ECAT Pre Engineering MCQ Test With Answer for Chapter 9 Mathematics

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

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

Three integers are chosen at random from the first 20 integers. Then probability that their product is even, is

• 2 / 19 A
• 3 / 29 B
• 17 / 19 C
• 4 / 19 D

Product of any n consecutive positive integers is divisible by

• n A
• √n B
• n! C
• None D

The sum if 1,3,5,7,9........ up to 20 terms is

• 400 A
• 472 B
• 563 C
• 264 D

The sum of all even numbers less than 100 is

• 2450 A
• 2352 B
• 2272 C
• 2468 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

probability of a certain event is

• 0 A
• -1 B
• 1 C
• ∞ 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 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

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

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

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

The number of 5-digit number that can be formed from the digits 1,2,4,6,8, when 2 and 8 are never together is

• 72 A
• 48 B
• 144 C
• 20 D

Arithmetic mean between 14 and 18 is

• 16 A
• 17 B
• 15 C
• 32 D

Given two independent event A and B such that P(A) = 0.30 and P(B) = 0.60. Probability of getting neither A nor B is

• 0.28 A
• 0.13 B
• 0.12 C
• 0.42 D

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

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

The probability that the sum of dots appearing in two successive thrown of two dice, in every time 7 is

• 1/5 A
• 1/36 B
• 1/7 C
• 1/63 D

• 5 A
• 20 B
• 9 C
• 4 D

The domain of an infinite sequence is a

• Set of natural numbers A
• R B
• Subset of N C
• None of the above 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

Cycle tyres are supplied in lots of 10 and there is a chance if 1 in 500 tyres to be defective. Using Poisson distribution, the approximate number of lots containing no defective tyre in a consignment of 10, 0000 lots is

• 9028 A
• 9208 B
• 9802 C
• 9820 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 domain of a finite sequence is a

• Set of natural numbers A
• R B
• Subset of N C
• Proper subset of N 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

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

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

• 950 A
• 760 B
• 1230 C
• 875 D

The number of ways of arranging the letter AAAAA BBB CCC D EE F in a row when no two C's are together is

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

• 120 A
• 5 B
• 4 C
• 6 D

The value of n, when ⁿP₂= 20 is

• 3 A
• 4 B
• 6 C
• 5 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