IIM-B (BBA-DBE) 2024 #1 (QA) PYQs

In a chess tournament, there are four groups, each containing an equal number of players. Each player plays

1. against every other player belonging to one's own group exactly once;

2. against each player belonging to one of the remaining three groups exactly twice;

3. against each player belonging to one of the remaining two groups exactly three times; and

4. against each player belonging to the remaining group exactly four times.

If there are more than 1000 matches being played in the tournament, the minimum possible number of players in each group is

A rabbit is sitting at the base of a staircase which has 10 steps. It proceeds to the top of the staircase by climbing either one step at a time or two steps at a time. The number of ways it can reach the top is

The number of solutions of the equation $x_1 + x_2 + x_3 + x_4 = 50$, where $x_1, x_2, x_3, x_4$ are integers with $x_1 \geq 1, x_2 \geq 2, x_3 \geq 0, x_4 \geq 0$ is