Permutations

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Permutations: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Permutation of n Distinct Objects when r Objects Always Come Together, Permutation of 'n' Distinct Objects when 'r' Objects Always Appear in Given Order, and Understanding of nPr and its Existence.

Important Questions on Permutations

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Which one of the following responses would be a meaningful order of the given words?

1. Imagination
2. Sculpture
3. Sculpt
4. Mud
5. Cast

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In how many ways can 5 people line up to pay their electric bills?

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A PSME unit has 10 ME's, 8 PME's and 6 CPM's. If a committee of 3 members, one from each group is to be formed, how many such committees can be formed?

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There are four balls of four different colors. Two balls are taken at a time and arranged in a definite order. For example, if a white and red balls are taken, one definite arrangement is white first, red second, and another arrangement is red first, white second. How many such arrangements are possible?

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How many 4 digit numbers can be formed without repeating any digit from the following digits: 1,2,3,4 & 6 ?

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In how many ways, six boys and six girls be seated in a row alternatively ?

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Which one of the following words will come Second from right if they are arranged according to the dictionary ?

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In how many ways can 6 distinct books be arranged in a bookshelf?

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In how many ways, six boys and three girls be seated in a row so that the three girls do not sit together?

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Eight Friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular table facing the centre not necessarily in the same order. B is second to the right of A. B is to the immediate left of H. D is second to right of B. C is fourth to left of H. F is an immediate neighbour of D. E is not an immediate neighbour of A.

Who is sitting exactly between E and A ?

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If 6 times the no. of permutations of n items taken 3 at a time is equal to 7 times the no. of permutations of (n-1) items taken 3 at a time then the value of n will be

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How many permutations are there if the letters PNRCSE are taken six at a time?

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What is the number of permutations of the letters in the word BANANA?

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The number of arrangements of the letters of the word BANANA in which the two N’s do not appear adjacently, is

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In how many ways the word “PRIDE” be arranged so that all vowels and consonants come together?

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Total number of words that can be formed using the alphabets of the word "COVID", so that no alphabet is repeated in any of the formed word, is equal to

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Five speakers A, B, C, D and E are to be scheduled to speak such that A and B must speak after one another. In how many ways can their speeches be scheduled?

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The letters of the word "GOPAL" are permuted and all the permutations are arranged in an alphabetical order as in an English dictionary, then the rank of the word "GOPAL" is

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Find the ratio of arithmetic mean and geometric mean of numbers 432 and 192.

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Find the total number of possible ways in which 6 oranges can be distributed among 30 girls if each girl can get any number of oranges?