Probability 1
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JEE ADVANCED 2017
CLASS : CC (Advanced) PROBABILITY WORKSHEET-11
M.M.: 67 Time: 60 Min
PART-A
[SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE]
Q.1 to Q.10 has four choices (A), (B), (C), (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct. [10 × 3 = 30]
Q.1 The probability that event A occurs is 3/4; the probability that event B occurs is 2/3. Let p be the
probability that both A and B occur. The smallest interval necessarily containing p is the interval
1 1 5 1 1 2 5 2
(A) , (B) , (C) , (D*) ,
12 2 12 2 2 3 12 3
Q.2 Mr. A and Mr. B are playing a series of basket ball games. The first one to win four games wins the
series. In the first three games, Mr. A had two wins and Mr. B had one win. Assume that both team are
equally probable to win matches. The probability that Mr.A will win the series, is
11 5 3 67
(A*) (B) (C) (D)
16 8 4 128
Q.3 An ordered pair (a, b) is selected at random from the set of ordered pairs
P = {(x, y) | x, y W, x 8 and y 222}.
The probability that for the selected pair (a, b), a > b, is
(where W is the set of whole numbers)
4 8 28 5
(A*) (B) (C) (D)
223 222 2007 223
Q.6 In the major league world series two teams play until one team wins 4 games. If both teams are equally
likely to win each game, the probability that the series will end in exactly 5 games, is
3 1 5 1
(A) (B*) (C) (D)
16 4 32 8
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Q.7 Let S be the set of permutations of the sequence 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 for which the first term is not 1. A
a
permutation is chosen randomly from S. The probability that the second term is 2, in lowest terms, is .
b
The value of (a + b) is equal to
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 11 (D*) 19
Q.8 There are n urns u1, u2, ……, un. Each urn contains (2n + 1) balls. The ith urn contains 2i
number of white balls. Let P(ui) which is probability of selecting ith urn is proportional to (i2 + 2).
If we randomly select one of the urns and draw one ball and probability of ball being white be P(A),
then Lim P(A) is equal to
n
3 1 2 3
(A*) (B) (C) (D)
4 4 3 16
Q.9 A biased coin with probability of falling headwise being 3 5 , is continued tossing until either two
consecutive heads or two consecutive tails occurs in a row for the first time. The probability that two
consecutive heads occur, is
61 63 64 67
(A) (B*) (C) (D)
95 95 95 95
Q.10 Three hunters shoot simultaneously at a wild boar, which is killed by exactly one bullet hitting the animal.
If the probabilities of these three hunters hitting the boar are respectively 0.2, 0.4 and 0.6 then the
probabilities that the boar is killed by the first, second or the third hunter are in the ratio
(A*) 3 : 8 : 18 (B) 1 : 2 : 3 (C) 2 : 7 : 10 (D) 4 : 9 : 18
[PARAGRAPH TYPE]
Q.11 to Q.15 has four choices (A), (B), (C), (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct. [5 × 3 = 15]
BC
Q.12 The value of P is equal to
A
1 5 6 7
(A) (B) (C) (D*)
36 36 36 36
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1 5 6 7
(A) (B) (C) (D*)
36 36 36 36
6 p 1 p 2
Q.16 Let x2 + (p – 5) (p2 – 4p + 3)x + =0
5 3
where {y} and [y] denote fractional part function and greatest integer function of y respectively.
On throwing a normal dice, its outcome is considered as the value of p. Identify which of the following
statement(s) is(are) correct?
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(A*) The probability that the equation has exactly one root is infinite is .
2
1
(B*) The probability that the equation has both roots are infinite is .
3
1
(C*) The probability that the equation becomes an identity is .
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(D) The probability that the equation has two distinct real roots is 1.
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Q.17 If A and B are two independent events such that P(A) = and P( B) = . Then
2 5
AB
(D*) P A B
A 5 A 1 2
(A*) P (B*) P 0 (C*) P
AB 6 A 'B' B 2 5
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Q.18 A consignment of 15 record players contain 4 defectives. The record players are selected at random,
one by one and examined. The one examined is not put back. Then
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(A*) the probability of getting exactly 3 defectives in the examination of 8 record players is 15
.
C8
8
(B) the probability that 9th one examined is the last defective is .
197
(C*) the probability that 9th examined record player is defective, given that there are 3 defectives in first
1
8 players examined is .
7
8
(D*) the probability that 9th one examined is the last defective is .
195
PART-D
[INTEGER TYPE]
Q.1 to Q.2 are "Integer Type" questions. (The answer to each of the questions are upto 4 digits) [2 × 5 = 10]
Q.1 Consider 3 independent trials, in which the event A occurs with the probability 0.2. The probability of the
occurrence of the event B depends on the number occurrences of A. If the event A occurs once, the
probability is 0.1, if A occurs twice, it is 0.3, if A occurs three times it is 0.7, if the event A does not occur
the event B is impossible. Find the most probable number of occurrences of A if it is known that B has
occurred.
[Ans. 1]
Q.2 A batch of fifty radio sets was purchased from three different companies A, B and C. Eighteen of them
were manufactured by A, twenty of them by B and the rest were manufactured by C.
The companies A and C produce excellent quality radio sets with probability equal to 0.9 ; B produces
the same with the probability equal to 0.6.
If the probability of the event that the excellent quality radio set chosen at random is manufactured by the
company B is expressed as p q , find the least value of (p + q). [Ans. 17]
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