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JEE Main 8 April 2026, Shift 2, Maths Q9

Question 9 of 75 in this shift, Maths question 9 of 25, Section A.

A person has three different bags and four different books. The number of ways, in which he can put these books in the bags so that no bag is empty, is :

(1)18
(2)36Official answer
(3)39
(4)72

Official answer

Option 2

NTA final key.

Chapter: Permutations and Combinations
Topic: Permutations and Combinations
Idea tested: Number of Surjective Functions

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