RBI Grade B Officers 21 Nov 2015 Paper

(5) There are 8 letters in theword ‘SOFTWARE’, including 3vowels (O, A, E) and 5 consonants(S, F, T, W, R).
Considering three vowels asone letter, we have six letterswhich can be arranged in 6P6 =6! ways. But corresponding toeach way of these arrangements,the vowels can be puttogether in 3! ways.
∴ Required number of words
= 6! × 3! = 4320