Permutations & Combinations
Combinations
Permutations
1. Permutation means ‘Arrangement’ 1. Combination means ‘Selection’
2. In how many different way letters 2. In how many different ways 3
a, b, c arranged ‘2’ at a time letters a, b, c selected ‘2’ at a
ab, bc, ca, ba, cb, ac time
Permutations Combinations
3. Sequence/Order is important 3. Sequence/Order is not important
4. In how many different ways ‘n’ 4. In how many different ways ‘n’
distinct objects are arranged ‘r’ distinct objects are selects ‘r’
at a time at a time
Principle of Addition:
If there are “m” objects of one type and “n” objects of other type and
both one independent of each other, then in how many different ways,
we can select an object from either “m” or “n”
Principle of Multiplication:
If there one “m” objects of one type and “n” objects of other type and
both are Independent of each other, then in how many different ways
we can select on object from “m” and “n” together
1. In how many different ways can 5 persons stand in a row for a photograph?
1) 100
2) 120
3) 50
4) 5
5) None
2. How many different words can be formed using the letters of the word ‘BANKER’?
1) 120
2) 6
3) 720
4) 12
5) None
3. In how many ways can the letters of the word COMPUTER be arranged?
1) 6!
2) 7!
3) 8!
4) 5040
5) None
4. How many different 4 digit numbers can be formed using the digits 1, 2,5,6,7 and 8?
1) 120
2) 24
3) 720
4) 360
5) None
5. How many different words can be formed using the letters of the words
‘EXAMINATION’?
1) 11!
2) 11! / (2! X2! X2!)
3) 11! / (2! x2!)
4) 108
5) None
6. How many different words can be formed using the letters of the words?
(i) MIRROR (ii) BANANA (iii) SUCCESSFUL
1) 120, 60, 151200
2) 6!, 6!, 10!
3) 4!, 3!, 6!
4) 120, 120, 360
5) None
7. A set of 12 books has 3 identical Quant books, 3 identical Reasoning books,
4 identical English books and 2 different books on General Awareness. In how many
different ways can these 12 books be arranged in a book-shelf?
1) 12!
2) 12! / (3! X 3! X 4!)
3) 12! /(3! X 3! X 4! X 2!)
4) 126
5) None
Direction (8-15): How many different words can be formed using the letters of the word
‘EDUCATION’ such that
8. The word always starts with the letter ‘D’?
1) 9!
2) 8!
3) 2 X 8!
4) 8! /2
5) None
9. The word always ends with a vowel?
1) 5! X 8!
2) 8!
3) 5 x 8!
4) 9!
5) None
10. The word always begins with the letter ‘A’ and ends with a consonant?
1) 7!
2) 7! X 4!
3) 4 x 7!
4) 8! X 4
5) None
11. All the consonants are always together?
1) 6! X 4
2) 6!
3) 2 X 8!
4) 6! X 4!
5) None
12. All the vowels are always together?
1) 5! X 4
2) 4! X 4!
3) 5 X 4!
4) 5! X 5!
5) None
13. The letters T, A, O and N are always together?
1) 6! X 4
2) 6!
3) 2 X 8!
4) 6! X 4!
5) None
14. No two consonants are together?
1) 6! X 6P4
2) 6!
3) 5! X 6P4
4) 6! X 2!
5) None
15. The letters A and T are never together?
1) 7! X 8P4
2) 7!
3) 2 X 7!
4) 7! X 8P2
5) None
Direction (16-17): How many 5 digit numbers can be formed with the digits 2, 4, 5, 8 and
9 when
16. Repetition is not allowed ?
1) 5
2) 5!
3) 5^5
4) 25
5) None
17. Repetition is allowed ?
1) 5
2) 5!
3) 5^5
4) 25
5) None
Direction (18-19): How many 4 digit numbers can be formed using the digits 5, 6, 8 and 9
such that
18. The number is greater than 7000 ?
1) 6
2) 4!
3) 12
4) 24
5) None
19. The number is less than 6000 ?
1) 6
2) 4!
3) 12
4) 24
5) None
20. How many 4 digit numbers can be formed with the digits 0, 1, 3 and 6?
1) 6
2) 4!
3) 9
4) 18
5) None
21. How many five digit numbers can be formed using every digit of 5,6,7,8 and 9
which are divisible by 4?
1) 12
2) 18
3) 24
4) 36
5) None
22. Find the number of permutations using all the letters of the word CONSIDER
so that the relative positions of vowels and consonants remain unaltered?
1) 8!
2) 3! X 5!
3) 4! X 9!
4) 7!
5) None
23. Eight boys participated in each of 5 different competitions. In how many different
ways can the winner prize be given for all the competitions?
1) 5
2) 5!
3) 8^5
4) 8P5
5) None
24. In how many ways can the top three ranks be awarded for a particular exam
involving 12 participants?
1) 12!
2) 3!
3) 12! /3!
4) 12P3
5) None
25. In how many ways can 6 persons be seated around a circular table for dinner?
1) 6!
2) 5!
3) 5! /2
4) 6! /2
5) None
26. How many different garlands can be made using 12 flowers of different colors?
1) 12!
2) 11!
3) 11! /2
4) 12! /2
5) None
27. How many bracelets can be made by stringing 9 different colored beads together?
1) 20160
2) 40320
3) 80640
4) 10080
5) None
28. In how many ways can 5 boys and 4 girls stand in a row such that a boy
and a girl stand alternately?
1) 4! X 5!
2) 5! X 3!
3)5! X 5P2
4) 5! X 6P4
5) None
29. The number of ways in which 5 boys and 4 girls sit around a circular table so
that no two girls sit together is?
1) 4! X 5P4
2) 5!3!
3) 5!
4) 4!
5) None
30. In how many ways can 5 boys and 5 girls sit in a circle so that no two boys
sit together?
1) 5!×5!
2) 4!×5!
3) 5!×5! /2
4) 4!×4!
5) None
31. In how many ways 5 boys sit round the table, so that two particular boys are Next to
each other?
1) 48
2) 12
3) 24
4) 42
5) None
32. Find the number of ways in which 5 boys and 4 girls can be arranged on a circular
table such that no two girls sit together and 2 particular boys are always together?
1) 276
2) 288
3) 296
4) 306
5) None
33. In how many different ways can a committee of 8 persons be formed out of
5 men and 3 women?
1) 8!
2) 8
3) 1
4) 8C3
5) None
34. In how many different ways can a cricket team of 11 players be chosen out of total
14 players?
1) 356
2) 364
3) 256
4) 712
5) None
Direction (35-39): Out of 10 men, there are 4 doctors, 3 teachers and 3 lawyers and out of
8 women, there are 3 doctors, 3 dancers and 2 lawyers. In how many ways can a
committee of 5 persons be formed such that
35. There are 3 doctors and 2 lawyers in the committee?
1) 7C5 x 5C5
2) 10C5 x 8C5
3) 10C7 x 8C5
4) 7C3 x 5C2
5) None
36. There are 2 teachers and 1 doctor in the committee?
1) 678
2) 588
3) 756
4) 624
5) None
37. There are 2 female doctors and 2 male lawyers?
1) 108
2) 188
3) 256
4) 124
5) None
38. There are at least 3 doctors in the committee?
1) 7C3 x 11C3 + 7C4 x 11C4 + 7C5
2) 7C2 x 11C3 + 7C1 x 11C4 + 7C5
3) 7C3 x 11C2 + 7C5
4) 7C3 x 11C2 + 7C4 x 11C1 + 7C5
5) None
39. There is no doctor and no dancer in the committee?
1) 108
2) 178
3) 56
4) 112
5) None
Direction (40-43): In how many ways can a cricket team of 11 players be chosen out of 8
batsmen and 6 bowlers such that
40. There are 7 batsmen?
1) 8C4 x 6C4
2) 14C11
3) 8C7 x 6C4
4) 8C7 x 6C5
5) None
41. There are 5 bowlers?
1) 8C6 x 6C5
2) 14C11
3) 8C7 x 6C4
4) 8C7 x 6C5
5) None
42. The majority is of batsmen?
1) 8C7 x 6C4 + 8C8 x 6C3
2) 8C6 x 6C5 + 8C7 x 6C4 + 8C8 x 6C3
3) 8C6 x 6C5
4) 7C3 x 11C2 + 7C4 x 11C1 + 7C5
5) None
43. There are not more than 5 bowlers?
1) 8C7 x 6C4 + 8C8 x 6C3
2) 14C11 - 6C6 x 8C5
3) 8C6 x 6C5
4) 7C3 x 11C2 + 7C4 x 11C1 + 7C5
5) None
44. In a party, there are 15 persons and every person shakes hand with every other
person. What will be the total number of handshakes?
1) 105
2) 120
3) 140
4) 210
5) None
45. At a meeting, each person gave a handshake to the rest of the people, if the total
number of handshakes was 28, find number of people at the meet?
1) 14
2) 9
3) 7
4) 8
5) None
46. 300 games were played at chess tournament with each contestant plays one against
each of the other. How many participants were there?
1) 25
2) 23
3) 28
4) 24
5) None
47. How many parallelograms are formed by a set of 5 parallel lines intersecting
another set of 8 parallel lines?
1) 56
2) 140
3) 280
4) 120
5) None
48. A father with seven Children takes them 4 at a time to the picture as often as he can
without taking the same 4 children together more than once the number of times that
he can go to the cinema is?
1) 35
2) 60
3) 32
4)48
5) None
49. There are two Urn’s. Urn A has 3 distinct red balls and urn B has 9 distinct blue
balls. From each urn two balls are taken out at random and then transferred to the
other. The number of ways in which this can be done is?
1) 3
2) 36
3) 66
4) 108
5) None
50. In how many ways can a person choose one or more out of 5 different subject
books?
1) 15
2) 32
3) 31
4) 16
5) None
51. In how many ways can one or more of six friends be invited for a dinner?
1) 67
2) 62
3) 63
4) 93
5) None