Chapter 4

Permutations and Combinations

Only One Option Correct Type Questions
1. One Indian and four American men and their wives are to be seated randomly around a circular table. Then
the conditional probability that the Indian man is seated adjacent to the wife given that each American man
is seated adjacent to his wife is [IIT-JEE-2007 (Paper-1)]

1 1
(A) (B)
2 3

2 1
(C) (D)
5 5
2. The letters of the word COCHIN are permuted and all the permutations are arranged in an alphabetical order as in
a English dictionary. The number of words that appear before the word COCHIN is [IIT-JEE-2007 (Paper-2)]
(A) 360 (B) 192
(C) 96 (D) 48
3. 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-1)]
(A) 55 (B) 66
(C) 77 (D) 88
4. 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)]
(A) 75 (B) 150
(C) 210 (D) 243
5. 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 (Adv)-2014 (Paper-2)]
(A) 264 (B) 265
(C) 53 (D) 67
6. 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 (Adv)-2016 (Paper-1)]
(A) 380 (B) 320
(C) 260 (D) 95
7. 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 (Adv)-2017 (Paper-2)]
(A) 125 (B) 210
(C) 252 (D) 126
8. Consider 4 boxes, where each box contains 3 red balls and 2 blue balls. Assume that all 20 balls are distinct. In
how many different ways can 10 balls be chosen from these 4 boxes so that from each box at least one red ball
and one blue ball are chosen? [JEE (Adv)-2022 (Paper-2)]
(A) 21816 (B) 85536
(C) 12096 (D) 156816

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One or More Option(s) Correct Type Questions

9. Let S1 = {(i , j , k ) : i , j , k ∈ {1,2,...,10}},

S2 = {(i , j ) : 1 ≤ i < j + 2 ≤ 10, i , j ∈ {1,2,...,10}},

S3 = {(i , j , k, l ) : 1 ≤ i < j < k < l , i , j , k, l ∈ {1,2,...,10}},

and S4 = {(i , j , k , l ) : i, j, k and l are distinct elements in {1,2,...,10}}.

If the total number of elements in the set Sr is nr, r = 1, 2,3,4, then which of the following statements is (are)
TRUE? [JEE (Adv)-2021 (Paper-2)]
(A) n1 = 1000 (B) n2 = 44
n4
(C) n3 = 220 (D) = 420
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Linked Comprehension Type Questions

Paragraph for Q.Nos. 9 and 10

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. [IIT-JEE-2012 (Paper-2)]

Choose the correct answer :

10. Which of the following is correct?
(A) a17 = a16 + a15 (B) c17 ≠ c16 + c15
(C) b17 ≠ b16 + c16 (D) a17 = c17 + b16
11. The value of b6 is
(A) 7 (B) 8
(C) 9 (D) 11

Matrix-Match / Matrix Based Type Questions

12. Consider all possible permutations of the letters of the word ENDEANOEL. Match the Statements/Expressions
in Column-I with the Statements/Expressions in Column-II and indicate your answer by darkening the
appropriate bubbles in the 4 × 4 matrix given in the ORS. [IIT-JEE-2008 (Paper-2)]

Column-I Column-II
(A) The number of permutations containing (p) 5!
the word ENDEA is
(B) The number of permutations in which the (q) 2 × 5!
letter E occurs in the first and the last
positions is
(C) The number of permutations in which (r) 7 × 5!
none of the letters D, L, N occurs in
the last five positions is
(D) The number of permutations in which the (s) 21 × 5!
letters A, E, O occur only in odd positions is

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13. In a high school, a committee has to be formed from a group of 6 boys M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6 and 5 girls
G1, G2, G3, G4, G5. [JEE (Adv)-2018 (Paper-2)]

(i) Let α1 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 α2 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 α3 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 α4 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 α1 is 1. 136

Q. The value of α2 is 2. 189

R. The value of α3 is 3. 192

S. The value of α4 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

Integer / Numerical Value Type Questions

14. 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 (Adv)-2014 (Paper-1)]
15. 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 (Adv)-2014 (Paper-1)]
16. 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

m
in a queue in such a way that exactly four girls stand consecutively in the queue. Then the value of is
n

[JEE (Adv)-2015 (Paper-1)]

17. 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 repeated
y
twice and no other letter is repeated. Then, = [JEE (Adv)-2017 (Paper-1)]
9x
18. 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 (Adv)-2018 (Paper-1)]

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19. Five persons A, B, C, D and E are seated in a circular arrangement. If each of them is given a hat of one of
the three colours red, blue and green, then the number of ways of distributing the hats such that the persons
seated in adjacent seats get different coloured hats is _____. [JEE (Adv)-2019 (Paper-2)]
20. An engineer is required to visit a factory for exactly four days during the first 15 days of every month and it
is mandatory that no two visits take place on consecutive days. Then the number of all possible ways in which
such visits to the factory can be made by the engineer during 1-15 June 2021 is _____
[JEE (Adv)-2020 (Paper-2)]
21. In a hotel, four rooms are available. Six persons are to be accommodated in these four rooms in such a way
that each of these rooms contains at least one person and at most two persons. Then the number of all
possible ways in which this can be done is _____. [JEE (Adv)-2020 (Paper-2)]

22. The number of 4-digit integers in the closed interval [2022, 4482] formed by using the digits 0, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
is ______. [JEE (Adv)-2022 (Paper-1)]

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