Permutation and Combination Quiz 1

Directions (Set of 2 Questions): Kindly study the following information carefully and
answer the question that follows:
Five students are to be arranged on five chairs for a photograph. Three of these are girls and
the rest are boys.
1. Find out the total number of ways in which three girls are together.
A. 36 B. 84 C. 100
D. 120 E. None of these

2. Find out the number of ways in which all three girls do not occupy consecutive seats.
A. 120 B. 36 C. 84
D. 136 E. None of these

Directions (Set of 2 Questions): Kindly study the following information carefully and answer
the question that follows:
Using all the letters of the word LINEAR.
3. How many words start with a vowel but end with a consonant?
A. 224 B. 316 C. 212
D. 216 E. None of these

4. How many different words can be formed that start and end with vowel?
A. 126 B. 108 C. 144
D. 216 E. None of these

5. A six letter word is to be formed by using at least two vowels in it. How many such words
can be formed (not necessarily meaningful) if all the letters in word are different?
A. 53349120 B. 53439120 C. 53431920
D. 54339120 E. 53493120

6. In a badminton competition involving some men and women of a society, every person
had to play exactly one game with every other person. It was found that in 36 games
both the players were men and in 78 games both the players were women. Find the
number of games in which one player was a man and other was a woman.
A. 127 B. 117 C. 138
D. 146 E. None of these

Directions (Set of 2 Questions): Kindly study the following information carefully and answer
the question that follows:
7. A forgetful teacher had the test papers and the marksheets of 5 students. But, he entered
someone else’s marks for each of the 5 students.
In how many ways could he have entered the correct marks for at least one student?
A. 36 B. 44 C. 84
D. 76 E. None of these

8. A forgetful teacher had the test papers and the marksheets of 5 students. But, he entered
someone else’s marks for each of the 5 students.
In how many different ways could he have made this error?
A. 36 B. 44 C. 84
D. 76 E. None of these

Directions (Set of 2 Questions): Kindly study the following information carefully and answer
the question that follows:
There are 5 singers, 8 dancers and 7 actors in a movie. A group of 6 members will be chosen
to nominate in an award show.

9. How many combinations of members are possible if the group is to consist of all members
of the same profession?
A. 20 B. 25 C. 30
D. 35 E. None of these

10. How many combinations of members are possible if the group is to consist of exactly 3
singers?
A. 5000 B. 4500 C. 4550
D. 6250 E. None of these
Permutation and Combination Quiz 2
Directions: Study the following set of questions carefully and answer the questions given
below.
1. In a language, there are six different words. A sentence can be formed by at least 2 words.
If order of words is changed in a sentence, we get a different sentence. How many different
sentences can be formed in this language?
A. 1870 B. 1970 C. 1950 D. 2190 E. 2280

2. How many 3 - letter words with or without meaning, can be formed out of the letters of
the word, 'LOGARITHMS', if repetition of letters is not allowed?
A. 720 B. 420 C. 5040 D. 120 E. None of these

3. There are 2 shirts, 3 jeans, 3 socks and 2 skirts. In how many ways a shopkeeper can
arrange these things so that all the socks come together and all the skirts come together?
A. 2520 B. 5040 C. 4690 D. 3260 E. None of these

4. In how many different ways can the letters of the word WINDOW be arranged in such a
way that the vowels never come together?
A. 350 B. 250 C. 720 D. 300 E. None of these

5. The number of ways in which 8 different books can be arranged on a shelf so that 3
particular books shall not be together:
A. 11! – 3! B. 361000 C. 8! × 3! – 5! D. 36000 E. None of these

6. In a room everybody shakes hands with everybody else. The total number of hand-shakes
is 66. The total number of persons in the room is:
A. 11 B. 14 C. 10 D. 12 E. None of these

7. How many numbers are there in between 100 and 1000 such that exactly one of their
digits is 3 if repetition is not allowed?
A. 100 B. 200 C. 300 D. 525 E. None of these
8. In how many ways a word NEWSPAPER can be arranged so that N, S and W always
come together?
A. 1530 B. 1450 C. 1130 D. 1260 E. None of these

9. In how many ways a group of 3 students can be selected from 7 men and 5 women
consisting of 1 man and 2 women?
A. 7 B. 110 C. 60 D. 70 E. None of these

10. In an auditorium the chairs were arranged such that the number of rows were 3 more
than the number of columns. The chairs are rearranged by removing 3 columns and adding 6
rows without adding or removing any chair. How many people can sit in that auditorium at a
time?
A. 124 B. 96 C. 108 D. 98 E. 88
P n C Quiz 3

Directions: Read the following questions carefully and choose the right answer.

1. 16 persons shake hands with one another in a party. How many shake hands took
place?
A. 124 B. 120 C. 165 D. 150 E. None of these

2. How many 3 - letter words with or without meaning, can be formed out of the letters
of the word, 'LOGARITHMS', if repetition of letters is not allowed?
A. 720 B. 420 C. 5040 D. 120 E. None of these

3. In how many different ways can the letters of word ‘POPULAR’ be arranged?
A. 1650 B. 1780 C. 6800 D. 5220 E. None of these

4. A team of 7 children is to be selected out of 7 girls and 5 boys such that it contains
at least 5 girls. In how many different ways can the selection be made?
A. 105 B. 246 C. 100 D. 128 E. None of these

5. In how many different ways can the letters of word RABBIT be arranged?
A. 360 B. 240 C. 300 D. 275 E. None of these

6. A team of 6 children is to be selected out of 4 girls and 5 boys such that it contains at
least two girls. In how many different ways can the selection be made?
A. 105 B. 80 C. 100 D. 120 E. None of these

7. How many five digit numbers can be formed with the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
which are divisible by 4 if repetition is allowed?
A. 1728 B. 1444 C. 1600 D. 1344 E. None of these

8. In how many ways 5 different balls can be distributed among 9 people, if any person
can receive any number of balls?
A. 9 × 5 ways B. 15120 ways C. 59 ways D. 95 ways E. None of these
9. In how many different ways can 4 females and 5 males be arranged in a row so that
the four females sit together?
A. 17280 B. 12560 C. 16480 D. 18560 E. None of these

10. In an auditorium the chairs were arranged such that the number of rows were 3 more
than the number of columns. The chairs are rearranged by removing 3 columns and
adding 6 rows without adding or removing any chair. How many people can sit in that
auditorium at a time?
A. 124 B. 96 C. 108 D. 98 E. 88
P n C Quiz 4

Directions: Read the following questions carefully and choose the right answer.

1. In how many ways can the letters of the word ‘PARAGLIDING’ be arranged such that
all the vowels occur together?
A. 88322 ways B. 120960 ways C. 740 ways D. 144868 ways E. None of these

2. Five people out of whom only two can drive are to be seated in a five seater car with
two seats in front and three in the rear. The people who know driving don’t sit
together. Only someone who knows driving can sit on the driver’s seat. Find the
number of ways the five people can be seated.
A. 40 B. 60 C. 48 D. 36 E. None of fhese

3. A boy is playing a Snake & Ladder game; he is on 91 and has to get to 100 to complete
the game. There is a snake on 93 and 96. In how many ways he can complete the
game, if he doesn’t want to roll the dice more than three times.
A. 20 B. 15 C. 16 D. 18 E. 19

4. 8 members are to be selected from a group of 9 males and 7 females. In how many
ways will the members with at most 3 females and at least 4 males be selected?
A. 6472 ways B. 6286 ways C. 6435 ways D. 6225 ways E. None of these

5. A chess board has rows and columns marked A to H and 1-8. Aman has a knight and a
rook which he has to place on the board such that the two pieces are not in same row
or column, what is total number of ways he can place the two pieces?
A. 3072 B. 3136 C. 6272 D. 6144 E. None of these

6. How many three letter words can be formed using the letters of the word
“PRACTICES”?
A. 56 B. 336 C. 216 D. 357 E. None of these
7. Six students sitting in a row are given one toffee each from three types of toffees such
that no two adjacent child gets same type of toffee. In how many ways can the toffees
be distributed among the students?
A. 120 B. 24 C. 96 D. 48 E. None of these

8. In how many different ways can the letters of the word “Thoughts” be arranged in
such a way that the vowels always come together?
A. 2620 ways B. 2420 ways C. 2520 ways D. 2320 ways E. 2120 ways

9. An objective test with all the questions mandatory to be answered can be attempted
in 127 ways such that the student gets atleast one question right. Find the number of
ways in which he can answer 4 questions correctly.
A. 44 B. 35 C. 28 D. Can't be determined E. None of these

10. A postmaster wants to get delivered 6 letters at six different addresses. In the post
office there are 2 postmen then in how many ways can the postmaster send the
letters at different addresses through the postmen?
6!
A. B. 6! × 2! C. 64 D. 36 E. None of these

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