TNPSC 2023 -24

GROUP I,II,IV & VAO

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èEî‹ ¬è«ò´
Gè›îè¾ / Probability

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Gè›îè¾ (3, 1) (3, 2) (3, 3) (3, 4) (3, 5) (3, 6)
Probability
(4, 1) (4, 2) (4, 3) (4, 4) (4, 5) (4, 6)
(5, 1) (5, 2) (5, 3) (5, 4) (5, 5) (5, 6)
Coins (ï£íò‹)
(6, 1) (6, 2) (6, 3) (6, 4) (6, 5) (6, 6) = 36
♦ Head - H
♦ Tail - T 1. Two dice are rolled. Find the probability of
1 → H, T = 2 Douplets (getting)

2 → HH, TT, HT, TH = 4 Þó‡´ ðè¬ìèœ à¼†ìŠð´A¡øù.

å«ó ñ£FKò£ù ⇠A¬ì‚è Gè›îè¾
3 → HHH, TTT, HTH, HHT, THH, THT, TTH,
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HTT = 8 Douplets = (1,1) (2, 2) (3, 3) (4, 4) (5, 5) (6,

Total No. of events = 2n 6 1

= =
6) 36 6
n = no. of coins
Suppose n = 5 → 2n = 25 = 32 events 2. The sum of two faces greater than 10.
2 - coins Toss Þó‡´ ð‚èƒèO¡ Ã´î™ 10&‚° «ñ™
Þ¼‚è Gè›îè¾
minimum 2H probability = ?
Ans : HH, TT, HT, TH = 4 3 1
greater than 10 = (5, 6) (6, 5) (6, 6) = 36 = 12
minimum 2 head = HH = 1
Suppose
1 All are prime numbers (Þó‡´‹ ðè£ â‡)
Ans : 4
3 - coins Toss Prime Numbers = (2, 2) (2, 3) (2, 5) (3, 2) (3,

minimum 2H → probability = ? 9 1
3) (3, 5) (5, 2) (5, 3) (5, 5) = 36 = 4
Ans : HHH, TTT, THT, HTT, TTH, HTH,
THH, HHT = 8
CARDS (Y†´èœ)
Minimum 2 head = HHH, HTH, THH, HHT
=4 Red Black
♦ ♥ ♠ ♣
4 Diamond Heart Hash Cleaver
= (Spade)
8

1
Ans = 2

TWO DICE (Þó‡´ ðè¬ì)

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

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

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A A A A
2 2 2 2 1
Ans =
3 3 3 3 26
4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6
Exercise sums:
7 7 7 7 1. 5 Ý‡èœ ñŸÁ‹ 5 ªð‡èœ ªè£‡ì °¿
8 8 8 8 å¡PL¼‰¶ Þ¼õ˜ êñõ£ŒŠ¹ º¬øJ™
9 9 9 9
«î˜‰ªî´‚èŠð´A¡øù˜. ÜF™ å¼õ˜
10 10 10 10
Ýí£è¾‹, ñŸªø£¼õ˜ ªð‡í£è¾‹
J J J J
Q Q Q Q Þ¼‚è Gè›îè¾ _________ Ý°‹.
K K K K From the group of 5 men and 5 women, two
13 13 13 13 persons arc chosen at random. The probability
that one of them is man and the other women
is
Total Cards = 52 2 3
(A) (B)
5 5
Number cards = 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 = 9 5
(C) (D) 4

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Albhabets cards = A, J, Q, K = 4 9 9
Sol:
Face Cards = J, Q, K, = 3
5 Mens = M1 : M 2 : M 3 : M 4 : M 5
5 Womens = W1 : W2 : W3 : W4 : W5
3. ºè„ Y†´èœ A¬ìŠðîŸè£ù Gè›îè¾
(face cards) S=
( M1 , W1 )( M1 , W2 )( M1 , W3 )( M1 , W4 )( M1 , W5 ) 
3  
= 52 ( M 2 , W1 )( M 2 , W2 )( M 2 , W3 )( M 2 , W4 )( M 2 , W5 ) 
 M ,W M ,W M ,W M ,W M ,W 
3 ( 3 1 )( 3 2 )( 3 3 )( 3 4 )( 3 5 ) 
Ans: 52 ( M , W )( M , W )( M , W )( M , W )( M , W ) 
 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 5

( M 5 , W1 )( M 5 , W2 )( M 5 , W3 )( M 5 , W4 )( M 5 , W5 ) 
 
( M1 , M 2 )( M1 , M 3 )( M1 , M 4 )( M1 , M 5 )( M 2 , M 3 ) 
4. CõŠ¹ Y†´èœ A¬ìŠðîŸè£ù Gè›îè¾ ( M , M )( M , M )( M , M ) ( M , M )( M , M ) 
(Red cards)  2 4 2 5 3 4 3 5 4 5

( W1 , W2 )( W1 , W3 )( W1 , W4 )( W1 , W5 )( W2 , W3 ) 
 
Diamond = 13, Heart = 13, Red Total = 26 ( W2 , W4 )( W2 , W5 )( W3 , W4 )( W3 , W5 )( W4 , W5 ) 

26
= 52 n(S) = 45
Let Event A be getting one of them man
1
Ans = and the other women
2
Suppose Red king card A=
( M1 , W1 )( M1 , W2 )( M1 , W3 )( M1 , W4 )( M1 , W5 ) 
Diamond = 1, Heart = 1, Total Red king card  
( M 2 , W1 )( M 2 , W2 )( M 2 , W3 )( M 2 , W4 )( M 2 , W5 ) 
=2  M ,W M ,W M ,W M ,W M ,W 
( 3 1 )( 3 2 )( 3 3 )( 3 4 )( 3 5 ) 
( M , W )( M , W )( M , W )( M , W )( M , W ) 
4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 5
2 
 

= 52 ( 5 1 )( 5 2 )( 5 3 )( 5 4 )( 5 5 ) 
M , W M , W M , W M , W M , W
 
( M1 , M 2 )( M1 , M 3 )( M1 , M 4 )( M1 , M 5 )( M 2 , M 3 ) 
3 ( M , M )( M , M )( M , M )( M , M )( M , M ) 
2 4 2 5 3 4 3 5 4 5
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n(A) = 25 A) 9 B) 1/9
C) 2/9 D) 9/2
n(A)
P(A)= Sol:
n(S)
5
Die is thrown twice
25 5
= = No. of possiblities = ( 6 )
2
= 36
45 9
9
n(S) = 36
2. å¼ ªð†®J™ åˆî Ü÷¾œ÷ 4 CõŠ¹,
5 cô‹ ñŸÁ‹ 6 ð„¬ê ð‰¶èœ àœ÷ù No. of chances having sum of 9
Þ¼ ð‰¶èœ êñõ£ŒŠ¹ º¬øJ™ A = {( 3, 6 ) , ( 4,5 ) , ( 5, 4 ) , ( 6,3)} = 4 chances
«î˜‰ªî´‚èŠð´A¡øù. ÜõŸP™ å¡Á
côñ£è¾‹ Ü´ˆî¶ ð„¬êò£è¾‹ Þ¼‚è n (A) = 4
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Gè›îè¾ 1
n(A) 4 1
A box contains 4 red, 5 blue and 6 green balls P(A)= = =
n(S) 36 9
of identical size. Two balls are drawn at ran- 9

dom. The probability that one is blue and the 4. ªõš«õø£ù 5 ªð£¼†èœ A, B, C, D ñŸÁ‹
other is green is E ÝAòõŸ¬ø 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 âù‚ °P‚èŠð†ì
5× 6 ªð†®èO™ ¬õ‚è «õ‡´‹. B ñŸÁ‹
5× 6× 2
(A) 15 ×14 (B) E ÝAòõŸ¬ø å¡ø£è ¬õ‚è º®ò£¶,
15 ×14 âQ™ ªð£¼†èœ ¬õ‚èŠðì£î ªð†®èO¡
ÜFèð†ê â‡E‚¬è
4×5 4× 5× 2 Five distinct items A, B, C, D and E are to be
(C) (D)
14 ×15 14 ×15 placed in distinct boxes numbered as 1, 2, 3,
Sol: 4, 5. Items B and E cannot be grouped
together. Maximum number of boxes can be
red = 4 blue = 5 green = 6
left out without items is
Total balls = 15
(A) 1 (B) 2
Two balls are drawn at random (C) 3 (D) 0
15 x 14
15C2 = Sol:
1x2
one blue and other is green = 6 x 5 Since all the items are to be placed in one
6x5 box or the other we place B in box number
= 1.
15 x 14
1x2 Then we place E in anyother box.
6x5x2 We can place A, C, D into box with B or
=
15 x 14 with E
3 boxes remin empty = 3

3. ðè¬ì Þó‡´ º¬ø ²öŸøŠð´Aø¶.

Æ´ ⇠9 ªðÁõîŸè£ù Gè›îè¾ 5. å«ó «ïóˆF™ Þ¼ ðè¬ìèœ
裇è. ༆ìŠð´A¡øù. ðè¬ìJ¡ Þó‡´
A perfect dice is tossed twice. Find the ºèƒèO½‹ å«ó â‡í£è Þ¼‚è Gè› îè¾
probability of getting a total of 9. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The

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probability of getting a doublet is 1
P(53 Fri & 53 Sat) =
1 1 7
(A) (B)
36 3 2 2 1
= + −
1 2 7 7 2
(C) 6 (D)
3 4 1
= −
Sol: 7 7

Total outcomes when rolling the dice = 36, 4 −1

=
n(S) = 36 7
E = Favourable outcomes 3
= {(1,1) , ( 2, 2 ) , ( 3,3) , ( 4, 4 ) , ( 5,5 ) , ( 6, 6 )} , =
7
n(E) = 6
[Note:
1
6 1 P(A∪B) = P(A) +P(B) - P(A∩B)]
P(E) = =
36 6
6

6. å¼ hŠ õ¼ìˆF™ 53 ªõœO‚Aö¬ñèœ 7. G蛪õ‡ ðô«è£í‹ õ¬óò å¼

ê˜è£˜ ä.ã.âv Üè£ìI

Ü™ô¶ 53 êQ‚Aö¬ñèœ õ¼õîŸè£ù õN裆®ò£è (õ¬óò) Þ¼Šð¶
Gè›îè¾ è£‡è
(A) G蛪õ‡
The probability that a leap year will have 53 (B) G蛪õ‡ ªêšõè‹
Fridays or 53 Saturdays is
(C) °M¾ G蛪õ‡
1 2 (D) ªêšõè‹
(A) (B)
7 7 A ___________ is often drawn as a guide, so
3 4 that a frequency polygon can be drawn over
(C) (D) the top.
7 7
Sol: (A) Frequency
(B) Histogram
In a leap yer there are 366 days
(C) Cumulative Frequency
Sun - Mon (D) Rectangle
Mon - Tue 8. å¼ ê£˜H¡ i„êè‹ æ¼ÁŠ¹‚ èíñ£ù£™,
Tue - Wed ܶ å¼

Wed - Thur (A) ñ£PL„ ꣘¹

Thur - Fri (B) êñQ„ ꣘¹

Fri - Sat (C) Þ¼¹ø„ ꣘¹

Sat - Sun (D) å¡Á‚° å¡ø£ù ꣘¹

2 If the range of a function is a singleton set,

P(53 Fri) =
7 then it is

2 (A) a constant function

P(53 Sat) =
7 (B) an identity function

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(C) a bijective function 1

(C) 1 (D)
(D) an one-one function 6 4
Sol:
Total outcomes = 6 = {1,2,3,4,5,6} n(S) = 6
9. Í¡Á ðè¬ìèœ å«ó «ïóˆF™
༆ìŠð´A¡øù. Í¡P½‹ å«ó ⇠Number of greater than 4 = {5,6} n(A) = 2
A¬ì‚è Gè›îè¾ è£‡è? 1
2 1
P= =
Three dice are thrown simultaneously find the 6 3
3
probability of getting Triplet in all three
1 11. 15, 17, 17, 20, 15, 18, 16, 25, 16, 15, 16, 18,
A) 1 B) 20, 28, 30, 27, 18, 18, 20, 25, 16, 16, 20, 28, 15,
16 36
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18, 20, 20, 20, 25 ªè£´‚èŠð†ì â‡E™

1 1 20‚è£ù G蛪õ‡ 裇è
C) D)
216 24
Consider the following data:
Sol: 15, 17, 17, 20, 15, 18, 16, 25, 16, 15, 16, 18,
20, 28, 30, 27, 18, 18, 20, 25, 16, 16, 20, 28,
The total number of combinations = 6 x 6 x 15, 18, 20, 20, 20, 25 find the frequency of 20?
6 = 216 n(S) = 216
(A) 5 (B) 6
1
The probability for one triplet = (C) 7 (D) 4
216
1 1 Sol:
required probability = x 6=
216 36
36 20 is 7 times repeated, so
Frequency = 7
Another method:
n(S) = 216
12. Þ ¼ ð è ¬ ì è œ à ¼ † ì Š ð ´ ‹ « ð £ ¶
A be the event getting triplet in all three º è â ‡ è O œ à ´ î ™
A = {(1, 1, 1) (2, 2, 2) (3, 3, 3) (4, 4, 4) (5, 12 A¬ìŠðîŸè£ù Gè›îè¾
5, 5) (6, 6, 6)} Two dice are thrown. What is the probability
of getting a total of face numbers 12?
n(A) = 6
1 1
n( A) (A) 36 (B) 18
P(A) = n( S )
6 1 1
= 1 (C) (D)
= 12 6
216 36 36
Sol:
10. å¼ ðè¬ì ༆ìŠð´‹ «ð£¶ 4Ÿ°
Two dices were rolled
«ñ™ A¬ìŠð â¡ù Gè›îè¾?
Total outcome in sample space n( S) = 36
What is the probability of more than 4 when
a dice is thrown? outcomes which have sum as 12 are E =
2 {(6,6)}, n(E) = 1
1
(A) 3 (B)
3
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1 3 2
P (E) = P (A) = P ( B) =
36 36 36

13. å¼ ðè¬ì ༆ìŠð´‹ «ð£¶ 5-&-Ÿ° 3 2 3+2

P ( A ) + P ( B) = + =
«ñ™ A¬ìŠðîŸè£ù Gè›îè¾ â¡ù? 36 36 36
What is probability of getting more than 5
5
when a dice is thrown? P ( A ) + P ( B) =
36
5 1
(A) (B) 5
6
1 2 15. å ¼ ð è ¬ ì ¬ ò å ¼ º ¬ ø â P » ‹
(C) (D)
6 6 ªð£¿¶ A¬ì‚°‹ ⇠3 ¡ ñìƒè£è
Sol: Þ¼ŠðîŸè£ù Gè›îè¾ ò£¶?

Sample space (S) = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} In a single throw of a dice, the probability of

getting a multiple of 3 is
N(S) = 6
(A) 1/2 (B) 1/3
Let A be event getting great than 5
(C) 1/6 (D) 2/3
A = {6}  n(A) = 1

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Sol:
n( A) 1
P(A) = n( S ) = Total number of ways = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
6
= 6
14. Þ ¼ ð è ¬ ì è œ å « ó ê ñ ò ˆ F ™ The multiple of 3 is {3, 6} = 2
iêŠð´‹ «ð£¶, Ã´î™ 10 Ü™ô¶ 1
11 A¬ì‚è Gè›îè¾ ò£¶? 2 11
Probability = =
In a simultaneous throw of two dice, what is 6 63
3
the probability of getting a total of 10 or 11?
16. ï¡° è¬ôˆ¶ ¬õ‚èŠð†ì 52 Y†´èœ
1 1 ªè£‡´ Y†´ 膮L¼‰¶ ó£‡ì‹
(A) (B) 6
4 º¬øJ™ å¼ Y†´ â´‚èŠð´Aø¶. ܶ
ìòñ‡† Ü™ô¶ ó£ü£ Y†ì£è Þ¼‚è
7
(C) (D) 5 Gè›îè¾
12 36
In a well shuffled pack of 52 cards, a card is
Sol: drawn at random, find the probability of dia-
A → 10 B → 11
mond or king card
(A) 4/13 (B) 5/13
Total outcomes = 6 x 6  n(S) = 36
(C) 6/13 (D) 9/13
A = (5,5) (6,4) (4,6)
Sol:
n(A) = 3
Total number of cards = 52
B = (6,5) (5,6)
Total number of diamond cards = 13
n(B) = 2
Total number of king = 4

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Probability of getting a diamond card P(A) (A) 1/2 (B) 1/3

13 (C) 2/3 (D) 1/6
=
52
Sol:
4 n(S) = 6
Probability of getting King P(B) =
52 Event A More than 3 = {4, 5, 6} = 3
 Probability of getting diamond king card
n(A) = 3
1
P(A∩B) = 1
52 3 1
P(A) = =
6 2
2
P(A∪B) = P(A) +P(B) - P(A∩B)
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19. T-20 ñ†¬ìŠð‰¶ «ð£†®J™ ó£² 50

13 4 1 16
= + − = ð‰¶è¬÷ âF˜ ªè£‡´ 10 º¬ø “ÝÁ”
52 52 52 52 æ†ìƒè¬÷ ⴈ. Üõ˜ âF˜ªè£‡ì
ð‰¶èO™ å¼ ð‰¬î êñõ£ŒŠ¹ º¬øJ™
Probability of getting either a diamond or «î˜‰ªî´‚°‹ «ð£¶ ÜF™ Üõ˜ “ÝÁ”
4
8
16 4 æ†ìƒèœ â´‚è£ñ™ Þ¼ŠðîŸè£ù
king = = Gè›îè¾ â¡ù ?
52 13
26
In a T-20 cricket match, Raju hit a “six” 10
13

17. Þ¼ ðè¬ìèœ å«ó êñòˆF™ iêŠð´‹ times out of 50 balls he played. If a ball was
ªð£¿¶ Ã´î™ 7 A¬ì‚è Gè›îè¾ selected at random. Find the probability that
ò£¶? he would not have hit a “six”.
1 4
In a simultaneous throw of two dice, what is (A) 5 (B)
the probability of getting a total of 7? 5

(A) 1/6 (B) 1/4 6 3

(C) (D) 5
5
(C) 2/3 (D) 3/4 Sol:
Sol: Total number of balls Raju faced = n(S) = 50
Two dice, throw simultaneously n(S) = 36 ‘E’ be the event of hit a Six by Raju n(E) = 10
Let A be the Event of getting a total of 7 1
10 1
P (E) = =
A = {(1, 6 ) , ( 6,1) , ( 5, 2 ) , ( 2,5 ) , ( 4,3) , ( 3, 4 )} 50 5
5

n(A) = 6
P(E′) = 1 - P(E)
1
6 1 1 4
Probability = = =1- =
36 6 5 5
6

18. What is the probability of getting more than

3 when a dice is thrown? 20. Þ ¼ ð è ¬ ì è œ å « ó « ï ó ˆ F ™
༆ìŠð´‹«ð£¶ A¬ì‚°‹ ºè
å¼ ðè¬ì ༆ìŠð´‹«ð£¶, 3Ÿ° «ñ™
â‡èO¡ ªð¼‚èŸ ðô¡ å¼ ðè£ â‡í£è
M¿õ Gè›îè¾ â¡ù?

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Þ¼ŠðîŸè£ù Gè›îèM¬ù‚ 裇è. (1,1).........(1, 6) 

Two dice are rolled and the product of the  
A = (2,1).........(2, 6) 
outcomes (numbers) are found. What is the (4,1)..........(4, 6) 
probability that the product so found is a  
prime number?
n(A) = 18
(A) 7 (B) 4
36 36 18 1
P ( A) = =
6 36 2
(C) 5 (D)
36 36
Sol:
22. êñõ£ŒŠ¹ º¬øJ™ «î˜‰ªî´‚èŠð´‹
When a dices are thrown hŠ õ¼ì‹53 ëJŸÁ‚ Aö¬ñè¬÷
ªè£‡´ Þ¼‚è Gè›îè¾ ò£¶?
(1,1) (2,1) (3,1) (4,1) (5,1) (6,1) What is the probability that a leap year select-
.................................................. ed at random will contain 53 Sundays?

.............................................(6,6) 2 3
(A) (B)
7 7
n(S) = 36
4 5

ê˜è£˜ ä.ã.âv Üè£ìI

Let A be the event getting product of the (C) (D)
7 7
numbers is Prime Numbers Sol:
A= {(1,2) (1,3) (1,5) (2,1) (3,1) (5,1)} A leap year has 366 days. So it has 52 full
n(A) = 6 weeks and 2 days. The remaining 2 days
will be the sample space
6
P(A) = S = (S,M) (M,T) (T,W) (W,T) (T,F) (F,S)
36
(S,S) = 7, n(S) = 7

21. Þ¼ ðè¬ìèœ å¼ «êó ༆ìŠð´‹«ð£¶, Let A be the event getting 53rd sunday
ºî™ðè¬ìJ™ 4¡ è£óEèœ A¬ì‚èŠ A = {(S, M), (S, S)} , n(A) = 2
ªðÁõîŸè£ù Gè›îè¾ â¡ù?
Two dice are thrown. What is the probability 2
P(A) =
of getting “a factor of 4” on the face of the 7
first die.
1 23.
(A) 1
å¼ ï𼂰 «õ¬ô A¬ìŠðîŸè£ù
(B)
18 36 x
Gè›îè¾ 3 - «õ¬ô A¬ì‚è£ñ™
1 2
(C) 1 (D) Þ¼ŠðîŸè£ù Gè›îè¾ âQ™, x ¡
2 3 3
ñFŠ¹
Sol: The probability of getting a job for a person
x
n(S) = 36 . If the probability of not getting the job is
3
Factors of 4 are {1, 2 and 4} = 3 2
job is , then the value of x is
Let A be the event getting factor of 4 of the 3
first die
(A) 1.5 (B) 1

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(C) 2 (D) 3 Sol:
Sol: = (=
Total number of probabilities 2) 8
3

x
P (e) =
P(E) S = {TTT, TTH, THT, HTT, THH, HTH,
3 HHT, HHH}
2
P(note)
P(E′) =
3 Let E be the event getting most two heads
P(E) + P(E′) = 1
E = {TTH, THT, HTT, THH, HTH, HHT,
x 2 TTT}
+ =1
3 3
n(E) = 7
x 2
= 1− n(E) 7
3 3 P(E)= =
n(S) 8
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x 3− 2
= 26. å ¼ ð è ¬ ì ¬ ò à ¼ † ´ ‹ ª ð £ ¿ ¶
3 3
æ ˜ Þ ó † ¬ ì Š ð ¬ ì â ‡
x =1 A¬ìŠðîŸè£ù Gè›îè¾ ò£¶?
What is the probability of getting an even
number when a dice is thrown?
24. å¼ ðè¬ì ༆ìŠð´‹ «ð£¶ 5-&-Ÿ° 1 2
(A) (B)
«ñ™ A¬ìŠðîŸè£ù Gè›îè¾ â¡ù? 6 3
1 5
What is probability of getting more than 5 (C) (D)
2 6
when a dice is thrown?
Sol
5 1
(A) (B) dice thrown as {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
6 52
1
(C) (D) n(S) = 6
6 6
Sol: A be the event getting Even Number = {2,
4, 6} = 3,
dice = {1,2,3,4,5,6}  n(S) = 6
 n(A) = 3
Let A be the event getting more than 5 =
{6}  n(A) = 1 1
3 1
1 P(A) = =
6 1 6 2
2
=PA) ==
36 6
6
27. Þó‡´ ðè¬ì âKòŠð´A¡ø¶ Æ´
⇠7 Ü™ô¶ 11 Þ™ô£îîŸè£ù
25. Í¡Á Yó£ù ï£íòƒèœ ²‡ìŠð´A¡øù
Gè›îè¾ â¡ù?
âQ™ ÜFèð†ê‹ Þ¼ î¬ôèœ A¬ì‚è
Gè›îè¾ ò£¶? If two dice are thrown, what is the probability
that the sum of the two faces obtained is
Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is the
neither 7 nor 11?
probability of getting at most two heads?
A) 7/9 B) 9/7
(A) 3/4 (B) 1/4
C) 1/7 D) 1/9
(C) 3/8 (D) 7/8
sol:

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Possibilities for 7( 7 M ¿ õ î Ÿ è £ ù
õ£ŒŠ¹èœ)
(1,6), (2,5) , (3,4), (4,3), (5,2), (6,1) = 6
6
P(A) =
36

Possibilities for 11
(11 M¿õîŸè£ù õ£ŒŠ¹èœ)
(5,6), (6,5) = 2
2
P(B) =
36
Two dies are thrown
(Þó‡´ ðè¬ì âPòŠð´Aø¶)
Space = 6 x 6 = 36
P ( A  B ) =P ( A ) + P ( B )

ê˜è£˜ ä.ã.âv Üè£ìI

6 2
= +
36 36
2
8 2
= =
36 9
9

2
P ( A  B) =
9
P ( A  B) ' = 1 - P ( A  B)

2
= 1−
9

9−2 7
= =
9 9

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