Quiz Discussion

One red flower, three white flowers, and two blue flowers are arranged in a line such that
I. No two adjacent flowers are of the same color.
II. The flowers at the two ends of the line are of different colors.
In how many different ways can the flowers be arranged?

• 1]

  2

• 2]

  4

• 3]

  6

• 4]

  10

There are seven pairs of black shoes and five pairs of white shoes. They are all put into a box and shoes are drawn one at a time. To ensure that at least one pair of black shoes are taken out, what is the number of shoes required to be drawn out?

• 1]

  12

• 2]

  13

• 3]

  17

• 4]

  18

Ten participants are participating in a competition. In how many ways can the first three prizes be won?

• 1]

  920

• 2]

  680

• 3]

  720

• 4]

  820

Two cards are drawn together from a pack of 52 cards. The probability that one is a spade and one is a heart, is

• 1]

  3/20

• 2]

  29/34

• 3]

  47/100

• 4]

  13/102

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

• 1]

  120

• 2]

  720

• 3]

  4320

• 4]

  2160

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

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 (n + 2)! = 2550 (n!); find ’n’

• 1]

  49

• 2]

  35

• 3]

  38

• 4]

  43

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

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