PERMUTATIONS & COMBINATIONS

1. In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘SMART’ be arranged (without
repetition of letters)?
a) 48 b) 96 c) 120 d) 144
2. In how many different ways can the letters of the word 'LEASE' be arranged (without
repetition of letters)?
A 240 B 120 C 25 D 60
3. How many distinct numbers of four digits can be formed with the digits 2,3,4,5 and 7?
a) 32 b) 120 c) 20 d) 1024
4. How many three digit distinct numbers can be formed with the digits 9,8,6,4,2 and 0?
a) 100 b) 720 c) 60 d) 120
5. If any digit can be used more than once, how many 4 digit numbers can be formed from
0,1,2,3,4,5
a)256 b)1080 c)720 d)None of these
6. In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘JUDGE’ be arranged so that
the vowels always come together?
a) 48 b) 96 c) 120 d) 144
7. Four boys and two girls have to be seated in a row in such a way that all the boys are
always together. In how many different ways can they be seated?
a) 120 b) 720 c) 144 d) 240
8. In how many ways 4 males and 4 females can be seated in a row so that males and
females are alternate?
a) 120 b) 720 c) 1152 d) 5040

9. In how many ways can 3 Indians, 2 Pakistanis and 2 Dutch be seated in a row so that
all persons of the same nationality sit together?
a) 720 b) 24 c) 144 d) 120
10. How many distinct words can be formed out of the word PROWLING that start with R
and end with W?
a) 5040 b) 1440 c) 720 d) 40320
11. In how many ways the letters of the word ‘ALABAMA’ be arranged?
a) 250 b) 210 c) 240 d) 260
12. In how many ways the letters of the word DIRECTOR are arranged such that all the
vowels are together?
a) 2520 b) 2160 c) 2450 d) 2610
13 On a new year day every student of a class sends a card to every other student. If the
total no. of students are 51 then find how many cards did the postman deliver.
a) 2550 b) 5250 c) 5220 d) 2530
14. 8 men entered a lounge simultaneously. If each person shook hands with the other then
find the total no. of handshakes?
a) 16 b) 36 c) 56 d) 28
15. In a party every person shakes hands with every other person. If there was a total of 45
handshakes in the party, find the no. of persons who were present in the party.
a) 9 b) 10 c) 11 d) 12
16. How many groups of 4 persons can be selected from 4 men and 3 women?
a) 500 b) 35
c) 150 d) None of these
17. There are 25 students in a class. Find the number of ways in which a committee of 3
students is to be selected?
a) 2800 b) 2520 c) 2300 d) 2400
18. Four matches are to be played in a chess tournament. In how many ways can their results
be decided?
a) 64 b) 81 c) 16 d) 12
19. A captain and vice-captain are to be chosen out of a team having 11 players. How many
ways are there to achieve this?
a) 90 b) 55 c) 110 d) 10.9!

20. Suma has five friends to invite for the party. In how many ways can she send the
invitation cards to them if she has four servants to carry the cards?
a) 625 b) 46
c) 256 d) None of these
21. A letter lock consists of three rings each marked with 10 different letters. In how many
ways is it possible to make an unsuccessful attempt to open the lock?
a) 1000 b) 999
c) 1001 d) None of these

22. Ten students are participating in a race. In how many ways can the first three prizes be
won?
a) 720 b) 640 c) 480 d) None of these

23. There are twenty railway stations between Hyderabad and Chennai. How many
different kinds of II class tickets must be printed so as to enable a passenger can travel to
one place to another place?
a)626 b)424 c)462 d) None of these
24. In how many ways can 6 boys sit round the table?

a)120 b)720 c)5040 d)None of these

25. Find the number of ways in which 6 beads can be arranged to form a necklace.

a)120 b)60 c)40 d)None of these

 PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS

1. There are four routes to travel from city A to city B and six routes from
city B to city C. How many routes are possible to travel from the city A to city
C ?

(a) 24 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) 8 (CSAT 2011)

2. With reference to the figure given below, the number of different routes from S to T
without retracing from U and/or V, is

(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 18 (CSAT 2014)

3. A student has to opt for 2 subjects out of 5 subjects for a course, namely, Commerce,
Economics, Statistics, Mathematics I and Mathematics II. Mathematics II can be offered
only if Mathematics I is also opted. The number of different combinations of two
subjects which can be opted is
(a)5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8 (CSAT 2015)

4. A selection is to be made for one post of Principal and two posts of Vice-Principal.
Amongst the six candidates called for the interview, only two are eligible for the post of
Principal while they all are eligible for the post of Vice-Principal. The number of possible
combinations of selectees is

(a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 18 (d) None of the above (CSAT 2015)

5. In a. question paper there are five questions to be attempted and answer to each
question has two choices - True (T) or False (F). It is given that no two candidates have
given the answers to the five questions in an identical sequence. For this to happen the
maximum number of candidates is:

(a) 10 (b) 18 (c) 26 (d) 32 (CSAT 2016)

6. If 2 boys and 2 girls are to be arranged in a row so that the girls are not
next to each other, how many possible arrangements are there?
(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 24 (CSAT 2017)

7. For a sports meet, a winners' stand comprising three wooden blocks is in

the following form :

There are six different colours available to choose from and each of the three
wooden blocks is to be painted such that no two of them has the same
colour. In how many different ways can the winners' stand be painted?

(a) 120 (b) 81 (c) 66(d) 36 (CSAT 2018)

8. How many different 5-letter words (with or without meaning) can be constructed using all
the letters of the word ‘DELHI’ so that each word has to start with D and end with I?
(a) 24 (b) 18 (c) 12 (d) 6 (CSAT 2020)
9. How many different sums can be formed with the denominations Rs. 50, Rs. 100, Rs. 200, Rs.
500 and Rs. 2,000 taking at least three denominations at a time?
(a) 16 (b) 15 (c) 14 (d) 10 (CSAT 2020)

10. Using 2,2,3,3, 3 as digits, how many distinct numbers greater than 30000 can be formed?
(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 12 (CSAT 2021)
11. There are 6 persons arranged in a row. Another person has to shake hands with 3 of them
so that he should not shake hands with two consecutive persons. In how many distinct possible
combinations can the handshakes take place?
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6 (CSAT 2021)

12. How many 3-digit natural numbers (without repetition of digits) are there such that each
digit is odd and the number is divisible by 5?
a) 8 b) 12 c) 16 d) 24 (CSAT 2022)
13. The letters A, B, C, D and E are arranged in such a way that there are exactly two letters
between A and E. How many such arrangements are possible?
a) 12 b) 18 c) 24 d) 36 (CSAT 2022)
14. A, B and C are three places such that there are three different roads from A to B, four
different roads from B to C and three different roads from A to C. In how many different ways
can one travel from A to C using these roads?
a) 10 b) 13 c) 15 d) 36 (CSAT 2022)
15. One non-zero-digit, one vowel and one consonant from English alphabet (in capital) are to
be used in forming passwords, such that each password has to start with a vowel and end
with a consonant. How many such passwords can be generated?
a) 105 b) 525 c) 945 d) 1050 (CSAT 2022)

16. There are four letters and four envelopes and exactly one letter
is to be put in exactly one envelope with the correct address. If the
letters are randomly inserted into the envelopes, then consider the
following statements:

1. It is possible that exactly one letter goes into an incorrect envelope.

2. There are only six ways in which only two letters can go into the correct
envelopes.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (CSAT 2023)

17. How many distinct 8-digit numbers can be formed by

rearranging the digits of the number 11223344 such that odd digits
occupy odd positions and even digits occupy even positions?

(a) 12 (b) 18 (c) 36 (d) 72 (CSAT

2023)

18. What is the sum of all 4-digit numbers less than 2000 formed by
the digits 1, 2, 3 and 4, where none of the digits is repeated?
(a) 7998 (b) 8028
(c) 8878 (d) 9238 (CSAT 2023)

19. What is the number of selections of 10 consecutive things out of

12 things in a circle taken in the clockwise direction?

(a) 3 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 66 (CSAT 2023)

20. In an examination, the maximum marks for each of the four
papers namely P, Q, R and S are 100. Marks scored by the students
are in integers. A student can score 99% in n different ways.
What is the value of n?
(a) 16 (b) 17 (c) 23 (d) 35(CSAT 2023)

21. A flag has to be designed with 4 horizontal strips using some or

all of the colours red, green and yellow. What is the number of
different ways in which this can be done so that no two adjacent
stripes have the same colour?
(a) 12 (b) 18 (c) 24 (d) 36 (CSAT 2023)

Probability
1. The probability of getting exactly 2 heads, when 2 coins are tossed is
a) 1/2 b) ¼ c) 3/4 d) 1/3
2. If 4 coins are tossed, the probability of getting two heads two tails is
a) 3/8 b) 6/11 c) 2/5 d) 4/5
3. The probability of getting at least one head when 4 fair coins are tossed is
a) 1/16 b) 15/16 c) 3/16 d) 7/16
4.. When three dice are thrown simultaneously, what is the probability that the
sum of the numbers is greater than 15?
a) 1/72 b) 5/108 c) 7/216 d) 5/216
5. When two dice are thrown simultaneously then the probability of getting a
sum of 3 is
a) 1/36 b) 1/18 c) 5/36 d) 35/36
6. When two dice are thrown simultaneously then the probability of getting a
sum less than 11 is
a) 11/12 b) 35/36 c) 31/36 d) 3/4
7. When two dice are thrown simultaneously then the probability of getting the
sum of scores as, either maximum or minimum is
a) 1/18 b) 35/36 c) 17/18 d) 13/18
8. A committee of three is to be chosen from a group of 3 men and 4 women.
The probability of all the three being women is
a) 4/35 b) 3/35 c) 31/35 d) 34/35
9. A shelf contains 2 English, 5 Science and 3 Mathematics books. Probability
that two books removed from the shelf are Science books is
a) 1/2 b) 2/9 c) 2/5 d) 3/10
10. The letters of the word QUESTION are arranged at random. The probability
that vowels are together is
a) 1/120 b) 1/14 c) 13/14 d) 119/120
11. A basket has 5 apples and 4 oranges. Three fruits are drawn at random. The
probability that at least 2 apples are picked is
a) 25/42 b) 9/20 c) 10/23 d) 41/42
12. A bag contains 7 green and 8 white balls. If two balls are drawn
simultaneously, the probability that both are of the same colour is
a) 8/15 b) 7/15 c) 3/5 d) 8/15
Directions for questions 13 to 15: These questions are based on the following
information
A house-wife buys a dozen eggs of which two turn out to be rotten. If she
chooses 4 eggs at random to scramble for breakfast, the probability that she
chooses
13. all good eggs is
a) 1/33 b) 14/33 c) 13/33 d) 1/11
14. three good eggs and one rotten egg is
a) 16/33 b) 1/11 c) 19/33 d) 10/11
15. at least one rotten egg is
a) 14/33 b) 4/11 c) 19/33 d) 3/11
16. Twelve people form a club. By picking lots, one of them will host a dinner for
all once in a month. The number of dinners a particular member has to host in
one year is
(a) One (b) Zero (c) Three (d) Cannot be predicted (CSAT 2015)
17. A round archery target of diameter 1 m is marked with four scoring regions
from the centre outwards as red, blue, yellow and white. The radius of the red
band is 0.20 m. The width of all the remaining bands is equal. If archers throw
arrows towards the target, what is the probability, that the arrows fall in the
red region of the archery target?
(a) 0.40 (b) 0.20 (c) 0.16 (d) 0.04 (CSAT 2016)
18. A bag contains 20 balls. 8 balls are green, 7 are white and 5 are red. What is
the minimum number of balls that must be picked up from the bag blindfolded
(without replacing any of it) to be assured of picking at least one ball of each
colour?
(a) 17 (b) 16 (c) 13 (d) 11 (CSAT 2017)

19. Raj has ten pairs of red, nine pairs of white and eight pairs of black shoes in
a box. If he randomly picks shoes one by one (without replacement) from the
box to get a red pair of shoes to wear, what is the maximum number of
attempts he has to make?
(a) 27 (b) 36 (c) 44 (d) 45 (CSAT 2023)

20. A box contains 14 black balls, 20 blue balls, 26 green balls, 28 yellow balls,
38 red balls and 54 white balls. Consider the following statements:
1. The smallest number n such that any n balls drawn from the box randomly
must contain one full group of at least one colour is 175.
2. The smallest number m such that any m balls drawn from the box randomly
must contain at least one ball of each colour is 167.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (CSAT 2023)