ECAT Pre Engineering MCQ Test With Answer for Chapter 9 Mathematics

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

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

• >0 A
• 1 B
• <1 C
• 0 D

• 0 A
• 20 B
• 90 C
• 80 D

0! = ______

• 0 A
• 1 B
• 2 C
• Not defined D

A key ring is an example of

• Permutation A
• Circular permutation B
• Combination C
• None D

If for two events A and B , P(A∪B)=1,then events A and B are

• Certain events A
• Mutually exclusive B
• Complementary events C
• Independent D

The sum if 1,3,5,7,9........ up to 20 terms is

• 400 A
• 472 B
• 563 C
• 264 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

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  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

A coin is tossed. If head comes up, a die is thrown but if tail comes up, the coin is tossed again. The probability of obtaining a head and an even number is

• 1/8 A
• 2/8 B
• 3/8 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

If n is a negative integer n! is

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

Product of any n consecutive positive integers is divisible by

• n A
• √n B
• n! C
• None D

• 120 A
• 5 B
• 4 C
• 6 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

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

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

• 5 A
• 20 B
• 9 C
• 4 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

If 4 ⁶P_r= ⁶P_r+1, then r is equal to

• 4 A
• 3 B
• 2 C
• 1 D

A box containing 10 mangoes out of which 4 are rotter. Two mangoes are taken together from the box. If one of them is found to be good, the probability that the other is also good is

• 1 / 3 A
• 8 / 15 B
• 5 / 13 C
• 5 / 9 D

Number of selections of n different things out of n

• 1 A
• nPr B
• n! C
• nPr 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

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

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

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

The probability that a slip of number divisible by 4 is picked from the slips bearing numbers 1, 2, 3, ...10 is

• 1/5 A
• 1/4 B
• 1/3 C
• 1/2 D

A die is thrown, the probability that the dots on the top are prime numbers or odd numbers is

• 1/2 A
• 2/3 B
• 1/3 C
• 2/5 D