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Permutation Combinations
Answer Keys and Solutions JEE Main 2023 Crash Course

Answer Key

Q1 (1) Q2 (3) Q3 (120) Q4 (1)

Q5 (3) Q6 (2) Q7 (1) Q8 (4)

Q9 (1) Q10 (4) Q11 (2) Q12 (4)

Q13 (1) Q14 (3) Q15 (5) Q16 (2)

Q17 (1) Q18 (3) Q19 (2) Q20 (1)

Q21 (1) Q22 (2) Q23 (2) Q24 (2)

Q25 (4) Q26 (315) Q27 (77) Q28 (5.00)

Q29 (2) Q30 (1)

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Q1 (1)

Required number of ways

5 8 5 8
= ( C4 ) ( C6 ) + ( C5 ) ( C5 ) = 196

Q2 (3)

Letters of the word QUEEN are E, E, N, Q, U Rank

Words beginning with is E(4!) to 24
Words beginning with N is ( 4!

2!
) to 36

Words beginning with QE is (3!)

37 to 42
Words beginning with QN is ( 3!

2!
)

43 to 45
QUEEN is the next word and has rank 46 . th 

Q3 (120)

 Consonants are L,  T,  T,  R

Vowels are E,  E,

Total number of words (without meaning) from letters of word ' LETTER ' = 6!

2!2!
= 180

Total number of words (with or without meaning) from letters of word ' LETTER ' if vowels are together = 5!

2!
= 60

∴  Required = 180 − 60 = 120

Q4 (1)

Required number of ways = Total number of ways - Number of ways in which B and G are together
1 1

= 7! − (2!)6! = (5)(6!)

Q5 (3)

If the number begins with 5 , then the number of numbers is (6)(6)(6) = 216
If the number begins with 44 or 45 then the number of (2)(6)(6) = 72
If the number begins with 43 , the number of numbers is (3)(6) = 18
If the number begins with 432 , then the number of numbers is 4 .

∴ the required number of numbers is

216 + 72 + 18 + 4 = 310

Q6 (2)

We can choose places for 1, 1, 3 in 4

C3 = 4 ways.
∴ We can arrange the digits
1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4 is
(4) 3!

2!
5!

3!2!
= 120

Q7 (1)

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In order to predict exactly 10 correct predictions,

⇒ we have to select 10 matches out of 20 in 20
C10 ways
⇒ ways of making a correct prediction for each match is 1, so for 10 matches it is equal to
1
10
= 1 .
⇒ Remaining 10 predictions must be wrong so for each incorrect prediction we have 2 choices out
of 3, this can be done in 2 10
ways.
Hence, the required number of ways = 20
C10 (1) ⋅ 2
10
=
20
C10 × 2
10
.

Q8 (4)

Divisible by six means divisible by 2 as well as 3.

(i) Case-1: without 0 ⇒____ 2/4

––––

So, we have to put 2 or 4 in ones place.

⇒ Number of ways = 4
–
× 3 × 2 × 1 × 2 = 2 × 4! = 48
– – – –

(ii) Case-2: 0 at unit place and without 3

____ 0 ⇒ 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 × 1 = 4! = 24
–

(ii) Case-2: 2 or 4 at unit place and without 3

____ 2/4 ⇒ 3 × 3 × 2 × 1 × 2 = 36
––––

⇒ Total number of ways = 48 + 24 + 36 = 108

Q9 (1)

Number of ways
12 8 4
= ( C4 ) ( C4 ) ( C4 )

12!
= 3
(41)

Q10 (4)

As 0 + 1 + 2 + … + 9 = 45, a number will be divisible by 9, if we do not use (0, 9), (1, 8), (2, 7), (3
6), (4, 5)
Thus, the number of 8 digit number that are divisible by 9 is 8! + (8! − 7!)(4) = (36)(7!)

Q11 (2)

Number of games played by men among themselves = 2 ( n

C2 ) = n(n − 1)

Number of games played by men with women = 2(2n) = 4n

∴ n(n − 1) − 4n = 66 ⇒ n(n − 5) = 66

⇒ (n − 11)(n + 6) = 0 ⇒ n = 11 ∈ [10, 12)

Q12 (4)

Keep both O 's together, then apart from G 's other alphabets can be arranged in 3! = 6 ways. In the gaps, two G's can be placed in 4
C2 ways.

|OO|L|E|

Hence, the total number of ways = 3! ⋅ 4C

C2 = 36

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Q13 (1)

Different possible arrangements are given in the following table.

H W H W H W H W

M 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 3

F 0 3 1 2 2 1 3 0

∴ The number of ways

4 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 3 3
= ( C3 ) ( C3 ) + ( C2 ) ( C1 ) ( C1 ) ( C2 ) + ( C1 ) ( C2 ) ( C2 ) ( C1 ) + ( C3 ) ( C3 )

= 485

Q14 (3)

9 10
N = C ⋅ C
2 2

Q15 (5)

Three b 's & four a 's can be arranged as " abababa "
⎧ babababa
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎪ abbababa

Fourth ' b ' can take ' 5 ' places from these ⎨ ababbaba
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎪ abababba
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎩
abababab

These letters take ' 8 ' places from 12 places & arrange these letters in same order, " c, c, d, d " take remaining 4 places

Q16 (2)

If x is the number of balls in the i th box, then we must have x

1 1
+ x2 + x3 = 8

where x i
≥ 1

The number of solutions of (1) is 7

C2 = 21

Q17 (1)

Number of triangles
10 6
N = C3 − C3

1 1
= (10 × 9 × 8) − (6 × 5 × 4)
6 6

= 100

Q18 (3)

We can choose 0 or more balls out of 10 white balls in 11 ways.

[Select 0 or 1 or 2, … or 10 balls.]
Thus, the number ways of selecting 0 or more balls is (1 + 10)(1 + 9)(1 + 7) = 880
Therefore, the number of ways selecting one or more balls is 880 − 1 = 879.

Q19 (2)

Take one vertex on each side.

This can be done in ( 3 4 5
C1 ) ( C1 ) ( C1 ) = 60 ways.

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Choose two vertices on one side and one from the remaining two sides. This can be done in ( 3 9 4 8 5 7
C2 ) ( C1 ) + ( C2 ) ( C1 ) + ( C2 ) ( C1 )

= 27 + 48 + 70 = 145

Thus, number of required triangle is 60 + 145 = 205

Q20 (1)

Letters of the word BARRACK are B, (A, A), (R, R), C, K The number of ways of forming 4 letters
5 2 4 4! 2 4!
C4 (4!) + ( C1 ) ( C2 ) ( ) + C2 ( )
2! 2!2!

= 120 + 144 + 6 = 270

Q21 (1)

Vowels are A, E, A
Consonants are L, G, B, R
XLXGXBXRX

Since there is no restriction on consonants, we must place them first and they can be arranged in 4! = 24 days.
Now to arrange vowels so that no two of them are together we have 5 places (X). Out of these 5 places, 3 can be selected in 5
C3 ways and then one
3!
arrangement can be made in 2!
ways.
3!
Thus, required ways = 4! × 5
C3 ×
2!
= 720

Q22 (2)

Sum of given digits 0, 1, 2, 5, 7, 9 is 24 .

Let the six digit number be abcdef and to be divisible by 11. So |(s + c + e) − (b + d + f )| is multiple of 11 .

Hence only possibility is a + c + e = 12 = b + d + f

Case −1{a, c, e} = {9, 2, 1}&{ b,  d, f } = {7, 5, 0}
So, Number of numbers = 3! × 3! = 36
Case −∥{a, c, e} = {7, 5, 0} and {b, d, f } = {9, 2, 1}
So, Number of numbers 2 × 2! × 3! = 24
Total = 60

Q23 (2)

Each digit occurs at the unit's place exactly 3! = 6 times. This, sum of the digits at the units place = 6[3 + 4 + 5 + 6] = 108

Q24 (2)

The number of ways of choosing 10 objects is equal to the number of ways of choosing k(0 ≤ k ≤ 10) identical objects and (21 − k) distinct objects.
10 10
21 21
∴ N = ∑ C21−k = ∑ Ck
k=0 k=0

10 21
21 21
⇒ 2N = ∑ ( C21−k + Ck ) = 2
k=0

20
⇒ N = 2

Q25 (4)

Choose 3 numbers out of 1, 2, 3, … 10 and label them as n 1, n2 , n3 such that n 1 < n2 < n3 . This can be done in 10
C3 = 120 ways.

Q26 (315)

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a b

0 2 ⎫
⎪

Power of 7→ 1 2 ⎬  5 ways
⎭
⎪
2 0, 1, 2

0 3 ⎫
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎪
1 3
Power of 11→ ⎬  7 ways
2 3 ⎪
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎭
3 0, 1, 2, 3

0 4 ⎫
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎪
1 4 ⎪
⎪

Power of 19→ 2 4 ⎬  9 ways

⎪
⎪
3 4 ⎪
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎭
4 0, 1, 2, 4

Required number of ordered pairs

= (2 × 2 + 1)(2 × 3 + 1)(2 × 4 + 1)

= 5 × 7 × 9 = 315

Q27 (77)

The number of visits made by grandfather

= number of selections of 3 grandchildren out of 8

8
⇒ p = C3 = 56

The number of visits made by each child

" the number of ways of 2 grandchildren out
of 7 accompanying him.

7
⇒ q = C2 = 21

⇒ p + q = 77

Q28 (5.00)

4 2 1
720 = 2 × 3 × 5

Total number of cases

Similarly 3 more cases with powers 2 3 4 0

,  2 ,  2 .

Power of 3 = 5 ×(2 + 4)= 30

Power of 5 = 5 × 3 = 15

P P P
15 = 5 × 3

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Max. value of P = 15

Q29 (2)

8 ≤ p + q + r ≤ 12

⇒ p + q + r = 8,9, 10,11,12

Here, p, q, r ≥ 1

Hence, required number {using number of positive integral solutions =  n−1

Cr−1 }

7 8 9 10 11
= C2 + C2 + C2 + C2 + C2

7×6 8×7 9×8 10×9 11×10

= + + + +
2 2 2 2 2

= 21 + 28 + 36 + 45 + 55

= 185

Q30 (1)

We have,

→
r 1 =(a î + b ĵ + ck̂)

→
r = î + ĵ + k̂

→ →
For  r  to be perpendicular to  r , 1

→ →
r ⋅ r 1 = 0

⇒( î + ĵ + k̂)⋅(a î + b ĵ + ck̂)= 0

⇒ a + b + c = 0

Now,

a,  b,  c ∈{−3, −2, −1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4}

Then, number of possible ways for choosing a,  b & c is

3
Coefficient of x  in (x o −3
+ x
−2 4
+ … . . +x ) − 1

11 3
= C − 3 × C − 1 = 46 − 1 = 45
9 1

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