PE 5 - Selection & Distribution | LR - Selection & Distribution
Answer the following questions based on the information given below.
‘Doobydoo’ is a word game where each player has to write a meaningful word on the board either horizontally or vertically. Except the first word every player has to include exactly one letter already present on the board as a part of the new word that they form.
The players each take turns and play one after the other in a predetermined pattern, which remains the same across all the rounds. The letters have a score of 1 point each, except for X and Z, which have a score of 3 points each and D, J, Q, U, V and W, which have a score of 2 points each.
The points scored by a player in a round are the sum of the scores of all the letters in the word formed by the player in that round. The player(s) with the maximum total score (across all the rounds) at the end of the game is(are) declared the winner(s) of the game.
4 friends – Akanksha, Ankita, Kajal and Rishabh are playing Doobydoo. The following diagram shows how the board looks after certain number of moves, at which point the game ended.
- Kajal played both the longest and the shortest word in the game.
- One of the persons played two words of equal length and of equal score.
- Ankita, who played the word with highest score, was the winner of the game.
- The total number of letters in the words formed by Ankita is the same as the total number of letters in the words formed by Rishabh.
- Exactly two of the four players have the same score at the end. Reamining 2 players have different scores.
Which of the following pairs of words were formed by Rishabh?
- (a)
ELEPHANT, PEN
- (b)
TRAVEL, QUEEN
- (c)
OBLIQ, NERVE
- (d)
Cannot be determined
Solution
Discuss
ReportIf ELEPHANTS was the first word to be placed on the board, who among the following could not be the second person to play?
- (a)
Akanksha
- (b)
Rishabh
- (c)
Ankita
- (d)
Cannot be determined
Who among the following cannot be the last player to place a word on the board?
- (a)
Only Kajal
- (b)
Both Rishabh and Kajal
- (c)
Only Rishabh
- (d)
Both Ankita and Rishabh
If Akanksha played the first word, who would have played the last word?
- (a)
Ankita
- (b)
Rishabh
- (c)
Kajal
- (d)
Akanksha cannot start the game
Which of the following words could not have been the first word to be placed on the board?
- (a)
PEN
- (b)
MANGO
- (c)
NERVE
- (d)
Both PEN and NERVE
If Ankita played the first word, what would be the last word to be placed on the board?
- (a)
OBLIQ
- (b)
PEN
- (c)
NERVE
- (d)
All of these
Answer the next 5 questions based on the information given below.
Election for legislative assemobly were held in 7 major states in India. For a party to form government it needs to win at least 50% of the seats any particular state. The winning party also gets to choose the Chief Minister of the state.
In case a single party is not able to win at least 50% of the seats, parties upto a maximum of 3 can enter into a coalition and form the government if the coalition together wins at least 50% seats. In a coalition, the largest party in terms of seats gets to elect the Chief Minister of the state. Since the elections are being held simultaneously, if parties get into a coalition in a state, they must form coalition is other states as well.
The table below provides the percentage of seats won by each of the 6 parties in the given 7 states.
Which party elected the Chief Minister of RJ?
- (a)
DJR
- (b)
NOC
- (c)
PJB
- (d)
Cannot be determined
PAA elected the Chief Minister of which 2 states?
- (a)
BH and HP
- (b)
BH and AP
- (c)
UP and AP
- (d)
None of these
What is the least percentage of seats won by a party in any of the states and it still formed the government?
- (a)
HP
- (b)
PJB
- (c)
NOC
- (d)
Cannot be determined
What is the least percentage of seats won by a party in any of the states and it still elected the chief minister?