If , then
3
2
1
0
(2)
;
is equal to
(2)
How many different words can be formed by jumbling the letters in the word MISSISSIPPI in which no two S are adjacent?
(1)
Leaving S, we have 7 letters
Ways of arranging them
And four S can be put in 8 places in ways.
Therefore, the required number of ways is
A man has 6 friends. No. of different ways he can invite 2 or more for a dinner is
56
72
28
57
(4)
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)
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)
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.
(2)
52 cards are divided into 3 equal sets (each containing 17 cards) and 1 set (containing only one card), represented as
How many numbers greater than 10,00,000 can be formed from 2, 3, 0, 3, 4, 2, 3?
420
360
400
300
(2)
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
Let's count backwards.
The word is SMLAL
word is SMALL
The sum is equal to
(2)
We have,
.................................................
The number of ways in which the letters of the word ARRANGE can be permuted such that the R's occur together is
(3)
Required number of ways =
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.....
CH.....
CI.....
CN.....
COCHIN
No. of words before COCHIN =
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
____ ____ ____ ____
(ii) Words starting with N
____ ____ ____ ____
(iii) Words starting with QE
____ ____ ____
(iv) Words starting with QN
____ ____ ____
(v) Word QUEEN = 1
So, according to the English dictionary, the word QUEEN will be at position.
The number of ways in which 5 boys and 3 girls can be seated on a round table if a particular boy and a particular girl never sit adjacent to each other, is
(2)
The number of words that can be formed by using all the letters of the word PROBLEM only once is
(3)
Number of words that can be formed by using all 7 letters of the word PROBLEM only once is .
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 .
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 = = 120
Total words starting from H = = 120
Total words starting from ME = = 24
Total words starting from MH = = 24
Total words starting from MOE = = 6
Total words starting from MOH = = 6
Total words starting from MOR = = 6
Total words starting from MOTE = = 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
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.
Number of 3-digit numbers which are even
But this includes even numbers with 0 at the hundreds place.
Number of such numbers
Required number of 3-digit even numbers
The digit in the unit's place of the number is
3
0
1
7
(1)
Unit's place digit of the given number
= Unit's place digit of (As from , unit's place digit = 0)
= Unit's place digit of (1 + 2 + 6 + 24)
= Unit's place digit of 33 = 3
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)
Case-I:
= 2, = 0, = 2, can take values 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 so 5 numbers
= 2, = 0, can take values 3, 4, 6, 7, d has 6 choices so 24 numbers
Case-II:
= 2, can take values 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and have 6 choices each so 5 × 6 × 6 = 180 numbers
Case-III:
= 3, , , each has 6 choices so 1 × = 216 numbers
Case-IV:
= 4, = 0, 2, 3, 4, and have 6 choices each so 4 × = 144 numbers
The total number of 4 digit integers
= 5 + 24 + 180 + 216 + 144
= 569
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 = = 120
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
Number of ways of arranging vowels
Number of ways of arranging consonants
Required number of ways
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 = = 120
If we fix G _ _ _ _ _
Number of words starting with G = = 120
If we fix N A _ _ _ _
Number of words starting with NA = = 24
If we fix N G _ _ _ _
Number of words starting with NG = = 24
If we fix N P _ _ _ _
Number of words starting with NP = = 24
Next word, i.e., 313th word in dictionary will be NRAGPU,
314th word will be NRAGUP,
315th word will be NRAPGU.
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 ways.
Also, 3 Mathematics books can be arranged in ways.
Required number of ways =
A polygon has 44 diagonals. The number of its sides are
9
8
11
7
(3)
The value of is equal to
1240
560
1085
680
(4)
We have,
If , then satisfies the equation
(3)
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
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 ways and 2 out of 4 vowels can be chosen in ways.
Total no. of words that can be formed
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
Case II: Selecting 3 men and 2 ladies
Required ways
Total number of ways