CAT 2024 Slot 1 DILR · Question 10
The game of QUIET is played between two teams. Six teams, numbered 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, and 6, play in a QUIET tournament. These teams are divided equally into two groups. In
the tournament, each team plays every other team in the same group only once, and each team
in the other group exactly twice. The tournament has several rounds, each of which consists
of a few games. Every team plays exactly one game in each round.
The following
additional facts are known about the schedule of games in the tournament.
1. Each team
played against a team from the other group in Round 8.
2. In Round 4 and Round 7, the
match-ups, that is the pair of teams playing against each other, were identical. In Round 5
and Round 8, the match-ups were identical.
3. Team 4 played Team 6 in both Round 1 and
Round 2.
4. Team 1 played Team 5 ONLY once and that was in Round 2.
5. Team 3
played Team 4 in Round 3. Team 1 played Team 6 in Round 6.
6. In Round 8, Team 3
played Team 6, while Team 2 played Team 5.
What is the number of the team that played Team 1 in Round 5?
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