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Permutation & Combination - Previous Year Questions Bank
Permutation & Combination - Previous Year Questions Bank
2. 2 3 th
th
The value of 2. P0 3. P1 4. P2 ...upto 51 term + 1! 2! 3! ... upto 51 term is equal to:
1
2 Cr
15 15
44. On the sides AB, BC, CA of a triangle ABC have 3, 4 and 5 distinct points (excluding vertices A,B,C)
are respectively chosen. The number of triangles that can be constructed using these chosen points
as vertices are :
(a) (m + n –1)2
(b) 4m+n–1
(c) m2n2
(d) m(m + 1)n(n + 1)
47. Let Tn denote the number of triangles which can be formed by using the vertices of a regular polygon
of n sides. If Tn + 1 – Tn = 21, then n equals
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 6 (d) 4
48. Eight chairs are numbered 1 to 8. Two women and three men wish to occupy one chair each. First,
the women choose the chairs from amongst the chairs marked 1 to 4, and then the men select
the chairs from amongst the remaining. The number of possible arrangements is
6
(a) C 3 × 4C 2 (b) 4
P2 × 4 P3 (c) 4
C 2 + 4 P3 (d) none of these
5
47 52 52
(a) C5 (b) C5 (c) C4 (d) none of these
n n n
50. Cr–1 = 36, Cr = 84 and Cr + 1 = 126, then r is:
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) none of these
(ONE OR MORE THAN ONE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE)
51. An n- digit number is a positive number with exactly n digits. Nine hundred distinct n-digit numbers
are to be formed using only the three digits 2,5 and 7. The smallest value of n for which this is
possible is
(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 9
52. One end of a horizontal uniform beam of weight W and length L is hinged on a vertical wall at point
O and its other end is supported by a light inextensible rope. The other end of the rope is fixed
at point Q, at a height L above the hinge at point O. A block of weight W is attached at point
P of the beam, as shown in the figure (not to scale). The rope can sustain a maximum tension of
( 2 2 ) W Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?
L
O W
P
L W
(a) The vertical component of the reaction force at O does not depend on
(b) The horizontal component of the reaction force at O is equal to W for = 0.5
(c) The tension in the rope is 2W for = 0.5
(d) The rope breaks if > 1.5
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s!
if r s
53. For nonnegative integers s and r, let
s
r r! s r !
if r s . For positive integers m and n, let
0
m n f m,n,p p
g m,n where for any nonnegative integer p, f m,n,p . Then which
m ni pi
p0
np
p i0
i p p i
(a) a17 = a16 + a15 (b) c17 c 16 c15 (c) b17 b16 c16 (d) a17 c 17 b16
2 3
1 5
1 ?
24 6
4 3 4
12
8 7
57. Five persons A, B, C, D and E are seated in a circular arrangement. If each of them is given a
hat of one of the three colours red, blue and green, then the number of ways of distributing the
hats such that the persons seated in adjacent seats get different coloured hats is ______
58. The number of 5 digit numberws which are divisible by 4, with digits from the set {1,2,3,4,5} and
the repetition of digits is allowed, is _________
59. Let n1 < n2 < n3 < n4 < n5 be positive integers sich that n1 + n2 + n3 + n4 + n5 be positive integers
such that n1 + n2 + n3 + n4 + n5 = 20. Then the number of such distinct arrangement (n1, n2, n3,
n4, n5) is
60. Let |X| denote the number of elements in set X. Let S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} be a sample space, where
each element is equally likely to occur. If A and B are independent events associated with S, then
the number ordered pairs (A, B) such that 1 B A , equals _________
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61. Word of length 10 are formed using the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J. Let x be the number
of such words where no letter is repeated; and let y be the number of such words where exactly
y
one letter is repeated twice and no other letter is repeated. Then
9x
62. Let n be the number of ways in which 5 boys and 5 girls can stand in a queue in such a way that
all the girls stand consecutively in the queue. Let m be the number of ways in which 5 boys and
5 girls can stand in a queue in such a way that exactly four girls stands consecutively in the queue.
m
Then the value of is:
n
63. Let n 2 be an integer. Taken n distinct points on a circle and join each pair of points by a line
segment. Colour the line segment joining every pair of adjacent points by blue and the rest by red.
If the number of red and blue line segments are equal, then the value of n is
64.
Consider the set of eight vectors V a ˆi bjˆ ckˆ :a,b,c 1,1 . Three non-coplanar vectors can
66. There are 5 students in class 10. 6 students in class 11 and 8 students in class 12. If the number
of ways, in which 10 students can be selected from them so as to include at least 2 students from
each class and at most 5 students from the total 11 students of class 10 and 11 is 100 k, then
k is equal to _________
67. There are 15 players in a cricket team, out of which six are bowlers, 7 are batsmen and 2 are
wicketkeepers. The number of ways, a team of 11 players be selected from them so as to include
at least 4 bowlers, 5 batsman and 1 wicketkeeper, is __________
68. The students S1, S2,....,S10 are to be divided into 3 groups A, B and C such that each group has
at least one student and the group C has at most 3 students. Then the total number of possibilities
of forming such groups is __________
69. The number of words (with or without meaning) that can be formed from all the letters of the word
"LETTER" in which vowels never come together is _______
70. The number of words, with or without meaning, that can be formed by taking 4 letters at a time
from the letter of the word 'SYLLABUS' such that two letters are distinct and two letters are alike,
is _________
71. A test consists of 6 multiple choice questions, each having 4 alternative answers of which only one
is correct. The number of ways, in which a candidate answers all six questions such that exactly
four of the answers are correct, is ________
72. The total number of 3-digit numbers, whose sum of digits is 10, is ________
74. An urn contains 5 red marbles, 4 black marbles and 3 white marbles. Then the number of ways
in which 4 marbles can be drawn so that at the most three of them are red is _____
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75. The number of 4 letter words (with or without meaning) that can be formed from the eleven letters
of the word 'EXAMINATION' is ______
76. An engineer is required to visit a factory for exactly four days during the first 15 days of every
month and it is mandatory that no two visits take place on consecutive days. Then the number of
all possible ways in which such visits to the factory can be made by the engineer during 1-15 June
2021 is _______
77. All the arrangements, with or without meaning, of the word FARMER are written excluding any word
that has two R appearing together. The arrangements are listed serially in the alphabetic order as
in the English dictionary. Then the serial number of the word FARMER in this list is ______
78. A number is called a pallindrome if it reads the same backward as well as forward. For example
285582 is a six digit palindrome. The number of six digit palindromes, which are divisioble by 55,
is ______
79. Let n be a non-negative integer. Then the number of divisors of the form "4n + 1" of the number
(10)10. (11)11. (13)11 is equal to ______
80. The number of times the digit 3 will be written when listing the integers from 1 to 1000 is _____
81. The total number of numbers, lying between 100 and 1000 than can be formed with the digits 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, if the repetition of digits is not allowed and numbers are divisible by either 3 or 5, is
______
82. If the letters of the word 'MOTHER' be permutated and all the words so formed (with or without meaning)
be listed as in a dictionary, then the position of the word 'MOTHER' is _______
83. In a hotel, four rooms are available. Six persons are to be accomodated in these four rooms in
such a way that each of these rooms contains at least one person and at most two persons. Then
the number of all possible ways in which this can be done is ______
(SUBJECTIVE PROBLEMS)
n 1 n 1
84. If total number of runs scored in n matches is
4
2 n 2 where n > 1, and the run scored
n !
2
89. A box contains two white balls, three black balls and four red balls. In how many ways can three
balls be drawn from the box if at least one black ball is to be included in the draw?
90. 7 relatives of a man comprises 4 ladies and 3 gentlemen; his wife has also 7 relatives; 3 of them
are ladies and 4 gentlemen. In how many ways can they invite a dinner party of 3 ladies and 3
gentlemen so that there are 3 of man's relatives and 3 of the wife's relatives?
91. Five balls of different colours are to placed in there boxes of different size. Each box can hold all
five. In how many different ways can we place the ball so that no box remains empty?
92. Six X's have to be placed in the squares of figure below in such a way that each row contains at
least one X. In how many different ways can this be done.
94. In a certain test, ai students gave wrong answers to atleast i questions, where i = 1, 2, ......, k. No
student gave more than k wrong answers. The total number of wrong answers given is _____
95. Total number of ways in which six '+' and four '–' signs can be arranged in a line such that no
two '–' signs occur together is ________
96. The side AB, BC and CA of a triangle ABC have 3, 4 and 5 interior points respectively on them.
The number of triangles that can be constructed using these interior points as vertices is _____
(TRUE/FALSE)
97. The product of any r consecutive natural numbers is always divisible by r!
(i) Let 1 be the total number of ways in which the committee can be formed such that the committee
has 5 members, having exactly 3 boys and 2 girls
(ii) Let 2 be the total number of ways in which the committee can be formed such that the committee
has 2 members, having equal number of boys and girls
(iii) Let 3 be the total number of ways in which the committee can be formed such that the committee
has 5 members, at least 2 of them being girls
(iv) Let 4 be the total number of ways in which the committee can be formed such that the committee
has 4 memberes, having at least 2 girls such that both M1 and G1 are NOT in the committee
together.
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List I List II
(a) The value of 1 is 1. 136
(b) The value of 2 is 2. 189
(c) The value of 3 is 3. 192
(d) The value of 4 is 4. 200
5. 381
6. 461
The correct option is:
(a) (a) – 4 ; (b) – 6 ; (c) – 2 ; (d) – 1 (b) (a) – 1 ; (b) – 4 ; (c) – 2 ; (d) – 3
(c) (a) – 4 ; (b) – 6 ; (c) – 5 ; (d) – 2 (d) (a) – 4 ; (b) – 2 ; (c) – 3 ; (d) – 1
99. Consider all possible permutations of the letters of the word ENDEANOEL. Match the Statements/
Expressions in Column I with Statements/ Expressions in Column II and indicate your answer by darkening
the appropriate bubbles in the 4 × 4 matrix given in the ORS.
Column I Column II
(a) The number of permutation containing the word ENDEA is (p) 5!
(b) The number of permutations in which the letter E occurs in (q) 2 × 5!
the first and the last positions is
(c) The number of permutations in which none of the letters (r) 7 × 5!