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CPP-1 Class – XI, XII-CSO, XII-P
PERMUTATION & COMBINATION
Single Option Correct Type Questions

1. In how many ways can clean & clouded (overcast) days occur in a week assuming that an entire
day is either clean or clouded.
(A) 27 (B) 27 – 2 (C) 27  2 (D) None of these
2. A man has 3 jackets, 10 shirts, and 5 pairs of socks. If an outfit consists of a jacket, a shirt, and a pair of
slacks, how many different outfits can the man make?
(A)120 (B) 150 (C) 140 (D) None of these
3. How many car number plates can be made if each plate contains 2 different letters of English alphabet,
followed by 3 different digits.
(A) 468000 (B) 486000 (C) 466000 (D) None of these

4. The number of natural numbers from 1000 to 9999 (both inclusive) that do not have all 4 different digits is
(A) 4048 (B) 4464 (C) 4518 (D) 4536

5. All possible three digits even numbers which can be formed with the condition that if 5 is one of the digit,
then 7 is the next digit is :
(A) 5 (B) 325 (C) 345 (D) 365
6. For some natural N , the number of positive integral ' x ' satisfying the equation ,
1 ! + 2 ! + 3 ! + ...... + (x !) = (N)2 is :
(A) none (B) one (C) two (D) infinite
7. The number of six digit numbers that can be formed from the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 so that digits do not
repeat and the terminal digits are even is :
(A) 144 (B) 72 (C) 288 (D) 720

8. The number of 9 digit numbers that can be formed by using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 is :
(A) 95 (B) 9 ! (C) 59 (D) 9P5

9. The number of 5 digit numbers such that the sum of their digits is even is :
(A) 50000 (B) 45000 (C) 60000 (D) none

Multi Option Correct Type Questions

10. There are 6 roads between A & B and 4 roads between B & C
(A) Number of ways one can drive from A to C by way of B is 24
(B) Number of ways one can drive from A to C and back to A, passing through B on both trips is 576
(C) Number of ways one can drive the circular trip described in option (B) without using the same road more
than once is 360
(D) Number of ways one can drive the circular trip described in option (B) without using the same road more
than once is 400

11. If a seven digit number made up of all distinct digits 8, 7, 6, 4, 3, x and y is divisible by 3, then
(A) maximum value of x – y is 7 (B) maximum value of x + y is 14
(C) minimum value of xy is 0 (D) minimum value of x + y is 3

Integer Type Question

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12. If n is the number of distinct rational numbers x such that 0 < x < 1 and x = , where p, q {1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
q
6}, then the value of n – 5 is ____ .

13. The digit at the unit place of sum (1!)2 + (2!)2 + (3!)2 + ..... +(2008!)2 is ____ .
Answer Key
1. A 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. D 6. C 7. D 8. C
9. B 10. A,B,C 11. ABC 12. 6 13. 7

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Single Option Correct Type Questions
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1. The 9 horizontal and 9 vertical lines on an 8 × 8 chessboard form 'r' rectangles and 's' squares. The ratio
r
in its lowest terms is
1 17 4
(A) (B) 108 (C) (D) none
6 27

2. A student has to answer 10 out of 13 questions in an examination . The number of ways in which he can
answer if he must answer atleast 3 of the first five questions is :
(A) 276 (B) 267 (C) 80 (D) 1200

3. The interior angles of a regular polygon measure 150º each . The number of diagonals of the polygon is
(A) 35 (B) 44 (C) 54 (D) 78

4. 5 Indian & 5 American couples meet at a party & shake hands . If no wife shakes hands with her own
husband & no Indian wife shakes hands with a male, then the number of hand shakes that takes place in the
party is
(A) 95 (B) 110 (C) 135 (D) 150

5. 18 points are indicated on the perimeter of a triangle ABC (see figure).

How many triangles are there with vertices at these points?
(A) 331 (B) 408
(C) 710 (D) 711

6. There are m points on a straight line AB & n points on the line AC none of them being the point A. Triangles
are formed with these points as vertices, when
(i) A is excluded (ii) A is included. The ratio of number of triangles in the two cases is:
mn2 mn2 m n 2 m (n  1)
(A) (B) (C) (D)
mn m  n 1 m n 2 (m  1) (n  1)

7. The greatest possible number of points of intersection of 9 different straight lines & 9 different circles in a
plane is:
(A) 117 (B) 153 (C) 270 (D) none

8. The number of triangles that can be formed with 10 points as vertices, n of them being collinear, is 110. Then
n is
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6

9. The number of ways of choosing a committee of 2 women & 3 men from 5 women & 6 men, if Mr. A refuses
to serve on the committee if Mr. B is a member & Mr. B can only serve, if Miss C is the member of the
committee, is :
(A) 60 (B) 84 (C) 124 (D) none

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10. Consider an 8 × 8 square in which area of each small square is 1 sq. unit then the number of rectangles with area
3 sq. units are :
(A) 48 (B) 64 (C) 72 (D) 96

Multi Option Correct Type Questions

11. If nC3 + nC4 > n+1

C3 then n can be
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8

12. 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. Let,
p = number of forecasts with exactly one error
q = number of forecasts with exactly three errors and
r = number of forecasts with all five errors
Then the correct statement(s) is/are
(A) 2q = 5r (B) 8p = q (C) 8p = 5r (D) 2(p + r) > q

13. Number of ways of selecting three integers from {1, 2, 3,….,n} if their sum is divisible by 3 is

(A) 3  n/3
 3
C3   n / 3  if n  3k, k  N

  n–1  
n – 12  n  2 
2   3 C  
(B)  3   (n  2) / 3

C3 
27
, if n  3k  1, k  N
 

(C) 2 
 n–1 / 3 C 
3   (n  2) / 3

C3 , if n  3k  2,k N

(D) Independent of n

14. Kanchan has 10 friends among whom two are married to each other. She wishes to invite five of them for a
party. If the married couples refuse to attend separately, then the number of different ways in which she can
invite five friends is
(A) 8C5 (B) 2 × 8C5 (C) 10C5 – 2 × 8C4 (D) none of these

Integer Type Questions

15. In a certain algebraical exercise book there are 4 examples on arithmetical progressions, 5 examples on
permutation  combination and 6 examples on binomial theorem . Number of ways a teacher can select for
his pupils atleast one but not more than 2 examples from each of these sets, is.

16. The kindergarten teacher has 25 kids in her class . She takes 5 of them at a time, to zoological garden as
often as she can, without taking the same 5 kids more than once. The number of visits any teacher makes
to the garden is U, number of visits any kid makes to the garden is V, then U – V = 24Ck. The value of k =

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Answer Key
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. D 6. A 7. C 8. C 9. C
10. D 11. C,D 12. A,B,D 13. A,B 14. B,C 15. 3150 16. 5

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PERMUTATION & COMBINATION
Single Option Correct Type Questions

1. Four visitors A, B, C & D arrive at a town which has 5 hotels. In how many ways can they disperse
themselves among 5 hotels, if 4 hotels are used to accommodate them.
5 4
(A) C1 4 (B) 5 × 24 (C) 4 × 24 (D) 120
2. The number of arrangements which can be made using all the letters of the word LAUGH if the vowels are
adjacent is
(A) 10 (B) 24 (C) 48 (D) 120

3. Out of seven consonants and four vowels, the number of words of six letters, formed by taking four consonants
and two vowels is (Assume that each ordered group of letter is a word):
(A) 210 (B) 462 (C) 151200 (D) 332640

4. There are (n + 1) white and (n + 1) black balls each set numbered 1 to n + 1. The number of ways in which
the balls can be arranged in a row so that the adjacent balls are of different colours is :
(A) (2n + 2)! (B) (2n + 2)! × 2 (C) (n + 1)! × 2 (D) 2{(n + 1)!}2

5. Find the number of ways in which letters of the word VALEDICTORY be arranged so that the vowels may
never be separated.
(A) 8!4! (B) 7!3! (C) 2!8! (D) None of these

6. Number of six digit numbers which have 3 digits even & 3 digits odd, if each digit is to be used atmost once
is
(A) 64800 (B) 28600 (C) 28800 (D) 36000

7. The tamer of wild animals has to bring one by one 5 lions & 4 tigers to the circus arena . The number of ways
this can be done if no two tigers immediately follow each other is
(A) 2880 (B) 2800 (C) 2660 (D) 43200

8. If m denotes the number of 5 digit numbers if each successive digits are in their descending order of magnitude
and n is the corresponding figure when the digits and in their ascending order of magnitude then (m – n) has
the value
(A) 10C4 (B) 9C5 (C) 10C3 (D) 9C3

9. Number of ways in which 9 different prizes be given to 5 students if one particular boy receives
4 prizes and the rest of the students can get any numbers of prizes, is :
(A) 9C4 . 210 (B) 9C5 . 54 (C) 4 . 45 (D) none

10. There are n persons and m monkeys (m > n). Number of ways in which each person may become the owner
of one monkey is
(A) nm (B) mn (C) mPn (D) mn

11. An old man while dialing a 7 digit telephone number remembers that the first four digits consists of one 1's,
one 2's and two 3's. He also remembers that the fifth digit is either a 4 or 5 while has no memorising of the
sixth digit, he remembers that the seventh digit is 9 minus the sixth digit. Maximum number of distinct trials
he has to try to make sure that he dials the correct telephone number, is
(A) 360 (B) 240 (C) 216 (D) none

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12. On a Railway route from Jaipur to Bina there are 12 stations.A booking clerk is to be deputed for each of
these stations out of 12 candidates of whom five are Marathis, four are Oriyas and the rest are Bengalis. The
number of ways of deputing the persons on these stations so that no two Bengali’s serve on two consecutive
stations, is :
(A) 10 C3  3! 9! (B) 10 C3  9! (C) 10 C3  3! (D) None of these

Multi Option Correct Type Questions

11 n  1
13. Number of points of intersection of n straight lines if n satisfies n+5Pn+1 = n3 Pn is
2
(A) 15 (B) 28 (C) 21 (D) 10

Integer Type Questions

14. Number of 9 digits numbers divisible by nine using the digits from 0 to 9 if each digit is used atmost once is
K . 8 ! , then K has the value equal to :

15. Number of natural numbers less than 1000 and divisible by 5 can be formed with the ten digits, each digit not
occuring more than once in each number is.

16. If as many more words as possible be formed out of the letters of the word "DOGMATIC" then the number of
words in which the relative place of vowels and consonants remain unchanged is.

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Answer Key
1. D 2. C 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. A 7. D 8. B
9. A 10. C 11. B 12. A 13. A,C 14. 17 15. 154 16. 3!5!

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PERMUTATION & COMBINATION
Single Option Correct Type Questions

1. The number of dif f erent seven digit numbers that can be written using only three digits
1, 2 & 3 under the condition that the digit 2 occurs exactly twice in each number is :
(A) 672 (B) 640 (C) 512 (D) none

2. The number of ways in which 5 different books can be distributed among 10 people if each person can get
at most one book is :
(A) 252 (B) 105 (C) 510 (D) 10C5.5!

3. The number of three digit numbers having only two consecutive digits identical is
(A) 153 (B) 162 (C) 171 (D) None of these

4. Number of ways in which a lawn-tennis mixed double be made from seven married couples if no husband
and wife play in the same set is :
(A) 240 (B) 420 (C) 720 (D) None of these

5. A question paper on mathematics consists of twelve questions divided into three parts A, B and C, each
containing four questions. In how many ways can an examinee answer five questions, selecting atleast one
from each part.
(A) 624 (B) 208 (C) 2304 (D) none

6. There are 10 red balls of different shades & 9 green balls of identical shades . Then the number of arranging
them in a row so that no two green balls are together is :
(A) (10 !) . 11P9 (B) (10 !) . 11C9 (C) 10 ! (D) 10 ! 9 !

7. A shelf contains 20 different books of which 4 are in single volume and the others form sets of 8, 5 and 3
volumes respectively. Number of ways in which the books may be arranged on the shelf, if the volumes of
each set are together and in their order is
20!
(A) (B) 7! (C) 8! (D) 7 . 8!
8! 5! 3!
8. The number of different ways in which five 'dashes' and eight 'dots' can be arranged, using only seven of
these 13 'dashes' & 'dots' is :
(A) 1287 (B) 119 (C) 120 (D) 1235520

9. There are n identical red balls & m identical green balls . The number of different linear arrangements
consisting of "n red balls but not necessarily all the green balls" is xCy then
(A) x = m + n , y = m (B) x = m + n + 1 , y = m
(C) x = m + n + 1 , y = m + 1 (D) x = m + n , y = n

10. In a three-storey building, there are four rooms on the ground floor, two on the first and two on the second
floor. If the rooms are to be allotted to six persons, one person occupying one room only, the number of
ways in which this can be done so that no floor remains empty is :
8
(A) P6 – 2  6! (B) 8 P6 (C) 8 P5  6!  (D) None of these

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11. The number of ways in which we can arrange n ladies & n gentlemen at a round table so that 2 ladies or 2
gentlemen may not sit next to one another is :
(A) (n  1)! (n  2)! (B) (n !) (n  1) ! (C) (n + 1)! (n) ! (D) none

12. A man has three friends. The number of ways he can invite one friend everyday for dinner on six successive
nights so that no friend is invited more than three times is :
(A) 640 (B) 320 (C) 420 (D) 510

Multi Option Correct Type Questions

13. If n is number of necklaces which can be formed using 17 identical pearls and two identical diamonds and
similarly m is number of necklaces which can be formed using 17 identical pearls and 2 different diamonds,
then
(A) n = 9 (B) m = 18 (C) n = 18 (D) m = 9

Integer Type Question

14. The number of n digit numbers which consists of the digits 1 & 2 only if each digit is to be used atleast once,
is equal to 510 then n is equal to:

15. A committee of 4 is to be chosen from a group of 12 people. Number of ways in which it can be formed if two
particular persons either serve together or not at all and two other particular persons refuse to serve with each
other, is

16. Number of ways in which 7 people can occupy six seats, 3 seats on each side in a first class railway
compartment if two specified persons are to be always included and occupy adjacent seats on the same
side, is (5 !) · k then k has the value equal to

17. Total number of ways in which 6 ‘+’ & 4 ‘’ signs can be arranged in a line such that no
2 ‘’ signs occur together is _______.

18. The number of times the digit 3 will be written when listing the integers from 1 to 1000 is.

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Answer Key
1. A 2. D 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. C
9. B 10. A 11. B 12. D 13. A,D 14. 9 15. 226 16. 8
17. 35 18. 300

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Single Option Correct Type Questions

1. The letters of word ZENITH are written in all possible ways. If all these words are written in the order of a
dictionary, then the rank of the word ZENITH is
(A) 716 (B) 692 (C) 698 (D) 616

2. If the letters of the word “VARUN” are written in all possible ways and then are arranged as in a dictionary,
then the rank of the word VARUN is :
(A) 98 (B) 99 (C) 100 (D) 101

3. Total number of ways of forming 6 letter word from the letters of the word “PROPORTION” .
(A) 11132 (B) 11133 (C) 11130 (D) 11128

4. In an election, the number of candidates is one greater than the persons to be elected. If a voter can vote in
254 ways, the number of candidates is (if a person can vote for atleast one person and at max for number
of persons to be elected)
(A) 7 (B) 10 (C) 8 (D) 6

5. Seven different coins are to be divided amongst three persons . If no two of the persons receive the same
number of coins but each receives atleast one coin & none is left over, then the number of ways in which the
division may be made is :
(A) 420 (B) 630 (C) 710 (D) none

6. A person always eats ‘parantha’ and ‘vegetable dish’ in his meal. How many ways can he make his plater
in a marriage party if there are three types of paranthas, four types of ‘vegetable dish’, three types of ‘salads’
and two types of ‘sauces’ ?
(A) 3360 (B) 4096 (C) 3000 (D) None of these

7. Number of ways in which 9 different toys be distributed among 4 children belonging to different age groups in
such a way that distribution among the 3 elder children is even and the youngest one is to receive one toy
more, is :
(5! ) 2 9! 9!
(A) (B) (C) (D) none
8 2 3!(2!)3
8. In an election three districts are to be canvassed by 2, 3 & 5 men respectively . If 10 men volunteer, the
number of ways they can be alloted to the different districts is :
10 ! 10 ! 10 ! 10 !
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 ! 3! 5 ! 2! 5! (2 !)2 5 ! (2 !) 2 3 ! 5 !

9. There are 12 different marbles to be divided between two children in the ratio 1 : 2 . The number of ways it can
be done is :
(A) 990 (B) 495 (C) 600 (D) none

10. All the five digits number in which each successive digit exceeds its predecessor are arranged in the increasing
order of their magnitude. The 97th number in the list does not contain the digit
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 8

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11. The number of all possible selections of one or more questions from 10 given questions, each equestion
having an alternative is :
(A) 310 (B) 210  1 (C) 310  1 (D) 210

12. The number of ways in which 14 men be partitioned into 6 committees where two of the committees contain
3 men & the others contain 2 men each is :
14 ! 14 ! 14 ! 14 !
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(3!) 2 (2!) 4 (3!) 2 (2!) 5 4! (3!) 2 . (2!) 4 (2!) . (3!) 2 . 4!
5

13. Five balls are to be placed in 3 boxes. Each box should hold all the five balls so that no box remains empty,
the number of ways if balls as well as boxes are identical but boxes are kept in a row is
(A) 10 (B) 15 (C) 20 (D) 6

Multi Option Correct Type Questions

14. The number of Combinations and Permutations of 4 letters taken from the word EXAMINATION is P & Q then
(A) P = 136 (B) Q = 2254 (C) P = 138 (D) Q = 2454

15. Number of ways in which 200 people can be divided in100 coupes is

 200!  101   102   200   200 !

(A) 2100 100 ! (B) 1 × 3 × 5 ... 199 (C)     ...   (D) 100 !
   2  2   2   

16. Numbers of shortest ways in which we can reach from the point (0, 0, 0) to point (3, 7, 11) in space where the
movement is possible only along the x-axis, y-axis and z-axis or parallel to them and change of axes is
permitted only at integral points (an integral point is one which has its coordinate as integer) is
(A) equivalent to number of ways of dividing 21 different object inthree groups of size 3, 7, 11
(B) equivalent to coefficeint of y3z7 in the expansion of (1 + y + z)21
(C) equivalent to number of ways of distributing 21 different object in three boxes in size 3, 7, 11
(D) equivalent to number of ways of arranging 21 objects of which 3 are alike of one kind, 7 are alike of second
type and 11 are alike of third type

Integer Type Question

17. Number of different ways in which 8 different books can be distributed among 3 students, if each student
receives atleast 2 books is.

18. In how many different ways a grandfather along with two of his grandsons and four grand daughters can be
seated in a line for a photograph so that he is always in the middle and the two grandsons are never adjacent
to each other.

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Answer Key
1. D 2. C 3. C 4. C 5. B 6. A 7. C 8. B
9. A 10. B 11. C 12. D 13. D 14. AD 15. A,B,C 16. A,B,D

7!3! 8!
17.  18. 4!×22
4! (3!)4

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Single Option Correct Type Questions

1. Find the exponent of 3 in 100 !.

(A) 48 (B) 46 (C) 50 (D) 52

2. Find the number of zeros at the end of 100 ! ?

(A) 28 (B) 24 (C) 30 (D) 22

3. Find the prime factorisation of 15! i.e., if 15 ! = 2 . 3 . 5 . 7 . 11 . 13 then find .
(A)  = 10,  = 6,  = 3,  = 2,  = 1,  = 1 (B)  = 11,  = 6,  = 3,  = 2,  = 1,  = 1
(C)  = 11,  = 7,  = 3,  = 2,  = 1,  = 1 (D)  = 11,  = 6,  = 2,  = 2,  = 1,  = 1
4. The number of arrangements of the letters ' a b c d ' in which neither a , b nor c , d come together is:
(A) 6 (B) 12 (C) 16 (D) 8
5. If the sum of all even positive divisors of 105 can be expressed as k(52 + 5 + 1) (53 + 1) then value of k is
(A) 60 (B) 58 (C) 62 (D) 56
xy
6. Consider the equation  23 3456 , then the number of positive integral solutions of the equation are
xy
(A) 140 (B) 819 (C) 127 (D) 72
7. There are four balls of different colours and four boxes of colors same as those of the balls. Find the number
of ways in which the balls. One in each box, could be placed in such a way that a ball does not go to box of
its own colour
(A) 9 (B) 8 (C) 16 (D)12

Multi Option Correct Type Questions

8. If 10! = 2P × 3q × 5r × 7s, then
(A) 2q = p
(B) pqrs = 64
(C) number of divisors of 10! is 280
(D) number of ways of putting 10! As a product of two natural numbers is 135
9. If P = 21 (212 – 12) (212 – 22) (212 – 32) ... (212 – 102), then P is divisible by
(A) 22! (B) 21! (C) 19! (D) 20!
10. If number n = 2t × 3p × 5q × 7r is of the form 4 + 1,   0. Then
(A) p + r is always even (B) p + q + r is always odd
(C) q canbe any integer (D) if p is odd then r is even
Integer Type Questions (3 Digit)
11. The number of ways in which the number 108900 can be resolved as a product of two factors is ____.
12. Seven people leave their bags outside a temple and returning after worshiping picked one bag each at
random. In how may ways at least one and at most three of them get their correct bags is 7k then k.

Answer Key
1. A 2. B 3. B 4. D 5. C 6. B 7. A 8. A,B,D 9. B,C,D
10. A,C 11. 41 12. 442

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Single Option Correct Type Questions

1. If n is the number of ways in which 15 identical blankets can be distributed among six beggers such that
everyone gets at least one balnket and two particular beggers get equal blaknkets and another three particular
beggers get equal balnkets, then n is
(A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 14

2. Let m denote the number of ways in which 4 different books are distributed among 10 persons, each receiving
none or one only and let n denote the number of ways of distribution if the books are all alike. Then
(A) m = 4n (B) n = 4m (C) m = 24n (D) none

3. The number of ways in which 10 identical apples can be distributed among 6 children so that each child
receives atleast one apple is :
(A) 126 (B) 252 (C) 378 (D) none of these

4. How many integral solutions are there to x + y + z + t = 29, when x  1, y > 1, z  3 and t  0 ?
(A) 2500 (B) 2600 (C) 2550 (D) 2650

5. How many integral solutions are there to the system of equations x1 + x2 + x3 + x4 + x5 = 20 and x1 + x2 =
15 when xk  0 ?
(A) 332 (B) 333 (C) 335 (D) 336

6. Find the number of non-negative integral solutions of 3x + y + z = 24.

(A) 118 (B) 110 (C) 117 (D) 119

7. Find the number of non negative integral solutions of x1 + x2 + x3 + 4x4 = 20.

(A) 537 (B) 536 (C) 528 (D) 552

k (k  1)
8. Let n and k be positive integers such that n  . Find the number of solutions (x1, x2, . . ., xk), x1  1,
2
x2  2, . . ., x k  k all integers satisfying x1 + x2 + . . . + x k = n is n – Ck–1 then 

k ( k  1) k ( k – 1) k2 – k  2 k ( k  2)
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2
9. Number of ways in which 25 identical things be distributed among five persons if each gets odd number of
things is :
25 12 14
(A) C4 (B) C8 (C) C10 (D) 13C3

Answer Key
1. C 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. D 6. C 7. B 8. C 9. C

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Single Option Correct Type Questions

1. Two plyers P1 and P2 play a series of 2n games. Each game can result in either a win or a loss for P1.
The total number of ways in which P1 can win the series of these games is equal to :
1 2n 2n 1 2n 1 n 2n 1 n
(A)
2

2 – Cn (B) 
2

2 – 2  2n Cn (C)
2

2 – Cn  (D)
2

2 – 2x 2nCn  
2. Number of different natural numbers which are smaller than two hundred million & using only the digits 1 or
2 is
(A) (3) . 28  2 (B) (3) . 28  1 (C) 2 (29  1) (D) none
3. Number of different words that can be formed using all the letters of the word "DEEPMALA" if two same
vowels are together and the other two same are also together but separated from the first two is
(A) 960 (B) 1200 (C) 2160 (D) 480
4. Six persons A,B,C,D,E, and F are to be seated at a circular table. If n is the number of ways in which this
can be done such that A always has either B or C on his right and B always has either C or D on his right,
then n/2 is ____ .
(A) 6 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 11
5. n is selected from the set {1, 2, 3, …..,100} and the number 2n + 3n + 5n is formed. Total number of ways
of selecting n so that the formed number is divisible by 4 is equal to :
(A) 50 (B) 49 (C) 48 (D) None of these
6. The number of ways ‘n’ different toys can be distributed among n children so that exctly one child get no toy
n
C2
(A) nC2 (B) nC2n! (C) (D) nP2
n!
Multi Option Correct Type Questions

7. Number of ways in which three distinct numbers in A.P. can be selected from 1, 2, 3, …, n is :
2
 n – 1
(A) 
n(n – 2)
if n is even
n  12 n  12
 if n is even (B) (C) if n is odd (D) if n is odd
 2  4 4 4
8. The number of ways of choosing triplet (x, y, z) such that z  max {x, y} and x, y z  {1, 2, ..., n} is
(A) n 1
C3  n  2 C 3 (B) n (n + 1) (2n + 1) /6 (C) 12 + 22 + ... + n2 (D) 2 (n+2C3) – n+1C2

9. Let f (n) be the number of regions in which n coplaner circles can divide the plane. If it is known that each pair
of circles intersect in two different point and no three of them have common point of intersection, then
(A) f (20) = 382 (B) f (n) is always an even number
–1
(C) f (92) = 10 (D) f (n) can be odd

Integer Type Questions

10. In a polygon, no three diagonals are concurrent. If total number of points of intersection of diagonals interior
to the polygon is 70, then the number of diagonals of the polygon is

Answer Key
1. A 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. B 6. B 7. B, D 8. B,C,D 9. A,B,C
10. 20

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Single Option Correct Type Questions

1. Let there be 9 fixed points on the circumference of a circle . Each of these points is joined to every one of the
remaining 8 points by a straight line and the points are so positioned on the circumference that atmost 2
straight lines meet in any interior point of the circle . The number of such interior intersection points is
(A) 126 (B) 351 (C) 756 (D) none of these

2. The number of ways in which we can get a score of 11 by throwing three dice is
(A) 18 (B) 27 (C) 45 (D) 56

3. How many integers between 1 and 1000000 have the sum of the digits equal to 18.
(A) 25927 (B) 25000 (C) 25900 (D) 25800

4. In how many ways can three persons, each throwing a single dice once, make a sum of 15 ?
(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 13

5. Find the number of positive unequal integral solution of the equation x + y + z + w = 20.
(A) 552 (B) 555 (C) 553 (D) 555

Multi Option Correct Type Questions

6. Ten persons numbered 1, 2, …, 10 play a chess tournament, each player playing against every other
player exactly one game. It is known that no game ends in a draw. If w1, w2, …, w10 are the number of
games won by plyers 1, 2, 3, …. , 10, respectively, and I1, I2, …., I10 are the number of games lost by
the plyers 1, 2, …,10, respectively, then
(A)  wi   li  45 (B) wi + Ii = 9

(C)  w i2  81   li2 (D)  w i2   li2

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There are m seats in the first row of a theatre, of which n are to be occupied (m>2n+1).
7. The number of ways of arranging n persons if no two persons sit side by side is :

m – n  1! m – n  1! m – n  1! m – n  2 !

(A) (B) (C) (D)
(m – 3n  1)! (m – 2n)! (m – 2n  1)! (m – 2n – 1)!

8. If n is even, the number of ways of arranging n persons if each person has exactly one neighbour is :

(A)  n
Pn / 2  m–n1
Pn / 2  (B)  P 
n
n
m–n 1
Pn / 2 
(C)  n
Pn / 2  m–n 1
Pn  (D)  m – n 1
Cn / 2   n !  2 
n/2

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9. Let m be even.The number of ways of arranging n persons, if out of any two seats located symmetrically in
the middle of the row at least one is empty is :

(A) (m/2Cn) (2n) – 1 (B) m/2

Pn (C)  m/ 2
 
Pn 2n – 1 (D)  m/2
 
Pn 2n

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Consider the letters of the word MATHEMATICS

10. Possible number of words taking all letters at a time such that at least one repeating letter is at odd
position in each word is
11! 10! 9! 11!
(A) – (B) 7! 8 C2 (C) (D)
2!2!2! 2!2! 2!2! 2!2!2!

11. Possible number of words taking all letters at a time such that in each word both M’s are together and
both T’s are together but both A’s are not together is :
11! 10! 6! 4! 9!
(A) 2! 2! 2! – 2! 2! (B) 7!8 C2 (C) 2! 2! (D) 2! 2! 2!

12. Possible number of words in which no two vowels are together is

8 4! 7! 8 4! 7! 8 4! 7! 8 4!
(A) 7! C4 (B) C4 (C) 2! 2! C4 2! (D) 2! 2! 2! C4 2!
2! 2! 2!
Match the column

13. Column – I Column – II

a. Four dice (six faced) are rolled. The number p. 210
of possible outcomes in which at least one
dice shows 2 is
b. Let A be the set of 4 digit number a 1a 2a 3a 4 q. 750
where a 1 > a 2 > a 3 > a 4. Then n(A) is equal
to
c. The total number of three-digit numbers, the r. 671
sum of whose digits is even, is equal to
d. The number of four-digit numbers that can s. 450
be formed from the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7 so that each number contains digit 1 is
(repetition not allowed)

14. A shop sells 6 different flavours of Ice Creams. In how many ways a customer choose 4 Ice cream cones if

Column – I Column – II
(A) They all are of different flavour (P) 105
(B) They are non necessarily of different flavors (Q) 60
(C) They contain exactly 3 different flavors (R) 15
(D) They contain only 2 or 3 different flavors (S) 126

***

Answer Key
1. A 2. B 3. A 4. A 5. A 6. A,B,D 7. C 8. A
9. D 10. D 11. B 12. C 13. A - R ; B - P ; C - S ; D - Q
14. A - R ; B - S ; C - Q ; D - P

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PERMUTATION & COMBINATION
Single Option Correct Type Questions

1. There are two bags each containing m balls if a man has selected equal number of balls from both the bags
the number at least one ball from each bag is
2m
(A) m2 (B) 2mC (C) Cm – 1 (D) 1505
m

2. The number of 6 digit numbers 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
3. A flight of stairs has 10 steps. A person can go up the steps one at a time or any combination at 1’s and 2’s.
The total number of ways in person can go up the stairs is
(A) 75 (B) 85 (C) 79 (D) 89
4. How many hexagon’s can be comstructed by joining the vertices of a quindecagen (15 side polygon) if none
of the sides of hexagon is also sides of quindecagon
(A) 120 (B) 130 (C) 135 (D) 140
5. The number of permutations of the digits 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 taken all at a time so that the sum of the digits at
the first two places is smaller than the sum of the last two digits
(A) 46 (B) 48 (C) 50 (D) 46
5 a 2 a a a a a
6. There are unique integers a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7 such that   3  4  5  6  7 , where 0  ai  i for
7 2! 3! 4! 5! 6! 7!
i = 2, 3, ...., 7. Then the value of a2 + a3 + a4 + a5 + a6 + a7 is
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9
7. Find the number of 10 digit numbers such that the product of any two consecutive digits int he number is a
prime number
(A) 2 × 45 (B) 2 × 53 (C) 2 × 44 (D) 2 × 55

8. A flight of stairs has 12 steps, going up either 1 or 2 steps with each stride. There is a snake on the 8th step,
so you cannot setp three, number of ways you can go up are
(A) 63 (B) 64 (C) 65 (D) 66
9. Matrix match type

Column – I Column – II
a. The number of five digit numbers having the p. >70
product of digits 20 is
b. A closest has five pairs of shoes. The q. < 60
number of ways in which four shoes can be
drawn from it such that there will be no
complete pair is
c. Three ladies have each brought their one r.  (40, 110)
child for admission to a school. The
principle wants to interview the six persons
one by one subject to the condition that no
mother is interviewed before her child. The
number of ways in which interviews can be
arranged is
d. The figures 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 are written in every s.  (40, 70)
possible order. The number of numbers
greater than 56000 is

Answer Key
1. C 2. C 3. D 4. D 5. B 6. D 7. A 8. A
9. A–q, s; B – p, r; C– p, r; D – p, r

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PERMUTATION & COMBINATION
Single Option Correct Type Questions

1. In a football tournament a team T has to play with each of the 6 other teams once. Each match can result in
a win, draw or loss find the number of ways in which the team T finish with more wins than losses
(A) 276 (B) 294 (C) 289 (D) 284

2. Let S be the set of points (a, b) in the co-ordinate plane where each of a & b may be –1, 0 or 1. Find numbers
of distinct lines that pas through at lest two point of S
(A) 16 (B) 20 (C) 36 (D) 18

3. The number of subsets of {1, 2, 3, …, n} having least element i and greatest element j,
1  i < j < n is
(A) 2n1 (B) 2ji–1
(C) 2ji+1 (D) none of these
4. A cube has edges of length ‘n’ where n is an integer. Three faces that meet at a corner are painted red. The cube
is then cut into n3 smaller cubes of unit length. If exactly 125 of these cubes have no faces painted red, Then n =
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 10

5. Number of even factors of 48600 which are multiples of neither 8 or 15, is

(A) 15 (B) 11 (C) 16 (D) 18

6. The total number of words that can be made by writing the letters of the word parameter so that no vowel is
between two consonants is :
(A) 1440 (B) 1800 (C) 2160 (D) None of these

7. In an examination of 9 papers a candidate has to pass in more papers than the number of papers in which he
fails in order to be successful. The number of ways in which he can be unsuccessful is :
(A) 255 (B) 256 (C) 193 (D) 319

Comprehension Type (8 to 10) : A palindromic 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
forwards (e.g. 1,99, 101, 131, 989, ……. are palindromes)

8. Number of 5 digit palindromes is :

(A) 81000 (B) 900 (C) 90000 (D) 9000

9. Number of 5 digit even palindromes is :

(A) 400 (B) 500 (C) 40000 (D) 50000
10. 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 2011th positive palindrome is :
(A) 1012101 (B) 1102011 (C) 1124211 (D) 1126211

Answer Key
1. B 2. B 3. B 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. B
8. B 9. A 10. A

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