Subject : Syllabus: DPP:

Single Correct Choice Type

1. 10 different toys are to be distributed among 10 children. If the total number of ways
of distributing all these toys so that exactly two children do not get any toy, is k ¿ !),
then the value of k is:

(a) 45 (b) 360 (c) 375 (d) none of these

2. The total number of combinations 6 at a time which can be formed from 6 alike white,
6 alike blue, 6 alike green and 6 alike red balls is:

(a) 90 (b) 84 (c) 78 (d) none of these

3. If there are 10 stations on a route and the train has to be stopped at 4 of them, then the
number of ways in which the train can be stopped so that atleast two stopping stations
are consecutive is :

(a) 7 C 4 (b) 10 C 4 −8 C 3 (c) 10 C 4 −7 C 3 (d) 8 C3

4. In IIT-JEE 2016, a multiple choice question has four alternatives in which two or more
than two are correct. Number of ways in which this question can be answered, is:

(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 11 (d) 12

5. The number of ways in which 4 boys and 4 girls can stand in a circle so that each boy
and each girl is one after the other is:

(a) 3 ! ⋅4 ! (b) 4 ! ⋅4 ! (c) 8! (d) 7!

6. Number of ways in which the letters of the word "NATION" can be filled in the given
figure such that no row remains empty and each box contain not more than one letter
is (K )6 !.The value of K equals:
(a) 13 (b) 12 (c) 11 (d) 10

7. For a game in which every possible pair plays with every other pair, 10 players are
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available. Mr. A solves this problem and get the answer equal to 10! C 2
¿¿

However on checking the answer he found that his answer is k times the actual
answer, then the value of k is:

(a) 11 (b) 13 (c) 14 (d) 15

8. If number of arrangements of the letters of the word MONOTONICITY in which O's

do not appear adjacentely is 9 ! (k ), then k equals:

(a) 12 (b) 15 (c) 10 (d) 8

9. Number of triangles with positive area whose vertices are points in the xy -plane with
integer coordinates (x , y ) satisfying 1 ≤ x ≤ 4 and 1 ≤ y ≤ 4 , is:

(a) 500 (b) 532 (c) 516 (d) 538

10.If the number of words which can be formed using all the letters B , B , R , R , O ,O , S, T
which always contains 'BOOST' is k ⋅3 !, then k is:

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

11.The number of numbers that can be formed by using all the digits 3 , 4 ,5 , 6 , 5 , 4 , 3 so
that the odd digits always occupy the odd places is:
 (a) 7¿ ¿! (b) 4 ! ⋅3 ! (c) 4 !¿⋅3
¿
!
(d) 4¿ ¿!

12. The number of different words of three letters which can be formed from the word
"PROPOSAL", if a vowel is always in the middle are:

(a) 52 (b) 53 (c) 63 (d) 54

13. The number of words which can be formed using all the 16 letters of the word
'SACHINRTENDULKAR' which contains the word 'ACHREKAR' and the word
'ACHREKAR' occupy among the first ten positions only, is:

9!
(a) 2! (b) 12 ⋅7 ! (c) 24 ⋅7 ! (d) (126)7!

14. The number of ways in which 10 apples, 5 oranges and 5 mangoes can be distributed
among three persons, each receiving none, one or more is :
(assume fruits of the same species to be identical)

(a) 12 C 2 ⋅ 7 C 2 ⋅ 7 C2 (b) 13 C 3 ⋅ 8 C 3 ⋅ 7 C 3

(22)!
(c) (d) none of these
10! 5 ! 5 ! 2 !

15. Number of arrangements of the letters R,A,N,K,O,N,E such that neither the word
RANK nor the word ONE appear, is :

(a) 2376 (b) 2374 (c) 2378 (d) 2372

16. Number of four digit number between 5000 and 6000 such that the thousand's digit is
equal to the sum of the other three digit, is:

(a) 15 (b) 21 (c) 30 (d) 42

 17. Let A1 , A 2 , A3 , … … .. , A n are the vertices of a polygon of sides n. If the number of
pentagons that can be constructed by joining these vertices such that none of the side
of the polygon is also the side of the pentagon is 36, then the value of n is equal to:

(a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 11 (d) 12

18. Number of selections of 6 different letters can be made from the words 'NISHIT' and
'RAHUL' so that each selection consists of 3 letters from each word, is:

(a) 64 (b) 84 (c) 100 (d) 106

19. The letters of the word MOTHER are permuted and all permutation are arranged in
alphabetical order as in a dictionary. The number of words that appear before the word
MOTHER, is:

(a) 306 (b) 302 (c) 308 (d) 309

20. If the letters of the word LAUGH are arranged by a lexicographer then the number of
words that appear before the word LAUGH is:

(a) 76 (b) 77 (c) 78 (d) 79

21. Let N be the number of points (x , y , z) in space such that x + y + z=12, where x , y , z ∈ N .
The number of divisors of N is equal to:

(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 9 (d) 16

22. Four faces of a tetrahedral dice are marked with 2 , 3 , 4 , 5. The lowest face is
considered as a outcome. The number of ways in which a total of 33 can occur in 7
throws, is equal to:

(a) 28 (b) 7 (c) 35 (d) 42

23. On the sides AB , BC , CA of a △ ABC , 3 , 4 , 5 distinct points (excluding vertices A , B ,C
) are respectively chosen. The number of triangles that can be constructed using these
chosen points as vertices are:

(a) 220 (b) 215 (c) 210 (d) 205

24. The number of ways in which the letters of the word 'LONDON' can be rearranged
if the two 'O's are together but the two ' N 's are separated is:

(a) 35 (b) 36 (c) 71 (d) 72

25 If the number of fourteen digit numbers which can be formed by using the digits 1,2,
3 , 4 ,7 , 7 , 7 , … .7 (digit 7 is used 10 times) such that there are atleast two identical digits
between distinct digits (distinct digits are 1 , 2, 3 and 4) is k ⋅5 ! then k is:

(a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 14 (d) none of these

Answer

1.(c) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (a) 6. (a) 7. (d)

8. (b) 9. (c) 10. (b) 11. (c) 12. (b) 13. (b) 14. (a)

15. (c) 16. (b) 17. (d) 18. (a) 19. (c) 20. (a) 21. (b)

22.(a) 23. (d) 24. (b) 25. (c)