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

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

Cycle tyres are supplied in lots of 10 and there is a chance if 1 in 500 tyres to be defective. Using Poisson distribution, the approximate number of lots containing no defective tyre in a consignment of 10, 0000 lots is

• 9028 A
• 9208 B
• 9802 C
• 9820 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

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

probability of a certain event is

• 0 A
• -1 B
• 1 C
• ∞ 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

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  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

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

If n is a negative integer n! is

• 1 A
• 0 B
• Unique C
• Not defined 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

The number of significant numbers which can be formed by using any number of the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 but using each not more than once in each number is

• 260 A
• 356 B
• 410 C
• 96 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

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

• >0 A
• 1 B
• <1 C
• 0 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

• 8 A
• 1/56 B
• 56 C
• None of these 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

nCn-r is equal to

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

Three integers are chosen at random from the first 20 integers. Then probability that their product is even, is

• 2 / 19 A
• 3 / 29 B
• 17 / 19 C
• 4 / 19 D

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

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

How many arrangements of the letter of the word PAKPATTAN can be made

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

The number of the diagonals of a 6 sided figure is

• 15 A
• 21 B
• 9 C
• 6 D

A sequence is a function whose domain is

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

Riaz, Saba. Maria, Shehzad are to give speeches in a class. The teacher can arrange the order of their presentation in

• 4 ways A
• 12 ways B
• 256 ways C
• 24 ways D

The probability that a person A will be alive 15 years hence is 5/7 and the probability that another person B will be alive 15 years hence is 7/9. Find the probability that both will be alive 15 years hence

• 4/63 A
• 5/9 B
• 45/49 C
• None of these D

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

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

Out of 40 consecutive natural numbers, two are chosen at random. Probability that the sum of the numbers is odd, is

• 14 / 29 A
• 20 / 39 B
• 1 / 2 C
• n 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

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