Permutations & Combinations

1. In how many ways a 5

letter word can be formed
using all the letter of the
word “DONUT”
2. In how many ways a 3
letter word can be formed
using all the letter of the
word “DIEMS”
3. In how many ways a 4
letter word can be formed
using all the letter of the
word “LOGARITHMS”
4. In how many ways a 4 digit
number can be formed
using 1,2,3,4,5 & 6 exactly
once
Condition based questions on
numbers
1. In how many ways a 4 digit
number can be formed
using 1,2,3,4,5 & 6 so that
repetition is not allowed and
the number formed is even
no.
2. In how many ways a 4 digit
number can be formed
using 1,2,3,4,5 & 6 so that
repetition is not allowed and
the number formed is odd
no.
3. In how many ways a 4 digit
number can be formed
using 1,2,3,4,5 & 6 so that
repetition is not allowed and
the number formed should
be multiple of 5.
4. In how many ways a 4 digit
number can be formed
using 1,2,3,4,5 & 6 so that
repetition is not allowed and
the number formed should
be greater than 3000.
5. In how many ways a 4 digit
number can be formed
using 1,2,3,4,5 & 6 so that
repetition is not allowed and
the number formed should
be less than 4000.
Condition based questions on
numbers if repetition is
allowed
1. In how many ways a 4 digit
number can be formed
using 1,2,3,4,5 & 6 so that
repetition is allowed and the
number formed is even no.
2. In how many ways a 4 digit
number can be formed
using 1,2,3,4,5 & 6 so that
repetition is allowed and the
number formed is odd no.
3. In how many ways a 4 digit
number can be formed
using 1,2,3,4,5 & 6 so that
repetition is allowed and the
number formed should be
multiple of 5.
4. In how many ways a 4 digit
number can be formed
using 1,2,3,4,5 & 6 so that
repetition is allowed and the
number formed should be
greater than 3000.
5. In how many ways a 4 digit
number can be formed
using 1,2,3,4,5 & 6 so that
repetition is allowed and the
number formed should be
less than 4000.
Condition for 2 places on
numbers
1. In how many ways a 4 digit
number can be formed
using 1,2,3,4,5 & 6 so that
repetition is not allowed and
the number formed should
be multiple of 4.
2. In how many ways a 4 digit
number can be formed
using 1,2,3,4,5 & 6 so that
repetition is not allowed and
the number formed should
be multiple of 25.
Condition for 2 places on
numbers if repetition is
allowed
1. In how many ways a 4 digit
number can be formed
using 1,2,3,4,5 & 6 so that
repetition is allowed and the
number formed should be
multiple of 4.
2. In how many ways a 4 digit
number can be formed
using 1,2,3,4,5 & 6 so that
repetition is allowed and the
number formed should be
multiple of 25.
 Finding sum of
formed numbers
1. Find the sum of all 3 digit
no’s formed using 1,2 & 3
exactly once.
2. Find the sum of all 4 digit
no’s formed using 2,3,4 & 5
exactly once.
3. Find the sum of all 4 digit
no’s formed using 1,2,3 & 4
exactly once.
4. Find the sum of all 3 digit
no’s formed using 1,2,3,4 &
5 exactly once.
5. Find the sum of all 4 digit
no’s formed using 0,1,2,3 &
4 exactly once.
1. Find the sum of all 3 digit
no’s formed using 1,2 & 3 if
repetition is allowed.
2. Find the sum of all 4 digit
no’s formed using 2,3,4 & 5
if repetition is allowed.
3. Find the sum of all 4 digit
no’s formed using 1,2,3 & 4
if repetition is allowed.
4. Find the sum of all 3 digit
no’s formed using 1,2,3,4 &
5 if repetition is allowed.
5. Find the sum of all 4 digit
no’s formed using 0,1,2,3 &
4 if repetition is allowed.
Condition Based
Questions on
words
1. In how many ways a 5 letter
word can be formed using all
the letter of the word
“DONUT” so that
a. Vowels are together
b. Vowels are never together
2. In how many ways a 5
letter word can be formed
using all the letter of the
word “DONUT” so that
a. Consonants are together
b. Consonants are never
together
VT, VNT, CT , CNT for
Following words
1. MOTHER
2. LEADING
3. SOFTWARE
4. EQUATION
MOTHER = 240,480,144,576
LEADING=720,4320,576,4464
SOFTWARE=4320,36000,2880,
37440
EQUATION=2880,37440,4320,
36000
 Questions on
Repeating Letters
If the word has ‘N’ letters out of which
‘a’ is repeating ‘ P’ times
‘b’ is repeating ‘Q’ times
‘c’ is repeating ‘R’ times
Then the word can be arranged in
In how many ways all the letters of the following words can
be arranged

APPLE
MADAM
RUMOUR
BANANA
ALLAHABAD
ENGINEERING
MATHEMATICS
ASSASSINATION
MISSISSIPPI
CORPORATION
In how many ways all the letters of the
following words can be arranged so
that vowels are always together

APPLE
MADAM
RUMOUR
BANANA
Questions on Combinations
1. In how many ways 4
executive members
can be selected out of
7
2. In how many ways 5
marbles can be
selected out of a bag
which contains 8
marbles.
3. In how many ways 7
batsman can be
selected out of 9 team
members
4. In how many ways 3
boys out of 5 & 2 girls
out of 4 can be
selected.
5. In an organization a team
of 7 members has to be
selected out of 6
engineers and 5 managers
so that it contains 4
engineers and 3 managers.
6. In how many ways 5
white marbles & 4
black marbles can be
selected out of a bag
which contains 7 white
& 8 black marbles.
7. In how many ways 9
marbles can be selected
out of a bag which
contains 7 white & 8 black
marbles so that it contains
atmost 4 white marbles.
8. In an organization a
team of 7 members has to
be selected out of 6
engineers and 5 managers
so that it contains atleast
4 engineers
9. In a seminar 20 people
participated & every
person shakes hand with
every other person. How
many total handshakes
took place in seminar.
10. Two parallel lines
contains 4 points and 5
points respectively.
how many total
triangles can be formed
by joining these points.
11. How many total
diagonals can be
drawn in the Octagon.