Permutations and Combinatios TH

1. In a class there are 10 boys and 8 girls.
The teacher wants to select a boy and a girl to represent

the class in a function. In how many ways can the teacher make this selection?
a) 10 ways b) 80 ways c) 18 ways d) 10!*8! e) 18!
2. In how many ways a committee consisting of 5 men and 6 women can be formed from 8 men
and 10 women?
a) 266 b) 86400 c) 11760 d) 5040 e) None of these
3. In how many ways can 7 Indians, Pakistanis and 6 Dutch be seated in a row so that all persons of
the same nationality sit together?
a) 3! b) 7!5!6! c) 3!7!5!6! d) 182 e) None of these
4. There are 5 routes to go from Allahabad to Patna & 4 ways to go from Patna to Kolkata, then
how many ways are possible for going from Allahabad to Kolkata via Patna?
a) 20 b) 5^4 c) 4^5 d) 5^4 + 4^5 e) none of these
5. In how many ways can the letters of the word DELHI be arranged?
a) 119 b) 120 c) 60 d) 60
6. In how many ways can the letters of the word PATNA be rearranged?
a) 60 b) 120 c) 119 d) 59 e) none of these
7. For the arrangements of the letters of the word PATNA, how many words would start with the
letter P?
8. How many numbers of four digits can be formed with the digits 0,1,2,3(repition of digits is not
allowed?
9. In how many ways can Ram choose a vowel and a constant from the letters of the word
ALLAHABAD?
10. How many new words are possible from the letters of the word PERMUTATION?
a) 11!/2! b) (11!2!) – 1 c) 11! – 1 d) none of these e) cannot be
determined
11. How many numbers between 2000 and 3000 can be formed with the digits 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7
(repetition of digits not allowed?
12. In how many ways can a person send invitation cards to 6 of his friends if he has four servants to
distribute the cards?
a) 6^4 b) 4^6 c) 24 d) 120 e) none of these
13. In how many ways can 5 prizes be distributed to 8 students if each student can get any number
of prizes?
a) 40 b) 5^8 c) 8^5 d) 120 e) none of these
14. How many numbers of 4 digits can be formed with the digits 0, 1, 2, 3 (repetition of digits being
allowed?
15. In how many ways can 10 identical presents be distributed among 6 children so that each child
gets at least one present?
a) 15C5 b) 16C6 c) 9C5 d) 6^10 e) none of these
16. There are five types of envelopes and four types of stamps in a post office. How many ways are
there to buy an envelope and a stamp?
17. There are 8 consonants and 5 vowels in a word jumble. In how many ways can we form 5-letter
words having three consonants and 2 vowels?
a) 67200 b) 8540 c) 720 d) None of these e) 840
18. There are 5 blue socks, 4 red socks and 3 green socks, all different in Debu’s wardrobe. He has to
select 4 socks from this set. In how many ways can he do so?
19. There are 5 different Jeffrey Archer books, 3 different Sidney Sheldon books and 6 different John
Grisham books. The number of ways in which at least one book can be given away is
a) 2^10-1 b) 2^11 - 1 c) 2^12 – 1 d) 2^14 – 1 e) none of these
20. In how many different ways can the letters of the word BOOKLET be arranged such that B and T
always come together?
21. In how many possible ways can write 3240 as a product of 3 positive integers a,b and c.
a) 450 b) 420 c) 350 d) 320 e) 400
22. How many positive integers less than 500 can be formed using the numbers 1,2,3,and 5 for
digits, each digit being used only once.
a) 52 b) 68 c) 66 d) 34 e) 60
23. How many positive integers less than 500 can be formed using the numbers 1,2,3,and 5 for
digits, each digit being used only once.
a) 313 b) 159 c) 156 d) 315 e) 320
24. There are 20 persons sitting in a circle. In that there are 18 men and 2 sisters. How many
arrangements are possible in which the two sisters are always separated by a man?
a) 18! X2 b) 17! c) 17x2! d) 12 e) None
25. A number plate can be formed with two alphabets followed by two digits, with no repetition.
Then how many possible combinations can we get?
a) 58500 b) 67600 c) 65000 d) 64320 e) 60000
26. How many 6 digit even numbers can be formed from digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 so that the digit
should not repeat and the second last digit is even?
a) 6480 b) 320 c) 2160 d) 720 e) None
27. There is a 7-digit telephone number with all different digits. If the digit at extreme right and
extreme left are 5 and 6 respectively, find how many such telephone numbers are possible?
a) 720 b) 30240 c) 6720 d) 120 e) None of these
28. In how many ways a team of 11 must be selected a team 5 men and 11 women such that the
team must comprise of not more than 3 men.
a) 1565 b) 2256 c) 2456 d) 1243 e) None
29. What is the sum of all the 4 digit numbers that can be formed using all of the digits 2,3,5 and 7?
a) 113322 b) 12334 c) 14400 d) 1200 e) 3600
30. In how many ways can four cars be given away to six contestants in a TV reality show, when
each contestant is eligible for all the cars?
a) 6P4 b) 6^4 c) 6C4 d) 4^6 e) None

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