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

There are n seats round a table numbered 1, 2, 3 .... n. The number of ways in which m person can take seats is

• ⁿP_m A
• ⁿC_mx (m - 1) ! B
• ^n-1P_m C
• None of these D

If n is a negative integer n! is

• 1 A
• 0 B
• Unique C
• Not defined D

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  B
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  C
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  D

8 . 7 . 6. 5 in factorial form is

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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

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

• 56 A
• 7 B
• 8 C
• 8/7 D

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

• >0 A
• 1 B
• <1 C
• 0 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

Fifteen girls compete in a race. The first three places can be taken by them in

• 3! ways A
• 12! ways B
• 15 x 14 x 13 ways C
• 42 ways D

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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

(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

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

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

Probability of an impossible event is

• 0 A
• -1 B
• 1 C
• ∞ D

A key ring is an example of

• Permutation A
• Circular permutation B
• Combination C
• None 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

The value of n, when ⁿP₂= 20 is

• 3 A
• 4 B
• 6 C
• 5 D

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

• 400 A
• 472 B
• 563 C
• 264 D

The sum of all odd numbers between 100 and 200 is

• 6200 A
• 7500 B
• 6500 C
• 3750 D

In 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
• 20 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 100 times. If getting an odd number is considered a success, the variance of the number of successes is

• 50 A
• 25 B
• 10 C
• 100 D

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

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  B
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  C
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  D

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

• nPn A
• nPr B
• nCr C
• 2n D

A bag contains 5 white, 7 red and 5 black balls. If four balls are drawn one by one with replacement, the probability that none is white is

• (11/16)² A
• (5/16)² B
• (11/16)⁴ C
• (5/16)⁴ D

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 number of words that can be formed out of the letters of the word ASSASSINATION is

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  B
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  C
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  D

9. 8. 7. 6= ______

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  B
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  D

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