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(b) There must be a player who won all the The winner in the first round gains one point from the win
matches. and the loser gets zero. In case of tie on a position there is
(c) There must be a player who won 1 match. a complex rule to decide the position.
(d) None of these. 6. What is the total number of matches played in the
3. If a player Amit won against Bimal but lost to Chand tournament?
then Chand has won how many matches? (a) 63 (b) 56
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 64 (d) None of these
(c) 5 (d) Can not be determine 7. The maximum number of matches that a team going
4. How many players in can win 3 matches in stage 1 out of the tournament in the first round itself can win
and 2 together? is
(a) 0 (b) 5 (a) 3 (b) 5
(c) 6 (d) None of these (c) 4 (d) None of these
5. If ‘K’ represents number of matches won by a 8. The minimum number of matches that a team must
particular player then which one of the following win in order to qualify for the second round is
best represents the range of ‘K’? (a) 3 (b) 5
(a) 5 < K < 10 (b) 6 ≤ K < 11 (c) 6 (d) None of these
(c) 5 ≤ K ≤ 10 (d) None of these 9. The minimum number of matches that a team who
Direction (Qs. 6-10): The world cup tournament is advanced to the next stage has won?
arranged as per the following rules: (a) 2 (b) 5
In the beginning 16 teams enter and are divided into 2 (c) 3 (d) None of these
groups of 8 teams each, where the team in any group 10. What is the minimum number of matches won by
plays exactly once with all the teams in the same group. the winner of the tournament?
At the end of this round top four teams from each group (a) 8 (b) 6
advance to the next round in which two teams play each (c) 5 (d) None of these
other and the losing team goes out of the tournament.

3. ConCept CrACker

1. There are four teams in the Indian Professional 2. The football league of a certain country is played
Volleyball league: Karnataka, Punjab, Jharkhand according to the following rules:
and Gujarat. Karnataka has 19 points and would • Each team plays exactly one game against each
be playing 1, 2 and 1 matches against Punjab, of the other teams.
Jharkhand and Gujarat respectively. Punjab has 29 • The winning team of each game is awarded I
points and would be playing 2 and 1 matches against point and the losing team gets 0 point.
Jharkhand and Gujarat respectively. Jharkhand has
32 points and has 2 matches left against Gujarat. • If a match ends in a draw, both the teams get ½
point. After the league was over, the teams were
Gujarat is currently trailing the point table with 18 ranked according to the points that they earned
points.
at the end of the tournament. Analysis of the
A win in a match fetches 2 points and loses 0 point. points table revealed the following:
In the final points table the team(s) which score(s) • Exactly half of the points earned by each team
the lowest point is eliminated from the league. were earned in games against the ten teams
Based on the data above which team would surely which finished at the bottom of the table.
be eliminated? • Each of the bottom ten teams earned
(a) Karnataka (b) Gujarat half of their total points against the
(c) Punjab (d) None of these other nine teams in the bottom ten.
How many teams participated in the league?