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PROBABILITY

1) A person draws a card from a pack of playing cards, replace it and shuffles the
pack. He continues doing this until he draws a spade. The chance that he will fail
the first two times is:
A) 9/64
B) /64
C) 1/16
D) 9/16

2) 4 persons are selected at random from a group of 3 men, 2 women and 4 children.
The probability that exactly two of them are children is:
A)
2
1

B)
12
9

C)
21
10

D)
23
10


3) In a single throw of two dice the chance of throwing a sum of 8 is:
A) 7/36
B) 5/36
C) 1/9
D) 1/18

4) A positive integer is chosen at random. The probability that sum of the digits of
its square is 33 is:
A)
11
1

B)
33
1

C)
33
2

D) None of these

5) If A, B are two mutually exclusive events, then P(A+B) is:
A) P (A).P(B)
B) P (A) + P (B)
C) P (A) + P (B) P (A B)
D) P (A) + P (B) + P (A B)

6) An experiment results in four possible outcomes
3 , 2 , 1
e e e and
4
e with probabilities
3 , 2 , 1
p p p and
4
p respectively, then:
A) , 3 . 0
1
= p , 6 . 0
2
= p , 1 . 0
3
= p 1 . 0
4
= p
B) , 2 . 0
1
= p , 3 . 0
2
= p , 4 . 0
3
= p 1 . 0
4
= p
C) , 4 . 0
1
= p , 2 . 0
2
= p , 6 . 0
3
= p 2 . 0
4
= p
D) , 25 . 0
1
= p , 35 . 0
2
= p , 10 . 0
3
= p 05 . 0
4
= p

7) The probability that a leap year selected at random will contain 53 Sundays is:
A)
7
1

B)
7
2

C)
366
2

D)
366
3


8) Two uniform dice marked 1 to 6 are tossed together. The probability of the total 7
in a single throw is:
A)
36
5

B)
12
1

C)
18
1

D)
6
1


9) Two persons A and B appear in an interview for two vacancies. If the probability
of their selection are
4
1
and
6
1
respectively, then probability that none of them is
selected is:
A)
24
1

B)
12
5

C)
8
5

D)
12
19


10) Two events A and B have probability 0.25 and 0.50 respectively. The probability
that both A and B occur simultaneously is 0.14. Then the probability that neither
A nor B occurs is:
A) 0.39
B) 0.25
C) 0.11
D) None of these

11) Let A and B be the events such that P (A) = 0.3 and P (A B) = 0.8. If A and B
are independent events, then P (B) is:
A)
7
2

B)
7
5

C)
2
1

D) None of these

12) Three letters are sent to different persons and addresses on the three envelops are
written at random. The probability that the letters go into the right envelops is:
A)
27
1

B)
6
1

C)
4
1

D) None of these

13) Two cards are drawn successively, with replacement from a pack of 52 cards. The
probability of drawing two aces is:
A)
13
1
x
13
1

B)
13
1
x
17
1

C)
25
1
x
52
1

D)
3
1
x
51
4


14) A determinant is chosen at random from the set of all determinants of order 2 with
elements 0 and 1 only. The probability that the value of determinant chosen is
positive is:
A)
16
1

B)
4
1

C)
16
3

D)
16
2


15) You are given a box with 20 cards in it. 10 of these cards have letter I printed on
them. The other ten have the letter T printed on them. If you pick up 3 cards at
random and keep them in same order, the probability of making the word IIT is:
A)
80
9

B)
8
1

C)
27
4

D)
38
5


16) A and B are two independent events. The probability that both A and B occur is
6
1
and the probability that neither of them occur is
3
1
. Then the probabilities of
the two events are respectively:
A)
2
1
and
3
1

B)
5
1
and
6
1

C)
2
1
and
6
1

D)
3
2
and
4
1


17) The probability that a man lives after 10 years is
4
1
and that his wife is alive after
10 years is
3
1
. The probability that neither of them is alive after 10 years is:
A)
2
1

B)
12
1

C)
12
7

D)
4
3


18) Probabilities that a plant will live is
4
3
and the probability that another plant lives
is
3
1
. The probability that only one of them lives is:
A)
12
7

B)
4
1

C)
6
1

D) None of these

19) The probability of occurrence of an event A is
9
5
. The probability of non-
occurrence of the event B is
11
5
. The probability that at least one of them will
occur is:
A)
11
6

B)
9
5

C)
9
4

D) 0.8

20) A bag contains 5 brown and 4 white socks. A man pulls out two socks. The
probability that they are in the same colour is:
A)
108
5

B)
6
1

C)
18
5

D)
9
4


21) A sample space consists of three mutually independent and equally likely events.
The probability of happening of each one of them is equal to:
A) 0
B)
3
1

C) 1
D) None of these

22) Let A, B, C be three equally and collectively exhaustive events. If the odds are 8:3
against A, 5:2 against B, then the odds against C are:
A) 20 : 17
B) 50 : 31
C) 43 : 34
D) 77 : 34

23) Four any two independent events
1
E and
2
E in a space S, P
| | ) ( ) ( 2 1
2 1
E E E E is:
A)
4
1
s
B)
4
1
)
C)
2
1
>
D)
2
1
)

24) Out of 21 tickets marked 1, 2, 21, three are drawn at random without
replacement. The probability that these numbers are in A.P. is:
A)
15
9

B)
261
13

C)
261
14

D)
133
10


25) The probability of having at least one tail in 4 throws with a coin is:
A)
16
1

B)
16
15

C)
4
1

D) 1

26) One bag contains 6 blue and 5 green balls and another bag contains 7 blue and 4
green balls. Two balls are drawn, one from each bag. The probability of both
being blue is:
A)
121
42


B)
121
20


C)
11
3


D)
11
2


27) For any two events A and B, P (A B) is:
A) Less than P (A) + P (B) -1
B) Greater than P (A) + P (B)
C) Equal to P (A) + P (B) - P (A B)
D) Equal to P (A) + P (B) + P (A B)

28) Tickets are numbered 1 to 100. They are well-shuffled and a ticket is drawn at
random. Probability that the drawn ticket has a number 5 or a multiple of 5 is:
A)
10
1

B)
5
1

C)
25
1

D)
2
1


29) There are two boxes. One box contains 3 white balls and 2 black balls. The other
box contains 7 yellow balls and 3 black balls. If a box is selected at random and
from it, a ball is drawn, the probability that the ball is black is:
A)
20
7

B)
5
1

C)
20
3

D)
3
1


30) If the probability that A and B will die within a year are p and q respectively, then
the probability that only one of them will be alive at the end of the year is:
A) p + q
B) p + q 2 pq
C) p + q + pq
D) p + q pq

31) The chance of throwing an ace in the first out of two successive throws with an
ordinary dice is:
A)
6
1

B)
36
5

C)
36
1

D)
36
25


32) If A and B are two events with
P (A) =
4
1
, P (A/B) =
4
1
and P (B/A) =
2
1
,
then:
A) A and B are mutually exclusive
B) A and B are independent
C) A is sub-event of B
D) B is sub-event of A

33) Three of the six vertices of a regular hexagon are chosen at random. The
probability that the triangle with three vertices equilateral, equals:
A) 1/20
B) 1/10
C) 1/5
D) None of these

34) The chance of throwing a total of 3 or 5 or 11 with two dice is:
A) 5/36
B) 1/9
C) 2/9
D) 19/36

35) Four persons are chosen at random from a group containing 3 men, 2 women and
4 children. The chance that exactly 2 of them will be children is:
A) 2/9
B) 9/21
C) 10/21
D) 11/21

36) A box contains 3 white and 2 red balls. If we draw one ball and without replacing
the first, the probability of drawing red ball in the second draw is:
A) 8/25
B) 2/5
C) 3/5
D) 21/25

37) A and B are two events such that P (A) > 0, P(B) = 1, then P( B A/ ) is equal to:
A) 1 P (A/B)
B) 1 P ( B A/ )
C)
) (
) ( 1
B P
B A P

D) ) ( ) ( B P A P

38) A coin is tossed three times in succession. If E is the event that there are atleast
two heads and F is the event in which first throw is a head, then P(E/F) =
A) 3/4
B) 3/8
C) 1/2
D) 1/8

39) The probability that a company execute will travel by train is 2/3 and that he will
travel by plane is 1/5. The probability of his traveling by train or plane is:
A) 2/15
B) 13/15
C) 15/13
D) 15/2

40) If from each of the three boxes containing 3 white and 1 black, 2 white and 2
black, 1 white and 3 black balls, one ball is drawn at random, then the probability
that 2 white and 1 black ball will be drawn is:
A) 13/32
B) 1/4
C) 1/32
D) 3/16

41) There are four machines and it is known that exactly two of them are faulty. They
are tested, one by one, in a random order till both the faulty machines are
identified. Then the probability that only two tests are needed is:
A) 1/3
B) 1/6
C) 1/2
D) 1/4

42) A fair coin is tossed repeatedly. If tail appears on first four tosses, then the
probability of head appearing on fifth toss equals:
A) 1/2
B) 1/32
C) 31/32
D) 1/5

43) A six faced dice is so biased that it is twice as likely to show an even number as
an odd number when thrown. It is thrown twice. The probability that the sum of
two numbers thrown is even is:
A) 1/12
B) 1/6
C) 1/3
D) 5/9

44) In a box there are 2 red, 3 black and 4 white balls. Out of these three balls are
drawn together. The probability of these being of same colour is:
A) 1/84
B) 1/21
C) 5/84
D) None of these

45) Seven white balls and three black balls are randomly placed in a row. The
probability that no two black balls are places adjacently equals:
A) 1/2
B) 7/15
C) 2/15
D) 1/3


46) Out of 13 applicants for a job, there are 5 women and 8 men. It is desired to select
2 persons for the job. The probability that at least one of the selected persons will
be women is:
A) 25/39
B) 14/39
C) 5/13
D) 10/13

47) A card is drawn at random from a pack of 100 cards numbered 1 to 100. The
probability of drawing a number which is square is:
A) 1/5
B) 2/5
C) 1/10
D) None of these

48) From a well shuffled pack of playing cards, two cards are drawn one by one with
replacement. The probability that both are aces is:
A) 2/13
B) 1/51
C) 1/221
D) None of these

49) Let X and Y be two random variables. The relationship P(XY) = P(X) P(Y) holds:
A) Always
B) If P (P+Y) = P(X) + P(Y) is true
C) If X and Y are independent
D) If X can be obtained from Y by a linear transformation.

50) If X denotes the number of sixes in four consecutive throws of dice, then P (X=4)
is:
A)
1296
1

B)
6
4

C) 1
D)
1296
1295


51) The probability that a marksman will hit a target is given as
5
1
. Then the
probability of at least one hit 10 shots is:
A)
10
5
1

B)
10
5
4
1 |
.
|

\
|

C)
10
5
1
1
D)
10
5
4
|
.
|

\
|


52) A coin is tossed 8 times. The probability of getting a head three times is:
A)
16
7

B)
64
7

C)
128
7

D)
32
7


53) Two dice are thrown, the probability that the sum of the points on two dice will be
7 is:
A)
36
5

B)
36
6

C)
36
7

D)
36
8


54) A random variable X has the following probability distribution:
x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
P(X=x) a 3a 5a 7a 9a 11a 13a 15a 17a,
then the value of a is:
A)
81
1

B)
81
2

C)
81
5

D)
81
7


55) In a box containing 100 bulbs, 10 are defective. What is the probability that out of
a sample of 5 bulbs none is defective?
A) 10
5

B)
5
2
1
|
.
|

\
|

C)
5
10
9
|
.
|

\
|

D)
10
9


56) The incidence of occupational disease is an industry is such that the workman
have a 20% chance of suffering from it. The probability that out of six workmen 4
or more will contact the disease is:
A)
3125
58

B)
3125
53

C)
3125
50

D)
2123
55


57) Three coins are tossed simultaneously. Then the value of a, b, c, and d in the
following probability distribution
No. of heads: 0 1 2 3
Probability a b c d
A)
4
1
,
4
1
,
4
1
,
4
1

B)
8
1
,
8
3
,
8
3
,
8
1

C)
8
3
,
8
1
,
8
1
,
8
3

D) 0,
4
1
,
4
1
,
2
1


58) The probability that an event A happens in one trial of an experiment is 0.40.
Three independent trials of the experiment are performed. The probability that the
event A happens at least once is:
A) 0.936
B) 0.784
C) 0.904
D) None of these

59) The least number of times a fair coin must be tossed so that the probability of
getting at least one head is at least 0.8 is:
A) 7
B) 6
C) 5
D) None of these

60) A random variable x has the following point distribution:
x: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
p(x): 0 p 2p 2p 3p p
2
2p
2
7p
2
+p
The value of p is:
A)
10
1

B) 1
C)
10
1

D) complex number

61) A bag contains 5 brown and 4 white socks. A man pulls out two socks. The
probability that these are of the same colour is:
A)
108
5

B)
108
18

C)
108
30

D)
108
48


62) Dialing a telephone number an old man forgets the last two digits remembering
only that these are different, dialing at random. The probability that the number
dialed correctly is:
A)
45
1

B)
90
1

C)
100
1

D) None of these

63) A coin is tossed three times
Event A: two heads come
Event B: last should be head
Then A and B are:
A) independent
B) dependent
C) both
D) None of these

64) The probability for a randomly chosen month to have its 10
th
day as Sunday is:
A)
84
1

B)
12
10

C)
84
10

D)
7
1


65) In a non-leap year the probability of getting 53 Sundays or 53 Tuesdays or 53
Thursdays is:
A)
7
1

B)
7
2

C)
7
3

D)
7
4


66) A problem in mathematics is given to three students A, B, C and their respective
probability of solving the problem is
2
1
,
3
1
and
4
1
. Probability that the problem is
solved is :
A)
4
3

B)
2
1

C)
3
2

D)
3
1


67) The probability of India winning a test match against West Indies is
2
1
. Assuming
independence from match to match the probability that in a match series Indias
second win occurs at the third test is:
A)
8
1

B)
4
1

C)
2
1

D)
3
2


68) A and B play a game where each is asked to select a number from 1 to 25. If the
two numbers match, both of then win a prize. The probability that they will now
win a prize in a straight trial is:
A)
25
1

B)
25
24

C)
25
2

D) None of these


69) Two numbers are chosen from {1,2,3,4,5,6} one after another without
replacement. Find the probability that one of the smaller value of two is less than
4:
A)
5
4

B)
15
1

C)
5
1

D)
15
14


70) Five horses are in a race. Mr. A selects two of the horses at random and bets of
them. The probability that Mr. A selected the winning horse is:
A)
5
3

B)
5
1

C)
5
2

D)
5
4


71) The probability that A speaks truth is
5
4
, while the probability for B is
4
3
. The
probability that they contradict each other when asked to speak on a fact is:
A)
20
3

B)
5
1

C)
20
7

D)
5
4


72) If three distinct numbers are chosen randomly from the first 100 natural numbers,
then the probability that all three of them are divisible by 2 and 3 is:
A)
25
4

B)
35
4

C)
33
4

D)
1155
4



73) Six boys and six girls sit in a row randomly. The probability that boys and girls sit
alternatively is
A) 1/231
B) 5/462
C) 1/462
D) 7/101

74) The probability that at least one of A and B occurs is 0.6. If A and B occur
simultaneously with probability 0.3, then P(A') + P(B') is
A) 0.9
B) 1.15
C) 1.1
D) 1.2

75) A group of 6 boys and 6 girls is randomly divided into two equal groups. The
probability that each group contains 3 boys and 3 girls is
A) 10/231
B) 5/231
C) 90/231
D) 100/231

76) If A and B are two events, then ) ( ) ( B A P B A P = if and only if
A) 1 ) ( ) ( = + B P A P
B) ) ( ) ( B P A P =
C) 1 ) ( ) ( > + B P A P
D) none of these

77) A pair of unbiased dice is rolled together till a sum of either 5 or 7 is obtained.
The probability that 5 comes before 7 is
A) 0.6
B) 0.5
C) 0.4
D) 0.3

78) A speaks the truth in 70 percent cases and B in 80 percent cases. The probability
that they will contradict each other in describing a single event is
A) 0.36
B) 0.38
C) 0.4
D) 0.42


79) While shuffling a pack of playing cards, four are accidentally dropped. The
probability that the cards that are dropped are one from each suit is
A)
20825
1

B)
20825
2197

C)
256
1

D) none of these

80) Three identical dice are rolled. The probability that same number appears on each
of them is
A) 1/6
B) 1/36
C) 1/18
D) 3/28

81) The probability that a student is not a swimmer is 1/5. The probability that out of
5 students exactly 4 are swimmer is
A)
3
5
4
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|

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|

B)
4
5
4
|
.
|

\
|

C)
4
4
5
5
4
|
.
|

\
|
C
D) none of these

82) A person writes 4 letters and addresses 4 envelopes. If the letters are placed in the
envelopes at random, the probability that not all letter are placed in correct
envelopes is
A) 1/24
B) 11/24
C) 5/8
D) 23/24




83) A fair coin is tossed n times. If the probability that heads occurs 6 times is equal
to the probability that heads occurs 8 times, then value of n is
A) 24
B) 48
C) 14
D) 16

84) Six boys and six girls sit in a row randomly. The probability that all the six girls
sit together is
A) 1/132
B) 7/462
C) 5/462
D) 1/924

85) The probability that a student is not a car driver is 1/5. The probability that out 5
students, exactly 4 are car drivers is
A)
4
5
4
|
.
|

\
|

B) ( )
4
4
5
1
5
5
4
5
1
|
.
|

\
|
|
.
|

\
|
C C
C) |
.
|

\
|
|
.
|

\
|
5
1
5
4
4

D) none of these


86. A die is tossed. The probability that numbers 3 or 4 turns up is,
(a)
6
1

(b)
3
1

(c)
2
1

(d) 1


87. A committee of 5 is to be formed from a group of 8 boys and 7 girls. Find the
probability that the committee consists of at least one girl.
(a)
429
8


(b)
429
421


(c)
273
265


(d)
429
42





88. It rained on exactly two days last week. The probability that it rained on Saturday and
Sunday is,
(a)
21
1


(b)
7
1


(c)
21
4

(d)
7
2


89. In a wayside canteen 80% of the customers order puries and 60% order bhaajee. If
20% of those ordering bhaajee do not order puries, the probability that a customer
chosen at random orders puries but not bhaajee is,
(a)
25
6


(b)
25
8


(c)
5
2


(d)
25
12



90. India plays two matches each with Sri Lanka and Pakistan. In any match probabilities
of India getting point 0, 1 and 2 are 0.45, 0.05 and 0.5 respectively. Assuring that the
outcomes are independent the probability of India getting at least 7 points is,
(a) 0.08750
(b) 0.06875
(c) 0.0625
(d) 0.025

91. If E and F are two events associated with the random experiment for which
P (E) = 0.6 , P ( E F ) = 0.85 and P (E F) = 0.42 then P ( F) is
(a) 0.67
(b) 0.6
(c) 0.7
(d) 0.73

92. If A and B are two events of a sample space S such that, P (A B) =
6
1
,
P (A ) =
2
1
and P ( B' ) =
3
2
then P (A' B' ) =
(a)
4
1

(b)
2
1

(c)
3
1

(d)
5
1


93. The probability that a light bulb has a life of more than 1000 hours is
5
3
and the
probability of a life of more than 2000 hours is
8
1
. The probability that a bulb that
has already been in used for 1000 hours will last further 1000 hours is,
(a)
5
2

(b)
8
3

(c)
24
5

(d)
24
7








94. The probability that it will be foggy on a December morning is
3
1
. The probability
that Mr. Deshpande will be late for work when it is foggy is
5
3
. The probability that
he will be late if it is not foggy is
9
1
. If on a particular December morning Mr.
Deshpande is late, the probability that is foggy is,
(a)
2
1

(b)
3
1

(c)
4
1

(d)
5
1


95. A, B, C are three events one of which must and only one can happen. The odds in
favour of A are 4:6, the odds against B are 7:3. The odds against C are,
(a) 6:4
(b) 7:3
(c) 5:5
(d) 4:6

96. During May vacation the probability that Janaki will go swimming is 0.75. the
probability that both Janaki and Asha will go swimming is 0.55. If Janaki is seen in
the swimming pool, the probability that Asha is also swimming that day is,
(a)
15
11

(b)
15
7

(c)
20
3

(d)
15
4


97. A shopkeeper observes that the probability that Mrs. Mansukhani buys fish is
3
2
and
the probability that she buys chicken is
4
1
. If the probability that Mrs. Mansukhani
buys neither fish nor chicken is
8
1
, the probability that she buys both fish and chicken
is
(a)
24
1

(b)
6
1

(c)
12
1

(d)
8
1



98. Four pairs of hand gloves are there in an almirah. Two gloves are drawn at random.
The probability that both are for the same hand is,
(a)
4
1

(b)
7
3

(c)
5
2

(d)
7
4




99. An urn contains 5 blue and an unknown number x of red balls. When two balls are
drawn at random, the probability of both of them being blue is
14
5
. The unknown x is,
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 2
(d) 5


100. At a beauty context Miss Suhasini is judged by three independent judges.
Accordingly to the judges the odds in favour of Miss Suhasini are 5:2, 4:3 and 3:4,
respectively. The probability that the majority of judges will favour her is
(a)
343
80

(b)
343
45

(c)
343
60

(d)
343
209



101. Events A and B are independent and B, C are mutually exclusive P (A) = 0.1,
P (B) = 0.2, P (C) = 0.3 then P (A/B) is,
(a) .02
(b) .03
(c) 0.1
(d) 0.15





PROBABILITY
SR. NO ANS
1 D
2 C
3 B
4 D
5 B
6 B
7 B
8 D
9 C
10 A
11 B
12 B
13 A
14 C
15 D
16 A
17 A
18 A
19 D
20 D
21 B
22 C
23 A
24 A
25 B
26 A
27 C
28 B
29 A
30 B
31 B
32 B
33 B
34 C
35 D
36 B
37 C
38 A
39 B
40 A
41 B
42 A
43 D
44 C
45 B
46 A
47 C
48 D
49 C
50 A
51 B
52 D
53 B
54 A
55 C
56 B
57 B
58 A
59 D
60 C
61 D
62 B
63 B
64 D
65 C
66 A
67 D
68 B
69 A
70 C
71 C
72 D
73 C
74 C
75 D
76 B
77 C
78 B
79 B
80 B
81 B
82 D
83 C
84 A
85 A
86 B
87 A
88 A
89 B
90 D
91 A
92 C
93 C
94 B
95 B
96 A
97 A
98 B
99 A
100 D
101 C