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How many ways are there to select a subcommittee of 7 members from among a committee of 17?

A) 19000 B) 19448
C) 19821 D) 19340
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 19448

Explanation:

Since it does not matter what order the committee members are chosen in, the combination formula is used.

 

Committees are always a combination unless the problem states that someone like a president has higher hierarchy over another person. If the committee is ordered, then it is a permutation.

 

C(17,7)= 19,448

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Find the number of ways to take 20 objects and arrange them in groups of 5 at a time where order does not matter.?

A) 57090 B) 15540
C) 15504 D) 23670
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 15504

Explanation:

C520 = 15504

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Find the number of ways to take 4 people and place them in groups of 3 at a time where order does not matter?

A) 4 B) 12
C) 36 D) 16
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 4

Explanation:

Since order does not matter, use the combination formula 

C34 = 24/6 = 4

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If the letters of the word SACHIN are arranged in all possible ways and these words are written out as in dictionary, then the word ‘SACHIN’ appears at serial number :

A) 601 B) 600
C) 603 D) 602
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 601

Explanation:

If the word started with the letter A then the remaining 5 positions can be filled in  5! Ways.

 

If it started with c then the remaining 5 positions can be filled in 5! Ways.Similarly if it started with H,I,N the remaining 5 positions can be filled in 5! Ways.

 

If it started with S then the remaining position can be filled with A,C,H,I,N in alphabetical order as on dictionary.

 

The required word SACHIN can be obtained after the 5X5!=600 Ways i.e. SACHIN is the 601th letter.

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Find the total number of distinct vehicle numbers that can be formed using two letters followed by two numbers. Letters need to be distinct

A) 65000 B) 64000
C) 72000 D) 36000
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 65000

Explanation:

Out of 26 alphabets two distinct letters can be chosen in 26P2 ways. Coming to numbers part, there are 10 ways.(any number from 0 to 9 can be chosen) to choose the first digit and similarly another 10ways to choose the second digit. Hence there are totally 10X10 = 100 ways. 

 

Combined with letters there are 6P2 X 100 ways = 65000 ways to choose vehicle numbers.

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How many alphabets need to be there in a language if one were to make 1 million distinct 3 digit initials using the alphabets of the language?

A) 1000 B) 100
C) 500 D) 999
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 100

Explanation:

1 million distinct 3 digit initials are needed.

 

Let the number of required alphabets in the language be ‘n’.

 

Therefore, using ‘n’ alphabets we can form n * n * n = n3 distinct 3 digit initials.

 

Note distinct initials is different from initials where the digits are different.

 

For instance, AAA and BBB are acceptable combinations in the case of distinct initials while they are not permitted when the digits of the initials need to be different.

 

This n3 different initials = 1 million 

i.e. n3=106  (1 million = 106)

  => n = 102 = 100

 

Hence, the language needs to have a minimum of 100 alphabets to achieve the objective.

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In how many ways can a group of 5 men and 2 women be made out of a total of 7 men and 3 women?

A) 135 B) 63
C) 125 D) 64
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 63

Explanation:

Required number of ways = (7C5*3C2) = (7C2*3C1) = 63

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When four fair dice are rolled simultaneously, in how many outcomes will at least one of the dice show 3?

A) 620 B) 671
C) 625 D) 567
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 671

Explanation:

When 4 dice are rolled simultaneously, there will be a total of 6 x 6 x 6 x 6 = 1296 outcomes.

 

The number of outcomes in which none of the 4 dice show 3 will be 5 x 5 x 5 x 5 = 625 outcomes.

 

Therefore, the number of outcomes in which at least one die will show 3 = 1296 – 625 = 671

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