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Data Science & Artificial Intelligence

Probability & Statistics DPP 01

1. The probability of happening an event A in one trial is 0.4. The probability that the event A happens at least once in
three independent trials is
(a) 0.936 (b) 0.784
(c) 0.904 (d) 0.216

2. A bag x contains 3 white balls and 2 black balls and another bag y contains 2 white balls and 4 black balls. A bag and
a ball out of it are picked at random. The probability that the ball is white, is
(a) 3/5 (b) 7/15
(c) ½ (d) None of these

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3. The probability that A speaks truth , while this probability for B is . The probability that they contradict each
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other when asked to speak on a fact
4 1
(a) (b)
5 5
7 3
(c) (d)
20 20

4. Three houses are available in a locality. Three persons apply for the houses. Each applies for one house without
consulting others. The probability that all the three apply for the same house is
8 7
(a) (b)
9 9
2 1
(c) (d)
9 9
5. In a throw of a dice the probability of getting one in even number of throw is
5 5
(a) (b)
36 11
6 1
(c) (d)
11 6
6. Consider the circuit,

If the probability that each switch is closed is p, then find the probability of current flowing through AB
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(a) p2 + p (b) p3 + p −1
(c) p3 + p (d) p2 + p + 1

7. Random in a row. The probability that no two S occur together is

1 1
(a) (b)
35 14
1
(c) (d) None of these
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8. The probability of happening at least one of the events A and B is 0.6. If the events A and B happens
simultaneously with the probability 0.2, then P ( A) + P ( B ) =
(a) 0.4 (b) 0.8
(c) 1.2 (d) 1.4

9. If A and B are events such that P(AB) = 3/4, P(A  B) = 1/4, P(A ̅  B) is
̅ ) = 2/3, then P(A
5 3
(a) (b)
12 8
5 1
(c) (d)
8 4

10. A random variable X has the probability distribution

X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

P(X) 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0

5 3 2 0 0 8 7 5

For the event E = {X is prime number}and F = {X < 4}, the probability of P(E  F) is
(a) 0.5 (b) 0.77
(c) 0.35 (d) 0.87

11. ( 1
6
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1
( )
Let A and B be two events such that P A  B = , P ( A  B ) = and P A = , where A stands for complement of
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event A. Then events A and B are
(a) Independent but not equally likely
(b) Mutually exclusive and independent
(c) Equally likely and mutually exclusive
(d) Equally likely but not independent
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12. Let S be a set containing n elements and we select 2 subsets A and B of S at random then the probability that AB =
S and A  B =  is
(a) 2n (b) n2
(c) 1/n (d) 1/2n

13. If E and F are independent events such that \(0

(a) E and Fc (the complement of the event F) are independent
(b) Ec and Fc are independent

E  Ec 
(c) P   + P  c  =1
F F 
(d) All of the above
14. If two events A and B are such that P(Ac) = 0.3, P(B) = 0.4 and P(ABc) = 0.5, then P[B/(A  Bc)] is equal to
1 1
(a) (b)
2 3
1
(c) (d) None of these
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15. A die is tossed 5 times. Getting an odd number is considered a success. Then the variance of no distribution of success
is
8 3
(a) (b)
3 8
4 5
(c) (d)
5 4

16. The mean and the variance of a binomial distribution are 4 and 2 respectively. Then the probability of 2 successes is
28 219
(a) (b)
256 256
128 37
(c) (d)
256 256

17. India plays two matches each with West Indies and Australia. In any match the probabilities of India getting point 0,1
and 2 are 0.45,0.05 and 0.50 respectively. Assuming that the outcomes are independents, the probability of India
getting at least 7 points is
(a) 0.875 (b) 0.0875
(c) 0.0625 (d) 0.025
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18. A box contains 24 identical balls, of which 12 are white and 12 are black. The balls are drawn at random from the
box one at a time with replacement. The probability that a white ball is drawn for the 4th time on the 7th draw is
5 27
(a) (b)
64 32
5 1
(c) (d)
32 2

19. The chance of an event happening is the square of the chance of a second event but the odds on against the first are
the cube of the odds against the second. The chances of the events are
1 1 1 1
(a) , (b) ,
9 3 16 4
1 1
(c) , (d) None of these
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20. The probability that a certain beginner at golf gets a good shot if he uses the correct club is and the probability of
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a good shot with an incorrect club is . In his bag are 5 different clubs, only one of which is correct for the shot in
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question. If he chooses a club at random and takes a stroke, then the probability that he gets a good shot, is
(a) 1/3 (b) 1/12
(c) 4/15 (d) 7/12

21. A man alternately tosses a coin and throws a dice beginning with the coin. The probability that he gets a head in the
coin before he gets a 5 or 6 in the dice is

22. A problem in Mathematics is given to three students A, B, C and their respective probability of solving the problem
is 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4. Probability that the problem is solved is

23. 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 the winning horse is

24. 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

25. 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
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Answer Key
1. (b) 15. (d)
2. (b) 16. (a)
3. (c) 17. (b)
4. (d) 18. (c)
5. (b) 19. (a)
6. (a) 20. (c)
7. (b) 21. (0.75)
8. (c) 22. (0.75)
9. (a) 23. (0.4)
10. (b) 24. (0.1)
11. (a) 25. (0.8)
12. (d)
13. (d)
14. (b)

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