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

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

• 400 A
• 472 B
• 563 C
• 264 D

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

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

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

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

If A and B are two disjoint events then

• P(A∪B)=P(A)+P(B) A
• P(A∪B)=P(A)-P(A∪B) B
• P(A∪B)=P(A)or P(B) C
• None 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

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

If two balls are drawn from a bag containing 3 white, 4 black and 5 red balls. Then the probability that the drawn balls are of different colours is

• 1 / 66 A
• 3 / 66 B
• 19 / 66 C
• 47 / 66 D

How many arrangements of the letters of the word PAKISTAN cab be made

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

Three unbiased coins are tossed. Then the probabilities of getting two heads is

• 3/8 A
• 1/8 B
• 1/4 C
• None of these D

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  B
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  C
• 
  D

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  B
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  C
• 
  D

Which one is not defined∀n∈Z+

• -n! A
• n! B
• (-n)! C
• n!+0!=n!+1 D

• 0 A
• 20 B
• 90 C
• 80 D

nCn-r is equal to

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

n!/(n-1)!=

• n A
• n! B
• (n-1)! C
• 0! D

The sample space for tossing a coin once is

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

There are 16 point in a plane, in which 6 are collinear. how many lines can be drawn by joining these points?

• 10 A
• 66 B
• 71 C
• 106 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

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

Arithmetic mean between 14 and 18 is

• 16 A
• 17 B
• 15 C
• 32 D

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

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

9. 8. 7. 6= ______

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

An event having more than one sample point is called

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

• 1.5 A
• 1.2 B
• 8 C
• None of these D

The sum of all even numbers less than 100 is

• 2450 A
• 2352 B
• 2272 C
• 2468 D

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  B
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  C
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  D

The key for opening a door is in a bunch of 10 keys. A man attempts to open the door by trying the keys at random discarding the wrong key. The probability that the door is opened in the 5th trial is

• 1 / 10 A
• 2 / 10 B
• 3 / 10 C
• 4 / 10 D

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

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  A
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  B
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  C
• 
  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