Permutation and combination
1. How many 5 digit numbers can be formed from the given
numbers 0, 4, 5, 6, 2?
A. 500 B. 2500 C. 300 D. 600
2. In how many different ways can the letters of the word
"MANGO" be arranged?
A. 24 B. 120 C. 40 D. 48
3. What are the possible number of ways in which a team can
be formed which has 4 boys and 2 girls from a group of 10
boys and 5 girls?
A. 2100 B. 3200 C. 1000 D. 1500
4. Out of 7 consonants and four vowels ,how many words of
three consonants and 2 vowels can be formed?
A. 21000 B. 10500 C. 25200 D. 21400
5. The number of triangles that can be formed by choosing the
vertices from a set of 12 points, seven of which lie on the
same straight line is
A. 185 B. 105 C. 132 D. 167
6. The number of committees of size 10 that could be formed
from 10 men & 10 women such that committee has at least
6 women is
A. 60626 B. 2100 C. 10210 D. None of these
7. In how many ways 6 girls can be seated in 2 distinct chairs?
A. 20 B. 30 C. 10 D. 40
8. In how many ways can the 7 letters A,B,C,D,E,F and G be
arranged so that C and E never together.
A. 5040 B. 6480 C. 3600 D. 1440
9. How many numbers are there in all from 4000 to 4999
(both 4000 and 4999 included) having at least one of their
digits repeated?
A. 496 B. 216 C. 382 D. 422
10. In how many different ways can the letters of the word
'OPTICAL' be arranged so that the vowels always come
together ?
A. 120 B. 4190 C. 720 D. 2160
11. In how many different ways can the letters of the word
'CORPORATION' be arranged so that the vowels always
come together ?
A. 810 B. 14400 C. 50400 D. 5760
12. In CAT entrance examination paper there are 3
sections, each containing 5 questions. A candidate has to
solve 5, choosing at least one from each section. The
number of ways he can choose is
A. 560 B. 2250 C. 1250 D. 765
13. A boy has 4 different boxes and 5 different marbles. In
how many ways can he place the marbles in the boxes such
that each box has at least one marble ?
A. 480 B. 520 C. 400 D. 350
14. Ram buys 7 novels from a book fair. Shyam buys 8
novels from the fair, none of which is common with those
bought by Ram. They decide to exchange their books one
for one. In how many ways can they exchange their books
for the first time ?
A. 212 B. 56 C. 78 D. 154
15. A owes B Rs.50. He agrees to pay B over a number of
consecutive days starting on a Monday, paying single note
of Rs.10 or Rs.20 on each day. In how many different ways
can A repay B.
A. 2 B. 4 C. 8 D. 10
16. A coin is tossed 4 times what will be number of
possible outcomes?
A. 8 B. 16 C. 14 D. 4
17. At a dinner party 7 men sit at a round Table.In how
many ways they can sit?
A. 10 ! B. 14! C. 6 ! D. 17 !
18. Using digit 3,9,4 how many three digit can form if
repetition is allowed? A. 30 B. 27 C. 28 D. 6
19. A man can go 3 different ways to reach kolkata to
mumbai and 5 different ways to reach mumbai to gujrat
Find No of ways to reach from kolkata to gujrat? A. 20 B.
15 C. 12 D. 14
20. What is the number of arrangements if a die is rolled 4
times? A. 6 3 B. 4 6 C. 6 4 D. none
21. How many different 8 letters are possible using the
letters of the word "SYLLABUS"? A. 10040 B. 10080 C.
20080 D. none
