The number of all possible selections of one or more questions from 10 given questions, each question having one alternative is
(a) 310 (b) 210 – 1 (c) 310 – 1 (d) 210 (e) None of these
(c) Since each question can be selected in 3 ways, by selecting it or by selecting its alternative or by rejecting it. Thus, the total number of ways of dealing with 10 given questions is 310 including a way in which we reject all the questions.
Hence, the number of all possible selections is 310 – 1.