Permutations and Combinations
Let $\mathrm{S}=\{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9\}$. Let $x$ be the number of 9-digit numbers formed using the digits of the set S such that only one digit is repeated and it is repeated exactly twice. Let $y$ be the number of 9 -digit numbers formed using the digits of the set S such that only two digits are repeated and each of these is repeated exactly twice. Then,
$56 x=9 y$
$21 x=4 y$
$45 x=7 y$
$29 x=5 y$
The letters of the word "UDAYPUR" are written in all possible ways with or without meaning and these words are arranged as in a dictionary. The rank of the word "UDAYPUR" is
1579
1578
1580
1581
The largest value of $n$, for which $40^n$ divides $60!$, is
14
13
11
12
The number of ways, in which 16 oranges can be distributed to four children such that each child gets at least one orange, is
384
403
429
455
The largest $n \in \mathbb{N}$, for which $7^n$ divides $101!$, is :
18
15
19
16
The number of strictly increasing functions $f$ from the set $\{1,2,3,4,5,6\}$ to the set $\{1,2,3, \ldots ., 9\}$ such that $f(i) \neq i$ for $1 \leq i \leq 6$, is equal to :
21
28
27
22
There are 12 points in a plane, no three of which are in the same straight line, except 5 points which are collinear. Then the total number of triangles that can be formed with the vertices at any three of these 12 points is
230
210
200
220
From a group of 7 batsmen and 6 bowlers, 10 players are to be chosen for a team, which should include atleast 4 batsmen and atleast 4 bowlers. One batsmen and one bowler who are captain and vice-captain respectively of the team should be included. Then the total number of ways such a selection can be made, is
The number of sequences of ten terms, whose terms are either 0 or 1 or 2 , that contain exactly five 1 s and exactly three 2 s , is equal to :
If all the words with or without meaning made using all the letters of the word "KANPUR" are arranged as in a dictionary, then the word at 440th position in this arrangement is :
PRNAKU
PRKAUN
PRKANU
PRNAUK
Let $ P $ be the set of seven digit numbers with sum of their digits equal to 11. If the numbers in $ P $ are formed by using the digits 1, 2 and 3 only, then the number of elements in the set $ P $ is :
164
158
161
173
Let ${ }^n C_{r-1}=28,{ }^n C_r=56$ and ${ }^n C_{r+1}=70$. Let $A(4 \operatorname{cost}, 4 \sin t), B(2 \sin t,-2 \cos t)$ and $C\left(3 r-n, r^2-n-1\right)$ be the vertices of a triangle $A B C$, where $t$ is a parameter. If $(3 x-1)^2+(3 y)^2$ $=\alpha$, is the locus of the centroid of triangle ABC , then $\alpha$ equals
The number of different 5 digit numbers greater than 50000 that can be formed using the digits 0 , $1,2,3,4,5,6,7$, such that the sum of their first and last digits should not be more than 8 , is
Group A consists of 7 boys and 3 girls, while group B consists of 6 boys and 5 girls. The number of ways, 4 boys and 4 girls can be invited for a picnic if 5 of them must be from group $A$ and the remaining 3 from group $B$, is equal to :
The number of words, which can be formed using all the letters of the word "DAUGHTER", so that all the vowels never come together, is :
In a group of 3 girls and 4 boys, there are two boys $B_1$ and $B_2$. The number of ways, in which these girls and boys can stand in a queue such that all the girls stand together, all the boys stand together, but $B_1$ and $B_2$ are not adjacent to each other, is :
From all the English alphabets, five letters are chosen and are arranged in alphabetical order. The total number of ways, in which the middle letter is ' M ', is :
All the letters of the word MOTHER are arranged in all possible ways and the resulting words (may or may not have meaning) are arranged as in the dictionary. The number of words that appear after the word MOTHER is
309
310
410
411
The number of positive integral solution of $\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}=\frac{1}{2025}$ is
105
45
135
25
The number of positive integral solutions of $x y z=60$ is
${ }^{59} \mathrm{C}_2$
${ }^4 \mathrm{C}_2 \times{ }^3 \mathrm{C}_2 \times{ }^3 \mathrm{C}_2$
${ }^4 \mathrm{C}_3$
${ }^3 \mathrm{C}_1 \times{ }^4 \mathrm{C}_0 \times{ }^4 \mathrm{C}_4$
5 boys and 5 girls have to sit around a table. The number of ways in which all of them can sit so that no two boys and no two girls are together is
14400
2880
576
625
All possible words (with or without meaning) the contain the word 'GENTLE' are formed using all the letters of the word 'INTELLIGENCE'. Then, the number of words in which the word 'GENTLE' appears among the first nine positions only is
1440
5040
2520
720
$ { }^{20} P_5-{ }^{19} P_5= $
${ }^{19} P_4$
$4\left({ }^{19} P_4\right)$
$5!(646)$
$6!(646)$
If all the letters of the word ACADEMICIAN are permuted in all possible ways, then the number of permutations in which no two $A^{\prime} s$ are together and all the consonants are together is
7200
14400
3600
1800
The number of all possible three letter words that can be formed by choosing three letters from the letters of the word FEBRUARY so that a vowel always occupies the middle place is
90
93
126
129
The number of ways in which 6 boys and 4 girls can be arranged in a row such that between any two girls there must be exactly 2 boys is
$6!5!$
(72)6!
$(144) 5$ !
$4!7!$
There are 15 stations on a train route and the train has to be stopped at exactly 5 stations among these 15 stations. If it stops at atleast two consecutive stations, then the number of ways in which the train can be stopped is
${ }^{11} \mathrm{C}_5$
${ }^{15} \mathrm{C}_5$
${ }^{15} \mathrm{C}_5-{ }^{11} \mathrm{C}_5$
${ }^{15} \mathrm{C}_{10}-{ }^9 \mathrm{C}_5$
Number of all possible ways of distributing eight identical apples among three persons is
45
42
39
36
Number of all possible words (with or without meaning) that can be formed using all the letters of the word CABINET in which neither the word CAB nor the word NET appear is
5040
4806
4800
5034
The number of non-negative integral solutions of the equation $x+y+z+t=10$ when $x \geq 2, z \geq 5$ is
80
20
50
10
The number of integers lying between 1000 and 10000 such that the sum of all the digits in each of those numbers becomes 30 is
84
96
45
75
If all the letters of the word MOST are permuted and the words (with or without meaning) thus obtained are arranged in the dictionary order, then the rank of the words STOM when counted from the rank of the word MOST, is
24
21
12
18
A student has to answer a multiple-choice question having 5 alternatives in which two or more than two alternatives are correct. Then, the number of ways in which the student can answer that question is
31
30
27
26
2300
2260
2160
2230
If all the letters of the word 'HANDLE' are permuted in all possible ways and the words (with or without meaning) thus formed are arranged in dictionary order, then the rank of the word 'HELAND' is
420
422
456
475
The number of positive integers less than 10000 which contain the digit 5 atleast once is
3168
3420
3439
5832
5 men and 4 women are seated in a row. If the number of arrangements in which one particular man and one particular woman are together is $\alpha$ and the number of arrangements in which those two are not together is $\beta$, then $\alpha$ : $\beta=$
$2: 7$
$2: 9$
$4: 5$
$7: 2$
If a team of 4 persons is to be selected out of 4 married couples to play mixed doubles- tennis game, then the number of ways of forming a team in which no married couple appears is
12
8
6
24
An eight digit number divisible by 9 is to be formed using digits from 0 to 9 without repeating the digits. The number of ways in which this can be done is
$18 \times 7$ !
$24 \times 7!$
$36 \times 7$ !
$72 \times 7$ !
A string of letters is to be formed by using 4 letters from all the letters of the word "MATHEMATICS". The number of ways this can be done such that two letters are of same kind and the other two are of different kind is
756
252
840
360
The number of integers greater than 6000 that can be formed by using the digits $0,5,6,7,8$ and 9 without repetition is
240
840
1440
1680
The number of ways of dividing 15 persons into 3 groups containing 3,5 and 7 persons so that two particular persons are not included into the 5 persons groups is
$\frac{117(11!)}{3!(7!)}$
${ }^{15} \mathrm{C}_5{ }^{10} \mathrm{C}_3$
$90 \times \frac{13!}{7!}$
${ }^{15} \mathrm{C}_5{ }^8 \mathrm{C}_3$
The number of integers between 10 and 10,000 such that in every integer every digit is greater than its immediate preceeding digit, is
1112
437
246
182
IAANG
INAGA
NAAIG
NAAGI
The number of ways in which a cricket team of 11 members can be formed out of 6 batsmen, 6 bowlers, 4 all-rounders and 4 wicket keepers by selecting atleast 4 batsmen, atleast 3 bowlers, atleast 2 all-rounders and only one wicket keeper is
11560
6480
7680
13080
If all possible 4 -digit numbers are formed by choosing 4 different digits from the given digits $1,2,3,5,8$ then the sum of all such 4 -digit numbers is
199980
999990
506616
479952
1275
1250
1225
1200
The number of ways in which a committee of 7 members can be formed from 6 teachers, 5 fathers and 4 students in such a way that at least one from each group is included and teachers form the majority among them, is
1865
2370
3050
4380





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