Quantitative Ability

P & C and Probability

Number of questions: 20

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Time: 25 mins 10. In how many ways letters of the word OPTION can be arranged so that all the vowels always occur together? (a) 5!

Type I
1. Find the number of ways in which seven persons can be arranged in a line. In how many ways a committee of 4 players can be selected from 5 men and 6 women so that men are in majority. In how many ways can 7 letters be posted in 4 letter boxes. How many 3-letter words can be formed from the letters of the word LAUNCHER if repetition of letters is not allowed. If two dices are thrown simultaneously then what is the probability that the sum of the numbers on both the dices is 11. One card is drawn from the pack of 52 cards. Find the probability that the card drawn is red.

2.

3! 2! 3! 2!

(b)

7! 2! 3! 2!

(c) 4!+ 11.

(d) 7!

3.

4.

How many 7-digit telephone numbers can be formed using the digits 0 to 9 if each number starts with 57 and digits are not repeated? (a) 336 (b) 6720 (c) 720 (d) 2520 Find the probability that a leap year selected at random will contain 53 Sundays. (a) (c)

12.

5.

1 7
7 366

(b) (d)

2 7
26 183

6.

Type II
13. 7. How many 5-digit numbers are there when the repetition of digits is allowed. (a) 90000 (b) 9000 (c) 900 (d) 90! Out of 5 boys and 2 girls, a group of 4 is to be selected. The number of ways the group consists 3 boys and a girl (a) 10 (b) 35 (c) 30 (d) 20 In how many ways a committee of 5 people can be made out of 9 people? (a) 15120 (b) 45 (c) 126 (d) 120

Type III
One card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. Find the probability that the card drawn is either a red or a king (a) (c)

1 2

(b) (d)

7 13 14 23

8.

2 3 (e) None

9.

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14.

In how many different ways can the letters of the word ARRANGEMENT be arranged. (a) 11! (b)
11! 8!

18.

If three balls are drawn at random, then what is the probability that there is one ball of each color (a) (c)

11! (c) 2! 2! 2! 2!
(e) None 15.

4 17

(b) (d)

3 136 2 5

(d) 10!

13 24 (e) None
19.

Everybody in a room shakes hands with each other. The total number of handshakes are 66. Find the total number of persons in the room . (a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 13 (e) 17

How many 3-digit numbers can be formed from the digits 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 9, which are divisible by 5 and none of the digits is repeated? (a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 20 (e) None How many new words can be formed with the word MANAGEMENT all ending in G?
9!

Directions for questions 16 to 18: A basket contains 8 white, 4 red and 6 blue balls 16. If 3 balls are drawn at random, then what is the probability that all are white?
1 (a) 6 3 (c) 8 (e) None 7 (b) 102 7 (d) 204

20.

(a) 10P9
10!

(b)

(2!)4 9!

(c)

(2!)

(d)

(2!)4 1

(e) None

17.

If three balls are drawn at random, then what is the probability that 2 are blue and 1 is red (a) (c)
5 34

(b) (d)

17 408 5 68

19 816 (e) None

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Answers and Explanations

Type II
7 a 8 d 9 c 10 a 11 b 12 b

Type III
13 b 14 c 15 c 16 b 17
9. c 10. a

18

19

19 b

Type I
1. 2. Total number of ways = 7! Men are in majority, therefore, we have two cases: (i) when all are 4 men or (ii) when there are 3 men and 1 woman. Therefore, required number of ways = 5C4 + 5C3 6C1 = 5 + 106 = 65 First letter can be posted in any of the 4 boxes. Second can be posted in any of the 4 boxes. Similarly, all 7 can be posted in any of the 4 boxes So, total number of ways = 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 = 47 Number of letters in the word LAUNCHER = 8 Since repetition is not allowed , therefore number of 3 letter words = 8 7 6 = 336

The number of ways = 9C5 = 126 Total letters in the word OPTION = 7 There are three vowels in the given word, which are 2 Os and 1 I. Assuming these 3 letters as 1 letter. This 1 letter and remaining 4 letters can be arranged in 5! ways. 2 Os and 1 I can be arranged in

3! 2!

3.

Therefore required number of arrangements = 5 11. b

3! 2!

4.

57 Since two digits 5 and 7 are fixed. Therefore remaining digits = 8, Since digits are not repeating. Therefore remaining places can be filled in 8 7 6 5 4 = 6720 ways A leap year contains 366 days and therefore, 52 weeks and 2 days. Clearly, there are 52 Sundays in 52 weeks. The remaining 2 days may be: (i) Sunday and Monday (ii) Monday and Tuesday (iii) Tuesday and Wednesday (iv) Wednesday and Thursday (v) Thursday and Friday (vi) Friday and Saturday (vii) Saturday and Sunday. Now for having 53 Sundays in the year, one of the above 2 days must be Sunday. Thus out of 7 possibilities, 2 favour the required event Therefore, The required probability =

12. b 5. Total number of events (sample space) = 6 6 = 36 Favourable events are (5, 6) and (6, 5) So, the required probability = 6.

2 1 = 36 18

Total number of red cards = 26 Ways of getting red card from a single draw = Total ways = 52C1
26

26

C1

Required probability =

C1 C1

52

2 . 7

Type II
13. b 7. a As zero cannot come in the ten thousands place, so it can be filled in 9 ways, while all other places can be filled in 10 ways. So, the total number of ways = 9 10 10 10 10 = 90000 The number of ways of selecting 3 boys out of 5 boys = 5C3 Number of ways of selecting a girl out of 2 girls = 2C1 Therefore, total number of ways = 5C3 2C1 = 10 2 = 20

Type III
There are 26 cards. There are 2 kings that are black. There are 2 kings that are red Probability of getting a red card or a king in a single draw is P(R or K) = P(R) + P(K) P(RnK) = 14. c

7 13

8. d

Number of letters in the word ARRANGEMENT = 11.

11! So, the total number of ways = (2! 2! 2! 2!)

as there are 2 As , 2 Rs ,2Ns, 2 Es.

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15. c

One handshake involves 2 persons. So, if there are 66 handshakes in total, then the total number of persons in the room will be nC2 = 66 Solving n = 12

18. a

Number of ways of drawing 1 of each color = 8C1 4C1 6C1 Therefore, required probability =

C1 4C1 6C1
18

Directions for questions 16 to 18: Total number of balls = 8(white) + 4(red) + 6(blue) = 18 Total number of ways of drawing 3 balls out of 18 balls = 18C3 16. b Number of ways of drawing 3 white balls out of 8 white balls = 8C3
8

C3

19. d

Therefore , required probability =

C3 C3

18

7 102

5 Since the number is divisible by 5, so last digit has to be 5 only. Remaining 2 places can be filled by remaining 5 digits So, Number of ways are = 5 4 = 20 ways There are 10 letters in the word MANAGEMENT. G is fixed at last place, so it will not be arranged. Remaining 9 letters can be arranged in 2 Ms, 2 As, 2 Ns, 2 Es
9!

20. b

17. d

Number of ways of drawing 2 blue balls and 1 red ball = 6C2 4C1 Therefore, required probability =

C2 4C1
18

(2!)

ways as there are

C3

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