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1. How many numbers of 3 digits can be formed with the 8. How many straight lines can be formed from 8
digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (repetition of digits not allowed)? non-collinear points on the X-Y plane?

(a) 125 (b) 120 (c) 60 (a) 28 (b) 56

(d) 150 (e) 140 (c) 18 (d) 19860

(e) None of these
2. How many numbers between 2000 and 3000 can be
formed with the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (repetition of 9. If n C3 = nC8 then find n.
digits not allowed)?
(a) 11 (b) 12 (c) 14
(a) 42 (b) 210 (c) 336
(d) 10 (e) 15
(d) 440 (e) 500
10. In how many ways can the letters of the word DELHI be
3. In how many ways can a person send invitation cards to 6 arranged?
of his friends if he has four servants to distribute the (a) 119 (b) 120 (c) 60
cards?
(d) 24 (e) 59
(a) 6 4 (b) 46
11. In how many ways can the letters of the word PATNA be
(c) 24 (d) 120 rearranged?
(e) None of these (a) 60 (b) 120

4. In how many ways can 5 prizes be distributed to 8 (c) 119 (d) 59

students if each student can get any number of prizes? (e) None of these

(a) 40 (b) 58 12. In the above question, how many words would be there
which would start with the letter P?
(c) 85 (d) 120
(a) 24 (b) 12 (c) 60
(e) None of these
(d) 18 (e) 30
5. In how many ways can 7 Indians, 5 Pakistanis and 6 Dutch
13. In question 11, how many words will start with P and end
be seated in a row so that all persons of the same
with T?
nationality sit together?
(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 11
(a) 3! (b) 7!5!6!
(d) 12 (e) 10
(c) 3!  7!  5!  6! (d) 18!

(e) None of these 14. If n C4 = 70, find n.

(a) 5 (b) 8 (c) 4

6. If there are 5 routes to go from Allahabad to Patna and 4
(d) 7 (e) 9
ways to go from Patna to Calcutta, then how many ways
are possible for going from Allahabad to Kolkata via 10
15. If Pr = 720, find r.
Patna?
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
(a) 20 (b) 54
(d) 6 (e) 7
(c) 45 (d) 54 + 45
16. In how many ways can ‘mn’ things be distributed equally
(e) None of these among n groups?
mn mn mn mn
7. There are 4 qualifying examinations to enter into IIMs; (a) Pm , Pn (b) Cm , Cn
CAT, BAT, SAT and PAT. An IITian cannot go to IIMs
(mn)! mn
through BAT or SAT. A, CA, on the other hand, can go to (c) (d) Cm
(m!)  (n!)
the IIMs through the CAT, BAT and PAT but not through
SAT. Further, there are 3 ways to become a CA (viz. (e) None of these
Foundation, Inter and Final). Find the ratio of number of 17. In how many ways can a selection be made of 5 letters out
ways in which an IITian can make it to IIM to the number of 5As, 4Bs, 3Cs, 2Ds and 1E?
of ways a CA can make it to the IIMs? 15
(a) 70 (b) 71 (c) C5
(a) 3:2 (b) 2:3 (c) 2:9
15
(d) 9:2 (e) 9:3 (d) P5 (e) None of these

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18. Find the number of ways of selecting ‘n’ articles out of

3n + 1, out of which n are identical.
3n + 1
Cn
(a) 22n − 1 (b)
n!
3n + 1
Pn
(c) (d) 22n
n!
(e) None of these

19. The number of positive numbers of not more than 10

digits formed by using 0, 1, 2, 3 is
(a) 410 − 1 (b) 410 (c) 49 − 1
(d) 49 (e) None of these

20. There is a number lock with four rings. How many

attempts at the maximum would have to be made before
getting the right number?
(a) 104 (b) 255 (c) 104 − 1
(d) 256 (e) None of these

21. Find the number of numbers that can be formed using all
the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1 only one so that the odd digits
occupy odd places only?
4! 7!
(a) (b)
(2!)2 (2!)3
(c) 1!  3!  5!  7! (d) 3!5!
(e) None of these

22. There is a 7-digit telephone number with all different

digits. If the digit at extreme right and extreme left are 5
and 6 respectively, find how many such telephone
numbers are possible?
(a) 120 (b) 1,00,000
(c) 6720 (d) 30,240
(e) None of these

23. If a team of four persons is to be selected from 8 males

and 8 females, then in how many ways can the selections
be made to include at least one made.
(a) 3500 (b) 875 (c) 1200
(d) 1750 (e) None of these

24. In the above question, in how many ways can the

selections be made if it has to contain at the maximum
three women?
(a) 1750 (b) 1200
(c) 875 (d) 3500
(e) None of these

25. How many figures are required to number a book

containing 150 pages?
(a) 450 (b) 360
(c) 262 (d) 342
(e) None of these

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