Permutations and Combinations

414 Questions
2016 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2016 (Online) 9th April Morning Slot
The value of $\sum\limits_{r = 1}^{15} {{r^2}} \left( {{{{}^{15}{C_r}} \over {{}^{15}{C_{r - 1}}}}} \right)$ is equal to :
A.
560
B.
680
C.
1240
D.
1085
2016 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2016 (Online) 9th April Morning Slot
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 E, then the total number of all such words is :
A.
${{11!} \over {{{\left( {2!} \right)}^3}}}$
B.
110
C.
56
D.
59
2016 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2016 (Offline)
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 :
A.
${46^{th}}$
B.
${59^{th}}$
C.
${52^{nd}}$
D.
${58^{th}}$
2016 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2016 Paper 1 Offline
A debate club consists of 6 girls and 4 boys. A team of 4 members is to be select from this club including the selection of a captain (from among these 4 members ) for the team. If the team has to include at most one boy, then the number of ways of selecting the team is
A.
380
B.
320
C.
260
D.
95
2015 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2015 (Offline)
The number of integers greater than 6,000 that can be formed, using the digits 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8, without repetition, is:
A.
120
B.
72
C.
216
D.
192
2015 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2015 Paper 1 Offline
Let n be the number of ways in which 5 boys and 5 girls can stand in a queue in such a way that all the girls stand consecutively in the queue. Let m be the number of ways in which 5 boys and 5 girls can stand in a queue in such a way that exactly four girls stand consecutively in the queue. Then the value of ${m \over n}$ is
2014 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2014 Paper 2 Offline
Six cards and six envelopes are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and cards are to be placed in envelopes so that each envelope contains exactly one card and no card is placed in the envelope bearing the same number and moreover the card numbered 1 is always placed in envelope numbered 2. Then the number of ways it can be done is
A.
264
B.
265
C.
53
D.
67
2014 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2014 Paper 1 Offline
Let ${n_1}\, < {n_2}\, < \,{n_3}\, < \,{n_4}\, < {n_5}$ be positive integers such that ${n_1}\, + {n_2}\, + \,{n_3}\, + \,{n_4}\, + {n_5}$ = 20. Then the number of such destinct arrangements $\,({n_1}\,,\,{n_2},\,\,{n_3},\,\,{n_4}\,,{n_5})$ is
2014 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2014 Paper 1 Offline
Let ${n \ge 2}$ be an integer. Take n distinct points on a circle and join each pair of points by a line segment. Colour the line segment joining every pair of adjacent points by blue and the rest by red. If the number of red and blue line segments are equal, then the value of n is
2013 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2013 (Offline)
Let ${T_n}$ be the number of all possible triangles formed by joining vertices of an n-sided regular polygon. If ${T_{n + 1}} - {T_n}$ = 10, then the value of n is :
A.
7
B.
5
C.
10
D.
8
2013 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2013 (Offline)
Let A and B be two sets containing 2 elements and 4 elements respectively. The number of subsets of A $ \times $ B having 3 or more elements is :
A.
219
B.
211
C.
256
D.
220
2013 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2013 Paper 1 Offline
Consider the set of eight vectors $V = \left\{ {a\,\hat i + b\,\hat j + c\hat k:a,\,b,\,c\, \in \left\{ { - 1,\,1} \right\}} \right\}$. Three non-coplanar vectors can be chosen from v in ${2^p}$ ways. Then p is
2012 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2012
Assuming the balls to be identical except for difference in colours, the number of ways in which one or more balls can be selected from 10 white, 9 green and 7 black balls is:
A.
880
B.
629
C.
630
D.
879
2012 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2012 Paper 2 Offline
Let ${{a_n}}$ denote the number of all n-digit positive integers formed by the digits 0, 1 or both such that no consecutive digits in them are 0.Let ${{b_n}}$ = the number of such n-digit integers ending with digit 1 and ${{c_n}}$ =the number of such n-digit integers ending with digit 0.

The value of ${{b_6}}$ is

A.
7
B.
8
C.
9
D.
11
2012 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2012 Paper 2 Offline
Let ${{a_n}}$ denote the number of all n-digit positive integers formed by the digits 0, 1 or both such that no consecutive digits in them are 0.Let ${{b_n}}$ = the number of such n-digit integers ending with digit 1 and ${{c_n}}$ =the number of such n-digit integers ending with digit 0.

Which of the following is correct?

A.
${a_{17}} = {a_{16}} + {a_{15}}$
B.
${c_{17}} \ne {c_{16}} + {c_{15}}$
C.
${b_{17}} \ne {b_{16}} + {c_{16}}$
D.
${a_{17}} = {c_{17}} + {b_{16}}$
2012 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2012 Paper 1 Offline
The total number of ways in which 5 balls of different colours can be distributed among 3 persons so that each person gets at least one ball is
A.
75
B.
150
C.
210
D.
243
2011 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2011

Statement - 1: The number of ways of distributing 10 identical balls in 4 distinct boxes such that no box is emply is ${}^9{C_3}$.
Statement - 2: The number of ways of choosing any 3 places from 9 different places is ${}^9{C_3}$.
A.
Statement - 1 is true, Statement - 2 is true, Statement - 2 is not a correct explanation for Statement - 1.
B.
Statement - 1 is true, Statement - 2 is false.
C.
Statement - 1 is false, Statement - 2 is true.
D.
Statement - 1 is true, Statement - 2 is true, Statement - 2 is a correct explanation for Statement - 1.
2011 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2011
These are 10 points in a plane, out of these 6 are collinear, if N is the number of triangles formed by joining these points. then:
A.
$N \le 100$
B.
$100 < N \le 140$
C.
$140 < N \le 190\,$
D.
$N > 190$
2010 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2010
There are two urns. Urn A has 3 distinct red balls and urn B has 9 distinct blue balls. From each urn two balls are taken out at random and then transferred to the other. The number of ways in which this can be done is
A.
36
B.
66
C.
108
D.
3
2009 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2009
From 6 different novels and 3 different dictionaries, 4 novels and 1 dictionary are to be selected and arranged in a row on a shelf so that the dictionary is always in the middle. Then the number of such arrangement is :
A.
at least 500 but less than 750
B.
at least 750 but less than 1000
C.
at least 1000
D.
less than 500
2009 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2009 Paper 1 Offline
The number of seven digit integers, with sum of the digits equal to 10 and formed by using the digits 1, 2 and 3 only, is
A.
55
B.
66
C.
77
D.
88
2009 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 2009 Paper 2 Offline
Let $\left( {x,\,y,\,z} \right)$ be points with integer coordinates satisfying the system of homogeneous equation: $$\matrix{ {3x - y - z = 0} \cr { - 3x + z = 0} \cr { - 3x + 2y + z = 0} \cr } $$

Then the number of such points for which $x^2 + {y^2} + {z^2} \le 100$ is

2008 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2008
How many different words can be formed by jumbling the letters in the word MISSISSIPPI in which no two S are adjacent?
A.
$8.{}^6{C_4}.{}^7{C_4}$
B.
$6.7.{}^8{C_4}$
C.
$6.8.{}^7{C_4}$.
D.
$7.{}^6{C_4}.{}^8{C_4}$
2008 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2008
In a shop there are five types of ice-cream available. A child buys six ice-cream.
Statement - 1: The number of different ways the child can buy the six ice-cream is ${}^{10}{C_5}$.
Statement - 2: The number of different ways the child can buy the six ice-cream is equal to the number of different ways of arranging 6 A and 4 B's in a row.
A.
Statement - 1 is false, Statement - 2 is true
B.
Statement - 1 is true, Statement - 2 is true, Statement - 2 is a correct explanation for Statement - 1
C.
Statement - 1 is true, Statement - 2 is true, Statement - 2 is not a correct explanation for Statement - 1
D.
Statement - 1 is true, Statement - 2 is false
2008 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2008 Paper 2 Offline

Consider all possible permutations of the letters of the word ENDEANOEL. Match the Statements/Expressions in Column I with the Statements/Expressions in Column II.

Column I Column II
(A) The number of permutations containing the word ENDEA is (P) 5!
(B) The number of permutations in which the letter E occurs in the first and the last position is (Q) 2 $\times$ 5!
(C) The number of permutations in which none of the letters D, L, N occurs in the last five positions is (R) 7 $\times$ 5!
(D) The number of permutations in which the letters A, E, O occur only in odd positions is (S) 21 $\times$ 5!

A.
(A) - p ; (B) - s; (C) - q ; (D) - q
B.
(A) - q ; (B) - q ; (C) - s ; (D) - p
C.
(A) - p ; (B) - s; (C) - p ; (D) - r
D.
(A) - p ; (B) - r ; (C) - q ; (D) - p
2007 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2007
The set S = {1, 2, 3, ........., 12} is to be partitioned into three sets A, B, C of equal size. Thus $A \cup B \cup C = S,\,A \cap B = B \cap C = A \cap C = \phi $. The number of ways to partition S is
A.
${{12!} \over {{{(4!)}^3}}}\,\,$
B.
${{12!} \over {{{(4!)}^4}}}\,\,$
C.
${{12!} \over {3!\,\,{{(4!)}^3}}}$
D.
${{12!} \over {3!\,\,{{(4!)}^4}}}$
2007 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2007
The letters of the word COCHIN are permuted and all the permutations are arranged in an alphabetical order as in an English dictionary. The number of words that appear before the word COCHIN is
A.
360
B.
192
C.
96
D.
48
2007 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2007 Paper 2 Offline

The letters of the word COCHIN are permuted and all the permutations are arranged in an alphabetical order as in an English dictionary. The number of words that appear before the word COCHIN is :

A.
360
B.
192
C.
96
D.
48
2006 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2006
At an election, a voter may vote for any number of candidates, not greater than the number to be elected. There are 10 candidates and 4 are of be selected, if a voter votes for at least one candidate, then the number of ways in which he can vote is
A.
5040
B.
6210
C.
385
D.
1110
2005 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2005
If the letter of the word SACHIN are arranged in all possible ways and these words are written out as in dictionary, then the word SACHIN appears at serial number
A.
601
B.
600
C.
603
D.
602
2005 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2005 Screening
A rectangle with sides of lenght (2m - 1) and (2n - 1) units is divided into squares of unit lenght by drawing parallel lines as shown in the diagram, then the number of rectangles possible with odd side lengths is IIT-JEE 2005 Screening Mathematics - Permutations and Combinations Question 40 English
A.
${(m + n - 1)^2}$
B.
${4^{m + n - 1}}$
C.
${m^2}\,{n^2}$
D.
$m(m + 1)\,n\,(m + 1)$
2005 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2005 Screening
If the LCM of p, q is ${r^2}\,{r^4}\,{s^2}$, where r, s, t are prime numbers and p, q are the positive integers then number of ordered pair (p, q) is
A.
252
B.
254
C.
225
D.
224
2005 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 2005
If total number of runs scored in n matches is $\left( {{{n + 1} \over 4}} \right)\,\,({2^{n + 1}} - n - 2)\,$ where $n > 1$, and the runs scored in the ${k^{th}}$ match are given by k. $\,{2^{n + 1 - k}}$, where $1 \le k \le n$. Find n.
2004 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2004
How many ways are there to arrange the letters in the word GARDEN with vowels in alphabetical order
A.
480
B.
240
C.
360
D.
120
2004 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2004
The number of ways of distributing 8 identical balls in 3 distinct boxes so that none of the boxes is empty is
A.
${}^8{C_3}$
B.
21
C.
${3^8}$
D.
5
2004 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 2004
Prove by permulation or otherwise ${{({n^2})!} \over {{{(n!)}^n}}}$ is an integer $(n \in {1^ + })$.
2003 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2003
The number of ways in which 6 men and 5 women can dine at a round table if no two women are to sit together is given by
A.
$7!\, \times 5!\,\,$
B.
$6!\, \times 5!$
C.
$30!$
D.
$5!\, \times 4!$
2003 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2003
A student is to answer 10 out of 13 questions in an examination such that he must choose at least 4 from the first five questions. The number of choices available to him is
A.
346
B.
140
C.
196
D.
280
2003 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2003
If ${}^n{C_r}$ denotes the number of combination of n things taken r at a time, then the expression $\,{}^n{C_{r + 1}} + {}^n{C_{r - 1}} + 2\, \times \,{}^n{C_r}$ equals
A.
$\,{}^{n + 1}{C_{r + 1}}$
B.
${}^{n + 2}{C_r}$
C.
${}^{n + 2}{C_{r + 1}}$
D.
$\,{}^{n + 1}{C_r}$
2002 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2002
Five digit number divisible by 3 is formed using 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 without repetition. Total number of such numbers are :
A.
312
B.
3125
C.
120
D.
216
2002 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2002
Total number of four digit odd numbers that can be formed using 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 (using repetition allowed) are :
A.
216
B.
375
C.
400
D.
720
2002 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2002
The sum of integers from 1 to 100 that are divisible by 2 or 5 is :
A.
3000
B.
3050
C.
3600
D.
3250
2002 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2002
Number greater than 1000 but less than 4000 is formed using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 (repetition allowed). Their number is :
A.
125
B.
105
C.
374
D.
625
2002 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2002 Screening
The number of arrangements of the letters of the word BANANA in which the two N's do not appear adjacently is
A.
40
B.
60
C.
80
D.
100
2001 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2001 Screening
Let ${T_n}$ denote the number of triangles which can be formed using the vertices of a regular polygon of n sides. If ${T_{n + 1}} - {T_n} = 21$, then n equals
A.
5
B.
7
C.
6
D.
4
2000 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2000 Screening
How many different nine digit numbers can be formed from the number 223355888 by rearranging its digits so that the odd digits occupy even positions?
A.
16
B.
36
C.
60
D.
180
1998 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1998
An n-digit number is a positive number with exactly digits. Nine hundred distinct n-digit numbers are to be formed using only the three digits 2, 5 and 7. The smallest value of n for which this is possible is
A.
6
B.
7
C.
8
D.
9
1994 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 1994
A committee of 12 is to be formed from 9 women and 8 men. In how many ways this can be done if at least five women have to included in a committee? In how many of these committees? In how may of these committees
(a) The women are in majority?
(b) The men are in majority?
1991 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 1991
Eighteen guests have to be seated, half on each side of a long table. Four particular guests desire to sit on one particular side and three others on the other side. Determine the number of ways in which the sitting arrangements can be made.
1989 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1989
A five-digit numbers divisible by 3 is to be formed using the numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, without repetition. The total number of ways this can be done is
A.
216
B.
240
C.
600
D.
3125