Mathematics - Permutation Combination
Practise 24 Manipal (MET) previous year questions on Permutation Combination, compiled from papers spanning 2010 to 2024. Each question is pulled directly from the actual exam paper it appeared in, so you're practising in the exact style and difficulty Manipal (MET) tests.
Permutation Combination has been asked in 13 of the 15 years of Manipal (MET) papers analysed (2010–2024), with 24 questions in all. 46% of them were easy, 50% moderate and 4% tough. Most of its questions came from 2015, with 3 questions that year. In the last three years (2022–2024) it had 4 questions across 3 papers, about 1.3 per paper.
The chapter's 9 topics are not weighted equally: Combination (6 questions, 25%), Permutation (5 questions, 21%), and Selection of one or more item (4 questions, 17%) have been asked the most. Over the last five years the most frequent topics have been Arrangement under Constraint (1), Combination (1), and Exponent of prime (1). Selection of one or more item has produced the most tough questions (1).
- 1Total number of even divisions of 2079000 which are divisible by 15 are2024Exponent of prime
- 2If denotes number of 8 digit numbers that contains exactly four nines, then unit digit of is2024Arrangement under Constraint
- 3The number of words (with or without meaning) that can be formed from all the letters of the word "LETTER" in which vowels never come togeth2023Permutation
- 4The number of 4 letter word (with or without meaning) that can be formed from the eleven letters of the word 'EXAMINATION is .......2022Selection of one or more item
- 5The number of three digit numbers which have at least two identical digit, is2021Combination
- 6The number of five digits numbers that can be formed without any restriction is2019Combination
- 7Everybody in a room shakes hands with everybody else. The total number of handshakes is 66 . The number of persons in the room is2018Combination
- 8The number of ways in which a team of 11 player can be selected from 22 players including 2 of them and excluding 4 of them is2017Permutation
- 9When is divided by 7, the remainder is2017Summation of Numbers
- 10Total number of polynomials of the form that are divisible by , where is equal to2016Summation of Numbers
- 11A letter lock contains 5 rings each marked with four different letters. The number of all possible unsuccessful attempts to open the lock is2016Arrangement under Constraint
- 12The num of ways in which four letters can be selected from the word 'DEGREE', is2015Selection of one or more item
- 13If is a convex quadrilateral with and 6 points marked on sides and PS respectively. Then, the number of triangles with vertices on different2015Geometric Permutation
- 14The total number of natural numbers of 6 digits that can be made with digits , if all digits are to appear in the same number at least once,2015Permutation
- 1510 different toys are to be distributed among 10 children. Total number of ways of distributing these toys, so that exactly two children do 2014Division of Identical items
- 16is to be partitioned into four sets and of equal size. The number of ways it can be done, is2014Division and Distribution of Distinct Items
- 17In how many ways, can a student choose a program of 5 courses, if 9 courses are available and 2 specific courses are compulsory for every st2014Combination
- 18If parallel lines in a plane are intersected by a family of parallel lines, then the number of parallelograms that can be formed is2013Selection of one or more item
- 19In an election, number of candidates exceeds the number to be elected by 2 . A man can vote in 56 ways. Then, the number of candidates is2012Selection of one or more item
- 20The number of five digits numbers that can be formed without any restriction is2012Permutation
- 21A five digit number divisible by 3 is to be formed using the digits and 5 , without repetition. The total number of ways this can be done, i2012Permutation
- 22Nishi has 5 coins each of the different denomination. The number different sums of money she conform2010Combination
- 23There are copies of -different books. The number of different ways in which a non-empty selection can be made from them, is2010Division of Identical items
- 24Out of 18 points in a plane no three are in the same straight line except five points which are collinear. The number of straight lines that2010Combination
Frequently Asked Questions
1.How many questions are available for Permutation Combination?
This chapter includes 24 questions compiled from Manipal (MET) papers spanning 2010 to 2024.
2.Are these questions only from Manipal (MET), or from other exams too?
These are Manipal (MET) questions specifically for the Permutation Combination chapter. Questions from other exams like JEE Main or NTA Abhyas (JEE Main) are organised separately under their respective exam sections.
3.Is Permutation Combination an important chapter for Manipal (MET) Mathematics?
Permutation Combination has appeared in 13 of the 15 years of Manipal (MET) papers covered here, with 24 questions across 13 papers - about 2 per paper it appears in.
4.What is the difficulty level of Permutation Combination questions in Manipal (MET)?
Of the 24 questions analysed for this chapter, 46% are easy, 50% moderate and 4% tough. 2015 had the most, with 3 questions.
5.Which topics in Permutation Combination should I focus on?
These topics have carried the most weightage in Permutation Combination:
- Combination - 6 questions (25%)
- Permutation - 5 questions (21%)
- Selection of one or more item - 4 questions (17%)
- Selection of one or more item has produced the most tough questions (1).
6.Is Permutation Combination's weightage in Manipal (MET) going up or down?
Across all 13 papers analysed, Permutation Combination has averaged about 1.8 questions per paper. In the last three years (2022–2024), that average has fallen, at about 1.3 questions per paper. Use the year-wise numbers on this page for the exact trend before you decide how much time to give it.