Topic Question Set


Q 31 :

If  1Cn4=1Cn5+1Cn6, then n=

  • 3

     

  • 2

     

  • 1

     

  • 0

     

(2)

1Cn4=1Cn5+1Cn6;  1Cn4=Cn6+Cn5Cn5Cn6

Cn5Cn6=Cn4[Cn6+Cn5]

5!6!(5-n)!(6-n)!(n!)2=4!(4-n)!n![Cn6+Cn5]

5·6(5-n)(6-n)=66-n+1=12-n6-n

(5-n)(12-n)=30n2-17n+60=30

n2-17n+30=0

  n=15, 2                       [15 is not possible ( n4)]

  n=2



Q 32 :

Pn2n  is equal to

  • (n+1)!×(Cn2n)

     

  • n!×(Cn2n)

     

  • n!×(Cn2n+1)

     

  • n!×(Cn+12n+1)

     

(2)

Pn2n=(2n)!n!=n!×(2n)!n!n!=n!×Cn2n



Q 33 :

How many different words can be formed by jumbling the letters in the word MISSISSIPPI in which no two S are adjacent?

  • 7·C46·C48

     

  • 8·C46·C47

     

  • 6·7·C48

     

  • 6·8·C47

     

(1)

Leaving S, we have 7 letters M, I, I, I, P, P, I

Ways of arranging them =7!2!4!=7·5·3

And four S can be put in 8 places in C48 ways.

Therefore, the required number of ways is =7·5·3·C48=7·C46·C48



Q 34 :

A man has 6 friends. No. of different ways he can invite 2 or more for a dinner is

  • 56

     

  • 72

     

  • 28

     

  • 57

     

(4)

Required number=C26+C36+C46+C56+C66

                                  =15+20+15+6+1=57



Q 35 :

A box contains 2 white balls, 3 black balls and 4 red balls. In how many ways can 3 balls be drawn from the box, if at least one black ball is to be included in the draw?

  • 64

     

  • 24

     

  • 3

     

  • 12

     

(1)

In order to draw 3 balls, six cases arise:

CaseNumber of ways1 black, 1 white, 1 redC13×C12×C14=241 black, 2 white, 0 redC13×C22×C04=31 black, 0 white, 2 redC13×C02×C24=182 black, 0 white, 1 redC23×C02×C14=122 black, 1 white, 0 redC23×C12×C04=63 black, 0 white, 0 redC33×C02×C04=1

    Total number of ways=64



Q 36 :

Out of thirty points in a plane, eight of them are collinear. The number of straight lines that can be formed by joining these points is

  • 540

     

  • 408

     

  • 348

     

  • 296

     

(2)

C230-C28+1=30×292-8×72+1=408



Q 37 :

Find the number of ways in which 52 cards can be divided into 4 sets, three of them having 17 cards each and the fourth one having just one card.

  • 52!(17!)3

     

  • 52!(17!)3 3!

     

  • 51!(17!)3

     

  • 51!(17!)3 3!

     

(2)

52 cards are divided into 3 equal sets (each containing 17 cards) and 1 set (containing only one card), represented as

52!17!17!17!3!1!=52!(17!)33!



Q 38 :

How many numbers greater than 10,00,000 can be formed from 2, 3, 0, 3, 4, 2, 3?

  • 420

     

  • 360

     

  • 400

     

  • 300

     

(2)

Number of numbers formed=6×6!2!×3!=360



Q 39 :

If all the words (with or without meaning) having five letters, formed using the letters of the word SMALL and arranged as in a dictionary, then the position of the word SMALL is

  • 46th

     

  • 59th

     

  • 52nd

     

  • 58th

     

(4)

The number of words in all formed by using the letters of the word SMALL =5!2!=60

Let's count backwards.

The 59th word is SMLAL

  58th word is SMALL



Q 40 :

The sum r=110(r2+1)×(r!) is equal to

  • 11×(11!)

     

  • 10×(11!)

     

  • (11!)

     

  • 101×(10!)

     

(2)

We have,

Tr=(r2+1+r-r)r!=(r2+r)r!-(r-1)r!

  Tr=r(r+1)!-(r-1)r!

  T1=1·2!-0

         T2=2·3!-1·2!

         T3=3·4!-2·3!

.................................................

        T10=10·11!-9·10!

  r=110(r2+1)r!=10·11!



Q 41 :

The number of ways in which the letters of the word ARRANGE can be permuted such that the R's occur together is

  • 7!2!2!

     

  • 7!2!

     

  • 6!2!

     

  • 5!×2!

     

(3)

Required number of ways = 6!2!



Q 42 :

The letters of the word COCHIN are permuted and all permutations are arranged in alphabetical order as in an English dictionary. The number of words that appear before the word COCHIN is

  • 96

     

  • 48

     

  • 183

     

  • 267

     

(1)

Arranging in alphabetical order → C, C, H, I, N, O

CC.....  4!

CH.....  4!

CI.....  4!

CN.....  4!

COCHIN  1

  No. of words before COCHIN = 4!+4!+4!+4!=96



Q 43 :

If all the words, with or without meaning, are written using the letters of the word QUEEN and are arranged as in English dictionary, then the position of the word QUEEN is

  • 47th

     

  • 44th

     

  • 45th

     

  • 46th

     

(4)

We have  E, E, N, Q, U

According to the English dictionary,

(i)    Words starting with E

       E ____  ____  ____  ____ =4!=24

(ii)   Words starting with N

       N ____  ____  ____  ____ =4!2!=12

(iii)   Words starting with QE

        QE ____  ____  ____  =3!=6

(iv)   Words starting with QN

        QN ____  ____  ____ =3!2!=3

(v)    Word QUEEN = 1

So, according to the English dictionary, the word QUEEN will be at (24+12+6+3+1)th=46th position.



Q 44 :

The number of ways in which 5 boys and 3 girls can be seated on a round table if a particular boy B1 and a particular girl G1 never sit adjacent to each other, is

  • 7!

     

  • 5×6!

     

  • 6×6!

     

  • 5×7!

     

(2)

Required number of ways=7!-6!×2

                                                  =7×6!-6!×2=5×6!



Q 45 :

The number of words that can be formed by using all the letters of the word PROBLEM only once is

  • 5!

     

  • 6!

     

  • 7!

     

  • 8!

     

(3)

Number of words that can be formed by using all 7 letters of the word PROBLEM only once is 7!.



Q 46 :

The possible number of arrangements starting with K of the word KALINGA is

  • 300

     

  • 330

     

  • 360

     

  • 390

     

(3)

Let us fix K at the extreme left position, then we count the arrangements of the remaining 6 letters with A occurring twice.

   The required number of words starting with K are 6!2!=360.



Q 47 :

If the letters of the word 'MOTHER' be permuted and all the words so formed (with or without meaning) be listed as in a dictionary, then the position of the word 'MOTHER' is ________.



(309)

Total words starting from E = 5! = 120

Total words starting from H = 5! = 120

Total words starting from ME = 4! = 24

Total words starting from MH = 4! = 24

Total words starting from MOE = 3! = 6

Total words starting from MOH = 3! = 6

Total words starting from MOR = 3! = 6

Total words starting from MOTE = 2! = 2

and next word is MOTHER

  Position of the word 'MOTHER' is

= 120 + 120 + 24 + 24 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 2 + 1

= 240 + 48 + 18 + 3

= 309



Q 48 :

The number of three-digit even numbers, formed by the digits 0, 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 if the repetition of digits is not allowed, is ________.



(52)

The units place must be either 0, 4 or 6 for the number to be even.

                    453No. of ways

Number of 3-digit numbers which are even 

=4×5×3=60

But this includes even numbers with 0 at the hundreds place.

Number of such numbers =2×4=8

    Required number of 3-digit even numbers =60-8 =52



Q 49 :

The digit in the unit's place of the number  1!+2!+3!+.....+99!  is

  • 3

     

  • 0

     

  • 1

     

  • 7

     

(1)

Unit's place digit of the given number

= Unit's place digit of (1!+2!+3!+4!)+0                   (As from 5!, unit's place digit = 0)

= Unit's place digit of (1 + 2 + 6 + 24)

= Unit's place digit of 33 = 3



Q 50 :

The number of 4-digit integers in the closed interval [2022, 4482] formed by using the digits 0, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 is ________.



(569)

a           b           c           d

Case-I:

a = 2, b = 0, c = 2, d can take values 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 so 5 numbers

a = 2, b = 0, c can take values 3, 4, 6, 7, d has 6 choices so 24 numbers

Case-II:

a = 2, b can take values 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, c and d have 6 choices each so 5 × 6 × 6 = 180 numbers

Case-III:

a = 3, b, c, d each has 6 choices so 1 × 63 = 216 numbers

Case-IV:

a = 4, b = 0, 2, 3, 4, c and d have 6 choices each so 4 × 62 = 144 numbers

The total number of 4 digit integers

= 5 + 24 + 180 + 216 + 144

= 569



Q 51 :

The number of arrangements containing all the seven letters of the word ALRIGHT that begins with LG is

  • 720

     

  • 120

     

  • 600

     

  • 540

     

(2)

Required number of ways = 5! = 120



Q 52 :

The number of ways in which the letters of the word MACHINE can be arranged such that the vowels may occupy only odd positions is

  • 288

     

  • 1152

     

  • 625

     

  • 576

     

(4)

Total letters in the word MACHINE = 7

Number of vowels =3, i.e., A, I, E

Number of ways of arranging vowels =P34=4×3×2=24

Number of ways of arranging consonants =P44=4!=24

  Required number of ways =24×24=576



Q 53 :

If all the words with or without meaning made using all the letters of the word "NAGPUR" are arranged as in a dictionary, then the word at 315th position in this arrangement is

  • NRAPGU

     

  • NRAGPU

     

  • NRAPUG

     

  • NRAGUP

     

(1)

Letters in the word NAGPUR = 6

If we fix A _ _ _ _ _

Number of words starting with A = 5! = 120

If we fix G _ _ _ _ _

Number of words starting with G = 5! = 120

If we fix N A _ _ _ _

Number of words starting with NA = 4! = 24

If we fix N G _ _ _ _

Number of words starting with NG = 4! = 24

If we fix N P _ _ _ _

Number of words starting with NP = 4! = 24

Next word, i.e., 313th word in dictionary will be NRAGPU,

314th word will be NRAGUP,

315th word will be NRAPGU.



Q 54 :

There are 3 different mathematics books and 4 different physics books on a shelf. Then the number of ways these books can be arranged so that the mathematics books are together is

  • 144

     

  • 120

     

  • 520

     

  • 720

     

(4)

Taking all 3 Mathematics books as a single unit and 4 different Physics books as 4 different units, we have 5 units which can be arranged in 5! ways.

Also, 3 Mathematics books can be arranged in 3! ways.

  Required number of ways = 5!×3!=120×6=720



Q 55 :

A polygon has 44 diagonals. The number of its sides are

  • 9

     

  • 8

     

  • 11

     

  • 7

     

(3)

Number of sides=n

Number of vertices=n

Number of diagonals=C2n-n

  44=C2n-nn(n-1)2-n=44

  n2-3n-88=0

  n=11                        ( n cannot be negative)



Q 56 :

The value of  r=115r2(Cr15Cr-115) is equal to

  • 1240

     

  • 560

     

  • 1085

     

  • 680

     

(4)

We have,

Cr15Cr-115=15!r!(15-r)!×(r-1)!(15-r+1)!15!=16-rr

   r=115r2(Cr15Cr-115)=r=115r2(16-rr)=r=115(16r-r2)

=16×15×162-15×16×316=680



Q 57 :

If  C6n+2P2n-2=11, then n satisfies the equation

  • n2-n-110=0

     

  • n2+2n-80=0

     

  • n2+3n-108=0

     

  • n2+5n-84=0

     

(3)

We have,   C6n+2P2n-2=11

  (n+2)(n+1)n(n-1)6·5·4·3·2·1=11

  (n+2)(n+1)n(n-1)=11·10·9·8n=9

Now, n=9 satisfies only n2+3n-108=0



Q 58 :

A password is set with 3 distinct letters from the word LOGARITHMS. How many such passwords can be formed?

  • 90

     

  • 720

     

  • 80

     

  • 72

     

(2)

Required number of passwords formed =C310×3!=720



Q 59 :

Out of 7 consonants and 4 vowels, words are formed each having 3 consonants and 2 vowels. The number of such words that can be formed is:

  • 210

     

  • 25200

     

  • 2520

     

  • 302400

     

(2)

3 out of 7 consonants can be chosen in C37 ways and 2 out of 4 vowels can be chosen in C24 ways.

    Total no. of words that can be formed =C37×C24×5!

                                                                                 =25200



Q 60 :

From 4 men and 6 ladies, a committee of five is to be selected. The number of ways in which the committee can be formed so that men are in majority is:

  • 68

     

  • 156

     

  • 60

     

  • 66

     

(4)

Number of men = 4

Number of ladies = 6

Committee of 5 such that men are in majority can be formed in the following ways.

Case I:  Selecting 4 men and 1 lady

Required ways =C44×C16=1×6=6

Case II:  Selecting 3 men and 2 ladies

Required ways =C34×C26=4×15=60

  Total number of ways =6+60=66