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

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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

How many terms of the A.P 3,6,9,12,15...........must be taken to make the sum 108

• 8 A
• 6 B
• 7 C
• 36 D

• P(A) + P(B) A
• P(A) - P(B) B
• P(A) . P(B) C
• P(A) / P(B) D

Product of any n consecutive positive integers is divisible by

• n A
• √n B
• n! C
• None D

• 120 A
• 5 B
• 4 C
• 6 D

• 5 A
• 10 B
• 20 C
• 30 D

The domain of an infinite sequence is a

• Set of natural numbers A
• R B
• Subset of N C
• None of the above 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

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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

Probability of an impossible event is

• 0 A
• -1 B
• 1 C
• ∞ 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

The number of the diagonals of a 6 sided figure is

• 15 A
• 21 B
• 9 C
• 6 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

In a school there are 150 students Out of these 80 students enrolled for mathematics class.50 enrolled for English class and 60 enrolled for Physics class The student enrolled for English cannot attend any other class but the students of mathematics and Physics can take two courses at a time find the number of students who have taken both physics and mathematics.

• 40 A
• 30 B
• 50 C
• 60 D

If n is a positive integer then n! is

• (n - 1) (n - 2) .....3,.2.1 A
• n(n - 1) (n - 2) ...3.2.1 B
• n(n - 1 ) ( n -2) ... 3 C
• None of these D

An event having more than one sample point is called

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

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

• nPn A
• nPr B
• nCr C
• 2n D

A card is drawn from a pack of cards numbered 2 to 53. the probability that the number on the card is prime number less than 20 is

• 2 / 13 A
• 4 / 13 B
• 5 / 13 C
• 8 / 13 D

Number of selections of n different things out of n

• 1 A
• nPr B
• n! C
• nPr 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

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The sum of all odd numbers between 100 and 200 is

• 6200 A
• 7500 B
• 6500 C
• 3750 D

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

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

• >0 A
• 1 B
• <1 C
• 0 D

A box contains 10 red 30 white and 20 black marbles When a marble is drawn at random the probability that it is either red or white is

• 1/6 A
• 1/3 B
• 1/2 C
• 2/3 D

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

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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

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