PERMUTATION & COMBINATION

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1.In how many ways can 8 different model cars be parked in a row of
10 parking lots?

(A) 108
(B) 8 10
(C) 10!/8!
(D) 10!/2!

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2.Out of 8 persons in a group, find the number of ways of selecting 3
persons and the number of ways of arranging these 3 selected persons
in a row?

(A) 56,336
(B) 336,56
(C) 470,50
(D) 72,389
3.Out of 8 persons in a group, find the number of ways of selecting 3
persons and the number of ways of arranging these 3 selected persons
in a row?

(A) 56,336
(B) 336,56
(C) 470,50
(D) 72,389
4. In how many ways can a cricket eleven be chosen out of 15 players?
(If a particular player is always chosen)

(A) 1365
(B) 364
(C) 1001
(D) None of these
5.If the letters of the word ‘NUMBERS‘ are permuted in all possible
ways, then in how many of these permutations are the vowels never
together (i.e.) vowels are separated?

(A) 3600
(B) 360
(C) 2160
(D) 720
Directions (6 to 10) : Anusha has a collection of 7 C.D‘s with her viz
Benhaur, The sound of Music, Titanic, Small wonders, Stuart Little, Chariots
of fire and Toy story. Nikhil wanted to borrow 4 of these C.D‘s to watch
during vacation. Anusha has no reservation against lending any of the C.D‘s.

6. In how many ways can Nikhil borrow the C.D‘s?

(A) 5040
(B) 35
(C) 24
(D) 120
Directions (6 to 10) : Anusha has a collection of 7 C.D‘s with her viz Benhaur,
The sound of Music, Titanic, Small wonders, Stuart Little, Chariots of fire and
Toy story. Nikhil wanted to borrow 4 of these C.D‘s to watch during vacation.
Anusha has no reservation against lending any of the C.D‘s.

7. In how many ways can Nikhil borrow the C.D‘s, if he wants to include Stuart
Little in his selection?

(A) 35
(B) 20
(C) 24
(D) 120
Directions (6 to 10) : Anusha has a collection of 7 C.D‘s with her viz Benhaur,
The sound of Music, Titanic, Small wonders, Stuart Little, Chariots of fire and
Toy story. Nikhil wanted to borrow 4 of these C.D‘s to watch during vacation.
Anusha has no reservation against lending any of the C.D‘s.

8. If Nikhil wants to exclude Titanic, then in how many ways can the selection
be made?

(A) 15
(B) 20
(C) 35
(D) 24
Directions (6 to 10) : Anusha has a collection of 7 C.D‘s with her viz Benhaur, The
sound of Music, Titanic, Small wonders, Stuart Little, Chariots of fire and Toy story.
Nikhil wanted to borrow 4 of these C.D‘s to watch during vacation. Anusha has no
reservation against lending any of the C.D‘s.

9. In how many ways can Nikhil borrow the C.D‘s if he is particular that his selection
should include both Small wonder and Toy story if at all one of them is included?

(A) 20
(B) 35
(C) 15
(D) 24
Directions (6 to 10) : Anusha has a collection of 7 C.D‘s with her viz Benhaur,
The sound of Music, Titanic, Small wonders, Stuart Little, Chariots of fire and Toy
story. Nikhil wanted to borrow 4 of these C.D‘s to watch during vacation. Anusha
has no reservation against lending any of the C.D‘s.

10. How many selections can be made if Nikhil does not want to include Small
wonder and Toy story together?

(A) 20
(B) 25
(C) 35
(D) 15
11.How many 4-digit numbers having distinct digits can be formed using
the digits 0 to 9 which are divisible by 5?

(A) 342
(B) 504
(C) 448
(D) 952
12.A certain group of friends met on a new year eve party and each
person shakes hand with everybody else in the group exactly once and
the number of handshakes turned out to be 66. On Pongal, if each
person in this group sends a greeting card to every other person in the
group, then how many cards are exchanged?

(A) 33
(B) 66
(C) 132
(D) 264
13.In how many ways 6 boys and 6 girls sit around a circular table so
that no two boys sit next to each other?

(A) (5!)2
(B) (6!)2
(C) 5! 6!
(D) 11!
14.A number plate should have 4 digits. If the 1st digit is 3, the second
digit is an even number and the last 2 digits are in ascending order,
then find the total number of different number plates possible.

(A) 225
(B) 144
(C) 135
(D)180
15.If all possible four-digit numbers are formed using the digits 5, 6, 7, 8
without repetition and arranged in ascending order of magnitude then
find the position of the number 7685.

(A) 16
(B) 15
(C) 21
(D) 27