Assignment on Permutation and Combination
Assignment on Permutation and Combination
Assignment on Permutation and Combination
1. Find the number of ways in which 5 boys and 5 girls be seated in a row such that
I. No two girl may sit together
II. All the girls sit together and all the boys sit together
III. All the girls are never together
2. The letters of the following words are written in all possible ways, and arranged as in a
dictionary. Find the rank of the words
I. RANDOM
II. ZENITH
III. SPACE
3. A round table conference to be held between 20 delegates of two countries. In how many ways
they can be seated if two particular delegates are
I. Always together.
II. Never together
4. Find the number of ways in which 6 men and 5 women may be arranged in a circle so that no
two women may sit together.
5. If 𝑛 + 2𝐶8 : 𝑛 + 2𝑃4 = 57: 16 , 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑛.
ii. (16
𝑘
16
) = (𝑘+2 ) 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 (𝑘4)
iii. Find the value of the expression (𝑘−1
𝑘−1
𝑘
) + (𝑘−1) + (𝑘+1
𝑘−1
) + ⋯ … … … … … . (𝑛+𝑘−2
𝑘−1
)
6. Find the number of ways in which a)selection b) arrangement of four letters can be made from
the letters of the word:
i. INEFFECTIVE
ii. MORADABAD
7. In how many ways a committee of 5 persons be selected out of 6 men and 4 women when at
least one woman has to be necessarily selected?
8. Find the number of ways of dividing 15 men and 15 women in 15 couples.
9. Four dice are rolled. Find the possible outcomes in which at least one die shows 2.
10. A five digit number divisible by 3 is to be formed by the digits 0,1,2,3,4,5 without repetition. Find
the number of ways this can be done.
11. Find the total number of ways in which a mixed double game can be arranged from amongst 9
married couples if no husband and wife play in the same game.
12. Find the number of rectangles that you can find in a chessboard.
13. A man has 7 relatives, 4 women and 3 men. His wife also has 7 relatives, 3 women and 4 men. In
how many ways they can invite 3 women and 3 men so that 3 of them are men’s relative and 3
his wife’s?
14. Find the number of times the digit 3 will be written while listing the integers from 1 to 1000.
15. Let n be the number of ways in which 5 boys and 5 girls can stand in a queue in such a way that
all the girls stand consecutively in the queue. Let m be the number of ways in which 5 boys and 5
girls can stand in a queue in such a way that exactly four girls stand consecutively in the queue.
Then find the value of m/n.