EXERCISE# t

Fundamental principle of counting d1.,-clared pass only when he attempts all

and question based on numbers: questions correctly, then number of ways
Q.1 The number of ways in which n distinct in which he can fail (if He attempts all the
objects can be put into two different boxes questions) is
is• (A) I (8) 12 (C) 27 (D) 63
(A) n 2 (8) 2"
(C) 2n (D) None of these Q.8 How many numbers of 4 digits can be
formed from the digits l, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Q,2 Find the total number of ways of (repetition is not allowed)
answering 5 objective type questions, each (A) 240 (B) 150 (C) 720 (D) 360
question having 4 choices.
(A) 46 (B) 5-1 (C) 63 (0) 45 Q.9 How many numbers lying between 100 and
I 000 can be formed with the digits 1, 2, 3,
Q.3 The number of ways in which first, second 4, 5 if the repetition of digits is not allowed-
and third prize can be distributed among 5 (A) 62 (B) 60 (C) 64 (D) 65
competitors is (no person can get more
than a prize)• Q.10 How many numbers between 30000 and
(A) 10 (B) 15 (C) GO (D) 125 40000 can be formed with the digits 2, 3. 5,
6, 9 if each digit can be repeated any
Q.4 A lock consists of three rings each marked number of times?
with 10 different digits. 'I'he number of (A) 45 (B) 5a (C) 44 (D) 54
unsuccessful attempts to open the lock is-
(A) 3io _ 1 (B) 93
Q.11 The number of 5 digit even numbers
(C) 10P
3- 1 (D) 10 3 - 1
formed with the digits 2, 3, 5, 7, 9 is (Rept.
not allowed)
Q.5 5 Questions arc asked in a question paper. (A) 12 (B) 24
Out of which two questions can be solved (C) 120 (D) None of these
by two-two methods, two question by three-
three and one question can be solved by
Q.12 Using digits 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 how many
only one method then the number of
numbers between 3000 and 4000 can be
possible attempts to solve the question
formed which are divisible by 5 and same
paper are-
digit is not repeated?
(A) 25 (B) 22. 32_1
(A) 60 (8) 12 (C) 120 (D) 24
(C) 144 (D) 288

Q.6 In how many ways 4 paintings can be hung Q.13 How many numbers can be formed with
on 4 walls of a room so that (i) one painting the digit.I:! 3, 4. 5, 6, 7 which are greater
is hung on each wall and (ii) any number of than 1000 (Repetition not allowed)?
paintings can be hung on any wall? (A) 240 (B) 120 (C) 24 (D) 5
(A) 4, 4~ (B) 12, 3 4 (C) 4!, 4 4 (D) 4!. 43
Q.14 How many five digit even numbers can be
Q, 7 In an examination. there are 3 multi•choice formed by using the digits O. 2, 3. 4. 5
questions with one answer correct and each (Repetition not allowed)?
question has 4 alternatives. If a student is (A) 72 (8) 60 (CJ 54 (D) 36
Q.16 The number or 4 digit1:1 odd number11 Q.24 A bag containA 9 ballA marked with digitA
formed with the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 is 1, 2, .... , 9. IT two balh1 are drawn from the
(Repetition not allowed) bag, then number or ways or getting the
(A) 54 (8) 144 (C) 180 (D) 360 sum or the digits on balls as odd number is-
(A) 20 (D) 2 9 (C) 9 C2 (D) 9P 2
Combinations :
Q.16 If 28C2 r: 24 C r--
2 4 = 225:11 then the value of Q.25 In an election 3 persons are to be elected
from 6 candidatetJ. A voter can cast any
rill•
(A) 14 (B) 8 (C) 5 (D) 7
number of votes but not more than the
candidates to be elected. In how many
ways can he cast his vote?
Q.17 There are 13 players of cricket out of which
(A)41 (B) 20 (C) 15 (D) 6
4 are bowlers. In how many ways a team of
eleven be selected from them so as to Q.26 In an election the number of candidates is
include at lea1:1t two bowlers- one more than the number of members to
(A) 55 (8) 72 be elected. A voter can cast any number of
(C) 78 (D) None of these votes but not more than the candidates to
be elected. If a voter can cast his vote in 30
Q.18 How many cricket eleven can be formed ways, then the number of the candidates
from 15 persons if captain is included in is-
every team? (A)4 (B) 5
(A) 364 (8) 1365 (C) 1001 (D) 1000 (C) 6 (D) None of these

Q.19 In how many ways a team of 11 be chosen Q.27 A father with 7 children takes 4 of them at
from 20 students of a class so that 2 a time to the zoo, as often as he can
particular students arc always included without taking the same four children
and 5 arc always excluded? together more than once. How often will he
(A) 715 (B) 70 go? How often will each child go?
(C) 1365 (D) None of these (A) 30. 10 (D) 35. 15
(C) 30. 20 (D) 35, 20
Q.20 In how many ways can a committee of 6 be
formed out or 6 men and 4 women so that Q.28 Two groups of players consist of 6 and 8
committees include at the most 2 women? players. In how many ways can a team of
(A) 90 (B) 185 (C) 115 (D) 210
11 players be selected from these two
groups if at least 4 players are to be
included from the first group?
Q.21 The number of committees formed by taking
(A) 334 (B) 344 (C) 120 (D) 168
5 men and 5 women from 6 women and 7
Q.29 A man has 7 relatives, of which 4 are ladies
(A) 252 (B) 125 (C) 126 (D) 64
and 3 gents. his wife has also 7 relatives, of
which 3 ladies and 4 gents. In how many
Q.22 Out of 6 boys and 4 girls a group of 7 is to ways can they invite 3 ladies and 3 gents
be formed. How many such groups are when the re are 3 relatives of man a nd 3
possible if boys Arc to be in majority? relatives of his wife-
(A) 120 (B) 90 (C) 100 (D) 80 (A) 324 (B) 485
(C) 458 (D) None of these
Q.23 A candidate is required to answer 6
questions out of 10 which are divided into Q.30 A committee of 5 is to be formed out of 6
two groups each consisting of 5 questions. gents and ,J ladies. In how many ways this
In how ma ny ways can he attempt G can be done when atmost two ladies are
questions if he is not allowed to answer included?
more than 4 que;;tions from each Aection? (A) 186 (B) 286
(A) 100 (8) 200 (C) 300 (D) 400 (C) 386 (D) None of these
Q.31 Everybody in a room shakes hands with Q.39 The three sides AB, BC and CA of any ABC
every body else. If total number of hand- are having 3, 4, and 5 internal points
shaken is 66 then total number of persons respectively. Then th e number of triangles
in the room is- formed by taking these points as the
(A) II (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 14 vertices are-
(A) 185 (B) 205 (CJ 230 (D) 215

Q.32 In a football championship, 153 matches

Q.40 If 4 parallel lines intersect another set of 3
were played. Every team played one match
parallel lines. then number of
with each other. The number of team11 parallelogram1:1 formed with the1:1e line1:1 i1:1-
participating in the championship is- (A) 6 (8) 9 (CJ 12 (DJ 18
(A) 17 (B) 18
(C) 9 (D) None of these Q,41 The number of triangles whose vertices are
at the vertices of an octagon but none of
Geometrical combination ; whose sides happen to come from the sides
of the octagon is -
Q.33 In a plane there are 10 points out of which
(A) 24 (BJ 52 (CJ 48 (D) 16
4 are collinear, then the number of
triangles that can be formed by joining Combination ofn identical obiects:
these points are-
Q.42 The number of ways in which at least one
(A) 60 (B) 116
fruit can be selected from 5 oranges, 4
(C) 120 (D) None of these
apples, and 3 bananas is-
(A) 59 (B) l 19 (C) 60 (DJ 120
Q.34 There arc 12 points in a plane. The number
of the straight linet1 joining any two of Q.43 The number of way1:1 in which at least one
them when 3 of the m arc collinear is- coin can be selected from 3 coins of one
(A) 60 (B) 62 (CJ 64 (DJ GG rupee, 4 coins of fifty paise, 5 coinR of
twenty paise and 6 coins of ten paise is •
Q.35 There are 12 points in a plane, and 5 of (A) 639 (BJ 840
them are in a straight line the number of (C) 839 (D) None of these
triangle formed these points are;
Q.44 The number of divisors of 9600 is-
(A) 220 (B) 215 (C) 210 (D) 205
(A) 46 (BJ 48 (CJ 58 (DJ 60

Q.36 m parallel lines in a plane are intersected Q.45 The number of different proper factors of
by a family of n parallel lines. The total 3780 is-
number of parallelograms so formed is- (A) 45 (B) 46 (CJ 47 (DJ 48
(A) (m - l~(n - 1) (B)
Q.46 The total number of factors of 1998
(C) nm(m- 1)(n-1) (D) nm(m- 1)(n-1) (including 1 and 1998) is-
2 4 (AJ 18 (B) 16 (CJ 12 (DJ 10

Q.47 Number ofdivU:IOra of the form 4n + 2 (n 0)

Q.37 The number of squ ares on a ch ess board is-
of the integer 240 is •
(AJ 64 (B) 160 (C) 224 (DJ 204
(A) 4 (8) 8 (CJ 10 (DJ 3

Q.38 The total number of rectangles on a chess Q.48 If a, b, c, d, e are prime integers, then the
board is- number of divisors of ah2c2de excluding 1
(A) 1296 (B) 72 as a factor, is •
(C) 1200 (D) None of these (A) 94 (BJ 72 (CJ 36 (DJ 71
Permutation: (A)sP.1 x8p2 (B) 8p4 X 8p2 X 10!
Q.49 The number of ways in which 8 answer (C) 8P4 x 10! (D) None of these
books be arranged so that the best and the
worst do not occur together is• Q.56 Eight chairs are numbered from 1 to 8.
(A) 8! (B) 7! (C) 7(7)! (D) 6 (7)! Two women and three men wish to occupy
one chair each. First women choose the
Q.60 There are 5 books on Mathematics, 1 on chairs from amongst the chairs marked l
Physics. In how many ways these be placed to 4; and then the men select the chairs
on she lf if the books on the same subject
from the remaining. The number of
are to be together?
possible arrangements is-
(A) 4592 (B) 5760
(A) 6C3 X 4C2 (B) 4p3 X 4p3
(C) 1800 (D) 2672
(D) None of these
Q.51 There are 10 students in a class in which
three A. B, Care girls. The number of ways Q.57 Eleven animals of a circus have to be
to arrange them in a row when any two placed in eleven cages, one in each cage. If
girls out of three never comes together- four of the cages are too small for six of the
(A) 7! x 8p3 (B) 7! x 3p3 animals, the number of ways of caging the
(D) None of these animalsis-
(A) 7po· 5! (B) 6 P4 . 7!
Q.52 A shelf cont.ains 20 books, of which 4 are (C) 11 C4, 7! (D) None of these
single volume and the others are 8,5 and 3
volumes respectively. In how many ways
Q.58 A boat crew consist of 8 men, 3 of whom
can these books be arranged on the shelf so
can only row on one particular side and 2
that the order of the volumes of same work
only on the other. The number of ways in
is maintained?
which the crew can be arranged is-
(A) 2.7! (8)7!
(C) 8. 7! (D) None of these
(A) 1728 (Bl 576
(C) 72 (D) None of these
Q.53 There are 5 different books
mathematics, 2 different books Q.59 In how many ways can 21 identical white
chemistry and 4 different books on physics. and 19 identica l black balls be put in a row
The number of ways of arranging these so that no two black balls arc together?
books on a shelf so that books of the same (A) 1470 (B) 1540
subject are stacked together, is- (C) 735 (D) None of these
(A) 34560 (B) 11 !
(C) 17285 (D) None of these
Application of permutation:
Q.64 If (m+n)p 2 =56 and m- np2 =12 then (m, n) Q,60 The number of different words formed with
all the letters of the word 'MISISSlPl' is-
equals-
(A) 2500 (D) 2466
(A) (5, I) (Bl (6, 2l (C) (7, 3l (D) (9, 6)
(C) 2520 (D) None of these

Q.55 A tea party is arranged of 16 persons along

two sides of a long table with 8 chairs on Q,61 The total number of words formed with the
each side. 4 men wish to sit on one particular letters of the word "SF.RIES' is-
side and 2 on the other side. In how many (A) 720 (Bl 186
ways can they be seated ? (C) 360 (D) None of these
Q.62 The number of permutations formed
without changing the poAition of vowel and (A) 2!1~: 2! (B) !:!2!
consonants of the letters of word
'ALGEBRA'- (C) 2!1~; 2!
(D) None of these
(A) 144 (8) 70 (C) 360 (D) 72

Q.63 How many words can be formed from the Q. 70 How many words with the letters of the
letters of the word 'GANESH PURI' when word 'CARAVELLE' can be formed which
P and I occupy the first and last place starts with R-
respcctively- (A) 8! (B) 5040
(A) 2! x 8~ (8) 8! (C) 1080 (D) None of these
(C) 10! (D) None of these
Circular permutation:
Q.64 The number of words which can be formed
Q, 71 Eleven members of a committee sit round a
from the letters of the word 'SCHOLAR'
circular table. In how many ways can they
which begin with A and end with S iA-
sit so that the secretary and joint secretary
(A) 120 (B) 720 (C) 1440 (D) 5040
are always ne ighbours of the president?
(A) 8! x 3! (D) to!
Q.65 The number of different words from the (C) 8! x 2! (D) 7! x 2!
letters of the word "ALLAHABAD" in
which vowels occupy even positions, are- Q. 72 In how many ways 7 different beads be
(A) 1440 (B) 7560 (C) 240 (D) 60
strung into a ring so that two particular
beads are always together?
Q.66 How many words can be formed by using (A) 240 (8) 720 (C) 120 (D) 360
the letters of the word 'INSURANCE',
when vowels always remain together? Q. 73 The number of necklaces which can be
(A) 8640 (B) 17280 formed by selecting 4 beads out of 6 beads
(C) 720 (D) None of these
of different coloured glas11es and 4 beads
out of 5 beads of different metal, is-
Q.67 How many different permutations can be

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formed from the letters of the word (A) 6P 4 xGp 4 x* (B)6C 4 xGC 4 x*
'MATHEMATICS" which starts from C-

(A) 2!
1
1
!:
2!
JO!
(B) ill! (C) 6C4 X 15C4 X (D) 6C4 X 15C4 X 7!

(D) None of these

(C) 2! ~: 2!
Q, 74 If two specific beads are kept together,
then in bow many ways can seven different
Q.68 How many words can be formed from the beads be strung in one garland-
letters of word 'ASSASSINATION" when (A) 5! (8)7!
four S remains together-

(A) ;~~! (B) 1::

(C) 5! x 2! (D)*

13!
Q. 75 There are 20 persons among whom two are
(D) 4!4! brothers. The number of ways in which we
can arrange them round a circle so that
there is exactly one person between the two
Q.69 How many different words can be formed brothers, is-
from the letters of'CONSTANTINOPLE' in (A) 18! (Il) 2(18!)
which all three N come together? (C) 2 (19~) (D) None of these