Quiz Discussion

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

Three chairs are arranged in a row facing three other chairs. 4 boys and 2 girls are to be seated on these chairs such that girls are always facing each other. In how many ways can they be seated?

• 1]

  96

• 2]

  72

• 3]

  144

• 4]

  120

A box contains 5 green, 4 yellow and 3 white marbles. three marbles are drawn at random. What is the probability that all they are not of the same colour?

• 1]

  3/44

• 2]

  3/55

• 3]

  52/55

• 4]

  41/44

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

The students in a class are seated, according to their marks in the previous examination. Once, it so happens that four of the students got equal marks and therefore the same rank. To decide their seating arrangement, the teacher wants to write down all possible arrangements one in each of separate bits of paper in order to choose one of these by lots. How many bits of paper are required?

• 1]

  24

• 2]

  12

• 3]

  36

• 4]

  48

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

How many integers between 1000 and 10000 have no digits other than 4, 5, or 6?

• 1]

  91

• 2]

  71

• 3]

  51

• 4]

  81

A basketball team of 5 players is to be selected from a group of 10 men and 8 women players. A volley ball team of 6 players is to be selected from a group of 8 men and 7 women players. Find the difference in the number of ways in which both the teams are selected, given that each team has only 2 female players.

• 1]

  1890

• 2]

  1920

• 3]

  1950

• 4]

  1990

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

If ,​, are probabilities of three mutually exclusive events, then

• 1]

  

• 2]

  

• 3]

  

• 4]

  None Of These