JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Permutations and Combinations Question Bank

done Definition of permutation, Number of permutations with or without repetition, Conditional permutations Total Questions - 75

• question_answer1)
  If the best and the worst paper never appear together, then six examination papers can be arranged in how many ways
  A)
  120 done clear
  B)
  480 done clear
  C)
  240 done clear
  D)
  None of these done clear
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• question_answer2)
  How many numbers divisible by 5 and lying between 3000 and 4000 can be formed from the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (repetition is not allowed)
  A)
  \[\frac{n+r-1}{r}\] done clear
  B)
  \[^{5}{{P}_{2}}\] done clear
  C)
  \[^{4}{{P}_{2}}\] done clear
  D)
  \[^{6}{{P}_{3}}\] done clear
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• question_answer3)
  The number of ways in which 6 rings can be worn on the four fingers of one hand is [AMU 1983]
  A)
  \[{{4}^{6}}\] done clear
  B)
  \[^{6}{{C}_{4}}\] done clear
  C)
  \[{{6}^{4}}\] done clear
  D)
  None of these done clear
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• question_answer4)
  How many numbers can be formed from the digits 1, 2, 3, 4 when the repetition is not allowed
  A)
  \[^{4}{{P}_{4}}\] done clear
  B)
  \[^{4}{{P}_{3}}\] done clear
  C)
  \[^{4}{{P}_{1}}{{+}^{4}}{{P}_{2}}{{+}^{4}}{{P}_{3}}\] done clear
  D)
  \[^{4}{{P}_{1}}{{+}^{4}}{{P}_{2}}{{+}^{4}}{{P}_{3}}{{+}^{4}}{{P}_{4}}\] done clear
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• question_answer5)
  There are 3 candidates for a post and one is to be selected by the votes of 7 men. The number of ways in which votes can be given is
  A)
  \[{{7}^{3}}\] done clear
  B)
  \[{{3}^{7}}\] done clear
  C)
  \[^{7}{{C}_{3}}\] done clear
  D)
  None of these done clear
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• question_answer6)
  4 buses runs between Bhopal and Gwalior. If a man goes from Gwalior to Bhopal by a bus and comes back to Gwalior by another bus, then the total possible ways are
  A)
  12 done clear
  B)
  16 done clear
  C)
  4 done clear
  D)
  8 done clear
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• question_answer7)
  If  \[{}^{n}{{P}_{5}}=20.\ {}^{n}{{P}_{3}}\], then \[n=\]
  A)
  4 done clear
  B)
  8 done clear
  C)
  6 done clear
  D)
  7 done clear
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• question_answer8)
  How many words comprising of any three letters of the word UNIVERSAL can be formed
  A)
  504 done clear
  B)
  405 done clear
  C)
  540 done clear
  D)
  450 done clear
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• question_answer9)
  If  \[{}^{n}{{P}_{4}}\ :\ {}^{n}{{P}_{5}}=1:2\], then \[n=\] [MP PET 1987; RPET 1996]
  A)
  4 done clear
  B)
  5 done clear
  C)
  6 done clear
  D)
  7 done clear
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• question_answer10)
  In how many ways can \[mn\] letters be posted in \[n\] letter-boxes
  A)
  \[{{(mn)}^{n}}\] done clear
  B)
  \[{{m}^{mn}}\] done clear
  C)
  \[{{n}^{mn}}\] done clear
  D)
  None of these done clear
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• question_answer11)
  In how many ways can 10 true-false questions be replied
  A)
  20 done clear
  B)
  100 done clear
  C)
  512 done clear
  D)
  1024 done clear
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• question_answer12)
  How many even numbers of 3 different digits can be formed from the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (repetition is not allowed)
  A)
  224 done clear
  B)
  280 done clear
  C)
  324 done clear
  D)
  None of these done clear
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• question_answer13)
  If  \[^{n}{{P}_{5}}=9{{\times }^{n-1}}{{P}_{4}}\],  then the value of \[n\] is
  A)
  6 done clear
  B)
  8 done clear
  C)
  5 done clear
  D)
  9 done clear
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• question_answer14)
  The value of \[^{n}{{P}_{r}}\] is equal to [IIT 1971; MP PET 1993]
  A)
  \[^{n-1}{{P}_{r}}+r{{\,}^{n-1}}{{P}_{r-1}}\] done clear
  B)
  \[n.{{\ }^{n-1}}{{P}_{r}}{{+}^{n-1}}{{P}_{r-1}}\] done clear
  C)
  \[n{{(}^{n-1}}{{P}_{r}}{{+}^{n-1}}{{P}_{r-1}})\] done clear
  D)
  \[^{n-1}{{P}_{r-1}}{{+}^{n-1}}{{P}_{r}}\] done clear
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• question_answer15)
  Find the total number of 9 digit numbers which have all the digits different [IIT 1982]
  A)
  \[9\times 9\ !\] done clear
  B)
  \[9\ !\] done clear
  C)
  10! done clear
  D)
  None of these done clear
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• question_answer16)
  Four dice (six faced) are rolled. The number of possible outcomes in which at least one die shows 2 is
  A)
  1296 done clear
  B)
  625 done clear
  C)
  671 done clear
  D)
  None of these done clear
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• question_answer17)
  There are 4 parcels and 5 post-offices. In how many different ways the registration of parcel can be made [MP PET 1983]
  A)
  20 done clear
  B)
  \[{{4}^{5}}\] done clear
  C)
  \[{{5}^{4}}\] done clear
  D)
  \[{{5}^{4}}-{{4}^{5}}\] done clear
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• question_answer18)
  In how many ways can 5 prizes be distributed among four students when every student can take one or more prizes                [BIT Ranchi 1990; RPET 1988, 97]
  A)
  1024 done clear
  B)
  625 done clear
  C)
  120 done clear
  D)
  600 done clear
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• question_answer19)
  In a train five seats are vacant,  then how many ways can three passengers sit    [RPET 1985; MP PET 2003]
  A)
  20 done clear
  B)
  30 done clear
  C)
  10 done clear
  D)
  60 done clear
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• question_answer20)
  The product of any \[r\] consecutive natural numbers is always divisible by [IIT 1985]
  A)
  \[r\ !\] done clear
  B)
  \[{{r}^{2}}\] done clear
  C)
  \[{{r}^{n}}\] done clear
  D)
  None of these done clear
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• question_answer21)
  The sum of the digits in the unit place of all numbers formed with the help of 3, 4, 5, 6 taken all at a time is [Pb. CET 1990]
  A)
  18 done clear
  B)
  432 done clear
  C)
  108 done clear
  D)
  144 done clear
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• question_answer22)
  Six identical coins are arranged in a row. The number of ways in which the number of tails is equal to the number of heads is
  A)
  20 done clear
  B)
  9 done clear
  C)
  120 done clear
  D)
  40 done clear
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• question_answer23)
  The figures 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 are written in every possible order. The number of numbers greater than 56000 is
  A)
  72 done clear
  B)
  96 done clear
  C)
  90 done clear
  D)
  98 done clear
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• question_answer24)
  In how many ways can 10 balls be divided between two boys, one receiving two and the other eight balls
  A)
  45 done clear
  B)
  75 done clear
  C)
  90 done clear
  D)
  None of these done clear
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• question_answer25)
  The sum of all 4 digit numbers that can be formed by using the digits 2, 4, 6, 8 (repetition of digits not allowed) is
  A)
  133320 done clear
  B)
  533280 done clear
  C)
  53328 done clear
  D)
  None of these done clear
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• question_answer26)
  There are 5 roads leading to a town from a village. The number of different ways in which a villager can go to the town and return back, is [MP PET 1996]
  A)
  25 done clear
  B)
  20 done clear
  C)
  10 done clear
  D)
  \[5\] done clear
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• question_answer27)
  In how many ways can five examination papers be arranged so that physics and chemistry papers never come together
  A)
  31 done clear
  B)
  48 done clear
  C)
  60 done clear
  D)
  72 done clear
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• question_answer28)
  The number of ways in which first, second and third prizes can be given to 5 competitors is
  A)
  10 done clear
  B)
  60 done clear
  C)
  15 done clear
  D)
  125 done clear
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• question_answer29)
  The number of 3 digit odd numbers, that can be formed by using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 when the repetition is allowed, is [Pb. CET 1999]
  A)
  60 done clear
  B)
  108 done clear
  C)
  36 done clear
  D)
  30 done clear
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• question_answer30)
  How many numbers of five digits can be formed from the numbers 2, 0, 4, 3, 8 when repetition of digits is not allowed [MP PET 2000; Pb. CET 2001]
  A)
  96 done clear
  B)
  120 done clear
  C)
  144 done clear
  D)
  14 done clear
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• question_answer31)
  If \[^{12}{{P}_{r}}=1320\], then r is equal to [Pb. CET 2004]
  A)
  5 done clear
  B)
  4 done clear
  C)
  3 done clear
  D)
  2 done clear
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• question_answer32)
  Assuming that no two consecutive digits are same, the number of n digit numbers, is [Orissa JEE 2004]
  A)
  n! done clear
  B)
  9! done clear
  C)
  \[{{9}^{n}}\] done clear
  D)
  \[{{n}^{9}}\] done clear
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• question_answer33)
  The numbers of arrangements of the letters of the word SALOON, if the two O's do not come together, is
  A)
  360 done clear
  B)
  720 done clear
  C)
  240 done clear
  D)
  120 done clear
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• question_answer34)
  The number of words which can be formed from the letters of the word MAXIMUM, if two consonants cannot occur together, is
  A)
  4! done clear
  B)
  \[3\,!\,\,\times \,\,4\,!\] done clear
  C)
  7 ! done clear
  D)
  None of these done clear
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• question_answer35)
  In how many ways \[n\] books can be arranged in a row so that two specified books are not together
  A)
  \[n\,!\,-(n-2)\,!\] done clear
  B)
  \[(n-1)\,!\,(n-2)\] done clear
  C)
  \[n\,!-2(n-1)\] done clear
  D)
  \[(n-2)\,n!\] done clear
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• question_answer36)
  How many numbers lying between 500 and 600 can be formed with the help of the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 when the digits are not to be repeated
  A)
  20 done clear
  B)
  40 done clear
  C)
  60 done clear
  D)
  80 done clear
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• question_answer37)
  Numbers greater than 1000 but not greater than 4000 which can be formed with the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4  (repetition of digits is allowed), are [IIT 1976; AIEEE 2002]
  A)
  350 done clear
  B)
  375 done clear
  C)
  450 done clear
  D)
  576 done clear
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• question_answer38)
  The number of numbers that can be formed with the help of the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1  so that odd digits always occupy odd places, is       [RPET 1988, 1991, 1992]
  A)
  24 done clear
  B)
  18 done clear
  C)
  12 done clear
  D)
  30 done clear
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• question_answer39)
  In how many ways can 5 boys and 3 girls sit in a row so that no two girls are together
  A)
  \[5\,\,!\,\,\times \,\,3\,\,!\] done clear
  B)
  \[^{4}{{P}_{3}}\times 5\,\,!\] done clear
  C)
  \[^{6}{{P}_{3}}\times 5\,\,!\] done clear
  D)
  \[^{5}{{P}_{3}}\times 3\,!\] done clear
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• question_answer40)
  How many numbers less than 1000 can be made from the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (repetition is not allowed)
  A)
  156 done clear
  B)
  160 done clear
  C)
  150 done clear
  D)
  None of these done clear
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• question_answer41)
  How many words can be formed from the letters of the word COURTESY, whose first letter is C and the last letter is Y
  A)
  \[6\ !\] done clear
  B)
  \[8\ !\] done clear
  C)
  \[2(6)\ !\] done clear
  D)
  \[2(7)\ !\] done clear
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• question_answer42)
  How many words can be made from the letters of the word DELHI, if L comes in the middle in every word
  A)
  12 done clear
  B)
  24 done clear
  C)
  60 done clear
  D)
  6 done clear
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• question_answer43)
  How many numbers consisting of 5 digits can be formed in which the digits 3, 4 and 7 are used only once and the digit 5 is used twice
  A)
  30 done clear
  B)
  60 done clear
  C)
  45 done clear
  D)
  90 done clear
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• question_answer44)
  In how many ways 3 letters can be posted in 4 letter-boxes, if all the letters are not posted in the same letter-box
  A)
  63 done clear
  B)
  60 done clear
  C)
  77 done clear
  D)
  81 done clear
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• question_answer45)
  The number of 5 digit telephone numbers having at least one of their digits repeated is [Pb. CET 2000]
  A)
  90,000 done clear
  B)
  100,000 done clear
  C)
  30,240 done clear
  D)
  69,760 done clear
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• question_answer46)
  How many words can be formed with the letters of the  word MATHEMATICS by rearranging them  [MP PET 1984; DCE 2001]
  A)
  \[\frac{11\ !}{2\ !\ 2\ !}\] done clear
  B)
  \[\frac{11\ !}{2\ !}\] done clear
  C)
  \[\frac{11\ !}{2\ !\ 2\ !\ 2\ !}\] done clear
  D)
  \[11\ !\] done clear
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• question_answer47)
  The number of arrangements of the letters of the word CALCUTTA [MP PET 1984]
  A)
  2520 done clear
  B)
  5040 done clear
  C)
  10,080 done clear
  D)
  40,320 done clear
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• question_answer48)
  How many numbers, lying between 99 and 1000 be made from the digits 2, 3, 7, 0, 8, 6 when the digits occur only once in each number [MP PET 1984]
  A)
  100 done clear
  B)
  90 done clear
  C)
  120 done clear
  D)
  80 done clear
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• question_answer49)
  In a circus there are ten cages for accommodating ten animals. Out of these four cages are so small that five out of 10 animals cannot enter into them. In how many ways will it be possible to accommodate ten animals in these ten cages  [Roorkee 1989]
  A)
  66400 done clear
  B)
  86400 done clear
  C)
  96400 done clear
  D)
  None of these done clear
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• question_answer50)
  How many words can be made  from the letters of the word COMMITTEE     [RPET 1986; MP PET 2002]
  A)
  \[\frac{9\ !}{{{(2\ !)}^{2}}}\] done clear
  B)
  \[\frac{9\ !}{{{(2\ !)}^{3}}}\] done clear
  C)
  \[\frac{9\ !}{2\ !}\] done clear
  D)
  \[9\ !\] done clear
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• question_answer51)
  How many numbers can be made with the digits 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 lying between 3000 and 4000 which are divisible by 5 while repetition of any digit is not allowed in any number [RPET 1990]
  A)
  60 done clear
  B)
  12 done clear
  C)
  120 done clear
  D)
  24 done clear
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• question_answer52)
  The letters of the word MODESTY are written in all possible orders and these words are written out as in a dictionary, then the rank of the word MODESTY is
  A)
  5040 done clear
  B)
  720 done clear
  C)
  1681 done clear
  D)
  2520 done clear
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• question_answer53)
  If \[a\] denotes the number of permutations of \[x+2\] things taken all at a time, \[b\] the number of permutations of \[x\] things taken 11 at a time and \[c\] the number of permutations of \[x-11\] things taken all at a time such that \[a=182\ bc\], then the value of \[x\] is
  A)
  15 done clear
  B)
  12 done clear
  C)
  10 done clear
  D)
  18 done clear
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• question_answer54)
  All possible four digit numbers are formed using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3 so that no number has repeated digits. The number of even numbers among them is
  A)
  9 done clear
  B)
  18 done clear
  C)
  10 done clear
  D)
  None of these done clear
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• question_answer55)
  The number of ways in which ten candidates \[{{A}_{1}},\ {{A}_{2}},\ .......{{A}_{10}}\] can be ranked such that \[{{A}_{1}}\] is always above \[{{A}_{10}}\] is
  A)
  \[5\ !\] done clear
  B)
  \[2(5\ !)\] done clear
  C)
  \[10\ !\] done clear
  D)
  \[\frac{1}{2}(10\ !)\] done clear
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• question_answer56)
  All the letters of the word ?EAMCET? are arranged in all possible ways. The number of such arrangements in which two vowels are not adjacent to each other is [EAMCET 1987; DEC 2000]
  A)
  360 done clear
  B)
  114 done clear
  C)
  72 done clear
  D)
  54 done clear
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• question_answer57)
  In how many ways can 5 boys and 5 girls stand in a row so that no two girls may be together [RPET 1997]
  A)
  \[{{(5\ !)}^{2}}\] done clear
  B)
  \[5\ !\ \times 4\ !\] done clear
  C)
  \[5\ !\ \times 6\ !\] done clear
  D)
  \[6\times 5\ !\] done clear
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• question_answer58)
  The total number of permutations of the letters of the word ?BANANA? is [RPET 1997, 2000]
  A)
  60 done clear
  B)
  120 done clear
  C)
  720 done clear
  D)
  24 done clear
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• question_answer59)
  The number of words which can be made out of the letters of the word MOBILE when consonants always occupy odd places is [RPET 1999]
  A)
  20 done clear
  B)
  36 done clear
  C)
  30 done clear
  D)
  720 done clear
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• question_answer60)
  How many numbers greater than 24000 can be formed by using digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 when no digit is repeated  [RPET 1999]
  A)
  36 done clear
  B)
  60 done clear
  C)
  84 done clear
  D)
  120 done clear
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• question_answer61)
  How many numbers greater than hundred and divisible by 5 can be made from the digits 3, 4, 5, 6, if no digit is repeated [AMU 1999]
  A)
  6 done clear
  B)
  12 done clear
  C)
  24 done clear
  D)
  30 done clear
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• question_answer62)
  The number of 7 digit numbers which can be formed using the digits 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4 is [Pb. CET 1999]
  A)
  420 done clear
  B)
  840 done clear
  C)
  2520 done clear
  D)
  5040 done clear
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• question_answer63)
  The number of 4 digit numbers that can be formed from the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 so that each number contain digit 1 is [AMU 2001]
  A)
  1225 done clear
  B)
  1252 done clear
  C)
  1522 done clear
  D)
  480 done clear
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• question_answer64)
  The number of 4 digit even numbers that can be formed using 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 without repetition is [Kerala (Engg.) 2001]
  A)
  120 done clear
  B)
  300 done clear
  C)
  420 done clear
  D)
  20 done clear
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• question_answer65)
  Total number of four digit odd numbers that can be formed using 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 are [AIEEE 2002]
  A)
  216 done clear
  B)
  375 done clear
  C)
  400 done clear
  D)
  720 done clear
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• question_answer66)
  The number of arrangements of the letters of the word BANANA in which two N?s do not appear adjacently is [IIT Screening 2002]
  A)
  40 done clear
  B)
  60 done clear
  C)
  80 done clear
  D)
  100 done clear
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• question_answer67)
  The number of ways in which 5 boys and 3 girls can be seated in a row so that each girl in between two boys [Kerala (Engg.) 2002]
  A)
  2880 done clear
  B)
  1880 done clear
  C)
  3800 done clear
  D)
  2800 done clear
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• question_answer68)
  Eleven books consisting of 5 Mathematics, 4 Physics and 2 Chemistry are placed on a shelf. The number of possible ways of arranging them on the assumption that the books of the same subject are all together is [AMU 2002]
  A)
  4! 2! done clear
  B)
  11! done clear
  C)
  5! 4! 3! 2! done clear
  D)
  None of these done clear
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• question_answer69)
  The number of words that can be formed out of the letters of the word ARTICLE so that the vowels occupy even places is [Karnataka CET  2003]
  A)
  36 done clear
  B)
  574 done clear
  C)
  144 done clear
  D)
  754 done clear
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• question_answer70)
  The number of ways in which 9 persons can be divided into three equal groups is [Orissa JEE 2003]
  A)
  1680 done clear
  B)
  840 done clear
  C)
  560 done clear
  D)
  280 done clear
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• question_answer71)
  If a man and his wife enter in a bus, in which five seats are vacant, then the number of different ways in which they can be seated is [Pb. CET 2004]
  A)
  2 done clear
  B)
  5 done clear
  C)
  20 done clear
  D)
  40 done clear
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• question_answer72)
  If the letters of the word SACHIN arranged in all possible ways and these words are written out as in dictionary, then the word SACHIN appears at serial number [AIEEE 2005]
  A)
  603 done clear
  B)
  602 done clear
  C)
  601 done clear
  D)
  600 done clear
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• question_answer73)
  Let the eleven letters \[A,B\].....,K denote an arbitrary permutation of the integers (1, 2,.....11), then \[(A-1)(B-2)(C-3).....(K-11)\] [Orissa JEE 2005]
  A)
  Necessarily  zero done clear
  B)
  Always odd done clear
  C)
  Always even done clear
  D)
  None of these done clear
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• question_answer74)
  4 Note of Rs. 100 and 5 note in which first of Rs. 1, second of Rs. 2, Third of Rs. 5, fourth of Rs. 20 and fifth one of Rs. 50 distributed in 3 children such that each child receive at least one note of Rs. 100. The total number of ways of distribution [DCE 2005]
  A)
  \[3\times {{5}^{3}}\] done clear
  B)
  \[5\times {{3}^{5}}\] done clear
  C)
  \[{{3}^{6}}\] done clear
  D)
  None of these done clear
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• question_answer75)
  How many numbers lying between  999 and 10000 can be formed with the help of the digit 0,2,3,6,7,8 when the digits are not to be repeated [AMU 2005]
  A)
  100 done clear
  B)
  200 done clear
  C)
  300 done clear
  D)
  400 done clear
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