DISTRIBUTION OF DISSIMILAR THINGS INTO GROUPS

1. No. of ways of dividing 80 cards into 5 equal groups of 16 each is

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

2. The number of ways a pack of 52 cards can be divided among four

players in 4 sets, three of them having 17 cards each and the
fourth one just 1 card is

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

3. At an election 3 wards of a town are canvassed by 4 , 5 and 3 men

respectively. If there are 20 men volunteering the number of ways
they can be allotted to the different wards is

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

4. The number of ways in which 12 balls can be divided between two

friends, one receiving 8 and the other 4, is

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

5. The number of ways of dividing 15 books into 3 groups of 3, 4, 8

books respectively is
 (a) (b)

(c) (d) 15C3.12C4.8C8

6. A guard of 15 men is formed form a group of n soldiers. The

number of times two particular soldiers will guards

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

7. 15 Passengers are to travel by a double decker bus which can

accommodate 5 in upper deck and 10 in lower deck. The number
of ways that the passengers are distributed is

(a) 3000 (b) 3003

(c) 3006 (d) 3009

8. The number of ways in which a pack of 52 cards of four different

suits be distributed equally among 4 players so that each may
have ace, king, queen and knave of the same suit is

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

9. A shop keeper sells three varieties of perfumes and he has a large

number of bottles of the same size of each variety in this stock.
There are 5 places in a row in his showcase. The number of
different ways of displaying the three varieties of perfumes in the
showcase is

(a) 6 (b) 50
(c) 150 (d) 60
10. In how many ways can a pack of 52 cards be
(i) distributed equally among four players in order ?
(ii) divided into four groups of 13 cards each ?
(iii) divided into four sets, three of them having 17 cards each and
fourth just one card ?

11. In how many ways can 12 different balls be divided between 2

boys, one receiving 5 and the other 7 balls ? Also, in how many
ways can these 12 balls be divided into groups of 5, 4 and 3 balls,
respectively ?

12. In how many ways can be 16 different books be distributed

among three students A, B, C so that B gets 1 more than A and C
gets 2 more than B ?

13. In how many ways can 9 different books be distributed among

three students if each receives atleast 2 books ?

14. Total number of divisors of N = 35 . 57 . 79 that are of the form

4n + 1, n is equal to

(a) 15 (b) 30
(c) 120 (d) 240

15. Number of ways in which 12 different books can be distributed

equally among 3 persons, is

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

16. Number of ways in which 12 different things can be distributed in

3 groups, is
 (a) (b)

(c) (d)

17. Number of ways in which 12 different things can be distributed in

5 sets of 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, things is

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

18. Number of ways in which 12 different things can be divided

among five persons so that they can get 2, 2, 2, 3, 3 things is

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

19. The total number of ways in which 2n persons can be divided into
n couples, is
(a) (b)

(c) (d) None of these

20. n different toys have to be distributed among n children. Total

number of ways in which these toys can be distributed so that
exactly one child gets no toy, is equal to

(a) n! (b) n! nC2

(c) (n – 1)!nC2 (d) n! n-1C2

21. In how many ways can 8 different books be distributed among 3

students if each receives atleast 2 books ?
 (a) 490 (b) 980
(c) 2940 (d) 5880

22. Find the number of ways in which 8 non-identical apples can be

distributed among 3 boys such that every boy should get at least 1
apple and at most 4 apples.

23. In how many ways can 8 different books be distributed among 3

students if each receives at least 2 books ?

24. Find the number of ways in which n different prizes can be

distributed among m (< n) persons if each is entitled to receive at
most n – 1 prizes.

25. Find the number of ways in which n distinct objects can be kept
into two identical boxes so that no box remains empty

26. The number of ways to give 16 different things to three persons

A, B, C so that B gets one more than A and C gets two more than B
is

(a) (b) 4! 5! 7!

(c) (d) none of these

27. The number of ways in which we can distribute mn students

equally among m sections is given by

(a) (b)

(c) (d) (mn)m

28. The number of ways in which 12 books can be put in three

shelves with four on each shelf is
 (a) (b)

(c) (d) none of these

29. The total number of ways in which 2n persons can be divided into
n couples is

(a) (b)

(c) (d) none of these

Q(30-32) Five balls are to be placed in three boxes. Each box should
hold all the five balls so that no box remains empty.

30. The number of ways if balls are different but boxes are identical
is

(a) 30 (b) 25
(c) 21 (d) 35

31. The number of ways if balls and boxes are identical is

(a) 3 (b) 1

(c) 2 (d) none of these

32. 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
ANSWERS:

1) d 2) a 3) c 4) b 5) d
6) c 7) b 8) a 9) c

10(i) (ii) (iii)

11) 1584 12)

13)

14) d 15) a 16) b 17) c 18)

19) c 20) b 21) c

22)

23) 24)

25) 26) a 27) b

28) a 29) c 30) b

31) c 32) d