WORKSHEET - DAY 34

LEVEL # 2
Q.1 The probability of getting a number chosen Q.10 A committee consists of 9 experts taken from
from 1, 2,.....100 as cube is- three colleges, A, B and C; of which 2 are
(A) 1/25 (B)2/25 (C) 3/25 (D) 4/25 from A,3 from B and 4 from C. If three experts
resign, then the probability that they belong
Q.2 The probability that a random arrangement of to different institutions is-
letters i,i,i,t,t,n,n,o,a,v in row result in a word (A) 1/729 (B) 2/7 (C) 1/21 (D) 1/24
“Invitation” is-
(A) 1/151200 (B) 1/1128800 Q.11 A fair coin is tossed a fixed number of times.
(C) 1/24 (D) None of these If the probability of getting 7 heads is equal
to that of getting 9 heads, then the probability
Q.3 From a group of 5 boys and 3 girls three of getting 3 heads is -
persons are chosen at random. The probability 35 35
that there are more girls than boys is- (A) 12 (B)
2 214
(A) 4/7 (B) 3/8 (C) 2/7 (D) 5/8 7
(C) (D) None of these
212
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that head occurs 6 times is equal to the
Q.12 There are 6 positive and 8 negative numbers.
probability that head occurs 8 times, then n
Four numbers are chosen at random and
is equal to -
multiplied. The probability that a product is a
(A) 15 (B) 14 (C) 12 (D) 7
positive number is-
(A) 505/1001 (B) 420/1001
Q.5 5 persons A, B, C, D and E are in queue of (C) 15/1001 (D) 70/1001
a shop. The probability that A and E always
together, is-
Q.13 If all letters of the word ‘MISSISSIPPI’ are
(A) 1/4 (B) 2/3 (C) 2/5 (D) 3/5
arranged then the probability that all S come
together will be-
Q.6 Three dice are thrown simultaneously. What is
(A) 1/165 (B) 4/165
the probability of obtaining a total of 17 or 18-
(C) 8/165 (D) None of these
(A) 1/9 (B) 1/72
(C) 1/54 (D) None of these
Q.14 From the word ‘POSSESSIVE’, a letter is
chosen at random. The probability of it to be
Q.7 If an integer is chosen at random from first S is-
100 positive integers, then the probability that
(A) 3/10 (B) 4/10 (C) 3/6 (D) 4/6
the chosen number is a multiple of 4 or 6, is-
(A) 41/100 (B) 33/100
Q.15 Three letters are selected at random from
(C) 1/10 (D) None of these
the word ‘SLEEPER’. The probability that at
least two E’s occur is-
Q.8 Two dice are thrown together. The probability
(A) 12/35 (B) 13/35 (C) 14/35 (D)15/35
of showing odd number on any one and
multiple of 3 on the other is-
Q.16 The probability of occurring of two events A
(A) 13/36 (B) 11/36 (C) 1/4 (D) 2/3
and B are 0.21 and 0.49 respectively and of
occurring both simultaneously is 0.16, then
Q.9 A pack of cards contains 4 aces, 4 kings, 4 the probability that none of the two occur is-
queens and 4 jacks. Two cards are drawn at (A) 0.30
random. The probability that at least one of (B) 0.46
them is an ace is- (C) 0.14
(A) 1/5 (B) 3/16 (C) 9/20 (D) 1/9 (D) None of these

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Q.17 If A1,A2,......,An are any n events, then- Q.25 Two dice are thrown thrice. The probability
(A) P (A1  A2  ....  An) = P(A1) + P(A2) that first throw shows 10, second 11 and
+...+ P (An) third 12 will be-
(B) P (A1  A2  ....  An) > P(A1) + P(A2) (A) 1/216 (B) 1/432
+...+ P (An) (C) 1/7776 (D) 1/648
(C) P (A 1  A 2  ....  A n )  P(A 1 )
Q.26 A draws two cards with replacement from a
+ P(A2) +...+ P (An)
well shuffled pack of cards and at the same
(D) None of these
time B throws a pair of dice. The probability
that A gets two kings and B gets a doublet is-
Q.18 Two dice are thrown, the probability of getting (A) 1/69 (B) 175/1014
sum as neither 7 nor 11, is-
(C) 1/1014 (D) None of these
(A) 8/9 (B) 2/9
(C) 7/9 (D) 1/18 Q.27 Two coins and a die are tossed. The
probability that both coins fall heads and the
Q.19 Three athlete A,B and C participate in a race die shows a 3 or 6 is-
competition. The probability of winning A and (A) 1/8 (B) 1/12
winning of B is twice of winning C. Then the (C) 1/16 (D) None of these
probability that the race win by A or B, is-
(A) 2/3 (B) 1/2 Q.28 A bag contains 3 white and 3 black balls.

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(C) 4/5 (D) 1/3 Balls are drawn one by one with out replacing
them in the bag. The probability that drawing
ball will be in alternate colours is-
Q.20 Two dice are thrown. What is the probability
(A) 1/10 (B) 5/21
that the sum of the numbers appearing on
the two dice is 11, if 5 appears on the first- (C) 1/2 (D) None of these
(A) 1/36 (B) 1/6
(C) 5/6 (D) None of these Q.29 A bag contains 5 black and 3 blue balls.
Balls are drawn (without replacement) one
by one. The probability of getting blue ball
Q.21 A and B throw two dice, if A throws 8, the first time in fifth draw is-
probability that B will throw a higher number is-
(A) 1/56 (B) 3/56 (C) 4/56 (D) 5/56
(A) 5/18 (B) 3/18
(C) 7/18 (D) 1/18
Q.30 A box contains 2 black, 4 white and 3 red
balls. One ball is drawn at random from the
Q.22 Two integers are selected from integers 1 to box and kept aside. From the remaining balls
11. If their sum is even then the probability in the box, another ball is drawn at random
that both are odd will be- and kept aside the first. This process is
(A) 2/5 (B) 3/5 repeated till all the balls are drawn from the
(C) 4/5 (D) None of these box. The probability that the balls drawn are in
the sequence of 2 black, 4 white and 3 red is-
Q.23 A and B toss a coin alternatively on the (A) 1/1260 (B) 1/7560
understanding that the first who obtains tail (C) 1/126 (D) None of these
wins. If A starts, what is his chance of winning
? Q.31 Cards are drawn one after another till an ace
(A) 2/3 (B) 1/3 (C) 1/4 (D) 3/4 is obtained. The probability of not getting ace
in first 26 cards is-
Q.24 A man alternately tosses a coin and throws (A) 46/153
a dice beginning with the coin. The probability (B) 109/53
that he gets a head in the coin before he
(C) 23/27
gets a 5 or 6 in the dice is -
(D) None of these
(A) 3/4 (B) 1/2
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Q.32 ‘A’ draws two cards with replacement from a Q.38 Cards are drawn one-by-one at random from a
pack of 52 cards and ‘B’ throws a pair of well shuffled pack of 52 playing cards until 2
dice what is the chance that ‘A’ gets both aces are obtained for the first time. The
cards of same suit and ‘B’ gets total of 6- probability that 18 draws are required for this, is-
(A) 1/144 (B) 1/4 (A) 3/34 (B) 17/455
(C) 5/144 (D) 7/144 (C) 561/15925 (D) None of these

Q.33 The chance of winning a test match by India Q.39 A letter is taken out at random from
against Westindies is 1/2. A series of 5 test ‘ASSISTANT’ and another is taken out from
matches is played and the results of all test ‘STATISTICS’. The probability that they are
matches are independent, then the probability the same letters is-
of second win by India is third test match is
(No match ends in draw) - (A) 1/45 (B) 13/90
(A) 2/3 (B) 1/2 (C) 19/90 (D) None of these
(C) 1/4 (D) 1/8
Q.40 A six faced die is a biased one. It is thrice
more likely to show an odd number than show
Q.34 Odds 8 to 5 against a person who is 40 an even number. It is thrown twice. The
years old living till he is 70 and 4 to 3 against
probability that the sum of the numbers in
another person now 50 till he will be living
80. Probability that one of them will be alive the two throws is even, is-
next 30 years- (A) 5/9 (B) 5/8

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(A) 59/91 (B) 44/91 (C) 1/2 (D) None of these
(C) 51/91 (D) 32/91
Q.41 Two dice are tossed 6 times. Then the
Q.35 Let E and F be two independent events. The probability that sum 7 will show an exactly
probability that both E and F happens, is four of the tosses is-
1/12 and the probability that neither E nor F (A) 225/18442 (B) 116/20003
happens is 1/2, then-
(C) 125/15552 (D) None of these
(A) P(E) = 1/3, P(F) = 1/4
(B) P(E) = 1/3, P(F) = 1/6
Q.42 The probability that a bulb produced by a
(C) P(E) = 1/6, P(F) = 1/2
factory will fuse after 150 days of use is 0.05.
(D) P(E) = 1/4, P(F) = 1/5
What is the probability that out of 5 such
Q.36 A digit is chosen out of digits 1, 2, 3, 4 and bulbs none will fuse after 150 days of use-
5. A second digit is chosen from the remaining FG 19 IJ 5
FG 19 IJ
5
four digits, then the probability that an odd
digit will be selected both the times is-
(A) 1–
H 20 K (B)
H 20 K
(A) 1/10 (B) 3/10 F 3I 5
(C) G J
F 1I 5
(D) 90 G J
(C) 3/200 (D) None of these H 4K H 4K
Q.37 The items produced by a firm are supposed
to contain 5% defective items. The probability Q.43 In order to get at least once a head with
that a sample of 8 items will contain less probability  0.9, the minimum number of times
than 2 defective items, is- a coin need to be tossed is-
FG IJ
27 19
7
533 19 FG IJ 6 (A) 3 (B) 4
(A)
H K
20 20
(B)
400 20 H K (C) 5 (D) None of these

153 F 1 I 35 F 1 I
7 6
(C) G J
20 H 20 K
(D) G J
16 H 20 K

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ANSWER - KEY
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. A A C B C C B B C B A A B B B B C C C B
Q.No. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Ans. A B A A C C B A B A D C C B A B A C C B
Q.No. 41 42 43
Ans. C B B

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