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1. An executive committee of 6 is to be formed from 4 ladies and 7 gentlemen. In how many ways can this be formed when the committee contains (i) only 2 lady members, (ii) at least 2 lady members?

2. Find the number of committees of 5 members that can be formed from 6 gentlemen and 4 ladies if each committee has at least one lady and two gentlemen.

 

3. A committee of 5 is to be formed from six ladies and four gentlemen. In how many ways this can be done so that the committee contains (i) exactly two ladies, (ii) at least two ladies, (iii) at most two ladies?

 

4. In a cricket team of 14 players 6 are bowlers. How many different teams of 11 players can be selected keeping at least 4 bowlers in the team?

 

5. A box contains 12 lamps of which 5 are defective. In how many ways can a sample of 6 be selected at random from the box so as to include at most 3 defective lamps?

 

6. An examinee is required to answer 6 questions out of 12 questions which are divided into two groups each containing 6 questions, and he is not permitted to answer more than 4 questions from any group. In how many ways can he answer 6 questions?

 

7. A question paper contains 10 questions, which are divided into two groups each containing 5 questions. A candidate is asked to answer 6 questions only, and to choose at least 2 questions from each group. In how many different ways can the candidate make up his choice?

 

8. In how many ways can a team of 11 cricketers be chosen from 9 batsmen and 6 bowlers to give a majority of batsman if at least 3 bowlers are to be included?

 

9. 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?

10. 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?

 

11. Find the number of permutations of the letters of the words FORECAST and MILKY taking 5 at a time of which 3 letters from the first word and 2 from the second.

 

12. In how many ways can the crew of an eight-oared boat be arranged if 2 of the crew can row only on the stroke side and 1 can row only on the bow side?

 

13. Of the 17 articles, 12 are alike and the remaining 5 are different. Find the number of combinations, if 13 articles are taken at a time.

 

14. Out of 3n given things 2n are alike and the rest are different. Show that a selection of 2n things can be made from these 3n things in 2" different ways.

 

15. Show that there are 136 ways of selecting 4 letters from the word EXAMINATION.

 

16. Find the total number of ways of selecting 5 letters from the letters of the word INDEPENDENT.

 

17. (i) Find the number of combinations in the letters of the word STATISTICS taken 4 at a time.

      (ii) Find the number of permutations in the letters of the word PROPORTION taken 4 at a time.

 

18. How many different numbers of 4 digits can be formed with the digits 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4?

 

19. (i) From 4 apples, 5 oranges mangoes, how many selections of fruits can be made, taking at least one of each kind if the fruits of the same kind are of different shapes?

(ii) In how many ways can one or more fruits be selected from 4 apples, 5 oranges and 3 mangoes, if the fruits of the same kind be of the same shape?

20. Find the total number of combinations taking at least one green ball and one blue ball, from 5 different green balls, 4 different blue balls and 3 different red balls.

 

21. How many different algebraic quantities can be formed by combining a, b, c, d, e with + and - signs, all the letters taken together?

 

22. There are n points in space, no four of which are in the in the same place with the exception of m points, all of which are in the same plane. How many planes can be formed by joining them?

 23. n1, n2 and n3, points are given on the sides BC, CA and AB respectively of the triangle ABC. Find the number of triangles formed by taking these given points as vertices of a triangle.

 

24. A man has 7 relatives, 4 of them are ladies and 3 gentlemen; his wife has also 7 relatives, 3 of them are ladies and 4 are gentlemen. In how many ways can they invite dinner party of 3 ladies and 3 gentlemen so that there are 3 of the man's relatives and 3 of the wife's relatives?

 

25. Eighteen guests have to be seated, half on each side of long table. Four particular guests desire to sit on one particular side and three others on the other side Determine the number of ways in which the arrangements can be made.