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  • Question
  • Find the number of subsets of the set {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11} having 4 elements.


  • Options
  • A. 340
  • B. 370
  • C. 320
  • D. 330

  • Correct Answer
  • 330 

    Explanation

    Here the order of choosing the elements doesn?t matter and this is a problem in combinations.

     

    We have to find the number of ways of choosing 4 elements of this set which has 11 elements.

     

    This can be done in 11 C 4  ways = 330 ways


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    • 1. In how many different ways can the letters of the word 'THERAPY' be arranged so that the vowels always come together?

    • Options
    • A. 720
    • B. 1440
    • C. 1800
    • D. 3600
    • Discuss
    • 2. The number of ways in which 8 distinct toys can be distributed among 5 children?

    • Options
    • A. 5P8
    • B. 5^8
    • C. 8P5
    • D. 8^5
    • Discuss
    • 3. How many 6-digit even numbers can be formed from the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 so that the digits should not repeat and the second last digit is even ?

    • Options
    • A. 521
    • B. 720
    • C. 420
    • D. 225
    • Discuss
    • 4. If the letters of the word CHASM are rearranged to form 5 letter words such that none of the word repeat and the results arranged in ascending order as in a dictionary what is the rank of the word CHASM ?

    • Options
    • A. 32
    • B. 24
    • C. 72
    • D. 36
    • Discuss
    • 5. Suppose 7 students are staying in a hall in a hostel and they are allotted 7 beds. Among them, Parvin does not want a bed next to Anju because Anju snores. Then, in how many ways can you allot the beds?

    • Options
    • A. 2400
    • B. 6400
    • C. 3600
    • D. 7200
    • Discuss
    • 6. How many arrangements of the letters of the word ?BENGALI? can be made if the vowels are to occupy only odd places.

    • Options
    • A. 720
    • B. 576
    • C. 567
    • D. 625
    • Discuss
    • 7. From 5 consonants and 4 vowels, how many words can be formed using 3 consonants and 2 vowels ?

    • Options
    • A. 7600
    • B. 7200
    • C. 6400
    • D. 3600
    • Discuss
    • 8. There are three rooms in a Hotel: one single, one double and one for four persons. How many ways are there to house seven persons in these rooms ?

    • Options
    • A. 105
    • B. 7! x 6!
    • C. 7!/5!
    • D. 420
    • Discuss
    • 9. In how many ways the letters of the word OLIVER be arranged so that the vowels in the word always occur in the dictionary order as we move from left to right ?

    • Options
    • A. 186
    • B. 144
    • C. 136
    • D. 120
    • Discuss
    • 10. Nine different letters of alphabet are given, words with 5 letters are formed from these given letters. Then, how many such words can be formed which have at least one letter repeated ?

    • Options
    • A. 43929
    • B. 59049
    • C. 15120
    • D. 0
    • Discuss


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