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Aarambh-2025
Applied Maths DPP-05
Permutations and Combination
1. All the permutation of the letters of the word AGAIN 6. In how many ways can the letters of the word
are arranged as in dictionary, then the fiftieth word is ‘EDITOR’ be arranged such that the vowels occupy
(1) NAAIG (2) AANIG even places?
(3) IGNAA (4) GANIA (1) 40 (2) 36
(3) 38 (4) 34

2. Determine the number of permutations of the letters 7. Using all the letters of the word ‘ACID’, how many
of the word SIMPLET ON taken all at a time. distinct words can be formed in such a way that the
(1) 362880 vowels always come together?
(2) 432000 (1) 10 (2) 14
(3) 514000 (3) 12 (4) 16
(4) 645300
8. In how many different ways can the letters of the
3. The rank of the word SUCCESS, if all possible word ‘CLIMATE’ be arranged in such a way that the
permutations of the word SUCCESS are arranged in vowels always come together?
dictionary order is (1) 740 (2) 710
(1) 331 (2) 341 (3) 720 (4) 730
(3) 351 (4) 361
9. In how many ways can the letters of the word
4. Find the rank of the word MOTHER in dictionary ‘MEMORIES’ be arranged?
format. (1) 10080 (2) 10180
(3) 10280 (4) 10380
5. Find the rank of a word SMART
(1) 78 (2) 77 10. How many words can be formed by using all letters
(3) 79 (4) 81 of the word ‘BIHAR’?
(1) 720 (2) 24
(3) 120 (4) 60
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Answer Key
1. (1) 6. (2)
2. (1) 7. (3)
3. (2) 8. (3)
4. (H & S) 9. (1)
5. (1) 10. (3)
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Hints and Solutions

1. (1) 4. (H & S)
Number of words starting with A = 4! = 24 (i) Arrange all the alphabets of word MOTHER in
Starting with G = 12 alphabetical order like [E, H, M, O, R, T]
Starting with I = 12 Now, strike off the first letter M from
12 + 12 + 12 + 12 = 48 [E, H, M , O, R, T ]
NAAGI is 49th word Then count the no. of letter be fore M, and it is equal
NAAIG is 50 h word of dictionary to 2 , which 5 !
Hence, option (1) is correct. Now, net word O,
Then, count the no. of letter before O and it is equal
2. (1) to 2 , which is coefficient of 4 !
There are 9 letters in the word SIMPLETION all the Next letter T → 3!
9 letters are different. Next letter H → 2!
Hence the number of permutations taking all the and nett letter E →1!
letters at a time = 9P9 = 9! = 362880. So, Rank of the word is
= 2 ( 5!) + 2 ( 4!) + 3 ( 3!) + 1( 2!) + 0 (1!) + 1
3. (2)
Alphabets present in the word SUCCESS are S, U, C, = 240 + 28 + 18 + 2 + 1
E = 309
Dictionary order of the alphabet’s is C, E, S, U Word MOTHER is 309.
Number of words starting with C
(C------) (no two C will be repeated but here we have
5. (1)
6!
three S) is Arrange all the alphabets in alphabetical order like
3!
(A, M, R, S, T)
Number of words starting with E
Now in the dictionary words will appear in
6!
(E------) (Here we have two C and three S) is alphabetical order, so the first words will appear
2!3!
starting alphabet “A”.
Now we want the word starting with S
When A is fixed at the first position the rest 4
So, Number of words starting with SC
alphabets can be arranged in 4! = 24 ways.
Number of words starting with E
The next starting alphabet will be “M” and again
5! there will be 4! = 24 words starting with “M”.
(SC------) (Here we have single C and two S) is .
2! The next starting alphabet will be “R” and again there
Number of words starting with SE will be 4! = 24 words starting with “R”.
5! Next will be starting with “S”, and next alphabet as
(SE------) (Here we have two C and two S) is .
2!2! “A” we’ll have 3! = 6 words.
Number of words starting with SS Similarly, starting with “S”, and next alphabet as “M”
5! we’ll have (3! × 2) = 12 words.
(SS------) (Here we have two C and single S) is .
2! Next will be starting with “S”, and next alphabet as
Now next word will be SUCCESS “M” and next as “A” we’ll have 2! = 2 words.
Now rank of the word SUCCESS Next will be starting with “S”, and next alphabet as
6! 6! 5! 5! 5! “M” and next as “A” we’ll have 2! = 42 words but the
+ + + + +1
3! 2!3! 2! 2!2! 2! first word will be S > M > A > R > T which is the
120 + 60 + 60 + 30 + 60 + 1 = 331 desired word.
So the rank of the word SMART in the dictionary will
be
 4! + 4! + 4! + 3! + 1
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 79 We have to arrange the letters CLMT[IAE]

Letter can arranged 5! = 120 ways
6. (2) The vowel (IAE) can be arranged among themselves
Given word = EDITOR in 3! = 6 ways
Odd Even Odd Even Odd Even  Required number of ways = 120 × 6 = 720
Number of even places = 3
Number of odd places = 3 9. (1)
Number of vowels = 3 Given:
Number of consonants = 3 The word is ‘MEMORIES’
Even place arrangement × odd place arrangement Formula used :
= 3 P3  3 P3 The number of ways = (No. of letters)!/(No. of
= 3!  3! Repeated letters)!
Calculation:
= 6 6
The number of letters = 8
= 36
The number of repeated letters = M = 2! and E = 2!
Applying the above formula
7. (3)
The number of ways = 8!/2! × 2!
Given word is ACID
= (8 × 7 × 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2)/(4)
Vowels = 2 i.e. A and I
=8×7×6×5×3×2
Let consider 2 vowels as 1 unit
= 10080
Then the number of letters is 2 consonants + 1 unit
 The correct answer is 10080.
i.e. 3!
The vowels within the unit can be arranged in 2! 10. (3)
Ways Given:
Total ways = 3! × 2! The word is ‘BIHAR’
=6×2 Formula used :
= 12 The distinct word = (No. of characters)
Calculation:
8. (3) The number of characters = 5
The word ‘CLIMATE’ has 7 letters The distinct word = 5!
Vowels = I, A, E =5×4×3×2×1
When the vowel ‘IAE’ is always together, it can be = 120
supposed to form one letter.  The correct answer is 120.

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