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

In how many different ways can the letters of the word 'DETAIL' be arranged in such a way that the vowels occupy only the odd positions?

• 1]

  32

• 2]

  48

• 3]

  36

• 4]

  60

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

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%

There are 8 orators A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H. In how many ways can the arrangements be made so that A always comes before B and B always comes before C.

• 1]

  8! / 3!

• 2]

  8! / 6!

• 3]

  5! x 3!

• 4]

  8! / (5! x 3!) 

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

• 1]

  10080

• 2]

  4989600

• 3]

  120960

• 4]

  None of these

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

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 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

If A and B are two independent events with P(A) = 3/5 and P(B) = 4/9 , then P(A' ∩ B' ) equals

• 1]

  4/15

• 2]

  8/45

• 3]

  1/3

• 4]

  2/9