Question 1

In how many ways can we arrange the letters of the word 'EDUCATION' so that the word always starts with a vowel and ends with a consonant?

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Question 2

A committee of six members is to be formed from four trainees, five professors and six helpers. In how many ways can this be done if the committee is to have all five professors and one helper, or all four trainees and two professors?

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Question 3

A committee of six members is to be formed from four trainees, five professors and six helpers. In how many ways can this be done if the committee is to have at least three trainees and at most one professor?

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Question 4

How many 3-letter words with or without meaning can be formed by using all the letters of the word ‘LOGARITHMS’, if repetition of letters is not allowed?

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Question 5

In how many different ways can the letters of the word “SCHOOL” be arranged?

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Question 6

In how many different ways can the letters of the word "QUESTION" be arranged?

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Question 7

How many different ways can the letters of the word SECURITY be arranged?

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Question 8

In how many ways can the letters of the word “MASTER” be arranged?

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Question 9

How many ways can we arrange the letters of the word “VICTORY” so that no two vowels come together?

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Question 10

In how many ways can we arrange the letters of the word “TARGET”?

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Question 11

In how many ways can we arrange the letters of the word “VOCABULARY”?

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Question 12

How many ways can we arrange the letters of the word “PUNCTUAL”?

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Question 13

How many ways can we arrange the letters of the word “CARING” so that no two vowels come together?

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Question 14

How many ways can we arrange the letters of the word “COURAGE”?

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Question 15

How many ways can we arrange the letters of the word “PRESENT”?

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Question 16

In how many ways can we arrange the letters of the word “NATION” ?

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Question 17

A bag contains 4 red balls, 6 green balls and 2 black balls. If two marbles are drawn randomly, what is the probability that both are red?

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Question 18

A committee of five members is to be formed out of 3 trainees, 4 professors, and 6 research associates. In how many different ways can this be done if the committee has 2 trainees and 3 research associates?

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Question 19

How many different ways can the letters of the word BEATLE be arranged?

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Question 20

How many different ways can the letters of BANKING be arranged?

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Question 21

How many different ways can the letters of the word 'DOORS' be arranged?

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Question 22

How many ways can the letters of the word 'SUPERB' be arranged?

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Question 23

How many ways can the letters of the word ‘ARITHMETIC’ be arranged so that all the vowels are together?

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Question 24

Find the number of ways in which 10 people can be selected to form a committee from a group of 10 men and 10 women?

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Question 25

Find the number of ways of arranging the first 5 whole numbers without repetition so that they form a 5-digit number?

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Question 26

Find the number of ways of arranging the letters of the word RECTANGLE such that 2 E's are always together?

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Question 27

At a party, each person shakes hands with every other person. If there are 36 handshakes in total, find the number of people who attended the party.

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Question 28

How many ways can the letters of the word “HYDERABAD” be arranged so that all vowels are together?

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Question 29

What would be the rank of the word ALARM in a dictionary made up of all the possible permutations of the letters of the word?

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Question 30

How many ways can the letters of INFINITY be arranged so that the I's always stay together?

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Question 31

From the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, what is the number of ways a four-digit number with distinct digits that is a multiple of 12 can be formed?

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Question 32

In how many ways can the letters of the word COMMUNICATION be arranged?

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Question 33

The coach wants to select the playing 11 from the squad of 16 players. The squad has 6 batsmen, 2 wicket keepers, 5 bowlers and 3 all-rounders. If the coach wants to include 5 batsmen, 1 wicket keeper, 2 all-rounders and 3 bowlers in the playing 11, then find the number of ways he can select the team?

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Question 34

How many ways can 4 men and 2 women be seated around a circular table so the 2 females don’t sit next to each other?

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Question 35

How many four-digit even numbers can be formed with the digits 5, 9, 4, 1, 3? (Repetitions are allowed)

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Question 36

A dice is rolled thrice. What is the number of possibilities in which the sum of outcomes of the first three attempts is exactly equal to 15?

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Question 37

A team of 11 players requires 3 bowlers out of 5 available, 1 keeper out of 3 available, 4 batsmen out of 7 available, 3 all-rounders out of 4 available. In how many ways can a team be made?

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Question 38

A burglar trying to disarm an alarm system notices that four numbers on the keypad 3,5,6, and 8, have faded more than the others. Guessing these four numbers are part of the 4-digit security key, he tries different combinations to break in. What is the maximum number of attempts he would need?

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Question 39

Ramesh gives a multiple-choice test with 3 questions, each offering +3 for a correct answer and -1 for an incorrect answer. If his accuracy at answering any question is 0.3, what is the expected score? He attempts all the questions.

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Question 40

All the possible 3 digit numbers are formed from the number 13579. What is the expected value of the sum of the digits?

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