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

A committee of 8 members is to be selected from a group of 12 male and 10 female members. In how many ways the committee is selected such that at most two and at least one male member are there in the committee?

• 1]

  13540

• 2]

  14200

• 3]

  15300

• 4]

  16400

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!

A basketball team of 5 players is to be selected from a group of 10 men and 8 women players. A volley ball team of 6 players is to be selected from a group of 8 men and 7 women players. Find the difference in the number of ways in which both the teams are selected, given that each team has only 2 female players.

• 1]

  1890

• 2]

  1920

• 3]

  1950

• 4]

  1990

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

How many 3-digit numbers can be formed from the digits 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9, which are divisible by 5 and none of the digits is repeated

• 1]

  5

• 2]

  10

• 3]

  15

• 4]

  20

If P(A)=2/5​, P(B)=3/10​ and P(A ∩ B) =51​, then P(A' | B'). P(B' | A') is equal to

• 1]

  5/6

• 2]

  5/7

• 3]

  25/42

• 4]

  1

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

If (n + 2)! = 2550 (n!); find ’n’

• 1]

  49

• 2]

  35

• 3]

  38

• 4]

  43

Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at most two heads ?

• 1]

  3/4

• 2]

  1/4

• 3]

  3/8

• 4]

  7/8