Permutation and combination Questions and answers

  1. Aptitude
    1. Compound interest
    2. Boat and Stream
    3. Trains
    4. Percentage
    5. Discount
    6. Mixture and Allegation
    7. Unitary Method
    8. Work and Wages
    9. Pipes and Cisterns
    10. Linear Equations
    11. Approximation
    12. Word problems
    13. Number System
    14. Time and Distance
    15. Average
    16. Ratio and Proportions
    17. Profit and Loss
    18. Partnership
    19. Permutation and combination
    20. Probability
    21. Problem on ages
    22. Time and work
    23. Simple and compound interest
    24. Mensuration
    25. Number series
91). Ten different letters of an alphabet are given. Words with 5 letters are formed from these given letter. Then, the number of words which have at least one letter repeated is--
A). 69760
B). 30240
C). 99748
D). All of these
92). The number of rectangle that you can find on a Chess board is
A). 1764
B). 1600
C). 1826
D). 1296
93). Ten points are marked on a straight line and eleven points are marked on another straight line. How many triangles can be constructed with vertices from the above points?
A). 495
B). 550
C). 1045
D). 2475
94). There are 4 candidates for the post of a lecturer in Mathematics and one is to be selected by votes of 5 men. The number of ways in which the votes can be given is--
A). 1048
B). 1072
C). 1024
D). 1068
95). The number of ways in which 6 men and 5 women can dine at a round table, if no two women are to sit together is given by-
A). \( \Large 6 ! \times 5 ! \)
B). \( \Large 5 ! \times 4 ! \)
C). 30
D). \( \Large 7 ! \times 5 ! \)


96). A faintly consists of a grandfather, 5 sons and daughters and 8 grandchildren. They are to be seated in a row for dinner. The grandchildren wish to occupy 4 seats at each end and the grand father refuses to have a grandchild on either side of him. The number of ways in which the family can be made to sit is-
A). 11360
B). 11520
C). 21530
D). None of these
97). A father with 8 children takes 3 children at a time. to the zoological garden, as often as he can without taking the same 3 children together more than once. Then,
A). number of times he will go to the zoological garden is 56
B). number of times each child will go to the zoological garden is 21
C). number of times a particular child will not go to the zoological garden is 35
D). All of the above
98). 11 persons decide to spend an afternoon in two groups. A group of them decides to go to a theatre and the remaining decide to play tennis. In how many ways can the group for tennis be formed. If there must be at least four persons in each group?
A). 1682
B). 1584
C). 1884
D). 1782
99). A committee of 5 is to be formed from a group of 12 students consisting of 8 boys and 4 girls. In how many ways can the committee be formed if it consists of exactly 3 boys and 2 girls?
A). 436
B). 336
C). 548
D). 356
100). In how many ways can a student choose a program of 5 courses, if 9 courses are available and 2 courses are compulsory for every student?
A). 45 ways
B). 55 ways
C). 35 ways
D). 65 ways
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