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CAT 2008 — DILR Question 21

Round Robin TournamentEasy
Passage / Data

Answer the following questions based on the information given below:

In a sports event, six teams (A, B, C, D, E and F) are competing against each other. Matches are scheduled in two stages. Each team plays three matches in Stage-I and two matches in Stage-II. No team plays against the same team more than once in the event. No ties are permitted in any of the matches. The observations after the completion of Stage-I and Stage-II are as given below.

Stage-I:

  • One team won all the three matches.
  • Two teams lost all the matches.
  • D lost to A but won against C and F.
  • E lost to B but won against C and F.
  • B lost at least one match.
  • F did not play against the top team of Stage-I.

Stage-II:

  • The leader of Stage-I lost the next two matches.
  • Of the two teams at the bottom after Stage-I, one team won both matches, while the other lost both matches.
  • One more team lost both matches in Stage-II.

The only team(s) that won both the matches in Stage-II is (are):

Answer & solution

  • A

    B

  • B

    E & F

  • C

    A, E & F

  • B, E & F

  • E

    B & F

Solution

B, E and F are the three teams that won both matches in stage II.

Hence, option (d).

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