BS_SORT LONG E

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>
#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp>
#include <functional>
using namespace __gnu_pbds;
using namespace std;
typedef tree<int, null_type, less<int>, rb_tree_tag, tree_order_statistics_node_update> ordered_set;
typedef pair<int, int> pi;
#define int long long
#define endl "\n"

void oj(){
#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE
    freopen("input.txt", "r", stdin);
    freopen("output.txt", "w", stdout);
#endif
}
void solution(){
    int n, k;
    cin>>n>>k;
    if(k<n){
        cout<<k<<endl;
    }
    else if(n==k){
        cout<<k+1<<endl;
    }
    else if(n==2){
        cout<<(k*2)-1<<endl;
    }
    else{
        
    }

}

int32_t main(){
    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(NULL);

    // oj();

    int tcase = 1;
    cin >> tcase;
    for (int tc = 1; tc <= tcase; tc++){
        // cout<<"Case "<<tc<<": ";
        solution();
    }
}