Probability

(Past Years Questions)

2006 – NOVEMBER
1. There are six slips in a box and numbers 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3 are written on these slips. Two slips
are taken at random from the box. The expected values of the sum of numbers on the two
slips is:
(a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 7

2. 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

3. An urn contains 9 balls two of which are red, three blue and four black. Three balls are drawn
at random. The probability that they are of same colour is:
(a) 3/27 (b) 20/31 (c) 5/84 (d) None

4. A card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. Let E 1 “a king or a queen is drawn” &
E2 : “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

2007 – FEBRUARY
5. In a non - leap year, the probability of getting 53 Sundays or 53 Tuesdays or 53 Thursdays is:
(a) 4/7 (b) 2/7 (c) 3/7 (d) 1/7

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

7. The probability that there is at least one error in an account statement prepared by A is 0.3
and for B and C, they are 0.4 and 0.45 respectively. A, B and C prepared 20, 10 and 40
statements respectively. The expected number of correct statements in all is:
(a) 32 (b) 45 (c) 42 (d) 25
 2007 – MAY
8. From a pack of cards, two are drawn, the first being replaced before the second is drawn.
The chance that the first is a diamond and the second is king is:
(a) 1/52 (b) 3/2704 (c) 4/13 (d) 3/52

9. The theory of compound probability states that for any two events A and B:
(a) P(A ∩ B) = P(A) x P(B)
(b) P (A ∩ B) = P(A) x P(B/A)
(c) P (A U B) = P(A) x P(B/A)
(d) P(A U B) = P(A) + P(B) - P (A ∩ B)

10. The probability of getting qualified in IIT- JEE and AIEEE by a student are respectively 1/5 and
3/5. The probability that the student gets qualified for one of these tests is:
(a) 17/25 (b) 22/25 (c) 8/25 (d) 3/25

11. Amitabh plays a game of tossing a dice. If the number less than 3 appears, he is getting Rs. a,
otherwise he has to pay Rs. 10. If the game is fair, find a:
(a) 25 (b) 20 (c) 22 (d) 18

2007 – AUGUST
12. 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 is 1/10, then the probability of non- occurrence
of at least one of the events E and F is:
(a) 1/50 (b) 1/25 (c) 13/50 (d) 49/50

13. A bag contains 8 red and 5 white balls. Two successive draws of 3 balls are made without
replacement. The probability that the first draw will produce 3 white balls and second 3 red
balls is:
(a) 6/255 (b) 5/548 (c) 7/429 (d) 3/233

14. A box contains 12 electric lamps of which 5 are defectives. A man selects three lamps at
random. What is the expected number of defective lamps in his selection?
(a) 1.25 (b) 2.50 (c) 1.05 (d) 2.03
 2007 – NOVEMBER
15. Three identical dice are rolled. The probability that the same number will appear on each of
them is:
(a) 1/6 (b) 1/12 (c) 1/36 (d) 1

16. Among the examinees in an examination 30%, 35% and 45% failed in Statistics, in
Mathematics and in at least one of the subjects respectively. An examinee is selected at
random. Find the probability that he failed in Mathematics only:
(a) 0.15 (b) 0.25 (c) 0.254 (d) 0.55

17. An article consists of two parts A and B. The manufacturing process of each part is such that
probability of defect in A is 0.08 and that B is 0.05. What is the probability that the
assembled product will not have any defect?
(a) 0.934 (b) 0.864 (c) 0.85 (d) 0.874

18. Daily demand for calculators is having the following probability distribution :
Demand 1 2 3 4 5 6
Probability 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.18 0.12
Determine the variance of the demand.
(a) 2.54 (b) 2.93 (c) 2.22 (d) 2.19

2008 – FEBRUARY
19. 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

20. 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

21. The odds are 9 : 5 against a person who is 50 years living till he is 70 and 8 : 6 against a
person who is 60 living till he is 80. Find the probability that at least one of them will be alive
after 20 years:
(a) 11/14 (b) 22/49 (c) 31/49 (d) 35/49

22. An urn contains 6 white and 4 black balls. 3 balls are drawn without replacement. What is
the expected number of black balls that will be obtained?
(a) 6/5 (b) 1/5 (c) 7/5 (d) 4/5
 2008 – JUNE
23. 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

24. 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

25. A random variable X has the following probability distribution :

X -2 3 1
P(X=x) 1/3 1/2 1/6
Find E (X2) and E (2X + 5):
(a) 6and 7 respectively (b) 5 and 7 respectively
(c) 7 and 5 respectively (d) 7 and 6 respectively

2008 – DECEMBER
26. The limiting relative frequency of probability is :
(a) Axiomatic (b) Classical (c) Statistical (d) Mathematical

1 𝑖𝑓 0 < 𝑥 < 1
27. If a probability density function is f (x) = then find E(x)
0 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒
(a) ∞ (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) - ∞

28. If:
x -2 3 1
P (x) 1/3 1/2 1/6
then find E (2x+5)
(a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 4

2009 – JUNE
29. If A and B are two independent events and P(A U B) = 2/5; P(B) = 1/3. Find P(A).
(a) 2/9 (b) -1/3 (c) 2/10 (d) 1/10

30. A bag contains 12 balls of which 3 are red, 5 balls are drawn at random. Find the probability
that in 5 balls, 3 are red.
(a) 3/132 (b) 5/396 (c) 1/36 (d) 1/22
31. A random variable X has the following probability distribution.
X 0 1 2 3
P(x) 0 2K 3K K
Then, P (x<3) would be:
(a) 1/6 (b) 1/3 (c) 2/3 (d) 5/6

2009 – DECEMBER
32. P(A) = 2/3; P (B) = 3/5; P (A U B) = 5/6. Find P (B/A)
(a) 11/20 (b) 13/20 (c) 13/18 (d) None

33. If P (A ∩ B) = P (A) × P (B), then the events are:

(a) Independent events (b) Mutually exclusive events
(c) Exhaustive events (d) Mutually inclusive events

34. E(XY) is also known as:

(a) E(X) + E(Y) (b) E(X).E(Y) (c) E(X) - E(Y) (d) E(X) / E(Y)

35. In a bag, there were 5 white, 3 red, and 2 black balls. Three balls are drawn at a time what is
the probability that the three balls drawn are white?
(a) 1/12 (b) 1/24 (c) 1/120 (d) None of these

36. In how many ways can the letters of ‘REGULATION' be arranged so that the vowels come at
odd places?
(a) 1/252 (b) 1/144 (c) 144/252 (d) None of these

2010 – JUNE
37. In a pack of playing cards with two jokers, probability of getting king of spade is:
(a) 4/13 (b) 4/52 (c) 1/52 (d) 1/54

38. Consider two events A and B not mutually exclusive, such that P(A) = 1/4, P(B) = 2/5,
P (A U B) = 1/2, then P (AB) is:
(a) 3/7 (b) 2/10 (c) 1/10 (d) None of the above

39. If x be the sum of two numbers obtained when two die are thrown simultaneously, then
P(x ≥ 7) is:
(a) 5/12 (b) 7/12 (c) 11/15 (d) 3/8

40. E (13x + 9) is:

(a) 13x (b) 13E(x) (c) 13E(X) + 9 (d) 9
 2010 – DECEMBER
41. A dice is thrown once. What is the mathematical expectation of the number on the dice?
(a) 16/6 (b) 13/2 (c) 3.5 (d) 4.5

42. If P(A/B) = P(A), then A and B are:

(a) Mutually exclusive events (b) Dependent events
(c) Independent events (d) Composite events

43. 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) 1/4 (c) 1/2 (d) None of these

44. The odds in favour of A solving a problem is 5 : 7 and odds against B solving the same
problem is 9 : 6. What is the probability that if both of them try, the problem will be solved?
(a) 117/180 (b) 181/200 (c) 147/180 (d) 119/180

45. Consider Urn I : 2 white balls, 3 black balls; Urn Il : 4 white balls, 6 black balls
One ball is randomly transferred from first to second Urn, then one ball is drawn from Urn II.
The probability that drawn ball is white is:
(a) 22/65 (b) 22/46 (c) 22/55 (d) 21/45

2011 – JUNE
46. If P (A U B) = P(A), Find P(A ∩ B):
(a) P(A).P(B) (b) P(A) + P(B) (c) 0 (d) P(B)

47. In how many ways a team of 5 can be made out of 7 Boys and 8 Girls, if 2 Girls are
compulsory to form a Team.
(a) 2,646 (b) 1,722 (c) 2,702 (d) 980

48. A bag contains 5 Red balls, 4 Blue Balls and 'm' Green Balls. If the random probability of
picking two green balls is 1/7. What is the no. of green Balls (m):
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 6 (d) None of the above

49. 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 is getting a scholarship.
(a) 0.32 (b) 0.44 (c) 0.92 (d) None of the above

50. If 15 persons are to be seated around 2 round tables, one occupying 8 persons and another 7
persons. Find the number of ways in which they can be seated.
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(a) (b) 15C7 (c) 7!.8! (d) 2. 15C7 6! 7!
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51. A coin is tossed 5 times, what is the probability that exactly 3 heads will occur?
(a) 5/16 (b) 1/32 (c) 5/36 (d) 3/32

52. Exactly 3 girls are to be selected from 5 Girls and 3 Boys. The probability of selecting 3 Girls
will be:
(a) 5/28 (b) 1/56 (c) 15/28 (d) None

2011 – DECEMBER
53. Two unbiased dice are thrown. The Expected value of the sum of numbers on the upper side
is:
(a) 35 (b) 7 (c) 12 (d) 6

54. One Card is drawn from pack of 52, what is the probability that it is a king or a queen?
(a) 11/13 (b) 2/13 (c) 1/13 (d) None of these

55. In a packet of 500 pens, 50 are found to be defective. A pen is selected at random. Find the
probability that it is non defective.
(a) 8/9 (b) 7/8 (c) 9/10 (d) 2/3

56. Four married couples have gathered in a room. Two persons are selected at random amongst
them, find the probability that selected persons are a gentleman and a lady but not a couple.
(a) 1/7 (b) 3/7 (c) 1/8 (d) 3/8

57. A team of 5 is to be selected from 8 boys and three girls. Find the probability that it includes
two particular girls.
(a) 2/30 (b) 1/5 (c) 2/11 (d) 8/9

2012 – JUNE
58. Let A and B two events in a sample space S such that P(A) = 1/2 ; P (B) = 5/8, P (A U B) = ¾;
Find P (A ∩ B)
(a) 3/4 (b) 1/4 (c) 3/16 (d) None of these

59. A card is drawn out of a standard pack of 52 cards. What is the probability of drawing a king
or red colour?
(a) 1/4 (b) 4/13 (c) 713 (d) 1/2

60. A player tosses two fair coins, he wins Rs. 5 if 2 heads appear, Rs. 2 if one head appears and
Rs. 1 if no head occurs. Find his expected amount of winning.
(a) 2.5 (b) 3.5 (c) 4.5 (d) 5.5
61. Arun & Tarun appear for an interview for two vacancies. The probability of Arun's selection is
1/3 and that of Tarun's selection is 1/5 Find the probability that only one of them will be
selected.
(a) 2/5 (b) 4/5 (c) 6/5 (d) 8/5

62. A company employed 7 CA's, 6 MBA's and 3 Engineer's. In how many ways the company can
form a committee, if the committee has two members of each type.
(a) 900 (b) 1,000 (c) 787 (d) 945

2012 – DECEMBER
63. Two dice are thrown together. Find the probability of getting a multiple of 2 on one 1 st dice
and multiple of 3 on the other dice.
(a) 2/3 (b) 1/6 (c) 1/3 (d) None of the above

64. The odds against A solving a certain problem are 4 to 3 and the odds in favour of B solving
the same problem are 7 to 5. What is the probability that the problem will be solved if they
both try ?
(a) 15/21 (b) 16/21 (c) 17/21 (d) 13/21

65. Find the expected value of the following probability distribution

x -20 -10 30 75 80
P(x) 9/20 1/5 1/2 1/10 1/20

(a) 20.5 (b) 21.5 (c) 22.5 (d) 24.5

66. A bag contains 6 red balls and some blue balls. If the probability of drawing a blue ball form
the bag is twice that of a red ball, find the number of blue balls in the bag:
(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) 16

2013 – JUNE
67. The probability of selecting a sample of size ‘n’ out of a population of size N by simple
random sampling with replacement is:
(a) 1/N (b) 1/Nn (c) 1/NCn (d)
!

68. A box contains 2 red, 3 green and 2 blue balls. Two balls are drawn at random. What is the
probability that none of the balls drawn is blue?
(a) 10/21 (b) 11/21 (c) 2/7 (d) 5/7
69. The odds that a book will be favourably received by 3 independent reviewers are 5 to 2,
4 to 3 and 3 to 4 respectively. What is the probability that out of 3 reviewers a majority will
be favourable?
(a) 209/343 (b) 209/434 (c) 209/443 (d) 209/350

70. A player tosses 3 fair coins. He wins Rs. 5 if three heads appear, Rs. 3 if two heads appear, Rs.
1 if one head occurs. On the other hand, he losses Rs. 15 if 3 tails occur. Find expected gain
of the player:
(a) 0.15 (b) 0.25 (c) 0.35 (d) 0.45

71. Find the probability of drawing an ace on each of two consecutive draws from a well shuffled
pack of cards, without replacement:
(a) 2/51 (b) 1/221 (c) 4/51 (d) 5/51

2013 – DECEMBER
72. If P(A) = 0.45, P(B) = 0.35 and P(A ∩ B) = 0.25, then P(A/B) is:
(a) 1.4 (b) 1.8 (c) 0.714 (d) 0.556

73. The probability of a cricket team winning match at Kanpur is 2/5 and losing a match at Delhi
is 1/7. What is the Probability of the team winning at least one match?
(a) 3/35 (b) 32/35 (c) 18/35 (d) 17/35

74. Find the expected value of the following probability distribution

x -20 -10 30 75 80
P(x) 3/20 1/5 1/2 1/10 1/20

(a) 20.5 (b) 21.5 (c) 22.5 (d) 24.5

75. Two coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting exactly are head.
(a) 3/4 (b) 2/3 (c) 1/4 (d) 1/2

2014 – JUNE
76. If a pair of dice is thrown then the probability that the sum of the digit is neither 7 nor 11 is:
(a) 1/6 (b) 1/18 (c) 2/9 (d) 7/9

77. An urn contains 2 red and 1 green balls. Another urn contains 2 red and 2 green balls. An urn
was selected at random and then a ball was drawn from it. If it was found to be red, then the
probability that it has been drawn from urn one is:
(a) 4/7 (b) 3/7 (c) 2/3 (d) 7/12
78. For any two events A1 and A2; let P(A1) = 2/3, P (A2) = 3/8 and P (A1 ∩ A2) = 1/4. Then A1, A2
are:
(a) Mutually exclusive but not independent events
(b) Mutually exclusive and independent events
(c) Independent but not mutually exclusive
(d) None of these

2014 – DECEMBER
79. An unbiased die is thrown twice. The probability of the sum of numbers obtained on the two
faces being divisible by 4 is:
(a) 7/36 (b) 1/3 (c) 11/36 (d) 1/4

80. Let the distribution function of a random variable X be F(X) = P(X ≤ X). Then F(5) - F(2) is:
(a) P(2 < X < 5) (b) P(2 ≤ X < 5) (c) P(2 ≤ X ≤ 5) (d) P(2 < X ≤ 5)

81. A discrete random variable X takes three values -1, 2 and 3 with probabilities
P(-1) = 1/3, P(2) = 1/3 and P (3) = 1/3. Then E (IXI) is:
(a) 3/2 (b) 5/2 (c) 2 (d) 9/2

2015 – JUNE
82. The sum of numbers obtained in throw of a dice twice is S. Probability of S will be maximum
if S is:
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 6 (d) 8

83. An unbiased coin is tossed three times. The expected value of the number of heads is:
(a) 2.5 (b) 1.0 (c) 1.5 (d) 2.0

84. For any two events A1 and A2; let P(A1) = 2/3, P (A2) = 3/8 and P (A1 ∩ A2) = 1/4. Then A1, A2
are:
(a) Mutually exclusive but not independent events
(b) Mutually exclusive and independent events
(c) Independent but not mutually exclusive
(d) None of these

85. From 6 positive and 8 negative numbers, 4 numbers are chosen at random without
replacement and are then multiplied. The probability that the product of the chosen
numbers will be positive number is:
(a) 409/1001 (b) 70/1001 (c) 505/1001 (d) 420/1001
 2015 – DECEMBER
86. If an unbiased die is rolled once, the odds in favour of getting a point which is multiple of 3 is:
(a) 1:2 (b) 2:1 (c) 1:3 (d) 3:1

87. A bag contains 15 one rupee coins, 25 two rupees coins and 10 five rupees coins, if a coin is
selected at random then probability for not selecting a one rupee coin is:
(a) 0.30 (b) 0.20 (c) 0.25 (d) 0.70

88. Three coins are tossed together, the probability of getting exactly two head is:
(a) 5/8 (b) 3/8 (c) 1/8 (d) None

89. If two letters are taken at random from the word “HOME”, what is the probability that none
of the letters would be vowels?
(a) 1/6 (b) 1/2 (c) 1/3 (d) 1/4

2016 – JUNE
90. In a game, cards are thoroughly shuffled and distributed equally among four players. What is
the probability that a specific player gets all the four kings?
× × × ×
(a) (b) (c) (d)

91. A bag contains 4 Red and 5 Black balls. Another bag contains 5 Red and 3 Black balls. If one
ball is drawn at random from each bag, then the probability that one Red and one Black
drawn is:
(a) 12/72 (b) 25/72 (c) 37/72 (d) 13/72

92. If P(A) = 2/3, P (B) = 3/5 and P (A U B) = 5/6 then P( ) is:

(a) 7/12 (b) 5/12 (c) 1/4 (d) 1/2

93. If two unbiased dice are rolled, what is the probability of getting points neither 3 nor 6?
(a) 0.25 (b) 0.50 (c) 0.75 (d) 0.80

94. Two dice are tossed. What is the probability that the total is divisible by 3 or 4.
(a) 20/36 (b) 21/36 (c) 14/36 (d) None of these
 2016 – DECEMBER
95. If P(A) = 1/2, P(B) = 1/3 and P(A U B) = 2/3, then P(A ∩ B) is:
(a) 1/4 (b) 1/6 (c) 2/3 (d) 1/2

96. A bag contains 6 white and 5 red balls. One ball is drawn. The probability that it is red is:
(a) 5/11 (b) 6/11 (c) 1/11 (d) None of these

97. For two events A, B let P(A) = 2/3, P(B) = 3/8 and P(A ∩ B) = 1/4, then A and B are:
(a) Mutually exclusive but not independent
(b) Independent but not mutually exclusive
(c) Mutually exclusive and independent
(d) None of these

2017 – JUNE
98. Let A and B be two events with P(A) = 2/3, P(B) = 1/4 and P(A ∩ B) = 1/12, then P (B/A) will
be:
(a) 7/8 (b) 1/3 (c) 1/8 (d) 8/7

99. What is the probability of having at least one ‘SIX" from 3 throws of an unbiased die?
(a) (b) (c) 1 - (d) 1 -

100. For any two events A and B:

(a) P(A - B) = P(A) - P(B) (b) P(A - B) = P(A) - P(A∩B)
(c) P(A - B) = P(B) - P(A∩B) (d) P(B - A) = P(B) + P(A∩B)

2017 – DECEMBER
101. If for two mutually exclusive events A and B, P (AUB) = 2/3 and P(A) = 2/5. Then, what is the
value of P(B)?
(a) 4/15 (b) 4/9 (c) 5/9 (d) 7/15

102. The probability distribution of the demand for a commodity is given below:
Demand (x) 5 6 7 8 9 10
Probability 0.05 0.10 0.30 0.40 0.10 0.05
The expected value of demand will be:
(a) 7.55 (b) 7.85 (c) 1.25 (d) 8.35

103. If P(A) = 1/2, P(B) = 1/3 and P(A∩B) = 1/4, then P(AUB) is:
(a) 1/2 (b) 1/6 (c) 2/3 (d) 3/4
104. A brother and his sister appear in an interview for two vacancies for the same post. The
probability of brother's selection is 1/7 and the probability of sister's selection is 1/5. The
probability that (i) both are selected (ii) only one of them is selected and (iii) none of them is
selected will be:
(a) 1/35, 10/35, 24/35 (b) 24/35, 1/35, 10/35
(c) 10/35, 1/35, 24/35 (d) 24/35, 10/35, 1/35

2018 – MAY
105. Two broad divisions of probability are:
(a) Subjective probability and objective probability
(b) Deductive probability and mathematical probability
(c) Statistical probability and mathematical probability
(d) None of these

106. The term “chance” and probability are synonyms:

(a) True (b) False (c) Both (d) None

107. The theorem of compound probability states that for any two events A and B
(a) P(A∩B) = P(A) × P(B/A) (b) P(AUB) = P(A) × P(B/A)
(c) P(A∩B) = P(A) × P(B) (d) P(AUB) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A∩B)

108. Variance of a random variable X is given by:

(a) E(X- µ)2 (b) E[X-E(X)]2 (c) E(X2- µ) (d) (a) or (b)

109. If two random variables x and y are related by y = 2 - 3x, then the SD of y is given by:
(a) —3 × SD of x (b) 3 × SD of x (c) 9 × SD of x (d) 2 × SD of x

110. What is the probability of having at least one ‘six’ in 3 throws of a project die?
(a) 5/6 (b) (5/6)3 (c) 1 – (1/6)3 (d) 1 – (5/6)3

111. Sum of all probabilities mutually exclusive and exhaustive events is equal to:
(a) 0 (b) 1/2 (c) 1/4 (d) 1

2018 – NOVEMBER
112. If P(A) = 1/2, P(B) = 1/3 and P(A∩B) = 1/4, then P(AUB) is:
(a) 11/12 (b) 10/12 (c) 7/12 (d) 1/6

113. The probability that a leap year has 53 Wednesday is:

(a) 2/7 (b) 3/5 (c) 2/3 (d) 1/7
114. A coin s tossed six times, then the probability of obtaining heads and tails alternatively is:
(a) 1/2 (b) 1/64 (c) 1/32 (d) 1/16

115. Ram is known to hit a target in 2 out of 3 shots whereas 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?
(a) 9/11 (b) 3/11 (c) 10/33 (d) 6/11

116. Two different dice are thrown simultaneously, then the probability, that the sum of two
numbers appearing on the top of dice is 9 is:
(a) 8/9 (b) 1/9 (c) 7/9 (d) None of the above

117. If P(AUB) = 0.8 and P(A∩B) = 0.3, then P(A) + P(B) is equal to:
(a) 0.3 (b) 0.5 (c) 0.7 (d) 0.9

2019 – JUNE
118. If Y ≥ x then mathematical expectation is:
(a) E(X) > E(Y) (b) E(X) ≤ E(Y) (c) E(X) = E(Y) (d) E(X).E(Y) = 1

119. Two event A and B are such that they do not occurs simultaneously then they are called as
_______ events.
(a) Mutually exhaustive (b) Mutually exclusive
(c) Mutually independent (d) Equally likely

120. According to bayee's theorem,

( ) ( / )
P(EK / A) = here:
( ) ( )
̇
(a) E1, E2 are mutually exclusive (b) P(E/A1), P(E/A2) are equal to 1
(c) P(A1/E), P(A2/E) are equal to 1 (d) A and E’s are disjoint sets

121. If a coin is tossed 5 times then the probability of getting Tail and Head occurring alternatively
is:
(a) 1/8 (b) 1/16 (c) 1/32 (d) 1/65

122. When 2 - dice are thrown Simultaneously then the probability of getting at least one 5 is:
(a) 11/36 (b) 5/36 (c) 8/15 (d) 1/7
 2019 – NOVEMBER
123. Two letters are chosen from the word HOME. What is the probability that the letters chosen
are not vowels.
(a) 1/2 (b) 1/6 (c) 2/3 (d) 0

124. If A, B, C are three mutually exclusive and exhaustive events such that P(A) = 2(B) = 3P(C)
what is P(B)?
(a) 6/11 (b) 3/11 (c) 1/6 (d) 1/3

125. What is the probability of getting 7 or 11 when two dices are thrown?
(a) 2/9 (b) 6/36 (c) 10/36 (d) 2/36

126. A log contains 15 one-rupee Coins, 25 two rupees coins and 10 five-rupee coins. If a coin is
selected at random than probability for not selecting a one-rupee coin is:
(a) 0.30 (b) 0.20 (c) 0.25 (d) 0.70

127. What is the probability of occurring 4 or more than 4 accidents.

No. of Accident 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Frequency 8 17 15 24 27 18 9

(a) 24 (b) 69 (c) 78 (d) 80

2020 – NOVEMBER
128. When 2 fair dice are thrown. What is the probability of getting the sum which is a multiple of
3?
(a) 4/36 (b) 8/36 (c) 2/36 (d) 12/36

129. When two of coins are tossed simultaneously, the probability of getting at least one tail is:
(a) 1 (b) 0.75 (c) 0.5 (d) 0.25

130. When 3 dice are rolled simultaneously, the probability of a number on the numbers on two
dice is:
(a) 12/216 (b) 36/216 (c) 48/216 (d) 60/216

131. If A speaks 75% of truth and B speaks 80% of truth. In what percentage both of then likely
contradict with each other in narrating the same questions?
(a) 0.60 (b) 0.45 (c) 0.65 (d) 0.35
 2021 – JANUARY
132. An event that called can be subdivided into further events is called as
(a) Composite event (b) Complex event (c) Mixed event (d) Simple event

133. Three identical and balanced dice are rolled. The probability that the same number will
appear on each of them is
(a) 1/6 (b) 1/18 (c) 1/36 (d) 1/24

134. A basket contains 15 white balls, 25 red balls and 10 blue balls. If a ball is selected at
random, the probability of selecting a coloured ball is:
(a) 0.20 (b) 0.25 (c) 0.60 (d) 0.70

135. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability of a total score of 5 from the outcome
of dice is:
(a) 1/18 (b) 1/12 (c) 1/9 (d) 2/5

136. If an unbiased coin is tossed twice, then the probability of obtaining at least one tail is:
(a) 1 (b) 0.5 (c) 0.75 (d) 0.25

137. If an unbiased coin is tossed three times, what is the probability of getting more than one
head?
(a) 1/2 (b) 3/8 (c) 7/8 (d) 1/3

2021 – JULY
138. A biased coin is such that the probability of getting a head is thrice the probability of getting
a tail. If the coin is tossed 4 times, what is the probability of getting a head all the times?
(a) 2/5 (b) 81/128 (c) 81/256 (d) 81/64

139. If there are 16 phones, 10 of them are Android and 6 of them are of Apple, then the
probability of 4 randomly selected phones to include 2 Android and 2 Apple phone is:
(a) 0.47 (b) 0.51 (c) 0.37 (d) 0.27

140. If there are 48 marbles marked with numbers 1 to 48, then the probability of selecting a
marble having the number divisible by 4 is:
(a) 1/2 (b) 2/3 (c) 1/3 (d) 1/4

141. If in a class, 60% of the student study Mathematics and Science and 90% of the student study
Science, then the probability of a student studying Mathematics given that he / she is already
studying Science is:
(a) 1/4 (b) 2/3 (c) 1 (d) ½
142. A bag contains 7 Blue and 5 Green balls. One ball is drawn at random. The probability of
getting a blue ball is:
(a) 5/12 (b) 12/35 (c) 7/12 (d) 0

143. The probability that a football team losing a match at Kolkata is 3/5 and winning a match at
Bengaluru is 6/7, the probability of the team winning at least one match is:
(a) 3/35 (b) 18/35 (c) 32/32 (d) 17/35

2021 – DECEMBER
144. For any two dependent events A and B, P{A) = 5/9 and P{B) = 6/11 and P(A∩B) = 10/33
What are the values of P(A/B) and P(B/A)?
(a) 5/9, 6/11 (b) 5/6, 6/11 (c) 1/9, 2/9 (d) 2/9, 4/9

145. Four unbiased coins are tossed simultaneously. The expected number of heads is:
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

146. Assume that the probability for rain 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 expect
earnings (in Rs.) per day of the salesman is
(a) 400 (b) 200 (c) 100 (d) 0

147. 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

148. There are 3 boxes with the following composition:

Box I:7 Red + 5 White + 4 Blue balls
Box II:5 Red + 6 White +3 Blue balls
Box Ill:4 Red + 3 White +2 Blue balls
One of the boxes is selected at random and a ball is drawn from it, what is the probability
the drawn ball is red?
(a) 1249/3024 (b) 1247/3024 (c) 1147/3024 (d) 1/2

149. The Probability distribution of a random variable x is given below:

x 1 2 3 5 6
P 0.15 0.25 0.2 0.3 0.1
What is the standard deviation of x?
(a) 1.49 (b) 1.56 (c) 1.69 (d) 1.72

150. For a distribution, probability is given by P(Xi) = ; Xi = 1, 2, ..., 9. The value of k is:
(a) 55 (b) 9 (c) 45 (d) 8
 2022 – JUNE
151. If P (A) = 0.3, P (B) = 0.8 and P (B/A) = 0.5. Find P (AUB).
(a) 0.7 (b) 0.95 (c) 0.60 (d) 0.59

152. What is the chance that a leap year selected at random will contain 53 Fridays?
(a) 3/7 (b) 1/7 (c) 2/7 (d) 4/7

153. Two balanced dice are rolled. The probability of getting 1 in at least one dice is x/36 where x
is:
(a) 12 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 2

154. 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

155. 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

156. The odds in favour of event A, in a trial, is 3:1. In three independent trials, the probability of
no occurrence of the event A is:
(a) 1/64 (b) 1/32 (c) 1/27 (d) 1/8

2022 – DECEMBER
157. The probability of getting two heads together if three coins are tossed simultaneously is:
(a) 1/4 (b) 1/6 (c) 3/8 (d) 5/8

158. In a leap year, the probability of getting 53 Mondays is:

(a) 3/7 (b) 4/7 (c) 2/7 (d) 1/7

159. From the first 50 natural numbers, a number is selected at random. What is the probability
that number is a multiple of 3 and 4?
(a) 7/50 (b) 2/25 (c) 3/25 (d) 7/25

160. The probability of a defective in a part A by a machine is 0.08 and for part B is 0.05. What is
the probability that the assembled part will not have any defect, if the machine is made of 2
parts A and B?
(a) 0.834 (b) 0.864 (c) 0.85 (d) 0.874
161. Let A’ and B’ are the complements of A, B. Where A and B are two independent events and
P(A) ≠ 0, P(B) ≠ 0. Then, which one of the following statements is FALSE?
(a) P(A∩B) = P(A) x P(B) (b) P(A/B) = P(A)
(c) P(AUB) = P(A) + P(B) (d) P(A’∩B’) = [1-P(A)] [1-P(B)]

162. Any two events A and B. The theorem of Compound Probability defines is:
(a) P(A∩B) = P(A) x P(B/A) (b) P(A∩B) = P(A) x P(A/B)
(c) P(A∩B) = P(A) x P(B) (d) P(AUB) = P(A) + P(B)

163. If P(A) =1/3, P(B) = 3/4 and P(A∩B) = 1/6. Then P(B/A) is:
(a) 1/3 (b) 4/5 (c) 1/2 (d) 1/12