IPMAT Indore (MCQ) PYQs

Mrs and Mr Sharma, and Mrs and Mr Ahuja along with four other persons are to be seated at a round table for dinner. If Mrs and Mr Sharma are to be seated next to each other, and Mrs and Mr Ahuja are not to be seated next to each other, then the total number of seating arrangements is _________.

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

If 5 boys and 3 girls sit randomly around a circular table, the probability that there will be at least one boy sitting between any two girls is