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33. Tickets numbered 1 to 20 are mixed up and then a ticket 2. Three persons enter a railway carriage, where there are 5
is drawn at random. What is the probability that the ticket vacant seats. In how many ways can they seat themselves?
drawn has a number which is a multiple of 3 or 5? (a) 60 (b) 70 (c) 80 (d) 90
(a) 6/20 (b) 9/20
3. How many numbers between 0 and one million can be
(c) 10/20 (d) None of these formed using 0, 7 and 8?
34. A box contains 5 green, 4 yellow and 3 white balls. Three (a) 486 (b) 1086 (c) 728 (d) None of these
balls are drawn at random. What is the probability that 4. A palindrome is a number that reads the same left to right
they are not of same color? as it does from right to left, such as 252. How many six-
(a) 3/44 (b) 3/55 (c) 52/55 (d) 41/44 digit palindromes are there which are even?
(a) 900 (b) 500 (c) 9 × 105 (d) 400
35. The odds in favor of standing first of three students Amit,
Vikas and Vivek appearing at an examination are 1:2, 2:5 5. Find the number of squares that we can find on a chess
and 1:7 respectively. What is the probability that either of board.
them will stand first (assume that a tie for the first place is (a) 64 (b) 160 (c) 224 (d) 204
not possible)?
6. In how many ways, we can choose a black and a white
(a) 168/178 (b) 122/168
square on a chessboard such that the two are not in the
(c) 5/168 (d) 125/168 same row or column?
36. A box contains 6 red balls, 7 green balls and 5 blue balls. (a) 432 (b) 768 (c) 869 (d) None of these
Each ball is of a different size. The probability that the red 7. There are 6 boxes numbered 1, 2, …., 6. Each box is to be
ball selected is the smallest red ball is filled up either with a red or a green ball in such a way
(a) 1/18 (b) 1/3 (c) 1/6 (d) 2/3 that at least 1 box contains a green ball and the boxes
containing green balls are consecutively numbered. The
37. From a group of 13 scientists which contain 5
total number of ways in which this can be done is
mathematicians and 8 physicists, it is required to appoint a
(a) 5 (b) 21 (c) 33 (d) 60
committee of two. If the selection is made without knowing
the identity of the scientists. What is the probability that 8. Of the 128 boxes of oranges, each box contains at least
one will be mathematician and the other a physicist? 120 and at most 144 oranges. The number of boxes
(a) 20/39 (b) 1/4 containing the same number of oranges is at least
(a) 5 (b) 103 (c) 6 (d) 125
(c) 7/13 (d) None of these
9. There are 5 letters and 5 directed envelopes. The number
38. Of a total of 600 bolts, 20% are too large and 10% are too
of ways in which all the letters can be put into wrong
small. The remaining are considered as suitable bolts. If a
envelope is
bolt is selected at random, what is the probability that it
(a) 119 (b) 44 (c) 59 (d) 40
will be suitable?
(a) 7/10 (b) 3/5 (c) 2/7 (d) 3/10 10. A five-digit number is formed using digits 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9
without repetition. What is the sum of all such possible
39. A problem in mathematics is given to three students numbers?
whose chances of solving it are 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4
(a) 6666600 (b) 6666660
respectively. What is the probability that the problem will
(c) 6666666 (d) None of these
be solved?
(a) 3/5 (b) 3/4 (c) 5/7 (d) 7/10 11. A party of ‘n’ persons sits at around table. Find the odds
against two specified persons sitting next to each other.
40. In a two-child family, one child is a boy. What is the (a) (n – 1)/2 (b) (n – 3)/2
probability that the other child is a girl? (c) (n + 3)/2 (d) None of these
(a) 1/2 (b) 2/5 (c) 5/3 (d) 3/2
12. The number of non-negative integral solutions of the
equation a + b + c + d = 20 will be
PERMUATION AND COMBINATION
(a) 1208 (b) 4024 (c) 1140 (d) 1771
1. Suppose an automobile number plate contains two letters
13. A, B, C and D are four towns, any three of which are non-
followed by three digits with the first digit not zero. How
collinear. Then the number of ways to construct three
many different number plates can be printed? (Assuming roads each joining a pair of towns so that the roads do not
repetition allowed). form triangle is
(a) 754320 (b) 608400 (c) 546754 (d) 875640 (a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) more than 9

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14. Find the number of ways in which five gentlemen and 22. How many numbers between 2000 and 3000 can be
three ladies can be seated in a row so that no two ladies formed with the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ? (repetition of
are together. digits not allowed)
(a) 720 (b) 7,200 (c) 14,400 (d) 5,040 (a) 210 (b) 300 (c) 420 (d) 360

15. Six mobsters have arrived at the theater for the premiere 23. These are 3 different rings to be worn in 4 fingers with
of the film “Good buddies”. One of the mobsters, Frankie, atmost one in each finger. Find the number of ways in
is an informer, and he’s afraid that another member of his which this is done.
crew, Joey, is on to him. Frankie, wanting to keep Joey in
(a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 24 (d) 36
his sights, insists upon standing behind Joey in line at the
concession stand, though not necessarily right behind 24. In how many ways can the letters of the word 'HEXAGON'
him. How many ways can the six arrange themselves be arranged?
inline such that Frankie’s requirement is satisfied? (a) 2520 (b) 5040 (c) 8020 (d) 900
(a) 24 (b) 120 (c) 360 (d) 720
25. How many different signals can be transmitted by
16. Serena and Venus were only two women participating in a arranging 3 red, 2 yellow and 2 green flags on a pole?
chess tournament. Every participant played two games (a) 210 (b) 420 (c) 360 (d) 400
with every other participant. The number of games that
men played between themselves proved to exceed by 66, 26. How many straight lines can be formed from 8
compared to the number of games the men played with non-collinear points on the XY plane?
women. How many participants were there? (a) 24 (b) 28 (c) 32 (d) 48
(a) 156 (b) 610 (c) 13 (d) 108
27. Find the number of ways in which 20 different pearls of
17. Find the number of whole numbers formed on the screen 2 different colours can be set alternately on a necklace
of a calculator which can be recognized as numbers with there being 10 pearls of each colour.
(unique) correct digits when they are read inverted. The
(b) 5  9!
2
(a) 9! 10!
greatest number that can be formed on the screen of the
calculator is 999999.
(c)  9!
2
(d) None of these
(a) 98970 (b) 89912 (c) 110050 (d) 100843

18. A question paper has two parts - Part A and Part B. Part A 28. A box contains two red, three green and four blue balls. In
contains 5 questions and part B has 4. Each question in how many ways can three balls be drawn from the box if
part A has an alternative. A student has to attempt at least atleast one green ball is to be included in the draw.
one question from each part. Find the number of ways in (a) 23 (b) 64 (c) 46 (d) None of these
which the student can attempt the question paper
29. How many 4 digit numbers divisible by 5 can be formed
(a) 3360 (b) 1258 (c) 3850 (d) 3630
with the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 6?
19. There are 5 different boxes and 7 different balls. All the 7 (a) 220 (b) 249 (c) 432 (d) 288
balls are to be distributed in the 5 boxes placed in a row
30. How many new words can be formed with the word
so that any box can receive any number of balls. In how
'MANAGEMENT' all ending in G?
many ways can these balls be distributed into these boxes
if ball 2 can be put into either box 2 or box 4? 10! 9! 10! 9!
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) 12360 (b) 31250 (c) 13490 (d) 31526  2! 4
1  2!  4
 2!  4
 2!4  1
20. Two packs of 52 playing cards are shuffled together. Find 31. How many different nine digit numbers can be formed
the number of ways in which a man can be dealt 26 cards from the number 223355888 by rearranging its digits so
so that he does not get two cards of the same suit and that the odd digits occupy even positions
same denomination.
(a) 60 (b) 75 (c) 88 (d) 77
(a)52C26*226 (b) 52!/(2!)26
(c) 226 (d) None of these 32. Five balls of different colours are to be placed in three
boxes of different sizes. Each box can hold all the five
21. In how many ways 3 boys and 3 girls can be seated in a
balls. In how many ways can we place the balls so that no
row so that boys and girls are alternate?
box remains empty?
(a) 6! (b) 3!
(a) 5C3 (b) 5! (c) 150 (d) 53
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33. There are 4 letters and 4 envelopes. In how many ways

can wrong choices be made?
(a) 43 (b) 4!  1 (c) 16 (d) 44  1

34. If a team of 4 persons have to be selected from 8 males

and 8 females, find the number of ways in which the
selection is made to include atleast 1 male.
(a) 3500 (b) 875 (c) 1200 (d) 1750

35. If we have to make 7 boys sit with 7 girls around a round

table, then find the number of different relative
arrangements of boys and girls that we can make so that
not two boys are no two girls sitting next to each other.

(a) 2  7!
2
(b) 6!  7!
(c) 7!  7! (d) 2  6!  7!

36. In how many ways can one divide 12 books into 4 equal
bundles?
12! 12!
(a) (b)
4! 3!  3! 2
4

12!
(c) (d) None of these
 4!2 3!2

37. Find the number of ways in which 21 balls can be

distributed among 3 persons such that each person does
not receive less than 5 balls.
(a) 28 (b) 14 (c) 21 (d) 7

38. In how many ways can the letters of the English alphabet
be arranged so that there are 7 letters between A and B?
(a) 31! 2! (b) 24 P7  18!
(c) 36  24! (d) None of these

39. Find the number of circle that can be drawn out of 10

points of which 7 are collinear.
(a) 130 (b) 85 (c) 45 (d) 65

40. Find the number of ways of selecting the committee of 5

with a maximum of 2 women and having at the maximum
one women holding one of the two posts of the
committee. There are 4 men and 4 women.
(a) 16 (b) 512 (c) 608 (d) 324

41. There are 8 orators A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H. Find the

number of ways in which the arrangement is made so that
A always comes before B and B always comes before C
8! 8! 8!
(a) (b) (c) (d) 5!3!
3! 6! 5!3!

42. In how many ways can 12 persons among whom are

2 brothers be arranged along a circle so that there is
exactly one person between the 2 brothers?
(a) 9!2! (b) 11 ! (c) 10 !2! (d) 10 !

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