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Probability Based on Without Replacement 2024 Set-1 (Prelims)

1. Questions

A bag contains 12 white balls and 16 black balls. If two balls are drawn in succession without
replacement then what is probability that the first is white and the second is black?

a. 32/20

b. 43/63

c. 41/20

d. 16/63

e. 15/79

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2. Questions

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A bag contains 4 red balls, 6 blue balls and 11 black balls. If two balls are drawn one by one
without replacement, then find theprobability that two balls are black.

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a. 4/21

b. 3/7

c. 11/42
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d. 8/69
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e. None of these
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3. Questions
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A box contains 7 yellow shirts, 4 white shirts and some orange shirts and the probability of getting
an orange shirt is 5/16. If three shirts are drawn one by one without replacement, then find the
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probability of that three shirts are in the different colour

a. 2/15
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b. 5/36
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c. 3/17
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d. 1/24

e. None of these

4. Questions

A bag contains 10 pencils, m erasers and n pens and the probability of getting an eraser is 3/10 and
the probability of getting a pencil is 0.5. If three products are drawn one by one without
replacement, then find the probability that the first one is pen, the second one is pencil and the third
one is pen.

a. 1/57

b. 4/81

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c. 13/64

d. 5/72

e. None of these

5. Questions

There are 20 apples and 10 mangoes in the box. If two fruits are drawn one by one without
replacement in the box, then find the probability that at most one is an apple.

a. 5/8

b. 1/3

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c. 1/7

d. 2/5

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e. None of these

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6. Questions
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A box contains orange, yellow and blue balls in the ratio of 6:2:5 respectively and the sum of the
total number of orange and blue balls in the box is 36 more than that of yellow balls. If three balls
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are drawn one by one without replacement, then find the probability that three balls are blue.
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a. 21/1287

b. 9/2002
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c. 57/1105
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d. 32/1989
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e. None of these
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7. Questions

A box contains 15 black shirts and some white shirts and the probability of getting a white shirt is
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4/9. If two shirts are drawn one by one without replacement, then find the probability that shirts
are the same colour.
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a. 11/59

b. 8/29

c. 19/39

d. 15/49

e. None of these

8. Questions

A bag contains 30 square boxes, x rectangle boxes and (x+10) round boxes and the probability of

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getting a round box is 13/36. If three boxes are drawn one by one without replacement, then find
the probability that the first two boxes are rectangular and other box is square.

a. 12/691

b. 10/497

c. 8/513

d. 17/653

e. None of these

9. Questions

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A box contains 2 watermelons, 3 pineapples and some strawberries and the probability of getting
two pineapples is 1/15. If three fruits are drawn one by one without replacement, then find the

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probability that fruits are different varieties

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a. 1/24

b. 2/91

c. 6/77 gm
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d. 3/28

e. None of these
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10. Questions
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There are 15 cotton bags, 9 leather bags and some nylon bags in the shop. Two bags are drawn one
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by one without replacement and then the probability of getting two cotton bags is 210/992. Find the
number of nylon bags in the shop
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a. 12
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b. 6

c. 10
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d. 8
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e. None of these

Explanations:
1. Questions

Answer: D

Total balls = 28

Probability (P) = 12C1/28C1 x 16C1/27C1 = 12/28 x 16/27 = 16/63

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2. Questions

Answer: C

Total number of balls in the bag = 4 + 6 + 11 = 21

Required probability = 11/21 * 10/20 = 11/42

3. Questions

Answer: D

Let the number of orange shirts in the box = a

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16a = 5 * (11 + a)

16a – 5a = 55

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a = 55/11 = 5

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Total number of shirts in the box = 11 + 5 = 16

Required probability = 7C1/16C1 * 4C1/15C1 * 5C1/14C1 = 1/24

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Answer: A
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Let the total number of erasers in the bag = 10 + m + n

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10C1/(10 + m + n)C1 = 1/2

20 = 10 + m + n
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m = 10 – n ---(1)
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mC1/(10 + m + n)C1 = 3/10

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10m = 30 + 3m + 3n

7m = 30 + 3n ---(2)
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From equations (1) and (2),

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7 * (10 – n) = 30 + 3n

10n = 70 – 30 = 40

n = 40/10 = 4

m = 10 – 4 = 6

The total number of products in the bag = 10 + 6 + 4 = 20

Required probability = 4C1/20C1 * 10C1/19C1 * 3C1/18C1 = (4 * 10 * 3)/(20 * 19 * 18) = 1/57

5. Questions

Answer: B

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The total number of fruits = 20 + 10 = 30

Required probability = 20C1/30C1 * 10C1/29C1 + 10C1/30C1* 9C1/29C1 = (20 + 9)/(3 * 29) = 1/3

6. Questions

Answer: C

The number of blue balls = 5x * 36/(6x + 5x – 2x) = 5x * 36/9x = 20

The total number of balls = 20 * (6x + 2x + 5x)/5x = 20 * 13x/5x = 52

Required probability = 20/52 * 19/51 * 18/50 = 57/1105

7. Questions

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Answer: C

Let the number of white shirts = x

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The total number of shirts = 15 + x

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xC1/(15 + x)C1 = 4/9

9x = 4x + 60

x = 60/5 = 12
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Total number of shirts = 15 + 12 = 27
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Required probability = (15 * 14 + 12 * 11)/(27 * 26) = (210 + 132)/(27 * 26) = 19/39

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8. Questions

Answer: B
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Total number of boxes = 30 + x + x + 10 = 40 + 2x

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(x + 10)C1/(40 + 2x)C1 = 13/36

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36x + 360 = 520 + 26x

x = 160/10 = 16
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The total number of boxes = 40 + 2 * 16 = 72

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Required probability = 16C1/72C1* 15C1/71C1* 30C1/70C1 = (16 * 15 * 30)/(72 * 71 * 70) = 10/497

9. Questions

Answer: A

Let the number of strawberries = x

Total number of fruits = 2 + 3 + x = 5 + x

3C2/(5 + x)C2 = 1/15

3 * 2 * 15 = (5 + x) * (4 + x)

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x2 + 9x + 20 – 90 = 0

x2 + 9x – 70 = 0

x2 + 14x – 5x – 70 = 0

x(x + 14) – 5(x + 14) = 0

x = + 5, - 14

x = 51/24

Total number of fruits = 5 + 5 = 10

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Required probability = 5C1/10C1 * 3C1/9C1 * 2C1/8C1 = 1/24

10. Questions

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Answer: D

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Let the number of nylon bags in the shop = x

Total number of bags in the shop = 15 + 9 + x = 24 + x

15 * 14/[(24 + x) * (23 + x)] = 210/992

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x2 + 47x + 552 – 992 = 0
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x2 + 47x – 440 = 0
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x2 + 55x – 8x – 440 = 0
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x(x + 55) – 8(x + 55) = 0

x = + 8, - 55
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x=8
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