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1. If nPr = 720 nCr, then the value of r is
(a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 7
2. The value of
n
r
rn
r
P
1!
is
(a) 2n (b) nn -1 (c) 2n-1 (d) 2n +1
3. If 12Pr = 11P6+6.
11P5 then r is equal to (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) none of these
4. If n-1C3 + n-1C4>
nC3, then
(a) n4 (b) n>5 (c) n>7 (d) none of these 5. nCr+2
nCr-1+nCr-2 is equal to
(a) n+1Cr (b) nCr+1 (c)
n-1Cr+1 (d) none of these
6. If 2 n+1 Pn-1: 2 n-1 Pn = 3:5, then n is equal to
(a) 6 (b) 6 (c) 3 (d) 8
7. If 35Cn+7=35C4 n-2, then all the values of n are given by
(a) 28 (b) 3, 6 (c) 3 (d) 6
8. If nCr-1 =36, nCr = 84 and
nCr+1 = 126, then (a) n=8, r=4(b) n=9, r=3 (c) n=7, r=5 (d) none
of these
9. If n-1C6+n-1C7>
nC6, then
(a) n>4 (b) n>12 (c) n13 (d) n>13 10. Which of the
following is incorrect?
(a) nCr=nCn-r (b)
nCr=n-1Cr+
nCn-r (c)nCr=
n-1Cr+n-1Cr-1 (d)r!
nCr=nPr
11. If 56Cr+6:54Pr+3=30800:1, then the value of r is
(a) 40 (b) 41 (c) 42 (d) none of these
12.
m
r
nrn C
0
is equal to
(a) n+m+1Cn+1 (b) n+m+2Cn (c)
n+m+3Cn-1 (d) none of these 13. Ever body in a room shakes hands
with every body else. The total number of hand shakes
is 66. The total number of persons in the room is (a) 11 (b) 12
(c) 13 (d) 14
14. On the occasion of Dipawli festival each student of a class
sends greeting cards to the
other. If there are 20 students in the class, then the total
number of greeting cards exchanged by the students is
(a) 20C2 (b)2.20C2 (c) 2.
20P2 (d) none of these 15. If n+2C8:
n-2P4=57:16, then the value of n is (a) 20 (b) 19 (c) 18 (d)
17
16. The exponent of 3 in 100 ! is
(a) 33 (b) 44 (c) 48 (d) 52 17. Ten different letters of an
alphabet are given. Words with five letters are formed from
these given letters. Then the number of words which have at
least one letter repeated is
(a) 69760 (b) 3240 (c) 999748 (d) none of these 18. If 7 points
out of 12 are in the same straight line, then the number of
triangles formed is
(a) 19 (b) 158 (c) 185 (d) 201 19. A polygon has 44 diagonals,
the number of its sides is
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(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 11 (d) 12
20. A polygon has 170 diagonals. How many sides will it have?
(a) 12 (b) 17 (c) 20 (d) 25
21. The number of all possible selections of one or more
questions from 10 given questions, each question having an
alternative is (a) 310 (b) 210-1 (c) 310-1 (d) 210
22. The number of ways of painting the faces of a cube with six
different colours is (a) 1 (b) 6 (c)6! (d) none of these
23. A box contains two white balls, three black balls and four
red balls. In how many ways can three balls be drawn from the box
if at least one black ball is to be included in the draw? (a) 129
(b) 84 (c) 64 (d) none of these
24. The number of different permutations of the word BANANA is
(a) 720 (b) 60 (c) 120 (d) 360
25. A person wishes to make up as many different arties as he
can out of his 20 friends such that each party consists of the same
number of persons. The number of friends he should invite at a time
is
(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 8 (d) none of these 26. The number of ways in
which 8 different flowers can be strung to form a garland so that
4
particular flowers are never separated is
(a) 4!.4! (b) !4
!8 (c) 288 (d)none of these
27. The total number of words which can be formed out of the
letters a, b, c, d, e, f taken 3
together, such that each word contains at least one vowel, is
(a) 72 (b) 48 (c) 96 (d)none of these
28. The smallest value of x satisfying the inequality
10Cx-1>2. 10Cx is
(a) 7 (b) 10 (c) 9 (d) 8 29. The number of arrangements which
can be made using all the letters of the word LAUGH,
if the vowels are adjacent, is (a) 10 (b) 24 (c) 48 (d) 120
30. The number of ways of choosing a committee of 4 women and 5
men from 10 women and 9 men, if Mr. A refuses to serve on the
committee if Ms. B is a member of the committee, cannot exceed
(a) 20580 (b) 21000 (c) 21580 (d) 22000 31. If all permutations
of the letters of the word AGAIN are arranged as in dictionary,
then
fiftieth word is (a) NAAGI (b) NAGAI (c) NAAIG (d) NAIAG
32. The number of ways in which any four letters can be selected
from the word „CORGOO‟ is (a) 15 (b) 11 (c) 7 (d) none of these
33. A five digit number divisible b 3 is to be formed using the
numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, without repetition. The total number
of ways this can be done is (a) 216 (b) 240 (c) 600 (d) 3125
34. If 7 points out of 12 are in the same straight line, then
the number of triangles formed is (a) 19 (b) 158 (c) 185 (d)
201
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35. If a denotes the number of permutations of x+2 things taken
all at a time, b the number
of permutations of x things taken 11 at a time and c the number
of permutations of x-11 things taken all t a time such that a=182 b
c, then the value of x is
(a) 15 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) 18 36. There are 4 letters and 4
directed envelope. The number of ways in which all the letters
can be put in the wrong envelope is
(a) 8 (b) 9 (c) 16 (d) none of these 37. There are 5 letters and
5 directed envelopes. The number of ways in which all the
letters
can be put in wrong envelope is (a) 119 (b) 44 (c) 59 (d) 40
38. The number of ways of selecting 10 balls from unlimited
number of red, black, white and
green balls is (a) 286 (b) 84 (c) 715 (d) none of these
39. The total number of different combinations of letters which
can be made from the letters of the word MISSISSIPPI is (a) 150 (b)
148 (c) 149 (d) none of these
40. The total number of natural numbers of six digits that can
be made with digits 1, 2, 3, 4, if all digits are to appear in the
same number at least once, is
(a) 1560 (b) 840 (c) 1080 (d) 480 41. The total number of
seven-digit numbers the sum of whose digits is even is
(a) 9000000 (b) 4500000 (c) 8100000 (d) none of these
42. All possible four-digit numbers are formed using the digits
0, 1, 2, 3 so that no number has repeated digits. The number of
even numbers among them is
(a) 9 (b) 18 (c) 10 (d) none of these 43. If the permutations of
a, b, c, d, e taken all together be written down in alphabetical
order
as in dictionary and numbered, then the rank of the permutation
debac is
(a) 90 (b) 91 (c) 92 (d) 93 44. The number of natural numbers
smaller than 104, in the decimal notation of which all the
digits are different is (a) 5274 (b) 5225 (c) 4676 (d) none of
these
45. If eight persons are to address a meeting, then the number
of ways in which a specified
speaker is to speak before another specified speaker is (a) 2520
(b) 20160 (c) 40320 (d) none of these
46. The total number of proper divisors of 38808 is (a) 72 (b)
70 (c) 69 (d) 71
47. All possible two factors products are formed from the
numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, …, 200. The
number of factors out of the total obtained which are multiples
of 5 is (a) 5040 (b) 7180 (c) 8150 (d) none of these
48. In an examination there are three multiple choice questions
and each question has four choices. Number of sequences in which a
student can fail to get all answers correct is
(a) 11 (b) 15 (c) 80 (d) 63 49. The letters of the word RANDOM
are written in all possible orders and these words are
written out as in a dictionary then the rank of the word RANDOM
is
(a) 614 (b) 615 (c) 613 (d) 616
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50. The sum of all the numbers that can be formed with the
digits 2, 3, 4, 5 taken all at a
time is (a) 93324 (b) 66666 (c) 84844 (d) none of these
51. The sum of the digits in the unit place of all the numbers
formed with the help of 3, 4, 5, 6 taken all at a time is (a) 18
(b) 108 (c) 432 (d) none of these
52. If the letters of the word MOTHER are written in all
possible orders and these words are written out as in a dictionary,
then the rank of the word MOTHER is
(a) 240 (b) 261 (c) 308 (d) 309 53. The total number of numbers
greater than 1000, but not greater than 4000, that can be
formed with the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 when the repetition of
digits allowed is
(a) 375 (b) 374 (c) 376 (d) none of these 54. The number of ways
in which 5 picturers can be hung from 7 picture nails on the wall
is
(a) 75 (b) 57 (c) 2520 (d) none of these 55. The number of all
four digit numbers which are divisible by 4 that can be formed from
the
digits 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 is
(a) 125 (b) 30 (c) 95 (d) none of these 56. The number of all
five digit numbers which are divisible by 4 that can be formed from
the
digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 (without repetition) is (a)36 (b) 30 (c) 34
(d) none of these
57. The number of ways in which m+n (nm+1)different things can
be arranged in a row such
that no two of the n things may be together is
(a) !!
)!(
nm
nm (b) )!(
)!1!(
nm
mm
(c)
)!1(
)!!(
nm
mm (d) none of these
58. All possible two-factor products are formed from the numbers
1, 2, …, 100. The number of factors out of the total obtained which
are multiple of 3 is (a) 2211 (b) 4950 (c) 2739 (d) none of
these
59. m men and n women are to be seated in a row so that no two
women sit together. If m>n, then the number of ways in which
they can be seated is
(a))!(
!!
nm
nm
(b)
)!(
)!1!(
nnm
mm
(c)
)!1(
!!
nm
nm (d) none of these
60. The total number of ways in which six „+‟ and four „-„ signs
occur together is (a) 35 (b) 15 (c) 30 (d)none of these
61. If in a chess tournament each contestant plays once against
each of the others and in all 45 games are played, then the number
of participants is
(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d)none of these 62. A five digit number
divisible by 3 is to be formed using numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and
5
without repetition. The total number of ways this can be done is
(a)216 (b) 240 (c) 3125 (d) 600
63. A committee of 5 is to be formed from 9 ladies and 8 men. If
the committee commands a
lady majority, then the number of ways this can be done is (a)
2352 (b) 1008 (c) 3360 (d) 3486
64. The number of ordered triplets of positive integers which
are solutions of the equation x+y+z =100 is (a) 6005 (b) 4851 (c)
5081 (d)none of these
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65. The number of straight lines can be formed out of 10 points
of which 7 are collinear
(a) 26 (b) 21 (c) 25 (d)none of these 66. The number of ways in
which ten candidates A1, A2, … A10 can be ranked such that A1
is
always above A10 is
(a) 5! (b) 2(5!) (c) 10! (d) )!10(2
1
67. In Q. 66, the number of ways in which A1 and A2 are next to
each other is
(a) 9! (b) 2(9!) (c) )!9(2
1 (d)none of these
68. The total number of all proper factors of 75600 is (a) 120
(b) 119 (c) 118 (d)none of these
69. The total number of ways in which 11 identical apples can be
distributed among 6 children is
(a) 252 (b) 462 (c) 42 (d)none of these 70. The number of ways
in which a pack of 52 cards be divided equally amongst four
players
in order is
(a) 52C13 (b)52C4 (c) 4)(13!
52! (d)
!4)(13!
52!4
71. 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
(a)3)(17!
52! (b)
3!)(17!
52!3
(c)3)(17!
51! (d)
3!)(17!
51!3
72. The total number of ways of dividing 15 things into groups
of 8, 4 and 3 respectively is
(a)2)8!4!(3!
15! (b)
8!4!3!
15! (c)8!4!
15! (d) none of these
73. There are 3 copies each of 4 different books. The number of
ways in which they can be arranged in a shelf is
(a)4)(3!
12! (b)
3)(4!
12! (c)
!4)(3!
12!4
(d)!3)(4!
12!3
74. The number of ways in which 12 books can be put in 3
shelves, 4 on each, is
(a)3)(4!
12! (b)
3))(4!(3!
12! (c)
!4)(3!
12!3
(d) none of these
75. The total number of ways in which 12 persons can be divided
into three groups of 4 persons each is
(a)!4)(3!
12!3
(b)3)(4!
12! (c)
!3)(4!
12!3
(d)4)(3!
12!
76. The number of ways in which 12 balls can be divided between
two friends one receiving 8
and the other 4, is
(a)8!4!
12! (b)8!4!
12!2! (c)8!4!2!
12! (d) none of these
77. The total number of ways in which 2 n persons can be divided
into n couples is
(a) n!n!
2n! (b)n!n!
2n! (c)n)n!(2!
2n! (d) none of these
78. The total number of ways of selecting six coins out of 20
one rupee coins, 10 fifty paise
coins and 7 twenty five paise coins is (a) 28 (b) 56 (c) 37C6
(d) none of these
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79. The number of ways in which thirty five apples can be
distributed among 3 boys so that
each can have any numbers of apples, is (a) 1332 (b) 666 (c) 333
(d)none of these
80. A person goes in for an examination in which there are four
papers with a maximum of m marks from each paper. The number of
ways in which one can get 2m marks is
(a) 2m+3C3 (b)3
1 (m+1)(2 m2 + 4 m+1)
(c)3
1 (m+1)(2 m2 + 4 m+3) (d)none of these
81. m parallel lines in a plane are intersected by a family of n
parallel lines. The total number of parallelograms so formed is
(a) 4
)1)(1( nm (b) 4
mn (c)2
)1()1( nnmm (d)4
)1)(1( nmmn
82. In a plane there are 37 straight lines, of which 13 pass
through the point A and 11 pass throught the point B. Besides, no
three lines pass through one point, no line passes
through both points A and B, and no two are parallel. Then the
number of intersection points the lines have is equal to
(a) 535 (b) 601 (c) 728 (d)none of these 83. There were two
women participating in a chess tournament. Every participant played
two
games with the other participants. The number of games that the
men played between
themselves prloved to exceed by 66 the number of games that the
men played with the women. The number of participants is
(a) 6 (b) 11 (c) 13 (d)none of these 84. A parallelogram is cut
by two sets of m lines parallel to its sides. The number of
parallelograms thus formed is
(a) (mC2)2 (b) 221Cm (c)
2
22Cm (d)none of these
85. There are n straight lines in a plane, no two of which are
parallel, and no three pass
through the same point. Their points of intersection are joined.
Then the number of fresh lines thus obtained is
(a)8
)2)(1( nnn (b)6
)3)(2)(1( nnnn
(c)8
)3)(2)(1( nnnn (d) none of these
86. There are 18 points in a plane such that no three of them
are in the same line except five points which are collinear. The
number of triangles formed by these points is
(a) 805 (b) 806 (c) 816 (d)none of these 87. There are five
different green dyes, four different blue dyes and three different
red dyes.
The total number of combinations of dyes that can be chosen
taking at least one green and one blue dye is
(a) 3255 (b) 212 (c) 3720 (d)none of these 88. Eight chairs are
numbered 1 to 8. Two women and three men wish to occupy one
chair
each. First the women choose the chairs from amongst the chairs
marked 1 to 4; and
then the men select the chairs from amongst the remaining. The
numbers of possible arrangements is
(a) 4C3. 4C2 (b)
4C2. 4P3 (c)
4P2. 4P3 (d)none of these
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89. A student is allowed to select at most n books from a
collection of (2n+1) books. If the
total number of ways in which he can select a book is 63, then
the value of n is (a) 6 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d)none of these
90. In a steamer there are stalls for 12 animals and there are
cows, horses and calves (not less than 12 of each) ready to be
shipped; the total number of ways in which the shipload can be made
is
(a) 312 (b) 123 (c) 12P3 (d) 12C3 91. The number of numbers that
can be formed by using digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1 so that odd
digits always occupy odd places (a) 3!4! (b) 34 (c) 18 (d)
12
92. Number of ways in which Rs. 18 can be distributed amongst
four persons such that no
body receives less than Rs.4 is (a) 42 (b) 24 (c) 4! (d)none of
these
93. A box contains two white balls, three black balls and four
red balls. The number of ways in which three balls can be drawn
from the box, so that at least one of the ball is black is (a) 74
(b) 64 (c) 84 (d) 20
94. The number of ways in which four letters can be selected
from the word degree is
(a) 7 (b) 6 (c) !3
!6 (d)none of these
95. The total number of arrangements which can be made out of
the letters of the word „Algebra‟, without altering the relative
position of vowels and consonants is
(a)2!
7! (b)2!5!
7! (c) 4!3! (d)2
4!3!
96. The number of ways in which seven persons can be arranged at
a round table if two particular persons may not sit together is (a)
480 (b) 120 (c) 80 (d)none of these
97. The total number of ways in which 4 boys and 4 girls can
form a line, with boys and girls alternating, is
(a) (41)2 (b) 8! (c) 2(4!)2 (d) 4!.5P4 98. The number of
permutations of all the letters of the word „MISSISSIPPI‟ is
(a) 46504 (b) 34650 (c) 77880 (d)none of these
99. A code word consists of three letters of the English
alphabet followed by two digits of the decimal system. If neither
letter nor digit is repeated in any code word, then the total
number of code words is (a) 1404000 (b) 16848000 (c) 2808000
(d)none of these
100. The number of permutations of all the letters of the word
„EXERCISES‟ is
(a) 60480 (b) 30240 (c) 10080 (d)none of these 101. A father
with 8 children takes 3 at a time to the Zoological Gardens, as
often as he can
without taking the same 3 children together more than once. The
number of times he will go to the garden is
(a) 336 (b) 112 (c) 56 (d)none of these 102. A father with 8
children takes them 3 at a time to the Zoological Gardens, as often
as he
can without taking the same 3 children together more than once.
The number of times
each child will go to the garden is (a) 56 (b) 21 (c) 112
(d)none of these
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103. If the letters of the word LATE be permuted and the words
so formed be arranged as in a
dictionary. Then the rank of LATE is (a)12 (b) 13 (c) 14 (d)
15
104. The total number of ways of arranging the letters AAAA BBB
CC D E F in a row such that letters C are separated from one
another is (a) 2772000 (b) 1386000 (c) 4158000 (d)none of these
105. The sides AB, BC, CA of a triangle ABC have 3, 4 and 5
interior points respectively on them. The total number of triangles
that can be constructed by using these points as
vertices is (a) 220 (b) 204 (c) 205 (d) 195
106. There are four balls of different colours and four boxes of
colours, same as those of the
balls. The number of ways in which the balls, one each in a box,
could be placed such that a ball does not go to a box of its own
colour is
(a) 9 (b) 24 (c) 12 (d)none of these 107. The number of all the
possible selections which a student can make for answering one
or
more questions out of eight given questions in a paper, when
each question has an
alternative is (a) 256 (b) 6560 (c) 6561 (d)none of these
108. The greatest possible number of points of intersection of 8
straight lines and 4 circles is (a) 32 (b) 64 (c) 76 (d) 104
109. A lady gives a dinner party to 5 guests to be selected from
nine friends. The number of
ways of forming the party of 5, given that two of the friends
will not attend the party together is
(a) 56 (b) 126 (c) 91 (d)none of these 110. There are 10 lamps
in a hall. Each one of them can be switched on independently.
The
number of ways in which the hall can be illuminated is
(a) 102 (b) 1023 (c) 210 (d) 10! 111. The number of ways in
which four persons be seated at a round table, so that all shall
not
have the same neighbours in any two arrangements is (a) 24 (b) 6
(c) 3 (d) 4
112. At an election there are five candidates and three members
to be elected, and an elector
may vote for any number of candidates not greater than the
number to be elected. Then the number of ways in which an elector
may vote is
(a) 25 (b) 30 (c) 32 (d)none of these 113. There are n different
books and p copies of each. The number of ways in which a
selection
can be made from them is
(a) np (b) pn (c) (p+1)n-1 (d) (n+1)p -1
114. A library has a copies of one book, b copies of each of two
books, c copies of each of three books, and single copies of d
books. The total number of ways in which these books can
be distributed is
(a) !!!
)!(
cba
dcba (b)32 )!()!!(
)!32(
cba
dcba
(c)!!!
)!32(
cba
dcba (d)none of these
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115. The total number of arrangements of the letters in the
expression a3 b2 c4 when written at
full length is (a) 1260 (b) 2520 (c) 610 (d)none of these
116. The total number of selections of fruit which can be made
from 3 bananas, 4 apples and 2 oranges is (a) 39 (b) 315 (c) 512
(d)none of these
117. The total number of ways of dividing mn things into n equal
groups is
(a)!!
)!(
nm
mn (b)!)(
)!(
mn
mnm
(c)!)!(
)!!(
nm
nmn
(d)none of these
118. The total number of permutations of 4 letters that can be
made out of the letters of the word EXAMINATION is (a) 2454 (b)
2436 (c) 2545 (d)none of these
119. Seven women and seven men are to sit round a circular table
such that there is a man on either side of every women; the number
of seating arrangements is
(a) (7!)2 (b) (6!)2 (c) 6!7! (d) 7! 120. There are (n+1) white
and (n+1) black balls each set numbered 1 to n+1. The number of
ways in which the balls can be arranged in a row so that the
adjacent balls are of different
colours is
(a) (2n+2)! (b) (2n+2)!2 (c) (n+1)!2 (d) 2(n+1)!}2
121. 12 persons are to be arranged to a round table. If two
particular persons among them are not to be side by side, the total
number of arrangements is (a) 9(10!) (b) 2(10!) (c) 45(8!) (d)
10!
122. Ten different letters of an alphabet are given, words with
five letters are formed from these given letters. Then the number
of words which have at least one letter repeated is
(a) 69760 (b) 30240 (c) 99784 (d)none of these 123. The number
of ways in which a team of eleven players can be selected from 22
players
including 2 of them and excluding 4 of them is
(a) 16C11 (b) 16C5 (c)
16C9 (d) 20C9
124. In a football championship, 153 matches were played. Every
team played one match with
each other. The number of teams participating in the
championship is (a) 17 (b) 18 (c) 9 (d)none of these
125. How many numbers between 5000 and 10,000 can be formed
using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, each digit appearing not more than once in each
number?
(a) 58P3 (b) 58C8 (c) 5!
8P3 (d) 5!8C3
126. If x, y and r are positive integers, then xCr+xCr-1
yC1+xCr-2
yC2+…+ yCr =
(a) r!
y!x! (b) r!
y)!(x (c) x+yCR (d) xyCr
127. In how many ways can 5 red and 4 white balls be drawn from
a bag containing 10 red and
8 white balls
(a)8C3 10C4 (b)
10C5 8C4 (c)
18C9 (d)none of these 128. All the letters of the word „EAMCET‟
are arranged in all possible ways. The number of such
arrangements in which two vowels are adjacent to each other is
(a) 360 (b) 144 (c) 72 (d) 54.
129. There are 10 lamps in a hall. Each one of them can be
switched on independently. The number of ways in which the hall can
be illuminated is (a) 102 (b) 1023 (c) 210 (d) 10!
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130. How many 10 digits numbers can be written by using the
digits 1 and 2
(a) 10C1+9C2 (b) 2
10 (c) 10C2 (d) 10! 131. The straight lines I1, I2, I3 are
parallel and lie in the same plane. A total number of m
points are taken on I1; n points on I2, k points on I3. The
maximum number of triangles formed with vertices at these points
are (a) m+n+kC3 (b)
m+n+kC3-mC3-
nC-kC3 (c) mC3+
nC3+kC3 (d)none of these
132. The number of parallelograms that can be formed from a set
of four parallel lines intersecting another set of three parallel
lines is
(a) 6 (b) 18 (c) 12 (d) 9 133. The number of diagonals that can
be drawn by joining the vertices of an octagon is
(a) 28 (b) 48 (c) 20 (d)none of these
134. The sum of the digits in the unit place of all the numbers
formed with the help of 3, 4, 5, 6 taken all at a time is
(a) 432 (b) 108 (c) 36 (d) 18 135. In an examination there are
three multiple choice questions and each question has 4
choices. Number of ways in which a student can fail to get all
answers correct is
(a) 11 (b) 12 (c) 27 (d) 63 136. There are 10 points in a plane,
out of these 6 are collinear. The number of triangles
formed by joining these points is (a) 100 (b) 120 (c) 150
(d)none of these
137. Ramesh has 6 friends. In how many ways can he invite one or
more of them at a dinner?
(a) 61 (b) 62 (c) 63 (d) 64 138. Let Pm stand for
mPm. Then 1+P1 +2 P2+3 P3+… +n.Pn is equal to
(a)(n-1)! (b) n! (c) (n+1)! (d) none of these
139. For 1rn, the value of nCr+n-1Cr+
n-2Cr+…+rCr is
(a) nCn+1 (b) n+1Cr (c)
n+1Cr+1 (d) none of these
140. We are required to form different words with the help of
the word INTEGER. Let m1 be the number of words in which I and N
are never together and m2 be the number of words
which begin with I and end with R, then m1/m2 is equal to (a) 42
(b) 30 (c) 6 (d) 1/30
141. In a college examination, a candidate is required to answer
6 out of 10 questions which
are divided into two sections each containing 5 questions.
Further the candidate is not permitted to attempt more than 4
questions from either of the section. The number of
ways in which he can make up a choice of 6 questions, is (a) 200
(b) 150 (c) 50 (d) 50
142. If 20Cr =20Cr-10, then
18Cr r is equal to
(a) 4896 (b) 816 (c) 1632 (d) none of these 143. If 20Cr =
20Cr+4, then rC3 is equal to
(a) 54 (b) 56 (c) 58 (d) none of these
144. If 15C3r = 15Cr+3, then r is equal to
(a)5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2 145. If 20Cr+1 =
20Cr-1,then r is equal to
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 19 (d) 12
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146. If nPr =nPr+1, and
nCr = nCr-1,then
(a) n=4, r=2(b) n=3, r=2 (c) n=4, r=3 (d) n=5, r=2 147. If
2n+1Pn-1 :
2n-1Pn, = 3:5, then n is equal to
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7 148. If C (n, 12)= C (n, 8), then C(22,
n) is equal to
(a) 213 (b) 210 (c) 252 (d) 303
149. If mC1 = nC2, then
(a) 2 m=n (b) 2 m=n (n+1) (c) 2 m=n (n-1) (d) 2 n=m (m-1)
150. If nC12 = nC8, then n =
(a) 20 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 30
151. If ,4)(
2)( 22 CC aaaa then a =
(a) r (b) r-1 (c) n (d) r+1
152. If ,4)(
2)( 22 CC aaaa then a =
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) none of these
153. The number of permutations of n different things taking r
at a time when 3 particular things are to be included is
(a) n-3Pr-3 (b) n-3Pr (c)
nPr-3 (d) r! n-1Cr-3
154. 5C1 + 5C2 +
5C3 + 5C4 +
5C5 is equal to (a) 30 (b) 31 (c) 32 (d) 33
155. If nPr =720 and nCr =120, then r is equal to
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
156. Total number of words formed by 2 vowels and 3 consonants
taken from 4 vowels and 5 consonants is equal to (a) 60 (b) 120 (c)
7200 (d) none of these
157. There are 12 points in a plane. The number of the straight
lines joining any two of them when 3 of them are collinear, is
(a) 62 (b) 63 (c) 64 (d) 65 158. There persons enter a railway
compartment. If there are 5 seats vacant, in how many
ways can they take these seats?
(a) 60 (b) 20 (c) 15 (d) 125 159. The number of ways in which 10
persons can sit around a circular table so that none of
them has the same neighbours in any two arrangements, is
(a) 9! (b)2
1 (9!) (c) 10! (d) 2
1 (10!)
160. The number of words that can be formed out of the letters
of the word „COMMITTEE‟ is
(a) 3)(2!
9! (b)
2)(2!
9! (c)
2!
9! (d) 9!
161. In how many ways can a committee of 5 be made out of 6 men
and 4 women containing
at least one women? (a) 246 (b) 222 (c) 186 (d) none of
these
162. How many numbers greater than 10 lacs be formed from 2, 3,
0, 3, 4, 2, 3?
(a) 420 (b) 360 (c) 400 (d) 300
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163. In how many ways can 5 prizes be distributed among 4 boys
when every boy can take
one or more prizes? (a) 1024 (b) 325 (c) 120 (d) 600
164. The number of different signals which can be given from 6
flags of different colours taking one or more at a time, is (a)
1958 (b) 1956 (c) 16 (d) 64
165. There are 10 points in a plane and 4 of them are collinear.
The number of straight lines joining any two of them is
(a) 45 (b) 40 (c) 39 (d) 38 166. The sum of all 4-digit numbers
formed with the digits 1, 1, 4 and 6 is
(a) 86650 (b) 86658 (c) 86660 (d) none of these
167. There are 13 players of cricket, out of which 4 are
bowlers. In how many ways a team of eleven be selected from them so
as to include at least two bowlers?
(a) 72 (b) 78 (c) 42 (d) none of these 168. In how many ways can
5 boys and 5 girls be seated at a round table so that no two
girls
may be together?
(a) 5!5! (b) 5!4! (c) 2)!5(2
1 (d) )!4!5(2
1
169. The number of words from the letters of the word „BHARAT‟
in which B and H will never
come together, is (a) 360 (b) 240 (c) 120 (d) none of these
170. In how many ways can a pack of 52 cards be divided in 4
sets, three of them having 17
cards each and fourth just one card? (a) (b) (c) (d)
171. The number of ways in which 12 boys may be divided into
three groups of 4 boys each is (a) 34650 (b) 5775 (c) 11550 (d)
none of these
172. The number of ways in which 11 identical pencils can be
distributed among 6 kids, each
one receiving at least one is (a) 168 (b) 308 (c) 252 (d) none
of these
173. The number of ways in which 5 different gifts can be
distributed among 10 students, if each student can receive any
number of gifts is: (a) 252 (b) 105 (c) 510 (d) none of these
174. If the (n+1) numbers a, b, c, d … be all different and each
of them a prime number, then the number of different factors of am
b cd.. is
(a) m-2n (b) (m+1) 2n (c) (m+1) 2n -1 (d) none of these 175. The
number of dissimilar terms in the expansion of (x+y+z)n is
(a) 2
)1( nn (b) 2
)2)(1( nn (c) 2
)3)(2( nn (d) none of these
176. The number of ways in which we can pack 9 different books
into 5 parcels, if four of the parcels must contain 2 books each
is
(a) 870 (b) 945 (c) 960 (d) 976 177. A lady gives a dinner party
for five guests. The number of ways in which they may be
selected from among nine friends if two of the friends will not
attend the party together is
(a) 91 (b) 112 (c) 119 (d) none of these
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178. The number of six letter words that can be formed using the
letters of the word „ASSIST”
in which S‟s alternate with other letters is (a) 12 (b) 24 (c)
18 (d) none of these
179. The number of integral pairs (x, y) satisfying the equation
x4 + 2071 =3y4 is (a) 56 (b) 120 (c) 28 (d) 91
180. If C0+C1+C2 +…+Cn = 256, then 2nC2 is equal to
(a) 30 (b) 60 (c) 120 (d) 59 181. The number of arrangements of
the word “DELHI” in which E precedes I is
(a) 30 (b) 60 (c) 120 (d) 59 182. The number of positive
integral solutions of the equation x+y+z+w=16 is
(a) 15C3 (b) 16C3 (c)
17C3 (d)none of these
183. The number of 5 digit numbers, divisible by 4, and lying
between 20000 and 30000 and formed by using the digits 2, 3, 4, 7,
9 (repetitions allowed) is
(a) 100 (b) 125 (c) 150 (d) 75 184. The number of ways in which
a host lady can invite for a party of 8 out of 12 people of
whom two do not want to attend the party together is
(a) 211C7 + 10C8 (b)
10C8 + 11C7 (c)
12C8 - 10C6 (d) none of these
185. (n+1)C2 + 2(2C2 +
3C2 + 4C2 +…+
nC2)=
(a) 6
)2)(1( nnn (b) 2
)2)(1( nnn
(c) 6
)12)(1( nnn (d) none of these
186. The number of ways in which we can arrange n ladies and n
gentlemen at a round table
so that 2 ladies or 2 gentlemen may not sit next to one another
is (a) (n-1)!(n-2)! (b) (n!) (n-1)! (c) (n+1)!n! (d) none of
these
187. The number of ways in which the letters of the word
constant can be arranged without
changing he relative positions of the vowels and consonants is
(a) 360 (b) 256 (c) 444 (d) none of these
188. Given 11 points, of which 5 lie on one circle, other than
these 5, no 4 lie on one circle. Then the number of circles that
can be drawn so that each contains at least 3 of the given points
is
(a) 216 (b) 156 (c)172 (d) none of these 189. The number of
six-digit numbers all the digits of which are odd is
(a) 7776 (b) 15325 (c) 46656 (d) none of these 190. The number
of ways in which one can arrange 5 identical white balls and 4
identical black
balls in a row so that the black balls do not lie side by side
is
(a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 625 (d) none of these 191. The number of ways
in which 4n students can be distribute equally among 4 sections
is
(a) !
!4
n
n (b) !!
!4
nn
n (c)
4)!(
!4
n
n (d)
4)!!(
!4
nn
n
192. The number of ways in which four sides of a regular
tetrahedron can be painted with
different colours is: (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) 24
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193. The number of way in which 8 different pearls can be used
to form a necklace so that 4
particular pearls are always together is:
(a) 4!4! (b)!4
!8 (c) 288 (d) none of these
194. How many different committees of 5 can be formed from 6 men
and 4 women on which
exact 3 men and 2 women serve? (a) 6 (b) 20 (c) 60 (d) 120
195. The number of ways to arrange the letters of the word
CHEESE are (a) 120 (b) 240 (c) 720 (d) 6
196. Number of all four digit numbers having different digits
formed of the digits 1, 2, 3, 4 and
5 and divisible by 4 is (a) 24 (b) 30 (c) 125 (d) 100
197. The number of ways of in which N positive signs and
negative signs (N n) may be placed in a row so that no two negative
signs are together, is (a) NCn (b)
N+1Cn (c) N! (d) N+1Pn
198. Six teachers and six students have to sit round a circular
table such that there is a teacher between any two students. The
number of ways in which they can sit is
(a) 6!6! (b) 5!6! (c) 5!5! (d) none of these 199. The number of
ways in which three letters be posted in four letter boxes in a
village, if all
the three letters are not posted in the same letter box, is
(a) 64 (b) 60 (c) 81 (d) 78 200. The number of ways of selecting
8 letters from 24 letters of which 8 are a, 8 are b and the
rest unlike, is given by
(a) 27 (b) 828 (c) 1027 (d) none of these 201. The number of
ways in which we can select 3 numbers from 1 to 20 so as to
exclude
every selection of three consecutive numbers is (a) 1140 (b)
1123 (c) 1122 (d) none of these
202. If the letters of the word KRISNA are arranged in all
possible ways and these words are
written out as in a dictionary, then the rank of the word KRISNA
is (a) 324 (b) 341 (c) 359 (d) none of these
203. The number of ways in which we can select three numbers
from 1 to 30 so as to exclude every selection of all even numbers
is (a) 4060 (b) 3605 (c) 455 (d) none of these
204. The sum of proper divisors of 72 (1 and 72 are excluded) is
equal to (a) 195 (b) 122 (c) 194 (d) none of these
205. The number of times the digit 5 will be written when
listing the integers from 1 to 1000 is (a)271 (b) 272 (c) 300 (d)
none of these
206. The sum of all 4 digit numbers that can be formed by wring
the digits 2, 4, 6, 8 (repetition
of digits not allowed), is (a) 133320 (b) 533280 (c) 53328 (d)
none of these
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