Permutations and Combinations
All the letters of the word MOTHER are arranged in all possible ways and the resulting words (may or may not have meaning) are arranged as in the dictionary. The number of words that appear after the word MOTHER is
309
310
410
411
The number of positive integral solution of $\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}=\frac{1}{2025}$ is
105
45
135
25
The number of positive integral solutions of $x y z=60$ is
${ }^{59} \mathrm{C}_2$
${ }^4 \mathrm{C}_2 \times{ }^3 \mathrm{C}_2 \times{ }^3 \mathrm{C}_2$
${ }^4 \mathrm{C}_3$
${ }^3 \mathrm{C}_1 \times{ }^4 \mathrm{C}_0 \times{ }^4 \mathrm{C}_4$
5 boys and 5 girls have to sit around a table. The number of ways in which all of them can sit so that no two boys and no two girls are together is
14400
2880
576
625
All possible words (with or without meaning) the contain the word 'GENTLE' are formed using all the letters of the word 'INTELLIGENCE'. Then, the number of words in which the word 'GENTLE' appears among the first nine positions only is
1440
5040
2520
720
$ { }^{20} P_5-{ }^{19} P_5= $
${ }^{19} P_4$
$4\left({ }^{19} P_4\right)$
$5!(646)$
$6!(646)$
If all the letters of the word ACADEMICIAN are permuted in all possible ways, then the number of permutations in which no two $A^{\prime} s$ are together and all the consonants are together is
7200
14400
3600
1800
The number of all possible three letter words that can be formed by choosing three letters from the letters of the word FEBRUARY so that a vowel always occupies the middle place is
90
93
126
129
The number of ways in which 6 boys and 4 girls can be arranged in a row such that between any two girls there must be exactly 2 boys is
$6!5!$
(72)6!
$(144) 5$ !
$4!7!$
There are 15 stations on a train route and the train has to be stopped at exactly 5 stations among these 15 stations. If it stops at atleast two consecutive stations, then the number of ways in which the train can be stopped is
${ }^{11} \mathrm{C}_5$
${ }^{15} \mathrm{C}_5$
${ }^{15} \mathrm{C}_5-{ }^{11} \mathrm{C}_5$
${ }^{15} \mathrm{C}_{10}-{ }^9 \mathrm{C}_5$
Number of all possible ways of distributing eight identical apples among three persons is
45
42
39
36
Number of all possible words (with or without meaning) that can be formed using all the letters of the word CABINET in which neither the word CAB nor the word NET appear is
5040
4806
4800
5034
The number of non-negative integral solutions of the equation $x+y+z+t=10$ when $x \geq 2, z \geq 5$ is
80
20
50
10
The number of integers lying between 1000 and 10000 such that the sum of all the digits in each of those numbers becomes 30 is
84
96
45
75
If all the letters of the word MOST are permuted and the words (with or without meaning) thus obtained are arranged in the dictionary order, then the rank of the words STOM when counted from the rank of the word MOST, is
24
21
12
18
A student has to answer a multiple-choice question having 5 alternatives in which two or more than two alternatives are correct. Then, the number of ways in which the student can answer that question is
31
30
27
26
2300
2260
2160
2230
If all the letters of the word 'HANDLE' are permuted in all possible ways and the words (with or without meaning) thus formed are arranged in dictionary order, then the rank of the word 'HELAND' is
420
422
456
475
The number of odd numbers greater than 600000 that can be formed by using the digits $3,6,7,8,9,0$ without repetition is
480
240
288
500
There are three sections in a question paper, each section containing 4 questions. If a candidate has to answer only 5 questions from this paper without leaving any section, then the number of ways in which a candidate can make the choice of questions is
624
704
384
432
The number of ways in which 6 men and 4 women can be seated around a table, so that a particular man and a particular woman never sit adjacent to each other is
9 !
$7 \times 8$ !
$8 \times 8$ !
$6 \times 7$ !
The number of diagonals of a polygon is 35 . If $A$ and $B$ are two distinct vertices of this polygon, then the number of all those triangles formed by joining three vertices of the polygon having $A B$ as one of its sides is
1
8
10
12
There are 10 points in a plane, of which no three points are collinear except 4. Then, the number of distinct triangles that can be formed by joining any three points of these ten points, such that at least one of the vertices of every triangle formed is from the given 4 collinear points is
80
100
96
116
A student is asked to answer 10 out of 13 questions in an examination such that he must answer atleast four questions from the first five questions. Then, the total number of possible choices available to him is
286
196
186
176
All the letters of the word 'INDEED' are taken and permuted in all possible ways to form distinct 6 letter strings (words with or without meaning). If they are listed in dictionary order, then the rank position of the string 'NIDDEE' is
349
325
163
175
All possible 5-digit numbers each having 5 distinct digits are formed using the digits $1,2,3,5,6,8$. Among them, the number of numbers which are divisible by 3 but not by 6 is
120
72
48
240
The total number of ways of forming a committee of 5 members out of 7 Indians, 6 Americans, 5 Russians and 4 Australians, so that every committee contains atleast one member from each country is
3360
6720
7200
7560
If $n, r$ are two positive integers such that $1 \leq r
${ }^{n+2} P_{r+2}$
${ }^{n+2} P_{r+1}$
$(n+1)$ !
${ }^{n+1} P_{r+1}$
The number of ways in which $n$ boys and $n$ girls can be arranged in a row such that all the boys are together and all the girls are also together is equal to
the number of ways in which $n$ boys and $n$ girls can be arranged in a row.
the number of ways in which $n$ boys and $n$ girls can be arranged in a row such that all the girls are together.
the number of ways in which $n$ boys and $n$ girls can be arranged in a row such that no two girls are together.
the number of ways in which $n$ boys and $n$ girls can be arranged in a row such that no two girls are together and no two boys are together.
Among the positive divisors of the number 12600 , if $n_1$ is the number of divisors which are multiples of 3 and $n_2$ is the number of divisors which are multiples of 14 , then $n_1+n_2=$
75
57
51
33
All the letters of the word 'MOTHER' are written in all possible ways and the strings of letters (with or without meaning), so formed are written as in a dictionary order. Then, the position of the word 'THROEM' is
A student is allowed to select at most $n$ books from a collection of ( $2 n+1$ ) books. If the total number of ways in which he can select at least one book is 255 , then the value of $n$ is
$⇒ Number of ways to arrange 5 boys and 5 girls in a circle, so that no two boys and no two girls are together





