Permutations and Combinations

289 Questions MCQ (Single Correct)
2026 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 28th January Morning Shift

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,

A.

$56 x=9 y$

B.

$21 x=4 y$

C.

$45 x=7 y$

D.

$29 x=5 y$

2026 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 24th January Evening Shift

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

A.

1579

B.

1578

C.

1580

D.

1581

2026 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 24th January Evening Shift

The largest value of $n$, for which $40^n$ divides $60!$, is

A.

14

B.

13

C.

11

D.

12

2026 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 23rd January Evening Shift

The number of ways, in which 16 oranges can be distributed to four children such that each child gets at least one orange, is

A.

384

B.

403

C.

429

D.

455

2026 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 21st January Evening Shift

The largest $n \in \mathbb{N}$, for which $7^n$ divides $101!$, is :

A.

18

B.

15

C.

19

D.

16

2026 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 21st January Morning Shift

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 :

A.

21

B.

28

C.

27

D.

22

2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 8th April Evening Shift

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

A.

230

B.

210

C.

200

D.

220

2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 7th April Morning Shift

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

A.
145
B.
165
C.
155
D.
135
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 3rd April Evening Shift
Line $L_1$ of slope 2 and line $L_2$ of slope $\frac{1}{2}$ intersect at the origin O . In the first quadrant, $\mathrm{P}_1$, $P_2, \ldots, P_{12}$ are 12 points on line $L_1$ and $Q_1, Q_2, \ldots, Q_9$ are 9 points on line $L_2$. Then the total number of triangles, that can be formed having vertices at three of the 22 points $\mathrm{O}, \mathrm{P}_1, \mathrm{P}_2, \ldots, \mathrm{P}_{12}$, $\mathrm{Q}_1, \mathrm{Q}_2, \ldots, \mathrm{Q}_9$, is:
A.
1026
B.
1188
C.
1134
D.
1080
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 2nd April Evening Shift
The number of ways, in which the letters A, B, C, D, E can be placed in the 8 boxes of the figure below so that no row remains empty and at most one letter can be placed in a box, is : JEE Main 2025 (Online) 2nd April Evening Shift Mathematics - Permutations and Combinations Question 18 English
A.
5880
B.
840
C.
960
D.
5760
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 2nd April Morning Shift

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 :

A.
360
B.
2520
C.
1820
D.
45
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 29th January Evening Shift

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 :

A.

PRNAKU

B.

PRKAUN

C.

PRKANU

D.

PRNAUK

2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 29th January Morning Shift

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 :

A.

164

B.

158

C.

161

D.

173

2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 28th January Morning Shift

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

A.
18
B.
8
C.
20
D.
6
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 28th January Morning Shift

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

A.
5720
B.
5719
C.
4608
D.
4607
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 24th January Evening Shift

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 :

A.
8925
B.
9100
C.
8575
D.
8750
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 23rd January Morning Shift

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 :

A.
34000
B.
37000
C.
35000
D.
36000
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 22nd January Evening Shift

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 :

A.
120
B.
96
C.
72
D.
144
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 22nd January Morning Shift

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 :

A.
6084
B.
5148
C.
14950
D.
4356
2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 4th May Evening Shift

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

A.

309

B.

310

C.

410

D.

411

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 4th May Evening Shift

The number of positive integral solution of $\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}=\frac{1}{2025}$ is

A.

105

B.

45

C.

135

D.

25

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 4th May Evening Shift

The number of positive integral solutions of $x y z=60$ is

A.

${ }^{59} \mathrm{C}_2$

B.

${ }^4 \mathrm{C}_2 \times{ }^3 \mathrm{C}_2 \times{ }^3 \mathrm{C}_2$

C.

${ }^4 \mathrm{C}_3$

D.

${ }^3 \mathrm{C}_1 \times{ }^4 \mathrm{C}_0 \times{ }^4 \mathrm{C}_4$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 4th May Morning Shift

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

A.

14400

B.

2880

C.

576

D.

625

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 4th May Morning Shift

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

A.

1440

B.

5040

C.

2520

D.

720

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 4th May Morning Shift

$ { }^{20} P_5-{ }^{19} P_5= $

A.

${ }^{19} P_4$

B.

$4\left({ }^{19} P_4\right)$

C.

$5!(646)$

D.

$6!(646)$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 3rd May Evening Shift

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

A.

7200

B.

14400

C.

3600

D.

1800

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 3rd May Evening Shift

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

A.

90

B.

93

C.

126

D.

129

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 3rd May Evening Shift

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

A.

$6!5!$

B.

(72)6!

C.

$(144) 5$ !

D.

$4!7!$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 3rd May Morning Shift

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

A.

${ }^{11} \mathrm{C}_5$

B.

${ }^{15} \mathrm{C}_5$

C.

${ }^{15} \mathrm{C}_5-{ }^{11} \mathrm{C}_5$

D.

${ }^{15} \mathrm{C}_{10}-{ }^9 \mathrm{C}_5$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 3rd May Morning Shift

Number of all possible ways of distributing eight identical apples among three persons is

A.

45

B.

42

C.

39

D.

36

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 3rd May Morning Shift

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

A.

5040

B.

4806

C.

4800

D.

5034

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 2nd May Evening Shift

The number of non-negative integral solutions of the equation $x+y+z+t=10$ when $x \geq 2, z \geq 5$ is

A.

80

B.

20

C.

50

D.

10

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 2nd May Evening Shift

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

A.

84

B.

96

C.

45

D.

75

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 2nd May Evening Shift

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

A.

24

B.

21

C.

12

D.

18

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 2nd May Morning Shift

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

A.

31

B.

30

C.

27

D.

26

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 2nd May Morning Shift
Number of triangles whose vertices are the points $(x, y)$ in the $X Y$-plane with integer coordinates satisfying $0 \leq x \leq 4$ and $0 \leq y \leq 4$ is
A.

2300

B.

2260

C.

2160

D.

2230

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 2nd May Morning Shift

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

A.

420

B.

422

C.

456

D.

475

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 26th May Morning Shift

The number of positive integers less than 10000 which contain the digit 5 atleast once is

A.

3168

B.

3420

C.

3439

D.

5832

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 26th May Morning Shift

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 $\alpha$ : $\beta=$

A.

$2: 7$

B.

$2: 9$

C.

$4: 5$

D.

$7: 2$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 26th May Morning Shift

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

A.

12

B.

8

C.

6

D.

24

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 27th May Morning Shift

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

A.

$18 \times 7$ !

B.

$24 \times 7!$

C.

$36 \times 7$ !

D.

$72 \times 7$ !

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 27th May Morning Shift

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

A.

756

B.

252

C.

840

D.

360

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 26th May Evening Shift

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

A.

240

B.

840

C.

1440

D.

1680

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 26th May Evening Shift

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

A.

$\frac{117(11!)}{3!(7!)}$

B.

${ }^{15} \mathrm{C}_5{ }^{10} \mathrm{C}_3$

C.

$90 \times \frac{13!}{7!}$

D.

${ }^{15} \mathrm{C}_5{ }^8 \mathrm{C}_3$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 24th May Morning Shift

The number of integers between 10 and 10,000 such that in every integer every digit is greater than its immediate preceeding digit, is

A.

1112

B.

437

C.

246

D.

182

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 24th May Morning Shift
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 a dictionary, then the 50th word is
A.

IAANG

B.

INAGA

C.

NAAIG

D.

NAAGI

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 24th May Morning Shift

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

A.

11560

B.

6480

C.

7680

D.

13080

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 23rd May Evening Shift

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

A.

199980

B.

999990

C.

506616

D.

479952

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 23rd May Evening Shift
The number of ways of forming the ordered pairs $(p, q)$ such that $p>q$ by choosing $p$ and $q$ from the first 50 natural numbers is
A.

1275

B.

1250

C.

1225

D.

1200

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 23rd May Evening Shift

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

A.

1865

B.

2370

C.

3050

D.

4380