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Chapter 5

Permutations and Combinations

ASSIGNMENT

Single Choice Type Questions

1. How many arrangements can be made out of the letters of the word COMMITTEE, taken all at a time, such
that the four vowels do not come together?
(1) 12600 (2) 45600
(3) 43200 (4) 216
2. The number of words which can be formed out of the letters of the word PARTICLE, so that vowels occupy
the even place is
(1) 7! (2) 4C × 3 C3
4

(3) 180 (4) 4! × 5!

3. Number of different words that can be formed from 15 consonants and 5 vowels by taking 2 consonants and
4 vowels in each word is
(1) 15P 5C 15C 5C
2× 4 (2) 2× 4× 6!

(3) 15P 5P 15P 5P ×

2× 4 (4) 2× 4 2! × 4!

4. Number of even numbers greater than 300 that can be formed with the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 such that no digit
being repeated is
(1) 111 (2) 900
(3) 600 (4) 800
5. There are 6 books of physics, 3 of chemistry and 4 of biology. Number of ways in which these books be placed
on a shelf if the books of the same subject are to be together is
(1) 622080 (2) 888000
(3) 222000 (4) 413080
6. Number of ways in which n balls be randomly distributed in n cells is
(1) n! (2) n(n + 1)
(3) nn (4) 2n

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7. Number of three digit numbers such that atleast one of the digits is 9, if repetitions allowed, is
(1) 252 (2) 648
(3) 864 (4) 468
8. Number of 7 digit telephone numbers that can be formed from the digits 0, 1, 2, …………9, if each telephone
number begins with digit 5 is
(1) 610 (2) 106
(3) 10! (4) 10C
6

9. Four dice are rolled. The number of possible outcomes in which atleast one die show 6 is
(1) 671 (2) 168
(3) 176 (4) 650
10. The total number of permutations of n different objects taken at least one but not more than r at a time, where
each object may be repeated any number of time is

n( n n – 1) nr − 1
(1) (2)
n –1 n −1

n(n r − 1) n(n r – 1)
(3) (4)
n −1 r –1
11. 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
(1) 602 (2) 603
(3) 600 (4) 601
12. At an election, a voter may vote for any number of candidates not greater than the number to be elected. There
are 10 candidates and 4 are to be elected. If a voter votes for at least one candidate, then the number of ways
in which he can vote is
(1) 6210 (2) 385
(3) 1110 (4) 5040
13. The number of ways of selecting 8 books from a library which has 9 identical books each of Mathematics,
Physics, Chemistry and English is
(1) 165 (2) 166
(3) 167 (4) 168
14. There are m points on the line AB and n points on the line AC, excluding the point A. Triangles are formed
joining these points as vertices
(i) When point A is not included,
(ii) When point A is included.
The ratio of the number of such triangles is

m+n+2 m+n−2
(1) (2)
2 2
m+n−2 m+n+2
(3) (4)
m+n m+n
15. The number of rectangles, of any size excluding squares from the rectangle of size 8 × 7 is
(1) 784 (2) 840
(3) 896 (4) None of these
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16. How many numbers greater than 1000 but not greater than 4000 can be formed from the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4,
repetition of the digits being allowed?
(1) 374 (2) 375
(3) 376 (4) 377
17. There are 15 couples taking part in a single tournament, the number of ways in which they can be paired such
that no two real lives couple play in the same team is

 1 1 1 1 
(1) 15 ! 1– + – ........ –  (2) 15!
 1! 2 ! 3 ! 15 ! 

(3) 30C
2 (4) 30C
2 – 15C1

18. There are 3 apartments A, B and C for rent in a building. Each apartment will accept either 3 or 4 occupants.
The number of ways of renting the apartments to 10 students
(1) 12600 (2) 10800
(3) 13500 (4) 15000

19. The total number of ways in which 5 balls of different colours can be distributed among 3 persons so that each
person gets at least one ball is

(1) 75 (2) 150

(3) 210 (4) 243

20. STATEMENT-1 : The number of ways of choosing 15 couples out of 15 women and 15 men is 1240.
and
STATEMENT-2 : The number of ordered pairs of integers (x, y) which satisfies the equation y2 + 6y + x2 = 4
is 8.
(1) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1

(2) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement-1

(3) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False

(4) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True

Numerical Value Type Questions

21. In a meeting everyone had shaken hands with everyone else, it was found that 66 handshakes were

exchanged. Number of persons present in the meeting is

22. Number of ways in which the letters of the word MOBILE be arranged so that the consonants always occupy

the odd places is

23. An n-digit number is a positive number with exactly n digits. Nine hundred distinct n digit numbers are to be

formed using only three digit 5, 7, 9. The smallest value of n for which this is possible is

24. How many different nine digit numbers can be formed with the number 223355888 by rearranging its digits so

that the odd digits occupy even positions?

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25. There are four balls of different colours and four boxes of colours, same as those of balls. The number of ways

in which the balls, one each in one box, could be placed such that any ball does not go to the box of its own

colour, is

26. A box contains 3 red, 4 white and 2 black balls. The number of ways in which 3 balls can be drawn from the

box, so that at least one ball is red, is (all balls are different)

27. Let y be an element of the set A = {1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 30} and x1, x2, x3 be integers such that

y = x1x2x3. Then the number of positive integral solutions of x1x2x3 = y is

28. The exponent of 12 in 100! Is

29. The total number of ways of selecting five letters from the letters of the word INDEPENDENT is

30. The number of seven digit integers, with sum of the digits equal to 10 and formed by using the digits

1, 2, and 3 only, is

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ANSWERS

1. (3) 2. (4) 3. (2) 4. (1) 5. (1) 6. (3)

7. (1) 8. (2) 9. (1) 10. (3) 11. (4) 12. (2)

13. (1) 14. (3) 15. (2) 16. (2) 17. (1) 18. (1)

19. (2) 20. (2) 21. (12) 22. (36) 23. (7) 24. (60)

25. (9) 26. (64) 27. (64) 28. (48) 29. (72) 30. (77)

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