In this paper we obtain significant bounds for the number of maximal subgroups a given index finite group. These results allow us to give new random generators needed generate $d$-generated group with high probability.

‎In 1970‎, ‎Menegazzo [Gruppi nei quali ogni sottogruppo e intersezione di sottogruppi massimali‎, ‎ Atti Accad‎. ‎Naz‎. ‎Lincei Rend‎. ‎Cl‎. ‎Sci‎. ‎Fis‎. ‎Mat‎. ‎Natur. 48 (1970)‎, ‎559--562.] gave a complete description of the structure of soluble $IM$-groups‎, ‎i.e.‎, ‎groups in which every subgroup can be obtained as intersection of maximal subgroups‎. ‎A group $G$ is said to have the $FM$...