ECAT Pre Engineering MCQ Test With Answer for Chapter 9 Mathematics

The number of the diagonals of a 6 sided figure is

• 15 A
• 21 B
• 9 C
• 6 D

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

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

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

An event having more than one sample point is called

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

Arithmetic mean between 14 and 18 is

• 16 A
• 17 B
• 15 C
• 32 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

A box contains 10 red 30 white and 20 black marbles When a marble is drawn at random the probability that it is either red or white is

• 1/6 A
• 1/3 B
• 1/2 C
• 2/3 D

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

A machine operates if all of its three components function. The probability that the first component fails during the year is 0.14, the second component fails is 0.10 and the third component fails is 0.05. the probability that the machine will fail during the year is

• 0.2647 A
• 0.2692 B
• 0.3647 C
• None of these D

n!/(n-1)!=

• n A
• n! B
• (n-1)! C
• 0! D

Number of selections of n different things out of n

• 1 A
• nPr B
• n! C
• nPr 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

Two cards are drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of cards. The probability that at least one of them is a face card is

• 3 / 17 A
• 5 / 17 B
• 7 / 17 C
• 9 / 17 D

A dice is rolled. The probability that the dots on the top are greater than 4 is

• 1/6 A
• 1/3 B
• 1/2 C
• 1 D

If n is a negative integer n! is

• 1 A
• 0 B
• Unique C
• Not defined D

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

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

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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

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  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

A bag contains 5 white, 7 red and 5 black balls. If four balls are drawn one by one with replacement, the probability that none is white is

• (11/16)² A
• (5/16)² B
• (11/16)⁴ C
• (5/16)⁴ 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

In how many ways can 5 persons be seated at a round table

• 5! A
• 4! B
• 3! C
• 120 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

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

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

Probability of an impossible event is

• 0 A
• -1 B
• 1 C
• ∞ D

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

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

Two balanced dice are tossed once, the sample space when the integers on the faces of two dice are the same is

• {(1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3)} A
• {(4, 4), (5, 5), (6, 6)} B
• {(1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4), (5, 5), (6, 6)} C
• None of these D

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