how many ways can a student choose a programme of 5 courses if 9 courses are available and 2 specific courses are compulsory for every student?

How many words, with or without meaning, each of 2 vowels and 3 consonants can be formed from the letters of the word DAUGHTER?

How many words, with or without meaning, can be formed using all the letters of the word EQUATION at a time so that vowels and consonants occur together?

A committee of 7 has to be formed from 9 boys and 4 girls. In how many ways can this be done when the committee consists of :

(i) exactly 3 girls? (ii) at least 3 girls? (iii) at most 3 girls?

If the different permutations of all the letter of the word EXAMINATION are listed as in a dictionary, how many words are there in the list before the first word starting with E?

How many 6-digit numbers can be formed from the digits 0, 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 which are divisible by 10 and no digit is repeated?

The English alphabet has 5 vowels and 21 consonants. How many words with two different vowels and 2 different consonants can be formed from the alphabet?

In an examination, a paper consists of 12 Qs divided into 2 parts i.e., Part I and Part II, containing 5 and 7 Qs, respectively. A student is required to attempt 8 Qs in all, selecting at least 3 from each part. In how many ways can a student select the Qs?

Determine the number of 5-card combinations out of a deck of 52 cards if each selection of 5 cards has exactly one king.

It is required to seat 5 men and 4 women in a row so that the women can occupy the even places. 

How many such arrangements are possible?

From the class of 25 students, 10 are to be chosen for an excursion party. There are 3 students who decide that either all of them will join or none of them will join. In how many ways can the excursion party be chosen?