ECAT Pre Engineering MCQ Test With Answer for Chapter 10 Mathematics

• 3/8 A
• 7/8 B
• 1/8 C
• None D

The coefficient of the second term of (a+b)⁴ is

• 1 A
• 9 B
• 3 C
• 5 D

If a statement S(n) is true for n = 1 and the truth of S(n) for n = k implies the truth of S(n) for = k + 1, then S(n) is true for all

• Real numbers n A
• Integers n B
• Positive integers n C
• None of these D

The first three terms in the expansion of (1 - x)^-2are

• 1 - 2x + 3x² A
• 1 - 2x - 3x² B
• 1 + 2x + 3x² C
• -2 - 2x +3x² D

If a statement S(n) is true for n = i where i is some natural number and the truth of S(n) for n = k > i implies the truth of S(n) for n = k +1 then S(n) is true for all positive integers

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

The expansion of (1 + 2x)^-2is valed if

• | x | < 1/2 A
• | x | < 1 B
• | x | < 2 C
• | x | < 3 D

• Even A
• Odd B
• Prime C
• None of these D

(1 + 2x)⁴= ______

• 1 + 4x + 6x²+ 4x³+ x⁴ A
• 1 - 4x + 6x²- 4x³+ x⁴ B
• 1 - 8x + 24x²- 32x³+ 16x⁴ C
• 1 + 8x+ 24x²+ 32x³+ 16x⁴ D

The proposition S(n) for any n∈ N is only true if k∈ N and

• S(k +1) is true A
• S(1) is true and S(k+1) is true whenever S (k) is true B
• S(k+1) is true whenever S (k) is true C
• S(k) is true D

Digit in the unit place of the number 183! + 3¹⁸³

• 7 A
• 6 B
• 3 C
• 0 D

If n is not natural number, then the expansion (1 + x)ⁿis valid for

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

(x3-1/x)12

• 295 A
• 495 B
• 395 C
• 722 D

The middle term in the expansion of (a +x)¹²is

• 7th A
• 8th B
• 9th C
• 6th D

When we expand (a + 2b)⁵then

• a⁵+ 10a⁴b + 40a³b²+ 80a²b³+ 80ab⁴+ 32b⁵ A
• a⁵+ a⁴b + a³b²+ a²b³+ ab⁴+ b⁵ B
• 5a⁵+ 4a⁴b + 3a³b²+ 2a²b³+ 1 ab⁴+ b⁵ C
• None D

The first three terms in the expansion of (1 + x)³are

• 1 + 3x +6x² A
• 1- 3x + 6x²\ B
• -3 -3x -6x² C
• 1- 3x -6x² D

If n is any positive integer then 3 + 6 + 9 + ....+ 3n = ______

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

• ab=-1 A
• ab = 1 B
• ab = 2 C
• None D

If the 4th term in the expansion of (px + x^-1)^mis 2.5 for all x∈ R, then

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

The sum of the coefficient in the expansion of (a + x)⁵is

• 32 A
• 16 B
• 8 C
• 5 D

• 2 and 9 A
• 3 and 2 B
• 2/3 and 9 C
• 3/2 and 6 D

If n is any positive integer then 4ⁿ>3ⁿ+ 4 is true for all

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

• ⁿC_r A
• ⁿ⁺¹C_r+1 B
• ⁿC_r+1 C
• None D

1st four terms of the expansion (1-x)^-2are

• 1 + 2x + 3x²+ 4x³ A
• 3x²+ 2x + 1 B
• 1 + 3x + 4x²+ 5x³ C
• None of these D

If n is odd then the middle terms in the expansion of (a + x)ⁿare

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

If n € N , then n(n+3) is always

• Multiple of 3 A
• Multiple of 6 B
• odd C
• even D

The no of term is the expansion of (a+x)n-1 is

• n+1 A
• n-1 B
• n C
• n-2 D

n² - 1 divisible by 8 when n is

• an odd integer A
• an even integer B
• Irrational C
• Prime Number D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

For all positive integral value of n,3ⁿ< n! , when

• n> 6 A
• n< 6 B
• n<11 C
• n>11 D

The fifteenth term of (3-a)¹⁵ is

• -17a¹² A
• -945a¹³ B
• -941a¹³ C
• -515a¹² D