NDA MATHS QUESTION BANK

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  1. A team of 8 players is to be
    chosen from a group of 12 players.
    Out of the 8 players one is to be
    elected as captain and another an
    vice-captain. In how many ways can
    this is done?
    (a) 27720 (b) 13860 (c) 6930 (d)
    495

  2. If C(n, 8)=C(n, 2), then what is the
    value of C(22, n)?
    (a) 131 (b) 231 (c) 256 (d) 292

  3. What is the value of r, if P(5, r)=
    P(6, r – 1)?
    (a) 9 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 2

  4. How many words, with or
    without meaning can be formed by
    using all the letters of the word
    ‘MACHINE’, so that the vowels
    occurs only the odd positions?
    (a) 1440 (b) 720 (c) 640 (d) 576
    31. From 7 men and 4 women a
    committee of 6 is to be formed such
    that the committee contains at least
    2 women. What is the number of
    ways to do this?
    (a) 210 (b) 371 (c) 462 (d) 5544
    32. In how many ways can 3 books
    on Hindi and 3 books on English be
    arranged in a row on a shelf, so that
    not all the Hindi books are together?
    (a) 144 (b) 360 (c) 576 (d) 720
    33. What is the number of five-digit
    numbers formed with 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
    without any repetition of digits?
    (a) 24 (b) 48 (c) 96 (d) 120
    34. A group consists of 5men and 5
    women. If the number of different 5-
    person committees containing k
    men and (5 – k) women is 100, what
    is the value of k?
    (a) 2 only (b) 3 only (c) 2 or 3 (d) 4


PROBABILITY



  1. A husband and wife appear in an
    interview for two vacancies in the same
    post. The probability of husband’s


selection is^ and that of wife’s


selection is^. What is the probability


that only one of them will be selected?


(a)^ (b)^ (c)^ (d)^



  1. Two letters are drawn at random
    from the word ‘HOME’. What is the
    probability that both the letters are
    vowels?


(a)^ (b)^ (c)^ (d)^



  1. In a random arrangement of the
    letters of the word ‘UNIVERSITY’, what


is the probability that two I’s do not
come together?
(a)^ (b)^ (c) (d)


  1. In a class of 125 students 70 passed
    in Mathematics, 55 passed in Statistics
    and 30 passed in both subjects. What is
    the probability that a student selected
    at random from the class has passed in
    only one subject?
    (a)^ (b) (c)^ (d)

  2. What is the probability of having 53
    Sundays or 53 Mondays in a leap year?
    (a)^ (b)^ (c)^ (d)^

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