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Permutations And Combinations 01

01.

Five-digit numbers are formed using only 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 exactly once. What is the
difference between the greatest and smallest numbers that can be formed ?
(a) 19800

02.

(b) 41976

(c) 32976

(d) None of these

In how many ways can Eight Directors, Vice-Chairman and Chairman of a firm be
seated at a round table, if the Chairman has to sit between the Vice-Chairman and a
Director ?
(a) 9! x 2

03.

(b) 2 x 8!

(c) 2 x 7!

(d) None of these

A man has 9 friends: 4 boys and 5 girls. In how many ways can he invite them, if
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(a) 320

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(b) 160

(c) 80

(d) 200

Boxes numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 are kept in a row and they which are to be filled
with either a red or a blue ball, such that no two adjacent boxes can be filled with
blue balls. Then, how many different arrangements are possible, given that all balls
of a given colour are exactly identical in all respects ?
(a) 8

05.

(b) 10

(c) 15

(d) 22

A, B, C, D are four towns, any three of which are non-collinear. Then, the number of
ways to construct three roads each joining a pair of towns so that the roads do not
form a triangle is ?
(a) 7

06.

(b) 8

(c) 9

(d) 24

If a 4-digit number is formed with digits 1, 2, 3 and 5. What is the probability that the
number is divisible by 25, if repetition of digits is not allowed ?
(a) 1/12

07.

(b) 1/4

(c) 1/6

(d) None of these

A five digit number is formed using digits 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 without repeating any one
of them. What is the sum of all such possible numbers ?

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(a) 6666600

08.

(b) 6666660

(c) 6666666

(d) None of these

139 persons have signed for an elimination tournament. All players are to be paired
up for the first round, but because 139 is an odd number one player gets a bye,
which promotes him to the second round, without actually playing in the first round.
The pairing continues on the next round, with a bye to any player left over. If the
schedule is planned so that a minimum number of matches is required to determine
the champion, the number of matches which must be played is
(a) 136

09.

(b) 137

(c) 138

(d) 139

A box contains 6 red balls, 7 green balls and 5 blue balls. Each ball is of different size.
The probability that the red ball selected is the smallest red ball ?
(a) 1/18

10.

(b) 1/3

(c) 1/6

(d) 2/3

A group of 630 children is arranged in rows for a group photograph session. Each
row contains three fewer children than the row in front of it. What number of rows
is not possible ?
(a) 3

(b) 4

(c) 5

(d) 6

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 11 Comments
Savita

September 9, 2015 at 8:43 AM

Where is solution to these questions?

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admin Post author

September 9, 2015 at 6:03 PM

http://www.elitmuszone.com/elitmus/permutation-and-combinations-solution-1/
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Srishti

September 25, 2015 at 10:40 PM

in que 4, its mentioned that No 2 adjacent boxes should have blue balls. whereas the
solution is given for filling adjacent boxes with blue balls.
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Nandini

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October 3, 2015 at 1:55 AM

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Geometry questions for quantitative aptitude

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Anuj sahu

December 17, 2015 at 1:25 AM

Would you like to elaborate more about the question 9

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ElitmusZone Post author

December 30, 2015 at 6:54 PM

Question No. 09
No. of Red Balls =6
No. of Green Balls= 7
No. of Blue Balls = 5
and all the balls are of different size.
We have to find the probability of selecting a smallest red ball when a red ball is
already selected .
As per this, required probability= 1/6
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Apoorva

December 31, 2015 at 9:11 AM

In question number 7: Y it is 24 ways of arrangement instead of 5!=120 ways we can

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arrange when there are 5digits available.

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satish

January 30, 2016 at 9:47 PM

for 4th question, Asked:- no two adjacent boxes can be filled with blue balls.
Doubt:- total number of ways of filling the boxes such that adjacent boxes have blue (4 + 3
+ 2 + 1)=10;
y u done this;
i thought we r supposed to find No adj boxes with blue color??
Provide me detail sol? Explain the problem in answer, not only ans.
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vijay singh

January 31, 2016 at 9:06 AM

can u please explain question no 8.?

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DK

February 24, 2016 at 1:23 AM

can u explain question no 4.

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Bhaskar

February 24, 2016 at 2:24 AM

Someone please explain the 4th questions solution

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