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(Q). In how many ways batting order of 11 players can be made out of 15 players if Rohit is always selected ?
Sol:- Since Rohit is always selected so we are to select 10 players out of remaining 14 players which can be done in ¹⁴C₁₀ ways.
Now these 11 players can be arranged in 11! ways.
Hence total number of ways = ¹⁴C₁₀.11!             Answer

(Q). In how many ways  5 distinct volume of chemistry & 7 distinct volume of botany books can be arranged on a bookshelf such that all the chemistry books & all the botany books are together ?
Sol:- 

(C..........C) (B...........B)bunch 1bunch 2

chemistry books within bunch 1 can be arranged in 5! ways. Botany books within bunch 2 can be arranged in 7! ways. Now these 2 bunches can be arranged in 2! ways.
Hence total number of ways = 5!.7!.2!          Answer

(Q). In how many ways 15 students can be arranged in a row such that A is always between B and C ?
Sol:- 15 students without any condition can be arranged in 15! ways.
In these 15! ways following combination of A, B & C will be :-

ABC , ACB , BAC , BCA , CAB , CBAfavourable casefavourable case

So out of 6 arrangement of A, B, C we get 2 favourable cases.
i.e.

62∴ 15! AnswerMethod (2):B A C ORC A B4×5×6×.........×15 = 4×5×6×.........×15 = 4 std5 std15 std4 std5 std6 std15 stdHence total number of ways = Answer

(Q). In how many ways 15 student can be arranged in a row such that p is always before q and r is always before s ?
Sol:- p, q, r, s can be arranged in 4! = 24 ways.
out of these 24 ways favourable cases are:-

A B C DA C B DA C D BC D A BC A D BC A B Dtotal 6 favourable

So out o 24 ways 6 favourable ways are there
i.e. 

24615! Answer