Select the correct alternative from the given choices
In a college there is a sports meet for five days. It has only one ground in which only one of the games-Football, Cricket and Baseball is to be played per day. No game is to be played on two consecutive days. Each of the games, Football and Cricket, is to be played on two days. Which of the following statements is true?

Options

A. If football is played on the first day then cricket must be played on the fifth day.
B. If cricket is played on the first day then baseball must be played on the third day.
C. If football is not played on any of the first two days, then cricket must be played on the fourth day.
D. None of these

Answer

C

Explanation

Let Fottball- F, Cricket - C, Baseball- B
If football is played on the first day one of the possible arrangements is:

Hence (A) need not be true
Similarly (B) need not be true
Now from (C ), If football is not played on the first two days then football has to be played on the third and the fifth days. So the possible arrangements are

So cricket has to be played on the fourth day. Hence (C ) is true