ECAT Pre Engineering MCQ Test With Answer for Chapter 9 Mathematics

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

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  B
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  C
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  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

There are n seats round a table numbered 1, 2, 3 .... n. The number of ways in which m person can take seats is

• ⁿP_m A
• ⁿC_mx (m - 1) ! B
• ^n-1P_m 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

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

• 120 A
• 5 B
• 4 C
• 6 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

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

An unbiased die is thrown. Then the probability of getting a prime is

• 1/2 A
• 2/3 B
• 3/4 C
• None of these D

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  B
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  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

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

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

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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

The sum of all positive integral multiple of 5 less than 100 is

• 950 A
• 760 B
• 1230 C
• 875 D

An experiment yields 3 mutually exclusive and exhaustive events A, B, C, if P(A) =2 and P(B) = 3. then P(C) =

• 1 / 11 A
• 2 / 11 B
• 3 / 11 C
• 6 / 11 D

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

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  B
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  C
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  D

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

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

• nPn A
• nPr B
• nCr C
• 2n D

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

• 6 A
• 360 B
• 120 C
• 24 D

For two events A and B if P(A) = P (A/B) = 1/4 and P(B/A) = 1/2, then

• A is sub-event of B A
• A and B are mutually exclusive B
• A and B are independent and P(A/B) = 3/4 C
• None of these D

Three unbiased coins are tossed. Then the probabilities of getting two heads is

• 3/8 A
• 1/8 B
• 1/4 C
• None of these D

• 3 A
• 6 B
• 0 C
• None of these D

The number of the diagonals of a 6 sided figure is

• 15 A
• 21 B
• 9 C
• 6 D

What is the probability of being born on Wednesday?

• 1/7 A
• 1/2 B
• 1/3 C
• 1/8 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

Probability of an impossible event is

• 0 A
• -1 B
• 1 C
• ∞ D