Question

A tournament is played on knockout basis. There are n players. If in any round odd number of players are left, one of them is given direct entry in next round and rest of them play matches. The number of matches played in tournament are-

• A. n
• B. n – 1
• C. $\frac{n}{2}$ (n – 1)
• D. n(n – 1)

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

n – 1

Answer 2

When one match is played one player is knocked out so to knock (n – 1) players matches to be played

= (n – 1)