The number of ways of choosing $10$ objects out of $31$ objects of which $10$ are identical and the remaining $21$ are distinct, is

If ${a_n} = \sum\limits_{r = 0}^n {} \frac{1}{{^n{C_r}}}$ then $\sum\limits_{r = 0}^n {} \frac{r}{{^n{C_r}}}$ equals

For $2 \le r \le n,\left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}n\\r\end{array}} \right) + 2\,\left( \begin{array}{l}\,\,n\\r - 1\end{array} \right)$ $ + \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}n\\{r - 2}\end{array}} \right)$ is equal to

In how many ways can $6$ persons be selected from $4$ officers and $8$ constables, if at least one officer is to be included

There are $12$ volleyball players in all in a college, out of which a team of $9$ players is to be formed. If the captain always remains the same, then in how many ways can the team be formed

If $n \geq 2$ is a positive integer, then the sum of the series ${ }^{ n +1} C _{2}+2\left({ }^{2} C _{2}+{ }^{3} C _{2}+{ }^{4} C _{2}+\ldots+{ }^{ n } C _{2}\right)$ is ...... .