TOPIC – 6 PROBABILITY

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OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS (Scanner part I)

1. There are six slips in a box and numbers 1,1,2,2,3,3 are written on these
slips. Two slips are taken at random form the box. The expected values of
the sum of numbers on the two slips is:
a) 5 b) 3 c) 4 d) 7

2. A letter is taken out at random from the word RANGE and another is taken
out from the word PAGE. The probability that they are the same letters
is:
a) 1/20 b) 3/20 c) 3/5 d) 3/4

3. An urn contains 9 balls two of which are red, three blue and four black.
Three balls are drawn at random. The probability that they are of same
colour is:
3 20 5
a) b) c) d) none
27 31 84

4. A card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. Let E1 “a king or a

queen is drawn” & E2: “a queen or a jack is drawn”, then:
a) E1 and E2 are not independent
b) E1 and E2 are mutually exclusive
c) E1 and E2 are independent
d) None of these

5. In a non-leap year, the probability of getting 53 Sundays or 53

Tuesdays or 53 Thursdays is:
4 2 3 1
a) b) c) d)
7 7 7 7
3 1 1
6. If A and B are two events and P(A) = , P(B)  , P(A  B)  , then the value
8 2 4
of P(A’B’) is:
1 3 5 5
a) b) c) d)
4 4 8 4
7. The probability that there is at least one error in an account statement
prepared by A is 0.3 and for B and C, they are 0.4 and 0.45 respectively.
A, B and C prepared 20, 10 and 40 statements respectively. The expected
number of correct statements in all is:
a) 32 b) 45 c) 42 d) 25
8. From a pack of cards, two are drawn, the first being replaced before the
second is drawn. The chance that the first is a diamond and the second is
king is:
1 3 4 3
a) b) c) d)
52 2704 13 52
9. The theory of compound probability states that for any two events A and
B:
a) P(A  B) = P(A) x P(B)
b) P(A  B) = P(A) x P(B/A)
c) P(A  B) = P(A) x P(B/A)
d) P(A  B) = P(A) + P(B) – P(A  B)

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10. The probability of getting qualified in IIT-JEE and AIEEE by a student

1 3
are respectively and . The probability that the student gets qualified
5 5
for one of the these test is:
17 22 8 3
a) b) c) d)
25 25 25 25
11. Amitabh plays a game of tossing a dice. If the number less than 3
appears, he is getting Rs.a, otherwise he has to pay Rs.10. If the game
is fair, find a:
a) 25 b) 20 c) 22 d) 18
12. Suppose E and F are two events of a random experiment. If the
probability of occurrence of E is 1/5 and the probability of occurrence
of F given E is 1/10, then the probability of non-occurrence of at least
one of the events E and F is:
1 1 13 49
a) b) c) d)
50 25 50 50
13. A bag contains 8 red and 5 white balls. Two successive draws of 3 balls
are made without replacement. The probability that the first draw will
produce 3 white balls and second 3 red balls is:
6 5 7 3
a) b) c) d)
255 548 429 233
14. A box contains 12 electric lamps of which 5 are defectives. A man selects
three lamps at random. What is the expected number of defective lamps in
his selection?
a) 1.25 b) 2.50 c) 1.05 d) 2.03
15. Three identical dice are rolled. The probability that the same number
will appear on each of them is:
a) 1/6 b) 1/12 c) 1/36 d) 1
16. Among the examinees in an examination 30%, 35% and 45% failed in
Statistics, in Mathematics and in at least one of the subjects
respectively. An examinee is selected at random. Find the probability
that he failed in Mathematics only:
a) 0.245 b) 0.25 c) 0.254 d) 0.55
17. An article consists of two parts A and B. The manufacturing process of
each part is such that probability of defect in A is 0.08 and that B is
0.05. What is the probability that the assembled product will not have
any defect?
a) 0.934 b) 0.864 c) 0.85 d) 0.874
18. Daily demand for calculators is having the following probability
distribution:
Demand: 1 2 3 4 5 6
Probability: 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.18 0.12
Determine the variance of the demand.
a) 2.54 b) 2.93 c) 2.22 d) 2.19

19. If 10 men, among whom are A and B, stand in a row, what is the
probability that there will be exactly 3 men between A and B?
a) 11/15 b) 4/15 c) 1/15 d) 2/15

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20. The probability of an event can assume any value between:

a) 0 and 1 b) -1 and 0 c) -1 and 1 d) None

21. The odds are 9:5 against a person who is 50 years living till he is 70
and 8:6 against a person who is 60 living till he is 80. Find the
probability that at least one of them will be alive after 20 years:
11 22 31 35
a) b) c) d)
14 49 49 49
22. An urn contains 6 white and 4 black balls. 3 balls are drawn without
replacement. What is the expected number of black balls that will be
obtained?
a) 6/5 b) 1/5 c) 7/5 d) 4/5
23. If P(A) = P and P(B) = q, then:
a) P(A/B)  q/p b) P(A/B)  p/q
c) P(A/B)  p/q d) P(A/B)  q/p

24. The probability that a trainee will remain with a company is 0.8. The
probability that an employee earns more that Rs.20,000 per month is 0.4.
The probability that an employee, who was a trainee and remained with the
company or who earns more than Rs.20,000 per month is 0.9. What is the
probability that an employee earns more than Rs. 20,000 per month given
that he is a trainee, who stayed with the company?
a) 5/8 b) 3/8 c) 1/8 d) 7/8

25. A random variable X has the following probability distribution:

X : -2 3 1
P(X=x) : 1/3 1/2 1/6
Find E(X2) and E(2X + 5)
a) 6 and 7 respectively b) 5 and 7 respectively
c) 7 and 5 respectively d) 7 and 6 respectively

26. The limiting relative frequency of probability is:

(a) Axiomatic (b) Classical
(c) Statistical (c) Mathematical

1 if o  x  1
27. If a probability density function is f(x) =  then find E (x)
 0 otherwise
(a)  (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) -

28. If:
X : -2 3 1
P(x) : 1/3 ½ 1/6
Then find E(2x + 5)
a) 7 b) 6 c) 9 d) 4

29. If A and B are two independent events and P(AUB) = 2/5; P (B) = 1/3. Find
P (A)
(a) 2/9 (b) -1/3 (c) 2/10 (d) 1/10

30. A bag contains 12 balls of which 3 are red 5 balls are drawn at random.
Find the probability that in 5 balls 3 are red.
(a) 3/132 (b) 5/396 (c) 1/36 (d) 1/22

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31. A random variable X has the following probability distribution.

X 0 1 2 3
P(x) 0 2K 3K K
Then, P (x<3) would be:
(a) 1/6 (b) 1/3 (c) 2/3 (d) 5/6

32. P(A) = 2/3; P(B)= 3/5; P(AB) = 5/6. Find P (B/A)

(a) 11/20 (b) 13/20 (c) 13/18 (d) None
33. If P(AB) = P (A) x P(B), then the events are:
(a) Independent events (b) Mutually exclusive events
(c) Exhaustive events (d) Mutually inclusive events

34. E (XY) is also known as:

(a) E (X) + E(Y) (b) E (X) E (Y)
(c) E (X) – E (Y) (d) E (X)  E (Y)
35. In a pack of playing cards with two jokers probability of getting king of
spade is
(a) 4/13 (b) 4/52 (c) 1/52 (d) 1/54
36. Consider two events A and B not mutually exclusive, such that P(A) = 1/4,
P(B) = 2/5, P(AB) = 1/2 , then P (A B ) is
(a) 3/7 (b) 2/10 (c) 1/10 (d) None of the above

37. If x be the sum of two numbers obtained when two die are thrown
simultaneously then P(x  7) is
(a) 5/12 (b) 7/12 (c) 11/15 (d) 3/8

38. E (13x + 9) = __________.

(a) 13x (b) 13E(x) (c) 13E(x) + 9 (d) 9
39. A dice is thrown once. What is the mathematical expectation of the number
on the dice?
(a) 16/6 (b) 13/2 (c) 3.5 (d) 4.5

40. If P (A/B) = P(A), then A and B are

(a) Mutually exclusive events (b) Dependent events
(c) Independent events (d) Composite evens
41. A bag contains 3 white and 5 black balls and second bag contains 4 white
and 2 black balls. If one ball is taken from each bag, the probability
that both the balls are white is _______.
(a) 1/3 b) ¼ c) ½ (d) None of these

42. The odds in favour of A solving a problem is 5 : 7 and Odds against B

solving the same problem is 9 : 6. What is the probability that if both
of them try, the problem will be solved?
(a) 117/180 (b) 181/200 (c) 147/180 (d) 119/180
43. Consider Urn I : 2 white balls, 3 black balls.
Urn II: 4 white balls, 6 black balls. One ball is randomly transferred
from first to second Urn, then one ball is drawn from II Urn. The
probability that drawn ball is white is
(a) 22/65 (b) 22/46 (c) 22/55 (d) 21/45

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44. If P (A  B) = P (A), Find P (A  B).

(a) P (A). P(B) (b) P(A) + P (B) (c) 0 (d) P (B)

45. In how many ways a team of 5 can be made out of 7 Boys and 8 Girls, if 2
Girls are compulsory to form a Team.
(a) 2,646 (b) 1,722 (c) 2,702 (d) 980

46. A bag contains 5 Red balls, 4 Blue Balls and ‘m’ Green Balls. If the
random probability of picking two green balls is 1/7. What is the no. of
green Balls (m).
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 6 (d) None of the above

47. The probability of Girl getting scholarship is 0.6 and the same
probability for Boy is 0.8. Find the probability that at least one of the
categories getting scholarship.
(a) 0.32 (b) 0.44 (c) 0.92 (d) None of the above
48. If 15 persons are to be seated around 2 round tables, one occupying 8
persons and another 7 persons. Find the number of ways in which they can
be seated.
15! 15 7! 15
(a) (b) C7 (c) 7! 8! (d) 2. C 7 6! 7!
18! 8!
49. A coin is tossed 5 times, what is the probability that exactly 3 heads
will occur.
5 1 5 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
16 32 36 32
50. Two unbiased dice are thrown. The Expected value of the sum of numbers on
the upper side is;
(a) 3.5 (b) 7 (c) 12 (d) 6
51. One Card is drawn from pack of 52, what is the probability that it is a
king or a queen?
(a) 11/13 (b) 2/13 (c) 1/13 (d) None of these

52. In a packet of 500 pens, 50 are found to be defective. A pen is selected

at random. Find the probability that it is non defective.
(a) 8/9 (b) 7/8 (c) 9/10 (d) 2/3
53. Four married couples have gathered in a room. Two persons are selected at
random amongst them, find the probability that selected persons are a
gentleman and a lady but not a couple.
(a) 1/7 (b) 3/7 (c) 1/8 (d) 3/8

Answers:
1.(c) 2.(b) 3.(c) 4.(a) 5.(c) 6.(b) 7.(c) 8.(a) 9.(b) 10.(a) 11.(b) 12.(d)
13.(c) 14.(a) 15.(c) 16.(a) 17.(d) 18.(c) 19.(d) 20.(d) 21.(c) 22.(a) 23.(c)
24.(b) 25.(a) 26.(c) 27.(c) 28.(a) 29.(d) 30.(d) 31.(d) 32.(b) 33.(a) 34.(b)
35.(d) 36.(d) 37.(b) 38.(c) 39.(c) 40.(c) 41.(b) 42.(a) 43.(c) 44.(d) 45.(c)
46.(c) 47.(c) 48.(d) 49.(a) 50.(b) 51.(b) 52.(c) 53.(b)

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JUNE (2016)
2 3 5
1. If P(A) = , P (B) = , P (A  B) = then P (A/B) is
3 5 6
7 5 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
12 12 4 2
2. Two dice are tossed what is the probability that the total is divisible by
3 or 4.
20 21 14
(a) (b) (c) (d) None
36 36 36
3. If 2 dice are rolled simultaneously then the probability that their sum is
neither 3 nor 6 is
(a) 0.5 (b) 0.75 (c) 0.25 (d 0.80

4. In a game, cards are thoroughly shuffled and distributed equally among four
players. What is the probability that a specific player gets all the four kings?

52 c  48c 4 c  48 c 13c  39 c 4 c  39 c
4 13 4 9 9 9 4 9
(a) (b) (c) (d)
52 c 52 c 52 c 52 c
11 13 13 13
5. A bag contains 4 red and 5 black balls. Another bag contains 5 red, 3 black
balls. If one ball is drawn at random from each bag. Then the probability that
one red and one black ball drawn is _________.
12 25 37 13
(a) (b) (c) (d)
72 72 72 72
6. In a discrete random variable follows uniform distribution assumes only the
values 8,9,11,15,18,20. Then P (X  15) is ________
(a) 1/2 (b) 1/3 (c) 2/3 (d) 2/7
Answers
1. (a), 2. (a), 3. (d), 4. (b). 5. (c), 6. (c)

DEC- 2016
1. A bag contains 6 green and 5 red balls. One ball is drawn at random. The
probability of getting a red ball is?
5 6 5
(a) (b) (c) (d) None
11 11 6
1 1 2
2. If P (A) = , P (B) = , P (A  B) = , then find P (A  B)
2 3 3
1 1 2 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 6 3 2
2 3 1
3. If P (A) = , P (B) = , P(A  B) = , then the events A & B are _______
3 8 4
(a) Independent and mutually exclusive
(b) Independent but not mutually exclusive
(c) Mutually exclusive but not independent
(d) Neither independent nor exclusive

Answers:
1.(a) 2.(b) 3.(b)

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JUNE-2017
1. The probability of getting atleast one 6 from 3 throws of a perfect die is
3 3 3
5 5 1 5
(a) (b)   (c) 1-   (d) 1  
6 6 6 6
2. For any two events A and B
(a) P (A – B) = P (A) – P (B) (b) P (A – B) = P (A) – P (A  B)
(c) P (A – B) = P (B) – P (A  B) (d) P (B – A) = P(B) + P (A  B)

2 1 1 B
3. If P (A) = , P( B)  , P (A  B) = then P   ____________
3 4 12  A
(a) 1/8 (b) 7/8 (c) 8/7 (d) None

Answers : 1.(D) 2.(B) 3.(A)

DEC. 2017
1 1 1  A
1. For the events A & B If P(A) = , P(B) = and P(AB) = then p  
2 3 4 B
1 1 2 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 6 3 4
2 2
2. If A & B are two mutually exclusive events such that P(AB) = , P( A)  ,
3 5
then P(B)
4 4 5 7
(a) (b) (c) (d)
15 9 9 15
3. If a brother and a sister are applied for 2 vacancies in the same post. The
probability that brother will select is 1/7 and that of sister is 1/5, then the
probability that (i) Both will select (ii) only one will select, (iii) None of
them will select.

1 10 24 24 7 14 3 24 11 24 6 20
(a) , , (b) , , (c) , , (d) , ,
35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35

Answers: 1.(d) 2.(a) 3.(a)

June 2018
1. What is the probability of having at least one ‘six from 3 throws of a
perfect die?
3 3 3
5 5 1 5
(a) (b)   (c) 1-   (d) 1-  
6 6 6 6
2. If 4 letters are put randomly among the 4 envelopes then the probability that all
are not put in correct envelopes?

(a) 1/24 (b) 1 (c) 23/24 (d) 9/24

Answers
1. (d) 2.(c)
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