VERY SHORT

IAnsuereachof
of the following questions
ANSWERQUESTIONS (VSAQs)
in one wora or one sentence or as
oftheguestion: per exact requirement
1. In how many wayS can 4 letters be posted in 5letter boxes?
2 Writethee number of 5 digit numbers that can be formed using digits 0, 1and 2
how many ways 4 Women draw water from 4 taps, if no tap remains unissed?
Weito the total number of possible outcomes ina throw of 3 dice in which at least
one of the dice shows an even number.
: Write the number of arrangements of the letters of the word BANANA in which
two N's come together.
6. If the letters of the word LATE bepermuted and the words so formed be arranged
as in a dictionary, what is the rank of 'LATE'?
7. Write the number of words that can be formed out of the letters of the word
COMMITTEE.
8. Write the number of all possible words that can be formed using the letters of the
word 'MATHEMATICS'.
9. Write the number of ways in which 6 men and 5 women can dine at a round table
if no twowomen sit together.
so that
1U Write the number of ways in which 5 boys and 3 girls can be seated in a row
each girl is between 2 boys.
11. Write the remainder obtained when 1! +2! +3! +... +200! is divided by 14.
12. Write the number of numbers that can be formed using allfor digits 1, 2, 3, 4.
table
13. Write the number of ways in which 7 men and 7 women can sit on around
Such that no two women sit together. ANSWERS
9!
1. 5 6. 14 7.
2. 2x34 3. 4! 4. 189 5. 20 (2)
8 11! 12. 24
13. 7!x 6!
2.2. 2! 9. 6!x 5! 10. 2880 11. 5 ESTIONS(MCQs)
 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (MC Qs)
Mark the correct alternative in each of the following:
UThenumber of permutations of ndifferent things taking rata time when 3paricuiar
things are to be included is
(a) "-P,-3 (b) n-Öp, (c) "P,-3 (d) r!"c, 3
2. Total number from 4 vOwels
of words formed by 2 vowels and 3 consonants taken
and 5consonants is
equal to
(a) 60 (b) 120 (c) 7200 (d) none of these.
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3. The number of words that can be formed out of the letters of the word

'COMMITTEE is
MATHEMATICSX
9! 9! (d) 9!
(a)
9! (b) (c) 2!
(2y? from 2,3, 0,3, 4, 2,3?
than 10lacs be formed
(2!
4. How many numbers greater
(c) 400 (d) 300
(a) 420 (b) 360
5. The number of different signals which can be given fromi6 flags of different colours
time, is
taking one or more at a (d) 64
(b) 1956 (c) 16
(a) 1958 'BHARAT' iin which Ba
words from the letters of the word and Hwll
6. The number of
nevercome together, is (d) none of these.
(b) 240 (c) 120
(a) 360
of six letter words that can be formed using the letters of the ,
7. The number other letters is
"ASSIST" in which S's alternate with
(c) 18 (d) none of these.
(a) 12 (b) 24
"DELHI" in which E precedes I is
8. The number of arrangements of the word
(b) 60 (c) 120 (d) 59
(a) 30
word'CONSTANT can be arranged
9. The number of ways in which the letters of the
and consonants is
without changing the relative positions of the vowels 23
(b) 256 (c) 444 (d) none of these.
(a) 360
word CHEESE are
10. The number of ways to arrange the letters of the
(a) 120 (b) 240 (c) 720 (d) 6 2
digits 1,2.
11. Number of all four digit numbers having different digits formed of the
3,4 and5 and divisible by 4 is
(a) 24 (b) 30 (c) 125 (d) 100
12. If the letters of the word KRISNA are arranged in allpossible ways and these words
are written out as in a dictionary, then the rank of the word KRISNA is
(a) 324 (b) 341 (c) 359 (d) none of these
13. If in agroup of ndistinct objects, the number of arrangements of 4objects is l2
the number of arrangements of 2 objects,then the number of objects is
(a) 10 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) none of these.
14. The number of ways in which 6 men can be arrangediin a row sothat
threeparticular
men are consecutive, is
(a) 4! x3! (b) 4! (c) 3! x 3! (d) none of these. and5
15. A5-digit number divisible by 3is to be formed using the digits 0, 1, 2,3, 4
without repetition. The total number of ways in which this can be done
(a) 216 (b) 600 (c) 240 (d) 3125
16. The product of r consecutive positive integers is divisible by
(a) r! (b) (r-1)! (c) (r+1) ! (d) none of these.
17. If k+ 5P,.1=k*p,,
2 then the values of kare
(a) 7 and 11 (b) 6 and 7 (c) 2and 11 (d) 2 and 6 pencils.1he
18. In a packet there are mdifferent
books, n different pens andp different}
number of selections of at least one article of each type fromthe ppacketis
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(a)2 t p - 1
(b) (m+1) (n 15.47
c)2*n+p +1)(p +1) -1
(d) none of
number of words that can be these.
made by
APURBA sothat vowels and
(b) 35
consonants re-arranging
are alternate is the letters of the
(a) 18 (c) 36
of (d) none of these.
20. The
number different ways in which 8
particular personsA and Bthere arepersons can stand in arow Sothat
two always two persons, is between
(a) 60x5! (b) 15 x 4!x5! (c) 4!x 5! (d) none of these.
21. The
enumber of ways in which the
the letters of the word
that even places are always occupied by consonants isARTICLE can be arranged so
(a) 576 (b) C3 x 4! (c) 2x 4! (d) none of these.
In aroom there are 12 bulbs of the same wattage, each
having a separate switch.
The number of ways to light the room with different amounts of illumination is
(a) 12-1 (b) 212 (c) 212- 1 (d) none of these.
23. The number of arrangements of the letters of the word BHARAT taking 3at atime
is
(a) 72 (b) 120 (c) 14 (d) none of these.
24. The number of five-digit telephone numbers having at least one of thein digits
repeated is
(a) 90000 (b) 100000 (c) 30240 (d) 69760
3. Ihe number of words that can be formed out of the letters of the word "ARTICLE"
sothat vowels occupy even places is
a) 574 (c) 754 (d) 144
(b) 36
ANSWERS
8. (b)
1. (d) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (b) 6. (b) 7. (a)
16. (a)
9. (a) 10. (a) 12. (a) 13. (c) 14. (a) 15. (a)
11. (a) 24. (d)
11. 6) 18. (a) 19. (c) 20. (a) 21. (a) 22. (c) 23. (a)
5. (à)