PERMUTATIONS & COMBINATIONS

EXERCISE-1
Q.1

If

C3r = 15 Cr + 3 , then the value of r is

15

[1] 3
Q.2

n 1

Pr

If

56

50

52

C14

1
4!
2

Q.15

[2] 0

[3]

53

C13

[4] None of these

[2]

1
5!
2

[3] 4!

[4] 5!

[2] 8 C3 5 C3

[3] 8 C3 5 C3 1

[4] None of these

[2] 36

[3] 6 C3

[4] 6 P3

[2] 100000

[3] 90000

[4] None of these

[2] 20

[3] 10

[4] 16

[2] 2880

[3] 9!

[4] 10!

[2] 11!

[3] 5!4!3!2!

[4] None of these

The number of ways that 8 beads of different colours be string as a necklace is

[2] 2880

[3] 5040

[4] 4320

If the best and the worst paper never appear together, then six examination papers can be arranged in how many
ways
[1] 120
[2] 480
[3] 240
[4] None of these
How many words can be formed from the letters of the word ARTICLE, if vowels always comes at the odd places
[1] 60

Q.16

[4] None of these

Eleven books consisting of 5 Mathematics, 4 Physics and 2 Chemistry are placed on a shelf. The number of
possible ways of arranging them on the assumption that the books of the same subject are all together is

[1] 2520
Q.14

[3] 51

In how many ways 5 red, 4 blue and 1 green balls can be arranged in a row

[1] 4!2!
Q.13

[2] 41

The number of diagonals in a octagon will be

[1] 1260
Q.12

[4] 5

The number of five digits numbers that can be formed without any restriction is

[1] 28
Q.11

[3] 9

There are 6 letters and 3 post-boxes. The number of ways in which these letters can be posted is

[1] 990000
Q.10

[4] n Pr 1

The number of triangles that can be formed by 5 points in a line and 3 points on a parallel line is

[1] 63
Q.9

[3] n Pr

Pr + 6 : 54Pr + 3 = 30800 : 1 , then r =

[1] 8 C3
Q.8

Pr

In how many ways can 5 keys be put in a ring

[1]

Q.7

n +1

C11 + 50 C12 + 51C13 52 C13 =

[1]
Q.6

[2]

[2] 10

[1] 31
Q.5

[4] 8

If 2 n C5 = 9 n 2 C5 , then the value of n will be

[1] 7

Q.4

[3] 5

(n r + 1) nPr 1 =
[1]

Q.3

[2] 4

[2] 576

[3]

7!
3!

[4] 120

A question paper is divided into two parts A and B and each part contains 5 questions. The number of ways in
which a candidate can answer 6 questions selecting at least two questions from each part is
[1] 80
[2] 100
[3] 200
[4] None of these