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Practice Question LEVEL –1 Probability

Question
Mathematical definition of Probability
Q.8 The probability of getting difference of
based on
number as 5, when two dice are tossed together
Q.1 The probability P(A) of an event is a- is-
(A) real number (A) 1/9 (B) 1/18
(B) positive real number (C) 1/12 (D) 5/36
(C) non- negative real number
Q.9 The probability of drawing a black king from
(D) non- negative real number  1
a pack of 52 cards is-
Q.2 Winning a game by a player is- (A) 1/13 (B) 1/26
(A) an experiment (C) 2/13 (D) 4/13
(B) an event
Q.10 Three cards are drawn from a pack of
(C) experiment and event both
52 cards. The probability that they are of the
(D) None of these
same colour is-
Q.3 In tossing a coin getting a head or tail is- (A) 4/17 (B) 22/225
(A) experiment (C) 3/17 (D) 2/17
(B) exclusive event
Q.11 A bag contains 6 blue, 4 white and 6 red balls.
(C) joint event
Two balls are drawn at random. The
(D) None of these
probability that both the balls are red is-
Q.4 The correct statement for any event A is- (A) 1/3 (B) 1/6
(A) 0  P(A)  1 (B) 0  P(A)  1 (C) 1/8 (D) 2/9
(C) P(A) = 1 (D) P(A) < 0
Q.12 A bag contains 20 tickets numbered with 1 to
Q.5 A coin is tossed three times. The probability 20. Three tickets are drawn. The probability
that in the second toss head does not occur, is- that ticket number 7 is definitely included and
(A) 1 (B) 1/2 ticket number 18 is not included is-
(C) 1/3 (D) 1/4 (A) 51/380 (B) 1/20
(C) 3/20 (D) None of these
Q.6 The probability of coming up an even (odd)
number in the throw of a die is- Q.13 From a lottery of 30 tickets, marked 1, 2, 3,....,
(A) 1/6 (B) 1/2 30, four tickets are drawn. The chance that
(C) 1/3 (D) 2/3 those marked 1 and 2 are among them is-
(A) 413/145 (B) 2/145
Q.7 From a pack of playing cards three cards are
(C) 1/145 (D) 4/145
drawn simultaneously. The probability that
these are one king, one queen and one jack is- Q.14 The probability that a non leap year will have
(A) 64/5525 (B) 16/5525 53 Saturdays is-
(C) 128/5525 (D) 64/525 (A) 1/7 (B) 2/7
(C) 6/7 (D) 5/7

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Q.15 The probability that a non leap year will have Q.22 The probability that two persons have same
52 Fridays is- date of birth is (in non-leap year)
(A) 1/7 (B) 2/7 (A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 5/7 (D) 6/7 (C) 1/365 (D) 364/365

Q.16 The probability that a leap year will have 52 Q.23 Two coins are tossed together. The probability
Sundays is- of getting two heads is-
(A) 1 (B) 5/7 (A) 1/2 (B) 1/4 (C) 1/8 (D) 1/3
(C) 2/7 (D) None of these
Q.24 Two dice are thrown together. The probability
Q.17 There are 13 men and 2 women in a party.
They are seated round a circular table. The that the sum of their two numbers be 10 is-
probability that the two women will sit (A) 1/6 (B) 1/12
together is- (C) 2/3 (D) 1/4
(A) 2/105 (B) 1/105 Q.25 An urn contains 5 white and 3 black balls and
(C) 1/14 (D) 1/7 4 balls are drawn at random. The probability
Q.18 A bag contains two pairs of shoes. Two shoes of getting white and black balls equal in
are drawn from it. The probability that it is a number is-
pair is- (A) 1/7 (B) 2/7
(A) 1/3 (B) 1/2 (C) 3/7 (D) None of these
(C) 1/4 (D) 2/3
Q.26 From a book containing 100 page one page is
Q.19 If out of 20 consecutive whole numbers two selected randomly. The probability that the
are chosen at random, then the probability that sum of the digits of the page number of the
their sum is odd, is- selected page is 11, is-
(A) 5/19 (B) 10/19 (A) 2/25 (B) 9/100
(C) 9/19 (D) None of these (C) 11/100 (D) None of these
Q.20 If the probabilities of boy and girl to be born
Q.27 A bag contains 20 tickets marked with
are same, then in a 4 children family the
numbers 1 to 20. Two tickets are drawn, the
probability of being at least one girl, is-
probability that both numbers are prime is-
(A) 14/16 (B) 15/16
(A) 4/95 (B) 7/95
(C) 1/8 (D) 3/8
(C) 14/95 (D) 1/10
Q.21 If 4 cards are drawn one by one from a pack of
52 cards, the probability that one will be from Q.28 Two dice are thrown, the probability that the
each suit, is- total score is a prime number is-
13 13 13 13 (A) 1/6 (B) 5/12
(A) × × × (C) 1/2 (D) None of these
52 39 26 13
13 13 13 13
(B) × × × ×24 Q.29 A box contains 25 tickets numbered 1, 2,....25.
52 51 50 49
If two tickets are drawn at random then the
13 13 13 13
(C) × × × ×24 probability that the product of their numbers is
52 39 26 13
even, is -
13 13 13 13 (A) 11/50 (B) 13/50
(D) × × ×
52 51 50 49
(C) 37/50 (D) None of these

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Q.30 A bag contains 8 white and 6 red balls. 5 balls (A) 5 : 1 (B) 4 : 1
are drawn from the bag at random. The (C) 6 : 1 (D) None of these
probability that 3 or more balls are white will be-
(A) 658/1001 (B) 317/1001 Q.38 If one card is drawn from a pack of card then
(C) 205/1001 (D) 210/1001 the odds in favour of getting Ace is-
(A) 1 : 3 (B) 3 : 1
Q.31 Out of 13 applicants for a job, there are 5 (C) 1 : 2 (D) 1 : 12
women and 8 men. It is desired to select 2
persons for the job, the probability that at least Q.39 A bag contains 3 black and 2 white balls. What
one of the selected persons will be a women is- are the odds in favour of drawing a white ball?
(A) 25/39 (B) 14/39 (A) 3 : 2 (B) 2 : 5
(C) 5/13 (D) 10/13 (C) 2 : 3 (D) 3 : 5

Question Question
based on
Odds of an event based on Addition Theorem of probability

Q.32 The odd against throwing 10 with two dice in Q.40 If A and B be any two events, then
a throw are- P (A  ) equals-
(A) 9 : 1 (B) 10 : 1 (A) P(A) – P (B)
(C) 11 : 1 (D) 12 : 1 (B) P (A) + P(B) + P (A  B)
(C) P (A) + P(B) – P (A  B)
Q.33 From a pack of well shuffled cards, one card is
(D) P (A) P (B)
drawn randomly. A gambler bets that it is
either a diamond or a king. The odds in favour Q.41 P (A + B) means-
of his winning the bet is- (A) probability of event A and B
(A) 4 : 7 (B) 4 : 9 (B) probability of event A or B
(C) 9 : 4 (D) None of these (C) probability of event B after happening of
event A
Q.34 A bag contains 4 red and 4 white balls. Three (D) None of these
balls are drawn at random. The odd against
these balls being all white are- Q.42 If P(A) + P(B) = P(A + B) then events A & B
(A) 1 :13 (B) 13 : 1 are-
(C) 12 : 1 (D) 14 : 1 (A) independent
(B) mutually exclusive
Q.35 One of the two events must occur. If the (C) dependent
chance of one is 2/3 of the other, then odds in (D) None of these
favour of the other are-
Q.43 If A and B are two events, then
(A) 2 : 3 (B) 1 : 3
P (neither A nor B) equals-
(C) 3 : 1 (D) 3 : 2
(A) 1 – P (A  B)
Q.36 If odds in favour of A is m : n then P(A) (B) P ( A ) + P ( B )
equals- (C) 1 – P (A) – P (B)
(A) m/n (B) m – n (D) None of these
(C) m / (m + n) (D) m / (m – n) Q.44 For any two events A and B, P (A+B)-
(A) is always equal to P (A) + P (B)
Q.37 A dice is thrown then the odds against of (B) never equals to P (A) + P (B)
getting the digit 6 is-
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 (C) equals P(A) + P(B) If A and B are (C) 1/6 (D) None of these
independent
(D) equals P (A) + P (B) If A and B are disjoint Q.53 A card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of
52 cards. Its probability of being an ace or a
Q.45 If two dice are thrown, then the probability of king or a queen or a jack is -
getting the sum of digits even or less than 5 is- (A) 1/13 (B) 2/13
(A) 1/2 (B) 1/6 (C) 2/3 (D) 5/9 (C) 3/13 (D) 4/13

Q.46 Two dice are thrown together. The probability Question

based on Conditional Probability
that the sum of their numbers be at least 5 is-
(A) 1/6 (B) 5/6
(C) 4/6 (D) None of these Q.54 Let P(A) = 0.4 & P(B/A) = 0.5. The
. probability P( A  B ) is equal to-
Q.47 Two dice are thrown then the probability of (A) 0.8 (B) 0.7
coming an odd number on one dice and an (C) 0.6 (D) None of these
even number on other dice is-
(A) 1/3 (B) 1/6 Q.55 A pair of dice is thrown. If 5 appears on at least
(C) 1/2 (D) None of these one of the dice, then the probability that the
sum is 10 or greater, is-
Q.48 A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. The (A) 11/36 (B) 2/9
probability that the card drawn is neither a (C) 3/11 (D) 1/12
heart nor a king is-
(A) 35/52 (B) 9/13 Q.56 A pair of dice is thrown. If the two numbers
(C) 17/52 (D) 4/13 appearing on them are different, the
probability that the sum is 6, is-
Q.49 A bag is containing 20 balls, which are
(A) 2/15 (B) 1/9
arranged in order of their numbers. If one ball
(C) 5/36 (D) 1/12
is drawn at random, then the probability that
its number is multiple of 3 or 5 is-
Q.57 Two dice are thrown together. If 3 appears on
(A) 9/20 (B) 1/20
at least one of the dice, then what is the
(C) 3/50 (D) None of these
probability that the sum is greater than 9
Q.50 If A & B are two events such that (A) 1/4 (B) 3/11
P(A  B) + P(A  B) = 7/8, P(A) = 2P (C) 5/11 (D) zero
(B),then P(A)-
(A) 7/24 (B) 5/12 Q.58 In a certain town, 40% of the people have
(C) 5/24 (D) 7/12 brown hair, 25% have brown eyes and 15%
have both brown hair and brown eyes. If a
Q.51 If P(A) = 0.25, P(B) = 0.50 & P (A  B) =
person selected at random has brown hair, the
0.14, then the probability that neither A nor B
probability that he also has brown eyes is-
occurs is-
(A) 2/5 (B) 1/4
(A) 0.39 (B) 0.25
(C) 1/2 (D) 3/8
(C) 0.11 (D) None of these
Q.52 A, B and C are three mutually exclusive and
Q.59
A bag contains 7 red and 3 black balls. Three
3
exhaustive events and P(B) = P(A), balls are drawn at random from the bag one
2
after the other. The probability that the first
1
P(C) = P(B) then the value of P (A) is- two are red and the third is black is-
3
(A) 21/40 (B) 1/5
(A) 1/3 (B) 1/2
(C) 7/50 (D) 7/40
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 Q.67 The probability of not getting tail in the first two
Question
Multiplication Theorem of Probability times and getting a tail in the third time by
based on
tossing a coin continuously is-
(A) 1/4 (B) 1/8
Q.60 If A and B are two independent events then
(C) 3/8 (D) 7/8
P (A  B) equals-
(A) P(A) + P(B) Q.68 From a pack of 52 cards two cards are drawn
(B) P(A) . P(B) in succession the first having been replaced
(C) P(A/B) before the second is drawn. The probability
(D) None of these that the first is a diamond and the second is a
king, is-
Q.61 If A and B are two independent events, then
(A) 1/52 (B) 1/13
the probability that only one of A and B occur
(C) 1/4 (D) 4/13
is-
(A) P(A) + P(B) – 2P(A  B) Q.69 If two cards are drawn from a pack of card one
(B) P(A) + P(B) – P(A  B) by one. If first drawn card is replaced then the
(C) P(A) + P(B) probability of getting two jacks is-
(D) None of these (A) 1/221 (B) 1/169
(C) 12/221 (D) 4/663
Q.62 For two given events A and B, the relation
P (AB) = P(A) P(B) implies that A and B are- Q.70 A bag contains 6 black and 5 white balls, while
(A) independent (B) mutually exclusive the second bag contains 7 black and 4 white
(C) dependent (D) None of these balls. Two balls are drawn one from each bag,
the probability of both being black is-
Q.63 If p1 and p2 are the probabilities of two (A) 2/11 (B) 11/13
independent events then (1 – p1 – p2 + p1p2) is (C) 20/121 (D) 42/121
the probability of -
Q.71 The probability that A will pass in a
(A) their joint occurrence
examination is 2/5 and the probability that B
(B) occurrence of at least one
will fail in the same examination is 3/4. The
(C) occurrence of None of these
probability that only one of them will pass in
(D) occurrence of only one
the examination is-
Q.64 A coin is tossed three times. The probability (A) 3/20 (B) 3/10
of getting all heads or tails only is- (C) 9/20 (D) None of these
(A) 0 (B) 1/2
Q.72 For solving a problem, odds against to A are
(C) 1/4 (D) 1
4 : 3 and odds in favour to B are 7: 5. The
Q.65 A coin is tossed four times then the probability probability that the problem will not be solved
of obtaining at least one tail is- is-
(A) 1/16 (B) 14/16 (A) 16/21 (B) 5/21
(C) 15/16 (D) 1/4 (C) 43/84 (D) 45/84
Q.73 The probability of solving a problem by A and
Q.66 The probability of getting head and tail B are 1/4 and 2/3 respectively. If A and B work
alternatively in three throws of a coin (or in a independently, then the probability that the
throw of three coins) is- problem will be solved by both of them is-
(A) 1/3 (B) 1/4 (A) 1/6 (B) 3/4
(C) 1/5 (D) 3/5 (C) 1/3 (D) 11/12

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Q.74 The probabilities that three boys will pass an Q.80 The probability that Krishna will be alive 10
examination are 1/6, 1/4 and 1/3 respectively. years hence is 7/15 and Hari will be alive is
The probability that exactly one boy will pass 7/10. The probability that both Krishna and
the examination is - Hari will be dead 10 years hence is-
(A) 31/72 (B) 7/12 (A) 21/150 (B) 24/150
(C) 41/72 (D) 11/12 (C) 49/150 (D) 56/150

Q.75 If A and B are any two events such that Q.81 From the records of a hospital, it is found that
20% patients died with the disease cancer. If
P (A + B) = 5/6, P (AB) = 1/3, P ( B ) =1/2,
two patients with cancer are admitted to
then the events A and B are-
hospital; then probability that at least one
(A) independent
patient will be cured, is-
(B) dependent
(A) 16/25 (B) 24/25
(C) mutually exclusive
(C) 9/25 (D) None of these
(D) exhaustive
Q.82 A draws two cards one by one (replacing
Q.76 A card is drawn from a pack of playing cards. previous one) from a pack of cards and B
It is replaced in the pack and the pack is throws two dice together. The probability that
shuffled, and again a card is drawn. This both cards of A are of the same suit and the
process as repeated six times, then probability sum of digits of B is 6, will be-
of getting in sequence 2 heart, 2 diamond and (A) 1/4 (B) 1/44
2 black cards is - (C) 5/144 (D)7/144
(A) (1/4)4 (B) (1/4)5
(C) (1/4)6 (D) None of these Q.83 India plays two matches each with West Indies
and Australia. In any match the probability to
Q.77 A man and a woman appear in an interview for get 0,1 and 2 point by India are 0.45, 0.05 and
two vacancies in the same post. The 0.50 respectively. If the results are
probability of man’s selection is 1/4 and that independent, then the probability that India
of the woman’s selection is 1/3. What is the gets at least 7 points is-
probability that none of them will be selected- (A) 0.8750 (B) 0.0875
(A) 1/2 (B) 1/12 (C) 0.6250 (D) 0.0250
(C) 1/4 (D) None of these
Q.84 The probability that a man will remain alive
for the next 25 years is 4/5 and the probability
Q.78 If the probabilities of three persons A, B & C
that his wife will remain alive for the same 25
hitting a target are 3/5, 2/5 and 3/4
years is 3/4. The probability that at least one of
respectively. If they hit at a time then the
them will be alive 25 years hence, is-
probability that two persons hit the target is-
(A) 19/20 (B) 3/5
(A) 9/50 (B) 9/20
(C) 3/20 (D) None of these
(C) 11/20 (D) 41/50
Q.85 A piece of equipment will function only when
Q.79 A bag contains 4 black and 3 white balls. Two-
all the three components A, B and C are
two balls are drawn two times. If balls are not
working. The probability of A failing during
replace once it is drawn then the probability one year is 0.15, that of B is 0.05 and that of C
that first two balls are black and second two is 0.10. The probability that the equipment will
balls are white is- fail before the end of the year is-
(A) 4/49 (B) 2/35 (A) 0.72675 (B) 0.27325
(C) 1/35 (D) 3/35 (C) 1 (D) 0.95

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 (A) 1/2 (B) 1/3
Q.86 A & B are two horses. The probability of A (C) 1/4 (D) none of these
winning a race is 1/3 and that of horse B
Q.93 Let X denote the number of times heads occur
winning the same race is 1/5. The probability
that none of them will win is- in n tosses of a fair coin. If P (X = 4), P (X = 5)
(A) 9/15 (B) 8/15 and P (X = 6) are in AP; the value of n is-
(C) 7/15 (D) 4/15 (A) 7 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 8

Q.94 If X follows a binomial distribution with

Question
based on Binomial Probability distribution parameters n = 8 and p = 1/2, then
P (| X – 4 |  2) equals-
Q.87 The probability that an event A happens in one
118 119 117
trial of an experiment is 0.4. Three (A) (B) (C) (D) none
128 128 128
independent trails of the experiment are
performed. The probability that the event A Q.95 A random variable has the following
happens at least once is-
probability distribution-
(A) 0.936 (B) 0.784
(C) 0.904 (D) None of these X : 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
P(X): 0 2p 2p 3p p2 2p 7p2
2 2p
Q.88 A pair of dice is thrown four times. If getting
the same number on both dice is considered as The value of p is
a success, the probability of getting two (A) 1/10 (B) –1
success is-
(C) –1/10 (D) none of these
(A) 20/216 (B) 25/216
(C) 19/216 (D) None of these Q.96 A random variable X has the distribution-
X 2 3 4
Q.89 A cube is thrown 6 times, then probability of P(X = x) 0.3 0.4 0.3
getting the digits 2 and 4 exactly three times
each is- Then, variance of the distribution is
(A) 1/5184 (B) 5/11664 (A) 0.6 (B) 0.7
(C) 1/46656 (D) 3/11664 (C) 0.77 (D) 1.55

Q.90 A box of 100 bulbs has 90 bulbs right then in Q.97 A fair die is thrown twenty times. The
a sample of 8 bulbs, the probability that at least probability that on the tenth throw the fourth
one bulb is defective is- six appears is-
8 8
9 9 20
C10  56 120 57
(A) 1 –   (B)   (A) (B)
 10   10  6 20 610
8 8
1 1 84 56
(C)   (D) 1–   (C) (D) none of these
 10   10  610
Q.91 The odds in favour of escape of an enemy ship Question
based on Compound Events
are 4 : 1 . The probability that at least one ship
out of three ships gets destroyed is-
(A) 1/125 (B) 16/125 Q.98 A bag contains 4 tickets numbered 1, 2, 3, 4
(C) 61/125 (D) 64/125 and another bag contains 6 tickets numbered 2,
4, 6, 7, 8, 9. One bag is chosen and a ticket is
Q.92 If X is binomial variate with parameters n and
P (X = r ) drawn. The probability that the ticket bears the
p, where 0 < p <1 such that is number 4 is-
P (X = n − r )
independent of n and r, then p equals- (A) 1/48 (B) 1/8

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 (C) 5/24 (D) None of these at random is found to be defective. Then the
Q.99 The chance of India winning toss is 3/4. If it probability that it came from box A is-
wins the toss, then its chance of victory is 4/5 (A) 16/29 (B) 1/15
otherwise it is only 1/2. Then chance of India’s (C) 27/59 (D) 42/107
victory is-
(A) 1/5 (B) 3/5 Question
based on Dearrangement
(C) 3/40 (D) 29/40
Q.104 Three letters are written to three different
Q.100 Three groups A, B, C are competing for persons and their addresses are written of three
positions of d the Board of Directors of a envelopes. The probability that letters are
company. The probabilities of their winning placed in right envelopes without seeing the
are 0.5, 0.3, 0.2 respectively. If the group A addresses is -
wins, the probability of introducing a new (A) 1/27 (B) 1/6
product is 0.7 and the corresponding (C) 1/9 (D) None of these
probabilities for group B and C are 0.6 and 0.5
respectively. The probability that the new Q.105 3 letters are placed in 3 envelopes randomly.
product will be introduced, is- The probability that all letters are not in right
(A) 0.18 (B) 0.35 envelopes is-
(A) 1/6 (B) 1/2
(C) 0.10 (D) 0.63
(C) 1/3 (D) 5/6

Question
based on Baye's Theorem Q.106 There are n letters and n addressed envelopes.
The probability that all the letters are not kept
in the right envelope, is-
Q.101 A bag A contains 2 white and 3 red balls and
1 1
bag B contains 4 white and 5 red balls. One (A) (B) 1 –
n! n!
ball is drawn at random from a randomly
chosen bag and is found to be red. The 1
(C) 1 – (D) None of these
probability that it was drawn from bag B was- n
(A) 5/14 (B) 5/16
(C) 5/18 (D) 25/52

Q.102 A man is known to speak the truth 3 out of 4

times. He throws a die and reports that it is a
six. The probability that it is actually a six, is-
(A) 3/8 (B) 1/5
(C) 3/4 (D) None of these

Q.103 The probability of defective screws in three

1 1 1
boxes A,B,C are , , respectively. A box is
5 6 7
selected at random and a screw drawn from it

LEVEL- 2
Q.1
The probability of getting a number chosen
from 1, 2, ..... 100 as cube is-
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 (A) 1/25 (B)2/25 random. The probability that at least one of
(C) 3/25 (D) 4/25 them is an ace is-
(A) 1/5 (B) 3/16
Q.2 The probability that a random arrangement of (C) 9/20 (D) 1/9
letters i,i,i,t,t,n,n,o,a,v in row result in a word
“Invitation” is- Q.10 A committee consists of 9 experts taken from
(A) 1/151200 (B) 1/1128800 three colleges, A, B and C; of which 2 are from
(C) 1/24 (D) None of these A,3 from B and 4 from C. If three experts
resign, then the probability that they belong to
Q.3 From a group of 5 boys and 3 girls, three different institutions is-
persons are chosen at random. The probability (A) 1/729 (B) 2/7
that there are more girls than boys is- (C) 1/21 (D) 1/24
(A) 4/7 (B) 3/8
Q.11 A fair coin is tossed a fixed number of times.
(C) 2/7 (D) 5/8
If the probability of getting 7 heads is equal to
Q.4 A fair coin is tossed n times. If the probability that of getting 9 heads, then the probability of
that head occurs 6 times is equal to the getting 3 heads is -
probability that head occurs 8 times, then n is 35 35
(A) 12 (B) 14
equal to - 2 2
(A) 15 (B) 14 7
(C) 12 (D) None of these
(C) 12 (D) 7 2

Q.5 5 persons A, B, C, D and E are in queue of a Q.12 There are 6 positive and 8 negative numbers.
shop. The probability that A and E always Four numbers are chosen at random and
together, is- multiplied. The probability that a product is a
positive number is-
(A) 1/4 (B) 2/3
(A) 505/1001 (B) 420/1001
(C) 2/5 (D) 3/5
(C) 15/1001 (D) 70/1001
Q.6 Three dice are thrown simultaneously. What is
Q.13 If all letters of the word ‘MISSISSIPPI’ are
the probability of obtaining a total of 17 or 18-
arranged then the probability that all S come
(A) 1/9 (B) 1/72
together will be-
(C) 1/54 (D) None of these (A) 1/165 (B) 4/165
(C) 8/165 (D) None of these
Q.7 If an integer is chosen at random from first 100
positive integers, then the probability that the Q.14 From the word ‘POSSESSIVE’, a letter is
chosen number is a multiple of 4 or 6, is- chosen at random. The probability of it to be S
(A) 41/100 (B) 33/100 is-
(C) 1/10 (D) None of these (A) 3/10 (B) 4/10
(C) 3/6 (D) 4/6
Q.8 Two dice are thrown together. The probability
of showing odd number on any one and Q.15 Three letters are selected at random from the
multiple of 3 on the other is- word ‘SLEEPER’. The probability that at least
two E’s occur is-
(A) 13/36 (B) 11/36 (A) 12/35 (B) 13/35
(C) 1/4 (D) 2/3 (C) 14/35 (D) 15/35

Q.16 The probability of occurring of two events A

Q.9 A pack of cards contains 4 aces, 4 kings, 4
and B are 0.21 and 0.49 respectively and of
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probability that none of the two occur is- dice beginning with the coin. The probability
(A) 0.30 (B) 0.46 that he gets a head in the coin before he gets a
(C) 0.14 (D) None of these 5 or 6 in the dice is -
Q.17 If A1,A2,......,An are any n events, then- (A) 3/4 (B) 1/2
(C) 1/3 (D) None of these
(A) P(A1  A2 ....  An) = P(A1) + P(A2)
+...+ P(An) Q.25 Two dice are thrown thrice. The probability
(B) P(A1  A2 ....  An) > P(A1) + P(A2) that first throw shows 10, second 11 and third
+...+ P (An) 12 will be-
(C) P (A1  A2 ....  An)  P(A1) + P(A2) (A) 1/216 (B) 1/432
+...+ P (An) (C) 1/7776 (D) 1/648
(D) None of these Q.26 A draws two cards with replacement from a
Q.18 Two dice are thrown, the probability of getting well shuffled pack of cards and at the same
sum as neither 7 nor 11, is- time B throws a pair of dice. The probability
(A) 8/9 (B) 2/9 that A gets two kings and B gets a doublet is-
(C) 7/9 (D) 1/18 (A) 1/69 (B) 175/1014
(C) 1/1014 (D) None of these
Q.19 Three athlete A, B and C participate in a race
competition. The probability of winning A Q.27 Two coins and a die are tossed. The probability
and winning of B is twice of winning C. Then that both coins fall heads and the die shows a
the probability that the race win by A or B, is-
3 or 6 is-
(A) 2/3 (B) 1/2 (C) 4/5 (D) 1/3
(A) 1/8 (B) 1/12
Q.20 Two dice are thrown. What is the probability (C) 1/16 (D) None of these
that the sum of the numbers appearing on the
two dice is 11, if 5 appears on the first- Q.28 A bag contains 3 white and 3 black balls. Balls
(A) 1/36 (B) 1/6 are drawn one by one with out replacing them
(C) 5/6 (D) None of these in the bag. The probability that drawing ball
will be in alternate colours is-
Q.21 A and B throw two dice, if A throws 8, the
(A) 1/10 (B) 5/21
probability that B will throw a higher number
(C) 1/2 (D) None of these
is-
(A) 5/18 (B) 3/18 Q.29 A bag contains 5 black and 3 blue balls. Balls
(C) 7/18 (D) 1/18
are drawn (without replacement) one by one.
Q.22 Two integers are selected from integers 1 to The probability of getting blue ball first time
11. If their sum is even then the probability that in fifth draw is-
both are odd will be- (A) 1/56 (B) 3/56
(A) 2/5 (B) 3/5 (C) 4/56 (D) 5/56
(C) 4/5 (D) None of these
Q.30 A box contains 2 black, 4 white and 3 red balls.
Q.23 A and B toss a coin alternatively on the One ball is drawn at random from the box and
understanding that the first who obtains tail kept aside. From the remaining balls in the
wins. If A starts, what is his chance of winning box, another ball is drawn at random and kept
? aside the first. This process is repeated till all
(A) 2/3 (B) 1/3 the balls are drawn from the box. The
probability that the balls drawn are in the
(C) 1/4 (D) 3/4
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 (A) 1/1260 (B) 1/7560 that a sample of 8 items will contain less than
(C) 1/126 (D) None of these 2 defective items, is-
7 6
Q.31 Cards are drawn one after another till an ace is 27  19  533  19 
(A)   (B)  
obtained. The probability of not getting ace in 20  20  400  20 
first 26 cards is- 153  1 
7
35  1 
6

(A) 46/153 (B) 109/53 (C)   (D)  

20  20  16  20 
(C) 23/27 (D) None of these
Q.38 Cards are drawn one-by-one at random from a
Q.32 In order to get at least once a head with
well shuffled pack of 52 playing cards until 2 aces
probability  0.9, the minimum number of
are obtained for the first time. The probability
times a coin need to be tossed is-
that 18 draws are required for this, is-
(A) 3 (B) 5
(A) 3/34 (B) 17/455
(C) 4 (D) None of these
(C) 561/15925 (D) None of these
Q.33 The chance of winning a test match by India
Q.39 A letter is taken out at random from
against West Indies is 1/2. A series of 5 test
‘ASSISTANT’ and another is taken out from
matches is played and the results of all test
‘STATISTICS’. The probability that they are
matches are independent, then the probability
the same letters is-
of second win by India is third test match is
(A) 1/45 (B) 13/90
(No match ends in draw) -
(C) 19/90 (D) None of these
(A) 2/3 (B) 1/2 (C) 1/4 (D) 1/8
Q.40 A six faced die is a biased one. It is thrice more
Q.34 Odds 8 to 5 against a person who is 40 years likely to show an odd number than show an
old living till he is 70 and 4 to 3 against another even number. It is thrown twice. The
person now 50 till he will be living 80. probability that the sum of the numbers in the
Probability that one of them will be alive next two throws is even, is-
30 years- (A) 5/9 (B) 5/8
(A) 59/91 (B) 44/91 (C) 51/91 (D) 32/91 (C) 1/2 (D) None of these
Q.35 Let E and F be two independent events. The Q.41 Two dice are tossed 6 times. Then the
probability that both E and F happens, is probability that sum 7 will show an exactly
1/12 and the probability that neither E nor F four of the tosses is-
happens is 1/2, then- (A) 225/18442 (B) 116/20003
(A) P(E) = 1/3, P(F) = 1/4 (C) 125/15552 (D) None of these
(B) P(E) = 1/3, P(F) = 1/6
(C) P(E) = 1/6, P(F) = 1/2 Q.42 The probability that a bulb produced by a
(D) P(E) = 1/4, P(F) = 1/5 factory will fuse after 150 days of use is 0.05.
What is the probability that out of 5 such bulbs
Q.36 A digit is chosen out of digits 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. none will fuse after 150 days of use-
A second digit is chosen from the remaining 5 5
 19   19 
four digits, then the probability that an odd (A) 1–   (B)  
digit will be selected both the times is-  20   20 
5 5
(A) 1/10 (B) 3/10 3 1
(C) 3/200 (D) None of these (C)   (D) 90  
4 4
Q.37 The items produced by a firm are supposed to
contain 5% defective items. The probability
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Q.1 The probability that the birth days of six (C) 0.75 (D) 0.9
persons will fall in exactly two calendar months
is- Q.6 For three events A, B and C, P (exactly one of
26 the events A or B occurs) = P (exactly one of
(A) 1/6 (B) 12C2×
12 6 the events B or C occurs) = P (exactly one of
26 − 1 341 the events C or A occurs)= p and P (all the
(C) 12C2 × (D) three events occur simultaneously) = p2 ,where 0 <
12 6 12 5
p < 1/2. Then the probability of atleast one of
1+ 4p 1− p 1− 2p the three events A, B and C occurring is-
Q.2 If , , are probabilities of
4 4 2
3p + 2p 2 p + 3p 2
three mutually exclusive events, then- (A) (B)
2 2
1 1 1 2
(A) p (B) p 3p + p 2 3p + 2p 2
3 2 2 3 (C) (D)
2 4
1 1
(C) p (D) none of these
6 2 Q.7 If A and B are two events such that P(A) = 1/3,
B
Q.3 A bag contains 50 tickets numbered P(B) = 1/4 and P(A  B) = 1/5, then P   =
A
1, 2, 3, ..., 50 of which five are drawn at
(A) 37/40 (B) 37/45
random and arranged in ascending order of
(C) 23/40 (D) None
magnitude (x1 < x2 < x3 < x4 < x5). The
probability that Q.8 There are 9999 tickets bearing numbers 0001,
x3 = 30 is- 0002,...., 9999. If one ticket is selected from
20
C2 29
C2 these tickets at random, the probability that the
(A) 50
(B) 50
C5 C5 number on the ticket will consist of all
different digits, is-
C2 
20 29
C2
(C) 50
(D) none of these (A) 5040 / 9999 (B) 5000 / 9999
C5
(C) 5030 / 9999 (D) none of these
Q.4 A man takes a step forward with probability
Q.9 All possible 6 letter words each containing all
0.4 and backward with probability 0.6.The
the letters of the word EMHORT are formed
probability that at the end of eleven steps he is
and are placed in a dictionary order. 10
one step away from the starting point is-
consecutive words are now drawn at random.
(A) 11C6 (0.24)5 (B) 11C6 (0.4)6(0.6)5
The probability that the word 'MOTHER' will
(C) 11C6 (0.6)6 (0.4)5 (D) none of these.
be among the drawn words, is
(A) 1/72 (B) 10/711
Q.5 A biased die is tossed and the respective
(C) 10/719 (D) none
probabilities for various faces to turn up are-
Face : 1 2 3 4 5 6 Q.10 A number is chosen at random from the
numbers 10 to 99. By seeing the number a man
Probability : 0.1 0.24 0.19 0.18 0.15
0.14 will laugh if product of digits is 12. If he
chooses three numbers with replacement then
If an even face has turned up, then the
the probability that he will laugh atleast once
probability that it is face 2 or face 4, is
is-
(A) 0.25 (B) 0.42
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 3
3
 43 
3 Statement-2 : Sample space = 11C2 = 55 No. of
(A) 1 −   (B)  
5  45  favourable cases = 4C1 × 7C1 + 4C2 × 7C0

 4 
3
 43 
3 = 34
(C) 1 −   (D) 1 −  
 25   45  required probability =
34
55

➢ Statement type Questions 3 2

Q. 13 If P(A) = , P(B) = then
5 3
Each of the questions given below consists of
2 A 9
Statement -1 and Statement-2. Use the following key Statement-1 : P   .
to choose the appropriate answer.
5  B  10
(A) If both Statement- 1 Statement- 2 are true, and 4 3
Statement-2 :  P(A  B)  .
Statement-2 is the correct explanation of 15 5
Statement- 1.
(B) If Statement-1 and Statement-2 are true but
Statement-2 is not the correct explanation of
Statement- 1
(C) If Statement-1 is true but Statement- 2 is false
(D) If Statement-1 is false but Statement- 2 is true.

Q. 11 Statement-1 : Given Ei, i = 1,2,.........n are n

i
independent events, such that P( E i ) = ,
1+ i
1  i  n, then the probability that none of the
n
n events occur is .
n +1
Statement-2 : Probability of occurrence of all
independent events together is equal to the
product of the probabilities of these events.

Q. 12 Statement-1 : The probability of being at least

one white ball selected from two balls drawn
simultaneously from the bag containing 7
34
black and 4 white balls is .
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 ANSWER KEY

LEVEL- 1
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. D B B B B B B B B A C A B A D B D A B B
Q.No. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Ans. B C B B C A C B C A A C B B D C A D C C
Q.No. 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Ans. B B A D D B C B A D A A D A C A D D D B
Q.No. 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
Ans. A A C C C B B A B D C B A A A B A B D B
Q.No. 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
Ans. B C B A B C B B B A C A A B A A C C D D
Q.No. 101 102 103 104 105 106
Ans. D A D B D B

LEVEL- 2
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. A A C B C C B B C B A A B B B B C C C B
Q.No. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Ans. A B A A C C B A B A D C C B A B A C C B
Q.No. 41 42
Ans. C B

LEVEL- 3
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Ans. D D C A C A A A B D D A A

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