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1. C12 + 25C19 – 25C6 25C13 = ___________.

a. 25 b. 19 c. 13 d. 0
2. Ahmedabad is connected to Bhopal with four highways and Bhopal is connected to Delhi with
three highways. In how many ways one can travel from Ahmedabad to Delhi via Bhopal?
a. 3 b. 4 c. 7 d. 12
3. If nPr =120 and nCr = 20, then n = ______________.
a. 20 b. 12 c. 6 d. 5
4. How many different signals can be formed by arranging 3 out of 6i different colored flags in a
row?
a. 120 b. 20 c. 216 d. 729
5. In how many ways can the letters of the word MEADOWS be arranged so that the words always
start with letter A?
a. 120 b. 720 c. 5040 d. 24
6. In how many ways can the letters of the word MEADOWS be arranged so that the words always
start with M and do not end with W?
a. 480 b. 120 c. 240 d. 720
7. In how many ways can the letters of the word MEADOWS be arranged so that the words contain
all the vowels together?
a. 240 b. 720 c. 480 d. 360
8. In how many ways can the letters of the word MEADOWS be arranged so that the words has no
two vowels together ?
a. 240 b. 720 c. 1440 d. 120
9. In how many ways can 5 boys and 7 girls be arranged in a row so that no two boys are together?
a. 5!*7! b. 7P5 * 5! C. 7! * 8P5 d. 7P5 * 7!
10. Find the number of ways in which the letters of the word ‘ELECTIONS’ can be arranged so that
the vowels occupy the odd places?
a. 3600 b. 7200 c. 1440 d. 2880
11. Find the number of six digits numbers that can be formed by using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
without repetition so that the number is divisible by 5.
a. 512 b. 48 c. 96 d. 216
12. Find the number of six digits numbers that can be formed by using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
without repetition so that the number is even.
a. 96 b. 120 c. 312 d. 216
13. In how many ways can 5 persons be seated in a row of 7 chairs?
a. 75 b. 7C5 c. 7P5 d. 57
14. A secret lock consists of 3 rings each of which having numbers varying 0 to 9. The maximum
number of unsuccessful attempts to open the lock is .
a. 310 b. 310 – 1 c. 103 – 1 d. 210
15. From a group of 10 persons, in how many ways can a selection of 4 persons to be made such
that a particular person is always included?
a. 40 b. 120 c. 84 d. 60
16. From a group of 10 persons, in how many ways can a selection of 4 persons to be made such
that a particular person is always excluded?
a. 120 b. 320 c. 126 d. 60
17. From 6 Maharastrians and 4 Punjabies, a committee of 5 is to be formed. In how many ways,
can it be done if the committee consist exactly two Punjabies?
a. 84 b. 371 c. 120 d. 480
18. From 6 Maharastrians and 4 Punjabies, a committee of 5 is to be formed. In how many ways,
can it be done if the committee consist at least two Punjabies?
a. 186 b. 60 c. 66 d. 126
19. From 6 Maharastrians and 4 Punjabies, a committee of 5 is to be formed. In how many ways,
can it be done if the committee consist atmost two Maharastrians?
a. 182 b. 66 c. 60 d. 45
20. The probability that a number chosen at random from the set{ 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18} is a
multiple of 3, is.
a. 3/8 b. 5/8 c. ½ d. 4/9
21. A number is selected at random from the first 100 positive integers. What is the probability that
it is a prime number?
a. 21/100 b. 23/100 c. 6/25 d. ¼
22. Four fair coins are tossed together. Find the probability that head appears on exactly one of the
coins.
a. ¼ b. 1/16 c. 1/8 d. ½
23. When a fair cubical die is rolled, what is the probability of getting a composite number?
a. 1/3 b. 2/3 c. 1/6 d. ½
24. If a card is drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of cards, find the probability of drawing a
red card?
a. ½ b. 1/3 c. ¼ d. 3/26
25. A bag contains 5 white balls, 3 green balls and 2 red balls. If three balls are drawn from the bag.
What is the probability that the three balls are of same colour?
a. 1/12 b. 11/120 c. 1/10 d. 13/120
26. A bag contains 5 white balls, 3 green balls and 2 red balls. If two balls are drawn from the bag,
what is the probability that both the balls are of same colour?
a. ¼ b. 2/15 c. 31/45 d. None of these
27. A bag contains 5 white balls, 3 green balls and 2 red balls. If four balls are drawn from the bag,
the probability that two balls are white balls is__________.
a. 1/21 b. 16/21 c. 20/21 d. 10/21
28. A bag contains 5 white balls, 3 green balls and 2 red balls. If three balls are drawn at random.
Find the probability that two are green and one is red.
a. ¼ b. 1/5 c. 3/20 d. 1/20
29. A bag contains 4 white balls and 5 green balls. If two balls are selected at random, what is the
probability that they are of different colours?
a. 5/9 b. 5/18 c. 5/12 d. ¼
 30. From a bag containing 5 yellow and 6 pink balls, two balls are selected at random, one after the
other. What is the probability that the first ball is yellow and the second ball is pink, if the
second ball is replaced?
a. 30/121 b. 25/121 c. 2/11 d. 4/11
31. A box contains 12 mangoes out of which 4 are spoilt. If four mangos are chosen at random, find
the probability that all the four mangoes are spoilt.
a. 1/495 b. 494/495 c. 1/395 d. 394/395
32. A box contains 12 mangoes out of which 4 are spoilt. If four mangos are chosen at random, find
the probability that not all the mangoes are spoilt.
a. 1/495 b. 394/495 c. 494/495 d. 1/395
33. A box contains 12 mangoes out of which 4 are spoilt. If four mangos are chosen at random, find
the probability that exactly three are not spoilt.
a. 116/495 b. 224/495 c. 129/495
34. From a basket containing 5 roses, 6 jasmines and 4 marigolds, a flower has been picked up at
random.
a. 1 : 3 b. 3 :1 c. 1 : 2 d. 2 : 1
35. Anand speaks truth in 40% of cases and Rahul speaks truth in 75% of cases. The probability that
they will not contradict each other in stating the same fact is.
a. 0.51 b. 0.54 c. 0.45 d. 0.63

Key

1. d 9. c 17. c 25. b 33. b

2. d 10. b 18. a 26. c 34. c
3. c 11. d 19. b 27. d 35. c
4. a 12. c 20. b 28. d
5. b 13. c 21. d 29. a
6. d 14. c 22. c 30. a
7. b 15. c 23. a 31. a
8. c 16. c 24. a 32. c