Topic: QA – Probability - Test Standard: CA - Foundation

Total Time: 1Hr. Date: 25/10/2023 Total Marks: 30

1. A letter is taken out at random from the word RANGE and another is taken out from the word PAGE. The probability
that they are the same letters is:
(a) 1/20 (b) 3/20 (c) 3/5 (d) 3/4
2. Suppose E and F are two events of a random experiment. If the probability of occurrence of E is 1/5 and the probability
of occurrence of F given E is 1/10, then the probability of non-occurrence of at least one of the events E and F is:
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(a) 50 (b) 25 (c) 50 (d) 50
3. If 10 men, among whom are A and B, stand in a row what is the probability that there will be exactly 3 men between
A and B?
(a) 11/15 (b) 4/15 (c) 1/15 (d) 2/15
4. The probability of an event can assume any value between:
(a) 0 and 1 (b) -1 and 0 (c) -1 and 1 (d) None of these
5. If P(A) = P and P(B) = q, then:
(a) P(A/B) ≤ q/p (b) P(A/B) ≥ p/q (c) P(A/B) ≤ p/q (d) P(A/B) ≥ q/p
6. The probability that a trainee will remain with a company is 0.8. The probability that an employee earns more than
Rs. 20,000 per month is 0.4. The probability that an employee, who was a trainee and remained with the company or
who earns more than Rs.: 20,000 per month is 0.9. What is the probability that an employee earns more than Rs.
20,000 per month given that he is a trainee, who stayed with the company?
(a) 5/8 (b) 3/8 (c) 1/8 (d) 7/8
7. If A and B are two independent events and P(A∪B) = 2/5; P(B)=1/3. Find P(A)
(a) 2/9 (b) -1/3 (c) 2/10 (d) 1/10
8. P(A) = 2/3; P(B) = 3/5; P(A∪B)=5/6. Find P(B/A)
(a) 11/20 (b) 13/20 (c) 13/18 (d) None
9. In a pack of playing card with two jokers probability of getting king of spade is
(a) 4/13 (b) 4/52 (c) 1/52 (d) 1/54
10. Consider two events A and B not mutually exclusive, such that P(A) = 1/4, P(B) = 2/5, P(A∪B) = 1/2, then P(AB̅) is
(a) 3/7 (b) 2/10 (c) 1/10 (d) None of them
11. A bag contains 3 white and 5 black balls and second bag contains 4 white and 2 black balls. If one ball is taken from
each bag, the probability that both the balls are white is ____________
(a) 1/3 (b) ¼ (c) ½ (d) None of these
12. The Odds in favour of A solving a problem is 5:7 and Odds against B solving the same problems is 9:6. What is the
probability that if both of them try, the problems will be solved?
(a) 117/180 (b) 181/200 (c) 147/180 (d) 119/180
13. The probability of Girl getting scholarship is 0.6 and the same probability for Boy is 0.8. Find the probability that at
least one of the categories getting scholarship.
(a) 0.32 (b) 0.44 (c) 0.92 (d) None of these
14. A card id drawn from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. Let E, “a king or a queen is drawn” & E 2: “a queen or a jack is
drawn”, then:
(a) E1 and E2 are not independent (b) E1 and E2 are mutually exclusive
(c) E1 and E2 are independent (d) None of these

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15. The Odds that a book will be received favorably by 3 independent reviewers are 5 to 2, 3 to 4, 4 to 3 respectively, then
the probability that out of 3 critics the majority will be favorable is ____________
209 209 209 209
(𝑎) (b) 434 (c) 443 (𝑑) 350
343
16. A bag contains 15 one rupee coins, 25 two rupee coins and 10 five rupee coins. If a coin is selected at random from
the bag, then the probability of not selecting a one-rupee coin is:
(a) 0.30 (b) 0.70 (c) 0.25 (d) 0.20
2 2
17. If A & B are two mutually exclusive events such that P(A∪B) = ,P(A) = , then P(B):
3 5
(a) 4/15 (b) 4/9 (c) 5/9 (d) 7/15
18. Ram is known to hit a target in 2 out of 3 shots where as Shyam is known to hit the same target in 5 out of 11 shots.
What is the probability that the target would be hit if they both try?
9 6 10 3
(a) 11 (b) 11 (c) 33 (d) 11
19. If A speaks 75% of truth and B speaks 80% of truth. In what percentage both of them likely contradict with each other
in narrating the same questions?
(a) 0.60 (b) 0.45 (c) 0.65 (d) 0.35
20. An event that can be sub-divided into further events is called as.
(a) A composite event (b) A complex event (c) A mixed event (d) A simple event
21. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability of a total score of 5 from the outcomes of dice is.
1 1 1 2
(a) 18 (b) 12 (c) 9 (d) 5
22. Assume that the probability for rain on a day is 0.4. An umbrella salesman can earn Rs. 400 per day in case of rain on
that day and will lose Rs.100 per day if there is no rain. The expected earnings (in Rs.) per day of the salesman is
(a) 400 (b) 200 (c) 100 (d) 0
23. The probability distribution of a random variable x is given below:
X: 1 2 4 5 6
P: 0.15 0.25 0.2 03 0.1
What is the standard deviation of x?
(a) 1.49 (b) 1.56 (c) 1.69 (d) 1.72
24. In a group of 20 males and 15 females 12 males and 8 females are service holders. What is the probability that a
person selected at random from the group is a service holder given that the selected person is a male?
(a) 0.40 (b) 0.60 (c) 0.45 (d) 0.55
25. If P (A) = 0.3, P (B) = 0.8 and P (B/A) = 0.5. Find P (AB).
(a) 0.7 (b) 0.95 (c)0.60 (d) 0.59
26. Thirty balls are serially numbered and placed in a bag. Find chance that the first ball drawn is a multiple of 3 or 5.
(a) 8/15 (b) 2/15 (c) 1/2 (d) 7/15
27. The odds in favour of an event A is 2:3 and odds against an event B is 6:4 the probability that only one of A and B
occurs is y/25 where y is
(a) 12 (b) 15 (c) 18 (d) 9
28. An event that can be sub-divided into further events is called as
(a) a composite event (b) A Complex Event (c) A Mixed event (d) A simple event

29. In a non-leap year, the probability of getting 53 Sundays or 53 Tuesdays or 53 Thursdays is:
4 2 3 1
(a) 7 (b) 7 (c) 7 (d) 7

30. If A and B are two events and P (A) = 3, P (B) = 1, P (A∩B) = 1, then the value of P (A’∪B’) is
8 2 4
1 3 5 5
(a) 4 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 4