ECAT Pre Engineering MCQ Test With Answer for Chapter 9 Mathematics

• 110 A
• 220 B
• 1320 C
• None of these D

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

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

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

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

• >0 A
• 1 B
• <1 C
• 0 D

The sample space for tossing a coin twice is

• {H, T} A
• {HH, HT, TH, TT} B
• {H, T, HH} C
• {HH, HT, TT} 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

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

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  A
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  B
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  C
• 
  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

Two coins are tossed twice each. The probability that the head appears on the first toss and the same forces appear in the two tosses is

• 1/4 A
• 1/2 B
• 1/3 C
• 1/7 D

n!/(n-1)!=

• n A
• n! B
• (n-1)! C
• 0! D

Product of any n consecutive positive integers is divisible by

• n A
• √n B
• n! 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

How many arrangements of the letter of the word PAKPATTAN can be made

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  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

The number of words that can be formed out of the letters of the word ASSASSINATION is

• 
  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

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  A
• 
  B
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  C
• 
  D

If two balls are drawn from a bag containing 3 white, 4 black and 5 red balls. Then the probability that the drawn balls are of different colours is

• 1 / 66 A
• 3 / 66 B
• 19 / 66 C
• 47 / 66 D

The sum of all even numbers less than 100 is

• 2450 A
• 2352 B
• 2272 C
• 2468 D

If n is a negative integer n! is

• 1 A
• 0 B
• Unique C
• Not defined 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

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

• nPn A
• nPr B
• nCr C
• 2n 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

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

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  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

For a positive integer n

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

Two cards are drawn at random without replacement. the probability that the first is a king and second is not a king is

• 48 / 663 A
• 24 / 663 B
• 12 / 663 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

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

8 . 7 . 6. 5 in factorial form is

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

Number of selections of n different things out of n

• 1 A
• nPr B
• n! C
• nPr D

An event having more than one sample point is called

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