Cannot be determined

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Question – 4
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Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

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the league. The rules of the league are as follows:
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Data on an ongoing football league of a country is given below. 20 teams are playing in

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1. Each team plays all the other teams twice, once in its home ground, and once in
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These matches are known as the ―Home‖ match and the ―Away‖ match
respectively.
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A win results in 3 points, a draw in 1 point, and a loss in 0 point for team.
The number of goals a team scores is termed as ―Goals For‖ and the number of
goals it concedes is termed as ―Goals Against‖. We get the ―Goal Difference‖ by
subtracting ―Goals Against‖ from ―Goals For‖.
The ranking of the teams is decided on the total points. If two teams are tied on
their total points, the team which has higher Goal Difference gets the higher rank. If the
tie cannot be resolved on Goal Difference, Goals For is checked followed by Goals
Against. If the tie persists, the teams are ranked in the ascending order of their names.
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taking into account both home matches and away matches of each team.
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Table 1 provides data on the current top 13 teams based on the overall situation, i.e., by

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Table 2 provide data on the current top 13 teams based on home matches only.
Chart 1 provides a plot of the goal difference of each of the 13 teams based on the
overall situation.
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Team M W D GF Team M W D GF GA
CH 3 3 0 8 WB W 2 0 5 0

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SW 3 2 1 10 WH 2 2 0 4 0
WB 3 2 1 6 CH 2 2 0 6 2
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AS 3 1 2 2 EV 1 1 0 1 0
WG 3 1 1 4 MU 1 1 0 3 2
NC 3 1 1 3 TOT 2 0 2 2 2
FU 3 1 0 7 NW 1 0 1 1 1
ST 3 0 3 3 AS 1 0 1 0 0
SU 2 0 2 2 ST 1 0 1 0 0
Table 2
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Table 1
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Considering away matches only, the least number of teams with either 0 or 1 point is:

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(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 4 (4) 5

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Question – 5
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Which of the following has the maximum value of pos?
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Let us define a term pos as the difference between ―home rank‖ and ―away rank‖.

(1) AS (2) WB (3) WH

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(4) MC

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Question – 6
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How many unique values of goal difference are there for away matches?

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(1) 5 (2) 6 (3) 6 (4) 6 and 13

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Question – 7
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Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

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The following table gives the National Football League (NFL) 2008 standings as on April
30, 2008. In the format of NFL, each of the 12 participating teams plays twice with
every other team. The League matches were to conclude by May 31, 2008. The rank of

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the team in the league is decided by the points scored by the team — the higher the

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points, the better the rank. If two teams are tied at the same points, then the team with
the higher goal difference (goals scored – goals conceded) gets the better rank. If they

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are still tied, the team with the higher number of goals scored gets a better rank. Three
points are awarded to the winning team and one point is awarded to both the teams in a

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drawn match. No point is awarded to the loosing team.

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League Standings
Teams P W D L F A
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Sporting Club
Dempo
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Mahindra 21 7 11 3 26 20 32
Fransa 21 8 6 7 24 24 30
JCT Mills
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Mohun Bagan 21 5 7 9 15 18 22
Vasco 21 4 5 12 22 36 17
Tollygunge 21 3 8 10 20 43 17
SBT 21 3 6 12 22 34 15

Note: P = Played, W=Won, D=Drawn, L=Lost, F = Goals scored, A = Goals conceded,

For question 8 to 12
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How many teams can win the Championship?

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have necessarily happened?
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If East Bengal won the NFL Championship in 2008, then which of the following events

(1) East Bengal won the remaining two matches.

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(2) Sporting Club lost the remaining match.

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(3) Dempo drawn at least one of its remaining matches.

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(4) Dempo lost both the remaining matches.

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that group?
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For which group of ranks in the NFL 2008 can you conclude the names of the teams in

(1) Top 3 ranks (2) Bottom 3 ranks

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(3) Ranks 4 to 6 (4) Options (1) and (2)

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Question – 10
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In the remaining match between Sporting Club and Dempo, Dempo won. Also, Dempo
managed to draw with East Bengal in the other remaining match. What is the order of

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top three teams?

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matches?
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How many teams’ rankings will remain unaffected after the completion of the league

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Question – 12
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Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
Player Balls
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Runs 4's 6's
Name Faced
A Gilchirst 148 104 13 -
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A Symonds - 21 2 0
S Watson 13 5 0 1

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M Clarke 81 - 11 3
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Further, more information is given.

Total runs scored by Gilchirst in 1’s and 2’s are in the ratio of 1 : 5.
(b) Number of dot balls faced by Symonds is 6.
(c) A dot ball is defined as the ball on which no run is scored.
(d) During the entire match only 1’s, 2’s, 4’s and 6’s were taken by the batsmen.
(e) Gilchirst hits the maximum number of 6’s among all the batsmen.
(f) Beside Symonds every player has hit at least a six.
(g) Every player has taken at least a 1 and a 2.
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What is the total number of dot balls faced by Gilchrist?

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(1) 45 (2) 59 (3) 72 (4) 17

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Question – 13
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What is the minimum number of balls faced by Clarke?

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(1) 20 (2) 24 (3) 36 (4) 14

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Question – 14
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score a maximum of ____ runs.
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The number of runs taken by Symonds in 1’s is greater than that in 2’s, then he can

(1) 21 (2) 25 (3) 27

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(4) 35

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minimum score of the team?
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Assume if only the given players scored during the match for the team, then what is the

(1) 440 (2) 340 (3) 342

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(4) 341

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Question – 16
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What was the maximum possible net run rate of the team?

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(1) 7.56 (2) 8.48 (3) 1.40 (4) 5.51

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Question – 17
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Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

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The year is 2089. Beijing, London, New York, and Paris are in contention to host the
2096 Olympics. The eventual winner is determined through several rounds of voting by
members of the IOC with each member representing a different city. All the four cities in
contention are also represented in IOC.
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(a) In any round of voting, the city receiving the lowest number of votes in that round

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gets eliminated. The survivor after the last round of voting gets to host the event.
(b) A member is allowed to cast votes for at most two different cities in all rounds of
voting combined. (Hence, a member becomes ineligible to cast a vote in a given
round if both the cities (s)he voted for in earlier rounds are out of contention in that
round of voting.)
(c) A member is also ineligible to cast a vote in a round if the city (s)he represents is in
contention in that round of voting.
(d) As long as the member is eligible, (s)he must vote and vote for only one candidate
city in any round of voting.
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The following incomplete table shows the information on cities that received the
maximum and minimum votes in different rounds, the number of votes cast in their

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favour, and the total votes that were cast in those rounds.

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1 London 30 New York 12
2 83 Paris 32 Beijing 21
3 75

It is also known that:

For question 18 to 21
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voted for Beijing in round 2?
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What percentage of members from among those who voted for New York in round 1,

(1) 33.33 (2) 50 (3) 66.67

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(4) 75

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Question – 18
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What is the number of votes cast for Paris in round 1?

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(1) 16 (2) 18 (3) 22 (4) 24

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Question – 19
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were eligible to vote in round 3, voted for London?
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What percentage of members from among those who voted for Beijing in round 2 and

(1) 33.33 (2) 38.10 (3) 50

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(4) 66.67

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Question – 20
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Which of the following statements must be true?

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I. IOC member from New York must have voted for Paris in round 2.

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(3) Both I and II (4) Neither I nor II

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Question – 21
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Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

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In an 8 × 8 chessboard a queen placed anywhere can attack another piece if the piece
is present in the same row, or in the same column or in any diagonal position in any
possible 4 directions, provided there is no other piece in between in the path from the
queen to that piece.
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The columns are labelled a to h (left to right) and the rows are numbered 1 to 8 (bottom
to top). The position of a piece is given by the combination of column and row labels.

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For example, position c5 means that the piece is in cth column and 5th row.
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For question 22 to 25
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If the queen is at c5, and the other pieces at positions c2, g1, g3, g3 and a3, how many
are under attack by the queen? There are no other pieces on the board.

(1) 2
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Question – 22
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If the other pieces are only at positions a1, a3, b4, d7, h7 and h8, then which of the
following positions of the queen results in the maximum number of pieces being under

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attack?

(1) f8
(4) d3

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(2) a7 (3) c1

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Question – 23
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positions the queen cannot attack any of the pieces?
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If the other pieces are only at positions a1, a3, b4, d7, h7 and h8, then from how many

(1) 0 (2) 3 (3) 4

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Question – 24
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Suppose the queen is the only piece on the board and it is at position d5.

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In how many positions can another piece be placed on the board such that it is safe
from attack from the queen?

(1) 32 (2) 33

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(3) 36 (4) 37

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Question – 25