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Maths Mania # 071: DIRECTIONS: For The Following Questions, Four Options Are Given. Choose The Correct Option

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about probability. The questions cover topics like calculating the probability of outcomes when throwing dice, drawing tickets or bulbs from collections where some have specific properties. For each question, detailed step-by-step solutions are provided showing the calculation of the total possible outcomes, favorable outcomes, and the resulting probability as a fraction or decimal.

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Maths Mania # 071: DIRECTIONS: For The Following Questions, Four Options Are Given. Choose The Correct Option

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about probability. The questions cover topics like calculating the probability of outcomes when throwing dice, drawing tickets or bulbs from collections where some have specific properties. For each question, detailed step-by-step solutions are provided showing the calculation of the total possible outcomes, favorable outcomes, and the resulting probability as a fraction or decimal.

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Maths Mania # 071

DIRECTIONS: For the following questions, four options are given. Choose the correct option.

1. Three dice are thrown simultaneously. Find the probability that all of them show the same face.

5
(1)
9

13
(2)
36

1
(3)
36

1
(4)
4

2. In a lottery of 50 tickets numbered from 1 to 50, two tickets are drawn simultaneously. Find the
probability that one ticket has prime number.

21
(1)
245

17
(2)
35

5
(3)
39

3
(4)
7

3. In the above question, find the probability that none of the tickets drawn has prime number.

3
(1)
7

17
(2)
35

5
(3)
39
(4) None of these

4. A word consists of 9 letters; 5 consonants and 4 vowels. Three letters are chosen at random. What
is the probability that more than one vowel will be selected?

17
(1)
42

15
(2)
42

3
(3)
17

7
(4)
13
DIRECTIONS: Refer to the data below and answer the questions that follow.

Four persons are to be chosen at random from a group of 3 men, 2 women and 4 children.

5. Find the probability of selecting one man, one woman and two children.

3
(1)
5

9
(2)
11

5
(3)
11

2
(4)
7

6. Find the probability of selecting exactly 2 children.

10
(1)
21

9
(2)
11

5
(3)
11
(4) None of these

7. Find the probability of selecting 2 women.

1
(1)
6

3
(2)
5

1
(3)
12

1
(4)
36
DIRECTIONS: Refer to the data below and answer the questions that follow.

A box contains 10 bulbs, of which just three are defective. If a random sample of five bulbs is
drawn find the probability.

8. That exactly one defective bulb is drawn.

1
(1)
4

5
(2)
12

1
(3)
12
(4) None of these

9. That exactly two defective bulbs are drawn.

1
(1)
12

1
(2)
4

7
(3)
12
(4) None of these

10. That no defective bulb is drawn.

1
(1)
4

1
(2)
12

5
(3)
12
(4) None of these
Detailed Solutions

1. The total number of elementary events associated to the random experiment of throwing three
dice simultaneously is 6 × 6 × 6 = 6 3
∴ n (S) = 6 3.
Let A be the event that all dice show the same face A = {(1, 1, 1), (2, 2, 2), (3, 3, 3), (4, 4, 4),
(5, 5, 5), (6, 6, 6)}
n (A) = 6

6 1
Hence, required probability = 3
= . Ans.(3)
6 36
2. Out of 50 tickets, 2 tickets can be drawn in 50 C 2 ways so n(S) = 50 C 2 = 1225.
Out of 15 prime numbers from 1 to 50, one prime number can be selected in 15 C
1 ways. Therefore
one prime and one non-prime can be selected in 15 C 1 × 35 C 1 ways.
∴ n(A) = 15 C 1 × 35 C 1 = 525.
So, required probability

n (A) 525 3
= = = . Ans.(4)
n(S) 1225 7
3. Number of non-prime numbers from 1 to 50 = 50 – 15 = 35. Out of these 35 number 2 can be
selected in 35 C 2 ways.
∴ n(A) = 35 C 2 = 595.
595 17
Hence n(A) = = . Ans.(2)
1225 35
4. There letters can be chosen out of 9 letters in 9 C 3 ways. More than one vowels can be chosen in
the following ways.
2 vowels and one consonant or 3 vowels.
If A be the required event, then n (A) = 4 C 2 × 5 C 1 × 4 C 3 .
Hence required probability
4
C2 ×5 C1 +4 C3 17
= 4
= . Ans.(1)
C2 42
5. Out of 9 persons, 4 can be selected in 9C
4 = 126 ways.
Hence n(S) = 126
Let A be the required even, then
n(A) = 3 C 1 × 2 C 1 × 4 C 2 = 36.
36 2
Hence P(A)= = . Ans.(4)
126 7
6. n(A) = 4 C 2 × 5 C 2 ways = 60.

60 10
So, required probability= = . Ans.(1)
126 21
7. We have to select 4 persons of which 2 women and remaining 2 are chosen from 3 men and 4
children. This can be done in 2 C 2 × 7 C 2 ways.
∴ n(A) = 2 C 2 × 7 C 2 = 21.
21 1
So, required probability = = . Ans.(1)
126 6
8. Out of 10 bulbs 5 can be drawn in 10 C 5 ways. So, n (S) = 10 C 5 = 36 × 7 ways. There are 3 defective
and 7 non-defective bulbs. The number of ways of selecting one defective bulb out of 3 and 4 non
defective bulbs out of 7 is 3 C 1 × 7 C 4 .
n (A) = 3 C 1 × 7 C 4 = 3 × 35 ways.

3 × 35 5
Hence probability = = . Ans.(2)
36 × 7 12
9. 2 defective and 3 non defective bulbs can be drawn in 3 C 2 × 7 C 3 ways = 3 × 35 ways
3 × 35 5
Hence required probability = . Ans.(4)
36 × 7 12
10. No defective bulbs means all non-defective bulbs. The number of ways of selecting all 5 non-defective
7
C5 1
bulbs in 7 C 5 ways. So, required probability = 10
= . Ans.(2)
C5 12

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