ECAT Pre Engineering MCQ Test With Answer for Chapter 9 Mathematics

A card is drawn from a pack of cards numbered 1 to 52, the probability that the number on the card is a perfect square is

• 1/13 A
• 2/13 B
• 7/52 C
• None of these 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

• 36 A
• 360 B
• 24 C
• 6 D

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

9. 8. 7. 6= ______

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

The sample space for tossing a coin once is

• {T, T} A
• {H, H} B
• {H, T} C
• None of these D

• 120 A
• 5 B
• 4 C
• 6 D

Arithmetic mean between 14 and 18 is

• 16 A
• 17 B
• 15 C
• 32 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

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

A bag contains 3 white, 4 black and 2 red balls. If 2 balls are drawn at random, then the probability that both the ball are white is

• 1/18 A
• 1/12 B
• 1/36 C
• None of these 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

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

• 24 A
• 4 B
• 12 C
• 6 D

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

• nPn A
• nPr B
• nCr C
• 2n D

8 . 7 . 6. 5 in factorial form is

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

The sum of all even numbers less than 100 is

• 2450 A
• 2352 B
• 2272 C
• 2468 D

Probability of an impossible event is

• 0 A
• -1 B
• 1 C
• ∞ D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

Two unbiased dice are thrown. The probability that the total score is > 5 is

• 1 / 18 A
• 7 / 18 B
• 13 / 18 C
• 11 / 18 D

nCn-r is equal to

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

A machine operates if all of its three components function. The probability that the first component fails during the year is 0.14, the second component fails is 0.10 and the third component fails is 0.05. the probability that the machine will fail during the year is

• 0.2647 A
• 0.2692 B
• 0.3647 C
• None of these D

A sequence is a function whose domain is

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

• 5 A
• 10 B
• 20 C
• 30 D

(n + 2) (n + 1) n= ______

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  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

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

• 0 A
• 20 B
• 90 C
• 80 D

The number of combinations of 10 different objects taken 8 objects at a time is

• 90 A
• 45 B
• 55 C
• 50 D