20 persons are invited for a party. In how many different ways ca

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31.

20 persons are invited for a party. In how many different ways can they and the host be seated at circular table, if the two particular persons are to be seated on either side of the host?

  • 20!

  • 2(18!)

  • 18!

  • None of these


B.

2(18!)

There are total 20 + 1 = 21 persons. The two particular persons and the host he taken as one unit so that the remain 21 - 3 + 1 = 19 persons be arranged in round table in 18! ways. But the two persons on either side of the host can themselves be arranged in 2! ways.

Thus, required number of ways = 2!18!


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32.

There are 5 letters and 5 different envelopes. The number of ways in which all the letters can be put in wrong envelope, is

  • 119

  • 44

  • 59

  • 40


33.

The number of ways of painting the faces of a cube of six different colours is

  • 1

  • 6

  • 6!

  • 36


34.

In how many ways 6 letters be posted in 5 different letter boxes?

  • 56

  • 65

  • 5!

  • 6!


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35.

In how many number of ways can 10 students be divided into three teams, one containing four students and the other three?

  • 400

  • 700

  • 1050

  • 2100


36.

Let A = {1, 2, 3, ... , n} and B = {a, b, c}, then the number of functions from A to B that are onto is:

  • 3n - 2n

  • 3n - 2n - 1

  • 3(2n - 1)

  • 3n - 3(2n - 1)


37.

Everybody in a room shakes hands with everybody else. The total number of hand shakes is 66. The total number of persons in the room is:

  • 9

  • 12

  • 10

  • 14


38.

In a group G = {1, 3, 7, 9} under multiplication modulo 10, the inverse of 7 is :

  • 7

  • 3

  • 9

  • 1


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39.

The sides AB, BC, CA of triangle ABC have 3, 4 and 5 interior points respectively on them. Find the number of triangles that can be constructed using these points as vertices

  • 201

  • 120

  • 205

  • 435


40.

The number of ways of distributing 8 distinct toys among 5 children will be

  • 58

  • 85

  • P58

  • 40


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