ECAT Pre Engineering MCQ Test With Answer for Chapter 9 Mathematics

A committee consists of 9 experts taken from three institutions A, B, and C, of which 2 are from, A, 3 form B and 4 from C. If three experts resign, then the probability that they belong to different institutions is

• 1 / 729 A
• 1 / 24 B
• 1 / 21 C
• 2 / 7 D

A and B throw a dice. The probability that A's throw is not greater then B's is

• 5 / 12 A
• 7 / 12 B
• 1 / 6 C
• 1 / 2 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

What is the probability of being born on Wednesday?

• 1/7 A
• 1/2 B
• 1/3 C
• 1/8 D

• 5 A
• 20 B
• 9 C
• 4 D

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

• >0 A
• 1 B
• <1 C
• 0 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 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

Riaz, Saba. Maria, Shehzad are to give speeches in a class. The teacher can arrange the order of their presentation in

• 4 ways A
• 12 ways B
• 256 ways C
• 24 ways D

Out of 40 consecutive natural numbers, two are chosen at random. Probability that the sum of the numbers is odd, is

• 14 / 29 A
• 20 / 39 B
• 1 / 2 C
• n D

How many 3 digit numbers can be formed by using each one of the digit 2, 3, 5, 7, 9 only once?

• 15 A
• 24 B
• 60 C
• 120 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

0! = ______

• 0 A
• 1 B
• 2 C
• Not defined D

Arithmetic mean between 14 and 18 is

• 16 A
• 17 B
• 15 C
• 32 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

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

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

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

Three numbers are chosen random without replacement from {1, 2, 3, ...., 10}. the probability that minimum of the chosen numbering is 3 or their maximum is 7

• 7 / 40 A
• 5 / 40 B
• 11 / 40 C
• None of these D

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

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

• 8 A
• 1/56 B
• 56 C
• None of these 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

Which one is not defined∀n∈Z+

• -n! A
• n! B
• (-n)! C
• n!+0!=n!+1 D

A card is drawn from a pack of cards numbered 1 to 52, the probability that the number on the card is a perfect square is

• 1/13 A
• 2/13 B
• 7/52 C
• None of these 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 arrangements of the letters of the word ADDING can be made

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  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

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

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

The sample space for tossing a coin once is

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