IIM-K (BMSAT) 2025 (QA) PYQs

A lift carrying 50 passengers from the ground floor of a 100-storeyed building is moving upwards. The lift stops at the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floor, then skips the 4th floor, again stops at the 5th, 6th, and 7th, then skips the 8th floor, and so on. Passengers get discharged in a pattern. 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3..... On which floor does the lift become empty?

If $p, q,$ and $r$ are in geometric progression, which of the following is true about $qr, pr,$ and $pq$?

A new sequence is obtained from the sequence of positive integers $(1,2,3, \ldots)$ by deleting all the perfect squares. Then the $2022^{\text {nd }}$ term of the new sequence is ________.