1. Consider all 2n – 1 non-empty subsets of the set{1, 2, 3, .... n }
product of each of its elements. Sum of all these
products is
a) (n + 1)!
b) (n + 1)! + 1
c) (n + 1)! – 1
d) n! – 2
Explanation: Consider the product (1 + 1) (1 + 2) .... (1 + n)
2. Consider all \[2^{n}-1\] non-empty subsets of the set
{1, 2, .... , n} . For every such subset we find the
product of reciprocals of each of its elements. Sum
of all these products is
a) n
b) n + 1
c) n!
d) n!-1
Explanation:

3. The number of ways in which we can arrange 4
letters of the word MATHEMATICS is given by
a) 136
b) 2454
c) 1680
d) 192
Explanation:

4. The number of ways in which we can distribute mn
students equally among m sections is given by
a) \[\frac{\left(mn\right)!}{n!}\]
b) \[\frac{\left(mn\right)!}{\left(n!\right)^{m}}\]
c) \[\frac{\left(mn\right)!}{m!n!}\]
d) \[\left(mn\right)^{m}\]
Explanation:

5. If a polygon has 90 diagonals, the number of its
sides is given by
a) 12
b) 11
c) 10
d) 15
Explanation:

6. Out of 10 white, 8 black and 6 red balls, the number
of ways in which one or more balls can be selected
is given by
a) 681
b) 691
c) 679
d) 692
Explanation: (10 + 1) (8 + 1) (6 + 1) - 1
7. A is a set containing n elements. A subset P of A is
chosen. The set A is reconstructed by replacing the
elements of P. A subset Q of A is again chosen. The
number of ways of choosing P and Q so that \[ P\cap Q \]
contains exactly two elements is
a) \[9\times ^{n}C_{2}\]
b) \[3^{n}- ^{n}C_{2}\]
c) \[2\times ^{n}C_{n}\]
d) \[ ^{n}C_{2}.3^{n-2}\]
Explanation:

8. Ten different letters of an alphabet are given. Words with five letters are formed from these given letters .
The number of words which have at least one of
their letters repeated is
a) 69760
b) 30240
c) 99748
d) 60480
Explanation:

9. The number of ways in which we can select four
numbers from 1 to 30 so as to exclude every
selection of four consecutive numbers is
a) 27378
b) 27405
c) 27397
d) 19050
Explanation:

10. If \[ ^{n}C_{4}\] , \[ ^{n}C_{5}\] and \[ ^{n}C_{6}\] are in A.P., the value of n can be
a) 14
b) 11
c) 9
d) 5
Explanation:
