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GATE 2026 ST – Question 6

General Aptitude · Verbal Aptitude: Grammar and Vocabulary · 2 marks · Multiple choice

Combinatorics studies counting, for example arrangements of N distinct objects in M circular spaces. Such counting is sometimes used to model physical phenomena. Often these models assign probabilities to combinatorial possibilities to compute average physical quantities. P:combinatorics is always invoked in modeling physical phenomena. Q:some such modeling assigns these probabilities to compute averages. What follows?

  1. P false, Q false
  2. P false, Q true
  3. P true, Q false
  4. Both true

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Correct answer: (B) P false, Q true

Explanation

“Sometimes” does not justify P’s universal “always,” while Q restates the described application. Thus **B**.

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