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Practice Question LEVEL 1 Probability
Question
based on
Mathematical definition of Probability Q.8 The probability of getting difference of
number as 5, when two dice are tossed
Q.1 The probability P(A) of an event is a- together is-
(A) real number (A) 1/9 (B) 1/18
(B) positive real number (C) 1/12 (D) 5/36
(C) non- negative real number
Q.9 The probability of drawing a black king from
(D) non- negative real number 1
a pack of 52 cards is-
Q.2 Winning a game by a player is- (A) 1/13 (B) 1/26
(A) an experiment (C) 2/13 (D) 4/13
(B) an event Q.10 Three cards are drawn from a pack of
(C) experiment and event both 52 cards. The probability that they are of the
(D) None of these same colour is-
Q.3 In tossing a coin getting a head or tail is- (A) 4/17 (B) 22/225
(A) experiment (C) 3/17 (D) 2/17
(B) exclusive event
Q.11 A bag contains 6 blue, 4 white and 6 red
(C) joint event
balls. Two balls are drawn at random. The
(D) None of these
probability that both the balls are red is-
Q.4 The correct statement for any event A is- (A) 1/3 (B) 1/6
(A) 0 P(A) 1 (B) 0 P(A) 1 (C) 1/8 (D) 2/9
(C) P(A) = 1 (D) P(A) < 0
Q.12 A bag contains 20 tickets numbered with 1 to
Q.5 A coin is tossed three times. The probability 20. Three tickets are drawn. The probability
that in the second toss head does not occur, that ticket number 7 is definitely included and
is- ticket number 18 is not included is-
(A) 1 (B) 1/2 (A) 51/380 (B) 1/20
(C) 1/3 (D) 1/4 (C) 3/20 (D) None of these
Q.6 The probability of coming up an even (odd) Q.13 From a lottery of 30 tickets, marked 1, 2,
number in the throw of a die is- 3,...., 30, four tickets are drawn. The chance
(A) 1/6 (B) 1/2 that those marked 1 and 2 are among them is-
(C) 1/3 (D) 2/3 (A) 413/145 (B) 2/145
(C) 1/145 (D) 4/145
Q.7 From a pack of playing cards three cards are
drawn simultaneously. The probability that Q.14 The probability that a non leap year will have
these are one king, one queen and one jack is- 53 Saturdays is-
(A) 64/5525 (B) 16/5525 (A) 1/7 (B) 2/7
(C) 128/5525 (D) 64/525 (C) 6/7 (D) 5/7
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Q.15 The probability that a non leap year will have Q.22 The probability that two persons have same
52 Fridays is- date of birth is (in non-leap year)
(A) 1/7 (B) 2/7 (A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 5/7 (D) 6/7 (C) 1/365 (D) 364/365
Q.16 The probability that a leap year will have 52 Q.23 Two coins are tossed together. The
Sundays is- probability of getting two heads is-
(A) 1 (B) 5/7 (A) 1/2 (B) 1/4 (C) 1/8 (D) 1/3
(C) 2/7 (D) None of these
Q.17 There are 13 men and 2 women in a party. Q.24 Two dice are thrown together. The
probability that the sum of their two numbers
They are seated round a circular table. The
be 10 is-
probability that the two women will sit
together is- (A) 1/6 (B) 1/12
(A) 2/105 (B) 1/105 (C) 2/3 (D) 1/4
(C) 1/14 (D) 1/7 Q.25 An urn contains 5 white and 3 black balls and
Q.18 A bag contains two pairs of shoes. Two shoes 4 balls are drawn at random. The probability
are drawn from it. The probability that it is a of getting white and black balls equal in
pair is- number is-
(A) 1/3 (B) 1/2 (A) 1/7 (B) 2/7
Q.19 If out of 20 consecutive whole numbers two Q.26 From a book containing 100 page one page is
are chosen at random, then the probability selected randomly. The probability that the
that their sum is odd, is- sum of the digits of the page number of the
(A) 5/19 (B) 10/19 selected page is 11, is-
(C) 9/19 (D) None of these (A) 2/25 (B) 9/100
Q.20 If the probabilities of boy and girl to be born (C) 11/100 (D) None of these
are same, then in a 4 children family the
Q.27 A bag contains 20 tickets marked with
probability of being at least one girl, is-
numbers 1 to 20. Two tickets are drawn, the
(A) 14/16 (B) 15/16
probability that both numbers are prime is-
(C) 1/8 (D) 3/8
(A) 4/95 (B) 7/95
Q.21 If 4 cards are drawn one by one from a pack (C) 14/95 (D) 1/10
of 52 cards, the probability that one will be
from each suit, is- Q.28 Two dice are thrown, the probability that the
13 13 13 13
total score is a prime number is-
(A) (A) 1/6 (B) 5/12
52 39 26 13
13 13 13 13
(B) 24
52 51 50 49
Q.29 A box contains 25 tickets numbered 1,
13 13 13 13 2,....25. If two tickets are drawn at random
(C) 24
52 39 26 13
then the probability that the product of their
13 13 13 13 numbers is even, is -
(D)
52 51 50 49
(A) 11/50 (B) 13/50
Q.30 A bag contains 8 white and 6 red balls. 5 balls Q.37 A dice is thrown then the odds against of
are drawn from the bag at random. The getting the digit 6 is-
probability that 3 or more balls are white will (A) 5 : 1 (B) 4 : 1
be- (C) 6 : 1 (D) None of these
(A) 658/1001 (B) 317/1001
(C) 205/1001 (D) 210/1001 Q.38 If one card is drawn from a pack of card then
the odds in favour of getting Ace is-
Q.31 Out of 13 applicants for a job, there are 5 (A) 1 : 3 (B) 3 : 1
women and 8 men. It is desired to select 2 (C) 1 : 2 (D) 1 : 12
persons for the job, the probability that at
least one of the selected persons will be a Q.39 A bag contains 3 black and 2 white balls.
women is- What are the odds in favour of drawing a
(A) 25/39 (B) 14/39 white ball?
(C) 5/13 (D) 10/13 (A) 3 : 2 (B) 2 : 5
(C) 2 : 3 (D) 3 : 5
Question
based on
Odds of an event
Question
based on Addition Theorem of probability
Q.32 The odd against throwing 10 with two dice in
a throw are- Q.40 If A and B be any two events, then
(A) 9 : 1 (B) 10 : 1 P (A equals-
(C) 11 : 1 (D) 12 : 1 (A) P(A) P (B)
(B) P (A) + P(B) + P (A B)
Q.33 From a pack of well shuffled cards, one card
(C) P (A) + P(B) P (A B)
is drawn randomly. A gambler bets that it is
(D) P (A) P (B)
either a diamond or a king. The odds in
favour of his winning the bet is- Q.41 P (A + B) means-
(A) 4 : 7 (B) 4 : 9 (A) probability of event A and B
(C) 9 : 4 (D) None of these (B) probability of event A or B
(C) probability of event B after happening of
Q.34 A bag contains 4 red and 4 white balls. Three event A
balls are drawn at random. The odd against (D) None of these
these balls being all white are-
(A) 1 :13 (B) 13 : 1 Q.42 If P(A) + P(B) = P(A + B) then events A & B
(C) 12 : 1 (D) 14 : 1 are-
(A) independent
Q.35 One of the two events must occur. If the (B) mutually exclusive
chance of one is 2/3 of the other, then odds in (C) dependent
favour of the other are- (D) None of these
(A) 2 : 3 (B) 1 : 3
Q.43 If A and B are two events, then
(C) 3 : 1 (D) 3 : 2
P (neither A nor B) equals-
Q.36 If odds in favour of A is m : n then P(A) (A) 1 P (A B)
equals- (B) P ( A ) + P ( B )
(A) m/n (B) m n (C) 1 P (A) P (B)
(C) m / (m + n) (D) m / (m n) (D) None of these
Q.44 For any two events A and B, P (A+B)- Q.52 A, B and C are three mutually exclusive and
(A) is always equal to P (A) + P (B) 3
exhaustive events and P(B) = P(A),
(B) never equals to P (A) + P (B) 2
(C) equals P(A) + P(B) If A and B are 1
P(C) = P(B) then the value of P (A) is-
independent 3
(D) equals P (A) + P (B) If A and B are (A) 1/3 (B) 1/2
disjoint (C) 1/6 (D) None of these
Q.45 If two dice are thrown, then the probability of Q.53 A card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of
getting the sum of digits even or less than 5 52 cards. Its probability of being an ace or a
is- king or a queen or a jack is -
(A) 1/2 (B) 1/6 (C) 2/3 (D) 5/9 (A) 1/13 (B) 2/13
(C) 3/13 (D) 4/13
Q.46 Two dice are thrown together. The
probability that the sum of their numbers be Question
Conditional Probability
based on
at least 5 is-
(A) 1/6 (B) 5/6
Q.54 Let P(A) = 0.4 & P(B/A) = 0.5. The
. probability P( A B ) is equal to-
Q.47 Two dice are thrown then the probability of (A) 0.8 (B) 0.7
coming an odd number on one dice and an (C) 0.6 (D) None of these
even number on other dice is-
(A) 1/3 (B) 1/6 Q.55 A pair of dice is thrown. If 5 appears on at
(C) 1/2 (D) None of these least one of the dice, then the probability that
the sum is 10 or greater, is-
Q.48 A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. The (A) 11/36 (B) 2/9
probability that the card drawn is neither a (C) 3/11 (D) 1/12
heart nor a king is-
(A) 35/52 (B) 9/13 Q.56 A pair of dice is thrown. If the two numbers
(C) 17/52 (D) 4/13 appearing on them are different, the
probability that the sum is 6, is-
Q.49 A bag is containing 20 balls, which are
(A) 2/15 (B) 1/9
arranged in order of their numbers. If one ball (C) 5/36 (D) 1/12
is drawn at random, then the probability that
its number is multiple of 3 or 5 is- Q.57 Two dice are thrown together. If 3 appears on
(A) 9/20 (B) 1/20
at least one of the dice, then what is the
probability that the sum is greater than 9
Q.50 If A & B are two events such that (A) 1/4 (B) 3/11
P(A B) + P(A B) = 7/8, P(A) = 2P (C) 5/11 (D) zero
(B),then P(A)-
(A) 7/24 (B) 5/12 Q.58 In a certain town, 40% of the people have
(C) 5/24 (D) 7/12 brown hair, 25% have brown eyes and 15%
have both brown hair and brown eyes. If a
Q.51 If P(A) = 0.25, P(B) = 0.50 & P (A B) =
person selected at random has brown hair, the
0.14, then the probability that neither A nor B
probability that he also has brown eyes is-
occurs is-
(A) 2/5 (B) 1/4
(A) 0.39 (B) 0.25
(C) 1/2 (D) 3/8
(C) 0.11 (D) None of these
Q.59 A bag contains 7 red and 3 black balls. Three Q.66 The probability of getting head and tail
balls are drawn at random from the bag one alternatively in three throws of a coin (or in a
after the other. The probability that the first throw of three coins) is-
two are red and the third is black is- (A) 1/3 (B) 1/4
(A) 21/40 (B) 1/5 (C) 1/5 (D) 3/5
(C) 7/50 (D) 7/40
Q.67 The probability of not getting tail in the first
two times and getting a tail in the third time
Question
based on
Multiplication Theorem of Probability by tossing a coin continuously is-
(A) 1/4 (B) 1/8
Q.60 If A and B are two independent events then (C) 3/8 (D) 7/8
P (A B) equals-
(A) P(A) + P(B) Q.68 From a pack of 52 cards two cards are drawn
(B) P(A) . P(B) in succession the first having been replaced
(C) P(A/B) before the second is drawn. The probability
(D) None of these that the first is a diamond and the second is a
king, is-
Q.61 If A and B are two independent events, then (A) 1/52 (B) 1/13
the probability that only one of A and B occur (C) 1/4 (D) 4/13
is-
Q.69 If two cards are drawn from a pack of card
(A) P(A) + P(B) 2P(A B)
one by one. If first drawn card is replaced
(B) P(A) + P(B) P(A B)
then the probability of getting two jacks is-
(C) P(A) + P(B)
(A) 1/221 (B) 1/169
(D) None of these
(C) 12/221 (D) 4/663
Q.62 For two given events A and B, the relation
Q.70 A bag contains 6 black and 5 white balls,
P (AB) = P(A) P(B) implies that A and B are-
while the second bag contains 7 black and 4
(A) independent (B) mutually exclusive
white balls. Two balls are drawn one from
(C) dependent (D) None of these
each bag, the probability of both being black
Q.63 If p1 and p2 are the probabilities of two is-
(A) 2/11 (B) 11/13
independent events then (1 p1 p2 + p1p2) is
(C) 20/121 (D) 42/121
the probability of -
(A) their joint occurrence Q.71 The probability that A will pass in a
(B) occurrence of at least one examination is 2/5 and the probability that B
(C) occurrence of None of these will fail in the same examination is 3/4. The
(D) occurrence of only one probability that only one of them will pass in
the examination is-
Q.64 A coin is tossed three times. The probability
(A) 3/20 (B) 3/10
of getting all heads or tails only is-
(A) 0 (B) 1/2
(C) 1/4 (D) 1 Q.72 For solving a problem, odds against to A are
4 : 3 and odds in favour to B are 7: 5. The
Q.65 A coin is tossed four times then the
probability that the problem will not be
probability of obtaining at least one tail is- solved is-
(A) 1/16 (B) 14/16 (A) 16/21 (B) 5/21
(C) 15/16 (D) 1/4 (C) 43/84 (D) 45/84
Q.73 The probability of solving a problem by A Q.79 A bag contains 4 black and 3 white balls.
and B are 1/4 and 2/3 respectively. If A and B Two- two balls are drawn two times. If balls
work independently, then the probability that are not replace once it is drawn then the
the problem will be solved by both of them probability that first two balls are black and
is- second two balls are white is-
(A) 1/6 (B) 3/4 (A) 4/49 (B) 2/35
(C) 1/3 (D) 11/12
(C) 1/35 (D) 3/35
Q.74 The probabilities that three boys will pass an Q.80 The probability that Krishna will be alive 10
examination are 1/6, 1/4 and 1/3 respectively. years hence is 7/15 and Hari will be alive is
The probability that exactly one boy will pass 7/10. The probability that both Krishna and
the examination is - Hari will be dead 10 years hence is-
(A) 31/72 (B) 7/12 (A) 21/150 (B) 24/150
(C) 41/72 (D) 11/12 (C) 49/150 (D) 56/150
Q.75 If A and B are any two events such that Q.81 From the records of a hospital, it is found that
P (A + B) = 5/6, P (AB) = 1/3, P ( B ) =1/2, 20% patients died with the disease cancer. If
then the events A and B are- two patients with cancer are admitted to
(A) independent hospital; then probability that at least one
(B) dependent patient will be cured, is-
(C) mutually exclusive (A) 16/25 (B) 24/25
(D) exhaustive (C) 9/25 (D) None of these
Q.82 A draws two cards one by one (replacing

Q.76 A card is drawn from a pack of playing cards.
previous one) from a pack of cards and B
It is replaced in the pack and the pack is
throws two dice together. The probability that
shuffled, and again a card is drawn. This
both cards of A are of the same suit and the
process as repeated six times, then probability
sum of digits of B is 6, will be-
of getting in sequence 2 heart, 2 diamond and
(A) 1/4 (B) 1/44
2 black cards is -
(C) 5/144 (D)7/144
(A) (1/4)4 (B) (1/4)5
(C) (1/4)6 (D) None of these Q.83 India plays two matches each with West
Indies and Australia. In any match the
Q.77 A man and a woman appear in an interview probability to get 0,1 and 2 point by India are
for two vacancies in the same post. The 0.45, 0.05 and 0.50 respectively. If the results
probability of mans selection is 1/4 and that are independent, then the probability that
of the womans selection is 1/3. What is the India gets at least 7 points is-
probability that none of them will be selected- (A) 0.8750 (B) 0.0875
(A) 1/2 (B) 1/12 (C) 0.6250 (D) 0.0250
Q.84 The probability that a man will remain alive
Q.78 If the probabilities of three persons A, B & C for the next 25 years is 4/5 and the probability
hitting a target are 3/5, 2/5 and 3/4 that his wife will remain alive for the same 25
respectively. If they hit at a time then the years is 3/4. The probability that at least one
probability that two persons hit the target is- of them will be alive 25 years hence, is-
(A) 9/50 (B) 9/20 (A) 19/20 (B) 3/5
Q.85 A piece of equipment will function only when Q.91 The odds in favour of escape of an enemy
all the three components A, B and C are ship are 4 : 1 . The probability that at least
working. The probability of A failing during one ship out of three ships gets destroyed is-
one year is 0.15, that of B is 0.05 and that of (A) 1/125 (B) 16/125
C is 0.10. The probability that the equipment (C) 61/125 (D) 64/125
will fail before the end of the year is- Q.92 If X is binomial variate with parameters n and
(A) 0.72675 (B) 0.27325 P (X r)
(C) 1 (D) 0.95 p, where 0 < p <1 such that is
P (X n r )
independent of n and r, then p equals-
Q.86 A & B are two horses. The probability of A (A) 1/2 (B) 1/3
winning a race is 1/3 and that of horse B (C) 1/4 (D) none of these
winning the same race is 1/5. The probability
that none of them will win is- Q.93 Let X denote the number of times heads occur
(A) 9/15 (B) 8/15 in n tosses of a fair coin. If P (X = 4), P (X = 5)
(C) 7/15 (D) 4/15 and P (X = 6) are in AP; the value of n is-
(A) 7 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 8
Question
based on Binomial Probability distribution
Q.94 If X follows a binomial distribution with
Q.87 The probability that an event A happens in parameters n = 8 and p = 1/2, then
one trial of an experiment is 0.4. Three P (| X 4 | 2) equals-
independent trails of the experiment are 118 119 117
(A) (B) (C) (D) none
performed. The probability that the event A 128 128 128
happens at least once is-
(A) 0.936 (B) 0.784 Q.95 A random variable has the following
(C) 0.904 (D) None of these probability distribution-
X : 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Q.88 A pair of dice is thrown four times. If getting
P(X): 0 2p 2p 3p p2 2p 7p2
2 2p
the same number on both dice is considered
as a success, the probability of getting two
success is- The value of p is
(A) 20/216 (B) 25/216 (A) 1/10 (B) 1
(C) 19/216 (D) None of these (C) 1/10 (D) none of these
Q.96 A random variable X has the distribution-

Q.89 A cube is thrown 6 times, then probability of
X 2 3 4
getting the digits 2 and 4 exactly three times
each is- P(X = x) 0.3 0.4 0.3
(A) 1/5184 (B) 5/11664 Then, variance of the distribution is
(C) 1/46656 (D) 3/11664
(A) 0.6 (B) 0.7
(C) 0.77 (D) 1.55
Q.90 A box of 100 bulbs has 90 bulbs right then in
a sample of 8 bulbs, the probability that at Q.97 A fair die is thrown twenty times. The
least one bulb is defective is- probability that on the tenth throw the fourth
8 8
9 9 six appears is-
(A) 1 (B)
10 10 20
C10 56 120 57
8 8 (A) (B)
1 1 6 20 610
(C) (D) 1
10 10 84 56
(C) (D) none of these
610
Question
Compound Events
Q.103 The probability of defective screws in three
based on
1,1,1
boxes A,B,C are respectively. A box
5 6 7
Q.98 A bag contains 4 tickets numbered 1, 2, 3, 4
is selected at random and a screw drawn from
and another bag contains 6 tickets numbered
it at random is found to be defective. Then the
2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9. One bag is chosen and a ticket
probability that it came from box A is-
is drawn. The probability that the ticket bears
(A) 16/29 (B) 1/15
the number 4 is-
(C) 27/59 (D) 42/107
(A) 1/48 (B) 1/8
(C) 5/24 (D) None of these Question
Dearrangement
Q.99 The chance of India winning toss is 3/4. If it based on
wins the toss, then its chance of victory is 4/5

Q.104 Three letters are written to three different
otherwise it is only 1/2. Then chance of
persons and their addresses are written of
Indias victory is-
three envelopes. The probability that letters
(A) 1/5 (B) 3/5
are placed in right envelopes without seeing
(C) 3/40 (D) 29/40
the addresses is -
Q.100 Three groups A, B, C are competing for (A) 1/27 (B) 1/6
positions of d the Board of Directors of a (C) 1/9 (D) None of these
company. The probabilities of their winning Q.105 3 letters are placed in 3 envelopes randomly.
are 0.5, 0.3, 0.2 respectively. If the group A The probability that all letters are not in right
wins, the probability of introducing a new envelopes is-
product is 0.7 and the corresponding (A) 1/6 (B) 1/2
probabilities for group B and C are 0.6 and (C) 1/3 (D) 5/6
0.5 respectively. The probability that the new
product will be introduced, is- Q.106 There are n letters and n addressed envelopes.
(A) 0.18 (B) 0.35 The probability that all the letters are not kept
in the right envelope, is-
(C) 0.10 (D) 0.63
1 1
(A) (B) 1
n! n!
Question
based on Baye's Theorem
1
(C) 1 (D) None of these
n
Q.101 A bag A contains 2 white and 3 red balls and
bag B contains 4 white and 5 red balls. One
ball is drawn at random from a randomly
chosen bag and is found to be red. The
probability that it was drawn from bag B was-
(A) 5/14 (B) 5/16
(C) 5/18 (D) 25/52
Q.102 A man is known to speak the truth 3 out of 4

times. He throws a die and reports that it is a
six. The probability that it is actually a six, is-
(A) 3/8 (B) 1/5
LEVEL- 2
Q.1 The probability of getting a number chosen (A) 13/36 (B) 11/36
from 1, 2, ..... 100 as cube is- (C) 1/4 (D) 2/3
(A) 1/25 (B)2/25
(C) 3/25 (D) 4/25 Q.9 A pack of cards contains 4 aces, 4 kings, 4
queens and 4 jacks. Two cards are drawn at
Q.2 The probability that a random arrangement of random. The probability that at least one of
letters i,i,i,t,t,n,n,o,a,v in row result in a word them is an ace is-
Invitation is- (A) 1/5 (B) 3/16
(A) 1/151200 (B) 1/1128800 (C) 9/20 (D) 1/9
Q.10 A committee consists of 9 experts taken from
Q.3 From a group of 5 boys and 3 girls, three three colleges, A, B and C; of which 2 are
persons are chosen at random. The from A,3 from B and 4 from C. If three
probability that there are more girls than boys experts resign, then the probability that they
belong to different institutions is-
is-
(A) 1/729 (B) 2/7
(A) 4/7 (B) 3/8
(C) 1/21 (D) 1/24
(C) 2/7 (D) 5/8
Q.11 A fair coin is tossed a fixed number of times.
Q.4 A fair coin is tossed n times. If the probability
If the probability of getting 7 heads is equal
that head occurs 6 times is equal to the to that of getting 9 heads, then the probability
probability that head occurs 8 times, then n is of getting 3 heads is -
equal to - 35 35
(A) 15 (B) 14 (A) 12
(B)
2 214
(C) 12 (D) 7
7
(C) (D) None of these
Q.5 5 persons A, B, C, D and E are in queue of a 212
shop. The probability that A and E always Q.12 There are 6 positive and 8 negative numbers.
together, is- Four numbers are chosen at random and
(A) 1/4 (B) 2/3 multiplied. The probability that a product is a
(C) 2/5 (D) 3/5 positive number is-
(A) 505/1001 (B) 420/1001
Q.6 Three dice are thrown simultaneously. What
(C) 15/1001 (D) 70/1001
is the probability of obtaining a total of 17 or
18- Q.13 If all letters of the word MISSISSIPPI are
(A) 1/9 (B) 1/72 arranged then the probability that all S come
(C) 1/54 (D) None of these together will be-
(A) 1/165 (B) 4/165
Q.7 If an integer is chosen at random from first (C) 8/165 (D) None of these
100 positive integers, then the probability that
the chosen number is a multiple of 4 or 6, is- Q.14 From the word POSSESSIVE, a letter is
(A) 41/100 (B) 33/100 chosen at random. The probability of it to be
(C) 1/10 (D) None of these S is-
(A) 3/10 (B) 4/10
Q.8 Two dice are thrown together. The (C) 3/6 (D) 4/6
probability of showing odd number on any
one and multiple of 3 on the other is-
Q.15 Three letters are selected at random from the Q.23 A and B toss a coin alternatively on the
word SLEEPER. The probability that at understanding that the first who obtains tail
least two Es occur is- wins. If A starts, what is his chance of
(A) 12/35 (B) 13/35 winning ?
(C) 14/35 (D) 15/35 (A) 2/3 (B) 1/3
Q.16 The probability of occurring of two events A (C) 1/4 (D) 3/4
and B are 0.21 and 0.49 respectively and of
Q.24 A man alternately tosses a coin and throws a
occurring both simultaneously is 0.16, then
dice beginning with the coin. The probability
the probability that none of the two occur is-
(A) 0.30 (B) 0.46 that he gets a head in the coin before he gets a
(C) 0.14 (D) None of these 5 or 6 in the dice is -
(A) 3/4 (B) 1/2
Q.17 If A1,A2,......,An are any n events, then- (C) 1/3 (D) None of these
(A) P(A1 A2 .... An) = P(A1) + P(A2)
+...+ P(An) Q.25 Two dice are thrown thrice. The probability
that first throw shows 10, second 11 and third
(B) P(A1 A2 .... An) > P(A1) + P(A2)
12 will be-
+...+ P (An)
(A) 1/216 (B) 1/432
(C) P (A1 A2 ....An) P(A1) + P(A2) (C) 1/7776 (D) 1/648
+...+ P (An)
(D) None of these Q.26 A draws two cards with replacement from a
well shuffled pack of cards and at the same
Q.18 Two dice are thrown, the probability of time B throws a pair of dice. The probability
getting sum as neither 7 nor 11, is-
that A gets two kings and B gets a doublet is-
(A) 8/9 (B) 2/9
(A) 1/69 (B) 175/1014
(C) 7/9 (D) 1/18
Q.19 Three athlete A, B and C participate in a race
competition. The probability of winning A Q.27 Two coins and a die are tossed. The
and winning of B is twice of winning C. Then probability that both coins fall heads and the
the probability that the race win by A or B, is- die shows a 3 or 6 is-
(A) 2/3 (B) 1/2 (C) 4/5 (D) 1/3 (A) 1/8 (B) 1/12
Q.20 Two dice are thrown. What is the probability
that the sum of the numbers appearing on the Q.28 A bag contains 3 white and 3 black balls.
two dice is 11, if 5 appears on the first- Balls are drawn one by one with out replacing
(A) 1/36 (B) 1/6
them in the bag. The probability that drawing
ball will be in alternate colours is-
Q.21 A and B throw two dice, if A throws 8, the (A) 1/10 (B) 5/21
probability that B will throw a higher number (C) 1/2 (D) None of these
is-
(A) 5/18 (B) 3/18 Q.29 A bag contains 5 black and 3 blue balls. Balls
(C) 7/18 (D) 1/18 are drawn (without replacement) one by one.
The probability of getting blue ball first time
Q.22 Two integers are selected from integers 1 to
in fifth draw is-
11. If their sum is even then the probability
(A) 1/56 (B) 3/56
that both are odd will be-
(A) 2/5 (B) 3/5 (C) 4/56 (D) 5/56
Q.30 A box contains 2 black, 4 white and 3 red (A) 1/10 (B) 3/10
balls. One ball is drawn at random from the (C) 3/200 (D) None of these
box and kept aside. From the remaining balls
in the box, another ball is drawn at random Q.37 The items produced by a firm are supposed to
and kept aside the first. This process is contain 5% defective items. The probability
repeated till all the balls are drawn from the that a sample of 8 items will contain less than
box. The probability that the balls drawn are 2 defective items, is-
7 6
in the sequence of 2 black, 4 white and 3 red 27 19 533 19
(A) (B)
is- 20 20 400 20
(A) 1/1260 (B) 1/7560 7 6
153 1 35 1
(C) 1/126 (D) None of these (C) (D)
20 20 16 20
Q.31 Cards are drawn one after another till an ace
is obtained. The probability of not getting ace Q.38 Cards are drawn one-by-one at random from
in first 26 cards is- a well shuffled pack of 52 playing cards until 2
(A) 46/153 (B) 109/53 aces are obtained for the first time. The
(C) 23/27 (D) None of these probability that 18 draws are required for this,
is-
Q.32 In order to get at least once a head with (A) 3/34 (B) 17/455
probability 0.9, the minimum number of (C) 561/15925 (D) None of these
times a coin need to be tossed is-
(A) 3 (B) 5 Q.39 A letter is taken out at random from
(C) 4 (D) None of these ASSISTANT and another is taken out from
STATISTICS. The probability that they are
Q.33 The chance of winning a test match by India the same letters is-
against West Indies is 1/2. A series of 5 test (A) 1/45 (B) 13/90
matches is played and the results of all test (C) 19/90 (D) None of these
matches are independent, then the probability
of second win by India is third test match is Q.40 A six faced die is a biased one. It is thrice
(No match ends in draw) - more likely to show an odd number than
(A) 2/3 (B) 1/2 (C) 1/4 (D) 1/8 show an even number. It is thrown twice. The
probability that the sum of the numbers in the
Q.34 Odds 8 to 5 against a person who is 40 years two throws is even, is-
old living till he is 70 and 4 to 3 against (A) 5/9 (B) 5/8
another person now 50 till he will be living (C) 1/2 (D) None of these
80. Probability that one of them will be alive
next 30 years- Q.41 Two dice are tossed 6 times. Then the
(A) 59/91 (B) 44/91 (C) 51/91 (D) 32/91 probability that sum 7 will show an exactly
four of the tosses is-
Q.35 Let E and F be two independent events. The (A) 225/18442 (B) 116/20003
probability that both E and F happens, is (C) 125/15552 (D) None of these
1/12 and the probability that neither E nor F
happens is 1/2, then- Q.42 The probability that a bulb produced by a
(A) P(E) = 1/3, P(F) = 1/4 factory will fuse after 150 days of use is 0.05.
(B) P(E) = 1/3, P(F) = 1/6 What is the probability that out of 5 such
(C) P(E) = 1/6, P(F) = 1/2 bulbs none will fuse after 150 days of use-
5 5
(D) P(E) = 1/4, P(F) = 1/5 19 19
(A) 1 (B)
20 20
Q.36 A digit is chosen out of digits 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
5 5
A second digit is chosen from the remaining 3 1
(C) (D) 90
four digits, then the probability that an odd 4 4
digit will be selected both the times is-
LEVEL- 3
Q.1 The probability that the birth days of six If an even face has turned up, then the
persons will fall in exactly two calendar months probability that it is face 2 or face 4, is
is- (A) 0.25 (B) 0.42
26 (C) 0.75 (D) 0.9
(A) 1/6 (B) 12C2
12 6
Q.6 For three events A, B and C, P (exactly one of
26 1 341
(C) 12C2 (D) the events A or B occurs) = P (exactly one of
12 6 125
the events B or C occurs) = P (exactly one of
1 4p 1 p 1 2p the events C or A occurs)= p and P (all the
Q.2 If , , are probabilities of
4 4 2 three events occur simultaneously) = p2 ,where 0
three mutually exclusive events, then- < p < 1/2. Then the probability of atleast one of
1 1 1 2 the three events A, B and C occurring is-
(A) p (B) p
3 2 2 3
3p 2p 2 p 3p 2
1 1 (A) (B)
(C) p (D) none of these 2 2
6 2
3p p 2 3p 2p 2
(C) (D)
2 4
Q.3 A bag contains 50 tickets numbered
1, 2, 3, ..., 50 of which five are drawn at Q.7 If A and B are two events such that P(A) = 1/3,
random and arranged in ascending order of
B
magnitude (x1 < x2 < x3 < x4 < x5). The P(B) = 1/4 and P(A B) = 1/5, then P =
A
probability that
(A) 37/40 (B) 37/45
x3 = 30 is-
(C) 23/40 (D) None
20 29
C2 C2
(A) (B)
50
C5 50
C5 Q.8 There are 9999 tickets bearing numbers 0001,
20 29 0002,...., 9999. If one ticket is selected from
C2 C2
(C) 50
(D) none of these these tickets at random, the probability that
C5
the number on the ticket will consist of all
Q.4 A man takes a step forward with probability different digits, is-
0.4 and backward with probability 0.6.The (A) 5040 / 9999 (B) 5000 / 9999
probability that at the end of eleven steps he (C) 5030 / 9999 (D) none of these
is one step away from the starting point is-
Q.9 All possible 6 letter words each containing all
(A) 11C6 (0.24)5 (B) 11C6 (0.4)6(0.6)5
the letters of the word EMHORT are formed
(C) 11C6 (0.6)6 (0.4)5 (D) none of these.
and are placed in a dictionary order. 10
consecutive words are now drawn at random.
Q.5 A biased die is tossed and the respective
The probability that the word 'MOTHER' will
probabilities for various faces to turn up are-
be among the drawn words, is
Face : 1 2 3 4 5 6 (A) 1/72 (B) 10/711
Probability : 0.1 0.24 0.19 0.18 0.15 0.14 (C) 10/719 (D) none
Q.10 A number is chosen at random from the Q. 12 Statement-1 : The probability of being at
numbers 10 to 99. By seeing the number a least one white ball selected from two balls
man will laugh if product of digits is 12. If he drawn simultaneously from the bag
chooses three numbers with replacement then 34
the probability that he will laugh atleast once containing 7 black and 4 white balls is .
55
is-
Statement-2 : Sample space = 11C2 = 55 No.
3 3
3 43 of favourable cases = 4C1 7C1 + 4C2 7C0
(A) 1 (B)
5 45
= 34
3 3
4 43 34
(C) 1 (D) 1 required probability =
25 45 55
Statement type Questions 3 2

Q. 13 If P(A) = , P(B) = then
5 3
Each of the questions given below consists of 2 A 9
Statement-1 : P .
Statement -1 and Statement-2. Use the following 5 B 10
key to choose the appropriate answer. 4 3
(A) If both Statement- 1 Statement- 2 are true, and Statement-2 : P(A B) .
15 5
Statement-2 is the correct explanation of
Statement- 1.
(B) If Statement-1 and Statement-2 are true but
Statement-2 is not the correct explanation of
Statement- 1
(C) If Statement-1 is true but Statement- 2 is false
(D) If Statement-1 is false but Statement- 2 is true.
Q. 11 Statement-1 : Given Ei, i = 1,2,.........n are n

i
independent events, such that P( E i ) = ,
1 i
1 i n, then the probability that none of
n
the n events occur is .
n 1
Statement-2 : Probability of occurrence of all
independent events together is equal to the
product of the probabilities of these events.
ANSWER KEY
LEVEL- 1
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. D B B B B B B B B A C A B A D B D A B B
Q.No. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Ans. B C B B C A C B C A A C B B D C A D C C
Q.No. 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Ans. B B A D D B C B A D A A D A C A D D D B
Q.No. 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
Ans. A A C C C B B A B D C B A A A B A B D B
Q.No. 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
Ans. B C B A B C B B B A C A A B A A C C D D
Q.No. 101 102 103 104 105 106
Ans. D A D B D B
LEVEL- 2
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. A A C B C C B B C B A A B B B B C C C B
Q.No. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Ans. A B A A C C B A B A D C C B A B A C C B
Q.No. 41 42
Ans. C B
LEVEL- 3
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Ans. D D C A C A A A B D D A A

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