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ASSIGNMENT
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SINGLE CHOICE
1. The number of ways in which three couples can sit around a rectangular table of three seats on each side along
the length of table such that no couple sit in front of each other is ____(seats are numbered)
(A) 6 P3  2 (B) 384 (C) 424 (D) None of these
2. If in an equation x  y  z  10. x, y, z  I then the number of solutions are

(A) 528 (B) 402 (C) 666 (D) none of these
xy
3. Consider the equation  2 4 35 5 4 then the number of positive integral solutions of the equation are
xy
(A) 140 (B) 891 (C) 72 (D) None of these
4. The total number of 1 word, 2 word, 3 word sentences that can be formed using all the letters of the word
SAMSUNG is
(A) 8! (B) 18  7! (C) 11  7! (D) none of these
5. The number of ordered pairs of positive integers (a, b) such that LCM of a and b is 2335117 is
6. If (1 + 3 + 5 + ……+p) + (1 + 3 + 5 + ……+ q) = (1 + 3 + 5 +…..r) where each set contains the sum of

consecutive odd integers then the smallest possible value of p + q + r is
(A) 23 (B) 21 (C) 29 (D) 31
7. The number of positive 6-digit integers such that the sum of their digits is 9 and four of its digits are 1, 0, 0, 5 is
(A) 60 (B) 120 (C) 180 (D) 210
8. The number of three-digit numbers abc, which satisfy a  b > c is

(A) 2( 9 C 2  9 C 3  9 C1 ) (B) 9 C 2  9 C 3  9 C1 (C) 2( 9 C 2  9 C 3 )  9 C1 (D) None of these
9. If (k)! = 1.2.3.........k,  k being a natural number then which of the following statement about
 n 2

1 ! n
is
n 1
n!  n  1!
true (n is a whole number) ?
I. It is an integer
II. It is number of ways of distributing n2 + 1 objects among n people such that all get equal object except one
who gets lesser objects
III. It is number of ways of dividing (n2 + 1) objects among n groups out which size of (n – 2) groups is n and
others (n + 1) and (n –1).
(A) all are correct (B) none are correct (C) Only I is correct (D) only I and II are correct
10. The number ordered triplets (a, b, c) are there such that LCM (a, b) = 1000, LCM (b, c) = 2000 and LCM (c, a) =
2000, are
(A) 63 (B) 70 (C) 63  49 (D) none of these
11. The number of ways of distributing 1st and 2nd prize each in Maths, Physics and Chemistry and 1st, 2nd, 3rd prize
in each of English and Computer Science in the class of 50 students is
(A) 50 2  49  48 2 (B) 50 2  49 5  48 2 (C) 50 5  49 5  48 2 (D) 50  49 4  48 2
12. A lion is known to have not more than 68 teeth. The total number of lions with different set of teeth is
(A) 68 (B) 1617 (C) 6832 (D) 6818
13. Number of 4-digit positive integers if the product of their digits is divisible by 3, is
(A) 2700 (B) 5188 (C) 7704 (D) 5464
14. A 5-digit number has to be formed by using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 without repetition such that
the even digits occupy odd places. Find the sum of unit digits of all such possible numbers
(A) 126 (B) 108 (C) 128 (D) 112
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15. Number of permutations of all the letters in “CASANAVA” that does not end with A can be expressed in the form
m!
of , then the value of (m + n), is
n!
(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 13
16. How many sequences of zeros and ones of length 20 have all the zeros consecutive, or all the ones
consecutive, or both ?
(A) 190 (B) 192 (C) 211 (D) 382
17. Number of ordered triplets (a, b, c) where 1  a, b, c  10, such that 2a + 3b + 5c is a multiple of 4 is
(A) 1000 (B) 500 (C) 250 (D) 125
18. The value of P1 + P2 where

2 2
P1 Number of positive integral solutions {x. y} of the equation x – y = 9754
P2 Number of odd divisors of 3600
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 9 (D) 10
19. A dice is rolled 4 times, then numbers appearing are listed. The number of different throws, such that the largest
number appearing in the list is not 4, is
(A) 175 (B) 625 (C) 1040 (D) 1121
20. 3 woman and 15 men are to be arranged in a row such that there should be atleast 2 men between any two
women . The number of such arrangements is
(A) 14 C4  3 ! (B) 14 C3  3 !(15!) (C) 3! 15! (D) 14 C12
21. The sum of all seven-digit integers with sum of the digits equal to 10 and formed by using the digits 1, 2 and 3
only, is
(A) 45  1111111 (B) 54  1111111 (C) 110  1111111 (D) 35  1111111
ab
22. The number of ordered pairs of natural numbers (a, b) such that  511 is
ab
23. Total number of ways in which 6 ‘+’, 3 ‘’, 4 ‘’ and 5 ‘–‘ sign can be arranged in a line such that no two ‘–‘ signs
occurs together is
14 13 18 13 13 16 13
(A) C5  (B) (C) C5  (D) C5 
6 3 4 5 6 3 4 6 3 4
24. The total number of eight –digit numbers, then sum of whose digits is divisible by 2, is
(A) 9  107 (B) 5  107 (C) 45  106 (D) 55  106
25. The number of even numbers from 1 to 1000 with distinct digits is
(A) 364 (B) 369 (C) 373 (D) 360
26. The number of ways to seat the persons of 6 couples at a round table such that no 2 of any couple sit next to
each other is
6 6 6 6
k 6 k 6 k 6
(A) 11!  6 Ck 11  k ! (B)   1 Ck 11  k ! (C)   1 Ck 2k 12  k ! (D)   1 Ck 2k 11  k  !
k 0 k 0 k 0 k0
27. If a, b, c, d are four distinct numbers then we can form six sums of two at a time, namely a + b, a + c, a + d, b +
c, b + d, c + d. Split the integers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 into two sets, four in each set, so that the six sums of two at
a time for one of the sets is the same as that of the other sets (not necessarily in the same order). How many
such splitting are possible.
28. n-similar balls each of weight w when weight in pairs the sum of the weights of all the possible pairs is 1201
when they are weighed in triplets the sum of weights comes out to be 480 for all possible triplets, then n is
(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D) 20
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29. The number of ways to place 11 identical balls in three distinct boxes so that any two boxes together will
contain more balls than the other one
30. The smallest possible value of S  a1.a2 .a3  b1.b2 .b3  c1.c2c3 , where a1, a2 , a3 , b1, b2 , b3 , c1, c2 , c3 is a permutation
of the number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 is
(A) 213 (B) 216 (C) 324 (D) 214
31. 116 people participated in a knockout tennis tournament. The players are paired up in the first round, the
winners of the first round are paired up in the second round, and so on till the final is played between two
players. If after any round, there is odd number of players, one player is given a bye i.e. he skips that round and
plays the next round with the winners.
Statement 1: The total number of matches played in the tournament is 103
and
Statement 2: Since one player emerges the winner, each of the remaining 115 player loses in some round. So
115 matches are played.
(A) Statement – 1 is True, Statement – 2 is true; Statement 2 is a correct explanation of Statement – 1.
(B) Statement – 1 is True, Statement–2 is True, Statement–2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement – 1.
(C) Statement – 1 True, Statement – 2 is False.
(D) Statement – 1 is False; Statement-2 is True.
32. Find the number of positive integral solutions of xyzw = 90

(A) 160 (B) 240 (C) 400 (D) 450
33. Two teachers are interviewing top 6 students in FTRE exam; in two different subject starting at the same time.
Each teacher interviews for 15 minutes; the number of ways in which interview can be scheduled is
(A) 6! (B) 5! (C) 44  6! (D) 265  6!
34. A boy has 32 cards out of which 10 cards each of blue, green and red colours, have denominations as (21, 22,
...., 210) and one black and one white each has value unity. The number of ways in which the boy can get a sum
of 2012 if he can choose any number of cards, is
(A) (1001)2 (B) (1002)2 (C) (1007)2 (D) (1111)2
35. The number of 6 digit numbers that can be formed by using the digits from the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, where any digit
that appears in the number appears at least twice is
(A) 1105 (B) 1305 (C) 1405 (D) 1505
36. A flight of stairs has 10 steps. A person can go up the steps one at a time, two at a time or any combination of
1s and 2s. The total number of ways in which the person can go up the stairs is
(A) 75 (B) 79 (C) 85 (D) 89
37. If ‘r’ ‘s’ and ‘t’ are prime numbers and p, q are positive integers such that the LCM of p, q is r2t4s2, then the
number of ordered pairs (p, q) is
(A) 45 (B) 25 (C) 225 (D) 75
38. Let A, B, C are subsets of X = {1, 2, 3,…..n} such that A  B  C = , A  B , C  B . The number of
triplets A, B, C is
(A) 7n – 2.6n (B) 7n – 2.6n + 5n (C) 6n – 2.5n (D) none of these
39. The number of ways in which 12 identical balls can be grouped in four marked non empty sets A,B,C,D such
that n(A) < n(B) is
(A) 45 (B) 25 (C) 70 (D) 60
40. It is decided to interview 7 students in physics and chemistry in parallel slots. Out of these exactly two are to be
interviewed in physics only and another two are to be interviewed in chemistry only then number of ways in
which interview can be arranged in 5 parallel slots is
(A) 1440 (B) 970 (C) 1300 (D) 7680
41. The number of ways to place 11 identical balls in three distinct boxes so that any two boxes together will
contain more balls than third one is
(A) 13 c 2 (B) 13 c10  3.7c 2 (C) 13 c 2  3.7c 2 (D) 14 c 2  3.8c 2
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42. The number of ways in which three squares can be chosen on a chess board such that their diagonals lie on a
straight line is
(A) 192 (B) 252 (C) 392 (D) 504
43. Five-digit numbers divisible by 9 are to be formed by using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 without repetition. The
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total numbers of such numbers is  , then  is
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6
44. The number of ‘n’ such that logn(32013) is an integer is , n  N.

45. Number of ways the letters of the word DIFFERENTIATION can be arranged in a circle such that order of
vowels (IEEIAIO) is same (viewed clockwise), are (no two vowels are together)
7! 8 7! 8 7! 8
(A) . C1.1 (B) . C2 (C) . C2 .2! (D) None of these
2!2!2! 2!2!2! 2!2!2!
46. Let 100! = N.10n. If N is relatively prime with 10 and unit digit of N is d, then n + d is equal to
(A) 26 (B) 28 (C) 30 (D) 32
47. STAEMENT 1 : The number of non-negative integral solutions to the inequality x + y + z  2013 is 2016C3.
STAEMENT 2 :  Cr  Cr    Cr 1 .
 n1 n
 n
(A) Both the statements are true and Statement 2 is correct explanation of Statement 1.
(B) Both the Statement are true and statement 2 is not the correct explanation of statement 1.
(C) Statement – 1 True, Statement – 2 is False.
(D) Statement – 1 is False; Statement-2 is True.
MORE THAN
1. Choose the correct statements (s)
n5
(A) the number of non-negative integral solutions of x1  x 2  x 3  x 4  x5  x6  n, is C5
6
6 n 1 n5
(B) the value of  r 1
Cr C r 1 is Cr
(C) the number of terms in the expansion of (x1  x 2  x 3  x 4  x 5  x 6 )n , is n5

C5
n 5
(D) the number of distinct throws when n identical dies are thrown simultaneously, is C5
2. If P  n n2  1 n2  9  ..... n2  100  is always divisible by n  I

(A) 2! 3! 4! 5! 6! (B) (5!)4 (C) (10!)2 (D) 10! 11!
3. Let (a1, a2, a3 …….an) be a permutation of (1, 2, 3…..n) for which a1> a2> a3> …..>an/2 and
an  an  an  ....  an for n as an even positive integers. Also a1> a2> a3> …..> a n 1 and
1 2
2 2 2 2
a n 1  a n 1  ....a n for n as an odd positive integers. Let the total number of permutation of n be p(n), if 200 <
1
2 2
p(n) < 500, then values of n is/are
(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 13
4. Consider all pairs (x, y) of integers such that 1 + 2x + 22x + 1 = y2. Then
(A) both (y – 1) and (y + 1) are even
(B) if x  3, one of these factors y -1 and y + 1 is divisible by 2x – 1
(C) if x  3, one of these factors y - 1 and y + 1 is divisible by 2x
(D) if x  3, exactly one of the factors y – 1 and y + 1 is divisible by 4
5. A party of 6 person consist of 2 Indians, 2 Americans and 2 Englishmen. The number of ways they sit such that
no two men of same nationality are next to one another
(A) in a row is 240 (B) at a round table is 32 (C) is a row is 120 (D) at a round table is 16.
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6. A forecast is to be made of the results of five cricket matches, each of which can be a win or a draw or a loss for
Indian team lest:
p = number of forecast with exactly one error
q = number with exactly three error and
r = number of forecast with all the error then the correct statement (s) is/are
(A) 2q = 5r (B) 8p = q (C) 8p = 5r (D) 2(p + r) > q
7. If 7 identical red ball, 12 identical green balls, 3 identical black balls and n identical yellow balls are to be
arranged in a row such that no two balls of the same colour are placed adjacent to each other. If n L and nM
denoted minimum and maximum yellow balls for aforesaid arrangement then
(A) nL  3 (B) nM  23 (C) nL  1 (D) nM  22
8. In the word ‘PAPPUPASS’, is permutated and arranged alphabetically. Then
(A) total number of words = 3780 (B) total number of words = 4780
(C) rank of PAPPUPASS = 982 (D) rank of PAPPUPASS = 1082
PARAGRAPH
Paragraph for Question Nos. 1 to 3
A triangle is called an integer triangle if all sides are integers. If a, b, c are sides of an integer triangle then we
can assume a  b  c (any other permutation will yield same triangle). Since sum of two sides is greater than
the third therefore if c is fixed a + b will vary from (c + 1) to 2c. The number of real integer triangles can be
formed by finding integer solution of a + b = c + 1, a + b = c + 2, …….., a + b = 2c
1. The number of integer isosceles or equilateral triangle none of whose sides exceed 4 must be
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 12
2. The number of integer isosceles or equilateral triangle none of whose sides exceed 2c must be
3c 2
(A) c2 (B) 2c2 (C) 3c2 (D)
2
3. If c is fixed and odd, the number of integer isosceles or equilateral triangle whose sides are a, b, c (a b  c)
must be
2c  1 2c  1 3c  1 3c  1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2
Paragraph of Questions Nos. 4 to 5

Let T be the following set of ordered triplets, T = {(a, b, c) : a, b, c  N}
4. The number of elements in T such that L.C.M. (a, b, c) = 72, is
(A) 1296 (B) 703 (C) 1728 (D) 385
5. The number of elements in T such that abc =  2 5  3 7 and H.C. F (a, b, c) = 1, is

Paragraph of questions Nos. 6 to 8

Let X = {1, 2, 3}. A number is selected from set X with replacement and this process is done 1100 times. For
each i, 1  i  3, Let f(i) represents the number of times ‘i’ is selected. Clearly, f(1) + f(2) + f(3) = 1100, Also, let
S denotes the total sum of 1100 numbers selected. If S3 = 162f(1) f(2) f(3).
6. The value of harmonic mean of f(1), f(2) and f(3) is
(A) 100 (B) 200 (C) 300 (D) 400
7. Let N  f 1  f  2  f  3 , then number of divisors of N25 which has N distinct factors is
(A) 0 (B) 7 (C) 11 (D) 9
8. There are f(1) number of red balls, f(2) number of blue balls, f(3) number of white balls and x number of green
balls. (balls of same colour are identical). The balls are arranged in a row such that no two balls of same colour
are consecutive. Let x1 and x2 are minimum and maximum value of x respectively for which above arrangement
is possible then x1 + x2 is
(A) 1200 (B) 900 (C) 1300 (D) 800
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Let a man has a staircase of n stairs to climb. The number of different ways for a man to ascend the n staircase
if in each step he covers either 1 or 2 or 3 stairs is an, then answer the following
9. The value of a10 – a9 – a8 is

(A) 44 (B) 40 (C) 56 (D) 36
10. If in each step he covers odd number of stairs (maximum 3), then a13 – a12 is
(A) 24 (B) 28 (C) 36 (D) 38
 
If f(x) = |x + 2| and f f  f  f.......f  f  x  .....   p  x   x  2, g  x   x 2 and

21 times
 
g g g  g......g  g  x   .....   h  x  . Then answer the following

10 times
a
11. If number of even factors of p(–20) is ‘a’ and number of odd factors of p(–80) is ‘b’, then is
b
2a
12. If h(– 60) is of form 2a . 5b, then is
b
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
Paragraph for Questions Nos. 13 to 15
Let x1, x2, ……., xn integers. Then no. of solutions to the equation x1 +x2 + …..xm = n subject to the condition
a1  x1  b1, a2  x 2  b2 ,.....am  x m  bm is equal to the coefficient of xn in
 xa  xa 1  .....  xb  xa  xa  .....xb   ......   x a  x a  .....  xb  . The coefficient of xr in the expansion
1 1 1 2 21 2 n n1 m
n n  r 1
1  x  is Cr .
13. If x, y, z  N and r, s, t be distinct prime numbers then the number of positive integral solutions of the equation
xyz = r2s3t2 are
14. The number of ways of selecting n things out of 3n things of which n are of one kind and alike and n are of
second kind and alike and rest are unlike is
2 2
(A)  n  1 2n (B)  n  2  2n 1 (C)  n  1 2n  1 (D) None of these
15. the number of ways so that we can put n distinct balls into r distinct boxes if empty box is not allowed is equal to
(A) total number of functions from set A to set B having cardinal numbers
n(A) = n and n(B) = r.
(B) total number of onto functions from set A to set B having cardinal numbers n(A) = n and n(B) = r.
(C) n  1 C r 1n!
(D) n 1 Cr 1
PARAGRAPH FOR QUESTION NOS. 16 TO 18
A palindrome integer or palindrome is a positive integer whose decimal presentation is symmetric and that is
not divisible by 10. In other words, one reads the same integer backwards and for wards. (e.g 1, 99, 101, 131,
989…. are palindromes.
16. Number of 5 digit palindromes is
(A) 81000 (B) 900 (C) 90000 (D) 9000
17. Number of 5 digit even palindromes is

(A) 400 (B) 500 (C) 40000 (D) 50000
18. The sequence of palindromes, starting with 1 written in ascending order 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 22, 33, 44
……, then the 2123rd positive palindrome is
(A) 1119111 (B) 1121211 (C) 1124211 (D) 1126211
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PARAGRAPH FOR QUESTION NOS 19 TO 21

Let there are m seats in a row, out of which n are to be occupied by n persons, given m& n are an even number
and m > 2n.
19. The number of seating arrangements such that no two person sit side by side
(A) n C n  n! (B) n Cm n  n! (C) m  n 1 C n / 2  n! (D) m  n 1
Pn
20. The number of seating arrangements such that each person has exactly one neighbour
 
(A) m  n Pn (B) m  n/ 2 Pn/ 2  n! (C) m  n 1 C n / 2  n! (D) m n 1Pn / 2
21. Out of any two seats located symmetrically about the middle of the row, atleast one is empty then total
number of ways of seating
(A) m / 2 Cn 2 n.n! (B) m Pn (C) m/ 2 Pn (D) m Pn  m / 2 Pn
PARAGRAPH FOR QUESTION NOS. 22 TO 24

There are 8 events that can be scheduled in a week, then
22. The total number of ways in which the events can be scheduled is
(A) 87 (B) 78 (C) 7 (D) 8
23. The total number of ways that the schedule has at least one event in each days of the week is
(A) 28  5040 (B) 7! 8! (C) 7!  (15!) (D) None of these
24. The total number of ways that these 8 event are scheduled on exactly 6 days of a week is
(A) 210  6! (B) 7!  266 (C) 56  7! (D) 210  7!

There are 18 points in a plane out of which 3 of them lie on a line L1 = 0, another 4 of them lie on another line L2
= 0, another five lie on different line L3 = 0. No three points other than those stated above are collinear.
25. Number of lines formed by joining the points on the plane.

(A) 134 (B) 137 (C) 124 (D) 130
26. Number of triangles formed by joining the points on the plane

27. If the six points that do not lie on L1 = 0, L2 = 0, L3 = 0 are now removed. Find the number of n-gon’s (polygons
with n sides) where n > 3 such that not more than two points are selected from each line

There are three different lots of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry books arranged in three different lots as
shown in the following diagram.
M3 P4 C5
M2 P3 C4
M1 P2 C3
P1 C2
C1
28. In how many distinct ways we can pile up where books in a single lot without any restriction
12! 12! 12!
(A) (B) 12! (C) (D)
3! 4! 5!
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29. In how many distinct ways we can pile up these 12 books such that at time of piling up all these books in single
lot we always pickup the book from the top of respective lots
12! 12! 12! 12!
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3! 5! 4!  5! 3! 4!  5! 3! 4!
30. In how many different ways we can pile up such that no two-physics book are together
(A) 9 P4  8! (B) 8 P4  8! (C) 8 P4  9! (D) 9 P4  9!
At the basement of a building with five floors, five person 3 males M1,M2 ,M3 and 2 female W1 and W2 enter
into the lift. The elevator only goes up and does not come down.
31. In how many different ways these people can get down at different floors
(A) 80 (B) 120 (C) 90 (D) 100
32. In how many different ways can these people can get out of the lift so that at any point of time, no lone pair of
male and female are left in lift alone provided everybody get out the lift
(A) 1725 (B) 1973 (C) 1835 (D) 1775
33. In how many ways can these people get down so that everyone gets down at different floors, yet no two
persons of same gender get down at consecutive floors
(A) 120 (B) 12 (C) 96 (D) 55
MATRIX MATCH
1. Match List – I with List - II
List – I List - II
(P) No. of possible 4 digit no. of the form a1a2a3a4 such that a1> (1) 62
a2  a3 > a4
3 8 6
(Q) No. of divisor of n = 2 × 7 × 5 of the form 4+2, 1 (2) 510  5 C1 59  5 C2 58  5 C3 57
 5 C4 56  5 C5 55
(R) If f : {x1, x 2 ,x 3 , x 4 .......x10 }  {y1,y 2 , y 3 ,y 4 , y 5 } then no. of (3) 330
possible function in which f (xi)  yi
(S) Number of triangles can be formed by joining the 3 vertices of (4) 120
a convex polygon of 35 diagonals
Codes :
P Q R S
(A) 2 4 3 1
(B) 3 2 1 4
(C) 1 4 3 2
(D) 3 1 2 4
2. Match the following :

Column - I Column - II
(A) Let y be an element of the set A = {1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 30} and x 1, x2, (p) 64
x3 be integers such that x 1 x2 x3 = y, then the number of positive integral
solutions of x1 x2 x3 = y is x, then x1/3 is equal to
(B) 18 (q) 19
If 1   {r(r  2)  1}r!  k!; then 1st non zero digit from right in k! Is
r 0
equal to
(C) If p – q = 3 and q is a natural number less than 50; then numbers of (r) 4
prime numbers among the numbers p! – q! Is
(D) The number of rational number p/q where p, q  (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) is (s) 1
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3. Let 10 letters and envelope both numbered 1 to 10. Number of ways of placing letters in envelopes such that no
letter goes to same numbered envelope is D(10) is equal to 1334961 without contradicting the above mention
de-arrangement, match the following List-I with List-II
List I List II
(P) The number of ways such that letter numbered 1 goes in envelope (1) 5
A 9
number 10 is A, then is
D10
(Q) The probability that letter number 1 goes to envelope number 2 is P2 (2) 1
and to envelope number 9 is P9, then P2 + P9 is 9
(R) The number of ways such that letter number 1 goes to even numbered (3) 2
E 9
envelope is E, then is
D10
(S) The probability that letter number 1 goes to envelope number 3 and (4) 1
number 2 goes to envelope number 1 is P0 then 24P0 is 3
Codes :
P Q R S
(A) 4 3 2 1
(B) 2 3 1 4
(C) 2 3 4 1
(D) 1 2 3 4
p p
4. A rational number is given in the form ; p, q  l ;   0, 1 and p and q are coprime to each other.
q q
(A) pq = 10!, then number of ordered pairs (p, q) are less than (p) 128
(B) pq = 20!, then number of ordered pairs (p, q) are equal to (q) 320
(C) pq = 30!, then number of ordered pairs (p, q) are greater than (r) 336
(D) pq = 40!, then number of ordered pairs (p, q) are greater than (s) 2050
(t) 500
5. N = 375977
(A) Number of divisor of the form (4 –1) are (p) 405
(B) (p, q) is an ordered pair and H.C.F of p and q is N. If highest power (q) 320
that p and q can take is 11 for all prime factors in N, then total possible
number of ordered pairs (p, q) are
(C) L.C.M of p and q is N, then number of such ordered pairs (p, q) are (r) 336
(D) Number of divisors of N which are divisible by 3675 are (s) 4275
6. Match the following
(A) There are five points in a plane. The maximum number of points (p) 18
ofintersection of the perpendiculars drawn from each point to the lines
joiningthe other points
m n
(B) The number of ordered pairs (m, n)  {1, 2, …..10} such that 2 – 2 is (q) 29
divisible by 7
(C) The total number of positive integral solutions of the equation xyz = (r) 29
539 is equal to
(D) A dictionary comprising of four letter words is formed by arranging (s) 336
individuallythe letters of words ‘SLOW’ and ‘FAST’ Rank of the word
‘SLOW’ is
(t) 335
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7. Different words (anagrams) are formed using all the letters of the word ‘SHASHANK’ such that
List – I List – II
(P) no two identical letters are next to each other 1. 2160
(Q) the vowels are separated by atleast two consonants 2. 2220
(R) one of its boundary letters is vowel and other is consonant 3. 2700
(S) its boundary letters are both consonants or both vowels 4. 2880
Codes :
P Q R S
(A) 4 2 3 1
(B) 2 4 1 3
(C) 3 1 4 2
(D) 2 3 1 4
INTEGER TYPE
1. Consider a large hall floor (8  6) such that it is covered by eight 4  1 and four 2  2 tiles. A tile is broken. A tile
of other type is available but the tile or broken type is not available. The number of ways in which we can cover
the room by rearranging the remaining tiles and a tile of other type is ___
2. Consider 4 integers x1, x2, x3, x4 such that the sum of any of the numbers and the product of the other three is
equal to 2 then, then number of quadruplets of 4 such numbers is ____
+
3. If number of distributions of 12 identical balls among 3 identical boxes are (10 + m), then value of m is (m  I )_
4. There are five different boxes and seven different balls. The number of ways in which these balls can be
distributed so that box 2 and box4 contain only 1 ball each and at least 1 box is empty is N. (Order of putting the
balls in the boxes is NOT considered). Then the digit in the hundredth’s place of N is _______.
5. If a 9 digit number is formed using the digits 1 to 9 without repetition and if the probability that it will be divisible
by 11 is p/q then q – p2 equals _______(p and q are co-prime to each other)
6. Number of ways to distribute 5 identical ball among 3 children such that no child goes empty handed is _____
7. If (7!)! is divisible by (7!)k!, (6!)! the maximum value of k is _________
8. Total number of two digit numbers formed using the digits of ninth (9th) term of the sequence 1, 4, 11, 26, 57
and so on is/are______
9. The number of values of n  Z for which n2 + n +2 is a perfect square is ________
 m  nmax   m  nmin
10. Let f(r) denote the number of zeros in r!. If f(m) – f(n) = 3, then value of is ________
2
11. If n! has exactly (20) zeroes at the end, then number of such possible number is _______
12. Number of natural numbers n satisfying the condition  n  1   n  and 1  n  100 is _______
(where [.] denotes the greatest integer function)
13. Let 2a1  3a2  5a3  7a 4  9a5 is divisible by 4, where a1, a2,……a5 are digits. If the number of solutions of (a1, a2,
P
a3, a4, a5) is P, then is _________
9  54
14. If n is the no. of ways of distributing 69 one rupee coins among three boys so that each one gets an odd
n
number of coins and not getting less than three coins, then the value of is ______
31
15. If p1, p2, p3 are prime numbers and m, n, r are positive integers such that L.C.M of m, n, r is p1 p22 p33 and G.C.D
k 
of m, n, r is p1, p2, p3. If number of possible triplets (m, n, r) is k. Then    (where [.] denotes greatest
 10 
integer function)
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ANSWER KEY
SINGLE CHOICE
1. B 11. C 21. C 31. D 41. C
2. B 12 B 22. B 32. A 42. C
3. B 13. C 23. A 33. D 43. D
4. C 14 B 24. C 34. C 44. A
5. B 15. A 25. C 35. C 45. C
6. B 16. D 26. D 36. D 46. B
7. C 17. B 27. A 37. C 47. A
8. D 18. C 28. B 38. B
9. C 19. D 29. C 39. C
10. B 20. B 30. D 40. D
MORE THAN
1. A, B, C, D
2. A, B, C, D
3. B, C
4. A, B, D
5. A, B
6. A, B, D
7. B, C
8. A, C
PARAGRAPH
1. D 8. A 15. B 22. B 29. C
2. C 9. A 16. B 23. A 30. A
3. D 10. B 17. A 24. B 31. B
4. B 11. A 18. C 25. B 32. B
5. D 12. B 19. D 26. A 33. B
6. C 13. C 20. C 27. C
7. B 14. B 21. A 28. B
MATRIX MATCH
1. D
2. A r, B r, C  s, D  q
3. B
4. A  p, r, s, t; B  p; C  p, q, t; D  p, q, r, t
5. A  (q), B  (p), C  (s), D  (r)
6. A q; B s; C p; D r
7. D
INTEGER TYPE
1. 0 5. 5 9. 2 13. 8
2. 5 6. 6 10. 9 14. 4
3. 9 7. 6 11. 5 15. 7
4. 9 8. 5 12. 9

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