Permutation & Combination - 1

1) A person can travel Pune to Kochi by 6) Using the digits 0,1,2,3,4,5, How
train, by car, by air and from Kochi to many different 4-digit numbers can
Andamans by air or by water. In how be forms such that
many different ways can person travel
from Pune to Andamans.
a) Numbers formed are even.
(excluding 0).
2) A thief is standing outside of a room,
i) Repetition of digits is not
having 2 doors and 3 windows. In how
allowed.
many ways the thief can
ii) Repetition of digits is
A. Enter the room from a window and
allowed
exit from a door?
B. Steal the only TV present inside the b) Numbers formed are odd.
room and come outside again? (excluding 0).
i) Repetition of digits is not
3) Person P has 3 t-shirts, 5 shirts, 6 allowed.
trousers and 8 Ties. In how many ii) Repetition of digits is
different ways can he dress? allowed
c) Numbers formed are divisible by 5.
4) In how many ways a committee of 5 (excluding 0)
people can be made out of 9 people? i) Repetition of digits is not
(a) 15120 (b) 45 allowed
(c) 126 (d) 120 ii) Repetition of digits is
allowed
5) In a group, there are 6 men, 5 women
and 4 children. In how many different d) Numbers formed are divisible by
ways 12. (excluding 0)
a) a committee of 3 persons can be i) Repetition of digits is not
made so that all are women? allowed
b) a committee of 3 persons can be ii) Repetition of digits is
made so that 2 are men and 1 is allowed
child?
c) a committee of 4 persons can be e) Numbers formed are even.
made? (including 0).
d) A committee of 5 persons can be i) Repetition of digits is not
made such that man “X” is always allowed
selected ii) Repetition of digits is
e) A committee of 5 persons can be allowed
made such that man “Y” is never
selected f) Numbers formed are odd.
f) A committee of 5 persons can be (including 0).
made such that man if C is selected i) Repetition of digits is not
than D must also be selected is allowed
always selected

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allowed
g) Numbers formed are divisible by 5.
(including 0).)
i) Repetition of digits is not
allowed
ii) Repetition of digits is
allowed
h) Numbers formed are divisible by
12. (including 0).
i) Repetition of digits is not
allowed
ii) Repetition of digits is
allowed
6) In a class there are 5 boys and 6 girls. In
how many different ways
a) All of them sit in a row.
b) All the boys are together
c) All the boys are together and all the
girls are together
d) No two boys are together
e) No two girls are together
Bell the CAT
7) In how many ways can 5 people A, B, C,
D, E sit in a row such B is always to the
left of A.
8) Using the letters of English alphabet,
how many distinct 4-letter word can be
formed such that
a) All the letters are distinct.
b) All the letters may not be distinct
c) It starts with vowel and ends with
vowel (repetition not allowed)
d) It has atleast one letter repeated.
9) How many different words can be
formed by the letters of the word
“CareerLauncher” such that
a) All the letters are used
b) Distinct letters are used
c) All the letters are used and it starts
with R and ends with E
d) All the letters are used and it starts
with R and ends with H.
e) No two same repeating letters are
together
10) In a test there are 20 questions with four
options each (only one option being
correct).
a) How many ways can a person
attempt the paper if he attempts
each question for each question
b) How many ways can a person
attempt the paper.
c) How many ways can he attempt 1
question
d) How many ways can he attempt 2
questions.
e) How many ways can he attempt
atleast 1 question
1) A student is asked to form numbers
between 3000 and 9000 with digits 2,
3, 5, 7 and 9. IF not digit is to be
repeated, in how many ways can the
student do so?
a)24 b)120
c)60 d)72
(2012)
2) Ten points are marked on a straight
line and 11 poingts are marked on
another straight line. How many
triangles can be constructed with
vertices from among the above
points?
a)495 b)550
c)1045 d)2475
(1999)
3) One red flag, three white flgas and
two blue flags are arranged in a line
such that
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 a) No two adjacent flags are of the
same colour
b) The flags at the two ends of the
line are of different colours.
In how many ways can the flags be
arranged?

a)7 b)3

c)2 d)6
(2015)

4) In a chess tournament held this year

in Kolkata, there were only two
women participant among all the
members who participate in
tournament. Every participant played
two games with each other
participant. The number of games
that men played between themselves
proved to exceed by 66, as compared
to the number of games the men
played with women.
How many participants were there
in the tournament?
a)156 b)13
c)610 d)108
(2013)

5) Rajat draws a 10 × 10 grid on the

ground such that there are 100
identical squares numbered 1 to 100.
IF he has to place two identical
stones on any two separate squares
in the grid, how many distinct ways
are possible?
a)2475 b)4950
c)9900 d)1000
(2011)