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PROBABILITY
Exercise (Level 1)
1. The probability of getting heads in both trials, when a balanced coin is tossed twice, will be
(a) 1/4 (b) 1/2 (c) 1 (d) 3/4
2. Two cards are drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. The probability of these two being aces is
(a) 1/26 (b) 1/221 (c) 1/2 (d) None of these
3. 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
4. The probability that a card drawn from a pack of 52 cards will be a diamond or king is
(a) 4/52 (b) 4/13 (c) 1/52 (d) 2/13
5. A card is drawn at random from a pack of cards. The probability of this card being a red or queen is
(a) 1/3 (b) 1/26 (c) 1/2 (d) 7/13
6. A card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of cards. The probability of getting a queen of club or king of heart is
(a) 1/52 (b) 1/25 (c) 1/13 (d) None of these
7. A single letter is selected at random from the word “PROBABILITY”. The probability that it is a vowel is
(a) 3/11 (b) 4/11 (c) 2/11 (d) 0
8. In shuffling a pack of cards 3 are accidentally dropped, then the chance that missing card should be of different
suits is
(a) 169/425 (b) 261/425 (c) 104/425 (d) None
9. A person draws two cards with replacement from a pack of 52 cards. What is the chance that he gets both the
cards of same suit
(a) 1/4 (b) 3/13 (c) 1/16 (d) None of these
10. The probability that a leap year selected at random contains 53 Sundays is
(a) 7/366 (b) 26/183 (c) 1/7 (d) 2/7
11. Three mangoes and three apples are in box. If two fruits are chosen at random, the probability that one is
mango and the other is an apple is
(a) 2/3 (b) 3/5 (c) 1/3 (d) None of these
12. A bag contains 5 brown and 4 white socks. A man pulls out two socks. The probability that they are of the
same colour is
(a) 5/108 (b) 1/6 (c) 5/18 (d) 4/9
13. A card is drawn at random from a pack of 100 cards numbered 1 to 100. The probability of drawing a number
which is a square is
(a) 1/5 (b) 2/5 (c) 1/10 (d) None of these
14. Two dice are thrown. The probability that the sum of the points on two dice will be 7 is
(a) 5/36 (b) 6/36 (c) 7/36 (d) 8/36
15. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability of obtaining a total score of 5 is
(a) 1/18 (b) 1/12 (c) 1/9 (d) None of these
16. The probability of getting more than 7 when a pair of dice are thrown is
(a) 7/36 (b) 7/12 (c) 5/12 (d) None of these
17. The probability that in the toss of two dice we obtain an even sum or a sum less than 5 is
(a) 1/2 (b) 1/6 (c) 2/3 (d) 5/9
18. Three letters are written to different persons, and addresses on three envelopes are also written. Without
looking at the addresses, the probability that the letters go into right envelopes is
(a) 1/27 (b) 1/6 (c) 2/3 (d) None of these
19. There are 4 addressed envelopes and 4 letters. Then the chance that all the letters are not mailed through proper
envelope is
(a) 1/24 (b) 1 (c) 23/24 (d) 9/2
20. Three identical dice are rolled. The probability that the same number will appear on each of them is
(a) 1/6 (b) 1/18 (c) 1/36 (d) None of these
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(a) 1/9 (b) 1/3 (c) 1/4 (d) None of these
22. 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
(a) 5/1296 (b) 5/1944 (c) 5/2592 (d) None of these
23. One die and one coin are tossed simultaneously. The probability of getting 6 on die and head on coin is
(a) 1/2 (b) 1/6 (c) 1/12 (d) None of these
24. The probability of having at least one head in 3 throws with a coin is
(a) 7/8 (b) 3/8 (c) 1/8 (d) None of these
25. The probabilities of solving a problem by three students A,B,C are 1/2, 1/3, 1/4 respectively. The probability
that the problem will be solved is
(a) 1/4 (b) 1/2 (c) 3/4 (d) 1/3
26. The probability of a problem being solved by two students are 1/2, 1/3. the probability of the problem being
solved is
(a) 2/3 (b) 4/3 (c) 1/3 (d) 1
27. The probability of having at least one tail in 4 throws with a coin is
(a) 15/16 (b) 1/16 (c) 1/4 (d) 1
28. The probability that a marksman will hit a target is given as 1/5. then his probability of at least one hit in 10
shots is
4 10 1 1
(a) 1 − (5) (b) 510 (c) 1 − 510 (d) None of these
29. The probability that a man hit a target is 3/4. He tries 5 times. The probability that he will hit the target at least
three times is
(a) 291/364 (b) 371/464 (c) 471/502 (d) 459/512
30. A coin is tossed 3 times. The probability of obtaining 2 heads will be
(a) 3/8 (b) 1/2 (c) 1 (d) 2
31. 8 coins are tossed simultaneously. The probability of getting at least 6 heads is
(a) 57/64 (b) 229/256 (c) 7/64 (d) 37/256
32. From a group of 4 boys and 3 girls, candidates are arranged at random, one after the other, for an interview.
The probability that the boys and girls alternate, is
(a) 1/34 (b) 1/35 (c) 1/33 (d) 1/32
33. 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
(a) 25/39 (b) 14/39 (c) 5/13 (d) 10/13
34. The probability that an event A happens in one trial of an experiment is 0.4. Three independent trials of the
experiment are formed. The probability that the event A happens at least once is
(a) 0.936 (b) 0.784 (c) 0.904 (d) None of these
35. From 4 children, 2 women and 4 men, 4 are selected. The probability that there are exactly 2 children among
the selected is
(a) 11/21 (b) 9/21 (c) 10/21 (d) None of these
36. What is the chance of getting multiple of 2 on one and multiple of 3 on the other in a single throw of two dice
(a) 1/3 (b) 7/36 (c) 11/36 (d) None of these
37. A five digit number is formed by the digits 1,2,3,4,5,6 and 8. The probability that the number has even digit at
both ends is
(a) 1/3 (b) 7/36 (c) 11/36 (d) None of these
38. From a pack of cards two are drawn, the first being replaced before the second is drawn. The probability that
the first is a diamond and the second is a king will be
(a) 13/4 (b) 4/13 (c) 1/52 (d) 52
39. Seven chits are numbered 1 to 7. Three are drawn one by one with replacements. The probability that the least
number on any selected chit is 5, is
2 4 2 4 3 3
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40. 15 coupons are numbered 1,2,3,….,14,15. Seven coupons are selected at random, one at a time with
replacement. The probability that 9 would be the largest number appearing on the selected coupon is
(a) (1/16)6 (b) (8/15)7 (c) (3/5)7 (d) None of theses
41. 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 them is an ace is
(a) 1/5 (b) 3/16 (c) 9/20 (d) 1/9
42. The probability that an event A happens in one trial of an experiment is 0.7. Three independent trials of the
experiment are performed. the probability that the event A happens at least once is
(a) 0.657 (b) 0.973 (c) 0.027 (d) 0.343
43. You are given a box with 20 cards in it. 10 of these cards have the 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 the same order, the probability of
making the word IIT is
(a) 9/80 (b) 1/8 (c) 4/27 (d) 5/38
44. ‘A’ draws two cards with replacement from a pack of 52 cards and ‘B’ throws a pair of dice what is the chance
that ‘A’ gets both cards of same suit and ‘B’ gets total of 6
(a) 1/144 (b) 1/4 (c) 5/144 (d) 7/144
45. If two dice are thrown find probability of getting an odd number on one and multiple of 3 on other is
(a) 1/3 (b) 2/3 (c) 11/36 (d) 13/36
46. In solving any problem, odds against ‘A’ are 4 to 3 and odds in favour of ‘B’ in solving the same is 7 to 5.
Then probability that problem will be solved is
(a) 5/21 (b) 16/21 (c) 15/84 (d) 69/84
47. The probability that a person will hit a target in a shooting practice is 0.3. If he shoots 10 times, the probability
that he hit the target is
(a) 1 (b) 1 – (0.7)10 (c) (0.7)10 (d) (0.3)10
48. The probability that a man aged 50 years will die in a year is p. The probability that out of n men A 1,A2,A3,
…,An each aged 50 years, A1 will die and be first to die is
(a) 1–(1–p)n (b) [1–(1–p)n]/n2 (c) [1–(1–p)n]/n (d) None of these
49. If the probabilities 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 – 2pq (c) p + q – pq (d) p + q + pq
50. The probability that Krishna will be alive 10 years hence is 7/15 and that Hari will be alive is 7/10. What is the
probability that both Krishna and Hari will be dead 10 years hence
(a) 21/150 (b) 24/150 (c) 49/150 (d) 56/150
51. 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) (1/2)5 (c) (9/10)5 (d) 9/10
52. An unbiased die with faces marked 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 is rolled four times. Out of four face values obtained, the
probability that the minimum face value is not less than 2 and the maximum face value is not greater than 5 is then
(a) 16/81 (b) 1/81 (c) 80/81 (d) 65/81
53. A student appears for tests I, II and III. The student is successful if he passes either in tests I and II or tests I
and III. The probabilities of the student passing in tests I, II and III are p, q and 1/2 respectively. If the probability
that the student is successful is 1/2, then
(a) p=q=1 (b) p=q=1/2 (c) p=1, q=0 (d) p=1, q=1/2
54. If A and B are independent events, then p(A∩B) equals
(a) p(A)+p(B) (b) p(A)p(B) (c) p(A|B) (d) p(B|A)
55. If A and B are mutually exclusive events, then p(A∩B) equals
(a) 0 (b) 1/2 (c) 1 (d) 1/4
56. If A and B are arbitrary events, then
(a) p(A∩B)≥p(A)+p(B)-1 (b) p(A∩B)≤p(A)+p(B)–1 (c) p(A∩B)=p(A)+p(B)–1 (d) None of these
57. If A and B are arbitrary events, then
(a) p(A∩B)≥p(A)+p(B) (b) p(A∩B)≤p(A)+p(B) (c) p(A∩B)=p(A)+p(B) (d) None of these

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58. The happening of any one of the two mutually exclusive events A and B is
(a) P(A).P(B) (b) P(A)+P(B)–P(A∩B) (c) P(A)+P(B) (d) None of these
59. For any two independent events E1 and E2, P{E1∪E2∩ E1 ∩ ̅̅̅
̅̅̅ E2}is
(a) ≤1/4 (b) > 1/4 (c) ≥1/2 (d) None of these
60. If A and B are such events that P(A)>0 and P(B)≠1 then P(𝐴̅ | 𝐵̅) =
1− P(A∪B) ̅)
P(A
(a) 1–P(A | B) (b) 1–P(𝐴̅ | B) (c) ̅)
(d) P(B̅)
P(B
61. If A and B are two events such that P(A∪B)=5/6, P(A∩B)=1/3, P(B ̅)=1/2, then the events A and B are
(a) dependent (b) independent (c) mutually exclusive (d) none of these
62. If P(A)=0.65, P(B) = 0.15, then P(A ̅)+P(B ̅) =
(a) 1.5 (b) 1.2 (c) 0.8 (d) None of these
63. Two events A and B have probability 0.25 and 0.50. The probability that both occurs simultaneously is 0.14.
Then probability that neither A nor B occur is
(a) 0.75 (b) 0.61 (c) 0.39 (d) None of these
64. The probability of an event A occurring is 0.5 and of B occurring is 0.3. if A and B are mutually exclusive
events, then the probability of neither A nor B occurring is
(a) 0.6 (b) 0.5 (c) 0.7 (d) None of these
65. The simultaneous occurrence of two dependent events A and B is
(a) P(A).P(B) (b) P(A)+P(B) – 2P(AB) (c) P(A)P(B) (d) None of these
66. Two independent events A and B will happen simultaneously, the probability is
(a) P(A)+P(B) ̅)P(B
(b) P(A ̅) (c) P(A).P(B) (d) P(A) – P(B)
67. Of cigarette smoking population 70% are men and 30% are women, 10% of these men and 20% of these
women smoke Wills. Probability that a person seen smoking a Wills to be male is
(a) 1/5 (b) 7/13 (c) 5/13 (d) 7/10
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68. If A and B are two independent events in a sample space, then P(𝐴 | 𝐵) =̅
(a) 1– P(A | B̅) (b) 1–P(𝐴̅ | B) (c) 1 – P(B) (d) 1 – P(A)
69. The probability that a man will live 10 more years is 1/4 and the probability that his wife will live 10 more year
is 1/3. Then the probability that neither will be alive in 10 years is
(a) 5/12 (b) 1/2 (c) 7/12 (d) 11/12
70. Odds 8 of 5 against a person who is 40 years old living till he is 70 and 4 to 3 against another person now 50 till
he will be living 80. Probability that one of them will be alive next 30 years
(a) 59/91 (b) 44/91 (c) 51/91 (d) 32/91
71. The probability that a certain beginner at golf gets a good shot if he uses the correct club is 1/3, and the
probability of a good shot with an incorrect club is 1/4. In his bag are 5 different clubs, only one of which is correct
for the shot in question. if he chooses a club at random and takes a stroke, the probability that he gets a good shot is
(a) 1/3 (b) 1/12 (c) 4/15 (d) 7/12
72. The probability that a student is not a swimmer is 1/5. Then the probability that out of five students, four are
swimmers is
4 41 4 41 1 4 4
(a) 5 𝐶4 (5) 5 (b) (5) 5 (c) 5 𝐶1 5 (5) (d) None of these
73. If there are n independent trials, p and q are probabilities of success and failure respectively, than probability of
exactly r successes
(a) qn (b) nCrqnpr (c) nCrqn-rpr (d) nCrpn-rqr
74. Two bags contains 3 white, 2 black and 2 white, 4 black balls respectively. A ball is chosen at random then the
probability of its being black is
(a) 8/15 (b) 2/3 (c) 6/4 (d) None of these
75. A purse contains 4 copper coins, 3 silver coins, the second bag contains 6 copper coins and 2 silver coins. A
coin is taken out of any purse, the probability that is a copper coin is
(a) 4/7 (b) ¾ (c) 3/7 (d) 37/56
76. A cricket 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
(a) 7/13 (b) 11/15 (c) 12/13 (d) None of these
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77. On a toss of two dice, A throws a total of 5. Then the probability that he will throw another 5 before he throws
7 is
(a) 1/9 (b) 1/6 (c) 2/5 (d) 5/36
78. Words from the letters of the word PROBABILITY are formed by taking all at a time. The probability that both
B’s are together and both I’s are together is
(a) 1/55 (b) 2/55 (c) 4/165 (d) None of these
79. A,B,C in order toss a coin. The first one to throw a head wins. Assuming the game continues indefinite their
respective chances of winning the game are
(a) 4/7, 2/7, 1/7 (b) 1/7, 4/7, 2/7 (c) 2/7, 4/7, 1/7 (d) none of these
80. The mean number of heads in three tosses of a coin is
(a) 3/2 (b) 5/2 (c) 1/2 (d) 1/8
81. A die is tossed thrice. A success is getting 1 or 6 on a toss. The mean and the variance of number of successes
respectively
(a) 1, 2/3 (b) 2/3, 1 (c) 2, 2/3 (d) None of these
82. The Binomial distribution whose mean is 3 and whose standard deviation is 3/2 is
(a) (1/2+1/2)12 (b) (1/4+3/4)12 (c) (3/4+1/4)12 (d) None of these
83. The value of P(2) in a Binomial distribution when P=1/6 and n=5 is
(a) 3125/7776 (b) 250/7776 (c) 1250/7776 (d) 25/7776
84. India plays two matches each with West Indies and Australia. In any match the probabilities of India getting
points 0,1, and 2 are 0.45, 0.05 and 0.50 respectively. Assuming that the outcomes are independent, the probability
of India getting at least 7 points is
(a) 0.8750 (b) 0.0875 (c) 0.0625 (d) 0.0250
85. A number is chosen at random among the first 120 natural numbers. The probability of the number chosen
being a multiple of 5 or 15 is
(a) 1/5 (b) 1/8 (c) 1/6 (d) None of these
86. Three of the six vertices of a regular hexagon are chosen at random. the probability that the triangle with three
vertices is equilateral, equals
(a) ½ (b) 1/5 (c) 1/10 (d) 1/20
87. The probability of India winning a test match against West Indies is 1/2. Assuming independence from match
to match, the probability that in a 5 match series India’s second win occurs at third test is
(a) 1/8 (b) 1/4 (c) 1/2 (d) 2/3
88. Let E and F be two independent events. The probability that both E and F happen is 1/12 and the probability
that neither E nor F happens is 1/2. Then
(a) P(E)=1/3, P(F)=1/4 (b) P(E)=1/2, P(F)=1/6 (c) P(E)=1/6, P(F)=1/2 (d) P(E)=1/4, P(F)=1/3
89. If (1-3p)/2, (1+4p)/3 and (1+p)/6 are the probabilities of three mutually exclusive events, then the set of all
values of p is
(a) (0,1) (b) [-1/4,1/3] (c) (0,1/3) (d) (0,∞)
90. A biased die is tossed and the respective probabilities for various faces to turn up are
Face 1 2 3 4 5 6
Probability 0.1 0.24 0.19 0.18 0.15 0.14
If an even face has turned up, then the probability that it is face 2 or face 4 is
(a) 0.25 (b) 0.42 (c) 0.75 (d) 0.9
91. In a certain town, 40% of the people have brown hair, 25% have brown eyes and 15% have both brown hair
and brown eyes. If a person selected at random from the town, has brown hair, the probability that he also has
brown eyes, is
(a) 1/5 (b) 3/8 (c) 1/3 (d) 2/3
92. The bag ‘A’ contains 5 white and 3 black balls while the Bag ‘B’ contains 4 white and 7 black balls. One of the
bags is chosen at random and a ball is drawn from it. What is the probability that the ball is white ?
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93. One-thirds of the students of a class are boys and the rest are girls. It is known that the probability of a girl
getting a first class marks in Board’s Exam is 0.6 and a boy getting first class marks is 0.35. Find the probability
that a student chosen art random will get first class marks in exam
(a) 37/60 (b) 33/50 (c) 31/60 (d) 31/50
94. Bag P contains 6 red and 4 blue balls and bag Q contains 5 red and 6 blue balls. A ball is transferred from bag P
to bag Q and then a ball is drawn from bag Q. What is the probability that the ball drawn is blue ?
(a) 7/15 (b) 8/15 (c) 4/19 (d) 8/19
95. A fair die is rolled. If 1 turns up a ball is picked up at random from bag P. If 2 or 3 turns up, a ball is picked up
from bag Q. If 4,5 or 6 turns up, a ball is picked up from bag R. Bag P contains 5 red and 3 white balls; bag Q
contains 4 red and 3 white balls; bag R conatins 3 red and 6 white balls. The die is rolled, a bag is picked and a ball
is drawn. Find the probability that a red ball is drawn.
(a) 154/337 (b) 154/339 (c) 155/337 (d) 155/336
96. Coloured balls are distributed in three bags as shown in the following table:
Bag Green Black Blue
I 1 2 3
II 2 4 1
III 3 3 2
A bag is selected at random and then two balls are drawn from the selected bag. Find the probability that the balls
drawn are black and blue
(a) 163/630 (b) 161/630 (c) 169/630 (d) 167/630
97. There are two groups of subjects, one of which consists of 6 Science and 4 Engineering subjects; and the other
consists of 4 Science and 6 Engineering subjects. An unbiased die is rolled. If number 1 or 6 turns up, a subject is
selected at random from the first group, otherwise a subject is selected from the second group. If ultimately an
engineering subject is selected, then find the probability that it is selected from second group.
(a) 3/4 (b) 2/3 (c) 1/2 (d) 1/4
98. An insurance company insured 1800 car drivers, 1500 bike drivers and 5000 truck drivers. The probability of a
car, a bike, and a truck driver meeting with an accident is 0.02, 0.03 and 0.06 respectively. If one of the insured
person meets with an accident, then find the probability that he is a bike driver.
(a) 15/127 (b) 15/129 (c) 14/127 (d) 13/129
99. In a test, an examinee either guess or copies or knows the answer to a multiple choice question with four
choices and only one correct option. The probability that he makes a guess is 1/3. The probability that he copies the
answer is 1/6. The probability that the answer is correct, given that he copied it, is 1/8. Find the probability that he
knows the answer to the question, given that he correctly answered it.
(a) 23/29 (b) 27/29 (c) 24/29 (d) 25/29
100. A man is known to speak truth 3 out of 4 times. He throws a die and reports that it is a six. Find the
probability that it is actually a six
(a) 5/8 (b) 3/8 (c) 7/8 (d) 1/8
101. For A,B and C the chances of being selected as the manager of a firm are 4:1:2 respectively. The respective
probabilities for them to introduce a radical change in marketing strategy are 0.3, 0.8, and 0.5 respectively. If the
change does takes place, find the probability that it is due to the appointment of B.
(a) 6/15 (b) 4/15 (c) 2/15 (d) 8/15
102. In a factory which manufactures bolts, machines A,B and C manufacture respectively 25%, 35% and 40% of
bolts. Of their output 5%, 4% and 2% are respectively defective bolts. A bolt is drawn at random from the total
production and is found to be defective. Find the probability that it is manufactured by machine B.
(a) 23/70 (b) 28/69 (c) 25/69 (d) 27/70
103. A firm produces steel pipes in three plants A, B and C with daily production of 500, 1000 and 2000 units
respectively. It is known that fractions of defective output produced by the three plants are respectively 0.005,
0.008 and 0.010. A pipe is selected at random from a day’s total production and found to be defective. What is the
probability that it came from first plant?
(a) 4/61 (b) 8/61 (c) 5/61 (d) 9/61

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104. The probability of a man hitting a target is 1/4. How many times must he fire so that the probability of his
hitting the target at least once is greater than 2/3 ?
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
105. A drunken man takes a step forward with probability 0.4 and backwards with probability 0.6. Find the
probability that at the end of eleven steps, he is one step away from the starting point.
(a) 24 x (0.36)6 (b) 462 x (0.24)6 (c) 24 x (0.36)5 (d) 462 x (0.24)5
106. Eight coins are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability of getting at least 3 heads ?
(a) 37/246 (b) 21/256 (c) 219/256 (d) 19/246
107. If the chance that a ship arrives safely at a port is 9/10; find the chance that out of 5 expected ships, at least 4
will arrive safely at the port.
(a) 91854/100000 (b) 32805/100000 (c) 59049/100000 (d) 26244/100000
108. If the mean and variance of a binomial distribution are 4 and 4/3, then find P(X>0).
(a) 720/729 (b) 721/729 (c) 728/729 (d) 724/729
109. A pair of dice is thrown 200 times. If getting a sum of 9 is considered a success, then find the mean and
variance of the number of successes.
(a) 400/9, 1600/81 (b) 1600/81, 400/9 (c) 1600/81, 200/9 (d) 200/9, 1600/81
110. The mean and the variance of a binomial distribution are 4 and 2 respectively. Find the probability of at least
6 successes.
(a) 37/256 (b) 32/255 (c) 34/259 (d) 31/256

Answer:
1. a 2. b 3. c 4. b 5. d 6. b 7. b 8. a
9. a 10. d 11. b 12.d 13. c 14. b 15. c 16. c
17. d 18. b 19. c 20. c 21. c 22. c 23. c 24. a
25. c 26. a 27. a 28. a 29. d 30. b 31. d 32. b
33. a 34. b 35. b 36. c 37. a 38. c 39. c 40. c
41. c 42. b 43. d 44. c 45. c 46. b 47. b 48. c
49. b 50. b 51. c 52. a 53. c 54. b 55. a 56. a
57. b 58. c 59. a 60. c 61. b 62. b 63. c 64. d
65. a 66. c 67. b 68. d 69. b 70. b 71. c 72. a
73. c 74. a 75. d 76. c 77. c 78. b 79. a 80. a
81. a 82. c 83. c 84. b 85. a 86. c 87. b 88. a,d
89. b 90. c 91. b 92. a 93. c 94. b 95. d 96. c
97. a 98. a 99. c 100. b 101. b 102. b 103. c 104. a
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Exercise (Level 2)
1. In a box containing 100 eggs, 10 eggs are rotten. The probability that out of a sample of 5 eggs none is rotten if
the sampling is with replacement is
(a) (1/10)5 (b) (1/5)5 (c) (9/5)5 (d) (9/10)5
2. Five coins whose faces are marked 2, 3 are tossed. The chance of obtaining a total of 12 is
(a) 1/32 (b) 1/16 (c) 3/16 (d) 5/16
3. The probability of three mutually exclusive events are 2/3, 1/4 and 1/6. The statement is
(a) True (b) Wrong (c) Could be either (d) Don’t know
4. Out of 40 consecutive natural numbers, two are chosen at random. Probability that sum of the number is odd, is
(a) 14/29 (b) 20/39 (c) 1/2 (d) None of these
5. A bag contains 5 brown and 4 white socks. A man pulls out two socks. The probability that these are of the same
color, is
(a) 5/108 (b) 18/108 (c) 30/108 (d) 48/108
6. 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
(a) 38C3 (b) 37C2 (c) 37C2/38C3 (d) 666/8436
7. A and B toss a coin alternatively, the first to show a head being the winner. If A starts the game, the chance of
his winning is
(a) 5/8 (b) 1/2 (c) 1/3 (d) 2/3
8. If two balanced dice are tossed once, the probability of the event, that the sum of the integers coming on the
upper sides of the two dice is 9, is
(a) 7/18 (b) 5/36 (c) 1/9 (d) 1/6
9. Two cards are drawn one by one at random from a pack of 52 cards. The probability that both of them are king,
is
(a) 2/13 (b) 1/169 (c) 1/221 (d) 30/221
10. Two dice are thrown together. The probability that sum of the two numbers will be a multiple of 4 is
(a) 1/9 (b) 1/3 (c) 1/4 (d) 5/9
11. A man and a woman appear in an interview for two vacancies in the same post. The probability of man’s
selection is 1/4 and that of the woman’s selection is 1/3. What is the probability that none of them will be selected?
(a) 1/2 (b) 1/12 (c) 1/4 (d) None of these
12. The probability that an event will fail to happen is 0.05. The probability that the event will take place on 4
consecutive occasions is
(a) 0.00000625 (b) 0.18543125 (c) 0.00001875 (d) 0.81450625
13. From the word ‘POSSESSIVE’, a letter is chosen at random. The probability of it to be S is
(a) 3/10 (b) 4/10 (c) 3/6 (d) 4/6
14. Three persons work independently on a problem. If the respective probabilities that they will solve it are 1/3,
1/4 and 1/5, then the probability that none can solve it
(a) 2/5 (b) 3/5 (c) 1/3 (d) None of these
15. A pair of a dice thrown, if 5 appears on at least one of the dice, then the probability that the sum is 10 or greater
is
(a) 11/36 (b) 2/9 (c) 3/11 (d) 1/12
16. In a college, 25% of the boys and 10% of the girls offer Mathematics. 60% of the total number of students is
the girls. If a student is selected at random and is found to be studying Mathematics, the probability that the student
is a girl, is
(a) 1/6 (b) 3/8 (c) 5/8 (d) 5/6
17. Word ‘UNIVERSITY’ is arranged randomly. Then the probability that both ‘T’ do not come together, is
(a) 3/5 (b) 2/5 (c) 4/5 (d) 1/5
18. 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
(a) 2/801 (b) 2/623 (c) 1/267 (d) 1/623
19. A bag contains 2 white and 4 black balls. A ball is drawn 5 times with replacement. The probability that at least
4 of the balls drawn are white, is
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(a) 8/141 (b) 10/243 (c) 11/243 (d) 8/41
20. In a throw of three dice, the probability that at least one die shows up 1, is
(a) 5/6 (b) 91/216 (c) 1/36 (d) 125/216
21. A bag contains 5 white, 7 red and 8 black balls. If four balls are drawn one by one without replacement, what is
the probability that all are white?
(a) 1/969 (b) 1/380 (c) 5/20 (d) None of these
22. A box contains 3 white and 2 red balls. A ball is drawn and another ball is drawn without replacing first ball,
then the probability of second ball to be red is
(a) 8/25 (b) 2/5 (c) 3/5 (d) 21/25
23. The chance of India winning toss is 3/4. If it wins the toss, then its chance of victory is 4/5 otherwise it is only
1/2 . Then chance of India’s victory is
(a) 1/2 (b) 2/5 (c) 1/5 (d) 2/3
24. An unbiased die is tossed until a number greater than 4 appears. The probability that an even number of tosses
is needed is
(a) 1/2 (b) 2/5 (c) 1/5 (d) 2/3
25. 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
26. The corners of regular tetrahedrons are numbered 1,2,3,4. Three tetrahedrons are tossed. the probability that the
sum of upward corners will be 5 is
(a) 5/24 (b) 5/64 (c) 3/32 (d) 3/16
27. A binary number is made up of 16 bits. The probability of an incorrect bit appearing is p and the errors in
different bits are independent of one another. The probability of forming an incorrect number is
(a) p/16 (b) p16 (c) 16C1p16 (d) 1–(1–p)16
28. If a coin be tossed n times, then probability that the head comes odd times is
(a) 1/2 (b) 1/(2n) (c) 1/(2n-1) (d) None of these
29. The probability of choosing at random a number that is divisible by 6 or 8 from among 1 to 90 is equal to
(a) 1/6 (b) 1/30 (c) 11/80 (d) 23/90
30. 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 :
(a) 1/2 (b) 5/9 (c) 4/9 (d) 2/9
31. A fair coin is tossed n times. If the probability that head occurs 6 times is equal to the probability that head
occurs 8 times, then n =
(a) 15 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) 7
32. In order to get at least once a head with probability ≥0.9, the number of times a coin needs to be tossed is
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) None of these
33. 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
(a) 1/729 (b) 1/24 (c) 1/21 (d) 2/7
34. If four vertices of a regular octagon are chosen at random, then the probability that the quadrilateral formed by
them is a rectangle is
(a) 1/8 (b) 2/21 (c) 1/32 (d) 1/35
35. 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
36. Urn A contains 6 red and 4 black balls and urn B contains 4 red and 6 black balls. One ball is drawn at random
from urn A and placed in urn B. Then one ball is drawn at random from urn B and placed in urn A. If one ball is
now drawn at random from urn A, the probability it is found to be red, is
(a) 32/55 (b) 21/55 (c) 19/55 (d) None of these
37. A coin is tossed 2n times. The chance that the number of times one gets head is not equal to the number of
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(2𝑛!) 1 2𝑛 (2𝑛!) (2𝑛!) 1 𝑛
(a) (𝑛!)2 (2) (b) 1 – (𝑛!)2 (c) 1 − (𝑛!)2 (4) (d) None of these
38. 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
(a) 24/144 (b) 56/144 (c) 68/144 (d) 76/144
39. A box containing 4 white pens and 2 black pens. Another box containing 3 white pens and 5 black pens. If one
pen is selected from each box, then the probability that both the pens are white is equal to
(a) 1/2 (b) 1/3 (c) 1/4 (d) 1/5
40. Among 15 players, 8 are batsmen and 7 are bowlers. Then the probability that a team is chosen of 6 batsmen
and 5 bowlers is
(a) 8C6.7C5/15C11 (b) (8C6+7C5)/15C11 (c) 15/28 (d) None of these
41. The probability that in a year of the 22th century chosen at random there will be 53 Sunday is
(a) 3/28 (b) 2/28 (c) 7/28 (d) 5/28
42. X speaks truth in 60% and Y in 50% of the cases. The probability that they contradict each other narrating the
same incident is
(a) 1/4 (b) 1/3 (c) 1/2 (d) 2/3
43. 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− 𝑛 (b) 𝑛−1 (c) 1− 𝑛 (d) None of these
44. Two cards are drawn successively with replacement from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards, then the mean of the
number of aces is
(a) 1/13 (b) 3/13 (c) 2/13 (d) None of these
45. A sample of 4 items is drawn at a random without replacement from lot of 10 items, containing 3 defective. If
X denotes the number of defective items in the sample, then P(0<x<3) is equal to
(a) 3/10 (b) 4/5 (c) 1/2 (d) 1/6
46. Three identical dice are rolled. The probability that same number will appear on each of them will be
(a) 1/6 (b) 1/36 (c) 1/18 (d) 3/28
47. A number is chosen at random from among the first 30 natural numbers. The probability of the number chosen
being a prime, is
(a) 1/3 (b) 3/10 (c) 1/30 (d) 11/30
48. n letters are written to n different persons and addresses on the n envelopes are also written. If the letter are
placed in the envelopes at random, the probability that at least one letter is not placed in the right envelope is
1 1 1 1
(a) 1− 𝑛 (b) 1− 2𝑛 (c) 1− 𝑛2 (d) 1 − 𝑛!
49. Three players A,B,C in this order, cut a pack of cards, and the whole pack is reshuffled after each cut. If the
winner is one who first draws a diamond, then C’s chance of winning is
(a) 9/28 (b) 9/37 (c) 9/64 (d) 27/64
50. Two athletes A and B participate in a race along with other athletes. If the chance of A winning the race is 1/6
and that of B winning the same race is 1/8, then the chance that neither wins the race, is
(a) 1/4 (b) 7/24 (c) 17/24 (d) 35/48
51. 6 boys and 5 boys sit together randomly in a row, the probability that no two boys sit together, is
(a) 6!5!/11! (b) 6!6!/11! (c) 6!7!/(2!11!) (d) 5!7!/(2!11!)
100
52. A natural number x is chosen at random from the first 100 natural number. The probability that x + x >50 is
(a) 1/10 (b) 11/50 (c) 1/20 (d) None of these
53. One ticket is selected at random from 100 tickets numbered 00, 01, 02. …, 99. Suppose X and Y are the sum
and product of the digits found on the ticket P(X=7 | Y=0) is given by
(a) 2/3 (b) 2/19 (c) 1/50 (d) None of these
54. If the mean and variance of a binomial variable X are 7/3 and 14/9 respectively. Then probability that X takes
value 6 or 7 is equal to
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55. One mapping is selected at random from all the mapping of the set A={1,2,3,…,n} into itself. The probability
that the mapping selected is one to one is given by
1 1 (𝑛−1)!
(a) 𝑛𝑛 (b) 𝑛! (c) 𝑛𝑛−1 (d) None of these
56. The probability of guessing correct at least 8 out of 10 answers in a true-false examination, is
(a) 7/64 (b) 7/128 (c) 45/1024 (d) 175/1024
th
57. The probability that the 13 day of a randomly chosen month is a second Saturday, is
(a) 1/7 (b) 1/12 (c) 1/84 (d) 19/84
58. Two players A and B throw a die alternately for a prize of Rs. 11, which is to be won by a player who first
throws a six. If A starts game, their respective expectations are
(a) Rs. 6, Rs. 5 (b) Rs. 7, Rs. 4 (c) Rs. 5.50, Rs. 5.50 (d) Rs. 5.75, Rs. 5.25
59. A three digit number is selected at random from the set of all three digit numbers. The probability that the
number selected has all the three digits same, is
(a) 1/9 (b) 1/10 (c) 1/50 (d) 1/100
60. A natural number is selected at random from the set X={x:1≤x≤100}. The probability that the number satisfies
the inequation x2 – 13x ≤ 30, is
(a) 9/50 (b) 3/20 (c) 2/11 (d) None of these
61. A bag contains four tickets numbered 00,01,10,11. Four tickets are chosen at random with replacement, the
probability that sum of the numbers on the tickets is 23, is
(a) 3/32 (b) 1/64 (c) 5/256 (d) 7/256
62. Suppose X is a binomial variate B(5,p) and P(X=2)=P(X=3), then p is equal to
(a) 1/2 (b) 1/3 (c) 1/4 (d) 1/5
63. Let A={1,3,5,7,9} and B={2,4,6,8}. An element (a,b) of their Cartesian product AxB is chosen at random. The
probability that a+b=9 is
(a) 1/5 (b) 2/5 (c) 3/5 (d) 4/5
64. A speaks truth in 60% cases and B speaks truth in 70% cases. The probability that they will say the same thing
while describing a single event is
(a) 0.56 (b) 0.54 (c) 0.38 (d) 0.94
65. If the integers a and b are chosen at random between 1 to 100, then the probability that a number of the form
7a+7b is divisible by 5, is
(a) 1/4 (b) 1/7 (c) 1/8 (d) 1/49
66. If a[-20,0], then the probability that the graph of the function y=16x2 + 8(a+5)x – 7a – 5 is strictly above the
x-axis is
(a) 1/2 (b) 1/17 (c) 17/20 (d) None of these
(𝑥−20)(𝑥−40)
67. A natural number x is chosen at random from first 100 natural numbers. The probability that (𝑥−30) <0 is
(a) 1/50 (b) 3/50 (c) 7/25 (d) 9/50
68. Given that x[0,1] and y[0,1]. Let A be the event of (x,y) satisfying y2≤x and B be the event of (x,y)
satisfying x2≤y, then
(a) P(A∩B)=1/3 (b) A, B are exclusive (c) P(A)=P(B) (d) P(B)≤P(A)
2√2
69. An ellipse of eccentricity 3 is inscribed in a circle and a point within the circle is chosen at random. The
probability that this point lies outside the ellipse is
(a) 1/3 (b) 2/3 (c) 1/9 (d) 2/9
70. The coefficients of a quadratic equation ax2+bx+c=0 (a≠b≠c) are chosen from first three prime numbers, the
probability that roots of the equation are real, is
(a) 1/3 (b) 2/3 (c) 1/4 (d) 3/4
71. Five horses are in a race. Mr. A selects two of the horses at random and bets on them. The probability that Mr.
A selected with winning horse is
(a) 4/5 (b) 3/5 (c) 1/5 (d) 2/5
72. Three houses are available in a locality. Three persons apply for the houses. Each applies for one house without
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(a) 8/9 (b) 7/9 (c) 2/9 (d) 1/9
73. A random variable X has Poisson’s distribution with mean 2. Then P(X>1.5) equals
3 3 2
(a) 1− 𝑒 2 (b) 𝑒 2 (c) 𝑒 2 (d) 0
74. At a telephone enquiry system, the number of phone calls regarding relevant enquiry follows Poisson
distribution with an average of 5 phone calls during 10 minute time intervals. The probability that there is at the
most one phone call during a 10 minute time period is
6 5 6 6
(a) 5𝑒 (b) 6 (c) 55 (d) 𝑒 5
75. A multiple choice examination has 5 questions. Each question has three alternative answers of which exactly
one is correct. The probability that a student will get 4 or more correct answer just by guessing is
13 11 10 17
(a) 35 (b) 35 (c) 35 (d) 35

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