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Q1 The probability A speaks truth is , while the proba bility for B is . The probability that they contradict each other when asked to speak on a fact is
4 3

5 4

(1) (2)
7 1

20 5

(3) 3

20
(4) 4

Q2 If A and B are two events such that P and P (A ) = , then events A and B are
′ 1 1 ′ 1
[(A ∪ B) ] = P (A ∪ B) =
6 4 4

(1) independent but not equally likely (2) mutually exclusive and independent
(3) equally likely and mutually exclusive (4) equally likely but not independent

Q3 A pair of fair dice is thrown independently three times. The probability of getting a score of exactly 9 twice is

(1) 729
1
(2) 8

(3) 729
8
(4) 243
8

Q4 For two events A and B if P (A)=  and P ( , then

A 1 B 1
P( )= )=
B 4 A 2

(1) A and B are independent. (2) P ( A

B
)=
3

(3) P ( B

A
′
)=
1

2
(4) P (B)= 1

Q5 You are given a box with 20 cards in it. 10 of these cards have the letter I printed on them. The other ten have the letter T printed on them. if you pick

up 3 cards at random and keep them in the same order, the probability of making the word IIT is

(1) 9

80
(2) 1

(3) 4

27
(4) 5

38

Q6 The probabilities of I and II scoring a hit correctly are 0.3 and 0.2, respectively. The second plane will bomb only if the first misses the target. The

probability that the target is hit by the second plane is

(1) 0.06 (2) 0.14

(3) 0.2 (4) 0.7

Q7 A die is thrown. Let A be the event that the number obtained is greater than 3 . Let B be the event that the number obtained is less than 5 . Then

P (A ∪ B) is

(1) 3

5
(2) 0
(3) 1 (4) 2

Q8 One ticket is selected at random from 50 tickets numbered 00, 01, 02, … , 49. Then the probability that the sum of the digits on the selected ticket is 8 ,

given that product of these digits is zero, equals

(1) 5

14
(2) 1

50

(3) 1

14
(4) 1

Q9 S ={1. , 2,  3, … 11} if 3 numbers are chosen at random from S , the probability for they are in G.P.

(1) 11
7

C3
(2) 11
9

C3

(3) 11
5

C3
(4) 11
4

C3

Q10 Two persons A and B are throwing an unbiased six faced die alternatively, with the condition that the person who throws 3 first wins the game. If A

starts the game, the probabilities of A and B to win the same are respectively.

(1) (2)
6 5 5 6
, ,
11 11 11 11

(3) 8

11
,
3

11
(4) 3

11
,
8

11

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Q11 Given two independent events, if the probability that exactly one of them occurs is 26/49 and the probability that none of them occurs is 15/49, then

the probability of more probable of two events is

(1) 4

7
(2) 6

(3) 3

7
(4) 5

Q12 Let A and B be two events such that P and P (A ) = . Then the events A and B are
′ 1 1 ′ 1
((A ∪ B) ) = , P (A ∩ B) =
6 4 4

(1) equally likely but not independent (2) independent but not equally likely
(3) independent and equally likely (4) mutually exclusive and independent

Q13 A set S contains 7 elements. A non-empty subset A of S and an element x of S are chosen at random. Then the probability that x ∈ A is

(1) (2)
1 64

2 127

(3) 63

128
(4) 31

128

Q14 If two different numbers are taken from the set {0, 1, 3, … , 10}; then the probability that their sum as well as absolute difference are both multiple of

4 , is:

(1) 7/55 (2) 6/55

(3) 12/55 (4) 14/55

Q15 If A and B are any two events such that P (A)= and P (A ∩ B)= then the conditional probability, P (A∣∣(A where A' denotes the
2 3 ' '
, ∪ B )),
5 20

complement of A, is equal to :

(1) 11

20
(2) 5

17

(3) 8

17
(4) 1

Q16 If X has a binomial distribution, B(n, p) with parameters n and p such that P (X = 2) = P (X = 3) , then E(X), the mean of variable X, is

(1) 2 − p (2) 3 − p

(3) p/2 (4) p/3

Q17 Consider 5 independent Bernoulli's trials each with probability of success p. If the probability of at least one failure is greater than or equal to 31/32,

then p lies in the interval

(1) [11/12, 1] (2) [1/2, 3/4]

(3) [3/4, 11/12] (4) [0, 1/2]

Q18 A random variable X has the probability distribution:

x : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

p(x) : 0.15 0.23 0.12 0.10 0.20 0.08 0.07 0.05

For the events E = {X is prime number } and F = {X < 4} , the probability P (E ∪ F ) is

(1) 0.35 (2) 0.77

(3) 0.87 (4) 0.5

Q19 Two different families A and B are blessed with equal number of children. There are 3 tickets to be distributed amongst the children of these families

so that no child gets more than one ticket. If the probability that all the tickets go to the children of family B is 1/12, then the number of children in each
family is:

(1) 3 (2) 4
(3) 5 (4) 6

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Q20 A box contains 15 green and 10 yellow balls. If 10 balls are randomly drawn, one-by-one, with replacement, then the variance of the number of green

balls drawn is:

(1) 6/25 (2) 12/5

(3) 6 (4) 6

Q21 Throwing a biased die, a person will get 5 Rupees if he throws the number 5 and will get 8 Rupees for any other number, then the expected income (in

Rupees) per throw is (it is given that the number 5 will appear 5 times as frequently as any other number)

(1) 6.5 (2) 7

(3) 5 (4) 5.5

Q22 Let A, B, C be pairwise independent events such that P (c) > 0 and P (A ∩ B ∩ C) = 0, then P (A ′
∩ B
′
∣ C) is equal to

(1) P (a) − P (B ) ′
(2) P (A ) + P (B )
′ ′

(3) P (A ) − P (B ) ′ ′
(4) P (A ) − P (b)
′

Q23 Three numbers are chosen at random without replacement from {1, 2, 3, … , 8}. The probability that their minimum is 3 , given that their maximum is

6 is

(1) 1/5 (2) 1/4

(3) 2/5 (4) 3/8

Q24 For an initial screening of an admission test, a candidate is given fifty problems to solve. If the probability that the candidate can solve any problem is

4/5 , then the probability that he is unable to solve less than two problem is
49 48

(1) 201

5
(
1

5
) (2) 316

25
(
4

5
)

49 48

(3)
54
(4)
4 164 1
( ) ( )
5 5 25 5

Q25 A and B are two independent witnesses (ie, there is no collusion between them) in a case. The probability that A will speak the truth is x and the

probability that B will speak the truth is y, A and B agree in a certain statement. The probability that the statement is true, is
x−y xy
(1) x+y
(2) 1+x+y+xy

x−y xy
(3) 1−x−y+2xy
(4) 1−x−y+2xy

Q26 An unbiased coin is tossed. If the outcome is a head then a pair of unbiased dice is rolled and the sum of the numbers obtained on them is noted. If the

toss of the coin results in tail then a card from a well-shuffled pack of nine cards numbered 1, 2,  3, … ,  9 is randomly picked and the number on the card
is noted. The probability that the noted number is either 7 or 8 is

(1) 13

36
(2) 19

72

(3) 15

72
(4) 19

36

p
Q27 A candidate takes three tests in succession and the probability of passing the first test is p. The probability of passing each succeeding test is p or 2

according as he passes or fails in the preceding one. The candidate is selected, if he passes atleast two tests. The probability that the candidate is selected,

is

(1) p 2
(2 − p) (2) p(2 − p)
(3) p + p 2
+ p
3
(4) p 2
(1 − p)

Q28 A and B toss a coin alternately till one of them tosses heads and wins the game, their respective probability of winning are

(1) 1

4
and
3

4
(2) 1

2
and
1

(3) 2

3
 or 
1

3
(4) 1

5
and
4

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Q29 In a random experiment, a fair die is rolled until two fours are obtained in succession. The probability that the experiment will end in the fifth throw of

the die is equal to:

(1) 150

5
(2) 175

5
6 6

(3) 200

5
(4) 225

5
6 6

Q30 Bag A contains 9 green and 1 red ball, Bag B contains 10 balls all of them being green, 9 balls are drawn randomly from Bag A and put into bag B,
p
and then 9 balls are randomly transferred from bag B to bag A. If q
(in its lowest form) is the change that the red ball is still there in the bag A then the
value of(q − p) is equal to _______ 

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