Rifle Shooting Competition Scores

CAT 2019 Slot 2 · DILR · Hard · Logical Reasoning

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Passage / data set

Ten players, as listed in the table below, participated in a rifle shooting competition comprising of 10 rounds. Each round had 6 participants. Players numbered 1 through 6 participated in Round 1, players 2 through 7 in Round 2, ..., players 5 through 10 in Round 5, players 6 through 10 and 1 in Round 6, players 7 through 10, 1 and 2 in Round 7 and so on.

Player No.Player NamePoints after Round 6Points after Round 10
1Amita818
2Bala25
3Chen36
4David66
5Eric310
6Fatima1010
7Gordon1717
8Hansa14
9Ikea217
10Joshin1417

The top three performances in each round were awarded 7, 3 and 1 points respectively. There were no ties in any of the 10 rounds. The table above gives the total number of points obtained by the 10 players after Round 6 and Round 10.

The following information is known about Rounds 1 through 6:

  1. Gordon did not score consecutively in any two rounds.
  2. Eric and Fatima both scored in a round.

The following information is known about Rounds 7 through 10:

  1. Only two players scored in three consecutive rounds. One of them was Chen. No other player scored in any two consecutive rounds.
  2. Joshin scored in Round 7, while Amita scored in Round 10.
  3. No player scored in all the four rounds.

Question 1 of 4

What were the scores of Chen, David, and Eric respectively after Round 3?

  1. A.

    3, 0, 3

  2. B.

    3, 3, 0

  3. C.

    3, 3, 3

  4. D.

    3, 6, 3

Answer

C

Explanation

Deductions for rounds 1 to 3 give score 3 to Chen, 3 to David, and 3 to Eric.

Question 2 of 4

Which three players were in the last three positions after Round 4?

  1. A.

    Hansa, Ikea, Joshin

  2. B.

    Bala, Chen, Gordon

  3. C.

    Bala, Ikea, Joshin

  4. D.

    Bala, Hansa, Ikea

Answer

A

Explanation

After round 4, Hansa, Ikea, and Joshin had 0 points each, placing them in the last three positions.

Question 3 of 4

Which player scored points in maximum number of rounds?

  1. A.

    Joshin

  2. B.

    Chen

  3. C.

    Ikea

  4. D.

    Amita

Answer

C

Explanation

Ikea scored points in 5 rounds, which is the maximum among all players.

Question 4 of 4

Which players scored points in the last round?

  1. A.

    Amita, Bala, Chen

  2. B.

    Amita, Chen, David

  3. C.

    Amita, Eric, Joshin

  4. D.

    Amita, Chen, Eric

Answer

D

Explanation

In Round 10, the point scorers were Amita (7 pts), Chen (1 pt), and Eric (3 pts).

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