Permutation and Combination Questions for IBPS PO Prelims

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Instructions
For the following questions answer them individually

Question 1

Letters of the word DIRECTOR are arranged in such a way that all the vowel come together .Find the No of ways making such
arrangement?

A 4320

B 720

C 2160

D 120

E None of these

Answer: A

Explanation:
Word - DIRECTOR

So “I,E,O” are there are 3! ways to arrange the vowels

Now “D,R,C,T,R” are the remaining alphabets ,

Condition is that the vowels should always be together so we can assume the vowels as a single alphabet/unit say “X” (‘X’=’I,E,O’) so
now we have a new word - “D,R,C,T,R,X”

Possible arrangements for this word = 6!

Thus total number of ways to rearrange DIRECTOR with vowels grouped together = (Possible arrangements of ‘DRCTRX’) × (Possible
arrangements of vowels)

= 6! × 3! = 720 × 6 = 4320

=> Ans - (A)

Question 2

In a box carrying one dozen of oranges one third have become bad.If 3 oranges taken out from the box random ,what is the
probability that at least one orange out of the 3 oranges picked up is good ?

A 1/55

B 54/55

C 45/55

D 3/55

E None of these

Answer: B

Explanation:
Total number of oranges in the box = 12
12
Number of ways of selecting 3 oranges out of 12 oranges, n(S) = C3
12×11×10
= 1×2×3 = 220
12
Number of oranges which became bad = 3 = 4
4 4
Number of ways of selecting 3 oranges out of 4 bad oranges = C3 = C1 = 4

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Number of desired selection of oranges, n(E) = 220 - 4 = 216
n(E)
∴ P (E) = n(S)

216 54
= 220 = 55

=> Ans - (B)

Instructions

Study the information carefully to answer the following questions:

A bucket contains 8 red, 3 blue and 5 green marbles.

Question 3

If 3 marbles are drawn at random, what is the probability that none is red ?

3
A 8

1
B 16

1
C 10

3
D 16

E None of these

Answer: C

Explanation:
Number of ways of drawing 3 marbles out of 16
16 16×15×14
n(S) = C3 = 1×2×3

= 560

Out of the three drawn marbles, none is red, i.e., they will be either blue or green.
8 8×7×6
=> n(E) = C3 = 1×2×3

= 56
n(E)
∴ Required probability = n(S)

56 1
= 560 = 10

Question 4

If 2 marbles are drawn at random, what is the probability that both are green?

1
A 8

5
B 16

2
C 7

3
D 8

E None of these

Answer: E

Explanation:

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Number of ways of drawing 2 marbles out of 16
16 16×15
n(S) = C2 = 1×2

= 120

Out of the two drawn marbles, both are green

5 5×4
=> n(E) = C2 = 1×2

= 10
n(E)
∴ Required probability = n(S)

10 1
= 120 = 12

Question 5

If 4 marbles are drawn at random, what is the probability that 2 are red and 2 are blue ?

11
A 16

3
B 16

11
C 72

3
D 65

E None of these

Answer: D

Explanation:
Number of ways of drawing 4 marbles out of 16
16 16×15×14×13
=> n(S) = C4 = 1×2×3×4

= 1820

Out of the four drawn marbles, 2 are red and 2 are blue.
8 3 8×7 3×2
=> n(E) = C2 × C2 = 1×2 × 1×2

= 28 × 3 = 84
n(E)
∴ Required probability = n(S)

84 3
= 1820 = 65

Instructions

From the following, differen committees are to be made as per the requirement given in each question.

In how many different ways can it de done? 10 men and 8 women out of which 5 men are teachers, 3 men doctors and businessmen.
Among the women, 3 are 2 are teachers, 2 doctors, 2 researchers and 1 social worker.

Question 6

A Committee of 3 in which there is no teacher and no doctor.

A 100

B 120

C 10

D 12

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E None of these

Answer: C

Explanation:
Out of 10 men, Teachers = 5

Doctors = 3 and Business man = 2

Out of 8 women, Teachers = 3 and Doctors = 2

Researchers = 2 and Social worker = 1

Now, no teacher and doctor should be selected.

=> Remaining members (both men and women) = (2) + (2 + 1) = 5

Thus, number of ways of selecting 3 people out of 5

5 5×4×3
= C3 = 1×2×3 = 10

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Question 7

A Committee of 7.

A 31824

B 1200

C 9600

D 15912

E None of these

Answer: A

Explanation:
There are 10 men and 8 women, Total = 18

Number of ways of selecting 7 members out of 18.

18 18×17×16×15×14×13×12
= C7 = 1×2×3×4×5×6×7

= 18 × 17 × 4 × 13 × 2 = 31824

Question 8

A Committee is 5 in which 2 men teachers, 2 women teachers and 1 doctor are there.

A 75

B 150

C 214

D 20

E None of these

Answer: B

Explanation:
Out of 10 men, Teachers = 5

Doctors = 3 and Business man = 2

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Out of 8 women, Teachers = 3 and Doctors = 2

Researchers = 2 and Social worker = 1

Number of ways of selecting 2 men teachers, 2 women teachers and 1 doctor

5 3 5
= C2 × C2 × C1
5×4 3×2 5
= 1×2 × 1×2 × 1

= 10 × 3 × 5 = 150

Question 9

A Committee of 5 in which 3 men and 2 women are there.

A 3360

B 8568

C 4284

D 1680

E None of these

Answer: A

Explanation:
Out of 10 men, Teachers = 5

Doctors = 3 and Business man = 2

Out of 8 women, Teachers = 3 and Doctors = 2

Researchers = 2 and Social worker = 1

Number of ways of selecting 3 men and 2 women.

10 8
= C3 × C2
10×9×8 8×7
= 1×2×3 × 1×2

= 120 × 28 = 3360

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Instructions
For the following questions answer them individually

Question 10

In how many different ways can the letters of the word TRUST’ be arranged?

A 240

B 120

C 80

D 25

E None of these

Answer: E

Explanation:

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Word = 'TRUST'

There are 5 letters and 'T' is repeated.

n!
If there are 'n' letters and 'r' are repeating, then number of ways of arranging them = r!

∴ Number of ways in which letters of the word 'TRUST' can be arranged

5! 5×4×3×2×1
= 2! = 2×1

= 5 × 4 × 3 = 60

=> Ans - (E)

Question 11

How many such pairs of letters are there in the word FOREHAND each of which have as many letters between them in the word as
they have in the English alphabet?

A None

B One

C Two

D Three

E More than three

Answer: C

Explanation:
Word = FOREHAND

There are 2 pairs of letters which have as many letters between them in the word as they have in the English alphabet

FA and RN

Question 12

If it is possible to make only one meaningful word from the second, the fourth, the sixth and the ninth letters of the word PROACTIVE,
using each letter only once, second letter of that word is your answer. If more than one word can be formed your answer is M and if
no such word can be formed your answer is N.

A A

B E

C T

D M

E N

Answer: D

Explanation:
Word = PROACTIVE

2nd, 4th, 6th and 9th letters = R, A, T, E

No. of words that can be formed by using (R,A,T,E)

= Rate , Tear

Since only 2 words are formed

=> Ans = M

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Question 13

In how many different ways can the letters of the word DRASTIC be arranged in such a way that the vowels always come together ?

A 720

B 360

C 1440

D 540

E None of these

Answer: C

Explanation:
There are 7 letters in the word 'DRASTIC' including 2 vowels (A,I) and 5 consonants (D,R,S,T,C).

Considering the two vowels as 1 letter, we have 6 letters which can be arranged in 6! ways

But corresponding to each way of these arrangements, the vowels can be put together in 2! ways.

Hence, required number of words = 6! × 2!

= 720 * 2 = 1440

Question 14

Which of the following set of fractions is in ascending order ?

A 13/15, 11/13, 7/8, 8/9

B 11/13, 13/15, 7/8, 8/9

C 8/9, 7/8, 13/15, 11/13

D 7/8, 8/9, 11/13, 13/15

E None of these

Answer: B

Explanation:
Decimal equivalent of :
13
15 = 0.87
11
13 = 0.85
7
8 = 0.875
8
9 = 0.89
Clearly, 0.85 < 0.87 < 0.875 < 0.89
11 13 7 8
=> 13 < 15 < 8 < 9

Question 15

Certain number of pieces of an article are to be packed in boxes, such that each box contains 145 pieces. If after packing them in 32
boxes 25 pieces are left out, what was the number of pieces to be packed ?

A 4566

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B 4655

C 4465

D 4640

E None of these

Answer: E

Explanation:
No. of pieces

= 32 * 145 + 25

= 4640 + 25 = 4665

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Question 16

In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘HAPPY’ be arranged ?

A 120

B 140

C 60

D 70

E None of these

Answer: C

Explanation:
The word HAPPY contains 5 letters in which letter 'P' comes twice.
5!
=> Number of arrangements = 2!
120
= 2 = 60

Question 17

In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘FRANCE’ be arranged ?

A 2400

B 720

C 2005

D 5040

E None of these

Answer: B

Explanation:
The word FRANCE consists of 6 distinct letters

=> Required number of arrangements = 6!

= 720

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Question 18

In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘CREAM’ be arranged?

A 720

B 240

C 360

D 504

E None of these

Answer: E

Explanation:
The word CREAM consists of five distinct letters

=> No. of ways the letters will be arranged = 5!

= 120

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Question 19

In how many different ways can the letters of the word “ARISE’ be arranged?

A 90

B 60

C 180

D 120

E None of these

Answer: D

Explanation:
The word 'ARISE' has 5 different letters

=> Required number of arrangements = 5!

= 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 = 120

Question 20

In how many different ways can the letters of the world ‘SECOND’ be arranged?

A 720

B 120

C 5040

D 270

E None of these

Answer: A

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Explanation:
The word 'SECOND' has 6 different letters

=> Required number of arrangements = 6!

= 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 = 720

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