Class XXXI: Permutation and Combination & Probability

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Class XXXI: Permutation and
Combination & Probability
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How many numbers of five digits can be formed with the digits 1, 2, 3, 4,
5 and 6 (Repetition of digits is not allowed)?
How many numbers between 400 and 1000 can be made with the digits
2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 0?
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3. In how many different ways 6 girls can be seated in a row?
4. A gentleman has 8 friends to invite. In how many ways, can he invite them,
if he has two modes of invitation; call or whatsapp?
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5. In how many ways can 5 members form a committee out of 10 be selected

so that
(i) two particular members must be included.
(ii) two particular members must not be included.
6. A question paper has two parts, part A and part B, each containing 10
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questions, If the student has to choose 8 from part A and 5 from part B,
in how many ways can he choose the question?
7. A hall has 12 gates. In how many ways, can a man enter the hall through
one gate and come out through a different gate?
8. In a party, every person shakes his hand with every other person only
once. If total number of handshakes is 210, then find the number of
persons.

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9. In a plane, there are 11 points, out of which 5 are collinear. Find the
number of triangles made by these points.
10. A set of 6 question contains ture/false type question. Maximum how may
student can take the test if all the student answer differently from others
and must attempt all the question?
11. How many words can be formed from the letters of the word ‘SIGNATURE’
so that the vowels always come together?
12. In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘LEADING’ be

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arranged in such a way that the vowels always come together?
13. How many diagonals can be drawn in a hexagon?
14. There are five women and six men in a group. From this group a

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committee of 4 is to be chosen. How many different ways can a
committee be formed that contain three women and one man?
15. 20 persons were invited to a party. In how many ways they and the host
can be seated at a circular table?
16. There are 10 stations on a railway line. The number of different journey
tickets that are required by the authorities is:
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17. In how many ways a cricket team of 11 players can be made form 15
players if a particular player is never chosen?
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18. Find the number of words that can be formed out of the letters of the
word INSTITUTION.
19. There are 5 marbles in a bag. 3 of them are red and 2 of them are blue.
What is the probability that a blue marble will be picked?
20. A single card is chosen at random from a standard deck of 52 playing
cards. What is the probability of choosing a card that is not a king?
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21. From a well-shuffled pack of 52 cards, a card is drawn at random, find the
probability that it is either a heart or a queen.
22. Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H appeared for an interview. Find the
probability that both A and D are selected in the interview?
23. A box contains 4 red balls, 5 green balls and 6 white balls. A ball is drawn
at random from the box. What is the probability that the ball drawn is
either red or green?

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24. A five-digit number is formed by using digits 1,2,3,4 and 5 without

repetition. What is the probability that the number is divisible by 4?
25. You toss a coin AND roll a dice. What is the probability of getting a tail and
a 4 on the die?
26. If 2 boys and 2 girls are to be arranged in a row so that the girls are not
next to each other, how many possible arrangement are there?
(a) 3 (b) 6
(c) 12 (d) 24

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27. There is a numeric lock which has a 3-digit PIN. The PIN contains digits 1
to 7. There is no repetition of digits. The digits in the PIN from left to right
are in decreasing order. Any two digits in the PIN differ by at least 2. How

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many maximum attempts does one need to find out the PIN with
certainty?
(a) 6 (b) 8
(c) 10 (d) 12
28. In a tournament of Chess having 150 entrants, a player is eliminated
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whenever he loses a match. It is given that no match results in a tie/draw.
How many matches are played in the entire tournament?
(a) 151 (b) 150
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(c) 149 (d) 148

29. How many 3-digit natural numbers (without repetition of digits) are there
such that each digit is odd and the number is divisible by 5?
(a) 8 (b) 12
(c) 16 (d) 24
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30. The letters A, B, C, D and E are arranged in such a way that there are
exactly two letters between A and E. How many such arrangements are
possible?
(a) 12 (b) 18
(c) 24 (d) 36

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31. There are eight equidistant points on a circle. How many right-angled
triangles can be drawn using these points as vertices and taking the
diameter as one side of the triangle?
(a) 24 (b) 16
(c) 12 (d) 8
32. One non-zero digit, one vowel and one consonant from English alphabet
(in capital) are to be used in forming passwords, such that each password
has to start with a vowel and end with a consonant. How many such

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passwords can be generated?
(a) 105 (b) 525
(c) 945 (d) 1050
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On a chess board in how many different ways can Six consecutive squares
be chosen on the diagonals along a straight path.
(a) 4 (b) 6
(d) 12
There are 6 persons arranged in a row. Another person has to shake hands
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with 3 of them so that he should not shake hands with two consecutive
persons. In how many distinct possible combinations can the handshakes
take place?
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(a) 3 (b) 4
(c) 5 (d) 6
35. How many five-digit prime numbers can be obtained by using all the digits
1, 2, 4 3, 4 and 5 without repetition of digits?
(a) Zero (b) One
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(c) Nine (d) Ten

36. How many five letter words (with or without meaning) can be constructed
using all the letters of the word “DELHI” so, that each word has to start
with D and end with I?
(a) 24 (b) 18
(c) 12 (d) 6

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