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- Question
Suppose you want to arrange your English, Hindi, Mathematics, History, Geography and Science books on a shelf. In how many ways can you do it?
Options- A. 360
- B. 780
- C. 720
- D. 240
- Correct Answer
- 720
ExplanationWe have to arrange 6 books.
The number of permutations of n objects is n! = n. (n ? 1) . (n ? 2) ... 2.1
Here n = 6 and therefore, number of permutations is 6.5.4.3.2.1 = 720
- 1. A,B,C,D,E,F,G and H are sitting around a circular table facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. G sits third to the right of C. E is second to the right of G and 4th to the right of H. B is fourth to the right of C. D is not an immediate neighbour of E. A and C are immediate neighbours. Which of the following is/are correct ?
Options- A. F is third to the left of B
- B. F is second to the right of B
- C. B is an immediate neighbour of D
- D. All of the above Discuss
- 2. How many such pair of letters are there in the word ?TROUBLED? which have as many letters between them in the word as they have between them in the English alphabet?
Options- A. 2
- B. 3
- C. 4
- D. 5 Discuss
- 3. What is the value of 100P2 ?
Options- A. 10000
- B. 9900
- C. 8900
- D. 7900 Discuss
- 4. In how many different ways the letters of the word 'TRANSFORMER' can be arranged such that 'N' and 'S' always come together?
Options- A. 112420
- B. 85120
- C. 40320
- D. 1209600 Discuss
- 5. In a group of 6 boys and 4 girls, four children are to be selected. In how many different ways can they be selected such that at least one boy should be there ?
Options- A. 205
- B. 194
- C. 209
- D. 159 Discuss
- 6. Compute the sum of 4 digit numbers which can be formed with the four digits 1,3,5,7, if each digit is used only once in each arrangement.
Options- A. 105555
- B. 106665
- C. 106656
- D. 108333 Discuss
- 7. If repetition of the digits is allowed, then the number of even natural numbers having three digits is :
Options- A. 550
- B. 450
- C. 500
- D. 540 Discuss
- 8. In how many different ways can the letters of the word 'THERAPY' be arranged so that the vowels never come together?
Options- A. 1440
- B. 720
- C. 2250
- D. 3600 Discuss
- 9. In how many ways the letters of the word NUMERICAL can be arranged so that the consonants always occupy the even places ?
Options- A. 5!
- B. 6!
- C. 4!
- D. Can't determine Discuss
- 10. 5 men and 4 women are to be seated in a row so that the women occupy the even places . How many such arrangements are possible?
Options- A. 2880
- B. 1440
- C. 720
- D. 2020 Discuss
Permutation and Combination problems
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Correct Answer: F is second to the right of B
Correct Answer: 2
Correct Answer: 9900
Explanation:
Here in 100P2, P says that permutations and is defined as in how many ways 2 objects can be selected from 100 and can be arranged.
That can be done as,
= 100!/(100 - 2)!
= 100 x 99 x 98!/98!
= 100 x 99
= 9900.
Correct Answer: 1209600
Explanation:
Given word is TRANSFORMER.
Number of letters in the given word = 11 (3 R's)
Required, number of ways the letters of the word 'TRANSFORMER' can be arranged such that 'N' and 'S' always come together is
10! x 2!/3!
= 3628800 x 2/6
= 1209600
Correct Answer: 209
Explanation:
We may have (1 boy and 3 girls)or(2boys and 2 girls)or(3 boys and 1 girl)or(4 boys).
Required number of ways = (
) +
+ (
) + (
)
= (24+90+80+15)
= 209.
Correct Answer: 106656
Explanation:
The number of arrangements of 4 different digits taken 4 at a time is given by = 4! = 24.All the four digits will occur equal number of times at each of the position,namely ones,tens,hundreds,thousands.
Thus,each digit will occur 24/4 = 6 times in each of the position.The sum of digits in one's position will be 6 x (1+3+5+7) = 96.Similar is the case in ten's,hundred's and thousand's places.
Therefore,the sum will be 96 + 96 x 10 + 96 x 100 + 96 x 100 = 106656
Correct Answer: 450
Explanation:
In a 3 digit number one?s place can be filled in 5 different ways with (0,2,4,6,8)
10?s place can be filled in 10 different ways
100?s place can be filled in 9 different ways
There fore total number of ways = 5X10X9 = 450
Correct Answer: 3600
Explanation:
Given word is THERAPY.
Number of letters in the given word = 7
These 7 letters can be arranged in 7! ways.
Number of vowels in the given word = 2 (E, A)
The number of ways of arrangement in which vowels come together is 6! x 2! ways
Hence, the required number of ways can the letters of the word 'THERAPY' be arranged so that the vowels never come together = 7! - (6! x 2!) ways = 5040 - 1440 = 3600 ways.
Correct Answer: Can't determine
Explanation:
NUMERICAL has 9 positions in which 2, 4, 6, 8 are even positions.
And it contains 5 consonents i.e, N, M, R, C & L. Hence this cannot be done as 5 letters cannot be placed in 4 positions.
Therefore, Can't be determined.
Correct Answer: 2880
Explanation:
There are total 9 places out of which 4 are even and rest 5 places are odd.
4 women can be arranged at 4 even places in 4! ways.
and 5 men can be placed in remaining 5 places in 5! ways.
Hence, the required number of permutations = 4! x 5! = 24 x 120 = 2880
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