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LPP - Permutation and Combination FIITJEE

Single Correct

1. The sides AB, BC and CA of ABC have 3, 4 and 5 interior points C

respectively on them. The number of triangles that can be formed using ×
these interior points is × ×
(A) 180 (B) 185 × ×
(C) 210 (D) 205 × ×
× ×
A × × × B

2. A box contains two white, three black and four red balls. The number of ways of selecting 3 balls from the box
with atleast one black is
(A) 64 (B) 74 (C) 54 (D) 84

3. Five balls of different colours are to be placed in three boxes of different sizes. Each box can hold all the five
balls. The number of ways of placing the balls so that no box is empty is
(A) 140 (B) 150 (C) 240 (D) 250

4. There are 10 points in a plane of which no three are collinear and some four points are concyclic. The
maximum number of circles that can be drawn using these is
(A) 116 (B) 120 (C) 117 (D) 110

5. In a polygon no three diagonals are concurrent. If the total number of points

of intersections of the diagonals interior to the polygon is 70, then the
number of diagonals of the polygon is
(A) 30 (B) 20
(C) 28 (D) 8

6. A total of 930 greeting cards are exchanged among the residents of flats. If every resident sends a card to
every other resident of the same flats, then the number of residents is
(A) 30 (B) 29 (C) 32 (D) 31

7. A total of 6 boys and 6 girls are to sit in a row alternatively and in a circle alternatively. Let m be the number of
arrangements in a row and n the number of arrangements in a circle. If m = Kn, then the value of K is
(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 13

8. From the vertices of a regular polygon of 10 sides, the number of ways of selecting three vertices such that no
two vertices are consecutive is
(A) 10 (B) 30 (C) 50 (D) 40

9. There are 7 distinguishable rings. The number of possible five-ring arrangements on the four fingers (except
the thumb) of one hand (the order of the rings on each finger is to be counted and it is not required that each
finger has a ring) is
(A) 214110 (B) 211410 (C) 124110 (D) 141120

10. The number of ordered pairs of positive integers (a, b), such that their least common multiple is the given
2
positive integer 7 113 194 ,is
(A) 215 (B) 315 (C) 415 (D) 195

Multi Correct

11. The number of ways in which we can arrange the 2n letters x1 , x2 ,...., xn , y1 , y2 , ...., yn in a line so that the
suffixes of letters x and those of y are respectively in ascending order of magnitude is
2n n 2
(A) Cn (B) ( C0 ) ( nC1 )2 ..... ( nCn ) 2
1 1
(C) (2n)! (D) (2n)!
2 4
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12. Let S {1, 2,3,..., n}. Let X denote the set of all 3-subsets of S. Put N = (min A), then
A X
n 1
(A) ( n 1)! 24 N (B) 4! N (C) N C4 (D) 24N = (n + 1)!

13. If N is the number of three digit numbers of the form a b c such that a < b < c then
(A) N is an even number (B) N is divisible by 7
10 9
(C) N = C4 C4 (D) N is divisible by exactly three primes

14. The number of ways in which 10 candidates A1 , A2 , ...., A10 can be ranked so that A1 is always above A2 is.
10! 7 4 2 1 8 2 4 2
(A) (B) 2 3 5 7 (C) 2 5 (D) 3 5 7
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15. The number of ways of arranging p positive and n ( p 1) negative sign in a raw so that no two negative
signs are together is.
p 1 P p! 2P
(A) Cn (B) Cn (C) (D)
n! n!
Comprehension – 1

Number of ways of selecting r consecutive things out of n things in a line is (n – r + 1). But number of ways of
selecting r consecutive things out of n things along a circle in n if r < n and it is 1 if r = n
On the basis of above information, answer the following question.

16. Number of ways in which 3 objects can be selected out of n objects in a row such that all the three objects are
not consecutive is
(n 2)(n 2) (n 3) (n 3)(n 2) (n 1)
(A) (B)
6 6
(n 2)(n 2) (n 3) (n 3)(n 2) (n 1)
(C) (D)
3 3
17. Number of triangles having vertices at the vertices of a convex polygon having n sides n > 5) such that only
one side of the triangle is the side of the polygon is
(A) n (n -1) (B) n(n – 4) (C) n(n-3) (D) (n – 1) (n – 2)

18. There is a convex polygon of n sides (n > 5). The number of triangles having vertices at the vertices of the
polygon and having no side common with any side of the polygon is
(n 3)(n 4)(n 5) (n 2)(n 3)(n 4)
(A) (B)
6 6
n(n 4)(n 5) n(n 1)(n 2)
(C) (D)
6 6
Comprehension – 2

Number of ways in which m men and n women can be arranged in a row so that no two women are together is
m ! m 1 Pn . Also number of ways in which m men and n women can be seated in a row so that all the n women
are together is (m + 1)! n!

19. Number of ways in which 10 boys and 5 girls can be seated in a row so that no boy sits between girls is
(A) 5! 10 P5 (B) 5! 11P5 (C) 10! 11P5 (D) 5! 11!

20. There are 10 intermediate stations between two places P and Q. The number of ways in which a train can stop
at 4 of these 10 intermediate stations so that no two of these are consecutive is
7 8 8 9
(A) C4 (B) C4 (C) P4 (D) C4

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21. There are n different things in a row the number of ways in which 3 things can be selected from these n
different things so that no two things are consecutive is
n 2 n 3 n 3
(A) C3 (B) C3 (C) C3 3! (D) None of these

Integer Type

22. If the number of three digit numbers of the form xyz with x, z y, x 0 is . Then value of

23. If the number of numbers lying between 100 and 1000 that can be formed by using the digits 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 and 0
n
when repetition of digits is allowed is n. Then find (where [ ] is G.I.F.)
20

24. The number of integral solutions of the system x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 20 and x1 x2 x3 5 where xk 0

is abc . Find the value of a b c.

25. If the number of integral solutions of x y z 29 such that x > 0, y > 1, z > 2 is abcd . Then the
value of a b c d.

26. If the number of ways in which 15 identical objects can be distributed among 6 people is 1550x. Then value of
x.

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