Chapter 07 A) n!

PERMUTATIONS, COMBINATIONS AND B) n

INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY C) 1
D) 0
PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS PORTION Answer: C

1) If n is a positive integer then n ! = 6)

10
P2 =
A) n (n + 1) (n + 2) …… (n + n)
B) n (n – 1) (n – 2) …. 3.2.1 A) 90
B) 10
n( n + 1) C) 8
C)
2 D) 80
n( n − 1) Answer: A
D)
2
Answer: B 7) If
n
C6 = nC10 then n =

2) If
n
P2 = 20 then n = A) 4
B) 6
C) 10
A) 4 D) 16
B) 6 Answer: D
C) 5
D) 10 8) The number of words which can be formed out of the
Answer: C word “ASSASSINATION”, when all the letters are
used in each word are
3)
n
Cr =
 13 
n! A)  
A)  4,3,2,2,1,1
(n − r )! B) 13!
n! 4!
B) C)
(n − r )! r! 13!
n! 13
C) D)
r! 4!
Answer: A
r!
D)
(n − r )! 9) The numbers of diagonals in ten sided figure is
Answer: B
A) 10
10
4)
n
Pr = B) C2
C)
10
C2 − 10
n! D) 45
A)
r! Answer: C
r!
B) 10) The number of ways a hockey eleven can be selected
(n − r )! out of 15 players if it includes a particular player.
n! 15
C)
A) C11
(n − r )! B) C11
14

n! 14
D) C) C10
(n − r )! r! 15
Answer: C D) C10
Answer: C
5)
n
Po =
11)
5
P0 =

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 A) 5 A) 7
B) 0 B) 7!
C) 15 C) 49
D) 1 D) 59
Answer: D Answer: B

12) The number of possible permutations of the letters of the 18) How many triangles can be formed by twelve
word, “ADDING” having two D’S together. points on a plane.
A) 5! A) 220
B) 3! B) 12!
C) 4! C) 1320
D) 25 D) 100
Answer: A Answer: A

13) Inhow many ways can eight students be 19) In how many ways can 6 deferent trees be
arranged in a row. planted in a circle of clockwise direction.
A) 7!
B) 5!
A) 720
C) 8! B) 120
D) 4! C) 70
Answer: C D) 60
Answer: B
14) The number of words that can be formed from the letters
of the word, “PAKPATTAN” are 20) Everybody in a room shakes hands with
A) 9!
everybody else. The total number of handshakes is
9 66, then the total no of persons in the room is.
B) C7
9 A) 11
C) P7
B) 15
9! C) 13
D)
3!2!2! D) 12
Answer: D Answer: D

15) The number of words that can be formed from the letters 21) How many subsets of 4 elements can be
of the word, “COMMITTEE” are formed from the set {a,b,c,d,e}.
9 A) 5
A) P9
B) 4
9
B) C9 C) 0
D) None of these
9!
C) Answer: A
2!2!2!
D) 9
Answer: C 22) = __________
!
16) The three digit numbers that can be formed from 0, 1, 2, n
A) n!. Cr
3, 4, when no digit is repeated are n
B) Cr
A) 48 !
C)
B) 36 !
C) 24 D) n!
D) 10 Answer: B
Answer: A
23) +
= , this rule was invented
17) The number of distinct permutations from the letters of
by.
the word, “ARTICLE” using all the letters are

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 A) Euler
B) Archimedes A) 8
B) 1/8
C) Pascal C) ½
D) none of these D) 3/8
Answer: C Answer: B

19) A coin is tossed once, the probability of

PROBABILITY PORTION
getting a head & a tail is.
1) For any event A
E) 0
E) 0 ≤ P(A) ≤ 1 F)
F) –1 ≤ P(A) ≤ 1
G) – 2 ≤ P(A) ≤ 2 G)
H) 0 ≤ P(A) ≤ 2 H)
Answer: A
Answer: A
14) A die is rolled once, the probability of getting
20) Two coins are tossed together once, the
the number greater than 6 is.
probability of getting two head is.
E) 2
F) 1 E)
G) 0.5
H) 0 F)
Answer: D
G)
15) Two dies are rolled once, the probability of H) 0
Answer: C
obtaining the same faces (or whose difference is
zero) is. 21) Teams A & B are playing football match. The
probability that A will win is 4/13 that of B is 5/13. The
A) probability that the match will end in a draw is

B) A) 5/13
B) 4/13
C) C) 9/13
D) 3/13
D)
Answer: B
Answer: B
22) A & B are mutually exclusive events the P(A ∪B) =
16) The events A & B are said to be disjoint if A ∩ B is
A) P(A) ∪ P(B)
A) φ B) P(A) + P(B)
B) A C) P(A) + P(B) – P(A ∩B)
C) B D) P(A) - P(B)
D) A∪B Answer: B
Answer: A
23) If A ⊂ S then P(A′) =
17) A dice is thrown then the probability to get an even
number is A) 1 + P(A)
B) 1 - P(A)
A) 4/5
B) 3/5
1
C)
C) 2/3 P ( A)
D) ½ D) P(A)
Answer: D Answer: B

18) A slip is picked out of 8 slips numbered from 1 to 8 then

the probability to get number 4 is

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24) The probability that Aslam was not born in a month
which begins with the letter “J” is , then the probability
that he was born in January, June, July is

A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: C

25) The probability that Mr. X will clear the exam is

& that of Mr. Y is . The probability that no
one will clear the exam is.

A)

B)

C)

D)
Answer: A

26) If P(A) = , P(B) = and P(AΠB) = . Then

the value of P(AUB) is.

A)

B)

C)

D)
Answer: B

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