PROBABILITY

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1. Two cards are drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. The probability that both are the cards of spade is
1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
26 4 17
2. Six cards are drawn simultaneously from a pack of playing cards. What is the probability that 3 will be red
and 3 black
26 26
26 C3 C 3  26 C 3 1
(a) C6 (b) 52
(c) 52
(d)
C6 C6 2
3. A man draws a card from a pack of 52 playing cards, replaces it and shuffles the pack. He continues this
processes until he gets a card of spade. The probability that he will fail the first two times is
9 1 9
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
16 16 64
4. If out of 20 consecutive whole numbers two are chosen at random, then the probability that their sum is odd,
is
5 10 9
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
19 19 19
5. A bag contains 3 red, 7 white and 4 black balls. If three balls are drawn from the bag, then the probability that
all of them are of the same colour is
6 7 10
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
71 81 91
6. If four persons are chosen at random from a group of 3 men, 2 women and 4 children. Then the probability
that exactly two of them are children, is
10 8 5 9
(a) (b) (c) (d)
21 63 21 21
7. A box contains 25 tickets numbered 1, 2, ....... 25. If two tickets are drawn at random then the probability that
the product of their numbers is even, is
11 13 37
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
50 50 50
8. From a class of 12 girls and 18 boys, two students are chosen randomly. What is the probability that both of
them are girls
22 13 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
145 15 18
9. A word consists of 11 letters in which there are 7 consonants and 4 vowels. If 2 letters are chosen at random,
then the probability that all of them are consonants, is
5 21 4
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
11 55 11
10. Twenty tickets are marked the numbers 1, 2, ..... 20. If three tickets be drawn at random, then what is the
probability that those marked 7 and 11 are among them
3 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
190 19 190
11. If Mohan has 3 tickets of a lottery containing 3 prizes and 9 blanks, then his chance of winning prize are
34 21 17
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
55 55 55
12. A bag contains 3 white and 7 red balls. If a ball is drawn at random, then what is the probability that the
drawn ball is either white or red
3 7 10
(a) 0 (b) (c) (d)
10 10 10
13. A bag contains 4 white, 5 red and 6 black balls. If two balls are drawn at random, then the probability that
one of them is white is
44 11 11
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
105 105 21

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14. A bag contains 6 red, 4 white and 8 blue balls. If three balls are drawn at random, then the probability that 2
are white and 1 is red, is
5 7 3 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
204 102 68 13
15. A committee of five is to be chosen from a group of 9 people. The probability that a certain married couple
will either serve together or not at all, is
1 5 4 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 9 9 9
16. The letter of the word `ASSASSIN' are written down at random in a row. The probability that no two S occur
together is
1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
35 14 15

17. The probability of getting 4 heads in 8 throws of a coin, is

8 8
1 1 C4 C4
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 64 8 28
18. In a lottery 50 tickets are sold in which 14 are of prize. A man bought 2 tickets, then the probability that the
man win the prize, is
17 18 72 13
(a) (b) (c) (d)
35 35 175 175
19. A bag contains 8 black and 7 white balls. Two balls are drawn at random. Then for which the probability is
more
(a) Both balls are white (b) One ball is white and one is black
(c) Both balls are black (d) All of the above are equals
20. A committee has to be made of 5 members from 6 men and 4 women. The probability that at least one woman
is present in committee, is
1 41 2 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
42 42 63 7
21. A three digit number is formed by using numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4. The probability that the number is divisible by
3, is
2 2 1 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 7 2 4
22. From a pack of playing cards three cards are drawn simultaneously. The probability that these are one king,
one queen and one jack is
64 16 128 64
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5525 5525 5525 625
23. Word ‘UNIVERSITY’ is arranged randomly. Then the probability that both ‘I’ does not come together, is
3 2 4 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 5 5 5
24. There are n different objects 1, 2, 3,......n distributed at random in n places marked 1, 2, 3, ......n. The
probability that at least three of the objects occupy places corresponding to their number is
1 5 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
6 6 3
25. An ordinary cube has four blank faces, one face marked 2 another marked 3. Then the probability of obtaining
a total of exactly 12 in 5 throws, is
5 5 5
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
1296 1944 2592
26. Two persons each make a single throw with a die. The probability they get equal value is p 1 . Four persons
each make a single throw and probability of three being equal is p 2 , then
(a) p 1  p 2 (b) p 1  p 2 (c) p 1  p 2 (d) None of these
27. n cadets have to stand in a row. If all possible permutations are equally likely, then the probability that two
particular cadets stand side by side, is
2 1 2
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
n n (n  1) !

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28. A bag contains tickets numbered from 1 to 20. Two tickets are drawn. The probability that both the numbers
are prime, is
14 7 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
95 95 95
29. A bag contains 6 red, 5 white and 4 black balls. Two balls are drawn. The probability that none of them is red,
is
12 6 4
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
35 35 35
30. A bag contains 3 white and 5 black balls. If one ball is drawn, then the probability that it is black, is
3 5 6 10
(a) (b) (c) (d)
8 8 8 20
31. Three of the six vertices of a regular hexagon are chosen at random. The probability that the triangle with
these three vertices is equilateral, is equal to
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 5 10 20
32. Three mangoes and three apples are in a box. If two fruits are chosen at random, the probability that one is a
mango and the other is an apple is
2 3 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
3 5 3
33. There are 5 volumes of Mathematics among 25 books. They are arranged on a shelf in random order. The
probability that the volumes of Mathematics stand in increasing order from left to right (the volumes are not
necessarily kept side by side) is
1 50 ! 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
5! 55 ! 50 5
34. A cricket team has 15 members, of whom only 5 can bowl. If the names of the 15 members are put into a hat
and 11 drawn at random, then the chance of obtaining an eleven containing at least 3 bowlers is
7 11 12
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
13 15 13
35. A bag has 13 red, 14 green and 15 black balls. The probability of getting exactly 2 blacks on pulling out 4
balls is P1 . Now the number of each colour ball is doubled and 8 balls are pulled out. The probability of
getting exactly 4 blacks is P2 . Then
(a) P1  P2 (b) P1  P2 (c) P1  P2 (d) None of these
36. If m rupee coins and n ten paise coins are placed in a line, then the probability that the extreme coins are ten
paise coins is
m n n (n  1)
(a) Cm / n m (b) (c) m n
Pm / m n (d) m n Pn / n m
(m  n) (m  n  1)
37. A mapping is selected at random from the set of all the mappings of the set A  1, 2, ..., n into itself. The
probability that the mapping selected is an injection is
1 1 (n  1) ! n!
(a) n
(b) (c) n 1
(d)
n n! n n n 1
38. A lot consists of 12 good pencils, 6 with minor defects and 2 with major defects. A pencil is choosen at
random. The probability that this pencil is not defective is
3 3 4 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 10 5 2
39. A box contains 10 mangoes out of which 4 are rotten. 2 mangoes are taken out together. If one of them is
found to be good, the probability that the other is also good is
1 8 5 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 15 18 3
40. 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 a woman is
25 14 5 10
(a) (b) (c) (d)
39 39 13 13
41. Two numbers a and b are chosen at random from the set of first 30 natural numbers. The probability that
a 2  b 2 is divisible by 3 is
9 12 15 47
(a) (b) (c) (d)
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42. Two friends A and B have equal number of daughters. There are three cinema tickets which are to be
distributed among the daughters of A and B. The probability that all the tickets go to daughters of A is 1/20.
The number of daughters each of them have is
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 3
43. Dialing a telephone number an old man forgets the last two digits remembering only that these are different
dialled at random. The probability that the number is dialled correctly, is
1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
45 90 100
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
1 1 5
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
84 21 84
45. Six boys and six girls sit in a row randomly. The probability that the six girls sit together
1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
77 132 231
46. From a group of 7 men and 4 ladies a committee of 6 persons is formed, then the probability that the
committee contains 2 ladies is
5 5 4 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
13 11 11 11
47. A bag contains 4 white and 3 red balls. Two draws of one ball each are made without replacement. Then the
probability that both the balls are red is
1 2 3 4
(a) (b) (c) (d)
7 7 7 7
48. A bag contains 5 white, 7 black and 4 red balls. Three balls are drawn from the bag at random. The
probability that all the three balls are white, is
3 3 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
16 5 60 56
49. Out of 40 consecutive natural numbers, two are chosen at random. Probability that the sum of the numbers is
odd, is
14 20 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
29 39 2
50. The probability that the three cards drawn from a pack of 52 cards are all red is
1 3 2 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
17 19 19 17
51. A committee consists of 9 experts taken from three institutions A, B and C, of which 2 are from A, 3 from B
and 4 from C. If three experts resign, then the probability that they belong to different institutions is
1 1 1 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
729 24 21 7
52. Two numbers are selected at random from 1, 2, 3 ......100 and are multiplied, then the probability correct to
two places of decimals that the product thus obtained is divisible by 3, is
(a) 0.55 (b) 0.44 (c) 0.22 (d) 0.33
53. Five digit numbers are formed using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8. What is the probability that they have
even digits at both the ends
2 3 4
\(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
7 7 7
54. A bag contains 3 red, 4 white and 5 black balls. Three balls are drawn at random. The probability of being
their different colours is
3 2 8
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
11 11 11
55. If four vertices of a regular octagon are chosen at random, then the probability that the quadrilateral formed
by them is a rectangle is
1 2 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
8 21 32 35
56. 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
5 18 30 48
(a) (b) (c) (d)
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57. If a committee of 3 is to be chosen from a group of 38 people of which you are a member. What is the
probability that you will be on the committee
 38   37   37   38  666
(a)   (b)   (c)     (d)
3  2  2  3  8436
58. Four boys and three girls stand in a queue for an interview, probability that they will in alternate position is
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
34 35 17 68
59. In a lottery there were 90 tickets numbered 1 to 90. Five tickets were drawn at random. The probability that
two of the tickets drawn numbers 15 and 89 is
2 2 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
801 623 267 623
60. Among 15 players, 8 are batsmen and 7 are bowlers. Find the probability that a team is chosen of 6 batsmen
and 5 bowlers
8
C 6 7 C 5 8
C6 7 C5 15
(a) 15
(b) 15
(c) (d) None of these
C11 C11 28
61. A bag contains 5 black balls, 4 white balls and 3 red balls. If a ball is selected randomwise, the probability
that it is a black or red ball is
1 1 5 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 4 12 3
62. Out of 30 consecutive numbers, 2 are chosen at random. The probability that their sum is odd, is
14 16 15 10
(a) (b) (c) (d)
29 29 29 29
63. Three integers are chosen at random from the first 20 integers. The probability that their product is even, is
2 3 17 4
(a) (b) (c) (d)
19 29 19 19
64. Two numbers are selected randomly from the set S  {1, 2, 3, 4 , 5, 6} without replacement one by one. The
probability that minimum of the two numbers is less than 4 is
1 14 1 4
(a) (b) (c) (d)
15 15 5 5
65. A bag contains 6 white, 7 red and 5 black balls. If 3 balls are drawn from the bag at random, then the
probability that all of them are white is
20 5 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
204 204 3
66. A bag contains 4 white, 5 red and 6 green balls. Three balls are picked up randomly. The probability that a
white, a red and a green ball is drawn is
15 30 20 24
(a) (b) (c) (d)
91 91 91 91
67. A box contains 10 red balls and 15 green balls. If two balls are drawn in succession then the probability that
one is red and other is green, is
1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
3 2 4
68. Three cards are drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. What is the chance of drawing three aces
3 2 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
5525 5525 5525
69. A pack of cards contains 4 aces, 4 kings, 4 queens and 4 jacks. Two cards are drawn at random. The
probability that at least one of these is an ace, is
9 3 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
20 16 6 9
70. A fair coin is tossed 100 times. The probability of getting tails an odd number of times is
1 1 3
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
2 8 8
71. A bag contains 3 red, 4 white and 5 blue balls. All balls are different. Two balls are drawn at random. The
probability that they are of different colour is
47 10 5
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
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72. Ten students are seated at random in a row. The probability that two particular students are not seated side by
side is
4 3 2 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 5 5 5
73. A drawer contains 5 brown socks and 4 blue socks well mixed. A man reaches the drawer and pulls out 2
socks at random. What is the probability that they match
4 5 5 7
(a) (b) (c) (d)
9 8 9 12
74. 5 persons A, B, C, D and E are in queue of a shop. The probability that A and E always together, is
1 2 2 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 3 5 5
75. A bag contains 8 red and 7 black balls. Two balls are drawn at random. The probability that both the balls are
14 11 7 4
of the same colour is (a) (b) (c) (d)
15 15 15 15
76. From eighty cards numbered 1 to 80, two cards are selected randomly. The probability that both the cards
have the numbers divisible by 4 is given by
21 19 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
316 316 4
77. A basket contains 5 apples and 7 oranges and another basket contains 4 apples and 8 oranges. One fruit is
picked out from each basket. Find the probability that the fruits are both apples or both oranges
24 56 68 76
(a) (b) (c) (d)
144 144 144 144
78. Let A and B be two finite sets having m and n elements respectively such that A mapping is selected at
m  n.
random from the set of all mappings from A to B. The probability that the mapping selected is an injection is
n! n! m! m!
(a) n
(b) m
(c) m
(d)
(n  m ) ! m (n  m ) !n (n  m ) !n (n  m ) ! m n
79. Suppose n  3 persons are sitting in a row. Two of them are selected at random. The probability that they are
not together is
2 2 1
(a) 1  (b) (c) 1  (d) None of these
n n 1 n
80. Fifteen persons among whom are A and B, sit down at random at a round table. The probability that there are
4 persons between A and B, is
1 2 2 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 7 7

ANSWER KEY
1 c 2 c 3 c 4 b 5 c
6 a 7 c 8 a 9 b 10 a
11 a 12 d 13 a 14 c 15 c
16 b 17 d 18 a 19 b 20 b
21 c 22 b 23 c 24 a 25 c
26 c 27 a 28 a 29 a 30 b
31 c 32 b 33 a 34 c 35 b
36 b 37 c 38 a 39 c 40 a
41 d 42 d 43 b 44 c 45 b
46 b 47 a 48 d 49 b 50 d
51 d 52 a 53 a 54 a 55 d
56 d 57 c 58 b 59 a 60 a
61 d 62 c 63 c 64 d 65 b
66 d 67 b 68 c 69 a 70 a
71 a 72 a 73 a 74 c 75 c
76 b 77 d 78 b 79 a 80 d