CWQAT-2007: (P & C and Probability Workshop)

1. Find the number of six-digit numbers in which sum of the 15. How many five-digit numbers with non-zero digits have
square of the digits is 9. sum of their digit as 13?
(A) 67 (B) 37 (C) 72 (D) 42
2. How many 4-digit numbers exist in which, when two digits 16. There are 10 types of postcards in a post office. How many
are removed, 35 remains (e.g. 2315 and 3215 will be there in ways are there to buy 6 postcards so that at least one of the
the list)? type of post card is repeated? It is known that there are
sufficient number of cards of each of the type.
(A) 495 (B) 514 (C) 523 (D) 531
(A) 4795 (B) 5005 (C)5150 (D)None of these
3. A box contains red balls, green balls, yellow
balls, blue balls, white balls, and black balls. What is 17. There are 15 books on a shelf. How many ways are there
the minimum number of balls that must be drawn from the box to choose five of them so that no two of the chosen books
without replacement to guarantee that at least balls of a stand next to each other?
single color will be drawn (A) 5005 (B) 4004 (C) 924 (D)462

(A) 75 (B) 76 (C) 79 (D) 84 18. Right angle triangle PQR is to be constructed in the X-Y
4. How many ways are there to paint each of the plane so that the right algle is at P and the side PR is parallel
to the X-axis. The x-y cordinates of vertices P, Q and R are
integers either red, green, or blue so that each to be integers that satisfy the ineqalities,
number has a different colour from each of its proper divisors?
−4  x  5, 6  y  16 . How many different triangle can be
(A) 144 (B) 216 (C) 432 (D) 162
constructed with these properties?
5. A license plate contains a sequence of three letters of the
alphabet followed by a sequence of three digits. How many (A)9800 (B)10000 (C)11000 (D)9900
different license plates can be produced if ‘0’ and ‘O’ cannot
be used at the same time? 19. How many ways are there to travel from P to Q of 4 x 2 x
2 cubical grid, moving only along grid lines. If it is known that
6.The regular octagon has its center one can move only forward, rightward or upward.
at . Each of the vertices and the center are to be associated
with one of the digits through , with each digit used once,
in such a way that the sums of the numbers on the (A495
lines , , , and are all equal. In (B)420
how many ways can this be done? (C)1680
(D)462
(A) 384 (B) 576 (C) 1152 (D) 1680
7. How many 5 digit numbers can be formed with exactly 2
distinct digits?
(A) 1235 (B) 1315 (C) 1115 (D) 1215
8. How many numbers of eight digits can be formed from the 20. How many natural numbers less than 105 have sum of
digits 0,4 and 5 such that number is perfectly divisible by 3? their digits equal to 10?
(A) 2187 (B) 4374 (C) 1458 (D) 2916 (A) 996 (B) 991 (C) 1001 (D)None of these
9. How many 9-digit number multiples of 6 can be formed
using only the digits 8 or 9? 21.In how many ways the letters of the word “SIGNUM” be
(A) 85 (B) 135 (C) 95 (D) 245 arranged so that no letters occupy its original position?
10. There are 2n white and 2n red counters. Counters are all (A) 280 (B) 265 (C) 250 (D) 345
alike except for the colour. If the number of ways in which they
can be arranged in a line so that they are symmetric with 22. A person is enticed into an enchantment garden, which
respect to the central mark is 70 then n equal to has four gates. Through the first 3 gates it takes 1min, 2min
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 and 3 min respectively to return to the normal world. The fourth
11. If abcd X 2 = pqrst then find the number of possible five- is not an exit. A person walking through this takes 4 minutes
digit numbers pqrst such that at least one of their digit is 2. to go through a maze that leads him back to the garden, the
(A) 2016 (B) 2916 (C) 2148 (D) 2084 properties of some or all the four gates get jumbled. Therefore,
12. The numbers are randomly placed into the person is equally likely to try out any one of the four gates
the squares of a grid. Each square gets one at any stage. Find the expected time the person takes to come
number, and each of the numbers is used once. What is the out(in min).
probability that the sum of the numbers in each row and each (A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 10/3 (D) 13/3
column is odd?
(A) 1/21 (B) 1/14 (C) 5/63 (D) None of these 23. Four dice are thrown simultaneously, find the probability
13.In the following square grid how many rectangles are that sum of the outcome is 19.
there which are not including the shaded squares? (A) 1/27 (B) 7/162 (C) 1/42 (D) 1/26

24. There is an iron rod (AB) of length 8-unit, M is the mid-

point. Two points X and Y are selected from each of the half
(A)333 (B)341 AM and MB respectively. Find the probability that the length
of XY is greater than or equal to 5 unit.
(C)434 (D)229 (A) 9/32 (B) 23/32 (C) 7/32 (D) 25/32

25. There are 10 non-parallel and non-concurrent straight

lines. These straight lines are drawn in a plane. If intersections
14. How many positive integers of at least two digits have the
property that their digits increase as read from left to right? of these straight lines are joined together then find the number
of additional straight lines that can be formed.
(A) 630 (B) 990 (D) 640 (D) 945