ECAT Pre Engineering MCQ Test With Answer for Chapter 9 Mathematics

• 5 A
• 20 B
• 9 C
• 4 D

All letters of the word "AGAIN" are permuted in all possible ways and the words so formed (with or without meaning) are written as in dictionary, then the 50th word is

• NAAGI A
• NAAIG B
• IAANG C
• INAGA D

When a selection of object is made without paying regard to the order of selection, it is called

• Sequence A
• Series B
• Combination C
• Permutation D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

Form a group of 5 men and 3 women, a committee of 4 persons is to be selected randomly. The probability that there is a majority of men is

• 1/4 A
• 1/3 B
• 1/2 C
• 1/6 D

A class contains nine boys and three girls, in how many ways can the teacher choose a committee of four?

• 60 A
• 460 B
• 495 C
• 272 D

Number of ways of writing the letters of WORD taken all at a time is

• 24 A
• 4 B
• 12 C
• 6 D

nCn-r is equal to

• n! A
• n-1Cr B
• nCr C
• None of these D

• 36 A
• 360 B
• 24 C
• 6 D

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

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

In how many ways can 5 persons be seated at a round table

• 5! A
• 4! B
• 3! C
• 120 D

• 5 / 12 A
• 3 / 8 B
• 5 / 8 C
• 7 / 4 D

For two events A and B if P(A) = P (A/B) = 1/4 and P(B/A) = 1/2, then

• A is sub-event of B A
• A and B are mutually exclusive B
• A and B are independent and P(A/B) = 3/4 C
• None of these D

Number of combination of zero or more things out of n different things

• nPn A
• nPr B
• nCr C
• 2n D

• 56 A
• 7 B
• 8 C
• 8/7 D

6! = ______

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

5 unbiased coins coins are tossed simultaneously. The probability of getting at least one head is

• 1 / 32 A
• 31 / 32 B
• 1 / 16 C
• None of these D

Five engineering, four mathematics, two chemistry books are placed on a table at random.The probability that the books of each kind are all together is

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

A box containing 10 mangoes out of which 4 are rotter. Two mangoes are taken together from the box. If one of them is found to be good, the probability that the other is also good is

• 1 / 3 A
• 8 / 15 B
• 5 / 13 C
• 5 / 9 D

Six boys and 3 girls are to be seated at random, in a row, for a photograph. The probability that no two girls will sit together is

• 1/12 A
• 1/6 B
• 5/12 C
• 7/12 D

Number of selections of n different things out of n

• 1 A
• nPr B
• n! C
• nPr D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

There are n seats round a table numbered 1, 2, 3 .... n. The number of ways in which m person can take seats is

• ⁿP_m A
• ⁿC_mx (m - 1) ! B
• ^n-1P_m C
• None of these D

Number of permutations of n distinct objects taken r(<n - 3) at a time which exclude 3(<n) particular objects is

• 3! P(n, r - 3) A
• P(n, 3) P(n, r - 3) B
• P(r, r)P(n, r - 3) C
• P(n - 3, r) D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

Four cards are drawn at random from a pack of 52 playing cards. The probability of getting all the four cars of the same suit is

• 44/4165 A
• 22/4165 B
• 11/4165 C
• None of these D

A dice is rolled. The probability that the dots on the top are greater than 4 is

• 1/6 A
• 1/3 B
• 1/2 C
• 1 D

In a class of 100 students, 60 drink tea, 50 drink coffee and 30 drink both. A student from his class is selected at takes at last one of 2 drinks is

• 2 / 5 A
• 3 / 5 B
• 4 / 5 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