Quiz Discussion

Six boys and 4 girls are to be seated in two separate rows with five chairs each, such that two particular girls are always together and all the girls are not in the same row. In how many ways can they be seated?

• 1]

  15 * 7!

• 2]

  20 * 8!

• 3]

  18 * 7!

• 4]

  (16 * 8! – 4! * 6!)

One card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that the card drawn is not a face card (Jack, Queen and King only)?

• 1]

  5/13

• 2]

  10/13

• 3]

  1/13

• 4]

  1/26

The number of circles that can be drawn out of 10 points of which 7 are collinear is

• 1]

  130

• 2]

  85

• 3]

  45

• 4]

  72

If A, B and C are mutually exclusive and exhaustive events of a random experiment such that P(B)=3/2​P(A) and P(C)=1/2​P(B), then P(A∪C)=

• 1]

  3/13

• 2]

  6/13

• 3]

  7/13

• 4]

  10/13

In how many ways a committee, consisting of 5 men and 6 women can be formed from 8 men and 10 women?

• 1]

  266

• 2]

  5040

• 3]

  11760

• 4]

  86400

There are 8 orators A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H. In how many ways can the arrangements be made so that A always comes before B and B always comes before C.

• 1]

  8! / 3!

• 2]

  8! / 6!

• 3]

  5! x 3!

• 4]

  8! / (5! x 3!) 

In a lottery, there are 10 prizes and 25 blanks. A lottery is drawn at random. What is the probability of getting a prize?

• 1]

  1/10

• 2]

  2/5

• 3]

  2/7

• 4]

  5/7

The value of  ⁷⁵P₂

• 1]

  5450

• 2]

  5555

• 3]

  5550

• 4]

  5656

A committee of 8 members is to be selected from a group of 12 male and 10 female members. In how many ways the committee is selected such that at most two and at least one male member are there in the committee?

• 1]

  13540

• 2]

  14200

• 3]

  15300

• 4]

  16400

How many four-digit numbers, each divisible by 4 can be formed using the digits 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, repetition of digits being allowed in any number?

• 1]

  75

• 2]

  100

• 3]

  125

• 4]

  150