ECAT Pre Engineering MCQ Test With Answer for Chapter 9 Mathematics

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

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

9. 8. 7. 6= ______

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• 36 A
• 360 B
• 24 C
• 6 D

The number of significant numbers which can be formed by using any number of the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 but using each not more than once in each number is

• 260 A
• 356 B
• 410 C
• 96 D

n!/(n-1)!=

• n A
• n! B
• (n-1)! C
• 0! D

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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

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

The number of the diagonals of a 6 sided figure is

• 15 A
• 21 B
• 9 C
• 6 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 / 12 A
• 3 / 8 B
• 5 / 8 C
• 7 / 4 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

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

In a country 55% of the male population has houses in cities while 30% have houses both in cities and in villages find the percentage of the population that has houses only in villages

• 45 A
• 30 B
• 25 C
• 50 D

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

• nPn A
• nPr B
• nCr C
• 2n D

A bag contains 7 whit, 5 black and 4 rd balls. If two balls are drawn at random from the bag, the probability that they are not of the same color is

• 73 / 120 A
• 83 / 120 B
• 67 / 120 C
• 43 / 120 D

In a class of 100 students, 60 drink tea, 50 drink coffee and 30 drink both. A student from his class is selected at takes at last one of 2 drinks is

• 2 / 5 A
• 3 / 5 B
• 4 / 5 C
• None of these 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

Probability of an impossible event is

• 0 A
• -1 B
• 1 C
• ∞ D

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5 unbiased coins coins are tossed simultaneously. The probability of getting at least one head is

• 1 / 32 A
• 31 / 32 B
• 1 / 16 C
• None of these 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

The domain of an infinite sequence is a

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

Number of selections of n different things out of n

• 1 A
• nPr B
• n! C
• nPr D

A sequence is a function whose domain is

• N A
• Subset of N B
• R C
• None of these D

How many necklaces can be made from 6 beads of different colours?

• 120 A
• 60 B
• 24 C
• 15 D

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

• >0 A
• 1 B
• <1 C
• 0 D

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