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a. 13/27
b. 8/13
c. 182/729
d. 14/27
2. There are 8 brown balls, 4 orange balls and 5
black balls in a bag. Five balls are chosen at
random. What is the probability of their being 2
brown balls, 1 orange ball and 2 black balls?
a. 191/1547
b. 180/1547
c. 280/1547
d. 189/1547
3. A bag A contains 4 green and 6 red balls.
Another bag B contains 3 green and 4 red balls.
If one ball is drawn from each bag, find the
probability that both are green.
a. 13/70
b. 1/4
c. 6/35
d. 8/35
4. A box contains 14 eggs out of which 8 are
rotten. Two eggs are chosen at random. What
is the probability that none of the chosen eggs
is rotten?
a. 5/23
b. 10/23
c. 12/91
d. 15/91
5. Abhay rolled a pair of dice together. What is
the probability that one dice showed a multiple
of 2 and the second dice showed neither a
multiple of 3 nor 2 ?
a. 1/3
b. 1/9
c. 1/12
d. 2/3
6. Naman rolled a pair of dice together. What is
the probability that first dice showed a multiple
of 3 and the second dice showed either a
multiple of 3 or 2 ?
a. 5/18
b. 1/8
c. 2/9
d. 1/9
7. Three unbiased coins are tossed
simultaneously. What is the probability of
getting at least one tail?
a. 1/3
b. 1/2
c. 3/8
d. 7/8
8. A bag 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
9. An urn contains 3 red and 4 green marbles. If
three marbles are picked at random. What is
the probability that two are green and one is
red?
a. 3/7
b. 18/35
c. 5/14
d. 4/21
10. In a container there are 28 eggs out of
which 8 eggs are rotten. If two eggs are chosen
at random, what will be the probability that
atleast one egg is rotten?
a. 94/189
b. 95/187
c. 93/189
d. 97/189
11. There are 6 red balls and 4 yellow balls in a
bag. Two balls are simultaneously drawn at
random. What is the probability that both the
balls are of same colour?
a. 7/15
b. 5/12
c. 7/11
d. 7/8
12. There are 7 red balls and 8 yellow balls in a
bag. Two balls are simultaneously drawn at
random. What is the probability that both the
balls are of same colour?
a. 3/18
b. 13/30
c. 3/10
d. 7/15
13. Two squares are chosen at random on a
chess board. What is the probability that they
have a side in common?
a. 1/32
b. 1/18
c. 1/63
d. 1/36
14. A man and his wife appear in an interview
for two vacancies in the same post. The
probability of husband’s selection is 1/7 and
that of wife’s selection is 1/5. What is the
probability that only one of them is selected?
a. 4/5
b. 2/7
c. 8/15
d. 4/7
15. A die with faces numbered from 1 to 6 is
thrown twice. The probability, that the numbers
shown up differ by 2, is
a. 1/9
b. 2/9
c. 3/9
d. 4/9
16. A coin is tossed thrice. The probability that
exactly two heads show up is
a. 1/8
b. 2/8
c. 3/8
d. 4/8
17. In grade 11 of a school, 40 students opted
for Physics, 17 opted for Biology, and 20 opted
for Chemistry. If the total number of students in
grade 11 was 60, all of these students opted for
atleast one of the three subjects mentioned
here, and exactly 5 of these students opted for
all these three subjects, what is the probability
that a randomly selected student of grade 11 of
this school would have opted for exactly one of
these three subjects?
a. 0.75 b. 0.85
c. 0.90 d. 0.80
18. Three cards are drawn one after another
with replacement from a pack of 52 cards. What
is the probability of getting first card a Jack,
second card a black card, and third card an even
numbered card?
a. 5/169
b. 5/338
c. 25/26
d. 20/338