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PERMUTATION & COMBINATION

PART - I : JEE (ADVANCED) / IIT-JEE PROBLEMS (PREVIOUS YEARS)

1. The number of seven digit integers, with sum of the digits equal to 10 and formed by using the digits 1,
2 and 3 only, is [IIT-JEE-2009, Paper-I, (3, – 1), 240]
(A) 55 (B) 66 (C) 77 (D) 88

2. Let S = {1, 2, 3, 4}. The total number of unordered pairs of disjoint subsets of S is equal to
(A) 25 (B) 34 (C) 42 (D) 41
[IIT-JEE-2010, Paper-2, (5, –2), 79]

3. The total number of ways in which 5 balls of different colours can be distributed among 3 persons so
that each person gets at least one ball is [IIT-JEE 2012, Paper-1, (3, –1), 70][P & C]
(A) 75 (B) 150 (C) 210 (D) 243

Paragraph for Question Nos. 4 to 5


Let an denote the number of all n-digit positive integers formed by the digits 0,1 or both such that no
consecutive digits in them are 0. Let bn = the number of such n-digit integers ending with digit 1 and cn =
the number of such n-digit integers ending with digit 0.
4. Which of the following is correct ? [IIT-JEE 2012, Paper-2, (3, –1), 66]
(A) a17 = a16 + a15 (B) c17  c16 + c15 (C) b17  b16 + c16 (D) a17 = c17 + b16

5. The value of b6 is
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 11

6. Let n1 < n2 < n3 < n4 < n5 be positive integers such that n1 + n2 + n3 + n4 + n5 = 20. Then the number of
such distinct arrangements (n1, n2, n3, n4, n5) is [JEE (Advanced) 2014, Paper-1, (3, 0)/60]

7. Let n  2 be an integer. Take 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
[JEE (Advanced) 2014, Paper-1, (3, 0)/60]

8. Six cards and six envelopes are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and cards are to be placed in envelopes so
that each envelope contains exactly one card and no card is placed in the envelope bearing the same
number and moreover the card numbered 1 is always placed in envelope numbered 2. Then the
number of ways it can be done is [JEE (Advanced) 2014, Paper-2, (3, –1)/60]
(A) 264 (B) 265 (C) 53 (D) 67

9. 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 stand consecutively in the queue. Then the value
m
of is [JEE (Advanced) 2015, P-1 (4, 0) /88]
n

10. A debate club consists of 6 girls and 4 boys. A team of 4 members is to be selected from this club
including the selection of a captain (from among these 4 members) for the team. If the team has to
include at most one boy. Then the number of ways of selecting the team is
[JEE (Advanced) 2016, Paper-1, (3, –1)/62]
(A) 380 (B) 320 (C) 260 (D) 95

11. Words 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 one letter is
y
repeated twice and no other letter is repeated. Then, = [JEE(Advanced) 2017, Paper-1,(3, 0)/61]
9x

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12. Let S = {1, 2, 3, ......, 9}. For k = 1, 2,......,5, let Nk be the number of subsets of S, each containing five
elements out of which exactly k are odd. Then N1 + N2 + N3 + N4 + N5 =
[JEE(Advanced) 2017, Paper-2,(3, –1)/61]
(A) 210 (B) 252 (C) 126 (D) 125

13. The number of 5 digit numbers which are divisible by 4, with digits from the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} and the
repetition of digits is allowed, is _______. [JEE(Advanced) 2018, Paper-1,(3, 0)/60]

14. In a high school, a committee has to be formed from a group of 6 boys M 1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6 and 5
girls G1, G2, G3, G4, G5. [JEE(Advanced) 2018, Paper-2,(3, –1)/60]
(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 at least 2 members, and having an 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 members, having at least 2 girls and such that both M1 and G1 are NOT in the committee
together.
LIST-I LIST-II
(P) The value of 1 is (1) 136
(Q) The value of 2 is (2) 189
(R) The value of 3 is (3) 192
(S) The value of 4 is (4) 200
(5) 381
(6) 461
The correct option is
(A) P → 4; Q → 6; R → 2; S → 1 (B) P → 1; Q → 4; R → 2; S → 3
(C) P → 4; Q → 6; R → 5; S → 2 (D) P → 4; Q → 2; R → 3; S → 1

PART - II : JEE (MAIN) / AIEEE PROBLEMS (PREVIOUS YEARS)

1. From 6 different novels and 3 different dictionaries, 4 novels and 1 dictionary are to be selected and
arranged in a row on the shelf so that the dictionary is always in the middle. Then the number of such
arrangements is- [AIEEE 2009 (4, –1), 144]
(A) atleast 500 but less than 750 (B) atleast 750 but less than 1000
(C) atleast 1000 (D) less than 500

2. Statement-1 : The number of ways of distributing 10 identical balls in 4 distinct boxes such that no box
is empty is 9 C3 . [AIEEE 2011, I, (4, –1), 120]
Statement-2 : The number of ways of choosing any 3 places from 9 different places is 9 C3 .
(A) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for Statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true.

3. There are 10 points in a plane, out of these 6 are collinear. If N is the number of triangles formed by
joining these points. then : [AIEEE 2011, II, (4, –1), 120]
(A) N  100 (B) 100 < N  140 (C) 140 < N  190 (D) N > 190

4. Assuming the balls to be identical except for difference in colours, the number of ways in which one or
more balls can be selected from 10 white, 9 green and 7 black balls is : [AIEEE-2012, (4, –1)/120]
(A) 880 (B) 629 (C) 630 (D) 879

5. Let Tn be the number of all possible triangles formed by joining vertices of an n-sided regular polygon. If
Tn+1 – Tn = 10, then the value of n is : [AIEEE - 2013, (4, –1),360]
(A) 7 (B) 5 (C) 10 (D) 8

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6. The number of integers greater than 6,000 that can be formed, using the digits 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8, without
repetition, is : [JEE(Main) 2015, (4, – 1), 120]
(A) 216 (B) 192 (C) 120 (D) 72

7. If all the words (with or without meaning) having five letters, formed using the letters of the word SMALL
and arranged as in a dictionary; then the position of the word SMALL is :
[JEE(Main) 2016, (4, – 1), 120]
(A) 59 (B) 52 (C) 58 (D) 46

8. A man X has 7 friends, 4 of them are ladies and 3 are men. His wife Y also has 7 friends, 3 of them are
ladies and 4 are men. Assume X and Y have no common friends. Then the total number of ways in
which X and Y together can throw a party inviting 3 ladies and 3 men, so that 3 friends of each of X and
Y are in this party, is [JEE(Main) 2017, (4, – 1), 120]
(A) 485 (B) 468 (C) 469 (D) 484

9. From 6 different novels and 3 different dictionaries, 4 novels and 1 dictionary are to be selected and
arranged in a row on a shelf so that the dictionary is always in the middle. The number of such
arrangements is : [JEE(Main) 2018, (4, – 1), 120]
(A) at least 500 but less than 750 (B) at least 750 but less than 1000
(C) at least 1000 (D) less than 500

10. Let S be the set of all triangles in the xy-plane, each having one vertex at the origin and the other two
vertices lie on coordinate axes with integral coordinates. If each triangle in S has area 50 sq. units, then
the number of elements in the set S is : [JEE(Main) 2019, Online (09-01-19),P-2 (4, – 1), 120]
(A) 32 (B) 36 (C) 18 (D) 9

11. Consider three boxes, each containing 10 balls labelled 1,2,....,10. Suppose one ball is randomly drawn
from each of the boxes. Denote by ni, the label of the ball drawn from the ith box, (i = 1, 2, 3). Then, the
number of ways in which the balls can be chosen such that n1 < n2 < n3 is :
[JEE(Main) 2019, Online (12-01-19),P-1 (4, – 1), 120]
(A) 120 (B) 164 (C) 240 (D) 82

12. Let S = {1, 2, 3....., 100}. The number of non-empty subsets A of S such that the product of element in
A is even is : [JEE(Main) 2019, Online (12-01-19),P-1 (4, – 1), 120]
(A) 250 + 1 (B) 250(250–1) (C) 2100 – 1 (D) 250 –1
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Answer Key

PART - I : JEE (ADVANCED) / IIT-JEE PROBLEMS (PREVIOUS YEARS)

1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (B) 4. (A) 5. (B) 6. 7 7. 5


8. (C) 9. 5 10. (A) 11. 5 12. (C) 13. 625 14. (C)

PART - II : JEE (MAIN) / AIEEE PROBLEMS (PREVIOUS YEARS)

1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (D) 5. (B) 6. (B) 7. (C)


8. (A) 9. (C) 10. (B) 11. (A) 12. (B) 13. (3) 14. (1)
15. (4) 16. (4) 17. (3) 18. (1) 19. (2) 20. (1) 21. (4)
22. (4) 23. (2) 24. (4) 25. (2) 26. (1) 27. (3) 28. (3)
29. (D) 30. (490) 31. (2454) 32. (A) 33. (309) 34. (B) 35. (54)
36. (135) 37. (240) 38. (A) 39. (B) 40. (120) 41. (3) 42. (31650)
43. (4) 44. (32) 45. (45) 46. (1) 47. (3) 48. (1000) 49. (4)
50. (3) 51. (3) 52. (1) 53. (300) 54. (4) 55. (777) 56. (96)
57. (238) 58. (3) 59. (924) 60. (77) 61. (3) 62. (5143) 63. (576)
64. (80) 65. (100) 66. (7744) 67. (52) 68. (136) 69. (40) 70. (576)
71. (1633) 72. (63) 73. (243) 74. (1120) 75. (150) 76. (56) 77. (D)
78. (702) 79. (D) 80. (18195) 81. (1086) 82. (1492) 83. (180) 84. (30)
85. (C) 86. (7073) 87. (17) 88. (11) 89. (6) 90. (60) 91. (546)
92. (2) 93. (43) 94. (4) 95. (6860) 96. (32) 97. (1436) 98. (2)
99. (1) 100. (3000) 101. (21) 102. (3) 103. (240) 104. (710) 105. (2997)
106. (45) 107. (50400) 108. (105) 109. (81)

Solution

PART - I : JEE (ADVANCED) / IIT-JEE PROBLEMS (PREVIOUS YEARS)

1. There are two possible cases


Case 1 : Five 1’s, one 2’s, one 3’s
7!
Number of numbers = = 42
5!
Case 2 : Four 1’s, three 2’s
7!
Number of numbers = = 35
4! 3!
Total number of numbers = 42 + 35 = 77

2. S = {1, 2, 3, 4}
Each element can be put in 3 ways either in subsets or we don’t put in any subset.
3 3 3 3 −1
So total number of unordered pairs = + 1 = 41. [Both subsets can be empty also]
2

3. B1 B2 B3
Case-1: 1 1 3
Case-2: 2 2 1
5! 5!
Ways of distribution = . 3! + .3! = 150
1!1!3!2! 2!2!1!2!

4. 1----------------- 1 # an–1
----------------- 1 0 # an–2
So an = an–1 + an–2

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