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JEE • MATHEMATICS • PERMUTATION AND COMBINATION
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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An urn contains 3 red pens, 4 green pens and 6 yellow pens. The number of ways of drawing 4 pens from the urn, if atleast one red pen is to be included in the draw, is (all the pens are different from each other)
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Correct option: B
505
Option B (505) is correct because it calculates the total ways to choose 4 pens minus the ways to choose 4 pens without any red pens, which is .
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The number of functions from the set into the set such that for and , is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it accurately represents the number of non-decreasing functions from A to B using combinations with repetition.
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How many words can be made from the letters of the word DELHI, if comes in the middle of every word?
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Correct option: B
24
Option B (24) is correct because the number of words is calculated by arranging the remaining letters around the fixed letter L.
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Let denotes the number of triangles which can be formed by using the vertices of a regular polygon of sides, If , then equals.
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Correct option: A
7
Option A (7) is correct because solving the equation where leads to n = 7.
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The number of diagonals that can be drawn by joining the vertices of an octagon is
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Correct option: C
20
Option A (20) is correct because it calculates the number of ways to connect vertices minus the number of sides of the octagon.
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Find the number of chains that can be prepared using 5 different colored beads
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Correct option: D
!
Option D ( !) is correct because the number of ways to arrange n distinct objects in a circle is (n-1)!, and for a chain, we divide by 2 to account for flipping it over.
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There are three piles of identical yellow, black and green balls and each pile contains at least 20 balls. The number of ways of selecting 20 balls if the number of black balls to be selected is twice the number of yellow balls, is
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Correct option: B
7
Option B (7) is correct because it represents the number of possible values for the number of yellow balls that satisfy the given conditions.
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lines are drawn in a plane such that no two of them are parallel and no three of them are concurrent. The number of different points at which these lines will cut, is
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Correct option: D
None of these
Option D (None of these) is correct because the number of intersection points is given by , which is not equal to any of the given options.
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5 different objects are to be distributed among 3 persons such that no two persons get the same number of objects. Number of ways this can be done, is
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Correct option: B
90
Option B (90) is correct because the total number of ways to distribute the objects is the sum of the ways for the two possible distributions (0,1,4) and (0,2,3).
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The number of ways by which letter of word ASSASSINATION can be arranged such that all vowels come together is:
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Correct option: C
Option D () is correct because it represents the number of arrangements of the letters in the word ASSASSINATION with all vowels together, considering repetitions.
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A telegraph has 5 arms and each arm is capable of 4 distinct positions, including the position of rest. The total number of signals that can be made is
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Correct option: B
1023
Option B (1023) is correct because each arm has 4 possible states, and we subtract 1 to exclude the case where all arms are at rest.
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If all the words (with or without meaning having five letters, formed using the letters of the word SMALL and arranged as in a dictionary, then the position of the word SMALL is
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Correct option: C
Option C (58th) is correct because it correctly calculates the number of words that come before SMALL in the dictionary order and adds 1.
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The total number of words that can be formed using all letters of the word 'RITESH' that neither begins with I nor ends with , is
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Correct option: A
504
Option A (504) is correct because it is the total number of arrangements minus those starting with I or ending with R, plus those starting with I and ending with R.
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The number of ways in which 10 boys and 10 girls can be seated in a row so that boys and girls alternate is
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Correct option: A
3628800
Option D (None of these) is correct because the correct answer is 2 * (10!)2 which is not among the options.
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