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

The sum of all odd numbers between 100 and 200 is

• 6200 A
• 7500 B
• 6500 C
• 3750 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

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

• 120 A
• 5 B
• 4 C
• 6 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

In a class of 100 students, 60 drink tea, 50 drink coffee and 30 drink both. A student from his class is selected at takes at last one of 2 drinks is

• 2 / 5 A
• 3 / 5 B
• 4 / 5 C
• None of these D

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

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

All letters of the word "AGAIN" are permuted in all possible ways and the words so formed (with or without meaning) are written as in dictionary, then the 50th word is

• NAAGI A
• NAAIG B
• IAANG C
• INAGA D

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  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

A coin is tossed. If head comes up, a die is thrown but if tail comes up, the coin is tossed again. The probability of obtaining a head and an even number is

• 1/8 A
• 2/8 B
• 3/8 C
• None of these D

9. 8. 7. 6= ______

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  A
• 
  B
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  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

6! = ______

• 360 A
• 720 B
• 6.5.4 C
• None of these D

• 36 A
• 360 B
• 24 C
• 6 D

Number of selections of n different things out of n

• 1 A
• nPr B
• n! C
• nPr 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

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

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

• 24 A
• 4 B
• 12 C
• 6 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 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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  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

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  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

A box containing 10 mangoes out of which 4 are rotter. Two mangoes are taken together from the box. If one of them is found to be good, the probability that the other is also good is

• 1 / 3 A
• 8 / 15 B
• 5 / 13 C
• 5 / 9 D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

Which one is not defined∀n∈Z+

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

• 5 A
• 10 B
• 20 C
• 30 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

The probability to get an odd number in a dice thrown once is

• 1/2 A
• 1/6 B
• 1/3 C
• 2 D