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JEE Main · Maths · Permutations and Combinations

Sum of Numbers Formed by Given Digits

JEE Main asked Sum of Numbers Formed by Given Digits 3 times in 3 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021 and 2023. It belongs to Permutations and Combinations (Maths). The longest wait between two years asking it was 2 years. In 2021 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
3
in 3 shifts
Years
2 of 8
First asked
2021
last in 2023
Pattern
Occasional
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2021 and 2023. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Maths questions.

00.050.10’170’200.07’210’220.07’230’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 2 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 1 in 12 shifts · 2024: 0 in 18 shifts · 2025: 0 in 8 shifts · 2026: 0 in 9 shifts.

Shift by shift

Each square is one analysed shift, in date order. Open a filled one for that paper.

  • 20260 of 9
  • 20250 of 8
  • 20240 of 18
  • 20231 of 12
  • 20220 of 24
  • 20212 of 24
  • 20200 of 12
  • 20170 of 1

Asked in that shift More than once Not asked

How JEE Main framed it

Numerical value is the usual form. Skill tested: calculation.

  • Sum of numbers formed from given digits
  • Sum of numbers formed from digits

Difficulty

Easy 0Medium 3Hard 0

2 of the 3 questions had a numerical answer.

Every question

All 3 questions

From the official JEE Main shift papers, newest first. Open one for the full question, the options and the official answer.

  1. 10 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q23The sum of all the four-digit numbers that can be formed using all the digits 2,1,2,32, 1, 2, 3 is equal to ___________.MediumNumerical value
  2. 18 Mar 2021, Shift 1 · Q65The sum of all the 4-digit distinct numbers that can be formed with the digits 1, 2, 2 and 3 is :MediumSingle correct
  3. 26 Aug 2021, Shift 2 · Q84The sum of all 3-digit numbers less than or equal to 500, that are formed without using the digit “1” and they all are multiple of 11, is…MediumNumerical value

Shifts: 18 Mar 2021, Shift 1, 26 Aug 2021, Shift 2, 10 Apr 2023, Shift 2.

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