JEE Main Maths · Permutations and Combinations
The Block/Tie Method
The Block/Tie Method (Permutations and Combinations) was asked 3 times in 3 JEE Main shifts, 2020–2026, out of the 42 shifts Lumi analysed. 1 of the 3 had a numerical answer.
- Times asked
- 3
- in 3 shifts
- Years
- 2020–2026
- Usual format
- Single correct
- Application
- Pattern
- Frequent
- repeats across shifts
How it is asked
- Count arrangements with not-together restriction
- Arrangements of word with letters not together
Difficulty
Easy 1Medium 2Hard 0
Where it sits
Chapter: Permutations and Combinations. Topic: Permutations and Combinations, 50 questions over 22 ideas.
Other repeat ideas in this topic
Every time it came
All 3 questions
Newest first, each with its options and official answer.
- 4 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q8The number of ways, of forming a queue of boys and girls such that all the girls are not together, is:EasySingle correct
- 8 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q5If the number of words, with or without meaning, which can be made using all the letters of the word MATHEMATICS in which C and S do not…MediumSingle correct
- 6 Sep 2020, Shift 2 · Q72The number of words (with or without meaning) that can be formed from all the letters of the word "LETTER" in which vowels never come…MediumNumerical value