Section C:
Quantitative Ability
Answer question no 85
based on the following information:
Data on an ongoing football leaguer of a country is given
below. 20 teams are playing in the league. The rules of the league are as
follows.
1. Each team plays all the other teams twice,
once in its home ground, and once in the opponent’s home ground. These matches
are known as the “Home” match and the “Away” match respectively.
2. A win results in 3 points, a draw in 1
point, and a loss in 0 point for the team
3. The number of goals a team scores is termed
as “Goals For” and the number of goals it concedes is termed as “Goals
Against”. We get the “Goal Difference” by subtracting “Goals Against” from
“Goals For”.
The ranking of the teams is decided on the total points. If
two teams are tied on the their total points, the team which has a higher Goal
Difference gets the higher rank. If the tie cannot be resolved on Goal
Difference, Goals For is checked followed
by Goals Against. If the tie persists, the teams are ranked in the ascending
order of their names
Table 1 provides data on the current top 13 teams based on
the overall situation, i.e. by taking into account both home matches and away
matches of each team.
Table 2 provides data on the current top 13 teams based on
home matches only
Chart 1 provides a plot of the goal difference of each of
the 13 teams based on the overall situation
Table 1
|
Overall |
||||
|
Team |
M |
W |
D |
GF |
|
Ch |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8 |
|
SW |
3 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
|
WB |
3 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
|
MC |
3 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
|
MU |
3 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
|
WH |
3 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
|
EV |
3 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
|
AS |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
WG |
3 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
NC |
3 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
FU |
3 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
|
ST |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
SU |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
Table 2
|
Home |
|||||
|
Team |
M |
W |
D |
GF |
GA |
|
WB |
2 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
WH |
2 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
CH |
2 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
|
MC |
2 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
|
SW |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
|
NC |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
|
FU |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
EV |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
MU |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
|
TOT |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
NW |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
AS |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
ST |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |

Chart 1
85. Considering away matches only, which of the
following teams is the second ranking team?
A. AS
B. CH
C. WG
D. SW
E. WB
Solution:
AS
would be ranked first and SW would be ranked second (* Three options – AS, SW and
WG are possible depending on whether WG scored 1 or 0 points at home. All
question of this set are solved only considering teams, for which the records
of both overall and home matches are given). Choice (D)