PROBABILITY

LEVEL 1
1. A number X is chosen at random from the numbers -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3. What is the probability
that |X|<2
a. 5/7 b. 3/7 c. 3/5 d. 1/3
2. Two brother X and Y appeared for an exam. The probability of selection of X is 1/7 and that of B is 2/9.
Find the probability that both of them are selected.
a. 1/63 b. 2/35 c. 2/63 d. 9/14
3. An urn contains 6red, 5 blue and 2 green marbles. If 2 marbles are picked at random, what is the
probability that both are red?
a. 6/13 b. 5/26 c. 5/13 d. 7/26
4. Four dice are thrown simultaneously. Find the probability that all of them show the same face.
a. 1/216 b. 1/36 c. 4/216 d. 3/216
5. A bag contains 12 white and 18 black balls. Two balls are drawn in succession without replacement.
What is the probability that first is white and second is black?
a. 18/145 b. 18/29 c. 36/135 d. 36/145
6. What is the probability that a number selected from numbers 1,2,3,...,30, is prime number, when each
of the given numbers is equally likely to be selected?
a. 9/30 b. 8/30 c. 10/30 d. 11/30
7. A bag contains 21 toys numbered 1 to 21. A toy is drawn and then another toy is drawn without
replacement. Find the probability that both toys will show even numbers.
a. 5/21 b. 9/42 c. 11/42 d. 4/21
8. A five-digit number is formed by using digits 1,2,3,4 and 5 without repetition. What is the probability
that the number is divisible by 4?
a. 1/5 b. 5/6 c. 4/5 d. None of these
9. A bag contains 5 red and 3 green balls. Another bag contains 4 red and 6 green balls. If one ball is
drawn from each bag. Find the probability that one ball is red and one is green.
a. 19/20 b. 17/20 c. 8/10 d. 21/40
10. A speaks truth in 75% of cases and B in 80% of cases. In what percent of cases are they likely to
contradict each other in narrating the same event?
a. 35% b. 5% c. 45% d. 22.5%
11. Two cards are drawn from a pack of well shuffled cards. Find the probability that one is a club and
other in King.
a. 1/13 b. 4/13 c. 1/52 d. 1/26
12. The odds against an event are 5:3 and the odds in favour of another independent event are 7:5. Find
the probability that at least one of the two events will occur.
a. 52/96 b. 69/96 c. 71/96 d. 13/96
13. A special lottery is to be held to select a student who will live in the only deluxe room in a hostel. There
are 100 Year-III, 150 Year-II and 200 Year-I students who applied. Each Year-III's name is placed in
the lottery 3 times; each Year-II's name, 2 times and Year-I's name, 1 time. What is the probability
that a Year-III's name will be chosen?
a. 1/8 b. 2/9 c. 2/7 d. 3/8
14. If the chance that a vessel arrives safely at a port is 9/10 then what is the chance that out of 5 vessels
expected at least 4 will arrive safely?
a. 14×94 105 b. 15×95 104 c. 14×93 104 d. 14×96 105

15. In a charity show tickets numbered consecutively from 101 through 350 are placed in a box. What is
the probability that a ticket selected at random (blindly) will have a number with a hundredth digit of
2?
a. 0.285 b. 0.40 c. 100/249 d. 99/250
16. You toss a coin AND roll a die. What is the probability of getting a tail and a 4 on the die?
a. 1/2 b. 1/6 c. 1/8 d. 1/12
17. Derek throws three dice in a special game. If it knows that he needs 15 or higher in this throw to win,
then find the chance of his winning the game.
a. 5/54 b. 17/216 c. 13/216 d. 15/216
18. An urn contains 6red, 5 blue and 2 green marbles. If three marbles are picked at random, what is the
probability that at least one is blue?
a. 28/143 b. 115/197 c. 28/197 d. 115/143
19. The probability of success of three students X, Y and Z in the one examination are 1/5, 1/4 and 1/3
respectively. Find the probability of success of at least two.
 a. 1/6 b. 2/5 c. 3/4 d. 3/5
20. Four cards are drawn at random from a pack of 52 plating cards. Find the probability of getting all the
four cards of the same suit.
a. 13/270725 b. 91/190 c. 178/20825 d. 198/20825
21. A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. The card is drawn at random. What is the probability that it is
neither a spade nor a Jack?
a. 4/13 b. 2/13 c. 6/13 d. 9/13
22. There are four hotels in a town. If 3 men check into the hotels in a day then what is the probability that
each checks into a different hotel?
a. 6/7 b. 1/8 c. 6/13 d. 5/9
23. Two teams Arrogant and Overconfident are participating in a cricket tournament. The odds that team
Arrogant will be champion is 5 to 3, and the odds that team Overconfident will be the champion is 1 to
4. What are the odds that either Arrogant or team Overconfident will become the champion?
a. 3 to 2 b. 5 to 2 c. 6 to 1 d. 33 to 7
24. If x is chosen at random from the set {1,2,3,4} and y is to be chosen at random from the set {5,6,7},
what is the probability that xy will be even?
a. 5/6 b. 1/6 c. 1/2 d. 2/3
25. A box contains 100 balls, numbered from 1 to 100. If three balls are selected at random and with
replacement from the box, what is the probability that the sum of the three numbers on the balls
selected from the box will be odd?
a. 1/2 b. 13/4 c. 3/8 d. 1/8
26. In a race, the odd favour of cars P,Q,R,S are 1:3, 1:4, 1:5 and 1:6 respectively. Find the probability
that one of them wins the race.
a. 9/17 b. 114/121 c. 319/420 d. 27/111
27. Set A = {2,3,4,5},
Set B = {4,5,6,7,8}

Two integers will be randomly selected from the sets above, one integer from Set A and one integer
from Set B. What is the probability that the sum of the two integers will equal 9?
a. 0.20 b. 0.25 c. 0.30 d. 0.33
28. From a pack of 52 cards, 3 cards are drawn. What is the probability that one is ace, one is queen and
one is jack?
a. 19/5525 b. 21/5525 c. 17/5525 d. 16/5525
29. Out of 17 applicants 8 boys and 9 girls. Two persons are to be selected for the job. Find the probability
that at least one of the selected persons will be a girl.
a. 27/34 b. 25/34 c. 19/34 d. 21/34
30. A bag contains 7 green and 5 black balls. Three balls are drawn one after the other. The probability of
all three balls being green, if the balls drawn are not replaced will be:
a. 343/1728 b. 21/36 c. 12/35 d. 7/44
31. P and Q in a ring with 10 persons. What is the probability that X and Y will sit together?
a. 2/11 b. 3/11 c. 2/9 d. 4/9
32. Find the probability that in a random arrangement of the letters of the word 'UNIVERSITY' the two I's
come together.
a. 1/7 b. 3/5 c. 5/11 d. 1/5
33. From a bag containing 4 white and 5 black balls a man drawn 3 balls at random. What are the odds
against these balls being black?
a. 5/37 b. 37/5 c. 11/13 d. 13/37
34. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. Find the probability of getting a multiple of 2 on one dice and
multiple of 3 on the other dice.
a. 5/12 b. 11/36 c. 5/36 d. 13/36
35. In a race where 12 cars are running, the chance that car X will win is 1/6, that Y will win is 1/10 and
that Z will win is 1/8. Assuming that a dead heat is impossible. Find the chance that one of them will
win.
a. 47/120 b. 1/480 c. 1/160 d. 1/240
LEVEL 2
1. What is the probability of getting at least one six in a single throw of three unbiased dice?
a. 1/6 b. 125/216 c. 1/36 d. 81/216 e. 91/216
2. A bag contains 3 white balls and 2 black balls. Another bag contains 2 white and 4 black balls. A bag
and a ball are picked random. The probability that the ball will be white is:
a. 7/11 b. 7/30 c. 5/11 d. 7/15
3. The probability that a student is not a swimmer is 1/5. Then the probability that one of the five
students, four are swimmers is: 5C4(45
a. )2(15)(45 b. )4(15) 5C4(15 c. )(45)4 d. None of these
4. A man bets on number 16 on a roulette wheel 14 times and losses each time. On the 15th span he does
a quick calculation and finds out that the number 12 had appeared twice in the 14 spans and is
therefore, unable to decide whether to bet on 16 or 12 in the 15th span. Which will give him the best
chance and what are the odds of winning on the bet that he takes? (Roulette has numbers 1 to 36).
a. 16; 22 : 14 b. 12; 72 : 1 c. 12; 7 : 1 d. Either; 35 : 1
5. I forgot the last digit of a 7-digit telephone number. If 1 randomly dial the final 3 digits after correctly
dialling the first four, then what is the chance of dialling the correct number?
a. 1/1001 b. 1/1000 c. 1/999 d. 1/990
6. One hundred identical coins each with probability 'p' showing up heads and tossed.
If 0<p<1 and the probability of heads showing on 50 coins is equal to that of heads on 51 coins, then
the value of p is:
a. 1/2 b. 49/101 c. 50/101 d. 51/101
7. What is the probability that a two digit number selected at random will be a multiple of '3' and not a
multiple of '5'?
a. 2/15 b. 4/15 c. 1/15 d. 4/90
8. In his wardrobe, Dexter has three trousers. One of them is black the second is blue, and the third
brown. In his wardrobe, he also has four shirts. One of them is black and the other 3 are white. He
opens his wardrobe in the dark and picks out one shirt and one trouser pair without examining the
colour. What is the likelihood that neither the shirt nor the trouser is black?
a. 1/12 b. 1/6 c. 1/4 d. 1/2
9. A man can hit a target once in 4 shots. If he fires 4 shots in succession, what is the probability that he
will hit his target?
a. 1 b. 1/256 c. 81/256 d. 175/256
10. The letters B,G,I,N and R are rearranged to form the word 'Bring'. Find its probability:
a. 1120 b. 1 54 c. 1124 d. 176
11. An anti- aircraft gun can take a maximum of four shots at an enemy plane moving away from it. The
probability of hitting the plane at the first, second, third and fourth shots are 0.4, 0.3, 0.2 and 0.1
respectively. What is the probability that the plane is hit when all the four shots are fired?
a. 0.6872 b. 0.4379 c. 0.6976 d. None of these
12. An experiment succeeds twice as often as it fails. What is the probability that in the next 5 trials there
will be four successes?
a. 0 b. (23)4 c. 5x(23)4x(13) d. (23)4x(13)
13. Dinesh speaks truth in 3/4 cases and Abhishek lies in 1/5 cases. What is the percentage of cases in
which both Dinesh and Abhishek contradict each other in stating a fact?
a. 60% b. 35% c. 20% d. 15%
14. When 3 fair coins are tossed together, what is the probability of getting 2 tails?
a. 1/4 b. 2/3 c. 1/3 d. 1/2
15. x1,x2,x3,…,x50are are fifty real numbers such that xr<xr+1 for r = 1, 2, 3... 49. Five numbers out of
these are picked up at random. The probability that the five numbers have x20 as the middle is:
a. 20C2×30C250C3 b. 19C2×30C250C5 c. 19C2×31C250C5 d. None of these
16. A set of cards bearing the number 200-299 is used in a game. if card is drawn at random, what is the
probability that it is divisible by:
a. 0.66 b. 0.33 c. 0.44 d. 0.55
17. When two dice are thrown simultaneously, what is the probability that the sum of the two numbers that
turn up is less than 11?
a. 5/6 b. 11/12 c. 1/6 d. 1/12
18. A dice is rolled three times and the sum of the numbers appearing on the uppermost face is 15. The
chance that the first roll was a four is:
a. 2/5 b. 1/5 c. 1/6 d. None of these
19. An anti-aircraft gun can fire four shots at a time. If the probabilities of the first, second, third and the
last shot hitting the enemy aircraft are 0.7, 0.6, 0.5 and 0.4, what is the probability that four shots
aimed at an enemy aircraft will bring the aircraft down?
a. 0.084 b. 0.916 c. 0.036 d. 0.964
20. Four different objects 1,2,3,4 are distributed at random in four places marked 1,2,3,4. What is the
probability that none of the objects occupy the place corresponding to its number?
a. 17/24 b. 3/8 c. 1/2 d. 5/8
21. There are 2 positive integers x and y. What is the probability that x+y is odd?
a. 1/4 b. 1/3 c. 1/2 d. 1/5
22. Abhishek has 9 pairs of dark blue socks and 9 pairs of black socks. He keeps them all in the same bag.
If he picks out three socks at random, then what is the probability that he will get a matching pair?
a. 1 b. 2×9C2×9C118C3 c. 9C3×9C118C3 d. None of these
23. The probability that a arrow fired from a point will hit the target is 1/4. Three such arrows are fired
simultaneously towards the target from that very point. What is the probability that the target will be
hit?
a. 19/64 b. 23/64 c. 23/67 d. 37/64
24. A and B play a game where each is asked to select a number from 1 to 5. If the two numbers match,
both of them win a prize. The probability that they will not win a prize in a single trial is:
a. 1/25 b. 24/25 c. 2/25 d. 23/25
25. A 5-digit number is formed by the digits 1,2,3,4, and 5 without repetition. What is the probability that
the number formed is a multiple of 4?
a. 1/2 b. 1/3 c. 1/4 d. 1/5
26. A box contains 9 red toys, 7 green toys and 9 blue toys. Each ball is of a different size. The probability
that the red ball being selected is the smallest red toy, is:
a. 1/9 b. 2/21 c. 1/25 d. 6/25
27. If five dice are thrown simultaneously, what is the probability of getting the sum as seven?
a. 1565 b. 1165 c. 1065 d. 565
28. There are three events A, B and C, one of which must and only can happen. If the odds are 8:3 against
A, 5:2 against B, the odds against C must be:
a. 13:7 b. 3:2 c. 43:34 d. 43:77
29. If the probability that X will live 15 year is 7/8 and that Y will live 15 years is 9/10, then what is the
probability that both will live after 15 years?
a. 1/20 b. 63/80 c. 1/5 d. None of these
30. Four boys and three girls stand in queue for an interview. The probability that they stand in alternate
positions is:
a. 1/35 b. 1/34 c. 1/17 d. 1/68
31. There are 6 positive and 8 negative numbers. Four numbers are chosen at random and multiplied. The
probability that the product is a positive number is:
a. 500/1001 b. 503/1001 c. 505/1001 d. 101/1001
32. A bag contains 2 red, 3 green and 2 blue balls are to be drawn randomly. What is the probability that
the balls drawn contain no blue ball?
a. 5/7 b. 10/21 c. 2/7 d. 11/21
33. A number is selected at random from first thirty natural numbers. What is the chance that it is a
multiple of either 3 or 13?
a. 17/30 b. 2/5 c. 11/30 d. 4/15
PERMUTATION AND COMBINATION
LEVEL 1
Common information for questions numbered 1 to 4
There are 5 freshmen, 8 sophomores, and 7 juniors in a chess club. A group of 6 students will be chosen to compete
in a competition.
1. Common Data Question 1/4
How many combinations of students are possible if the group is to consist of exactly 3 freshmen?
a. 5000 b. 4550 c. 4000 d. 3550
2. Common Data Question 2/4
How many combinations of students are possible if the group is to consist of exactly 3 freshmen and 3
sophomores?
a. 360 b. 460 c. 560 d. 660
3. Common Data Question ¾
How many combinations of students are possible if the group is to consist of an equal number of freshmen,
sophomores, and juniors?
a. 5880 b. 6880 c. 7880 d. 8880
4. Common Data Question 4/4
How many combinations of students are possible if the group is to consist of all members of the same class?
a. 20 b. 25 c. 30 d. 35
5. How many ways can 4 prizes be given away to 3 boys, if each boy is eligible for all the prizes?
a. 256 b. 24 c. 12 d. None of these

Common information for questions numbered 6 to 9

There are 5 freshmen, 8 sophomores, and 7 juniors in a chess club. Find the number of orders in which the 6
students from this club can win the first six prizes:
6. Common Data Question ¼
If all students attend the competition and the winners are exactly 3 freshmen.
a. 3!×5C3×15C3 b. 3!×5P3×15P3 c. 6!×5C3×15C3 d. 6!×5P3×15P3
7. Common Data Question 2/4
If all students attend the competition and the winners are exactly 3 freshmen and 3 sophomores.
a. 3!×5C3×15C3 b. 3!×5C3×8C3 c. 6!×5P3×15P3 d. 6!×5C3×8C3
8. Common Data Question ¾
If all students attend the competition and the winners are an equal number of freshmen, sophomores, and
juniors.
a. 6!×5C2×8C2×7C2 b. 3!×5C2×8C2×7C2 c. 6!×5P2×8P2×7P2 d. 3!×5P2×8P2×7P2
9. Common Data Question 4/4
If all students attend the competition and the winners are all members of the same class.
a. 21,200 b. 23,200 c. 25,200 d. 27,200
10. Find the number of ways in which 8064 can be resolved as the product of two factors?
a. 22 b. 24 c. 21 d. 20
11. The letter of the word LABOUR are permuted in all possible ways and the words thus formed are arranged as in
a dictionary. What is the rank of the word LABOUR?
a. 275 b. 251 c. 240 d. 242
12. There are fourteen juniors and twenty-three seniors in the Service Club. The club is to send four
representatives to the State Conference.
(i)- How many different ways are there to select a group of four students to attend the conference?
(ii)- If the members of the club decide to send two juniors and two seniors, how many different groupings are
possible?
a. (i): 37C4 , (ii): 14C2×23C2 b. (i): 37P4 , (ii): 14P2×23P2
c. (i): 37P4 , (ii): 14C2×23C2 d. (i): 37C4 , (ii): 14P2×23P2
13. A class photograph has to be taken. The front row consists of 6 girls who are sitting. 20 boys are standing
behind. The two corner positions are reserved for the 2 tallest boys. In how many ways can the students be
arranged?
a. 6! × 1440 b. 18! × 1440 c. 18! ×2! × 1440 d. None of these
14. If 5×nP3=4×n+1P3 find n?
a. 10 b. 12 c. 11 d. 14
15. Ten different letters of alphabet are given, words with 5 letters are formed from these given letters. Then, the
number of words which have at least one letter repeated is:
a. 69760 b. 30240 c. 99748 d. 42386
16. 12 chairs are arranged in a row and are numbered 1 to 12. 4 men have to be seated in these chairs so that the
chairs numbered 1 to 8 should be occupied and no two men occupy adjacent chairs. Find the number of ways
the task can be done.
a. 360 b. 384 c. 432 d. 470
17. How many words can be formed by re-arranging the letters of the word ASCENT such that A and T occupy the
first and last position respectively?
a. 5! b. 4! c. 6!–2! d. 6!2!
18. If 6Pr=360 and 6Cr=15 find r ?
a. 4 b. 3 c. 6 d. 5
19. In how many ways can six different rings be worn on four fingers of one hand?
a. 10 b. 12 c. 15 d. 16
20. There are 12 yes or no questions. How many ways can these be answered?
a. 4096 b. 2048 c. 1024 d. 144
21. There are 7 non-collinear points. How many triangles can be drawn by joining these points?
a. 35 b. 10 c. 8 d. 7
22. From 6 men and 4 ladies, a committee of 5 is to be formed. In how many ways can this be done, if the
committee is to include at least one lady?
a. 246 b. 340 c. 290 d. 315
23. A question paper consists of three sections 4,5 and 6 questions respectively. Attempting one question from
each section is compulsory but a candidate need not attempt all the questions. In how many ways can a
candidate attempt the questions?
a. 209 b. (4!-1)(5!-1)(6!-1) c. 119 d. 29295
24. In how many ways a President, VP and Waterboy can be selected from a group of 10 people.
a. 10C3 b. 10P3 c. 240 d. 360
25. In a hockey championship, there are 153 matches played. Every two team played one match with each other.
The number of teams participating in the championship is:
a. 18 b. 19 c. 17 d. 16
26. A box contains 10 balls out of which 3 are red and rest are blue. In how many ways can a random sample of 6
balls be drawn from the bag so that at the most 2 red balls are included in the sample and no sample has all the
6 balls of the same colour?
a. 105 b. 168 c. 189 d. 120
27. Out of eight crew members three particular members can sit only on the left side. Another two particular
members can sit only on the right side. Find the number of ways in which the crew can be arranged so that four
men can sit on each side.
a. 864 b. 863 c. 865 d. 1728
28. A man positioned at the origin of the coordinate system. the man can take steps of unit measure in the
direction North, East, West or South. Find the number of ways of he can reach the point (5,6), covering the
shortest possible distance.
a. 252 b. 432 c. 462 d. 504
29. There are 6 equally spaced points A,B,C,D,E and F marked on a circle with radius R. How many convex
pentagons of distinctly different areas can be drawn using these points as vertices?
a. 6P5 b. 1 c. 5 d. None of these
30. In an examination paper, there are two groups each containing 4 questions. A candidate is required to attempt
5 questions but not more than 3 questions from any group. In how many ways can 5 questions be selected?
 a. 24 b. 48 c. 96 d. 64
31. After every get-together every person present shakes the hand of every other person. If there were 105
handshakes in all, how many persons were present in the party?
a. 14 b. 13 c. 15 d. 16
32. How many diagonals can be drawn in a pentagon?
a. 5 b. 10 c. 8 d. 7
33. There are five women and six men in a group. From this group a committee of 4 is to be chosen. How many
different ways can a committee be formed that contain three women and one man?
a. 55 b. 60 c. 25 d. 192
34. Find the total number of distinct vehicle numbers that can be formed using two letters followed by two
numbers. Letters need to be distinct.
a. 60000 b. 65000 c. 70000 d. 75000
35. In a railway compartment, there are 2 rows of seats facing each other with accommodation for 5 in each, 4
wish to sit facing forward and 3 facing towards the rear while 3 others are indifferent. In how many ways can
the 10 passengers be seated?
a. 172000 b. 12600 c. 45920 d. 43200
36. There are three prizes to be distributed among five students. If no students gets more than one prize, then this
can be done in:
a. 10 ways b. 30 ways c. 60 ways d. 80 ways
37. A teacher of 6 students takes 2 of his students at a time to a zoo as often as he can, without taking the same
pair of children together more than once. How many times does the teacher go to the zoo?
a. 10 b. 12 c. 15 d. 20
38. A family consist of a grandfather, 5 sons and daughter and 8 grandchildren. They are to be seated in a row for
dinner. The grandchildren wish to occupy the 4 seats at each end and the grandfather refuses to have a
grandchild on either side of him. The number of ways in which the family can be made to sit is:
a. 21530 b. 8! × 480 c. 8! × 360 d. 8! × 240

LEVEL 2
1. If the letters of the word CHASM are rearranged to form 5 letter words such that none of the word repeat and
the results arranged in ascending order as in a dictionary what is the rank of the word CHASM?
a. 24 b. 31 c. 32 d. 30
2. In how many ways can 5 different toys be packed in 3 identical boxes such that no box is empty, if any of the
boxes may hold all of the toys?
a. 20 b. 30 c. 25 d. 600 e. 480
3. What is the value of 1×1!+2×2!+3!×3!+............n×n!; where n! means n factorial or n(n−1)(n−2)...1
a. n(n−1)(n−1)! b. (n+1)!n(n−1) c. (n+1)!−n! d. (n+1)!−1!
4. When six fair coins are tossed simultaneously, in how many of the outcomes will at most three of the coins turn
up as heads?
a. 25 b. 41 c. 22 d. 42 e. 31
5. A college has 10 basketball players. A 5-member team and a captain will be selected out of these 10 players.
How many different selections can be made?
a. 1260 b. 210 c. 10C6×6! d. 10C5×6
6. A 6x6 grid is cut from an 8x8 chessboard. In how many ways can we put two identical coins, one on the black
square and one on a white square on the grid, such that they are not placed in the same row or in the same
column?
a. 216 b. 324 c. 144 d. 108
7. How many four letter distinct initials can be formed using the alphabets of English language such that the last
of the four words is always a consonant?
a. 263×21 b. 26×25×24×21 c. 25×24×23×21 d. None of these
8. What is the total number of ways in which Dishu can distribute 9 distinct gifts among his 8 distinct girlfriends
such that each of them gets at least one gift?
a. 72 × 8! b. 144 × 8! c. 36 × 8! d. 9!
9. How many numbers of times will the digit ‘7' be written when listing the integers from 1 to 1000?
a. 271 b. 300 c. 252 d. 304
10. In how many ways can 15 people be seated around two round tables with seating capacities of 7 and 8 people?
a. 15!8! b. 7!×8! c. 15C8×6!×7! d. 2×15C7×6!×7! e. 15C8×8!
11. In how many ways can the letters of the word EDUCATION be rearranged so that the relative position of the
vowels and consonants remain the same as in the word EDUCATION?
a. 9!4 b. 9!4!×5! c. 4!×5! d. None of these
12. A committee is to be formed comprising 7 members such that there is a simple majority of men and at least 1
woman. The shortlist consists of 9 men and 6 women. In how many ways can this committee be formed?
a. 3724 b. 3630 c. 4914 d. 3824
13. A team of 8 students goes on an excursion, in two cars, of which one can seat 5 and the other only 4. In how
many ways can they travel?
a. 9 b. 26 c. 126 d. 392
14. A tea expert claims that he can easily find out whether milk or tea leaves were added first to water just by
tasting the cup of tea. In order to check this claims 10 cups of tea are prepared, 5 in one way and 5 in other.
Find the different possible ways of presenting these 10 cups to the expert.
a. 252 b. 240 c. 300 d. 340
15. How many alphabets need to be there in a language if one were to make 1 million distinct 3 digit initials using
the alphabets of the language?
a. 100 b. 50 c. 26 d. 1000
16. How many arrangements of four 0's (zeroes), two 1's and two 2's are there in which the first 1 occur before the
first 2?
a. 420 b. 360 c. 320 d. 210
17. How many different five-letter words can be formed using the letter from the world APPLE?
a. 120 b. 60 c. 240 d. 24
18. I have an amount of Rs 10 lakh, which I went to invest in stocks of some companies. I always invest only
amounts that are multiples of Rs 1 lakh in the stock of any company. If I can choose from among the stocks of
five different companies, In how many ways can I invest the entire amount that I have?
a. 252 b. 250 c. 1001 d. 1089
19. For a Lofoya Assets, a selection committee is to be chosen consisting of 5 ex-technicians. Now there are 12
representatives from four zones. It has further been decided that if Mr. Lofs is selected, Relk and Lemini will
not be selected and vice-versa. In how many ways it can be done?
a. 572 b. 672 c. 472 d. 372
20. How many 5-digit positive integers exist the sum of whose digits are odd?
a. 36000 b. 38000 c. 45000 d. 90000
21. There are eight boxes of chocolates, each box containing distinct number of chocolates from 1 to 8. In how
many ways four of these boxes can be given to four persons (one boxes to each) such that the first person gets
more chocolates than each of the three, the second person gets more chocolates than the third as well as the
fourth persons and the third person gets more chocolates than fourth person?
a. 35 b. 70 c. 105 d. 210
22. In how many ways can seven friends be seated in a row having 35 seats, such that no two friends occupy
adjacent seats?
a. 29P7 b. 29C7 c. 28P7 d. 29C7
23. How many ways can 10 letters be posted in 5 post boxes, if each of the post boxes can take more than 10
letters?
a. 510 b. 105 c. 10P5 d. 10C5
24. There are 2 brothers among a group of 20 persons. In how many ways can the group be arranged around a
circle so that there is exactly one person between the two brothers?
a. 2 × 17! b. 18! × 18 c. 19! × 18 d. 2 × 18! e. 2 × 17! × 17!
25. a,b,c,d and e are five natural numbers. Find the number of ordered sets (a,b,c,d,e) possible such that
a+b+c+d+e=64.
a. 64C5 b. 63C4 c. 65C4 d. 63C5
26. There are five cards lying on the table in one row. Five numbers from among 1 to 100 have to be written on
them, one number per card, such that the difference between the numbers on any two adjacent cards is not
divisible by 4. The remainder when each of the 5 numbers is divided by 4 is written down on another card (the
6th card) in order. How many sequences can be written down on the 6th card?
a. 210 b. 210×33 c. 4×34 d. 4233
27. From a total of six men and four ladies a committee of three is to be formed. If Mrs. X is not willing to join the
committee in which Mr. Y is a member, whereas Mr.Y is willing to join the committee only if Mrs Z is included,
how many such committee are possible?
a. 138 b. 128 c. 112 d. 91
28. Goldenrod and No Hope are in a horse race with 6 contestants. How many different arrangements of finishes
are there if No Hope always finishes before Goldenrod and if all of the horses finish the race?
a. 700 b. 360 c. 120 d. 24 e. 21
29. Jay wants to buy a total of 100 plants using exactly a sum of Rs 1000. He can buy Rose plants at Rs 20 per plant
or marigold or Sun flower plants at Rs 5 and Re 1 per plant respectively. If he has to buy at least one of each
plant and cannot buy any other type of plants, then in how many distinct ways can Jay make his purchase?
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5
30. How many words of 4 consonants and 3 vowels can be made from 12 consonants and 4 vowels, if all the letters
are different?
a. 16C7×7! b. 12C4×4C3×7! c. 12C3×4C4 d. 12C4×4C3
31. A local delivery company has three packages to deliver to three different homes. if the packages are delivered
at random to the three houses, how many ways are there for at least one house to get the wrong package?
a. 3 b. 5 c. 3! d. 5!
32. How many natural numbers less than a lakh can be formed with the digits 0,6 and 9?
a. 242 b. 243 c. 728 d. 729
33. There are 20 couples in a party. Every person greets every person except his or her spouse. People of the same
sex shake hands and those of opposite sex greet each other with a namaskar (It means bringing one's own
palms together and raising them to the chest level). What is the total number of handshakes and namaskar's in
the party?
a. 760 b. 1140 c. 780 d. 720
34. In how many ways can a leap year have 53 Sundays?
a. 365C7 b. 7 c. 4 d. 2
35. In a certain laboratory, chemicals are identified by a colour-coding system. There are 20 different chemicals.
Each one is coded with either a single colour or a unique two-colour pair. If the order of colours in the pairs
does not matter, what is the minimum number of different colours needed to code all 20 chemicals with either
a single colour or a unique pair of colours?
a. 7 b. 6 c. 5 d. 8
36. Six boxes are numbered 1,2,34,5 and 6. Each box must contain either a white ball or a black ball. At least one
box must contain a black ball and boxes containing black balls must be consecutively numbered. find the total
number of ways of placing the balls.
a. 15 b. 20 c. 21 d. 36
37. In how many ways can 6 green toys and 6 red toys be arranged, such that 2 particular red toys are never
together whereas 2 particular green toys are always together?
a. 11! × 2! b. 9! × 90 c. 4 × 10! d. 18 × 10!
38. There are five comics numbered from 1 to 5. In how many ways can they be arranged, so that part-1 and part-3
are never together?
a. 48 b. 72 c. 120 d. 210
39. The number of ways which a mixed double tennis game can be arranged amongst 9 married couples if no
husband and wife play in the same is:
a. 1514 b. 1512 c. 3024 d. 3028
40. Ten coins are tossed simultaneously. In how many of the outcomes will the third coin turn up a head?
a. 210 b. 29 c. 3×28 d. None of these
41. There are 5 Rock songs, 6 Carnatic songs and 3 Indi pop songs. How many different albums can be formed using
the above repertoire if the albums should contain at least 1 Rock song and 1 Carnatic song?
 a. 15624 b. 16384 c. 6144 d. 240
42. A book-shelf can accommodate 6 books from left to right. If 10 identical books on each of the languages A,B,C
and D are available, In how many ways can the book shelf be filled such that book on the same languages are
not put adjacently.
a. 40P66! b. 10×95 c. 6P42! d. 4×35
43. In how many ways can the letters of the word ABACUS be rearranged such that the vowels always appear
together?
a. 6!2 b. 3!×3! c. 4!2 d. 4!×3!2! e. 5!2

44. If the letters of the word SACHIN are arranged in all possible ways and these words are written out as in
dictionary, then the word ‘SACHIN’ appears at serial number:
a. 601 b. 600 c. 603 d. 602
45. In how many ways can 3 men and their wives be made stand in a line such that none of the 3 men stand in a
position that is ahead of his wife?
a. 6!3!×3!×3! b. 6!2!×2! c. 6!2!×2!×2! d. 6!2!×3!
46. In a cricket match if a batsman score 0,1,2,34,or 6 runs of a ball, then find the number or different sequences in
which he can score exactly 30 runs of an over. Assume that an over consists of only 6 balls and there were no
extra and no run outs.
a. 86 b. 71 c. 56 d. 65
47. In how many ways can the letters of the word MANAGEMENT be rearranged so that the two As do not appear
together?
a. 10! - 2! b. 9! - 2! c. 10! - 9! d. None of these
48. How many numbers are there between 100 and 1000 such that at least one of their digits is 6?
a. 200 b. 225 c. 252 d. 120
49. A student is required to answer 6 out of 10 questions divided into two groups each containing 5 questions. He
is not permitted to attempt more than 4 from each group. In how many ways can he make the choice?
a. 210 b. 150 c. 100 d. 200
50. While packing for a business trip Mr. Debashis has packed 3 pairs of shoes, 4 pants, 3 half-pants,6 shirts, 3
sweater and 2 jackets. The outfit is defined as consisting of a pair of shoes, a choice of "lower wear" (either a
pant or a half-pant), a choice of "upper wear" (it could be a shirt or a sweater or both) and finally he may or
may not choose to wear a jacket. How many different outfits are possible?
a. 567 b. 1821 c. 743 d. 1701
51. How many positive integers 'n' can be form using the digits 3,4,4,5,6,6,7, if we want 'n' to exceed 60,00,000?
a. 320 b. 360 c. 540 d. 720

LEVEL 3
1. The number of ways of arranging n students in a row such that no two boys sit together and no two girls sit
together is m(m > 100). If one more student is added, then number of ways of arranging as above increases by
200%. The value of n is
a. 12 b. 8 c. 9 d. 10
2. How many integers, greater than 999 but not greater than 4000, can be formed with the digits 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4,
if repetition of digits is allowed?
a. 499 b. 500 c. 375 d. 376 e. 501
3. How many five digit positive integers that are divisible by 3 can be formed using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5,
without any of the digits getting repeating
a. 15 b. 96 c. 216 d. 120 e. 625
4. There are 10 seats around a circular table. If 8 men and 2 women have to seated around a circular table, such
that no two women have to be separated by at least one man. If P and Q denote the respective number of
ways of seating these people around a table when seats are numbered and unnumbered, then P : Q equals
a. 9 : 1 b. 72 : 1 c. 10 : 1 d. 8 : 1
5. How many factors of 25×36×52 are perfect squares?
a. 20 b. 24 c. 30 d. 36
 6. In how many rearrangements of the word AMAZED, is the letter 'E' positioned in between the 2 'A's (Not
necessarily flanked)?
a. 24 b. 72 c. 120 d. 240
7. a, b, c are three distinct integers from 2 to 10 (both inclusive). Exactly one of ab, bc and ca is odd. abc is a
multiple of 4. The arithmetic mean of a and b is an integer and so is the arithmetic mean of a, b and c. How
many such triplets are possible (unordered triplets) .
a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 7
8. Bob is about to hang his 8 shirts in the wardrobe. He has four different styles of shirt, two identical ones of each
particular style. How many different arrangements are possible if no two identical shirts are next to one
another?
a. 764 b. 864 c. 964 d. 1064
9. If F(x, n) be the number of ways of distributing "x" toys to "n" children so that each child receives at the most 2
toys then F(4, 3) = _______?
a. 3 b. 6 c. 5 d. 4
10. There are 6 boxes numbered 1,2,...6. Each box is to be filled up either with a red or a green ball in such a way
that at least 1 box contains a green ball and the boxes containing green balls are consecutively numbered. The
total number of ways in which this can be done is:
a. 5 b. 21 c. 33 d. 60 e. 27
11. Company BELIANCE hosted a party for 8 members of Company AXIAL. In the party no member of AXIAL had
interacted with more than three members of BELIANCE. Out of all the members of BELIANCE, three members –
each interacted with four members of AXIAL and the remaining members – each interacted with two members
of AXIAL. The greatest possible number of members of company BELIANCE in the party is:
a. 9 b. 10 c. 11 d. 12
12. Each of the 11 letters A, H, I, M, O, T, U, V, W, X and Z appears same when looked at in a mirror. They are called
symmetric letters. Other letters in the alphabet are asymmetric letters. How many three letter computer
passwords can be formed (no repetition allowed) with at least one symmetric letter?
a. 12000 b. 12870 c. 13000 d. None of these
13. A seven-digit number comprises of only 2's and 3's. How many of these are multiples of 12?
a. 1 b. 11 c. 21 d. 47
14. When four fair dice are rolled simultaneously, in how many outcomes will at least one of the dice show 3?
a. 155 b. 620 c. 671 d. 625
15. Some boys are standing on a circle at distinct points. Each possible pair of persons, who are not adjacent, sing a
3 minute song, one pair after another. The total time taken by all the pairs to sing is 1 hour. Find the number of
boys?
a. 6 b. 7 c. 8 d. 9
16. Suppose you have a currency, named Miso, in three denominations: 1 Miso, 10 Misos and 50 Misos. In how
many ways can you pay a bill of 107 Misos?
a. 17 b. 16 c. 18 d. 19
17. How many factors of 24×53×74 are odd numbers?
a. 20 b. 24 c. 30 d. 36
18. In how many ways can a selection of 5 letters be made out of 5 A's, 4B's, 3C's, 2D's and 1E's?
a. 70 b. 71 c. 15C5 d. 15P5