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1. How many five digits numbers divisible by 3 can be formed using the digits 0,1, 2,3, 4, 7 and 8 if each digit is
to be used atmost once.
1. 744
2. Find the number of 4 digit positive integers if the product of their digits is divisible by 3.
2. 7704
3. There are 2 women participating in a chess tournament. Every participant played 2 games with the other
participants. The number of games that the men played between themselves exceeded by 66 as compared to
the number of games that the men played with the women. Find the number of participants & the total
numbers of games played in the tournament.
3. 13, 156
4. All the 7 digit numbers containing of the digits 1, 2,3, 4,5,6,7 exactly once, and not divisible by 5 are
th
arranged in the increasing order. Find the ( 2004 ) number in this list.
4. 4316527
5. 5 boys & 4 girls sit in a straight line. find the number of ways in which they can be seated if 2 girls are
together & the other 2 are also together but separate from the first 2.
5. 43200
6. A crew of an eight oar boat has to be chosen out of 11 men five of whom can roe on stroke side only, four on
the bow side only, and the remaining two on either side. How many different selections can be made.
6. 145
7. An examination paper consists of 12 questions divided into parts A & B.
Part-A contains 7 questions & Part- B contains 5 questions. A candidate is required to attempt 8 questions
selecting atleast 3 from each part. In how many maximum ways can the candidate select the questions?
7. 420
8. In how many ways can a team of 6 horses be selected out of a stud of 16, so that there shall always be 3 out
of ABCA ' B ' C , but never AA ' BB ' or CC ' together.
8. 960
9. During a drawn of lottery, ticket bearing numbers 1, 2,3,....40, 6 tickets are drawn out & then arranged in the
descending order of their numbers. In how many ways, it is possible to have 4th ticket bearing number 25.
24
9. C2 .15 C3
10. Find the number of distinct natural numbers upto a maximum of 4 digits and visible by 5, which can be
formed with the digits 0,1, 2,3, 4,5, 6, 7,8,9 each digit not occurring more than once in each number.
10. 1106
11. There are 4 distinct parabolas 5 different circle and 3 different lines in xy plane. Find the maximum numbers
of their points of intersection.
11. 181
12. Find the number of 6 digit numbers in which repetition of digits are not allowed, even digit appear at even
places, odd digit appear at odd places and the number is divisible by 4.
12. 1440
13. Find the number of permutation of 6 digits from the set {1, 2,3, 4,5,6} where each digit is to be used exactly
once, so that the chosen permutation changes from increasing to decreasing or decreasing to increasing at
most once e.g . the strings like 123456, 654321,126543 and 632145 are acceptable but strings like
132456 or 653241 are not.
13. 62
14. A firm of Chartered Accountants is Bombay has to send 10clerks to 5 different companies, two clerks in each.
Two of the companies are in Bombay and the other are outside. Two of the clerks prefer to work in Bombay
while three others prefer to work outside. In how many ways can the assignment be made if the preferences
are to be satisfied.
14. 5400
15. A train going from Cambridge to London stops at nine intermediate stations. 6 persons enter the train during
the journey with 6 different tickets of the same class. How many different sets of ticket may they have had.
45
15. C6
16. How many arrangements each consisting of 2 vowels & 2 consonants can be made out of the letters of the
word ‘DEVASTATION’.
16. 1638
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17. Find the number of ways in which the letters of the word ‘KUTKUT’ can be arranged so that no two alike
letters are together.
17. 30
18. (a) Find the number of words each consisting of 3 consonants & 3 vowels that can be formed from the
letters of the word ‘’Circumference’’. In how many of these c’s will be together.
(b) Find the number of 7 lettered words each consisting of 3 vowels and 4 consonants which can be formed
using the letters of the word ‘’DIFFERENTIATION’’.
18. (a) 22100, 52, (b) 532770
19. There are 5 white, 4 yellow, 3 green, 2 blue & 1 red ball. The balls are all identical except for colour. These
are to be arranged in a line in 5 places. Find the number of distinct arrangements.
19. 2111
20. How many 4 digit numbers are there which contains not more than 2 different digits.
20. 576
21. An 8 oared boat is to be manned by crew chosen from 14 men of which 4 can only steer nut can not row &
the rest can row but cannot steer. Of those who can row, 2 can row on the bow side. In how many ways can
the crew be arranged.
2
21. 4 ( 4!) .8 C4 .6 C2
22. (a) A flight of stairs has 10 steps. A person can go up the steps one at a time, two at a time, or any
combination of 1’s and 2’s. Find the total number of ways in which the person can go up the stairs.
(b) You walk up 12 steps, going up either 1 or 2 steps with each stride. There is a snake on the 8th step, so
you can not step there. Number of ways you can go up.
22. (a) 89 (b) 63
23. Each of 3 committees has 1 vacancy which is to be filled from a group of 6 people. Find the number of ways
the 3 vacancies can be filled if;
(a) Each person can serve on atmost 1 committee.
(b) There is no restriction on the number of committees on which a person can serve,
(c) Each person can serve on atmost 2 committees.
23. 120, 216, 210
24. How many ten digit whole numbers satisfy the following property they have 2 and 5 as digits, and there are
no consecutive 2’s in the number ( i.e. any two 2’s are separated by at least one 5)
24. 143
25. In how many other ways can the letters of the word MULTIPLE be arranged.
(a) Without changing the order of the vowels
(b) Keeping the position of each vowel fixed &
(c) Without changing the relative order/ position of vowels & consonants
25. (a) 3359 (b) 59 (c) 359
26. Let N denotes the number of all 9 digits numbers satisfy the condition
(a) The digit of each number are all from the set {5,6,7,8,9}
(b) Any digit that appears in the number, repeats atleast three times. Find the value of ( N / 5)
26. 4201
27. How many integers between 1000 and 9999 have exactly one pair of equal digit such as 4049 or 9902 but not
4449 or 4040?
27. 3888
28. How many 6 digits odd numbers greater than 60,0000 can be formed from the digits 5, 6, 7,8,9, 0 if
(a) Repetitions are not allowed (b) Repetitions are allowed
28. 240, 15552
29. A man has 3 friends. In how many ways he can invite one friend everyday for dinner on 6 successive nights so
that no friends is invited more than 3 times.
29. 510
30. (a) Prove that; n Pr = n −1 Pr + r.n −1 Pr −1 (b) If 20 Cr + 2 = 20C2 r −3 find .12 Cr
(c) Prove that n − r C3 + n −1C4 > n C3 if n > 7 (d) Find r if 15 C3r = 15Cr +3
30. (b) 792, (d) r-3
31. Consider all the six digit numbers that can be formed using the digits 1, 2,3, 4,5 and 6 , each digit being used
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smaller than that digit, appear to the right of that digit. Find the number of such six digit numbers having the
desired property.
31. 162
32. Find the number of five digit numbers that can be formed using the digits 1, 2,3, 4,5, 6, 7,8,9 in which one
digit appears once and two digits appear twice ( e.g.41174is onesuch number but 75355is not )
32. 7560
33. {
Find the number of ways in which 3 distinct numbers can be selected from the set 31 ,32 ,33 ,.....3100 ,3101 so }
that they form a G.P.
33. 2500
34. Find the number of odd numbers between 3000 to 6300 that have different digits.
34. 826
35. The members of a chess club took part in a round robin competition in which each plays everyone else once.
All members scored the same number of points, except four juniors whose total score were 17.5. How many
members were there in the club? Assume that for each win a player scores I point, for drawn 1/2 point and
zero for losing
35. 27
36. In an election for the managing committee of a reputed club, the number of candidates contesting elections
exceeds the number of members to be elected by r ( r > 0 ) . If a voter can vote in 967 different ways to elect
the managing committee by voting atleast 1 of them & can vote in 55 different ways to elect ( r − 1)
candidates by voting in the same manner. Find the number of candidates contesting the elections & the
number of candidates losing the elections.
36. 10, 3
Instruction for question nos. 37 to 39:
2 American men; 2 British men; 2 Chinese men and one each of Dutch, Egyptial, French and German person
are to be seated for a round table conference.
37. If the number of ways in which they can be seated if exactly two pairs of person of same nationality are
together is p ( 6!) , then find p
37. 60
38. If the number of ways in which only American pair is adjacent is equal to q ( 6!) , then find q .
38. 64
39. If the number of ways in which no two people of the same nationality are together given by r ( 6 ) , find r .
39. 244
40. For each positive integer k , let S k denote the increasing arithmetic sequence of integers whose first term is 1
and whose common difference is k . For example, S3 is the sequence 1, 4, 7,10...... Find the number, of values
of k for which S k contain the term 361 .
40. 24
41. A shop sells 6 different flavours of ice- cream. In how many ways can a customer choose 4 ice- cream cones if
(a) They are al of different flavours (b) They are non necessarily of different flavours
(c) They contain only 3 different flavours (d) They contain only 2 or 3 different flavours
41. (a) 15 (b) 126
(c) 60 (d) 105
42. (a) How many divisors are there of the number x = 21600 . Find also the sum of these divisors
(b) In how many ways the number 7056 can be resolved as a product of 2 factors
(c) Find the number of ways in which the number 300300 can be split into 2 factors which are relatively
prime
(d) Find the number of positive integers that are divisors of atleast one of the numbers 1010 ;157 ;1811 .
42. (a) 72; 78120 (b) 23
(c) 32 (d) 435
43. How many 15 letter arrangements of 5 A ' s,5B ' s and C ' s have no A ' sA ' s in the first 5 letters, no B ' s in the
next 5 letters, and no C ' s in the last 5 letters.
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44. Determine the number of paths from the origin to the point ( 9,9 ) , in the cart plane which never pass
through ( 5,5) in paths consisting only of steps going 1 unit North and 1 East.
44. 30980
45. There are n triangle of positive area that have one vertex A ( 0, 0 )and the other two vertices whose
coordinates are drawn independently with replacement from the set {0,1, 2,3, 4} e.g (1, 2 ) , (0,1) , ( 2, 2 ) etc.
Find the value of n .
45. 256
46. How many different ways can 15 Candy bars be distributed between Ram, Shyam, Ghanshyam and Balram, if
Ram can not have more than 5 candy bars and Shyam must have at least two. Assume all Candy bars to be
alike.
46. 440
47. Find the number of three digits numbers from 100 to 999 inclusive which have any one digit that is the
average of the other two.
47. 121
48. (a) Find the number of non- empty subsets S of {1, 2,3, 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12} such that, no two
consecutive integers belong to S and if, S contains k elements, then S contains no number less than k .
(b) If the number of ordered pairs ( S , T ) of subsets of {1, 2,3, 4,5,6} are such that S ∪ T contains exactly
three elements is 10λ , then find the value of λ .
48. (a) 128, (b) 54
49. Find the number of permutations of the digits 1, 2,3, 4 and 5 taken all at a time so that sum of the digits at
the first two places is smaller than the sum of the digits the last two places.
49. 48
50. In a league of 8 terms, each team played every other team 10 times. The number of wins of the 8 teams
formed an arithmetic sequence. Find the least possible number of games won by the champion.
50. 42
51. Find the sum of all numbers greater than 10000m formed by using the digits 0,1, 2, 4,5 , no digit being
repeated in any number.
51. 3119976
52. There are 3 cars of different make available to transport 3 girls and 5 boys on a field trip. Each car can hold
up to 3 children. Find
(a) The number of ways in which they can be accommodated
(b) The numbers of ways in which they can be accommodated if 2 or 3 girls are assigned to one of the cars.
In both the cases internal arrangement of children inside the car is considered to be immaterial.
52. (a) 1680 (b) 1140
53. Find the number of three elements sets of positive integers {a, b, c} such that a × b × c = 2310 .
53. 40
54. Find the number of integer between 1 and 10000 with at least one 8 and at least one 9 as digits.
54. 974
55. Let N be the number of ordered pairs of non empty sets A and B that have the following propwerties:
(a) A ∪ B = {1, 2,3, 4,5,6,7,8,9,10}
(b) A ∩ B = φ
(c) The number of elements of A is not the element of A
(d) The number of elements of B is not the element of B
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DPP-1
1. In how many ways can clean & clouded (overcast) days occur in a week assuming that an entire day is either
clean or clouded.
1. 128
2. If the letters of the word ‘’VARUN’’ are written in all ways and then are arranged as in a dictionary, then the
rank of the word VARUN is:
(a) 98 (b) 99 (c) 100 (d) 101
2. C
3. How many natural numbers are their from 1 to 1000 which have none of their digits repeated.
3. 738
4. There are 6 roads between A & B and 4 roads between B & C
(a) In how many ways can one drive from A to C by way of B?
(b) In how many ways can one drive from A to C and back to A, passing through B on both trips?
(c) In how many ways can one drive the circular trip described in (ii) without usingh the same road more
than once
4. (a) 24
(b) 576
(c) 360
5. (a) Find the number of four letter word that can be formed from the letters of the word HISTORY ( each
letter to be used at most once)
(b) How many of them contain only consonants?
(c) How many of them begin & end in a consonant?
(d) How many of them begin with a vowel?
(e) How many contain the letters Y?
(f) How many begin with T & end in a vowel?
(g) How many begin with T & also contain S?
(h) How many contain both vowels?
5. (a) 840
(b) 120
(c) 400
(d) 240
(e) 480
(f) 40
(g) 60
(h) 240
6. If repetitions are not permitted
(a) How many 3 digit numbers can be formed from the six digits 2,3,5,6,7 & 9 ?
(b) How many of these are less than 400 ?
(c) How many are even?
(d) Hoe many are odd?
(e) How many are multiples of 5?
6.
7. Every telephone number consists of 7 digits. How many telephone numbers are there which do not include
any other digits but 2,3,5 & 7 ?
7. 47
8. How many of the arrangements of the letter of the word ‘’LOGARITHM’’ begin with a vowel and end with a
consonant?
8. 90720
9. Number of natural number between 100 and 1000 such that at least one of their digits is 7 is
(a) 225 (b) 243 (c) 252 (d) None
9. C
10. How many four digit numbers are there which are divisible by 2.
10. 4500
11. In a telephone system four different letter P, R, S, T and the four digits 3, 5, 7, 8 are used. Find the maximum
number of ‘’telephone numbers’’ the system can have if each consists of a letter followed by a four- digit
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11. 1024
12. Find the number of 5 lettered palindromes which can be formed using the lettered from the English
alphabets.
12. 263
13. Number of ways in which 7 different coloured in a rainbow can be arranged if green is always in the middle.
13. 720
14. Find the number of ways in which 4 boys and 3 girls can be seated in a line if the terminal seats are occupied
by the boys.
14. 1440
15. Number of words which can be formed using all the letters of the word ‘’AKSHI’’, if each word begins with
vowel or terminates in vowel.
15. 84
16. A letter lock consists of three rings each marked with 10 different letters. Find the number of ways in which it
is possible to make an unsuccessfully
16. 999
17. How many 10 digit numbers can be made odd digits so that no two consecutive digits are same.
17. 5.49
18. It is required to seat 5 men and 4 women in a row so that the women in a row so that the women occupy the
even places. How many such arrangements are possible?
18. 2880
19. How many 5- digit numbers can be formed from the digit 2,3, 4,5 and 9 assuming no digit is repeated? How
many such arrangements are possible?
19. 120, 24
20. How many natural numbers are there with the property that they can be expressed as the sum of the cubes
of two natural numbers in two different ways?
20. IInfinitely many
DPP-2
1. A new flag is to be designed with six vertical strips using some or all of the colours yellow, green, blue and
red. Then, the number of ways this can be done such that no two adjacent strips have the same colour is
(a) 12 × 81 (b) 16 ×192 (c) 20 ×125 (d) 24 × 216
1. A
2. For some natural N , the number of positive integral ' x ' satisfying the equation,
(a) None (b) One (b) Two (d) Infinite
2. C
3. All possible three digits even numbers which can be formed with the condition that if 5 is one of the digit,
then 7 is the next digit is:
(a) 5 (b) 325 (c) 345 (d) 365
3. D
4. How many of the 900 three digit numbers have at least one even digit?
(a) 775 (b) 875 (c) 450 (d) 750
4. A
5. The number of different seven digit numbers that can be written using only three digits 1, 2 & 3 under the
condition that the digit 2 occurs exactly twice in each number is:
(a) 672 (b) 640 (c) 512 (d) None
5. A
6. Out of seven consonants and four vowels, the number of words of six letters, formed by taking four
consonants and two vowels is (Assume that each ordered group of letter is a word):
(a) 210 (b) 462 (c) 151200 (d) 332640
6. C
7. The number of six digit numbers that can be formed from the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 so that digit do not
repeat and the terminal digits are even is:
(a) 144 (b) 72 (c) 288 (d) 720
7. D
8. How many different 3- flag signals (with flags placed vertically, one below the other) can be made out of 8
given flags?
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9. In how many ways can 5 colours be selected out of 8 different colours including red, blue, and green.
(a) If blue and green are always to be included,
(b) If red is always excluded
(c) If red and blue are always included but green exclude?
9. (a) 20
(b) 21
(c) 10
10. Find the number of natural numbers less than 1000 and divisible by 5 can be formed with the ten digits, each
digit not occurring more than once n each number.
10. 154
11. Number of numbers from 1 to 2010 having atleast one digit 4 is
(a) 541 (b) 542 (c) 543 (d) 544
11. C
12. The set of values of r simultaneously satisfying the system of equations
P (5, r ) = 2 ⋅ P ( 6, r −1) and 5 ⋅ P ( 4, r ) = 6 ⋅ P (5, r −1) , is
(a) An empty set (b) A singleton set
(c) A set consisting of two elements (d) A set consisting of three elements
12. B
DPP-3
1. Find the number of ways in which letters of the word VALEDICTORY be arranged so that the vowels may
never be separated.
1. 967680
2. How many numbers between 400 and 1000 (both exclusive) can be made with the digits 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 0 if.
(a) Repetition of digits no allowed (b) Repetition of digits is allowed
2. (a) 60
(b) 107
3. The tamer of wild animals has to bring one by one 5 lion & 4 tigers to the circus arena. The number of ways
this can be done if no two tigers immediately follow each other is____
3. 43200
4. The interior angles of a regular measure 150° each. The number of diagonals of the polygon is.
(a) 35 (b) 44 (c) 54 (d) 78
4. C
5. The number of ways in which 5 different books can be distributed among 10 people if each person can get at
most one book is.
(a) 252 (b) 105 (c) 510 (d) 10 C5 .5!
5. D
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6. The 9 horizontal and 9 vertical lines on an 8 x 8 chessboard form ‘r’ rectangles and ‘s’ squares. The ratio in
r
its lowest terms is.
1 17 4
(a) (b) (c) (d) None
6 108 27
6. B
7. There are 720 permutations of the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Suppose these permutations are arranged from
smallest to largest numerical values beginning from 1 2 3 4 5 6 and ending with 6 5 4 3 2 1.
(a) What number falls on the 124th position?
(b) What is the position of the number 321546?
7. (a) 213564
(b) 267th
8. Number of 4 digit numbers of the form N=abcd which satisfy following three conditions
(a) 4000 ≤ N < 6000
(b) N is multiple of 5
(c) 3 ≤ b < c ≤ 6 is equal ro
(a) 12 (b) 18 (c) 24 (d) 48
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9. A student has to answer 10 out of 13 questions in an examination. Find the number of ways in which he can
answer if he must answer atleast 3 of the first five questions.
9. 276
10. Find the number of 3 digit numbers in which the digit at hundredth’s place is greater than the other two
digit.
10. 285
11. Find the number of 6 digit numbers of the form abcdef if the digits satisfy the condition
a + b + c + d + e + f + = a 2 + b2 + c 2 + d 2 + e2 + f 2
11. 32
12. Number of permutations of 1, 2,3, 4,5, 6, 7,8 and 9 taken all at a time, such that the digit
1 appearing somewhere to the left of 2
3 appearing to the left of 4 and
5 somewhere to the left of 6, is
(e. g. 85723946 would be one such permutation)
(a) 9.7! (b) 8! (c) 5!.4! (d) 8!.4!
12. A
DPP-4
1. A telegraph has x arms & each arm is capable of ( x − 1) distinct positions, including the position of rest. The
total number of signals that can be made is_____
x
1. ( x −1) −1
2. Find the number of ways in which two squares can be selected from an 8 by 8 chess board of size 1 x 1 so
that they are not in the same row or in the same column.
2. 1568
3. Number of different natural numbers which are smaller that two hundred million & using only the digits 1 or
2 is:
(a) (3).28 − 2 (b) (3).28 −1 (c) 2. ( 29 − 1) (d) None
3. A
4. 5 Indian & 5 American couples meet at a party & shake hands. If no wife shakes hands with her own husband
& no Indian wife shakes with a male, then the number of handshakes that taken place in the party is.
(a) 95 (b) 110 (c) 135 (d) 150
4. C
5. The number of n digit numbers which consists of the digits 1 & 2 only if each digit is to be used atleast once,
is equals to 510 then n is equal to:
(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 10
5. C
6. Number of six digit numbers which have 3 digits even & 3 digits odd, if each digit is to be used atmost once
is_____
6. 64800
7. Find the number of odd integers between 1000 and 8000 which have none of their digits repeated.
7. 1736
8. Number of four digit numbers with all digits different and containing the digit 7 is.
(a) 2016 (b) 1828 (c) 1848 (d) 1884
8. C
9. A 5 digit number divisible by 3 is to be formed using the numerals 0,1, 2,3, 4 & 5 without repetition. The total
number of ways this can be done is:
(a) 3125 (b) 600 (c) 240 (d) 216
9. D
10. A committee of 5 is to be chosen from a group of 9 people. Number of ways in which it can be formed if two
particular person either server together or not at all and two particular persons refuse to serve with each
other, is
(a) 41 (b) 36 (c) 47 (d) 76
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11. A question paper on mathematics consists of twelve questions divided into three parts A, B and C each
containing four questions. In how many ways an examinee answer five questions, selecting atleast one form
each part.
(a) 624 (b) 208 (c) 2304 (d) None
11. A
12. The number of natural numbers from 1000 to 999 (both inclusive) that do not have all 4 different digits is.
(a) 4048 (b) 4464 (c) 4518 (d) 4536
OR
What can you say about the number of even numbers under the same constraints?
12. B or 2204
DPP-5
1. The kindergarten teacher has 25 kids in her class. She takes 5 of then at a time, to zoological garden as often
as she can, without taking the same 5 kids more than once. Find the number of visits, the teacher makes to
the garden and also the number of visits every kid makes.
25
1. C5 ;24 C4
2. Number of ways in which 8 people can be arranged in a line of A and B must be next to each and C must be
somewhere behind D, is equal to.
(a) 10080 (b) 5040 (c) 5050 (d) 10100
2. B
3. There are m points on a straight line AB & n points on the line AC more of them being the point A. Triangles
are formed with these points as vertices, when
(a) A is excluded (b) A is included. The ratio of number of triangles in the two cases is:
m+n−2 m+n−2 m+n−2 m ( n − 1)
(a) (b) (c) (d)
m+n m + n −1 m+n+2 ( m + 1)( n + 1)
3. A
4. In a certain algebraical exercise book there are 4 examples on arithmetical progression, 5 examples on
permutation- combination and 6 examples on binomial theorem. Number of ways a teacher can select for his
pupils atleast one but not more than 2 examples from each of these sets, is______
4. 3150
5. Seven different coins are to be divided amongst three persons. If no two of the persons receive the same
number of coins but each receives atleast one coin & none is left over, then the number of ways in which the
division may be made is:
(a) 420 (b) 630 (c) 710 (d) None
5. B
6. Let there be 9 fixed points on the circumference of a circle. Each of these points is joined to every one of the
remaining 8 points by a straight line and the points are so positioned on the circumference that atmost 2
straight lines meet any interior point of the circle. the number of such interior intersection points is:
(a) 126 (b) 351 (c) 756 (d) None of these
6. A
7. The number of 5 digit numbers such that the sum of their digits is even is:
(a) 50000 (b) 45000 (c) 60000 (d) None
7. B
8. A forecast is to be made of the results of five cricket matches, each of which can be win, a drawn or a loss for
Indian team. Find
(a) The number of different possible forecasts
(b) The number of forecasts containing 0,1, 2,3, 4 and 5 errors respectively
8. 243; 1; 10; 40, 80, 80, 32
9. The number of ways in which 8m distinguishable apples can be distributed among 3 boys such that every boy
should get atleast 1 apple & atmost is K .7 P3 where K has the value equal to.
(a) 14 (b) 66 (c) 44 (d) 22
9. D
10. A women has 11 close friends. Find the number of ways in which she can invite 5 of them of dinner, if two
particular of the are not on speaking terms & will not attend together.
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11. a rack has 5 different pai5rs of shoes. The number of ways in which 4 shoes can be chosen from it so that
there will be no complete pair is.
(a) 1920 (b) 200 (c) 110 (d) 80
11. D
12. In a certain college at the B.SC. examination, 3 candidates obtained first class honours in each of the
following subject: Physics, Chemistry and Maths, no candidates obtaining honours in more than one subject;
Find the number of ways in which 9 scholarships of different value be awarded to the 9 candidates if due
regard is to be paid only to the places obtained by candidates in any one subject.
12. 1680
13. Find the number of different ways in which 8 different books can be distributed among 3 students, if each
student receives atleat 2 books.
13. 2940
14. In how many different ways a grandfather along with two of his grandsons and four granddaughters can be
seated in a line for a photograph so that he is always in the middle and the two grandsons are never adjacent
to each other.
14. 528
DPP-6
1. Find the number of permutations of the word ‘’AUROBIND’’ in which vowels appear in an alphabetical order.
8
1. C4 ⋅ 4!
2. There are 10 different books in a shelf. If m denotes the number of ways of selecting 3 books when no two of
them are consecutive and n denotes the corresponding figure when exactly two are consecutive then.
(a) 8m =7n (b) 6m = 5n (c) 7m = 5n (d) m = n
2. D
3. If as many more words as possible be formed out of the letters of the word ‘’DOGMATIC’’ then computer the
number of words in which the relative order of vowels and consonants remain unchanged.
3. 719
4. Number of ways in which 9 different toys be distributed among 4 children belonging to different age group in
such a way that distribution among the 3 elder children is even and the youngest one is to receive one toy
more, is:
2

(a)
(5!) (b)
9!
(c)
9!
(d) None
3
8 2 3!( 2!)
4. C
5. There are five different peaches and three different apples. Number of ways they can be divided into two
packs of four fruits if each pack must contain atleast one apple, is
(a) 35 (b) 65 (c) 60 (d) 30
5. D
6. 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
6. B
7. Number of ways in which 7 green bottle and 8 blue bottles can be arranged in a row if exactly 1 pair of green
bottles is side by side, is (Assume all bottles to be alike except for the colour).
(a) 84 (b) 360 (c) 504 (d) None
7. C
8. A has 3 maps and B has 9 maps. All the 12 maps being distinct. Determine the number of ways in which they
can exchange their maps if each keeps his initial number of maps.
8. 219
9. Number of three digit number with atleast one 3 and least one 2 is.
(a) 58 (b) 56 (c) 54 (d) 52
9. D
10. Number of ways in which 3 mangoes, 3 apples and 2 oranges can be distributed in 8 children so that every
child gets exactly one fruit, is (Assume fruits of the same species to be alike).
8!3! 8!2!
(a) (b)
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(c) (d)
3!3!2!2! 3!3!2!2!
10. B
11. Library has ' a ' copies of one book, ' b ' copies each of two different books, ' c ' copies each of three different
books and single copy of ' d ' different books. The total number of ways in which these books can be
arranged in a shelf, is equal to

(a)
( a + 2b + 3c + d )! (b)
( a + 2b + 3c + d )!
3
a !( 2b !)( c !) a !( 2b !)( 3c !)

(c)
( a + 2b + 3c + d )! (d)
( a + 2b + 3c + d )!
3 2 3
( c !) a !( b !) ( c !)
11. D
Paragraph for Question No. 12 to 14
Consider the world W =MISSISSIPPI
12. If N denotes the number of different selections of 5 letters from the world W = MISSISSIPPI then N belongs
to the set
(a) {15,16,17,18,19} (b) {20, 21, 22, 23, 24}
(c) {25, 26, 27, 28, 29} (d) {30,31,32,33,34}
12. C
13. Number of ways in which the letters of the world W can be arranged if at least one vowel is separated from
rest of the vowels
8!⋅161 8!⋅161
(a) (b)
4!⋅ 4!⋅ 2! 4 ⋅ 4!⋅ 2!
8!⋅161 8! 165
(c) (d) ⋅
4!⋅ 2! 4!⋅ 2! 4!
13. B
14. If the number of arrangements of the letters of the world W if all the S 'and P ' are separated is
10 ⎞
( K ) ⎛⎜ ⎟ then K equals
⎝ 4!⋅ 4! ⎠
6
(a) (b) 1
5
4 3
(c) (d)
3 2
14. B
15. Find the number of five digit numbers that can be formed by using two 2’s, three 3’s, one zero and one 5.
15. 212
DPP-7
1. If all the words formed with letters of the word ‘’POTATO’’ are arranged in alphabetical order as they are
done in a dictionary then the rank of the word ‘’POTATO’’ is.
(a) 44 (b) 103 (c) 104 (d) None
1. C
2. 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!
2. (b) 7! (c) 8! (d) 7.8!
8!5!3!
2. C
3. 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
3. C
4. Number of six digit numbers in which sum of the squares of the digits is 9 is
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(a) 60 (b) 66 (c) 72 (d) 37
4. D
5. All the five digit numbers in which each successive digit exceeds its predecessor are arranged in the
increasing order of their magnitude. The 97th number in the list does not contain the digit.
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) 8
5. B
6. Find the number of combination of 16 things, 8 of which are alike and the rest different, taken 8 at a time.
6. 256
7. 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
7. C
8. An old man while dialing a 7 digit telephone number remembers that the first four digits consists of one 1’s
one 2’s and two 3’s. He also remembers that the fifth digit is either a 4 or 5 while has no memorising of the
sixth digit, he remembers that the seventh digit is 9 minus the sixth digit. Maximum number of distinct trials
he has to try to make sure that he dials the correct telephone number, is
(a) 360 (b) 240 (c) 216 (d) None
8. B
9. 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 x C y 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
9. B
Paragraph for Question No- 10 to 12
16 Players P1 , P2 , P3 ......P16 take in a tennis tournament. Lower suffix player is better than any higher suffix
players. These players are to be divided into 4 groups each comprising of 4 players and the best from each
group is selected for semifinals.
8
10. Number of ways in which 16 players can be divided into four equal groups, is K ∏ ( 2r − 1) , where K
r =1
equals
35 35
(a) (b)
27 24
35 35
(c) (d)
52 6
10. A
11. Number of ways in which they can be divided into 4 equal groups if the players P1 , P2 , P3 and P4 are in
different groups, is:

(a)
(11)! (b)
(11)!
36 72
(c)
(11)! (d)
(11)!
108 216
11. C
12. Numbers of ways in which these 16 players can be divided into four equal groups, such that when the best
12!
players is selected from each group, P6 is one among them, is ( k ) 3
.The value of k is
( 4!)
(a) 36 (b) 24
(c) 18 (d) 20
12. D
Integer Type
13. How many different arrangements are possible with the factor of the term a 2b 4 c5 written at full length.
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14. Find the number of 4 digit numbers starting with 1 and having exactly two identical digits.
14. 432

15. Number of ways in which 5 A ' s and 6 B ' s can be arranged in row which reads the same backwards and
forwards, is
15. 10
DPP-8
1. Number of different words that can be formed using all the letters of the word ‘’DEEPMALA’’ if two vowel
are together and the other two are also together but separated from the first two is.
(a) 960 (b) 1200 (c) 2160 (d) 1440
1. D
2. 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 drawn is.
(a) 126 (b) 252 (c) 225 (c) None
2. A
3. Number of ciphers at the end of 2002 C1001 is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 200
3. B
4. 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
4. C
5. 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

(a)
( m + n )! (b)
1 ( m + n )!
(c)
( m + n )! (d) None
4 mn 2 mn mn
5. A
6. 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
6. A
7. 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
7. C
8. 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) x y − x (b) x y − y (c) y x − x (d) y x − y
8. A

9. 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.
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 = 2 N (c) 2L = M = 2 N (d) L = M = 2N
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The question given below contains STATEMENT-1 (Assertion) and STATEMENT-2 (Reason) Question has 4
choices (A), (B), (C) and (D), out of which ONLY ONE is correct. Choose the correct alternative.
10. Statement 1: The sum 40 C0 ⋅60 C10 + 40 C1 ⋅60 C9 + .......40 C10 ⋅60 C0 ⋅ equals 100 C10
Statement 2: Number of ways of selecting 10 students out of 40 boys and 60 girls is 100 C10
(a) Statement -1 is true, statement -2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement -1
(b) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for
statement-1
(c) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is false
(d) Statement -1 is false, statement -2 is true
10. A
MORE THAN ONE
11. Number of ways in which 4 apples, 3 bananas and 2 oranges can be distributed in 9 children if each child gets
immediately by (Assume that fruits of the same species are not distinguishable)
(a) 7 (b) 12 (c) 18 (d) 53
11. A, B, C
SUBJECTIVE
12. Define a ‘good word’ as a sequence of letters that consists only of the letters A, B and C and in which a never
immediately followed by B, B is never immediately followed by C, and C is never immediately followed by A.
If the number of n- letter good words are 384, find the value of n.
12. n=8
13. Six married couple are sitting in a room. Find the number of ways in which 4 people can selected so that.
(a) They do not form a couple (b) They form exactly one couple
(c) They form at least one couple (d) They form atmost one couple
13. 240, 240, 255, 480
14. Find the number of 10 digit number using the digits 0, 1, 2,.....9 without repetition, how many of these are
divisible by 4.
14. ( 20) ⋅ 8!
Match The Column:
15.
Column-I Column-II
(a) In a plane a set of 8 parallel lines intersect a set of n parallel lines, that goes in (P) 6
another direction, forming a total of 1260 parallelograms. The value of n is
equal to
(b) Out of 12 points, p point are collinear ( 0 < p < 12 ) . If the number of triangles (Q) 7
formed with vertices at these points is 185 , then the value of p, is equal to
(c) Number of ways in which 5 person A, B, C , D and E can be seated on round (R) 10
table if A and D do not sit next to each other
(d) Number of ciphers at the end of the number 50
P25 (S) 12
15. (A) → (R), (B) → (Q), (C) → (S), (D) → (P)

DPP-9
1. Six people are going to sit in a row on a bench. A and B are adjacent, C does not want to sit adjacent to D. E
and F can sit anywhere. Number of ways in which these six people can be seated, is
(a) 200 (b) 144 (c) 120 (d) 56
1. B
2. 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 of the books are all alike.
Then
(a) m = 4n (b) n = 4m (c) m = 24n (d) None
2. C
3. There are six period 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
3. B
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4. 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
4. C
5. A team of 8 students goes on an eacursion, 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
5. C
6. 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
6. C
7. Six person A, B, C, D, E and F are to be seated at a circular table. The number of ways this can be done if A
must have wither B or C on his right and B must either C or D on his right is:
(a) 36 (b) 12 (c) 24 (d) 18
7. D
8. There are 2 identical white balls, 3 identical red balls and 4 green balls of different shades. The number of
ways in which they can be arranged in a row so that atleast one ball is separated from the balls of the same
colour, is:
(a) 6 ( 7!− 4!) (b) 7 ( 6!− 4!) (c) 8!− 5! (d) None
8. A
9. Sameer has to make a telephone call to his fried Harish, Unfortunately he does remember the 7 digit phone
number. But he remembers that the first three digits are 635 or 674, the number is odd and there is exactly
one 9 in the number. The maximum number of trials that Sameer has to make to be successful is.
(a) 10,000 (b) 3402 (c) 3200 (d) 5000
9. B
10. Product of all the even divisions of N=1000, is
(a) 32 ⋅102 (b) 64 ⋅ 214 (c) 64 ⋅1018 (d) 128 ⋅106
10. C
11. Given 11 points, of which 5 lie on one circle, other than these 5, no 4 lie on one circle. Then the maximum
number of circles that can be drawn so that each contains atleast three of the given points is:
(a) 216 (b) 156 (c) 172 (d) None
11. B
12. One hundred management students who read at least one of three business magazines are surveyed to
study the readership pattern. It is found that 80read Business India, 50 read Business word, and 30 read
Business Today. Five students read all the three magazines. How many read exactly two magazines?
(a) 50 (b) 10 (c) 95 (d) 25
12. A
13. 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 of the 50
college teachers own of three, colour TV, VCR or tape recorder?
(a) 4 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 11
13. C
14. If the number of six digit numbers which contains exactly four different digits such that exactly one digit
repeats, is k ( 7!) , then find k .
14. 18
15. If the number of ways in which the letters of the world ‘TEACHER’ can be placed
in the squares of the given figure so that no row remains empty is ( k ) 7! then
find the value of k

15. 38
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1. There are 100 different books in a shelf. Number of ways in which 3 books can be select so that no two of
which are neighbours is
(a) 100 C3 − 98 (b) 97 C3
96 98
(c) C3 (d) C3
1. D
2. The sum of all numbers greater than 1000 formed by using 1,3,5, 7 no digit being repeated in any number is
(a) 72215 (b) 83911
(c) 106656 (d) 114712
2. C
3. Number of positive integral solutions satisfying the equation ( x1 + x2 + x3 )( y1 + y2 ) = 77 is
(a) 150 (b) 270
(c) 420 (d) 1024
3. C

4. Distinct 3 digit numbers are formed using only the digits 1, 2,3and 4 with each digit used at most once in
each number thus formed. The sum of all possible numbers formed is
(a) 6660 (b) 3330
(c) 2220 (d) None
4. A
5. An ice cream parlour has ice cream in eight different varieties. Number of ways of choosing 3 ice creams
taking at least two ice creams of the same variety, is:
(a) 56 (b) 64
(c) 100 (d) None
5. B
6. The sum of all number formed the digits 1,3,5, 7,9 which are smaller than 10, 000 if repletion of digits is
not allowed, is where S = (1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 )
(a) ( 28011) S (b) ( 28041) S
(c) ( 28121) S (d) ( 29152) S
6. B
ASSERTION AND REASON:
7. Statement 1: Number of ways of distributing 10 identical balls in 4 distinct boxes such that no box is empty
is 9 C3
Statement 2: Number of ways of choosing any 3 places from 9 different places is 9 C3
(a) Statement -1 is true, statement -2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement -1
(b) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for
statement-1
(c) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is false
(d) Statement -1 is false, statement -2 is true
7. A

8. Statement 1: A and B are two speakers to address a public meeting with four more speakers. The number
of ways they can address such that A always speaks before B is 360
Statement 2: The number of ways that A speaks before B is equal to the number of ways that B speaks
before A
(a) Statement -1 is true, statement -2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement -1
(b) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for
statement-1
(c) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is false
(d) Statement -1 is false, statement -2 is true
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9. Identify the correct ( s ) .
(a) Number of naughts standing at the end of 125 is 30
(b) A telegraph has 10 arms and each arm is capable of 9 distinct positions excluding the position of
rest. The number of signals that can be transmitted is 1010 − 1.
(c) Number of numbers greater than 4 lacs which can be formed by using only the digits
0, 2, 2, 4, 4 and 5 is 90 .
(d) In a table tennis tournament, every player plays with every player. If the number of games played is
5050 then the number of players in the tournament is 100
9. BC

10. The number of ways in which five different books to be distributed among 3 person so that each person gets
at least one book, is also equal to the number of ways in which
(a) 5 person are allotted 3 different residential flats so that and each person is allotted at most one
flat and no two persons are allotted the same flat.
(b) Number of parallelograms (Some of which may be overlapping) formed by one set of 6 parallel
lines and other set 5 parallel lines that goes in other direction.
(c) 5 different toys are to be distributed among 3 children, so that each child gets at least one toy.
(d) 3 mathematics professors are assigned five different to be delivered, so that each professor gets
at least one lecturer.
10. BCD
n −1
11. The combinatorial coefficient C p denotes
(a) The number of ways in which n things of which p are alike and rest different can be arranged in a
circle.
(b) The number of ways in which p different things can be selected out of n different thing if a
particular things is always excluded.
(c) Number of ways in which n alike balls can be distributed in p different boxes so that no box remains
empty and each box can hold any number of balls.
(d) The number of ways in which ( n − 2 ) white balls and p black balls can be arranged in a line
if black balls are separated, balls are all alike except for the colour.
11. BD
12. The maximum number of permutations of 2n letters in which there are only a’s & b’s , taken all at a time is
given by:
2n 2 6 10 4n − 6 4n − 2
(a) Cn (b) . . ...... .
1 2 3 n −1 n
n
n +1 n + 2 n + 3 n + 4 2n − 1 2n 2 ⎡⎣1.3.5.... ( 2n − 3)( 2n − 1)⎤⎦
(c) . . . ...... . (d)
1 2 3 4 n −1 n n!
12. ABCD

13. Number of ways in which 3 numbers in A. P can be selected from 1, 2,3,......n is:
2
⎛ n −1 ⎞ n ( n − 2)
(a) ⎜ ⎟ if n is even (b) if n is odd
⎝ 2 ⎠ 4
2
( n − 1) n ( n − 2)
(c) if n is odd (d) if n is even
4 4
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14. Which of the following statements are correct?
(a) Number of words that can be formed with 6 only of the letters of the word ‘’CENTRIFUGAL’’ if each
word must contain all the vowels is 3 ⋅ 7!
(b) There are 15 balls of which some are white and the rest black. If the numbers of ways in which the balls
can be arranged in a row, is maximum then the number of white balls must be equal to 7 or 8 Assume balls
of the same colour to be alike.
(c) There are 12 things, 4 alike of one kind, 5 alike and of another kind and the rest are all different. The
total number of combinations is 240.
(d) Number of selections that can be made of 6 letters from the word ‘’COMMITTEE’’ is 35.
14. ABD
15. The combination coefficient C (n, r) is equal to
(a) Number of possible subsets of r members from a set of n distinct members.3
(b) Number of possible binary messages of length n with exactly r 1’s
(c) Number of non decreasing 2-D paths from the lattice point (0,0) to (r, n)
(d) Number of ways of selecting r thing out of n different things when a particular thing is always included
plus the number of ways of selecting ‘r’ things out of n, when a particular thing is always excluded.
15. ABD
MATCH THE COLUMN:
16.
Column-I Column-II
(a) Number of increasing permutations of m symbols are there from the n set (P) nm
numbers {a1 , a2 ,.....an } where the order among the numbers is given by
a1 < a2 < a3 < ....an−1 < an is
(b) There are m mean and n monkeys. Number of ways in which every monkey has a (Q)
m
Cn
master, if a man can have any number of monkeys
n
(c) Number of ways in which n red balls and ( m − 1) green balls can be arranged in a (R) Cm
line, so that no two red balls are together, is
(d) Number of ways in which ' m ' different toys can be distributed in ' n ' children if (S) mn
every child may receive any number of toys, is
16. (A) → (R), (B) → (S), (C) → (Q), (D) → (P)
17.
Column-I Column-II
(a) For different movies are running in a town. Ten students go to watch these four (P) 11
movies. The number of ways in which every movies is watched by atleast one
student, is
(b) Consider 8 vertices of a regular octagon and its centre. If T denotes the number (Q) 36
of triangle and S denotes the number of straight lines that can be formed with
these 9 points then the value of (T- S) equals
(c) In an examination, 5 children were found to have their mobiles in their pocket. (R) 52
The Invigilator fired them and took their mobiles in his possession. Towards the
end of the test, Invigilator randomly returned their mobiles. The number of ways
in which at most two children did not get their own mobiles is
(d) The product of the digits of 3214 is 24. The number of 4 digit natural is numbers (S) 60
such that the product of their digits is 12, is
(e) The number of ways in which a mixed double tennis game can be arranged from (T) 84
amongst 5 married couple if no husband & wife plays in the same game, is
17. (A) → (T), (B) → (R), (C) → (P), (D) → (Q), (E) → (S)
18.
Column-I Column-II
(a) There are 5 balls of different colours and 5 boxes of colours same as those of (P) 30
the balls. The number of ways in which the balls, one in each box, could be (Q)
placed such that at least 2 balls go to the box of its own colour is 31

(b) Number of divisors of 1980 that are composite numbers, is (R) 32

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(c) Number of seven digit natural numbers in which both 2 and 3 are present as
digits if no two 2 ' s are consecutive in any number, is
(d) There are five different peaches and three different apples. Number of ways (S) 3
they can be divided into two packs of four fruits if each pack must contain at
least one apple, is
(e) A box contains 6 balls which may be all of different colours or three each of two
colours or two each of three different colours. The number of ways of selecting
3 balls from the box is (Assume balls of same colour are alike)
18. (A) → (Q), (B) → (Q), (C) → (S), (D) → (P), (E) → (Q)

19. Consider 6 children C1 , C2 , C3 , C4 , C5 and C6 of different heights, child with higher suffix is taller.
Column-I Column-II
(a) Number of ways in which these six children can line up in a single row: so that (P) 20
none of them is standing between the two children taller than him, is

(b) Number of ways in which they appear in a line if 3 children C1 , C2 and C3 are in (Q) 32
ascending order of their height:
(c) Number of ways in which 10 alike marbles can be distributed among them if
every child gets at least one marble but not more than 4 , is (R) 60
(d) Number of ways in which they can stand in a rectangular array of 3 rows 2 (S) 90
colums so that any child in a column is taller than the child in the same column (T) 120
immediately in front of him, is
e.g.
Column-I Column-II
C1 C4
C2 C5
C3 C6
19. (A) → (Q), (B) → (S), (C) → (T), (D) → (P)
Subjective:
20. Find the number of ways in which 12 identical coins can be distributed in 6 different purses, if not more
than 3 & not less that 1 coin goes in each purse.
20. 141
(Practice Test)
Part- A
Single Correct Choice Type
1. A convex polygon has 44 diagonals. The polygon is.
(a) Nonagon (b) Decagon (c) Undecagon (d) Dodecagon
1. C
2. Number of ways in which the letters of the word SUSURRUS, can be arranged
8! ⎛8⎞ ⎛ 8 ⎞⎛ 5 ⎞
(a) 8! (b) (c) ⎜ ⎟ (d) ⎜ ⎟⎜ ⎟
5!3! ⎝ 5⎠ ⎝ 3 ⎠⎝ 3 ⎠
2. D
3. Shoma has ten apples, and wants to given them to three of her friends. Number of different ways can she
can given them is (Assume that the apples are all identical).
(a) 36 (b) 63 (c) 66 (d) 1000
3. C
4. Consider 8 vertices of a regular octagon and its centre. If the denotes the number of triangles and S denotes
the number of straight lines that can be formed with these 9 points then T- S has the value equal to.
(a) 52 (b) 56 (c) 48 (d) 44
4. A
5. There are exactly 4! = 24 distinct 4 digit numbers whose digits are the numbers 1, 2,3, 4 in some order. The
sum of these numbers, is
(a) 88888 (b) 11110 (c) 66666 (d) 66660

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5. D
Number of different routes from A to B in the figure if we can travel only up or
B
6.
to the right and the intersection point C is closed off, is C
•
(a) 41 (b) 26 (c) 56 (d) 16
A

6. B
7. If letters of the word ‘’PARKAR’’ are written down in all possible manners as they are in a dictionary, then the
rank of the word ‘’PARKAR’’ is:
(a) 98 (b) 99 (c) 100 (d) 101
7. B
8. There are 2n white and 2n red counters. Counters are all alike except for the colour. If the number of ways
in which they can be arranged in a line so that they are symmetric with respect to a central mark is 70 then
n equals to.
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
8. B
9. Number of ways in which n distinct objects can be kept in k different boxes (not more than one in each box)
if there are more boxed than things, is.
(a) k Pn (b) k n (c) n k (d) k Cn
9. A
10. Number of divisors of the number N = 23 ⋅ 35 ⋅ 57 ⋅ 79 which are perfect square is.
(a) 24 (b) 60 (c) 119 (d) 120
10. D
(Paragraph For Question nos. 11 to 13)
Different words formed arranging the letters of the word ‘’SUCCESS’’
11. The number of words in which C are together but S’s are separated, is
(a) 120 (b) 96 (c) 24 (d) 420
11. C
12. The number of words in which no two C’s and no two S are together is
(a) 120 (b) 96 (c) 24 (d) 180
12. B
13. The number of words in which the consonants appear in alphabetic order is
(a) 42 (b) 40 (c) 420 (d) 280
13. A
(Multiple Correct Choice Type)
14. The number of ways 10 candidates A1 , A2 ,........ A10 can be ranked, so that A1 is always above A2 is
10!
(a) (b) 8!×10 C2 (c) 10
P2 (d) 10
C2
2
14. AB
15. Number of natural numbers between 100 and 1000 that can be formed with the digits 1, 2,3, 4,5,6,7 if each
digit is used atmost once, is also equal to
(a) 10 C5
(b) The number of triangle that can be formed with 12 points in a plane with exactly 5 of them being
collinear.
(c) The number of ways in which 4 alike can be distributed in 10 children if each child gets at most one
apple.
(d) Number of ways in which 10 different books can be tied up into two bundles one containing 2 more
things than the other.
15. BCD
16. If the numbers of ways in which 4 different red roses and 2 different white roses can form a garland so that
the white roses are together is k then ' k ' is divisible by?
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
16. ABCD
17. Number of ways in which 6 different toys can be distributed equally among 3 children is also equal to.
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(b) Number of different signals which can be obtained from 10 different flags taken two at a time keeping
one above the other
(c) Number of ways in which five different marbles can be placed in three different boxes so that no box
remains empty.
(d) Number of ways in which all the letters of the word CALCULUS can be arranged without changing the
order and position of non alike letters
17. ABD
18. Let Pn denotes the number of permutations of n distinct things taken all at a time and

⎛ 143 ⎞ ⎛ Pn +5 ⎞
X n =n +5 C4 − ⎜ ⎟⎜ ⎟ (where n ∈ N ). The possible value of n for which X n is negative can be.
⎝ 96 ⎠ ⎝ Pn +3 ⎠
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
18. ABC
(Part-B)
Matrix Type
1.
Column I Column II
(A) The red books must together and green books together (P) ( 4) 6!
(B) The red books must be together whereas the green books may (Q) (8) 6!
or may not be together

(C) No two books of the same colour are adjacent (R) ( 20 ) 6!

(D) If the books are arranged on an round table and no two of the (S) ( 24 ) 6!
three specified books are together

1. (A) → (Q), (B) → (S), (C) → (P), (D) → (R)

(Part-C)
Integer Type
1. In a plane a set of 8 parallel lines intersects a set of n parallel lines that goes in another direction, forming a
total of 1260 parallelograms. Find the value of n .
1. 0010
2. There are counters available in 3 different colours. The counters are all alike except for the colour. Find the
total number of arrangements consisting of 5 counters, assuming sufficient number of counters of each
colour, if each arrangement consists of counters of every colour.
2. 0150
3. Find the number of four letter words which can be made using the letters of the word ‘’HIPPOPOTAMUS’’. If
not all four letters are different.
3. 0710
4. We call a number ascending if each digit is greater than the digit that precedes it. For example, 457 is
ascending, but 447 is not. Find the number of ascending numbers between 400 and 5000.
4. 0141

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