A person played seven different games, viz., Badminton, Basketball, Chess, Cricket, Football, Golf and Hockey on different days of the same week starting from Monday to Sunday, but not necessarily in the same order.
No two games are played on the same day.
Cricket is played on Tuesday.
| Days | Games |
| Monday | |
| Tuesday | Cricket |
| Wednesday | |
| Thursday | |
| Friday | |
| Saturday | |
| Sunday | |
Basketball is played immediately before Golf.
Neither Football nor Golf is played on Sunday.
| | Case 1 | Case 2 | Case 3 |
| Days | Games | Games | Games |
| Monday | | | |
| Tuesday | Cricket | Cricket | Cricket |
| Wednesday | Basketball | | |
| Thursday | Golf | Basketball | |
| Friday | | Golf | Basketball |
| Saturday | | | Golf |
| Sunday | | | |
Only two games are played between Golf and Football.
Neither Basketball nor Football is played on Monday.
Football is not played on Sunday. Thus, case 1 and case 2 is invalid.
| | Case 3 |
| Days | Games |
| Monday | |
| Tuesday | Cricket |
| Wednesday | Football |
| Thursday | |
| Friday | Basketball |
| Saturday | Golf |
| Sunday | |
Chess was played after Basketball.
Atleast four games are played between Chess and Badminton.
Therefore, the final arrangement is:
| Days | Games |
| Monday | Badminton |
| Tuesday | Cricket |
| Wednesday | Football |
| Thursday | Hockey |
| Friday | Basketball |
| Saturday | Golf |
| Sunday | Chess |
Except option (d), in all other options, only one game is played between the mentioned day and mentioned game.
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