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Grade: XII Subject: Mathematics Topic: Probability: 1 Mark Questions

The document provides 20 multiple choice probability questions covering topics like mutually exclusive and pairwise independent events, probability of unions and intersections of events, conditional probability, binomial and normal distributions. The questions range from 1 to 6 marks and include word problems involving real life scenarios like games, examinations, manufacturing.

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Grade: XII Subject: Mathematics Topic: Probability: 1 Mark Questions

The document provides 20 multiple choice probability questions covering topics like mutually exclusive and pairwise independent events, probability of unions and intersections of events, conditional probability, binomial and normal distributions. The questions range from 1 to 6 marks and include word problems involving real life scenarios like games, examinations, manufacturing.

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Grade: XII

Subject: Mathematics
Chapter: 13
Topic: Probability

1 Mark Questions
Q1. If A and B are mutually exclusive events, then P(A/B) =…………
Q2. If A and B are pair–wise independents events, then P(A/B) =…………
Q3. If A and B are any events, then P(E`/F) = ……………….
Q4. The probability of not getting a triplet when three dice are tossed once is………………..
Q5. A die is thrown 20 times. Getting a number greater than 4 is considered a success. Find the mean of the
number of successes.
Q6. A die is tossed thrice. What is the variance of the number of successes if getting an even number is a
success?
2 Marks Questions
Q7. A fair die is rolled. Consider the events E = {1, 3, 5}, F = {2, 3} and G = {2, 3, 4, 5}. Find P(E|F) and
P(F|E).
Q8. A fair die is rolled. Consider the events E = {1, 3, 5}, F = {2, 3}. Find P(E/F) and P(F/E).
5 2
Q9. Find P( A ∪ B) if 2 P ( A )=P ( B ) = and P( A /B) =
13 5
Q10. A and B speak truth in 60% and 90% of the cases respectively. In what percentage of the cases are they
likely to contradict each other in stating the same fact?
1 5
Q11. The probability that A and B individually can solve a problem in Mathematics is and respectively.
3 6
Find the probability that the problem is solved.
4 Marks Questions
Q12. The probability of a shooter hitting a target is 3/4. How many minimum number of times must he/she
fire so that the probability of hitting the target at least once is more than 0.99?
Q13. Two cards are drawn simultaneously (or successively without replacement) from a well shuffled pack
of 52 cards. Find the mean and standard deviation of the number of kings.
Q14. How many times must a man toss a fair coin so that the probability of having at least one head is more
than 90%?
6 Marks Questions
Q15. Suppose we have four boxes A,B, C and D containing colored marbles as given below:
Box Marble Color

Red White Black

A 1 6 3

B 6 2 2
C 8 1 1

D 0 6 4

One of the boxes has been selected at random and a single marble is drawn from it. If the marble is red, what
is the probability that it was drawn from Box A? Box B? Box C?
Q16. In a game, a man wins a rupee for a six and loses a rupee for any other number when a fair die is
thrown. The man decided to throw a die thrice but to quit as and when he gets a six. Find the expected value
of the amount he wins/loses.
Q17. In a competitive examination, an examinee either guesses or copies or knows the answer to a multiple
1
choice question with four choices. The probability that he makes a guess is   and the probability that he
3
1 1
copies the answer is . The probability that the answer is correct, given that he copied it, is  . Find the
6 8
probability that he knew the answer to the question, given that he correctly answered it.
Q18. A letter is known to have come either from TATANAGAR or from CALCUTTA. On the envelope just
two consecutive letters TA are visible. What is the probability that the letter came from:
(a) Calcutta (b) Tatanagar
Q19. In a bolt factory, machines X, Y and Z manufacture respectively 25%, 35% and 40% of the total bolts.
Of their outputs 5, 4 and 2 percent are respectively defective bolts. A bolt is drawn at random from the
product. If the bolt is found to be defective, what is the probability that it is manufactured by the machine Y?
Q20. A company has two plants to manufacture scooters. Plant I manufactures 70% of the scooters and
Plant II manufactures 30%. At Plant I, 80% of the scooters are rated as of standard quality and at Plant II,
90% of the scooters are rated as of standard quality. A scooter is chosen at random and is found to be of
standard quality. What is the probability that it has come from Plant II?

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