Rishi and Swathi are students of Class 5. Pavan and Tanvi are students of…
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Rishi and Swathi are students of Class 5. Pavan and Tanvi are students of Class 4. Rishi and Pavan are boys. Swathi and Tanvi are girls. The four students played a total of three games of chess. The games were played one after another. A player who lost a game did not participate in any more games. It was observed that:
(i) the first game was the only game where two students of the same class played against each other,
(ii) the students of Class 5 won more games than the students of Class 4, and
(iii) the boys won two games and the girls won one game.
The student who did not lose any game is __________.
Answer: D. Tanvi — The first game must be the Class 5 pair. If the first game were the Class 4 pair, the Class 4 winner would have to win the second game to avoid a second…
- A.
Pavan
- B.
Rishi
- C.
Swathi
- D.
Tanvi
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Correct answer: D
The first game must be the Class 5 pair. If the first game were the Class 4 pair, the Class 4 winner would have to win the second game to avoid a second same-class game, giving Class 4 at least two wins, which contradicts the condition that Class 5 won more. With the Class 5 pair first, the Class 5 winner must also win the second game; otherwise the third game would be same-class. Since Class 5 must win exactly two games and Class 4 one, the third game is won by the remaining Class 4 student. The gender condition then requires the first two wins to be by the Class 5 boy and the third win by the Class 4 girl. Therefore the student who did not lose any game is Tanvi.