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Probability BoardQuestions

2016

Q1 A pair of dice is thrown—What is the probability of getting an even number on the first
die or a total of 8?

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Q2 (a) A committee of 4 persons has to be chosen from 8 boys and 6 girls, consisting of at
least one girl. Find the probability that the committee consists of more girls than boys.

(b) An urn contains 10 white and 3 black balls while another urn contains 3 white and 5
black balls. Two balls are drawn from the first urn and put into the second urn and then a 
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ball is drawn from the second um. Find the probability that the ball drawn from the second
um is a white ball.

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Q1 A problem is given to three students whose chances of solving it are 1/4,1/5 and 1/3
respectively. Find the probability that the problem is solved.

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Q2 In a class of 60 students, 30 opted for Mathematics, 32 opted for Biology and 24 opted
for both Mathematics and Biology. If one of these students is selected at random, find the
probability that:

(i) The student opted for Mathematics or Biology.

(ii) The student has opted neither Mathematics nor Biology.
(iii) The student has opted Mathematics but not Biology.

(b) Bag A contains 1 white, 2 blue and 3 red balls. Bag B contains 3 white, 3 blue and 2 red
balls. Bag C contains 2 white, 3 blue and 4 red balls. One bag is selected at random and
then two balls are drawn from the selected bag. Find the probability that the balls drawn
are white and red.

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Q3 (a) A fair die is rolled. If face I turns up, a ball is drawn from Bag A. If face 2 or 3 turns
up, a ball is drawn from Bag B. If face 4 or 5 or 6 turns up, a ball is drawn from Bag C. Bag A
contains 3 red and 2 white balls, Bag B contains 3 red and 4 white balls and Bag C contains
4 red and 5 white balls. The die is rolled, a Bag is picked up and a ball is drawn. If the drawn
ball is red, what is the probability that it is drawn from Bag B?
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(b) An urn contains 25 balls of which 10 balls are red and the remaining green. A ball is
drawn at random from the urn, the colour is noted and the ball is replaced. If 6 balls are
drawn in this way, find the probability that:
(i) All the balls are red.
(ii) Not more than 2 balls are green.
(iii) Number of red balls and green balls are equal.

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2018

Q1 If A and B are events such that P(A) =1/2, P(B)= 1/3 and P(AnB)=1/4, then find:

(a) P(A/B)
(b) P(B/A)

In a race, the probabilities of A and B winning the race are 1/3 and 1/6 respectively. Find the
probability of neither of them winning the race.

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Q2 A speaks fruth in 60% of the cases, while B in 40% of the cases. In what percent of cases
are they likely to contradict each other in stating the same fact?

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Q3 From a lot of 6 items containing 2 defective items, a sample of 4 items are drawn at
random. Let the random variable X denote the number of defective items in the sample. If
the sample is drawn without replacement, find:

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(b) Mean of X
(c) Variance of X

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2019

Q1 (ix) Two balls are drawn from an urn containing 3 white, 5 red and 2 black balls, one by
one without replacement. What is the probability that at least one ball is red?

(x) If events A and B are independent, such that P(A) = 3/5, P(B)=2/3 find P (A∪B).

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Q2 Bag A contains 4 white balls and 3 black balls, while Bag B contains 3 white balls and 5
black balls. Two balls are drawn from Bag A and placed in Bag B. Then, what is the
probability of drawing a white ball from Bag B?

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Q3 Given three identical Boxes A, B and C, Box A contains 2 gold and 1 silver coin, Box B
contains 1 gold and 2 silver coins and Box C contains 3 silver coins. A person chooses a Box
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at random and takes out a coin. If the coin drawn is of silver, find the probability that it has
been drawn from the Box which has the remaining two coins also of silver.

OR

Determine the binomial distribution where mean is 9 and standard deviation is 3/2. Also,
find the probability ofobtaining at most one success.

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2020

Q1 (ix) A bag contains 5 white, 7 red and 4 black balls. If four balls are drawn one by one
with replacement, what is the probability that none is white?

(x) Let A and B be two events such that P(A)=1/2,P(B)=p and P(A⋃B)=3/5
find 'p' if A and B are independent events.
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Q2 Three persons A, B and C shoot to hit a target. Their probabilities of hitting the target
5/6,4/5 and 3/4 respectively. Find the probability that:

(i) Exactly two persons hit the target.

(ii) At least one person hits the target.

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Q3 The probability that a bulb produced ina factory will fuse after 150 days of use is 0•05.
Find the probability that out of 5 such bulbs:

(i) None will fuse after 150 days of use.

(ii) Not more than one will fuse after 150 days of use.
(iii) More than one will fuse after 150 days of use.
(iv) At least one will fuse after 150 days of use.

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