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  • Question
  • In how many ways, can 24 persons be seated around a circular table if there are is 13 seats?


  • Options
  • A. 24! / [13 x 11! ]
  • B. 22! / [14 x 12!]
  • C. 23! / [13 x 11!]
  • D. 24! / [12 x 12!]

  • Correct Answer
  • 24! / [13 x 11! ] 

    Explanation

    First , we select 13 persons out of 24 persons in 24 C13 ways.
    Now, these 13 persons can be seated in 12! ways around a table .

    So required number of ways = 24 C13 x 12!
    = [24! / {13!(24 - 13)!}] x 12!
    = [24! / {13! x 11!}] x 12!
    = 24! / (13 x 11!)


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    • 1. 
      There is a 7-digit telephone number with all different digits. If the digit at extreme right and extreme left are 5 and 6 respectively, find how many such telephone number are possible?

    • Options
    • A. 120
    • B. 100000
    • C. 6720
    • D. 30240
    • Discuss
    • 2. 
      A mixed doubles tennis game is to be played between two teams ( each team consists of one male and one female). There are four married couples. No team is to consist of a husband and his wife. What is the maximum number of games that can be played?

    • Options
    • A. 12
    • B. 48
    • C. 36
    • D. 42
    • Discuss
    • 3. 
      In how many ways can the letters of the word 'Director' be arranged so that the three vowels are never together?

    • Options
    • A. 1800
    • B. 18000
    • C. 16000
    • D. 1600
    • Discuss
    • 4. 
      Vowels being never together.

    • Options
    • A. 36 ways
    • B. 84 ways
    • C. 120 ways
    • D. 10 ways
    • Discuss
    • 5. 
      Vowels occupying odd places .

    • Options
    • A. 12 ways
    • B. 16 ways
    • C. 6 ways
    • D. 20 ways
    • Discuss
    • 6. 
      There are 14 points in a plane, out of which 4 are collinear. Find the number of triangles made by these points .

    • Options
    • A. 364
    • B. 360
    • C. 368
    • D. 365
    • Discuss
    • 7. 
      A question paper consists of two sections having respectively 3 and 5 questions. The following note is given on the paper. "It is not necessary to attempt all the question". One question from each section is compulsory. In how many ways, a candidate can select the question?

    • Options
    • A. 38
    • B. 217
    • C. 256
    • D. 320
    • Discuss
    • 8. 
      There are 10 stations on a railway line. The number of different journey tickets that are required by the authorities, is

    • Options
    • A. 92
    • B. 90
    • C. 91
    • D. 93
    • Discuss
    • 9. 
      The number of ways in which a committee of 3 ladies and 4 gentlemen can be appointed from a group consisting of 8 ladies and 7 gentlemen, if Mrs. X refuses to serve in a committee if Mr. Y is its member, is

    • Options
    • A. 1960
    • B. 3240
    • C. 1540
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. 
      A five-digit number divisible by 3 is to be formed using digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 without repetition, the total number of ways this can be done, is

    • Options
    • A. 122
    • B. 210
    • C. 216
    • D. 217
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