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JEE • MATHEMATICS • PERMUTATION AND COMBINATION

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91 Medium
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The number of ways in which nn things of which rr are alike, can be arranged in a circular order, is
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Correct option: A
(n−1)!r!\frac{(n-1) !}{r !}
Option A ((n−1)!r!\frac{{(n-1) !}}{{r !}}) is correct because it accounts for the circular arrangement and the identical objects.
92 Medium
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A student is allowed to select atmost nn books from a collection of (2n+1)(2n + 1) books. If the number of ways in which he can do this, is 64, then the value of nn is
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Correct option: C
3
Option C (3) is correct because the sum of binomial coefficients from 0 to n equals half of the total sum, which is used to solve for n.
93 Medium
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The number of triangles whose vertices are at the vertices of an octagon but none of whose sides happen to come from the octagon, is
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Correct option: A
16
Option A (16) is correct because it represents the number of triangles that can be formed from the vertices of an octagon without sharing any sides with the octagon itself.
94 Easy
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The number of four-letter words that can be formed (the words need not be meaningful) using the letters of the word MEDITERRANEAN such that the first letter is E and the last letter is RR, is
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Correct option: B
59
Option B (59) is correct because it is the total number of four-letter words formed with E as the first and R as the last letter, considering repetitions of letters in MEDITERRANEAN.
95 Medium
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The sum of 4 digited numbers formed by using the digits 0,2,4,7,80,2,4,7,8 without repetition is
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Correct option: A
545958
Option A (545958) is correct because it uses the formula for the sum of 4-digit numbers formed by the given digits, considering the zero.
96 Easy
96 of 742
Application +4 | -1
A man invites 10 friends for a dinner party. In how many they can be seated around a circular table so that two particular friends on either side of man?
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Correct option: D
8!×28 ! \times 2 !
Option D (8!×2!8 ! \times 2 !) is correct because the two friends and the man are considered a single unit, leaving 8 other friends to arrange, and the two friends can switch places.
97 Easy
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The number of ways of permuting the letters of the word DEVIL so that neither D is the first letter nor L\mathrm{L} is the last letter is
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Correct option: D
78
Option D (78) is correct because it accurately calculates the number of permutations of the word DEVIL where 'D' is not the first letter and 'L' is not the last letter using inclusion-exclusion principle.
98 Easy
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The number of combinations of 4 different objects A,B,CA, B, C, DD taken 2 at a time is
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Correct option: A
6
Option A (6) is correct because there are 6 ways to choose 2 objects from 4 distinct objects without regard to order.
99 Easy
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The letters of the word 'HOSTEL' are arranged so that vowels occupy the end places. Then the number of arrangements is
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Correct option: A
48
Option A (48) is correct because the 2 vowels can be arranged in the end places in 2! ways, and the remaining 4 letters can be arranged in 4! ways.
100 Medium
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All words, with or without meaning, are made using all the letters of the word MONDAY. These words are written as in a dictionary with serial numbers. The serial number of the word MONDAY is
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Correct option: A
327
Option A (327) is correct because calculating the rank of the word MONDAY involves finding the number of words that come before it in lexicographical order, which results in 327.
101 Easy
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The number of ways to 16 different things to three persons A,B,CA, B, C so that BB gets one more than AA and CC gets two more than BB, is
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Correct option: A
16!4!5!7!\frac{16 !}{4 ! 5 ! 7 !}
Option A (16!4!5!7!\frac{{16 !}}{{{{4 ! 5 ! 7 !}}}}) is correct because it represents the number of ways to divide 16 distinct items into groups of 4, 5, and 7.
102 Easy
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The set S={1,2,3,…,12}S=\{1,2,3, \ldots, 12\} to be partitioned into three sets A,B,CA, B, C of equal size. Thus,
A∪B∪C=S,A∩B=B∩C=A∩C=ϕA \cup B \cup C=S, A \cap B=B \cap C=A \cap C=\phi. The number of ways to partition SS, is
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Correct option: C
12!(4!)3\frac{12 !}{(4 !)^3}
The correct answer is C (12!(4!)3\frac{{12 !}}{{(4 !)^3}}) because it represents the number of ways to divide 12 distinct objects into 3 groups of 4, where the order of the groups doesn't matter.
103 Easy
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Application +4 | -1
The number of ways in which ten candidates A1,A2,A3,A4,⋯ ,A10A_1, A_2, A_3, A_4, \cdots, A_{10} can be arranged in a row "If A1,A2,A3A_1, A_2, A_3 are sit together in a specified order is
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Correct option: C
8 !
Option C (8 !) is correct because treating A1, A2, and A3 as one unit reduces the problem to arranging 8 entities.
104 Easy
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The number of divisors a number 38808 can have, excluding 1 and the number itself is
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Correct option: A
70
Option A (70) is correct because it calculates the total number of divisors excluding 1 and the number itself.
105 Medium
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Analyzing +4 | -1
The number of permutations of the letters of the word 'HINDUSTAN' such that neither the pattern 'HIN' nor 'DUS' nor 'TAN' appear, are
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Correct option: B
169194
Option D (None of these) is correct because the number of primes in the list is zero, as each term is divisible by a number between 2 and p.
106 Easy
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Eleven animals of a circus have to be placed in eleven cages one in each cage. If 4 of the cages are too small for 6 of the animals, then the number of ways of caging the animals is
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Correct option: C
604800
Option C (604800) is correct because it represents the total number of ways to cage the animals, considering the size constraints.
107 Medium
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If the number of ways of selecting mm cards out of unlimited number of cards bearing the number
2, 3, 4 so that they can not be used to write the number 423 is 93. Then mm is equal to
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Correct option: B
5
Option B (5) is correct because the number of ways to select cards such that they cannot be used to write 423 is 93, which leads to the equation 3 * 2^m - 3 = 93, solving for m gives m=5.
108 Medium
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5- digit numbers are to be formed using 2,3,5,7,92,3,5,7,9 without repeating the digits. If pp be the number of such numbers that exceed 20000 and q\mathrm{q} be the number of those that lie between 30000 and 90000 , then p:qp: q is :
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Correct option: D
5:35: 3
Option D (5:3) is correct because the ratio of numbers greater than 20000 to those between 30000 and 90000 is 120:72, which simplifies to 5:3.
109 Easy
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The number of numbers greater than 50,000 that can be formed by using the digits 3,5,6,6,7,93,5,6,6,7,9 is
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Correct option: B
48
Option A (3265920) is correct because we calculate the number of 8-digit numbers with distinct digits, considering that the first digit cannot be 0.
110 Medium
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6 white and 6 black balls are distributed among ten identical urns, so that there is atleast one ball in each urn. Balls are all alike except for the colour and each box can hold any number of balls. The number of different distributions of the balls is:
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Correct option: D
10
Option D (10) is correct because there are 10 distinct ways to distribute the balls among the urns, considering the constraints.
111 Easy
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The number of ways that 8 beads of different colures be string as a necklace, is
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Correct option: A
2520
Option A (2520) is correct because it applies the formula for circular permutations with the correction for flipping the necklace.
112 Easy
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Application +4 | -1
The number of ways in which the six faces of a cube is painted with six different colours, is
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Correct option: D
None of the above
The correct answer is None of the above because the number of ways to paint the cube is 30, not 1.
113 Easy
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Application +4 | -1
There are 6 letters and 3 post-boxes. The number of ways in which these letters can be posted, is
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Correct option: B
36{3^6}
Option B (36{3^6}) is correct because each of the 6 letters can be posted in any of the 3 post-boxes, leading to 3×3×3×3×3×3=363 \times 3 \times 3 \times 3 \times 3 \times 3 = {3^6} possibilities.
114 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
There are 20 persons among whom two are brothers. The number of ways in which we can arrange them around a circle so that there is exactly one person between the brothers is
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Correct option: B
2×182 \times 18 !
Option B (2×18!2 \times 18 !) is correct because it accounts for arranging the remaining people and the two possible arrangements of the brothers.
115 Easy
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Analyzing +4 | -1
How many different words can be formed by Jumbling the letters in the word MISSISSIPPI in which no two S's are adjacent?
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Correct option: C
7⋅6C4⋅8C47 \cdot{ }^6 C_4 \cdot{ }^8 C_4
Option A (7⋅6C4⋅8C47 \cdot{ }^6 C_4 \cdot{ }^8 C_4) is correct because it calculates the number of arrangements where no two S's are adjacent by first arranging the other letters and then placing the S's in the gaps.
116 Easy
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Application +4 | -1
The total number of words which can be formed out of the letters a,b,c,d,e,fa,b,c,d,e,f taken 3 together, such that each word contains at least one vowel, is
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Correct option: C
96
Option C (96) is correct because it calculates the number of 3-letter words with at least one vowel from the given letters.
117 Easy
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There are 5 letters and 5 different envelopes. The number of ways in which all the letters can be put in wrong envelope, is
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Correct option: B
44
Option B (44) is correct because it uses the derangement formula to calculate the number of ways to put all letters in the wrong envelopes.
118 Easy
118 of 742
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The letters of the word 'MEERUT' are arranged in all possible ways as in a dictionary, then the rank of the word 'MEERUT' is
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Correct option: D
122
Option D (122) is correct because it is the sum of the number of words starting with letters before M, plus the number of words starting with MEERUT.
119 Easy
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Number of numbers between 5000 and 10000 by using the digits 1,3,5,7,91,3,5,7,9 without repetition is equal to
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Correct option: B
72
Option B (72) is correct because there are 3 choices for the first digit (5, 7, or 9) and then 4! ways to arrange the remaining 4 digits.
120 Easy
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8 different persons are sitting around a table. Numbers of ways in which we can select 3 of them so that no two are consecutive is
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Correct option: B
16
Option B (16) is correct because it represents the number of ways to select 3 non-consecutive persons around a circular table.
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