ECAT Pre Engineering MCQ Test With Answer for Chapter 9 Mathematics

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

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

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  A
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  B
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  C
• 
  D

The probability of getting a number between 1 and 100 which is divisible by 1 and itself if only is

• 1 / 4 A
• 1 / 2 B
• 3 / 4 C
• 25 / 98 D

Fifteen girls compete in a race. The first three places can be taken by them in

• 3! ways A
• 12! ways B
• 15 x 14 x 13 ways C
• 42 ways D

• 0.9 A
• 0.74 B
• 0.2016 C
• None of these 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

In a 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
• 60 D

Probability of an impossible event is

• 0 A
• -1 B
• 1 C
• ∞ 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

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  A
• 
  B
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  C
• 
  D

A die is thrown 100 times. If getting an odd number is considered a success, the variance of the number of successes is

• 50 A
• 25 B
• 10 C
• 100 D

The number of permutation that can be formed from the letters of the word OBJECT is

• 700 A
• 600 B
• 720 C
• 620 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

nCn-r is equal to

• n! A
• n-1Cr B
• nCr C
• None of these 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

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

9. 8. 7. 6= ______

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  A
• 
  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

• 3 A
• 6 B
• 0 C
• None of these D

Out of 10, 000 families with 4 children each, the number of families all of whose children are daughters is

• 375 A
• 500 B
• 625 C
• 150 D

probability of a certain event is

• 0 A
• -1 B
• 1 C
• ∞ D

The number of permutations of n objects of which there are n₁like of one kind, n₂like of the second kind and n₃like objects of third kind are

• 
  A
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  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

0! = ______

• 0 A
• 1 B
• 2 C
• Not defined D

n(n - 1) (n - 2) .... (n - r + 1) = ______

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

A card is drawn from a pack of cards numbered 2 to 53. the probability that the number on the card is prime number less than 20 is

• 2 / 13 A
• 4 / 13 B
• 5 / 13 C
• 8 / 13 D

6! = ______

• 360 A
• 720 B
• 6.5.4 C
• None of these D

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  A
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  B
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  C
• 
  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

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

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