Given: Seven sports - Football, Cricket, Kabaddi, Squash, Hockey, Archery, and Tennis are played in an indoor stadium in a week, starting from Monday to Sunday, not necessarily in the same order.
Based on the given conditions, we get the following possiblities:
1. Cricket is played on the last day of the week. Hockey is played on Thursday.
Squash is played five days before the day Cricket is played. Tennis is played three days before Hockey.
Hockey is played one of the days before Kabaddi is played.
Combining these, we get-
| | Days | Subjects (Case 1) | Subjects (Case 2) | | --- | --- | --- | | Monday | Tennis | Tennis | | Tuesday | Squash | Squash | | Wednesday | | | | Thursday | Hockey | Hockey | | Friday | Kabaddi | | | Saturday | | Kabaddi | | Sunday | Cricket | Cricket | | Days | Subjects (Case 1) | Subjects (Case 2) | Monday | Tennis | Tennis | Tuesday | Squash | Squash | Wednesday | | | Thursday | Hockey | Hockey | Friday | Kabaddi | | Saturday | | Kabaddi | Sunday | Cricket | Cricket |
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| Days | Subjects (Case 1) | Subjects (Case 2) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Monday | Tennis | Tennis | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tuesday | Squash | Squash | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wednesday | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Thursday | Hockey | Hockey | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Friday | Kabaddi | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Saturday | | Kabaddi | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sunday | Cricket | Cricket | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2. Football is played one of the days after Archery.
| | Days | Subjects (Case 1) | Subjects (Case 2) | | --- | --- | --- | | Monday | Tennis | Tennis | | Tuesday | Squash | Squash | | Wednesday | Archery | Archery | | Thursday | Hockey | Hockey | | Friday | Kabaddi | Football | | Saturday | Football | Kabaddi | | Sunday | Cricket | Cricket | | Days | Subjects (Case 1) | Subjects (Case 2) | Monday | Tennis | Tennis | Tuesday | Squash | Squash | Wednesday | Archery | Archery | Thursday | Hockey | Hockey | Friday | Kabaddi | Football | Saturday | Football | Kabaddi | Sunday | Cricket | Cricket |
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| Days | Subjects (Case 1) | Subjects (Case 2) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Monday | Tennis | Tennis | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tuesday | Squash | Squash | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wednesday | Archery | Archery | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Thursday | Hockey | Hockey | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Friday | Kabaddi | Football | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Saturday | Football | Kabaddi | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sunday | Cricket | Cricket | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
3.More than two sports are played in between Squash and Football. Hence case 2 gets eliminated.
So, the final arrangement will be:
| Days | Subjects |
|---|
| Monday | Tennis |
| Tuesday | Squash |
| Wednesday | Archery |
| Thursday | Hockey |
| Friday | Kabaddi |
| Saturday | Football |
| Sunday | Cricket |
From the above arrangement, we see that Kabaddi was played on Friday and not Saturday.
Hence, Kabaddi was played on Saturday is the incorrect option.