Quiz Discussion

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

From among the 36 students in a class, one leader and one class representative are to be appointed. In how many ways can this be done?

• 1]

  1360

• 2]

  1060

• 3]

  1160

• 4]

  1260

Seven different objects must be divided among three people. In how many ways can this be done if one or two of them must get no objects?

• 1]

  36

• 2]

  84

• 3]

  180

• 4]

  381

There are three rooms in a motel: one single, one double, and one for four persons. How many ways are there to house seven persons in these rooms?

• 1]

  7! / 1! 2! 3! 

• 2]

  7! 

• 3]

  7! / 3

• 4]

  7! / 3!

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

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

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

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

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!)

In a simultaneous throw of two dice, what is the probability of getting a total of 7?

• 1]

  1/6

• 2]

  1/4

• 3]

  2/3

• 4]

  3/4