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  • Question
  • Boxes numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are kept in a row and they are to be filled with either a red or a blue ball, such that no two adjacent boxes can be filled with blue balls. Then, how many different arrangements are possible, given that all balls of a given colour are exactly identical in all respects?


  • Options
  • A. 8
  • B. 10
  • C. 15
  • D. 22

  • Correct Answer
  • 22 

    Explanation

    Total number of ways of filling the 5 boxes numbered as (1, 2, 3, 4, and 5) with either blue or red balls 25 = 32.
    Two adjacent boxes with blue can be obtained in 4 ways, i.e., (12), (23), (34) and (45).
    Three adjacent boxes with blue can be obtained in 3 ways, i.e., (123), (234)and (345). Four boxes with blue can be obtained in 2 ways, i.e., (1234) and (2345). And five boxes with blue can be got in 1 way. Hence, the number of ways of filling the boxes such that adjacent boxes have blue
    = (4 + 3 + 2 + 1) = 10.
    Hence, the number or ways of filling up the boxes such that no two adjacent boxes have blue = 32 - 10 = 22.


  • Permutation and Combination problems


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    • 1. 
      How many numbers can be formed from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ( without repetition), when the digit at the unit's place must be greater than that in the ten's place?

    • Options
    • A. 54
    • B. 60
    • C. 51/3
    • D. 2 x 4!
    • Discuss
    • 2. 
      An intelligence agency forms a code of two distinct digits selected from 0, 1, 2,....., 9 such that the first-digit of code is non-zero. The code, handwritten on a slip, can however potentially create confusion when read upside down, for examples the code 91 may appear as 16. how many codes are there for which no such confusion can arise?

    • Options
    • A. 80
    • B. 78
    • C. 71
    • D. 69
    • Discuss
    • 3. 
      A new flag is to be designed with six vertical stripes using some or all of the colour yellow, green,blue and red. Then, the number of ways this can be made such that no two adjacent stripes have the same colour is

    • Options
    • A. 12 x 81
    • B. 16 x 192
    • C. 20 x 125
    • D. 24 x 216
    • Discuss
    • 4. 
      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
    • Discuss
    • 5. 
      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
    • 6. 
      Marks obtained by an student in 5 subjects are given below 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 in these obtained marks 27 is

    • Options
    • A. mode
    • B. median and mode
    • C. mean and median
    • D. both (a) and (c)
    • Discuss
    • 7. 
      The median for the data 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 is

    • Options
    • A. 6
    • B. 8
    • C. 9.5
    • D. 10
    • Discuss
    • 8. 
      Reaching the place of meeting on Tuesday 15 min before 8:30 h, Anuj found himself half an hour earlier than the man who was 40 min late. What was the scheduled time of the meeting?

    • Options
    • A. 8:00 h
    • B. 8:05 h
    • C. 8:15 h
    • D. 8:45 h
    • Discuss
    • 9. 
      A clock buzzes 1 time at 1 O'clock, 2 time at 2 O'clock, 3 times at 3 O'clock and so on. What will be the total number of buzzes in a day?

    • Options
    • A. 150
    • B. 156
    • C. 100
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. 
      How many times are the hands of a clock is at right angle in a day?

    • Options
    • A. 22
    • B. 24
    • C. 44
    • D. 48
    • Discuss


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