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JEE Main 4 April 2026, Shift 1, Maths Q8

Question 8 of 75 in this shift, Maths question 8 of 25, Section A.

The number of ways, of forming a queue of

4

boys and

3

girls such that all the girls are not together, is:

(1) $5040$
(2) $3050$
(3) $3410$
(4) $4320$ Official answer

Official answer

Option 4

NTA final key.

Chapter: Permutations and Combinations
Topic: Permutations and Combinations
Idea tested: The Block/Tie Method

Same idea in other shifts

Asked 3× in all

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Question text from the official JEE Main paper published by NTA; answer from the final answer key. Chapter, topic and idea tags, difficulty and skill are Lumi’s. Lumi analyses 42 of the 174 JEE Main shifts held from 2017 to 2026.