Quiz Discussion

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!)

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!

In how many ways a committee, consisting of 5 men and 6 women can be formed from 8 men and 10 women?

• 1]

  266

• 2]

  5040

• 3]

  11760

• 4]

  86400

A number lock on a suitcase has 3 wheels each labeled with 10 digits from 0 to 9. If the opening of the lock is a particular sequence of three digits with no repeats, how many such sequences will be possible?

• 1]

  720

• 2]

  760

• 3]

  780

• 4]

  680

In a lottery, there are 10 prizes and 25 blanks. A lottery is drawn at random. What is the probability of getting a prize?

• 1]

  1/10

• 2]

  2/5

• 3]

  2/7

• 4]

  5/7

If ,​, are probabilities of three mutually exclusive events, then

• 1]

  

• 2]

  

• 3]

  

• 4]

  None Of These

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

How many words can be formed from the letters of the word "SIGNATURE" so that vowels always come together.

• 1]

  17280

• 2]

  4320

• 3]

  720

• 4]

  80

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

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