ECAT Pre Engineering MCQ Test With Answer for Chapter 9 Mathematics

(n + 2) (n + 1) n= ______

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  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

• 1.5 A
• 1.2 B
• 8 C
• None of these D

The number of the diagonals of a 6 sided figure is

• 15 A
• 21 B
• 9 C
• 6 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

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

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

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

The sum of all positive integral multiple of 5 less than 100 is

• 950 A
• 760 B
• 1230 C
• 875 D

A die is rolled. What is the probability that the dots on the top are greater than 4?

• 1/4 A
• 1/2 B
• 1/3 C
• 1/33 D

• 0.9 A
• 0.74 B
• 0.2016 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

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

The sample space for tossing a coin once is

• {T, T} A
• {H, H} B
• {H, T} C
• None of these D

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

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

How many terms of the A.P 3,6,9,12,15...........must be taken to make the sum 108

• 8 A
• 6 B
• 7 C
• 36 D

An integer is chosen at random from the number ranging from 1 to 50. the probability that the integer chosen is a multiple of 2 or 3 or 10 is

• 3 / 10 A
• 5 / 10 B
• 7 / 10 C
• 9 / 10 D

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

The probability that a slip of number divisible by 4 is picked from the slips bearing numbers 1, 2, 3, ...10 is

• 1/5 A
• 1/4 B
• 1/3 C
• 1/2 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

How many comittees of 5 numbers can be chosen from a group of 8 players person when each committee must include 2 particular persons

• 8! A
• 5!3! B
• 5! C
• 20 D

How many 6-Digit number can be formed without repairing any digit from the digits 0,1,2,3,4,5

• 720 A
• 600 B
• 120 C
• 6-5! D

The key for opening a door is in a bunch of 10 keys. A man attempts to open the door by trying the keys at random discarding the wrong key. The probability that the door is opened in the 5th trial is

• 1 / 10 A
• 2 / 10 B
• 3 / 10 C
• 4 / 10 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

Three dice are thrown together. The probability of getting a total of at least 6 is

• 103 / 108 A
• 10 / 216 B
• 93 / 108 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

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

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

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

• 24 A
• 4 B
• 12 C
• 6 D

The probability that a slip of numbers divisible by 4 is picked from the slips of number 1,2,3,4,......10 is

• 1/5 A
• 2/5 B
• 1/10 C
• 3/10 D

If S is a sample space and event set E =Φ then P(E) is

• >0 A
• 1 B
• <1 C
• 0 D