Permutations and Combinations
1. Find n if n-1P3 : n+1P3 = 5:12 (4)
2. There are 8 vacant chairs in a room. In how many ways can 5 persons take their seats? (6720)
3. There are 50 stations on a railway line. How many different kinds of single first class tickets must be printed so as
to enable a passenger to go from station to another? (2450)
4. How many different 6 digit numbers can be formed from the 3 digits 1,3 and 6, if digits can be repeated? (729)
5. How many different 4 digit numbers greater than 1000 can be formed from the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, if digits
can be repeated in a number? (500)
6. How many different 4 digit numbers greater than 1000 can be formed from the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, if digits
cannot be repeated in a number? (96)
7. How many different words can be formed with the letters of the word SUNDAY? How many words begin with N?
How many begin with N and end with Y? (720, 120, 24)
8. How many different words can be formed with the letters of the word MONDAY, if the last letter in any
arrangement has to either M, D or Y? (360)
9. How many different words can be formed with the letters of the word SECTION, if the vowels have to always
together? (1440)
10. How many different words can be formed with the letters of the word EQUATIONS, if the vowels have to
alternate with the consonants? (2880)
11. In how many ways can you arrange 10 examination papers on a table in such a way that the best and the worst
papers never come together? (2903040)
12. In how many ways can you seat 5 people around a table for a meeting if the chairman has to always occupy the
main seat? (24)
13. In how many ways can you seat 6 people around a table in such a way that 2 of them are always seated
together? (48)
14. How many different words starting with S can be formed from the letters of the word CONSCIENCE? (15120)
15. A number of four different digits greater than 3400 is to be formed using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. In how
many ways is this possible? (560)
16. A family consisting of an old man, 6 adults and 4 children, is to be seated in a row for dinner. The children wish
to occupy the two seats at each end and the old man refuses to have a child on either side of him. In how many
ways can the seating arrangement be made for the dinner? (86400)
17. In how many ways can you string together 10 differently coloured pearls into a bracelet? (181440)
18. In how many ways can you select 6 men athletes from 15 and 4 women athletes from 10? (5215)
19. In how many ways can you form a group of 10 members consisting of at least 4 musicians and 3 authors from 15
musicians and 10 authors? (2866656)
20. In how many ways can 5 different text books be chosen from 10 if the English text book has to be included in all
selections? (126)
21. In how many ways can 6 people be selected from 10 if Ram and Shyam can’t be sitting out of the group at the
same time? (182)
22. In how many ways can 4 boys and 4 girls be selected from 6 boys and 7 girls and then arranged around a table in
such a way that the boys and girls have to sit alternatingly. (75600)
23. In how many ways can a team of 6 be formed in such a way that there has to be at least 1 adult, 2 boys and 2
girls from a pool of 5 adults, 5 boys and 4 girls? (500)
24. If nCr:nCr+1 = 6:5 and n+r = 15, find n and r. (10 and 5)
25. In how many ways can you attempt 8 questions from 7 questions in Section A and 5 questions in Section B, if it is
compulsory to attempt at least 2 questions in Section A, and the 5th question in Section B is compulsory? (330)
