Instructions

Based on the information, answer the questions which follow:

100 families planned wedding on 21st December 2020 at 9 pm, an auspicious day and time in New Delhi and booked a marriage hall online in Chattarpur Farms. Due to a technical glitch the hall was booked simultaneously for 64 families who received a confirmation with a deposit of ₹ 1 Lakh each. The managementon identifying the glitch was troubled and contacted the families for a refund but the families were not ready to accommodate. The managementand the families then mutually agreed to have a toss in order to decide which family will be finally allotted the venue. Certain directions regarding holdingthe toss are as follows:

1. The families were allotted a number from 1 to 64 in alphabetical ascending order of their names.
2. It was further decided, Family 1 will have a toss with Family 64 andis considered as Toss 1. Toss 2 will be between Family 2 and Family 63 and Toss 3 between Family 3 and Family 62 and so on.
3. The winner of each toss moves to the next round and the winner of Toss 1 will now have a toss with winner of Toss 32, winner of Toss 2 with Toss 31 and so on.
4. The remaining rounds of toss are in ascending order i.e. winner of Toss 1 with Toss 2, winner of Toss 3 with Toss 4 and so till there is one winner.
5. It was also decided that if the final winner withdrawsand hands over the venue to the other finalist, the winner will be given ₹ 1.5 Lakh over and above the refund amount.

Question 80

If a toss was between family 9 and family 13, then one toss can be between

1. 25 and 44
2. 32 and 5
3. 23 and 46
4. 21 and 8

Solution

The below table shows the matching of families in each round as per the given conditions.

From the above table, we can see that 9 - 13 is a toss in the original matchups of the tournament.

Thus, we will check the matches for the families given in the options.

A. 44 tosses against 21, 12, 11, 9, and 13. Thus, it does not toss against 25.

B. 32 tosses against 33, 1, 2, 5 and 1. Thus, it has a toss against 5 in round 4.

Hence, the answer is option B.


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