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Subject : Engineering Mathematics DPP-01

Chapter : Probability
Topic : Basic Probability, Method of counting
1. The probability that a number selected at random 5. A bag contains 5 white and 4 red balls. Another bag
between 100 and 999 (both inclusive) will not contain contains 4 white and 2 red balls. If one ball is drawn
the digit 7 is from each bag, the probability that one is white and one
3 red, is
16  9
(a) (b)   13 5
25  10  (a) (b)
27 27
27 18
(c) (d) 8
75 25 (c) (d) None
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2. Four fair coins are tossed simultaneously. The

probability that at least one heads and at least one tails 6. An anti-aircraft gun can take a maximum of 4 shots at
turn up is an enemy plane moving away from it. The probabilities
1 1 of hitting the plane at the first, second, third and fourth
(a) (b)
16 8 shot are 0.4, 0.3, 0.2 and 0.1 respectively. The
7 15 probability that the gun hits the plane is
(c) (d) (a) 0.76 (b) 0.4096
8 16
(c) 0.6976 (d) None of these
3. The probability that a man who is x years old will die
in a year is p. Then amongst n persons A1, A2, ….. , An 7. In a population of N families, 50% of the families have
each x years old now, the probability that, A1 will die three children, 30% of the families have two children
in one year is and the remaining families have one child. What is the
1 probability that a randomly picked child belongs to a
(a)
n2 family with two children?

(b) 1 − (1 − p )
n 3 6
(a) (b)
23 23
1 
1 − (1 − p ) 
n
(c) 2 3 3
n   (c) (d)
10 5
1
1 − (1 − p ) 
n
(d) 
n 
8. From a pack of regular playing cards, two cards are
drawn at random. What is the probability that both
4. A bag contains 4 white and 2 black balls. Another bag cards will be Kings, if first card is NOT replaced?
contains 3 white and 5 black balls. If one ball is drawn
1 1
from each bag, the probability that both are white is (a) (b)
26 52
1 1
(a) (b) 1 1
24 4 (c) (d)
169 221
5
(c) (d) None
24
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9. A fair dice is rolled twice. The probability that an odd 10. A bag contains 10 blue marbles, 20 black marbles and
number will follow an even number is 30 red marbles. A marble is drawn from the bag, its
1 1 colour recorded and it is put back in the bag. This
(a) (b)
2 6 process is repeated 3 times. The probability that no two
1 1 of the marble drawn have the same colour is
(c) (d)
3 4 1 1
(a) (b)
36 6
1 1
(c) (d)
4 3
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Answer Key
1. (d) 6. (c)
2. (c) 7. (b)
3. (d) 8. (d)
4. (b) 9. (d)
5. (a) 10. (b)

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