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Permutations & Combinations JEE Main PYQs, 2020 to 2025

Permutations & Combinations has 105 questions in JEE Main papers from 2020 to 2025, about 18 per year across all shifts. The most asked topic is Permutations (37 questions), followed by Combinations (31) and Distribution Problems (18).

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105Total PYQs
6Years covered
5Topics
2025 Apr S2Latest paper

Permutations & Combinations questions per year

YearQuestions
202515
202419
202331
202217
202115
20208

Topic-wise weightage

TopicQuestionsShare of chapterLast asked
Permutations3735%2025
Combinations3130%2025
Distribution Problems1817%2025
Fundamental Principle of Counting1110%2025
Rank of a Word88%2025

Sample questions from recent papers

JEE Main 2025 · 8 Apr · Shift 2 · Combinations

There are 12 points in a plane, no three of which are in the same straight line, except 5 points which are collinear. Then the total number of triangles that can be formed with the vertices at any three of these 12 points is

  1. (A)

    230

  2. (B)

    210

  3. (C)

    200

  4. (D)

    220

Answer: (B)

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JEE Main 2025 · 3 Apr · Shift 1 · Fundamental Principle of Counting

If the number of seven-digit numbers, such that the sum of their digits is even, is m⋅n⋅10n;m,n∈{1,2,3,…,9}m \cdot n \cdot 10^n ; m, n \in\{1,2,3, \ldots, 9\}, then m+nm+n is equal to__________

Answer: 14

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JEE Main 2025 · 3 Apr · Shift 1 · Rank of a Word

All five letter words are made using all the letters A, B, C, D, E and arranged as in an English dictionary with serial numbers. Let the word at serial number nn be denoted by Wn\mathrm{W}_{\mathrm{n}}. Let the probability P(Wn)\mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{W}_{\mathrm{n}}\right) of choosing the word Wn\mathrm{W}_{\mathrm{n}} satisfy P(Wn)=2P(Wn−1),n>1\mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{W}_{\mathrm{n}}\right)=2 \mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{W}_{\mathrm{n}-1}\right), \mathrm{n}>1.

If P(CDBEA)=2α2β−1,α,β∈N\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{CDBEA})=\frac{2^\alpha}{2^\beta-1}, \alpha, \beta \in \mathbb{N}, then α+β\alpha+\beta is equal to :____________

Answer: 183

Step-by-step solution

JEE Main 2025 · 2 Apr · Shift 1 · Permutations

The number of sequences of ten terms, whose terms are either 0 or 1 or 2 , that contain exactly five 1 s and exactly three 2 s , is equal to :

  1. (A)360
  2. (B)2520
  3. (C)1820
  4. (D)45

Answer: (B)

Step-by-step solution

JEE Main 2025 · 29 Jan · Shift 1 · Distribution Problems

Let PP be the set of seven digit numbers with sum of their digits equal to 11. If the numbers in PP are formed by using the digits 1, 2 and 3 only, then the number of elements in the set PP is :

  1. (A)

    164

  2. (B)

    158

  3. (C)

    161

  4. (D)

    173

Answer: (C)

Step-by-step solution

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Frequently asked

How many questions come from Permutations & Combinations in JEE Main?

105 questions from 2020 to 2025, about 18 per year. In 2025 it had 15.

Which Permutations & Combinations topics are most important for JEE Main?

By past papers: Permutations (35%), Combinations (30%) and Distribution Problems (17%) of all Permutations & Combinations questions.

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