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1Permutations And Combinations
The number of ways of getting a sum 16 on throwing a dice four times is ________.
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2Permutations And Combinations
60 words can be made using all the letters of the word \(\mathrm{BHBJO}\), with or without meaning. If these words are written as in a dictionary, then the \(50^{\text {th }}\) word is:
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3Permutations And Combinations
Let the set \(S=\{2,4,8,16, \ldots, 512\}\) be partitioned into 3 sets \(A, B, C\) with equal number of elements such that \(\mathrm{A} \cup \mathrm{B} \cup \mathrm{C}=\mathrm{S}\) and $$\mathrm{A} \cap \mathrm{B}=\mathrm{B} \cap \mathrm{C}...
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4Permutations And Combinations
There are 5 points \(P_1, P_2, P_3, P_4, P_5\) on the side \(A B\), excluding \(A\) and \(B\), of a triangle \(A B C\). Similarly there are 6 points \(\mathrm{P}_6, \mathrm{P}_7, \ldots, \mathrm{P}_{11}\) on the side \(\mathrm{BC}\) and 7 p...
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5Permutations And Combinations
There are 4 men and 5 women in Group A, and 5 men and 4 women in Group B. If 4 persons are selected from each group, then the number of ways of selecting 4 men and 4 women is ________.
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6Permutations And Combinations
The total number of words (with or without meaning) that can be formed out of the letters of the word 'DISTRIBUTION' taken four at a time, is equal to __________.
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7Permutations And Combinations
If for some \(m, n ;{ }^6 C_m+2\left({ }^6 C_{m+1}\right)+{ }^6 C_{m+2}>{ }^8 C_3\) and \({ }^{n-1} P_3:{ }^n P_4=1: 8\), then \({ }^n P_{m+1}+{ }^{\mathrm{n}+1} C_m\) is equal to
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8Permutations And Combinations
The number of ways in which 21 identical apples can be distributed among three children such that each child gets at least 2 apples, is
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9Permutations And Combinations
In an examination of Mathematics paper, there are 20 questions of equal marks and the question paper is divided into three sections : \(A, B\) and \(C\). A student is required to attempt total 15 questions taking at least 4 questions from e...
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10Permutations And Combinations
All the letters of the word "GTWENTY" are written in all possible ways with or without meaning and these words are written as in a dictionary. The serial number of the word "GTWENTY" is _________.
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11Permutations And Combinations
Number of ways of arranging 8 identical books into 4 identical shelves where any number of shelves may remain empty is equal to
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12Permutations And Combinations
Let \(\alpha=\frac{(4 !) !}{(4 !)^{3 !}}\) and \(\beta=\frac{(5 !) !}{(5 !)^{4 !}}\). Then :
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13Permutations And Combinations
The number of elements in the set $\mathrm{S}=\{(x, y, z): x, y, z \in \mathbf{Z}, x+2 y+3 z=42, x, y, z \geqslant 0\}$ equals __________.
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14Permutations And Combinations
If $\mathrm{n}$ is the number of ways five different employees can sit into four indistinguishable offices where any office may have any number of persons including zero, then $\mathrm{n}$ is equal to :
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15Permutations And Combinations
Let the number of elements in sets \(A\) and \(B\) be five and two respectively. Then the number of subsets of \(A \times B\) each having at least 3 and at most 6 elements is :
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16Permutations And Combinations
The number of ways, in which 5 girls and 7 boys can be seated at a round table so that no two girls sit together, is :
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17Permutations And Combinations
The number of arrangements of the letters of the word "INDEPENDENCE" in which all the vowels always occur together is :
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18Permutations And Combinations
If the number of words, with or without meaning, which can be made using all the letters of the word MATHEMATICS in which \(\mathrm{C}\) and \(\mathrm{S}\) do not come together, is \((6 !) \mathrm{k}\), then \(\mathrm{k}\) is equal to :
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19Permutations And Combinations
The number of ways of giving 20 distinct oranges to 3 children such that each child gets at least one orange is ___________.
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20Permutations And Combinations
The number of 4-letter words, with or without meaning, each consisting of 2 vowels and 2 consonants, which can be formed from the letters of the word UNIVERSE without repetition is __________.
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21Permutations And Combinations
All the letters of the word PUBLIC are written in all possible orders and these words are written as in a dictionary with serial numbers. Then the serial number of the word PUBLIC is :
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22Permutations And Combinations
Number of 4-digit numbers that are less than or equal to 2800 and either divisible by 3 or by 11 , is equal to ____________.
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23Permutations And Combinations
Let 5 digit numbers be constructed using the digits \(0,2,3,4,7,9\) with repetition allowed, and are arranged in ascending order with serial numbers. Then the serial number of the number 42923 is __________.
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24Permutations And Combinations
If ${ }^{2 n+1} \mathrm{P}_{n-1}:{ }^{2 n-1} \mathrm{P}_{n}=11: 21$,
then $n^{2}+n+15$ is equal to :
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25Permutations And Combinations
Let $\mathrm{A}=\left[\mathrm{a}_{i j}\right], \mathrm{a}_{i j} \in \mathbb{Z} \cap[0,4], 1 \leq i, j \leq 2$.
The number of matrices A such that the sum of all entries is a prime number $\mathrm{p} \in(2,13)$ is __________.
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26Permutations And Combinations
Number of 4-digit numbers (the repetition of digits is allowed) which are made using the digits 1, 2, 3 and 5, and are divisible by 15, is equal to ___________.
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27Permutations And Combinations
The number of seven digits odd numbers, that can
be formed using all theseven digits 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3,
5 is ____________.
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28Permutations And Combinations
The number of ways of selecting two numbers $a$ and $b, a \in\{2,4,6, \ldots ., 100\}$ and $b \in\{1,3,5, \ldots . ., 99\}$ such that 2 is the remainder when $a+b$ is divided by 23 is :
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29Permutations And Combinations
Five digit numbers are formed using the digits 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 with repetitions and are written in descending order with serial numbers. For example, the number 77777 has serial number 1. Then the serial number of 35337 is ____________.
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30Permutations And Combinations
If all the six digit numbers \(x_1\,x_2\,x_3\,x_4\,x_5\,x_6\) with \(0< x_1 < x_2 < x_3 < x_4 < x_5 < x_6\) are arranged in the increasing order, then the sum of the digits in the \(\mathrm{72^{th}}\) number is _____________.
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31Permutations And Combinations
The total number of 4-digit numbers whose greatest common divisor with 54 is 2, is __________.
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32Permutations And Combinations
The number of 3 digit numbers, that are divisible by either 3 or 4 but not divisible by 48, is :
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33Permutations And Combinations
The letters of the word OUGHT are written in all possible ways and these words are arranged as in a dictionary, in a series. Then the serial number of the word TOUGH is :
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34Permutations And Combinations
Let \(x\) and \(y\) be distinct integers where \(1 \le x \le 25\) and \(1 \le y \le 25\). Then, the number of ways of choosing \(x\) and \(y\), such that \(x+y\) is divisible by 5, is ____________.
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35Permutations And Combinations
Suppose Anil's mother wants to give 5 whole fruits to Anil from a basket of 7 red apples, 5 white apples and 8 oranges. If in the selected 5 fruits, at least 2 oranges, at least one red apple and at least one white apple must be given, then...
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36Permutations And Combinations
A triangle is formed by X-axis, Y-axis and the line \(3x+4y=60\). Then the number of points P(a, b) which lie strictly inside the triangle, where a is an integer and b is a multiple of a, is ____________.
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37Permutations And Combinations
\(\sum\limits_{k = 0}^6 {{}^{51 - k}{C_3}}\) is equal to :
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38Permutations And Combinations
The number of numbers, strictly between 5000 and 10000 can be formed using the digits 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 without repetition, is :
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39Permutations And Combinations
The number of 9 digit numbers, that can be formed using all the digits of the number 123412341 so that the even digits occupy only even places, is ______________.
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40Permutations And Combinations
A boy needs to select five courses from 12 available courses, out of which 5 courses are language courses. If he can choose at most two language courses, then the number of ways he can choose five courses is __________
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41Permutations And Combinations
The number of square matrices of order 5 with entries from the set {0, 1}, such that the sum of all the elements in each row is 1 and the sum of all the elements in each column is also 1, is :
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42Permutations And Combinations
The number of integers, greater than 7000 that can be formed, using the digits 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 without repetition is :
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43Permutations And Combinations
The number of words, with or without meaning, that can be formed using all the letters of the word ASSASSINATION so that the vowels occur together, is ___________.
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44Permutations And Combinations
The number of 3-digit numbers, that are divisible by either 2 or 3 but not divisible by 7, is ____________.
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45Permutations And Combinations
The value of \(\frac{1}{1 ! 50 !}+\frac{1}{3 ! 48 !}+\frac{1}{5 ! 46 !}+\ldots .+\frac{1}{49 ! 2 !}+\frac{1}{51 ! 1 !}\) is :
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46Permutations And Combinations
The total number of six digit numbers, formed using the digits 4, 5, 9 only and divisible by 6, is ____________.
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47Permutations And Combinations
Number of integral solutions to the equation \(x+y+z=21\), where \(x \ge 1,y\ge3,z\ge4\), is equal to ____________.
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48Permutations And Combinations
A person forgets his 4-digit ATM pin code. But he remembers that in the code all the digits are different, the greatest digit is 7 and the sum of the first two digits is equal to the sum of the last two digits. Then the maximum number of tr...
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49Permutations And Combinations
The total number of three-digit numbers, divisible by 3, which can be formed using the digits $1,3,5,8$, if repetition of digits is allowed, is :
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50Permutations And Combinations
The number of seven digit positive integers formed using the digits \(1,2,3\) and \(4\) only and sum of the digits equal to \(12\) is ___________.
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