Sreedhar’s CCE PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS & PROBABILITY

PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS & PROBABILITY

PERMUTATIONS
1. In how many different way can the letters of the word 'RUDE' be arranged ?
1) 12 2) 48 3) 16 4) 24 5) None
2. In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘VISIBLE’ be arranged ?

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1) 1680 2) 1260 3) 5040 4) 840 5) 2520
3. In how many different ways can the letters of the word DETAIL be arranged in
such a way that the vowels occupy only the odd positions ?
1) 120 2) 60 3) 48 4) 32 5) None
4. In how many different ways can the letters of the word DIGEST be arranged so
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that the vowels do not come together?
1) 720 2) 240 3) 480 4) 360 5) None
5. 3 Girls and 4 boys are to be seated in a row on 7 chairs in such a way that all the

2) 576

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three girls always sit together. In how many different ways can it be done ?
1) 720 3) 144 4) 480 5) None
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6. In how many different ways can 6 children be seated on 6 seats?
1) 360 2) 120 3) 590 4) 740 5) None
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7. In how many different ways can 4 boys and 3 girls be arranged in a row such that
all boys stand together and all the girls stand together?
1) 75 2) 576 3) 288 4) 24 5) None
8. In a class of 10 students 6 are boys. How many ways they can sit in a row so that
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no two of girls sit together?
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1) 3628800 2) 72000 3) 6048 4) 604800 5) None

9. On a shelf there are 4 books on Economics, 3 books on Management and 4 books
on Statistics. In how many different ways can the books be arranged so that the
books on Economics are kept together?
1) 967680 2) 120960 3) 5040 4) 40320 5) None
10. How many four digit numbers can be formed by using the digits 3,4,5,6 and 7 with
out repetion?
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1) 408 2) 120 3) 288 4) Data inadequate 5) None
11. How many five digit even numbers can be formed by using the digits 0,1,2,4,5,
and 6 with out repetion?
1) 48 2) 72 3) 120 4) Data inadequate 5) None
12. In how many ways can 6 people be seated on a sofa if there are only 3 seats
available ?
1) 18 2) 120 3) 2 4) 216 5) None
13. In how many ways can 6 letters be posted into 4 letter boxes ?
1) 46 2) 24 3) 64 4) 64 5) None
14. 18 persons are sitting around a circular table. In how many ways can they be
seated if six particular persons are to always sit together?
1) 18!x6! 2) 17!x5! 3) 13! x 6! 4) 12! x 6! 5) 12! x 5!
15. How many ways of arranging 7 diamonds in a necklace?
1) 5040 2) 620 3) 2520 4) 840 5) none
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COMBINATIONS
16. A school team has eight volleyball players. A five-member team and a captain will
be selected out of these eight players. How many different selections can be
made ?
1) 224 2) 112 3) 56 4) 88 5) none
17. In how many ways can 5 colours be selected out of 9 ?
1) 98 2) 142 3) 72 4) 126 5) NOne

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18. In how many ways can a committee of 4 people be chosen out of 8 people ?
1) 110 2) 32 3) 70 4) 126 5) None
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that follow.
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A committee of five members is to be formed out of 5 Professors, 6 Teachers and 3
Readers. In how many different ways can it be done if
19. The committee should consist of 2 Professors, 2 Teachers and 1 Reader ?
1) 450 2) 225

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4) 90 5) Other than those given as options
20. The committee should include all the 3 Readers ?
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1) 90 2) 180 3) 21 4) 55 5) None
21. Out of 5 women and 4 men, a committee of three members is to be formed in such
a way that at least one member is a woman. In how many different ways can this
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be done ?
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1) 80 2) 84 3) 76 4) 96 5) None
23. Out of 8 gentlemen and 5 ladies, a committe of 5 is to be formed. Find the number
of ways in which this can be done so as to include at lest 3 ladies?
1) 175 2) 315 3) 310 4) 321 5) 170
24. In how many ways can 18 apples be divided among 4 boys?
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1) 1330 2) 3060 3) 1530 4) 1430 5) None
25. In an examination a minimum marks is to be scored in each of the 8 subjects for
passing. In how many ways a student can fail?
1) 127 2) 63 3) 255 4) 256 5) None of these
PROBABILITY
26. A fair coin is tossed 6 times. The probability of getting atleast 4 heads will be
equal to ___
1) 1/2 2) 11/32 3) 5/32 4)21/3 5) None of these
27. 7 fair coins are tossed at a time. The probability of getting at most 2 heads will be
equal to ___
1) 29/128 2) 1/128 3) 7/128 4) 21/128 5) None of these

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28. 10 fair coins are tossed at a time. the probability of getting no tial is ...
1)1/2 2)1/4 3) 1/1024 4)1023/1024 5) None of these
29. A pair coin is tossed 8 times. the probability of getting exactly 3 heads is
1)5/32 2)3/32 3) 7/32 4) 1/4 5) None of these
30. If a die is thrown, then the probability of getting a prime number or a number
greater than 3 is ....
1) 1/6 2) 3/6 3) 2/3 4)5/6 5) None of these

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31 If two dice are thrown simultaneously, then the probability of having 6 on one die
and any number other than unity on other die is
1) 1/6 2) 5/6 3)5/36 4)31/36 5) None of these
32. Two dice are tossed. The probability of getting an even number on the first die or
a total of 8.
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1) 4/9 2) 5/9 3) 2/9 4) 1/9 5) None of these
33. From a pack of 52 cards, 2 cards are drawn randomly. The probability that atleast
one ace card is ...

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1)188/221 2)1/169 3)33/221 4)32/221 5) None of these
34. From a pack of 52 cards, 2 cards are drawn randomly. What is the probability that
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it has exactly one king?

1)188/221 2)1/169 3)33/221 4)32/221 5) None of these
35. A bag contains 3 red balls, 5 blue balls and 6 green balls. If three balls are
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randomly drawn from the bag, then what is the probability that all are blue coloured
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1) 3/182 2) 5/182 3)5/12 4) 1/4 5) None
36. A bag contains 3 red balls. 6 yellow balls and 7 green balls. If two balls are picked
at random, what is the probability that either both are red or both are yellow in
colour ?
1) 1/20 2) 11/20 3) 7/20 4) 9/20 5) 3/20
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37. A bag contains 5 red, 4 white, 3 black balls. 3 balls are drawn randomly. The
probability of the balls drawn contains no red ball is
1) 24/91 2) 12/65 3) 7/44 4) 33/91 5) 7/35
38. A bag was containing 5 red balls. 3 blue balls and 7 green balls. One ball is drawn
at random and then another ball is drawn at random (there was no replacement).
What is the probability that the first ball drawn is definitely red in colour and the
second ball drawn is either blue or green in colour ?
1) 4/21 2) 2/21 3) 8/21 4) 5/21 5) 10/21
39. A basket contains two green and five red marbles. If two marbles are picked at
random, what is the possibility that both are of the same colour ?
1) 13/42 2) 1/8 3) 1/4 4) 2/5 5)11/21

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40. A bag contains 4 white, 5 black and 6 red balls. 3 balls are drawn randomly, then
the probability of drawn balls be all of different colours is
1) 13/91 2) 18/91 3) 21/91 4) 24/91 5) 35/91
41. A bag contains 5 white balls, 5 red balls and 6 green balls. If two balls are picked
at random, what is the probability that at least one ball is green ?
1) 9/16 2) 11/16 3) 3/8 4) 3/4 5) 5/8
42. The letters of the word DIRECTOR-are arranged in different ways randomly. What
is the chance that the vowels occupy the even places?

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1) 1/14 2) 1/140 3) 2/7 4) 1/28 5) None
43. 12 delegates are seated at a round table conference. What is the probability that
two particular delegates sit together?
1) 2/10 2)2/9 3)2/8 4)2/11 5) None
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Direction:In a bag there are three types of colored balls of red, white and Blue
colors. The probability of selecting one red ball out of the total ball is 1/2 and the
probability of selecting one blue ball out of the total ball is 2/7. The number of
white balls in the bag is 6. If all the ball are numbered starting from 1, 2, 3,...

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then the probability of selecting one ball which is numbered as a multiple of 3 or
7 out of the total balls is...
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1) 1/7 2)2/7 3) 3/7 4) 4/7 5) None
45. A committee of 3 members is to be selected out of 3 men and 2 women. The
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probability that the committee has at least one woman is....

1) 1/10 2) 9/10 3) 1/2 4) 4/5 5) None
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46. The chance that a leap year selected at random will contain 53 Sundays or 53
Firdays is ....
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1) 2/7 2) 1/7 3) 5/7 4) 3/7 5) None

47. The chance that a non-leap year selected at random with contain 52 Mondays
is...
1) 2/7 2) 1/7 3) 6/7 4) 5/7 5) None
48. The number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 are written on slips of paper and two of these slips are
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drawn. The probability that the numbers drawn are both odd is _____
1)1/9 2) 2/15 3) 3/15 4) 4/15 5) None of these
49. A problem is given to three students whose chances of solving it are 1/2, 1/3 and
1/4 respectively. What is the probability that the problem will be solved?

1) 1/4 2) 1/2 3) 3/4 4) 7/12 5) None of these

50. In a class, 30% of the students offered English, 20% offered Hindi and 10%
offered both. If a student is selected at random, what is the probability that he.
has offered English or Hindi ?

1) 1/2 2) 4/5 3) 3/4 4) 2/5 5) None of these

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