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HS213 P&S Unit III Question Bank

The document is a question bank for a Probability and Statistics Unit III, containing various questions categorized into one mark, two mark, five mark, and ten mark sections. It covers topics such as basic probability, conditional probability, Bayes' theorem, and various probability scenarios involving cards, dice, and real-life applications. The questions are designed to test understanding and application of probability concepts.

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HS213 P&S Unit III Question Bank

The document is a question bank for a Probability and Statistics Unit III, containing various questions categorized into one mark, two mark, five mark, and ten mark sections. It covers topics such as basic probability, conditional probability, Bayes' theorem, and various probability scenarios involving cards, dice, and real-life applications. The questions are designed to test understanding and application of probability concepts.

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Probability and Statistics: Unit III

Question Bank

One mark questions

1. Probability of getting an even number when a die is rolled is ______ .


2. Probability of throwing 10 with two dice is ______ .
3. A pair of dice is rolled and one die showed five. The probability that the other will also
show five is ______ .
4. From a pack of cards when a card is selected at random, what is the probability of selecting
spade ace?
5. From a pack of cards when a card is selected at random, what is the probability of selecting
a king ?
6. If A and B are mutually disjoint events then P( A ∩ B) = ______ .
7. P ( S ) =¿ ¿ where S is the sample space of a random experiment.
8. The probability that A happens is 1/3. The odds against happening of A are ______ .
9. The odds in favour of an event A are 5 to 4. The probability of happening of A is ______ .
10. The probability that a non-leap year should have 53 Sundays is ______ .
11. The probability that a leap year will have 53 Saturdays is ______ .
12. The probability of getting 3 or 4 or 5 from a throw of single dice is ______ .
13. Maximum value of probability of any event is ______ .
14. If A and B are two events such that P ( A ∪ B )=3/4 , P ( A ∩B )=1/4 , P ( A )=2 /3 then
P ( A ) = ______ .

Two mark questions


1. In a class of 15 students 6 are boys and rest girls. Probability that a selected student will be a
girl is ______ .
2. What is the probability that a leap year will contain 52 Wednesdays?
3. What is the probability that in the year 2020 there will be 53 Sundays?
4. What is the probability that in a leap year the month of February will have 5 Sundays?
5. Define conditional probability.
6. When three coins are tossed, what is the probability of getting two heads ?
7. Let S be a sample space with three events { x 1 , x 2 , x 3 } with P ( x 1) =1/3, P ( x 2 )=1/3,
P ( x 3 )=1/6 . Are these probabilities permissible ?
8. When two dice are rolled, the range of the sum of two numbers that appears on them is
______ .
9. Probability of any event cannot be greater than ______ and less than ______ .

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10. Multiplication theorem of probability says that ______ .
11. The probability that A passes a test is 2/3 and the probability that B passes the same test is
3/5. The probability that atleast one of them passes is ______ .
12. The probability that A passes a test is 2/3 and the probability that B passes the same test is
3/5. The probability that only one of them passes is ______ .
13. Baye’s theorem states that ______ .

Five mark questions


1. Three cards are drawn from a pack of cards. Find the probability of getting
a. 3 spades b. 2 spades and 1 diamond card
2. What is the probability of getting two queens if we draw two cards from a pack of cards
a. with replacement b. without replacement.
3. Two cards are selected at random from 10 cards numbered 1 to 10. Find the probability that
the sum is odd if
a. the two cards are drawn together.
b. two cards are drawn one after the other without replacement.
4. Given P ( A )=1 /4 , P ( B )=1/3, P ( A ∪ B )=1/2 evaluate P( A /B), P(B/ A),
P( A /B '), P ( A ∩B ' ) .
5. Find the probability of drawing an ace or a spade or both from a deck of cards.
6. A can hit a target 3 times in 5 shots, B 2 times in 5 shots and C 3 times in 4 shots. If they
fire together what is the probability that
a. two shots hit
b. atleast two shots hit?
7. A problem in Physics is given to three students X, Y and Z whose chances of solving it are
1/2, 1/3 and 1/4 respectively. What is the probability that the problem will be solved?

Ten mark questions


1.
a. State and prove addition theorem of probability.
b. A bag contains ten blue and ten red balls. Find the probability of drawing two balls of
the same colour, when we draw two balls simultaneously from the bag.
2. There are two groups of subjects. One of which consists of 5 science and 3 engineering
subjects and the second one consists of 3 science and 5 engineering subjects. An unbiased
die is cast. If number 3 or 6 turns up, a subject is selected at random from the first group,
otherwise a subject is selected from the second group randomly. What is the probability that
an engineering subject is selected ultimately?
3. Three groups of children contain respectively 3 girls and 1 boy; 2 girls and 2 boys; 1 girl
and 3 boys. One child is selected at random from each group. What is the probability of
selecting 1 girl and 2 boys?

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4. State and prove Baye’s theorem.
5. An insurance company insured 2000 scooter drivers, 4000 car drivers and 6000 truck
drivers. The probability of accidents are 0.01, 0.03 and 0.15 respectively. One of the
insured persons meets with an accident. What is the probability that he is a
a. scooter driver
b. car driver
c. truck driver
6. Three urns contain 6 blue, 4 red; 4 blue, 6 red; 5 blue, 5 red balls respectively. One of the
urns is selected at random and a ball is drawn from it. If the ball drawn is red what is the
probability that it is drawn from the
a. first urn
b. second urn
c. third urn.
7. In a toy factory three machines A, B, C respectively manufacture 25%, 40% and 35% of
the total production. From the past experience it is known that 5%, 3%, 2% of their output is
defective. A toy is selected randomly. What is the probability that it is defective? If it is
found to be defective what is the probability that it is manufactured by machine B?
8. A and B throw alternatively a pair of dice. A wins if he throws 7 before B throws 6 and B
wins if he throws 6 before A throws 7. Find their respective chances of winning, if A begins
and the game goes on indefinitely.

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