Permutations and

Combinations
Permutations

The different arrangements of a given number of things by taking some or all at a

time, are called permutations.
n
Pr = n! / (n – r)!
Permutations

There are basically two types of permutation:

Repetition is Allowed
n × n × ... (r times) = nr

No Repetition
n!/(n − r)!
Combinations

Each of the different groups or selections which can be formed by taking some or
all of a number of objects is called a combination.

n
C r = n! / [ r ! x (n – r)! ]

Note:

n
C n =1 and n
C 0 =1

n
C r= n C (n-r)
Question 01:

How many words can be formed by using letters from the word “YEAR” ?

A. 40
B. 24
C. 4!
D. Both B & C

Answer: D
Question 02:

How many 3 digit numbers can be formed with 12345?

i) Repetition not allowed

ii) Repetition allowed

Question 03:

How many 3 digit numbers can be formed with 12450?

i) Repetition not allowed

ii) Repetition allowed

Question 04:

How many 3 digit odd numbers can be formed with 12345?

i) Repetition not allowed

ii) Repetition allowed

Question 05:

How many 5 digit numbers can be formed with 12345?

i) Repetition not allowed

ii) Repetition allowed

Question 06:

In how many ways 6 persons can be seated in 6 chairs?

i) linear ii) circular
Explanation:

We may have (3 men and 2 women) or (4 men and 1 woman) or (5 men only).
Required number of ways= (7C3 x 6C2) + (7C4 x 6C1) + (7C5)
= (525 + 210 + 21)
= 756.
Explanation:

Number of ways of selecting (3 consonants out of 7) and (2 vowels out of 4)

= (7C3 x 4C2)=210
Number of groups, each having 3 consonants and 2 vowels = 210.
Each group contains 5 letters.
Number of ways of arranging
5 letters among themselves= 5!= 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1= 120.
Required number of ways = (210 x 120) = 25200.
Explanation:

We may have (1 boy and 3 girls) or (2 boys and 2 girls) or (3 boys and 1 girl) or (4
boys).
Required number
of ways= (6C1 x 4C3) + (6C2 x 4C2) + (6C3 x 4C1) + (6C4)= (6C1 x 4C1) + (6C2 x 4C2) +

(6C3 x 4C1) + (6C2)

= (24 + 90 + 80 + 15)
= 209.
Question 10:

In how many ways ROCK can be arranged?

Question 11:

How many words can be formed by using letters from the word “INDIA” ?

A. 40
B. 50
C. 60
D. 70

Answer: C
Question 12:

How many words can be formed by using the letters from the word “DRIVER”
such that all the vowels are always together ?

A. 60
B. 120
C. 70
D. 80
Answer: B
Question 13:

How many words can be formed by using the letters from the word “LETTER”
such that all the vowels are always together ?

A. 14
B. 120
C. 20
D. 250
Answer: B
Question 18:

In how many ways can 4 boys and 4 girls be seated around a circular table so
that no two boys are in adjacent positions?

A. 24
B. 72
C. 144
D. 150
Answer: C
Question 19:

Out of the 11 points in a plane, 4 are collinear. How many straight line can be
formed ?

A. 40
B. 50
C. 60
D. 70
Answer: B
Question 21:

How many different sums of money can be formed from the four type of notes
Rs 10, Rs 20, Rs 50 and Rs 100 ?

A. 12
B. 13
C. 14
D. 15
`` Answer: D
Question 24:

In how many ways can 4 notebooks can be distributed to 5 students if each can
get any number of notebooks?

A. 54
B. 45
C. 516
D. 425
Answer: A
Question 26:

How many motor vehicle registration numbers plates can be formed for the state
Haryana having code like (HR 12Q 8702) with the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and
contains consonant at the alphabetical place(No digits being repeated).

A. 5040
B. 40320
C. 95760
D. 362880
Answer: C