Quiz Discussion

How many words, with or without meaning, can be formed using all letters of the word EQUATION using each letter exactly once?

• 1]

  38,320

• 2]

  39,320

• 3]

  38,400

• 4]

  40,320

There are 20 people among whom two are sisters. Find the number of ways in which we can arrange them around a circle so that there is exactly one person between the two sisters.

• 1]

  2! x 19!

• 2]

  18!

• 3]

  18! x 2!

• 4]

  19!

12 person are seated at a round table. Number of ways of selecting 2 persons not adjacent to each other is

• 1]

  10

• 2]

  11

• 3]

  54

• 4]

  48

The number of triangles that can be formed by choosing the vertices from a set of 12 points, seven of which lie on the same straight line, is

• 1]

  185

• 2]

  175

• 3]

  115

• 4]

  105

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

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

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

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

It is required to seat 5 boys and 4 girls in a row so that the girls occupy the even places. How many such arrangements are possible?

• 1]

  2880

• 2]

  2148

• 3]

  3280

• 4]

  3680

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