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The letter of the word LABOUR are permuted in all possible ways and the words thus formed are arranged as in a dictionary. What is the rank of the word LABOUR?

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A class photograph has to be taken. The front row consists of 6 girls who are sitting. 20 boys are standing behind. The two corner positions are reserved for the 2 tallest boys. In how many ways can the students be arranged?

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If    find n?

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Ten different letters of alphabet are given, words with 5 letters are formed from these given letters. Then, the number of words which have at least one letter repeated is:

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12 chairs are arranged in a row and are numbered 1 to 12. 4 men have to be seated in these chairs so that the chairs numbered 1 to 8 should be occupied and no two men occupy adjacent chairs. Find the number of ways the task can be done.

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How many words can be formed by re-arranging the letters of the word ASCENT such that A and T occupy the first and last position respectively?

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If 6Pr = 360 and If 6Cr = 15, find r ?

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In how many ways can six different rings be worn on four fingers of one hand?

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There are 7 non-collinear points. How many triangles can be drawn by joining these points?

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From 6 men and 4 ladies, a committee of 5 is to be formed. In how many ways can this be done, if the committee is to include at least one lady?

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A question paper consists of three sections 4,5 and 6 questions respectively. Attempting one question from each section is compulsory but a candidate need not attempt all the questions. In how many ways can a candidate attempt the questions?

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In how many ways a President, VP and Water-boy can be selected from a group of 10 people.

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In a hockey championship, there are 153 matches played. Every two team played one match with each other. The number of teams participating in the championship is:

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A box contains 10 balls out of which 3 are red and rest are blue. In how many ways can a random sample of 6 balls be drawn from the bag so that at the most 2 red balls are included in the sample and no sample has all the 6 balls of the same colour?

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Out of eight crew members three particular members can sit only on the left side. Another two particular members can sit only on the right side. Find the number of ways in which the crew can be arranged so that four men can sit on each side.

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A man positioned at the origin of the coordinate system. the man can take steps of unit measure in the direction North, East, West or South. Find the number of ways of he can reach the point (5,6), covering the shortest possible distance.

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There are 6 equally spaced points A, B, C, D, E and F marked on a circle with radius R. How many convex pentagons of distinctly different areas can be drawn using these points as vertices?

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In an examination paper, there are two groups each containing 4 questions. A candidate is required to attempt 5 questions but not more than 3 questions from any group. In how many ways can 5 questions be selected?

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After every get-together every person present shakes the hand of every other person. If there were 105 handshakes in all, how many persons were present in the party?

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How many diagonals can be drawn in a pentagon?

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