CAT 2017 Games & Tournaments — Previous Year Question
Year
CAT 2017
Section
Data
Topic
Games & Tournaments
Difficulty
Hard
Question
Slot-2
Read the passage and answer the questions below.
Passage:
In an 8 X 8 chessboard a queen placed anywhere can attack another piece if the piece is present in the same row, or in the same column or in any diagonal position in any possible 4 directions, provided there is no other piece in between in the path from the queen to that piece. The columns are labelled a to h (left to right) and the rows are numbered 1 to 8 (bottom to top). The position of a piece is given by the combination of column and row labels. For example, position c5 means that the piece is in cth column and 5th row.
Question 1
If the queen is at c 5 , and the other pieces at positions and a 3 , how many are under attack by the queen? There are no other pieces on the board.
2
3
4
5
Question 2
If the other pieces are only at positions and , then which of the following positions of the queen results in the maximum number of pieces being under attack?
f 8
a7
c1
d3
Question 3
If the other pieces are only at positions and h 8 , then from how many positions the queen cannot attack any of the pieces?
0
3
4
6
Question 4
Suppose the queen is the only piece on the board and it is at position d 5 . In how many positions can another piece be placed on the board such that it is safe from attack from the queen?
32
35
36
37
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