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JEE Main 31 August 2021, Shift 1, Maths Q89

Question 89 of 90 in this shift, Maths question 29 of 30, Section B.

The number of six letter words (with or without meaning), formed using all the letters of the word ‘VOWELS’, so that all the consonants never come together, is __________.

Official answer

576

NTA final key.

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

Same idea in other shifts

Asked 6× in all

4 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q8The number of ways, of forming a queue of $4$ boys and $3$ girls such that all the girls are not together, is:EasySingle correct
8 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q6The number of arrangements of the letters of the word "INDEPENDENCE" in which all the vowels always occur together isMediumSingle 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
10 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q23The number of permutations, of the digits 1, 2, 3, ..., 7 without repetition, which neither contain the string 153 nor the string 2467, is…HardNumerical value
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

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