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

In how many ways can 10 people line up at a ticket window of a railway station?

• 1]

  36,28,800

• 2]

  34,82,800

• 3]

  33,44,800

• 4]

  33,28,800

How many 5 digit even numbers with distinct digits can be formed using the digits 1, 2, 5, 5, 4?

• 1]

  16

• 2]

  24

• 3]

  36

• 4]

  48

Find the number of ways in which mixed double tennis game can be arranged amongst 9 married couples if no husband and wife play in the same game

• 1]

  1515

• 2]

  1500

• 3]

  1512

• 4]

  1550

Four letters are selected from the word “CAPAME” and are rearranged to form four letter words. How many words can be formed?

• 1]

  120

• 2]

  90

• 3]

  180

• 4]

  192

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!) 

A box contains two white balls, three black balls and four red balls. Balls of the same colour are distinct. The number of ways in which three balls can be drawn from the box if atleast one black ball is to be included in the draw, is

• 1]

  32

• 2]

  64

• 3]

  128

• 4]

  None Of These

Two cards are drawn together from a pack of 52 cards. The probability that one is a spade and one is a heart, is

• 1]

  3/20

• 2]

  29/34

• 3]

  47/100

• 4]

  13/102

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

From a group of 7 men and 6 women, five persons are to be selected to form a committee so that at least three men are in the committee. In how many ways can it be done?

• 1]

  624

• 2]

  702

• 3]

  756

• 4]

  812