IPMAT Indore 2021 (MCQ) PYQs

In a chess tournament there are 5 contestants. Each player plays against all the others exactly once. No game results in a draw. The winner in a game gets one point and the loser gets zero points. Which of the following sequences cannot represent the scores of the five players?

Total points Team F scored was

Eight teams take part in a tournament where each team plays against every other team exactly once. In a particular year, one team got suspended after playing 3 matches, due to a disciplinary issue. The organizers decide to proceed, nonetheless, with the remaining matches. The total number of matches that were played in the tournament that year is