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 [2016]
380
320
260
95
(1)
Either one boy will be selected or no boy will be selected.
Also out of four members one captain is to be selected.
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 [2012]
75
150
210
243
(2)
Each person gets at least one ball.
3 persons can have 5 balls as follows.
| Person | No. of balls | No. of balls |
| I | 1 | 1 |
| II | 1 | 2 |
| III | 3 | 2 |
The number of ways to distribute balls 1,1,3 in first to three persons
Also 3 persons having 1,1 and 3 balls can be arranged in ways.
Total number of ways to distribute 1,1,3 balls to the three persons
Similarly, total number of ways to distribute 1, 2, 2 balls to three persons
A rectangle with sides of length () and () units is divided into squares of unit length by drawing parallel lines as shown in the diagram, then the number of rectangles possible with odd side lengths is [2005]
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(3)
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If we see the blocks in terms of lines then there are vertical lines and horizontal lines. To form the required rectangle, we must select two horizontal lines, one even numbered (out of ) and one odd numbered (out of ) and similarly two vertical lines.
The number of rectangles
Let denote the number of triangles which can be formed using the vertices of a regular polygon of sides. If , then equals [2001]
5
7
6
4
(2)
A group of 9 students, is to be divided to form three teams X, Y, and Z of sizes 2, 3, and 4, respectively. Suppose that cannot be selected for the team X, and cannot be selected for the team Y. Then the number of ways to form such teams is ________. [2024]
(665)
Number of required ways
Words of length 10 are formed using the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J. Let be the number of such words where no letter is repeated; and let be the number of such words where exactly one letter is repeated twice and no other letter is repeated. Then, [2017]
(5)
Let 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 be the number of ways in which 5 boys and 5 girls can stand in a queue in such a way that exactly four girls stand consecutively in the queue. Then the value of is [2015]
(5)
Out of 5 girls, 4 girls are together and 1 girl is separate. Now, to select 2 positions out of 6 positions between boys
4 girls are to be selected out of 5
Now, 2 groups of girls can be arranged in ways
Also, the group of 4 girls and 5 boys is arranged in ways
Now, total number of ways
Let be an integer. Take 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 is [2014]
(5)
Number of adjacent lines
Number of non-adjacent lines
Let be the set of all seven-digit numbers that can be formed using the digits 0, 1 and 2. For example, 2210222 is in , but 0210222 is NOT in .
Then the number of elements in such that at least one of the digits 0 and 1 appears exactly twice in , is equal to ______. [2025]
(762)
Let “0” appear exactly twice, and “1” appear exactly twice.
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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 ______. [2020]
(495)
We know that total number of ways of selection of days out of days such that no two of them are consecutive
Selection of 4 days out of 15 days such that no two of them are consecutive
Let
and .
If the total number of elements in the set is , , then which of the following statements is (are) TRUE? [2021]
Select one or more options
(1, 2, 4)
Number of elements in
Number of elements in
Number of elements in
Number of elements in
So, options (1), (2), (4) are correct.
Let . For , let be the number of subsets of , each containing five elements out of which exactly are odd. Then [2017]
210
252
125
126
(4)
Here set contain 5 odd and 4 even numbers. Since each of contains five elements out of which exactly are odd.
For non-negative integers and , let
For positive integers and , let
where for any non-negative integer ,
Then which of the following statements is/are TRUE? [2020]
Select one or more options
(1, 2, 4)
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So, options (1), (2) and (4) are true.
In a high school, a committee has to be formed from a group of 6 boys and 5 girls .
(i) Let 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 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 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 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 such that both and are NOT in the committee together.
| LIST-I | LIST-II | ||
| P. | The value of is | 1. | 136 |
| Q. | The value of is | 2. | 189 |
| R. | The value of is | 3. | 192 |
| S. | The value of is | 4. | 200 |
| 5. | 381 | ||
| 6. | 461 |
The correct option is: [2018]
P → 4; Q → 6; R → 2; S → 1
P → 1; Q → 4; R → 2; S → 3
P → 4; Q → 6; R → 5; S → 2
P → 4; Q → 2; R → 3; S → 1
(3)
i.e.,
i.e.,
i.e.,
Let denote the number of all -digit positive integers formed by the digits 0, 1 or both such that no consecutive digits in them are 0. Let = the number of such -digit integers ending with digit 1 and = the number of such -digit integers ending with digit 0. [2012]
Q. The value of is
7
8
9
11
(2)
Let denote the number of all -digit positive integers formed by the digits 0, 1 or both such that no consecutive digits in them are 0. Let = the number of such -digit integers ending with digit 1 and = the number of such -digit integers ending with digit 0. [2012]
Q. Which of the following is correct?
(1)