PERMUTATION & COMBINATION

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REVISION-DAILY PRACTICE
PROBLEMS Date: 27/12/24
EXCEL & ACCELERATOR
JEE 2025 Revision Sub.: MATHEMATICS
Course: JP Revision Topic: PERMUTATION & COMBINATION

1. 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
2. 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 !
3. Let Pn denotes the number of ways in which three people can be selected out of ' n ' people sitting in a row,
if no two of them are consecutive. If , Pn + 1  Pn = 15 then the value of ' n ' is :
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10
4. Number of ways in which 8 people can be arranged in a line if A and B must be next each other and C must
be somewhere behind D, is equal to
(A) 10080 (B) 5040 (C) 5050 (D) 10100
5. Number of three digit number with atleast one 3 and at least one 2 is
(A) 58 (B) 56 (C) 54 (D) 52
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 due order is
20!
(A) (B) 7! (C) 8! (D) 7 . 8!
8! 5! 3!
8. If all the letters of the word "QUEUE" are arranged in all possible manner as they are in a dictionary
, then the rank of the word QUEUE is :
(A) 15th (B) 16th (C) 17th (D) 18th
9. Number of rectangles in the grid shown which are not squares is

(A) 160 (B) 162 (C) 170 (D) 185

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11. 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
12. 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
13. Number of different words that can be formed using all the letters of the word "DEEPMALA" if two vowels
are together and the other two are also together but separated from the first two is :
(A) 960 (B) 1200 (C) 2160 (D) 1440
14. The number of ways in which 10 boys can take positions about a round table if two particular boys must not
be seated side by side is :
(A) 10 (9) ! (B) 9 (8) ! (C) 7 (8) ! (D) none
15. In a unique hockey series between India & Pakistan, they decide to play on till a team wins 5 matches . The
number of ways in which the series can be won by India, if no match ends in a draw is :
(A) 126 (B) 252 (C) 225 (D) none
16. Number of cyphers at the end of 2002 C1001 is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 200
17. Three vertices of a convex n sided polygon are selected. If the number of triangles that can be constructed
such that none of the sides of the triangle is also the side of the polygon is 30, then the polygon is a
(A) Heptagon (B) Octagon (C) Nonagon (D) Decagon
18. A gentleman invites a party of m + n (m  n) friends to a dinner & places m at one table T1 and n at another
table T2 , the table being round . If not all people shall have the same neighbour in any two arrangement, then
the number of ways in which he can arrange the guests, is
(m  n) ! 1 ( m  n) ! ( m  n) !
(A) (B) (C) 2 (D) none
4 mn 2 mn mn
19. There are 12 guests at a dinner party . Supposing that the master and mistress of the house have fixed seats
opposite one another, and that there are two specified guests who must always, be placed next to one another
; the number of ways in which the company can be placed, is:
(A) 20 . 10 ! (B) 22 . 10 ! (C) 44 . 10 ! (D) none
20. Let Pn denotes the number of ways of selecting 3 people out of ' n ' sitting in a row , if no two of them are
consecutive and Qn is the corresponding figure when they are in a circle . If Pn  Qn = 6 , then ' n ' is equal
to :
(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 12
21. Fifty college teachers are surveyed as to their possession of colour TV, VCR and tape recorder. Of them, 22
own colour TV, 15 own VCR and 14 own tape recorders. Nine of these college teachers own exactly two
items out of colour TV, VCR and tape recorders ; and, one college teacher owns all three. how many of the 50
college teachers own none of three, colour TV, VCR or tape recorder?
(A) 4 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 11
22. There are counters available in x different colours. The counters are all alike except for the colour.
The total number of arrangements consisting of y counters, assuming sufficient number of counters
of each colour, if no arrangement consists of all counters of the same colour is :
(A) xy  x (B) xy  y (C) yx  x (D) yx  y
23. There are (p + q) different books on different topics in Mathematics. (p  q). If L = The number
of ways in which these books are distributed between two students X and Y such that X get p books
and Y gets q books.

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M = The number of ways in which these books are distributed between two students X and Y such
that one of them gets p books and another gets q books.
N = The number of ways in which these books are divided into two groups of p books and q books
then,
(A) L = M = N (B) L = 2M = 2N (C) 2L = M = 2N (D) L = M = 2N
n 1 n
Cr
24.  nC  n C r1
is equal to
r 0 r
n ( n  1) n 1 n (n 1) n
(A) 2 (n  1) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2
25. 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
26. 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
27. There are six periods in each working day of a school. Number of ways in which 5 subjects can be arranged
if each subject is allotted at least one period and no period remains vacant is
(A) 210 (B) 1800 (C) 360 (D) 120
28. 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
29. A team of 8 students goes on an excursion, in two cars, of which one can seat 5 and the other only 4. If
internal arrangement inside the car does not matter then the number of ways in which they can travel, is
(A) 91 (B) 182 (C) 126 (D) 3920
30. 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

1 6 11 16 21 26
2 7 12 17 22 27
OMR

3 8 13 18 23 28
4 9 14 19 24 29
5 10 15 20 25 30

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1 - 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Ans 3 1 2 2 4 2 3 3 1 2

11 - 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Ans 3 2 4 3 1 2 3 1 1 3

21 - 30 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Ans 3 1 3 4 3 2 2 3 3 3

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