CAT 2017 Games & Tournaments — Previous Year Question

Paper

CAT 2017

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Topic

Difficulty

Question

CAT 2017

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

\mathrm{c} 2, \mathrm{~g} 1, \mathrm{~g} 3, \mathrm{~g} 5

2

3

4

5

Question 2

a 1, a 3, b 4, d 7, h 7

f 8

a7

c1

d3

Question 3

\mathrm{a} 1, \mathrm{a} 3, \mathrm{~b} 4, \mathrm{~d} 7, \mathrm{~h} 7

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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