P.M.

Math
12. The Indian Cricket Eleven is to be selected out
of fifteen players, five of them are bowlers. In
how many ways the team can be selected so
that the team contains at least three bowlers?
13. How many combinations can be formed of
eight counters marked 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 taking
them 4 at a time, there being at least one odd
and one even counter in each combination?
14. Find the total number of ways of selecting 5
letters from the letters of the
word INDEPENDENT.
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15. (i) show that , nCr = 𝑟 . nCr-1 .
1. If nC7 = nC11, show that 21Cn = 1330.
(ii) show that , nCr + n-1Cr-1 + n-1Cr-2 = n+1Cr.
2. (i) If 2n
Cr = 2nCr-2 find the value of r. (iii) nCr +2. nCr-1 + n-1Cr-2 = n+2Cr (2≤ 𝑟 ≤ 𝑛).
𝑛 (iv) Prove that, 15C8 + 15C9 -15C6 -15C7 = 0
(ii) If nC4 =21×2 𝐶3 , find the value of n.
16. How many numbers of 4-digit greater than
6,000 can be formed with the digits 3, 4, 5, 6,
3. Out of 9 Swarajists and 5 Ministrialists, how many
8? (No digit is repeated in any number.) How
different committees can be formed, each
many of these numbers so formed are odd?
consisting of 6 Swarajists and 2 Ministrialists?
17. How many odd numbers of 5 significant digits
4. In how many different ways ten 10-paise and five
can be formed with the digits 3, 6, 7, 2, 0 when
5-paise / coins can be arranged in a row so that
no digit is repeated?
two 5-paise coins are not together?
18. In how many ways can 5 commerce and 4
5. The results (win, loss or draw) of 10 football
science students be arranged in a row so that
matches are to be predicted. How many different
the commerce and the science students are
forecasts can contain exactly 6 correct results?
placed alternately?
6. In how many ways can one or more fruits be
19. In how many ways can 5 first year students
selected from 4 apples, 5 oranges and 3
and 3 second year students be seated in a row
mangoes, if the fruits of the same kind be
so that no two second year students may sit
of the same shape?
together?
7. A committee of 5 is to be formed from six ladies
20. In how many different ways can the letters of
and four gentlemen. In how many ways this can
the word FOOTBALL be arranged so that two
be done so that the committee contains (I) exactly
O's do not come together?
two ladies, (II) at least two ladies, (III) at most two
21. How many different arrangements are possible
ladies?
with the letters of the word ALGEBRA ? In how
8. A box contains 12 lamps of which 5 are defective.
many of these, two A's will not be together?
In how many ways can a sample of 6 be selected
22. How many different words can be formed
at random from the box so as to include at most 3
taking all the letters in the word PEOPLE in
defective lamps?
which two P's will not come together?
9. An examinee is required to answer 6 questions
23. How many arrangements can be made out of
out of 12 questions which are divided into two
the letters of the word COMMITTEE at a time,
groups each containing 6 questions, and he is not
such that the four vowels do
permitted to answer more than 4 questions from
not come together?
any group. In how many ways can he
24. Find the number of ways in which the letters of
answer 6 questions?
the word ORION can be arranged so that two
10. A question paper contains 10 questions, which
consonants do not come together.
are divided into two groups each containing 5
25. How many numbers of four digits can be
questions. A candidate is asked to answer 6
formed from the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4? Find the
questions only, and to choose at least 2 questions
sum of all such numbers (the digits are to be
from each group. In how many different ways can
used once only).
the candidate make up his choice?
26. A library has 5 copies of one book, 4 copies
11. In how many ways can a team of 11 cricketers
each of two books, 6 copies each of three
be chosen from 9 batsmen and 6 bowlers to give a
books and 1 copy each of eight books. In how
majority of batsman if at least 3 bowlers
many ways can all the books be arranged ?
are to be included ?
27. Four different letters are written and the
corresponding I addresses are correctly written
on four envelopes. One letter can be replaced
in one envelope. Find the number of ways so
that all the letters are wrongly placed.
28. If none of the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 be repeated,
how many numbers of 5 significant digit can be
formed with them? How many of them
are divisible by 4?
29. How many numbers of 8 digits can be formed
with the digits 4, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 5, 5 so that odd
digits are always in odd places?
30. How many numbers lying between 3000 and
4000 can be formed with the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, if
repetitions of digits being allowed?
31. Find the rank of the word LATE when its letters
are arranged as in a dictionary.