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

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

An integer is chosen at random from the number ranging from 1 to 50. the probability that the integer chosen is a multiple of 2 or 3 or 10 is

• 3 / 10 A
• 5 / 10 B
• 7 / 10 C
• 9 / 10 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

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• 
  B
• 
  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

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

• 6 A
• 360 B
• 120 C
• 24 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

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

• nPn A
• nPr B
• nCr C
• 2n 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 3 digit numbers can be formed by using each one of the digit 2, 3, 5, 7, 9 only once?

• 15 A
• 24 B
• 60 C
• 120 D

What is the probability of being born on Wednesday?

• 1/7 A
• 1/2 B
• 1/3 C
• 1/8 D

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

• 6 A
• 1 B
• 1/6 C
• 1/2 D

Product of any n consecutive positive integers is divisible by

• n A
• √n B
• n! C
• None D

Number of permutations of n distinct objects taken r(<n - 3) at a time which exclude 3(<n) particular objects is

• 3! P(n, r - 3) A
• P(n, 3) P(n, r - 3) B
• P(r, r)P(n, r - 3) C
• P(n - 3, r) D

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• 
  B
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  C
• 
  D

• 8 A
• 1/56 B
• 56 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

Which one is not defined∀n∈Z+

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

Arithmetic mean between 14 and 18 is

• 16 A
• 17 B
• 15 C
• 32 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 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

How many arrangements of the letters of the word MI SSI PPI, taken all together can be made?

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  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

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

• 24 A
• 4 B
• 12 C
• 6 D

• 1.5 A
• 1.2 B
• 8 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

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

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