1.

How many number of four digit numbers so that two books on Hindi may not be
that can be formed by using the digits together?
1,2,5,6 ? (a) 4586 (b) 5896 (c) 2415 (d) 1771
(a)24 (b)96 (c)144 (d)256
13. How many ways can one arrange the word
2. How many three digit numbers can be formed EDUCATION such that a relative position of
using 2,3,4 and 5 with none of the digits being vowels and consonants remain same?
repeated? (a)2400 (b)2880 (c)3200 (d)3600
(a)12 (b)24 (c)64 (d)120
14. There are five same model cars parked in
3. How many numbers greater than 5000 can be the same direction in parking. If 3 cars are
formed by using the digits 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 where no red, 1 is black and 1 is green, in how many
digit can be repeated. ways they can be arranged in the parking?
(a)72 (b)120 (c)192 (d)240 (a)10 (b)20 (c)24 (d)120

4. In how many ways can the letters of the word,

‘TECHNOLOGY’ be arranged? 15. There are 7 men and 5 women sitting in a
(a)1804400(b) 1814400 circle, find the all possible way so that 2
(c) 1714400(d) 1704400 women won’t sit together
(a)7!*7P5 (b)6!*7P5 (c)7!*7P2 (d)6!*7P4
5. How many words can be formed by using 3
letters from the word “DELHI” ? 16. If a car number of 4 digit is formed in
(a)24 (b)60 (c)120 (d)240 which first two digits are letters and last
two digits are numbers. How many
6. How many words can be formed by using the arrangements are possible if repetition is
letters from the word “DRIVER” such that all the not allowed?
vowels are always together? (a)58 (b)5850 (c)58500
(a)24 (b)60 (c)120 (d)720 (d)None

7. How many words with or without meaning, can 17. If the letters of the word CHASM are
be formed by using all the letters of the word, rearranged to form 5 letter words such
‘ORANGE’, using each letter exactly once? that none of the word repeat and the
(a) 700 (b) 720 (c) 750 (d) 800 results arranged in ascending order as in a
dictionary what is the rank of the word
8. There are 26 stations between Chennai and CHASM?
Bangalore. How many second class tickets have (a) 24 (b) 31 (c) 32 (d) 30
to be printed, so that a passenger can travel
from one station to any other station? 18. What will be the rank of word OPTION in
(a) 600 (b) 625 (c) 650 (d) 676 the dictionary of words formed by letters
of the word OPTION?
9. How many ways can the letters of the word, (a)200 (b)202 (c)212 (d)224
‘MACHINE’ are arranged so that the consonants
may occupy only the odd positions? 19. If all the letters of the word 'PRIME' are
(a) 210 (b)576 (c)144 (d) 456 arranged in all possible ways and written
out in alphabetical (dictionary) order, then
10.In how many ways can 5 boys and 3 girls sit find the rank of the given word.
around a table in such a way that no two (a)88 (b)90 (c)92 (d)94
girls sit together?
(a) 1000 (b) 1400 (c) 1440 (d) 1800 20. If all the letters of the word 'SECRET' are
arranged in all possible ways and written
11.How many different words can be formed out in alphabetical (dictionary) order, then
from the word DAUGHTER so that ending find the rank of the given word.
and beginning letters are consonants? (a)245 (b)250 (c)254 (d)255
(a) 7200 (b) 14400 (c) 360 (d) 1440
21. In how many different ways can the letters
12. In how many ways can 22 books on English and of the word 'DETAIL' be arranged in such a
20 books on Hindi be placed in a row on a shelf
 way that the vowels occupy only the odd
positions?
(a)32 (b)48 (c)36 (d)60
22. If 3 books of mathematics and 5 books of
physics are placed on a shelf so that the
books on the same subject always remain
together then what is the possible number
of arrangements ?
(a) 1440 (b) 1956 (c) 720 (d) None
23. There are 10 yes or no questions. How
many ways can these be answered?
(a) 1084 (b) 2048 (c) 1024 (d) 100
24. Each question has four choices out of
which only one is correct. A candidate has
to answer four questions. The number of
ways he fails to give all answers correctly,
is
(a) 15 (b) 81 (c) 255 (d) 256
25. How many ways can 6 letters be posted in
4 post boxes, if each of the post boxes can
take more than 6 letters?
(a) 46 (b) 64 (c) 6P4 (d) 6C4
26. A team of 8 students goes on an excursion,
in two cars, of which one can seat 5 and
the other only 4. In how many ways can
they travel?
(a) 9 (b) 26 (c) 126 (d) 3920
27. How many 6 digit telephone numbers can
be formed if each number starts with 49
and no digit appears more than once?
(a)720 (b) 360 (c) 1420 (d) 1680
28. In how many different ways can the letters
of the word 'MATHEMATICS' be arranged
such that the vowels must always come
together?
(a) 9800 (b) 100020(c) 120960(d) 140020
29. From a group of 5men and 4 women, 3
persons are to be selected to form a
committee so that at least 2 men are there
are on the committee. In how many ways
can it be done?
(a) 20 (b) 50 (c) 65 (d) 86
30. A box contains 3 white balls, 4 black balls
and 5 yellow balls. In how many ways can
4 balls be drawn from the box, if at least
one yellow ball is to be included in the
draw?
(a) 652 (b) 547 (c)460 (d) 356
31. How many diagonals are there in an
octagon?
(a)12 (b)15 (c)18 (d)20
32. The number of triangles that can be
formed by choosing the vertices from a set
of 12 points, seven of which lie on the
same straight line is
(a) 105 (b) 115 (c) 175 (d) 185
33. There are 30 people in a group. If all shake
hands with one another , how many
handshakes are possible?
a. 870 b. 435 c. 30! d. 29! + 1
34. How many combinations are possible
while selecting four letters from the word
‘SMOKEJACK’ with the condition that ‘J’
must appear in it?
a. 81 b. 8!/2! c. 3!/2! d. 41
35. 17 students are present in a class. In how
many ways, can they be made to stand in 2
circles of 8 and 9 students?
a. 17C9 x 9! X 8! b. 17C9 x 8! X 7!
c. 8! X 7! d. 17C8 x 8! X 9!
36. A locker in bank has 3 digit lock. Mahesh
forgot his password and was trying all
possible combinations. He took 6 seconds
for each try. The problem was that each
digit can be from 0 to 9. How much time
will be needed to by Mahesh to try all the
combinations?
a. 90 min b. 120 min c. 60 min d. 100 min
37. A trekking group is to be formed having 6
members. They are to be selected from 3
girls, 4 boys and 5 teachers. In how many
ways can the group be formed so that
there are 3 teachers and 3 boys or 2 girls
and 4 teachers?
a. 55 b. 90 c. 27 d. 144
38. A bank has 6 digit account number with
no repetition of digits within a account
number. The first and last digit of the
account numbers is fixed to be 4 and 7.
How many such account numbers are
possible?
a. 10080 b. 5040 c. 890 d. 1680
PROBABILITY
1. Two unbiased coin are tossed .What is the
probability of getting at most one head?
 (a)1/2 (b)2/3 (c)3/4 (d)4/5 (a)1/13 (b)1/26 (c)1/52 (d)13/52

2. Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is 13. One card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards.
the probability of getting at least 2 heads? What is the probability that the card drawn
(a)1/2 (b)2/3 (c)3/4 (d)4/5 is either a red card or a king?
(a)5/13 (b)6/13 (c)7/13 (d)8/13
3. A coin is tossed thrice. What is the 14. Two cards are drawn together from a pack
probability that the first toss of coin lands of 52 cards. The probability that one is a
head, second tail and third lands tail as spade and one is a heart, is
well? (a)11/102 (b)13/102 (c)15/102(d)17/102
(a) 1/16 (b)3/8 (c) 1/8 (d)1/10
15. A box contains 4 black, 3 red and 6 green
4. A person tosses an unbiased coin. When marbles. 2 marbles are drawn from the
head turns up, he gets Rs.8 and tail turns box at random. What is the probability
up he loses Rs.4. If 3 coins are tossed, what that both the marbles are of the same
is probability that he gets a profit of Rs.12? color?
(a) 3/8 (b) 5/8 (c) 3/4 (d) 1/8 a. 12/74 b. 24/78 c. 13/78 d. 25/78

5. In a simultaneous throw of pair of dice 16. If six persons sit around a table. What is
.find the probability of getting the total more the probability that some specified three
than 7? of them are always together ?
(a)5/12 (b)7/12 (c)3/4 (d)4/9 A 1/20 B 3/10 C 1/5 D 4/5

6. Two dice are thrown together .What is the 17. There are 4 boys and 3 girls. What is the
probability that the sum of the number on probability the boys and girls sit
the two faces is divided by 4 or 6? alternately?
(a)5/12 (b)7/12 (c)5/18 (d)7/18 (a)1/7 (b)1/21 (c)1/35 (d)1/42

7. In a simultaneous throw of two dice, what
is the probability of getting a doublet?
(a)1/4 (b)1/5 (c)1/6 (d)1/3
8. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. What
is the probability of getting two numbers
whose product is even?
(a)1/2 (b)2/3 (c)3/4 (d)4/5
9. An unbiased dice is rolled 5 times and the
outcomes are 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively.
If it is rolled again, what is the probability
that the outcome is 6?
(a)1 (b) 5/6 (c) 1/6 (d) 1/3
10. What is the probability of getting at least
one six in a single throw of three unbiased
dice?
(a) 1/6 (b) 125/216 (c)1/36 (d) 91/216
11. One card is drawn at random from a pack
of 52 cards. What is the probability that
the card drawn is a face card?
(a)3/13 (b)5/13 (c)9/13 (d)6/13
12. A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards.
What is the probability of getting a queen
of club or a king of heart ?
18. There are four red and four white balls in a
bag. A ball is taken out and then replaced
for three times. What is the probability
that in each draw the ball is a red ball?
(a) 1/8 (b) ½ (c) 1/3 (d) 1/4
19. The probability of occurrence of event A is
0.4 and that of event B is 0.5. If the events
are independent then what is the
probability of occurrence of both A and B?
(a) 0.50 (b) 0.10 (c) 0.20 (d) 0.9
20. The probability of occurrence of event P is
0.7 and that of event Q is 0.05. If the
events are mutually exclusive then what is
the probability of occurrence of either P or
Q?
(a) 0.85 (b) 0.75 (c) 0 (d)0.35
21. A box contains 16 electric bulbs, out of
which 4 are defective. Two bulbs are
chosen at random from this box. The
probability that at least one of these is
defective is:
(a) 4/20 (b) 7/20 (c)9/20 (d)11/20
22. In a class, 30% of the students offered
English, 20% offered Hindi and 10% offered
 both. If a student is selected at random,
what is the probability that he has offered
English or Hindi?
(a) 2/5 (b)3/4 (c)3/5 (d)3/10
23. A box contains 6 red balls, 7 green balls
and 5 blue balls. Each ball is of a
different size. What is the probability
that the red ball being selected is the
smallest red ball?
(a)1/18 (b)1/3 (c)1/6 (d)2/3
24. A 5-digit number is formed by the digits
1,2,3,4 and 5 without repetition. What is
the probability that the number formed is
a multiple of 4?
(a) 1/4 (b) 1/5 (c) 2/5 (d) 1/120
25. Ravi has a bag full of 10 Nestle and 5
Cadbury chocolates. He draws two
chocolates. What is the probability that he
got at least one Nestle chocolate?
(a) 2/3 (b)3/7 (c)2/21 (d)19/21
26. A bag contains 6 yellow and 5 brown
pencils. If two pencils are drawn, what is
the probability that the pencils are of the
same color?
(a) 5/11 (b) 1/11 (c) 4/11 (d) 9/11
27. Probability of occurrence of event A is 0.7
and that of event B is 0.4 and the
probability of occurrence of both A and B
is 0.3. What is the probability that none of
A and B occur?
(a)0.2 (b)0.3 (c)0.4 (d)0.8
28. A man and his wife appear in an interview
for two vacancies in the same post. The
probability of husband's selection is (1 / 7)
and the probability of wife's selection is (1
/ 5). What is the probability that only one
of them is selected?
(a)1/7 (b)2/7 (c)3/7 (d)4/7
29. If five persons sit around a circular table,
then what is the probability that some
specified three of them are always
together?
(a) ½ (b) 1/3 (c) ¼ (d) 1/5
30. Two people agree to meet on June 9, 2018
between 5.00 P.M. to 6.00 P.M., with the
understanding that each will wait no
longer than 20 minutes for the other.
What is the probability that they will
meet?
(a)5/9 (b) 7/9 (c) 2/9 (d) 4/9
31. Two letters are selected randomly from
English alphabet simultaneously. What is
the probability that one is a constant
and the other is a vowel?
(a)10/67 (b)21/65 (c)44/65(d)2/13
32. The probability that a number selected at
random from first 50 natural numbers is a
composite number is
(a)21/25 (b) 17/25 (c) 4/25 (d) 7/10
33. Two dice are rolled together. The
probability that the sum of the numbers
shown on the two dice is maximum or
minimum is……
(a)1/18 (b)1/9 (c)1/6 (d)1/36
34. A bag contains 5 red and 3 green balls.
Another bag contains 4 red and 6 green
balls. If one ball is drawn from each bag.
Find the probability that one ball is red and
one is green.
(a)19/20 (b)17/20 (c)8/10 (d)21/40
35. A speaks truth in 75% of cases and B in
80% of cases. In what percent of cases are
they likely to contradict each other in
narrating the same event?
(a)35% (b)5% (c)45% (d)22.5%
36. Derek throws three dice in a special game.
If it knows that he needs 15 or higher in
this throw to win, then find the chance of
his winning the game.
(a)5/54 (b)17/216 (c)13/216 (d)15/216
37. The probability of success of three
students X, Y and Z in the one
examination are 1/5, 1/4 and 1/3
respectively. Find the probability of
success of at least two.
(a)1/6 (b)2/5 (c)3/4 (d)3/5
38. There are four hotels in a town. If 3 men
check into the hotels in a day then what is
the probability that each checks into a
different hotel?
(a)6/7 (b)1/8 (c)3/8 (d)5/9
39. If x is chosen at random from the set
{1,2,3,4} and y is to be chosen at random
from the set {5,6,7}, what is the probability
that xy will be even?
(a)5/6 (b)1/6 (c)1/2 (d)2/3
40. A number X is chosen at random from the A.5/7 B.3/7 C.3/5 D.1/3
numbers -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3. What is the
probability that |X|<2
ANSWER KEY

PERMUTATION & COMBINATION

1-d 2-b 3-c 4-b 5-b 6-c 7-b 8-c 9-c 10-c

11-d 12-d 13-b 14-b 15-b 16-c 17-c 18-c 19-d 20-d

21-c 22-a 23-c 24-c 25-b 26-c 27-d 28-c 29-b 30-c

31-d 32-d 33-b 34-d 35-b 36-d 37-a 38-d 39 40

PROBABILITY
1-c 2-a 3-c 4-d 5-a 6-d 7-c 8-a 9-c 10-d
11-a 12-b 13-c 14-b 15-b 16-b 17-c 18-a 19-a 20-b
21-c 22-a 23-a 24-b 25-d 26-a 27-d 28-b 29-a 30-d
31-b 32-b 33-a 34-d 35-a 36-a 37-a 38-c 39-d 40-b

Inequalities Questions

Study the following information to answer the I. K # S II. Y @ M

given questions: III.T # M IV.Y @ K
P $ Q means P is not smaller than Q (a) None is true (b)Only I is true
P @ Q means P is neither smaller than nor (c)Only II is true (d)Only III is true
equal to Q (e)Only IV is true
P # Q means P is neither greater than nor equal
to Q 4. Statements: W * N, K * V, Y @ V, W @ K
P & Q means P is neither greater than nor Conclusions:
smaller than Q I. Y @ K II. W $ N
P * Q means P is not greater than Q III. W @ Y IV. W @ V
(a) None is true (b)Only I is true
Refer the above for the Questions 1 to 5 (c)Only II is true (d)Only III is true
1. Statements: C # P, P * L, L @ E, E $ M (e)Only IV is true
Conclusions:
I. M # P II. M @ L 5. Statements: A $ M, P @ L, K # P, A $ L
III. P # E IV. L # C Conclusions:
(a) None is true (b)Only I is true I. K # L II. A @ P
(c)Only II is true (d)Only III is true III. L * A IV. M # P
(e)Only IV is true (a) None is true (b) Only I is true
(c)Only II is true (d)Only III is true
2. Statements: S @ L, L # M, M & B, B * Q (e)Only IV is true
Conclusions:
I. Q $ M II. B @ L 6. Statement:
III. S @ Q IV. L @ Q L>G=M≤T;U<S<M
(a) I, II and III are true (b) I, II are true Conclusions:
(c)I, III are true (d)I, III and IV are I) T ≥ L II) S < L
true (e)All are true III) T > U IV) G ≤ U
(a) Only I,III are true
3. Statements: T * Y, S # M, Y $ S, M @ K (b)Only III,IV are true
Conclusions: (c)(Only I,III ,IV are true
 (d) Only II,IV are true Conclusions:
(e)Only II,III are true I) R # M II) N # D III) N $ R
(a) Only I is true (b)Only II is true
7. Statement: (c) Only III is true (d)None is true
D>M>U≥E;N<U≥J (e)All are true
Conclusions:
I)D>E II) E ≤ J 12. Statement:
III) M > N IV) D > J M @ D , D © V, V $ W
(a) Only I, II ,III are true Conclusions:
(b)Only II, III,IV are true I) W @ M II) M % V III) D $ W
(c)Only I,III ,IV are true (a) Only I and II are true
(d)None is true (b)Only II and III are true
(e)All I,II,III,IV are true (c) Only I and III true
(d)Only III is true
8. Statement: (e)None is true
K>H<Y≤Z<A>R≥L
Conclusions: 13. Statement:
I) A > Y II) L < A K # N ,N $ T, T% J
III) H < A IV) K > R
(a) Only I,II,III are true Conclusions
(b)Only II and IV are true I) J @ N II) K @ T III) T @ K
(c)None is true (a) None is true
(d)Only II and III are true (b)Only I and II are true
(e)Only I ,III are true (c)Only II and III are true
(d)Only I and III are true
9. Statement: (e) All are true
S>H≥P≤C;Y>P≥N
Conclusions: 14. Statement :
I) H > Y II) S > C M @ J, J $ T, T © N
III) C = Y IV) C ≥ N Conclusion:
(a) Only I and IV are true (b)Only III is true I) N # J II) T % M III) M @ N
(c)Only II and IV are true (d)Only IV is true (a) Only I and II true
(e)Only I and II are true (b)Only II and III are true
(c) Only I and III true
10. Statement: (d)None is true
P>R≥S=T<M≤N<K (e) All are true
Conclusions:
I) T< P II) N > S 15. Statement:
III) K < S IV) S ≥ P H % J , J © N,N @ R
(a) Only I,II,III are true (b)Only I ,III are true
(c) Only II and III are true Conclusion:
(d) Only I and II are true I) R % J II) H @ J III) N @ H
(e) None of these (a) Only II is true
(b)Only I and III are true
Directions: (c)Only I is true
A $ B means A is not smaller than B (d)Only III is true
A # B means A is not greater than B (e)None is true
A @ B means A is neither smaller than nor equal
to B
A © B means A is neither smaller than nor
greater than B
A % B means A is neither greater than nor equal
to B

Refer the above for the Questions 11 to 15

11. Statement:
R#D,D$M,M©N