A. Multiple Choice: Choose the letter that corresponds to your answer and write it on your
answer sheet.  

1. There are 5 black pens, 3 blue pens, and 4 green pens in a box.  In how many ways can
2 black pens, 2 blue pens and 2 green pens be chosen? 
a) 150
b) 160
c) 170
d) 180
2. Suppose 7 students are staying in a boarding house and they are allotted 7 beds.
Among them, Liza does not want a bed next to Alma because Alma is so talkative. In
how many ways can you allot the beds for Liza if Alma is allotted in bed number 1? 
a) 200
b) 400
c) 600
d) 800
3. Zaira was on shopping spree last weekend. She bought 6 blouses, 3 shorts, and 4 pairs
of sandals. How many different outfits consisting o blouses, shorts, and sandals she
created from her purchases?
a) 62
b) 72
c) 82
d) 92
4. There are 4 Mathematics books, 5 Science books, and 3 English books in     the library.
In how many ways can you arrange these so that the books are arranged in this order:
Mathematics, Science, and English, and books of the same subjects are together?
a) 17 280
b) 17 820
c) 17 082
d) 17 028
5. In how many ways can 7 students be seated in a row of 7 seats if 2 of the students
insist on sitting beside each other?
a) 240
b) 1440
c) 2520
d) 100801
6. How many ways can you give one gift to each of your four friends if you have six
different gifts?  
a) 360
b) 2880
c) 336
d) 330
7. Given set {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11}. Find the number of subsets of the given set having
4 elements.  
a) 360
b) 2880
c) 336
d) 330
8. How many ways can an animal caretaker arrange the 5 carabaos and the 4 cows
alternately?
a) 360
b) 2880
c) 336
d) 330
9. How many ways can you award the first, the second, and third placers     among eight
contestants?   
a) 360
b) 2880
c) 336
d) 330
10. How many quadrilaterals can be drawn using 12 points lying on a circle?  
a) 495
b) 485
c) 475
d) 465
11. How many 3-digit numbers can you make using the digits 1, 2 and 3 without
repetitions?
a) 6
b) 12
c) 24
d) 36
12. How many different words can we make using the letters A, B, E and L?
a) 6
b) 12
c) 24
d) 36
13. How many 2-digit numbers can you make using the digits 1, 2, 3 and 4 without
repeating the digits?
a) 6
b) 12
c) 24
d) 36
14. 14. Calculate 4 P 2.
a) 6
b) 12
c) 24
d) 36
15. How many 3 letter words can we make with the letters in the word LOVE?
a) 6
b) 12
c) 24
d) 36
16. In the word MISSISSIPPI, calculate the probable permutations.
a) 34650
b) 36450
c) 34560
 d) 34056
17. In a round table, how many ways can 7 people be arranged without repetition?
a) 720
b) 360
c) 540
d) 180
18. In a playground, 3 sisters and 8 other girls are playing together. In a particular game,
how many ways can all the girls be seated in a circular order so that the three sisters
are not seated together?
a) 4579930
b) 3386880
c) 6544873
d) 56549
19. How many numbers of three digits can be formed with digits 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9?
a) 983
b) 120
c) 345
d) 5430
20. The size of a multiset is 6 which is equal to the number of elements in it with counting
repetitions (a multiset is an unordered collection of elements where the elements may
repeat any number of times). Determine the number of multisets can be grouped from n
distinct elements so that at least one element occurs exactly twice?
a) 326
b) 28
c) 45
d) 62
21. How many words can be formed with the letters of the word ‘CASTLE’ when ‘O’ and ‘A’
occupying end places.
a) 217
b) 48
c) 75
d) 186
22. Determine the number of ways of choosing a cricket team (consists of 11 players) out of
18 players if a particular player is never chosen.
a) 12789
b) 22800
c) 31824
d) 43290
23. How many different choices can be made from 5 roses, 4 marigold and 8 sunflowers if
at least one flower is to be chosen for making of garland?
a) 269
b) 270
c) 281
d) 320
24. In how many ways 6 pens can be selected from 15 identical black pens?
a) 9*3!
b) 21
c) 14!
 d) 1
25. Determine the number of ways of selecting one or more letters from the letters
BBBBBB?
a) 6
b) 73
c) 23
d) 56
26. Determine the number of ways such that 5 men and 5 women be seated at a round
table if no two women are seated together.
a) 654870
b) 144521
c) 362160
d) 5634
27. Find the number of ways in which 4 people E, F, G, H, A, C can be seated at a round
table, such that E and F must always sit together.
a) 32
b) 290
c) 124
d) 48
28. Calculate P8 ,3 .
a) 336
b) 24
c) 45
d) 19
29. In a billiard set of 12 balls, what is the probability that we can get order of 3?
a) 1,320
b) 36
c) 1,728
d) 108
30. How many ways can 1st and 2nd place be awarded to ten people?
a) 80
b) 90
c) 19
d) 20

(7−1) ! 6∗5∗4∗3∗2∗1
= =360
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