QUANTITATIVE ABILITY HANDOUT
(Permutations and Combinations – I)
Ref: QAHO1002127
Directions for questions 1 to 20: Solve the following questions.
1. In a restaurant menu, there are five varieties
of starters and six varieties of main course dishes.
In how many ways can one place an order for
(i) a starter and a main course item?
(ii) a starter or a main course item but not both?
2. There are three places, A, B and C in a city. A is
connected to B through seven routes and B is
connected to C through five routes. In how many
ways can one travel from A to C via B?
3. (i) How many seven-digit numbers with distinct
digits can be formed using the digits 2 to 8?
(ii) How many five-digit even numbers can
beformed using the digits 3 to 9 without
repeating digits?
(iii) How many six-digit numbers which are divisible
by 5 can be formed, using the digits 0 to 7
without repeating digits?
4. Thirteen candidates applied for posts in a company.
In how many ways can four candidates be selected
for the interview such that a particular candidate
must always be selected for the interview?
5. In the above problem, in how many ways can
four candidates be selected, such that a particular
candidate must always be rejected?
6. In the above problem, in how many ways can
four candidates be selected, such that a particular
candidate is always selected and a particular
candidate is always rejected?
7. A committee of 5 members is to be formed from
a group of seven men and four women. In how
many ways can the committee be formed such that
it comprises
(i) two women?
(ii) atleast three women?
(iii) atmost one woman?
(iv) atleast two men and atleast two women?
8. Find the number of words that can be formed using
all the letters of the word EQUATION.
9. How many words that can be formed using all the
letters of the word EQUATION begin with T?
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10. How many of the words that can be formed using all
the letters of the word EQUATION begin with E but
don’t end with N?
11. How many of the words that can be formed using all
the letters of the word EQUATION begin with
a consonant and end with a vowel?
12. How many words can be formed using all the letters
of the word DECIMAL such that all the vowels
are together?
13. How many words can be formed using all the letters
of the word DECIMAL such that no two vowels
are together?
14. How many words can be formed using all the letters
of the word DECIMAL such that vowels and
consonants appear alternately?
15. In a party there are 15 guests and each of them
shakes hands with every other guest once. Find the
total number of handshakes that were exchanged
at the party.
16. There are twenty friends, who on the New Year’s
Eve, exchanged greeting cards among themselves.
How many cards did they exchange altogether?
17. On a rail route between two stations A and B, there
are exactly 10 stations. How many different tickets
of a particular class are to be printed so that
passengers can travel from any station to any other
station?
18. (i) In how many ways can a man invite atleast two
of his eight friends to a party?
(ii) In how many ways can a man invite atmost
seven of his eight friends to a party?
19. (i) In how many ways can six persons be seated
around a circular table?
(ii) In how many ways can seven distinct flowers
be arranged on a garland?
20. (i) In how many ways can seven boys and seven
girls be seated around a circular table such that
no two girls sit together?
(ii) In how many ways can eight beads be arranged
in a necklace such that three particular beads
are always together?
QAHO1002127/1
 ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR PRACTICE
Directions for questions 1 to 5: Solve the following questions.
1. Six-digit numbers are formed using the digits 3.
0,2,6,1,4,8, and9 without repeating the digits.
(i) How many such six-digit numbers are formed?
(ii) How many of them are odd?
4.
(iii) How many of them are divisible by 3?
(iv) How many of them are divisible by 4?
(v) How many of them are divisible by 6?
2. A committee of seven members is to be formed from
eight men and 6 women. In how many ways can the
5.
committee be formed such that
(i) it comprises more men than women?
(ii) a particular man and a particular woman can
never be together in the committee?
(iii) at least one man and one woman are in the
committee?
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A question paper contains three sections and each
section contains six questions. In how many ways
can a student attempt thirteen questions such that
he attempts at least four questions from each
section?
(i) How many different words can be formed using
all the letters of the word BONAFIDE such that
the consonants appear in alphabetical order?
(ii) Seven persons P,Q,R,S,T,U and V are to
address a gathering. In how many ways can
they speak, such that P speaks before Q and Q
speaks before R?
(i) In how many ways can eight girls be seated in a
row such that two particular girls never sit
together?
(ii) In how many ways can 5 cars be parked in
9 vacant parking slots if no two cars are parked
in adjacent parking slots?