ECAT Pre Engineering Mathematic MCQ Test With Answer for Chapter 9 (Permutation, Combination and Probability)

There are 25 tickets bearing number from 1 to 25. One ticket is drawn at random. The probability that the number on it is a multiple of 5 or 6 is

• 7 / 25 A
• 9 / 25 B
• 11 / 25 C
• None of these D

Product of any n consecutive positive integers is divisible by

• n A
• √n B
• n! C
• None D

Two coins are tossed twice each. The probability that the head appears on the first toss and the same forces appear in the two tosses is

• 1/4 A
• 1/2 B
• 1/3 C
• 1/7 D

The sample space for tossing a coin twice is

• {H, T} A
• {HH, HT, TH, TT} B
• {H, T, HH} C
• {HH, HT, TT} D

9. 8. 7. 6= ______

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  B
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  C
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  D

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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 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

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

• >0 A
• 1 B
• <1 C
• 0 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

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

• 24 A
• 4 B
• 12 C
• 6 D

An event having more than one sample point is called

• Certain event A
• Compound event B
• Simple event C
• None D

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

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

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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

Two balanced dice are tossed once, the sample space when the integers on the faces of two dice are the same is

• {(1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3)} A
• {(4, 4), (5, 5), (6, 6)} B
• {(1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4), (5, 5), (6, 6)} 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

A key ring is an example of

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

How many 6-Digit number can be formed without repairing any digit from the digits 0,1,2,3,4,5

• 720 A
• 600 B
• 120 C
• 6-5! D

• 5 A
• 20 B
• 9 C
• 4 D

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

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  B
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  C
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  D

The number of permutations of n objects of which there are n₁like of one kind, n₂like of the second kind and n₃like objects of third kind are

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  B
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  D

The number of ways of arranging the letter AAAAA BBB CCC D EE F in a row when no two C's are together is

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  D

A die is rolled. What is the probability that the dots on the top are greater than 4?

• 1/4 A
• 1/2 B
• 1/3 C
• 1/33 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

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

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

• 90 A
• 45 B
• 55 C
• 50 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

The probability of getting a number between 1 and 100 which is divisible by 1 and itself if only is

• 1 / 4 A
• 1 / 2 B
• 3 / 4 C
• 25 / 98 D

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