Quiz Discussion

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!) 

A coin is tossed 5 times. What is the probability that head appears an odd number of times?

• 1]

  1/2

• 2]

  2/3

• 3]

  1/3

• 4]

  1

There are 6 letters for 3 envelopes. In how many different ways can the envelopes be filled?

• 1]

  120

• 2]

  130

• 3]

  100

• 4]

  110

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 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

Three chairs are arranged in a row facing three other chairs. 4 boys and 2 girls are to be seated on these chairs such that girls are always facing each other. In how many ways can they be seated?

• 1]

  96

• 2]

  72

• 3]

  144

• 4]

  120

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!

What is the sum of all 4 digit numbers that can be formed by the digits 1, 2, 3, 4 each exactly once

• 1]

  55566

• 2]

  66660

• 3]

  56456

• 4]

  84738

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

How many words, with or without meaning, can be formed using all letters of the word EQUATION using each letter exactly once?

• 1]

  38,320

• 2]

  39,320

• 3]

  38,400

• 4]

  40,320