ECAT Pre Engineering MCQ Test With Answer for Chapter 9 Mathematics

An experiment yields 3 mutually exclusive and exhaustive events A, B, C, if P(A) =2 and P(B) = 3. then P(C) =

• 1 / 11 A
• 2 / 11 B
• 3 / 11 C
• 6 / 11 D

• P(A) + P(B) A
• P(A) - P(B) B
• P(A) . P(B) C
• P(A) / P(B) D

n(n - 1) (n - 2) in factorial form is

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

An unbiased die is thrown. Then the probability of getting a prime is

• 1/2 A
• 2/3 B
• 3/4 C
• None of these D

n!/(n-1)!=

• n A
• n! B
• (n-1)! C
• 0! D

The number of combinations of 10 different objects taken 8 objects at a time is

• 90 A
• 45 B
• 55 C
• 50 D

Number of selections of n different things out of n

• 1 A
• nPr B
• n! C
• nPr D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

A box contains 10 red 30 white and 20 black marbles When a marble is drawn at random the probability that it is either red or white is

• 1/6 A
• 1/3 B
• 1/2 C
• 2/3 D

An event having more than one sample point is called

• Certain event A
• Compound event B
• Simple event C
• None D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

The number of significant numbers which can be formed by using any number of the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 but using each not more than once in each number is

• 260 A
• 356 B
• 410 C
• 96 D

How many arrangements of the letters of the word MATHEMATICS can be made

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

6! = ______

• 360 A
• 720 B
• 6.5.4 C
• None of these D

If 4 ⁶P_r= ⁶P_r+1, then r is equal to

• 4 A
• 3 B
• 2 C
• 1 D

The sum of all even numbers less than 100 is

• 2450 A
• 2352 B
• 2272 C
• 2468 D

If for two events A and B , P(A∪B)=1,then events A and B are

• Certain events A
• Mutually exclusive B
• Complementary events C
• Independent D

(n + 2) (n + 1)n in factorial form is

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

Riaz, Saba. Maria, Shehzad are to give speeches in a class. The teacher can arrange the order of their presentation in

• 4 ways A
• 12 ways B
• 256 ways C
• 24 ways D

A card is drawn from a pack of cards numbered 1 to 52, the probability that the number on the card is a perfect square is

• 1/13 A
• 2/13 B
• 7/52 C
• None of these D

Two balanced dice are tossed once, the sample space when the integers on the faces of two dice are the same is

• {(1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3)} A
• {(4, 4), (5, 5), (6, 6)} B
• {(1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4), (5, 5), (6, 6)} C
• None of these D

The number of permutation that can be formed from the letters of the word OBJECT is

• 700 A
• 600 B
• 720 C
• 620 D

n different objects can be arranged taken all at a time in ______

• (n + 1)! ways A
• (n - 1)! ways B
• n! ways C
• n ways D

• 0.9 A
• 0.74 B
• 0.2016 C
• None of these D

How many signals can be given by 5 flags of different colours, using 3 flags at a time

• 120 A
• 60 B
• 24 C
• 15 D

If A and B are two disjoint events then

• P(A∪B)=P(A)+P(B) A
• P(A∪B)=P(A)-P(A∪B) B
• P(A∪B)=P(A)or P(B) C
• None D

How many arrangements of the letters of the word PAKISTAN cab be made

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

Arithmetic mean between 14 and 18 is

• 16 A
• 17 B
• 15 C
• 32 D

• 1 / 2 A
• 1 / 3 B
• 1 / 4 C
• None of these D

A combination lock on a suitcase has 3 wheels each labeled with nine digits from 1 to 9. If an opening combination is a particular sequence of three digits with no repeats, the probability of a person guessing the right combination is

• 1 / 500 A
• 1 / 504 B
• 1 / 252 C
• 1 / 250 D