ECAT Pre Engineering MCQ Test With Answer for Chapter 9 Mathematics

The value of n, when ⁿP₂= 20 is

• 3 A
• 4 B
• 6 C
• 5 D

In school there are 150 students Out of these 80 students enrolled for mathematics class 50 enrolled for English class and 60 enrolled for Physics class The student enrolled for English cannot attend any other class but the students of mathematics and Physics can take two courses at a time Find the number of students who have taken both physics and mathematics.

• 40 A
• 30 B
• 50 C
• 20 D

Two unbiased dice are thrown. The probability that the total score is > 5 is

• 1 / 18 A
• 7 / 18 B
• 13 / 18 C
• 11 / 18 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

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

• 700 A
• 600 B
• 720 C
• 620 D

0! = ______

• 0 A
• 1 B
• 2 C
• Not defined D

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• 
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• 
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What is the probability of being born on Wednesday?

• 1/7 A
• 1/2 B
• 1/3 C
• 1/8 D

• 0 A
• 20 B
• 90 C
• 80 D

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

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  B
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  C
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  D

In a country 55% of the male population has houses in cities while 30% have houses both in cities and in villages find the percentage of the population that has houses only in villages

• 45 A
• 30 B
• 25 C
• 50 D

Eight chairs are numbered 1 to 8. Two women and three men wish to occupy one chair each. First, the women choose the chairs from amongst the chairs marked 1 to 4 and then the men select the chairs from amongst the remaining. The number of possible arrangement is

• ⁶C₃x ⁴C₂ A
• ⁴C₂x ⁴P₃ B
• ⁴P₂x ⁶P₃ 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

The probability to get an odd number in a dice thrown once is

• 6 A
• 1 B
• 1/6 C
• 1/2 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

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

• 24 A
• 4 B
• 12 C
• 6 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

A die is thrown, the probability that the dots on the top are prime numbers or odd numbers is

• 1/2 A
• 2/3 B
• 1/3 C
• 2/5 D

The factorial of a positive integers is a (an)

• Rational number A
• Positive integer B
• Real number C
• None D

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

• nPn A
• nPr B
• nCr C
• 2n D

The probability to get an odd number in a dice thrown once is

• 1/2 A
• 1/6 B
• 1/3 C
• 2 D

Probability of an impossible event is

• 0 A
• -1 B
• 1 C
• ∞ D

A coin is tossed. If head comes up, a die is thrown but if tail comes up, the coin is tossed again. The probability of obtaining a head and an even number is

• 1/8 A
• 2/8 B
• 3/8 C
• None of these D

• 0 A
• -1 B
• 1 C
• 2 D

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

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  B
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  C
• 
  D

If A is an event then which of the following is true

• P(A)<0 A
• 0≥P(A)≤1 B
• P(A)>0 C
• None D

• 56 A
• 7 B
• 8 C
• 8/7 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

The sum of all even numbers less than 100 is

• 2450 A
• 2352 B
• 2272 C
• 2468 D

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