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JEE • MATHEMATICS • PERMUTATION AND COMBINATION
Permutation and combination practice · Mixed difficulty
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If there are number of seats and m number of people have to be seated, then how many ways are possible to do this ?
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the number of ways to seat people in seats is given by the permutation formula .
302
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The number of ways five alphabets can be chosen from the alphabets of the word MATHEMATICS, where the chosen alphabets are not necessarily distinct, is equal to:
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Correct option: D
179
Option D (179) is correct because it accounts for all possible combinations of selecting five alphabets from the word MATHEMATICS, considering repetitions.
303
Easy
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How many numbers between 400 and 1000 can be made with the digits 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 0?
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Correct option: C
60
Option C (60) is correct because it calculates the number of 3-digit numbers between 400 and 1000 using the given digits, considering the restriction on the hundreds place.
304
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Three alike red roses and three alike pink roses are used to form a garland. The number of ways is
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Correct option: A
3
Option A (3) is correct because there are only three distinct arrangements when considering rotational symmetry of the garland.
305
Easy
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How many numbers consisting of 5 digits can be formed in which the digits 3, 4 and 7 are used only once and the digit 5 is used twice?
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Correct option: B
60
Option B (60) is correct because the number of such numbers is calculated by arranging the 5 digits, considering the repetition of the digit 5.
306
Easy
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The number of ways of arranging 8 men and 4 women around a circular table such that no two women can sit together, is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because it first arranges the men around the table and then arranges the women in the gaps between the men.
307
Easy
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The number of straight lines that can be drawn out of 10 points of which 7 are collinear
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Correct option: D
24
Option D (24) is correct because it calculates the total number of lines that can be formed, accounting for the collinearity of 7 points.
308
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A letter lock consists of three rings each marked with 10 different letters. No. of ways to make an unsuccessful attempts to open the lock is
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Correct option: B
999
Option B (999) is correct because it subtracts the one successful attempt from the total possible combinations.
309
Easy
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A five digit number divisible by 3 is to be formed using the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, without repetition. The total number of ways this can be done, is
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Correct option: A
216
Option A (216) is correct because it counts the number of 5-digit numbers divisible by 3 that can be formed using the given digits without repetition.
310
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There are number of sets and m number of people have to be seated, then how many ways are possible to do this
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the number of ways to select and seat m people from n sets, considering the order.
311
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The number of ways of dividing 10 girls into two groups of 5 each so that two shortest girls are in the different groups is:
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Correct option: A
70
Option A (70) is correct because after placing the two shortest girls in different groups, we divide the remaining 8 girls into two groups of 4, resulting in 70 ways.
312
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There are 5 roads leading to a town from a village. The number of different ways in which a villager can go to the town and return back, is
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Correct option: A
25
Option A (25) is correct because it is the product of the number of ways to go to town and the number of ways to return.
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Suppose and . If , then is equal to
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Correct option: D
5
Option D (5) is correct because substituting the given expressions for n and m into the ratio and solving for p yields p=5.
314
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In an examination, there are 11 papers. A candidate has to pass in at least 6 papers to pass the examination. The number of ways in which the candidate can pass the examination is:
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the number of ways to pass is the sum of combinations from passing 6 to 11 papers, which simplifies to .
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Easy
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All letters of the word AGAIN are permuted in all possible ways and the words so formed (with or without meaning) are written as in dictionary, then the 50th word is
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Correct option: C
NAAIG
Option C (NAAIG) is correct because listing the words in dictionary order reveals that the 50th word is NAAIG.
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The remainder when ! is divided by 240, is
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Correct option: A
153
Option A (153) is correct because for factorials greater than 5!, the remainder when divided by 240 is 0, so we only need to consider the sum of the first five factorials.
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Out of 10 red and 9 white balls, 5 red and 4 white balls can be drawn in number of ways
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the number of ways to choose 5 red balls from 10 and 4 white balls from 10.
318
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Four dice are rolled. The number of possible outcomes in which at least one dice shows 2 is
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Correct option: B
671
The correct answer is 671 because it is the number of possible outcomes when rolling four dice with at least one dice showing a 2.
319
Medium
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There are letters letters letters . The number of ways of selecting letters out of these if is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the number of ways of selecting k letters out of p 'a's, q 'b's, and r 'c's, given p < k < q < r.
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is a set containing elements. A subset of is chosen. The set is reconstructed by replacing the elements of . A subset of is again chosen. The number of ways of choosing and , so that , is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because each element in set A has three possibilities: belonging to P only, Q only, or neither, ensuring P and Q have no intersection.
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On a railway route there are 15 stations. The number of tickets required in order that it may be possible to book a passenger from every station to every other is
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Correct option: B
210
Option B (210) is correct because it calculates the number of permutations of choosing 2 stations out of 15, which represents the number of tickets needed from every station to every other station.
322
Easy
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If , then is equal to
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Correct option: C
41
The correct answer is C (41) because solving the ratio of permutations leads to the equation 56 * 55 * (51-r) = 30800, which simplifies to r = 41.
323
Easy
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The number of arrangements of the word "IDIOTS" such that vowels are at the places which from three consecutive terms of an A.P. is :
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Correct option: D
108
Option D (108) is correct because it considers all possible arrangements of vowels in A.P. and the arrangements of consonants.
324
Medium
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If , then
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Correct option: A
integer
Option A ( integer) is correct because the expression S can be simplified to (n+1)! - 1, making (S+1) equal to (n+1)!, which is divisible by n!.
325
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How many 5-digit telephone numbers can be constructed using the digits 0 to 9, if each number starts with 67 and no digit appears more than once?
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Correct option: B
336
Option B (336) is correct because after fixing the first two digits, we arrange the remaining 3 digits from the remaining 8 digits without repetition.
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A three digit number is such that the last two digits of it are equal and differ from the first. The number of such is
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Correct option: C
81
Option C (81) is correct because there are 9 choices for the first digit (1-9) and 9 choices for the last two digits (00, 11, ..., 99) excluding the case where the first digit is equal to the last two.
327
Easy
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The number of signals that can be sent using 5 flags of different colours, taking one or more at a time, is
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Correct option: D
325
Option D (325) is correct because it sums the permutations of selecting 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 flags from the 5 available.
328
Easy
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The number of ways can 10 letters be placed in 10 marked envelopes, so that no letter is in the right envelope are
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the number of derangements of 10 objects.
329
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Total number of positive integral solutions of is equal to
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Correct option: A
42
Option A (42) is correct because it represents the total number of positive integral solutions for the given equation after considering the possible values of x3.
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If the four letter words (need not be meaningful) are to be formed using the letters from the word "MEDITERRANEAN" such that the first letter is R and the fourth letter is , then the total number of all such words is :
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Correct option: B
59
Option B (59) is correct because it accounts for the 3 possibilities with identical letters (EE, AA, NN) and the 56 possibilities with distinct letters, summing to 59.
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