ECAT Pre Engineering MCQ Test With Answer for Chapter 9 Mathematics

A combination lock on a suitcase has 3 wheels each labeled with nine digits from 1 to 9. If an opening combination is a particular sequence of three digits with no repeats, the probability of a person guessing the right combination is

• 1 / 500 A
• 1 / 504 B
• 1 / 252 C
• 1 / 250 D

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  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

What is the probability of being born on Wednesday?

• 1/7 A
• 1/2 B
• 1/3 C
• 1/8 D

• P(A) + P(B) A
• P(A) - P(B) B
• P(A) . P(B) C
• P(A) / P(B) D

The sum of all odd numbers between 100 and 200 is

• 6200 A
• 7500 B
• 6500 C
• 3750 D

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

• 
  A
• 
  B
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  C
• 
  D

How many different 5-digit even numbers are possible form digit 1,2,4,6,8

• 4 : 4! A
• 4! B
• 5! C
• 4!+4! 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

In 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
• 20 D

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

The sum of all even numbers less than 100 is

• 2450 A
• 2352 B
• 2272 C
• 2468 D

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  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

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

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

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

Five engineering, four mathematics, two chemistry books are placed on a table at random.The probability that the books of each kind are all together is

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

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

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

A class contains nine boys and three girls, in how many ways can the teacher choose a committee of four?

• 60 A
• 460 B
• 495 C
• 272 D

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

• >0 A
• 1 B
• <1 C
• 0 D

The factorial of a positive integers is a (an)

• Rational number A
• Positive integer B
• Real number C
• None D

How many terms of the A.P 3,6,9,12,15...........must be taken to make the sum 108

• 8 A
• 6 B
• 7 C
• 36 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

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

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

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

A sequence is a function whose domain is

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

Form a group of 5 men and 3 women, a committee of 4 persons is to be selected randomly. The probability that there is a majority of men is

• 1/4 A
• 1/3 B
• 1/2 C
• 1/6 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

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

• >0 A
• 1 B
• <1 C
• 0 D

The value of n, when ⁿP₂= 20 is

• 3 A
• 4 B
• 6 C
• 5 D