VITTopic/Course
Sub-Topic (Example: name of college)
Permutation and Combination
Question 1
If (n + 2)! = 2070 (n!); find ’n’
A) 44
B) 50
C) 58
D) 75
Question 2
How many four-digit numbers, each divisible by 4 can be formed
using the digits 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, if repetition is allowed across all
numbers?
A) 256
B) 284
C) 324
D) None of these
Question 3
How many integers between 1000 and 10000 have no digits other
than 3, 4, 5 or 6?
A) 256
B) 289
C) 324
D) None of these
Question 4
A shopping mall has five distinct glass doors and seven distinct
metal doors for entry and has 10 distinct glass doors and two
wooden doors for the exit.
(a) In how many ways you can enter the mall?
(b) In how many ways you can leave the mall?
(c) In how many ways you can enter and leave the mall?
A) 12, 14, 144
B) 8, 12, 144
C) 12, 12, 144
D) 12, 12, 132
Question 5
Twelve participants are participating in a competition. In how many
ways can the first three prizes be won?
A) 1320
B) 95,040
C) 220
D) None of these
Question 6
In how many ways can a cricketer can score 240 runs with fours
and sixes only?
A) 20
B) 21
C) 22
D) 23
Question 7
There are 5 orators A, B, C, D, and E. In how many ways can the
arrangements be made so that A always comes before B and B
always comes before C.
A) 5!/3!
B) 8!/3!
C) 8!/6!
D) 8!/ (5!*3!)
Question 8
How many words, with or without meaning, can be formed using
all letters of the word COUNTRY using each letter exactly once?
A) 5040
B) 5870
C) 6240
D) 7820
Question 9
There are 9 letters for 4 envelopes. In how many different ways
can the envelopes be filled?
A) 3024
B) 3148
C) 4268
D) None of these
Question 10
How many square can be formed out of a chess board?
A) 196
B) 204
C) 225
D) 250
Question 11
The number of triangle that can be drawn out of 20 points of which
12 are collinear is _________.
A) 750
B) 796
C) 825
D) 920
Question 12
From among the 45 students in a class, one leader and one class
representative are to be appointed. In how many ways can this be
done?
A) 1675
B) 1862
C) 1980
D) 2000
Question 13
A number lock on a suitcase has 4 wheels each labeled with 10
digits from 0 to 9. If the opening of the lock requires a particular
sequence of four digits with no repeats, how many such sequences
will be possible?
A) 4224
B) 4986
C) 5040
D) 5680
Question 14
One violet flower, three yellow flowers and two blue orange are
arranged in a line such that,
I. No two adjacent flowers are of the same colour.
II. The flowers at the two ends of the line are of different colours.
In how many different ways can the flowers be arranged?
A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
D) 8
Question 15
There are nine pairs of black shoes and seven pairs of white shoes.
They are all put into a box and shoes are drawn one at a time. To
ensure that at least one pair of black shoes are taken out, what is
the number of shoes required to be drawn out?
A) 16
B) 20
C) 24
D) 32
Question 16
The students in a class are seated, according to their marks in the
previous examination. Once, it so happens that six of the students
got equal marks and therefore the same rank. To decide their
seating arrangement, the teacher wants to write down all possible
arrangements, one in each of separate bits of paper in order to
choose one of these by lots. How many bits of paper are required?
A) 720
B) 780
C) 840
D) 960
Question 17
There are four rooms in a motel: one single, one double, one triple
and one for five persons. How many ways are there to house
eleven persons in these rooms?
A) 27960
B) 27720
C) 32470
D) 38720
Question 18
A teacher has to choose the maximum number of different groups
comprising of four students from a total of seven students. Of
these groups, in how many groups will one particular student be a
part of?
A) 12
B) 15
C) 17
D) 20
Question 19
It is required to seat 6 boys and 5 girls in a row so that the girls
occupy the even places. How many such arrangements are
possible?
A) 82,500
B) 84,000
C) 85,250
D) 86,400
Question 20
Five different objects must be divided among three people. In how
many ways can this be done if one or two of them must get no
objects?
A) 28
B) 93
C) 83
D) 57
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