Quiz Discussion

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!)

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!

How many parallelograms will be formed if 7 parallel horizontal lines intersect 6 parallel vertical lines?

• 1]

  42

• 2]

  294

• 3]

  315

• 4]

  258

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

A fair coin is tossed 5 times. What is the probability of getting at least three heads on consecutive tosses?

• 1]

  3/16

• 2]

  1/4

• 3]

  7/24

• 4]

  5/16

A polygon has 44 diagonals. What is the number of its sides?

• 1]

  7

• 2]

  8

• 3]

  9

• 4]

  11

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

How many words can be formed from the letters of the word "SIGNATURE" so that vowels always come together.

• 1]

  17280

• 2]

  4320

• 3]

  720

• 4]

  80

The number of circles that can be drawn out of 10 points of which 7 are collinear is

• 1]

  130

• 2]

  85

• 3]

  45

• 4]

  72

If (n + 2)! = 2550 (n!); find ’n’

• 1]

  49

• 2]

  35

• 3]

  38

• 4]

  43