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QUESTIONBANK: PERMUTATION AND PROBABILITY
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1 COUNTING NATURAL NUMBERS
Sum of three Natural numbers a, b and c is 10. How many ordered triplets (a, b, c) exist?
A.
45
B.
36
C.
54
D.
28
Correct answer
Explanatory Answer
(n-1) C (r-1)
Hard
2 COUNTING WHOLE NUMBERS
Sum of three Whole numbers a, b and c is 10. How many ordered triplets (a, b, c) exist?
A.
66
B.
78
C.
72
D.
56
Correct answer
Explanatory Answer
(n+r-1) C (r-1)
Hard
3 COUNTING - TOYS AND BOXES
In how many ways 11 identical toys be placed in 3 distinct boxes such that no box is empty?
A.
72
B.
54
C.
45
D.
36
Correct answer
Explanatory Answer
Counting
Hard
4 PERMUTATION COMBINATION PUZZLE
a, b, c are three distinct integers from 2 to 10 (both inclusive). Exactly one of ab, bc and ca is odd. abc is a multiple of 4. The arithmetic mean of
a and b is an integer and so is the arithmetic mean of a, b and c. How many such triplets are possible (unordered triplets)?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Correct answer
Explanatory Answer
P&C Puzzle
Medium
5 COUNTING 7 DIGIT NUMBERS
A seven-digit number comprises of only 2's and 3's. How many of these are multiples of 12?
A.
11
B.
12
C.
10
D.
22
Correct answer
Explanatory Answer
Counting - Number Systems
6 ALPHABETICAL ORDER
If all words with 2 distinct vowels and 3 distinct consonants were listed alphabetically, what would be the rank of ACDEF?
Medium
A.
4716
B.
4720
C.
4718
D.
1717
Correct answer
Explanatory Answer
Word Rearrangements
Hard
7 COMBINATORICS BASICS
If we listed all numbers from 100 to 10,000, how many times would the digit 3 be printed?
A.
3980
B.
3700
C.
3840
D.
3780
Correct answer
Explanatory Answer
Counting - Number Systems
Medium
8 NUMBER SYSTEMS - COMBINATORICS
From the digits 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, how many 5-digit numbers can be formed that have distinct digits and are multiples of 12?
A.
36
B.
60
C.
84
D.
72
Correct answer
Explanatory Answer
Counting - Number Systems
Medium
9 NUMBERS IN DIFFERENT BASES
All numbers from 1 to 200 (in decimal system) are written in base 6 and base 7 systems. How many of the numbers will have a non-zero units
digit in both base 6 and base 7 notations?
A.
143
B.
200
C.
157
D.
122
Correct answer
Explanatory Answer
Base 6 and 7
Hard
10 NON-ZERO NUMBERS
All numbers from 1 to 150 (in decimal system) are written in base 6 notation. How many of these will contain zero's?
A.
25
B.
20
C.
35
D.
45
Correct answer
Explanatory Answer
Base 6
Medium
11 5 DIGIT NUMBERS
How many numbers of up to 5 digits can be created using the digits 1, 2, 3 and 5 each at least once such that they are a multiple of 15?
A.
24
B.
18
C.
15
D.
12
Correct answer
Explanatory Answer
Counting - Number Systems
Medium
12 NUMBERS WITH DISTINCT DIGITS
How many odd numbers with distinct digits can be created using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6?
A.
975
B.
960
C.
978
D.
986
Correct answer
Explanatory Answer
13 ALPHABETICAL ORDER
Counting 6 Digit Nos.
Medium
All the rearrangements of the word "DEMAND" are written without including any word that has two D's appearing together. If these are
arranged alphabetically, what would be the rank of "DEMAND"
A.
36
B.
74
C.
42
D.
86
Correct answer
Explanatory Answer
Word Rearrangements
Medium
14 PROBABILITY AND GP
A and B take part in a duel. A can strike with an accuracy of 0.6. B can strike with an accuracy of 0.8. A has the first shot, post which they strike
alternately. What is the probability that A wins the duel?
A.
7
10
B.
12
C.
D.
11
23
17
Correct answer
Explanatory Answer
Probability Duel
Hard
15 PROBABILITY BAYES THEOREM
Doctors have devised a test for leptospirosis that has the following property: For any person suffering from lepto, there is a 90% chance of the
test returning positive. For a person not suffering from lepto, there is an 80% chance of the test returning negative. It is known that 10% of
people who go for testing have lepto. If a person who gets tested gets a +ve result for lepto (as in, the test result says they have got lepto),
what is the probability that they actually have lepto?
A.
B.
7
10
8
11
C.
D.
Correct answer
Explanatory Answer
Bayes Theorem
Hard
16 REARRANGING LETTERS
In how many ways can letters the word ATTITUDE be rearranged such that no two Ts are adjacent to each other?
A.
6720
B.
2400
C.
4320
D.
1800
Correct answer
Explanatory Answer
Rearrangement
Medium
17 POSSIBLE INTEGER SOLUTIONS
2a + 5b = 103. How many pairs of positive integer values can a, b take such that a > b?
A.
B.
C.
14
D.
15
Correct answer
Explanatory Answer
Integer Solutions
Medium
18 REARRANGEMENT OF LETTERS - PROBABILITY
If all the rearrangements of the word AMAZON are considered, what is the probability that M will feature between the 2As?
A.
1/3
B.
1/6
C.
2/5
D.
3/8
Correct answer
Explanatory Answer
Probability
19 PROBABILITY AND NUMBER THEORY
N is a 3-digit number that is a multiple of 7; what is the probability that it will be a multiple of 5?
Hard
A.
1/5
B.
11/54
C.
13/64
D.
13/66
Correct answer
Explanatory Answer
Probability
Medium
20 PROBABILITY
A boss decides to distribute Rs. 2000 between 2 employees. He knows X deserves more that Y, but does not know how much more. So he
decides to arbitrarily break Rs. 2000 into two parts and give X the bigger part. What is the chance that X gets twice as much as Y or more?
A.
2/5
B.
1/2
C.
1/3/
D.
E.
2/3
Correct answer
Explanatory Answer
Probability
Hard
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