Quiz Discussion

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

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

A, B, C, and D are four points, any three of which are non-collinear. Then, the number of ways to construct three lines each joining a pair of points so that the lines do not form a triangle is

• 1]

  7

• 2]

  8

• 3]

  9

• 4]

  24

A biased coin in tossed thrice. What is the probability that heads turns out at least twice considering that the probability of a head is 60%?

• 1]

  0.648

• 2]

  0.234

• 3]

  0.348

• 4]

  .839

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!

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!)

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%

The value of  ⁷⁵P₂

• 1]

  5450

• 2]

  5555

• 3]

  5550

• 4]

  5656

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

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