Quiz Discussion

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

A, B, C, D and E sit on five chairs all of which are facing north. C will sit only on the leftmost chair and B will not sit anywhere to the left of A. In how many ways they can be seated?

• 1]

  10

• 2]

  18

• 3]

  36

• 4]

  12

A speaks truth in 75% cases and B in 80% of the cases. In what percentage of the cases are they likely to contradict each other, narrating the same incident?

• 1]

  5%

• 2]

  15%

• 3]

  35%

• 4]

  45%

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

One red flower, three white flowers, and two blue flowers are arranged in a line such that
I. No two adjacent flowers are of the same color.
II. The flowers at the two ends of the line are of different colors.
In how many different ways can the flowers be arranged?

• 1]

  2

• 2]

  4

• 3]

  6

• 4]

  10

There are seven pairs of black shoes and five pairs of white shoes. They are all put into a box and shoes are drawn one at a time. To ensure that at least one pair of black shoes are taken out, what is the number of shoes required to be drawn out?

• 1]

  12

• 2]

  13

• 3]

  17

• 4]

  18

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

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

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

In how many different ways can the letters of the word 'CORPORATION' be arranged so that the vowels always come together?

• 1]

  50400

• 2]

  2430

• 3]

  6540

• 4]

  12800