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XAT 2018 — QA & DI Question 23

Round Robin TournamentEasy
Passage / Data

Answer the next 3 questions based on the information given below.

Six teams are playing in a hockey tournament where each team is playing against every other team exactly once. At an intermediate stage, the status is as follows;

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Note:

  • The team that scores more goals than it concedes wins the match, while if both the teams score the same no. of goals, the match is declared drawn.
  • In a match played between Team X and Team Y, if team X scores 1 and concedes none, then the score line would read. Team X-Team Y (1-0).

Which of the following score line is a possible outcome in the tournament?

Answer & solution

  • A

    Team A – Team D (1-0) 

  • Team A – Team E (2-1) 

  • C

    Team B – Team D (1-0) 

  • D

    Team C – Team F (2-0) 

  • E

    None of the above

Solution

Consider the solution to first question of this set.

Team A won against E by (2 - 1).

Hence, option (b).

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