COMBINATIO
N
1) In how many ways can
the letters of the word
'LEADER' be arranged?
72
144
360
720
2) How many 4-letter words with
or without meaning, can be
formed out of the letters of the
word, 'LOGARITHMS', if repetition
of letters is not allowed?
40
400
5040
2520
3)In how many different ways
can the letters of the word
'LEADING' be arranged in such a
way that the vowels always
come together?
360
480
720
5040
4) How many 5 digits numbers
can be formed using the digits 1,
2, 2, 4, 2, 4?
120
720
60
More than one of the above
None of the above
5) How many 3 digit even
numbers can be made using the
digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 if no digit is
repeated?
60
55
45
More than one of the above
None of the above
6) How many 3-digit numbers can
be formed from the digits 2, 3, 5,
6, 7 and 9, which are divisible by 5
and none of the digits is
repeated?
5
10
15
20
7) In how many different ways can
the letters of the word 'DETAIL' be
arranged in such a way that the
vowels occupy only the odd
positions?
32
48
36
60
120
8) In how many different ways can
the letters of the word 'TOMORROW'
be arranged so that the vowels
always come together?
360
720
4320
2160
None of these
9) How many different letter
arrangements can be made from
the letters of SEARCH so that all
the vowels never occur together?
A)480
B)720
C)240
D)120
10) The number of arrangements
of the word CABLE so that the
vowels always occupy odd
positions is ?
A)12
B)18
C)24
D)36
11) The number of
arrangements of the word
INSERT so that the vowels
always occupy even positions
?
A)144
B)164
C)122
D)188
12) How many three letter words
with or without meaning can be
formed by using all the letters of
the word SEARCH , if repetition of
letters is not allowed?
A)120
B)140
C)180
D)100
13) How many words of 4 letters
beginning with 'A' or 'E' can be
formed with the letters of the
word 'EQUATION'?
400
410
315
420
14) If 6 boys and 6 girs have to
sit in a round circular music chair
so that there is a girl between 2
boys, find the number of ways
they can sit.
A) 6! x 5!
B) 6! x 3!
C) 6! x 4!
D) 6! x 2!
15) Find the number of ways in
which 6 gents and 6 Iadies can be
seated in a row SO that all the
ladies sit together and all the
gents sit together
A) 2(5! )^2
B)2(7! )^2
C)2(6! )^2
D)2(8!) ^2
16) A bucket contains 5 red, 4
white, 4 blue and 3 yellow balls.
From this, 3 balls are to be
selected. How many different
selections can be made?
A)240
B) 280
C) 560
D)310
17) In how many different
ways a group of 3 men and 3
women can be formed out of
6 men and 9 women?
A)1680
B) 1117
C)1050
D)1232
18) In how many ways can 5
members from a committee of 10
be selected so that 2 particular
members must not be included?
A)56
B)120
C) 64
D)65
19) Out of 5 boys and 2 girls, a
group of 3 is to be formed to
coordinate a cultural programme.
In how many ways can it be formed
if at least 1 girl is to be included
A) 35
B)34
C)46
D)25
20) From a group of 7 men and 6
women, five persons are to be
selected to form a committee so that
at least 3 men are there on the
committee. In how many ways can it
be done?
564
645
735
21) To fill 12 vacancies, there are 25
candidates of which five are from
scheduled caste. If 3 of the vacancies are
reserved for scheduled caste candidates
while the rest are open to all, then the
number of ways in which the selection
can be made
5C3 x 22C9
22C9 − 5C3
22C3 + 5C3
None of these
22) In a meeting of 45 people, there are
40 people who know one another and
the remaining know no one. People who
know each other only hug, whereas
those who do not know each other only
shake hands. How many handshakes
occur in this meeting?
225
10
210
200
