Quiz Discussion

Two variants of the CAT paper are to be given to 12 students. In how many ways can the students be placed in two rows of six each so that there should be no identical variants side by side and that the students sitting one behind the other should have the same variant. Find the number of ways this can be done

• 1]

  2 x ¹²C₆ x (6!)²

• 2]

  2 x 6! x 6!

• 3]

  2 x ¹²C₆ x 6!

• 4]

  None of these

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!)

Seven different objects must be divided among three people. In how many ways can this be done if one or two of them must get no objects?

• 1]

  36

• 2]

  84

• 3]

  180

• 4]

  381

In a single throw with four dice,the probability of throwing seven is

• 1]

  20/6⁴

• 2]

  24/6⁵

• 3]

  22/8⁴

• 4]

  24/8⁴

The value of  ⁷⁵P₂

• 1]

  5450

• 2]

  5555

• 3]

  5550

• 4]

  5656

A coin is tossed 5 times. What is the probability that head appears an odd number of times?

• 1]

  1/2

• 2]

  2/3

• 3]

  1/3

• 4]

  1

How many numbers can be formed from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (without repetition), when the digit at the unit’s place must be greater than that in the ten’s place?

• 1]

  60

• 2]

  54

• 3]

  51 / 3

• 4]

  2 x 4!

A five-letter word is to be formed from a group of 5 vowels and 4 consonants, using at least one vowel and at least one consonant. In how many ways the word having a greater number of consonants than vowels can be formed?

• 1]

  40

• 2]

  42

• 3]

  45

• 4]

  52

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 different ways can the letters of the word 'OPTICAL' be arranged so that the vowels always come together?

• 1]

  120

• 2]

  720

• 3]

  4320

• 4]

  2160