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PERMUTATION & COMBINATION
1. Evaluate: 30 ! / 28 ! 10. In how many ways can a cricket eleven be
(a) 120 (b) 640 chosen out of a batch of 15 players?
(c) 870 (d) 940 (a) 1365 (b) 1366
(c) 1436 (d) 1542
2. Find the value of 60P
3 is :
(a) 205220 (b) 205320 11. In how many ways, a committee of 5
(c) 215320 (d) 225340 members can be selected from 6 men and 5
ladies, consisting of 3 men and 2 ladies?
3. Find the value of 4P4 is: (a) 200 (b) 300
(a) 24 (b) 120 (c) 350 (d) 400
(c) 1 (d) 720
12. In how many ways can the letters of the
4. Find the value of 10C3 is : word APPLE be arranged?
(a) 720 (b) 120 (a) 720 (b) 120
(c) 240 (d) 1 (c) 60 (d) 180
5. Find the value of 60C60 is : 13. How many 4 letters words with or without
(a) 1 (b) 24650 meaning, can be formed out of the letters of
(c) 2334540 (d) 720 the word, LOGARITHMS, if repetition of
letters is not allowed?
6. In how many ways can a group of 5 men and (a) 40 (b) 400
2 women be made out of a total of 7 men (c) 5040 (d) 2520
and 3 women? (e) None
(a) 63 (b) 90
(c) 120 (d) 150 14. How many words with or without meaning,
can be formed by using all the letters of the
7. In how many ways a committee, consisting word DELHI, using each letter exactly
of 5 men and 6 women can be formed from once?
8 men and 10 women? (a) 10 (b) 25
(a) 266 (b) 5040 (c) 60 (d) 120
(c) 11760 (d) 86400 (e) None
8. From a group of 7 men and 6 women, five
persons are to be selected to form a 15. In how many different ways can the letter of
committee so that at least 3 men are there the word ‘PROBE’ be arranged?
on the committee. In how many ways can it (a) 120 (b) 40
be done? (c) 80 (d) 125
(a) 564 (b) 645 (e) none of these
(c) 735 (d) 756 16. In how many different ways can the letter of
the word ‘PRIDE’ be arranged?
9. In a group of 6 boys and 4 girls, four (a) 120 (b) 60
children are to be selected. In how many (c) 15 (d) 360
different ways can they be selected such (e) none of these
that at least one boy should be there? 17. In how many different ways can the letter of
(a) 150 (b) 280 the word ‘PADDLED’ be arranged?
(c) 147 (d) 209 (a) 840 (b) 2520
(c) 5040 (d) 2536
(e) none of these
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18. In how many ways can the letters of the 26. In how many different ways can the letters
word ‘OPTICAL’ be arranged in such a way of the word MATHEMATICS be arranged so
that all the vowels always come together? that the vowels always come together?
(a) 360 (b) 720 (a) 3000 (b) 40048
(c) 120 (d) 840 (c) 120960 (d) 576
(e) none of these
27. How many words (with or without meaning)
19. How many words can be formed from the can be formed from RESPECT, so that S is
letters of the word DIRECTOR so that the on first and P is on last place?
vowels are always together? (a) 60 (b) 30
(a) 2160 (b) 2260 (c) 120 (d) 90
(c) 2460 (d) 2530
28. In how many different ways an the letters of
20. In how many ways can the letters of the the word DETAIL be arranged in such a way
word LEADER be arranged? that the vowels occupy only the odd
(a) 70 (b) 144 positions?
(c) 360 (d) 720 (a) 32 (b) 48
(e) None (c) 36 (d) 578
21. How many words can be formed by using all (e) None
the letters of the word ALLAHABAD?
(a) 3780 (b) 1890 29. In how many different ways an the letters of
(c) 7560 (d) 2520 the word MACHINE be arranged in such a
22. How many arrangements can be made out way that the vowels occupy only the odd
of the letters of the word ENGINEERING? positions?
(a) 277200 (b) 92400 (a) 210 (b) 576
(c)69300 (d) 23100 (c) 144 (d) 1728
30. In how many ways can 6 people be seated
23. In how many different ways can the letters ona sofa if there are only 3 seats available?
of the word OPTICAL be arranged so that (a) 18 (b) 120
the vowels always come together? (c) 2 (d) 216
(a) 120 (b) 720 (e) none of these
(c) 4320 (d) 2160
Answer Key
(e) None
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
24. In how many different ways can the letters e b e b a a c a b b
of the word SOFTWARE be arranged so that
the vowels always come together? 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
(a) 4320 (b) 360
a c b c c b d a c a
(c) 1440 (d) 13440
(e) None 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
25. In how many different ways can the letters
of the word CORPORATION be arranged so c d c b a a b c b a
that the vowels always come together?
(a) 810 (b) 148
(c) 140 (d) 50400
(e) None
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