ECAT Pre Engineering MCQ Test With Answer for Chapter 9 Mathematics

If A is an event then which of the following is true

• P(A)<0 A
• 0≥P(A)≤1 B
• P(A)>0 C
• None D

The sum of all even numbers less than 100 is

• 2450 A
• 2352 B
• 2272 C
• 2468 D

nCn-r is equal to

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

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

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

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

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  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

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

Given two independent event A and B such that P(A) = 0.30 and P(B) = 0.60. Probability of getting neither A nor B is

• 0.28 A
• 0.13 B
• 0.12 C
• 0.42 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

Arithmetic mean between 14 and 18 is

• 16 A
• 17 B
• 15 C
• 32 D

The probability to get an odd number in a dice thrown once is

• 6 A
• 1 B
• 1/6 C
• 1/2 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

Number of ways of writing the letters of WORD taken all at a time is

• 24 A
• 4 B
• 12 C
• 6 D

• 0 A
• 20 B
• 90 C
• 80 D

• 5 / 12 A
• 3 / 8 B
• 5 / 8 C
• 7 / 4 D

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

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

probability of a certain event is

• 0 A
• -1 B
• 1 C
• ∞ D

A sequence is a function whose domain is

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

Number of permutations of n distinct objects taken r(<n - 3) at a time which exclude 3(<n) particular objects is

• 3! P(n, r - 3) A
• P(n, 3) P(n, r - 3) B
• P(r, r)P(n, r - 3) C
• P(n - 3, r) D

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

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

• n! A
• 0! B
• 1 C
• None of these D

• 56 A
• 7 B
• 8 C
• 8/7 D

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

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  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
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  D