JEE Main Mathematics question

The number of words which can be formed the letters of the word MAXIMUM, if two consonants cannot occur together, is

Answer: (A)

Solution

MAXIMUM has letters: vowels and consonants . Four consonants with no two adjacent need at least vowels separating them, so

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Question ID VK-020593