MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

CHAPTER – 13 PROBABILITY

Q1. If A and B are independent events such that P  A  0.4, P  B   x and P  A B   0.5 , then x =?

(a) 4 5 (b) 0.1 (c) 1 6 (d) None of these

and P  A' B '   , then A and B are:

1 7 1
Q2. If A and B are events such that P  A  , P  B 
2 12 4

(a) independent (b) mutually exclusive (c) both ‘a’ and ‘b’ (d) None of these

Q3. It is given that probability that A can solve a given problem is 3 5 and the probability that B can

solve the same problem is 2 3 . The probability that at least one of A and B can solve a problem is:

(a) 2 5 (b) 1 15 (c) 13 15 (d) 2 15

Q4. The probabilities of A , B and C of solving a problem are 1 6 , 1 5 , 1 3 respectively. The probability
that the problem is solved is?

(a) 4 9 (b) 5 9 (c) 1 3 (d) None of these

Q5. If A and B are two events such that P  A B   , P  A B   and P  B '   , then A and B are:
5 1 1
6 3 2

(a) independent (b) dependent (c) mutually exclusive (d) None of these

Q6. Two numbers are selected at random from integers 1 through 9. If the sum is even, the probability
that both numbers being odd is:

(a) 1 6 (b) 2 3 (c) 4 9 (d) 5 8

Q7. Assume that in a family, each child is equally likely to be a boy or a girl. A family with three
children is chosen at random. The probability that the eldest child is a girl given that the family has at
least one girl is:

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

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Q8. If one ball is drawn at random from each of three boxes containing 3 white and 1 black, 2 white and
2 black, 1 white and 3 black balls, then the probability that 2 white and 1 black balls will be drawn is:

(a) 13 32 (b) 1 4 (c) 1 32 (d) 3 16

Q9. Three integers are chosen at random from first 20 integers. Probability that their product is even is:

(a) 2 19 (b) 3 29 (c) 17 19 (d) 4 19

Q10. 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 the same colour is:

(a) 5 84 (b) 3 9 (c) 3 7 (d) 7 17

Q11. A bag contains 5 red and 3 blue balls. If 3 balls are drawn at random without replacement, the
probability of getting exactly one red ball is:

(a) 45 196 (b) 135 392 (c) 15 56 (d) 15 29

Q12. Two persons A and B take turns in throwing a pair of dice. The first person to throw a total of 9
from both dice will be awarded the prize. If A throws first, then the probability that B wins the same is:

(a) 9 17 (b) 8 17 (c) 8 9 (d) 1 9

Q13. From a set of 100 cards numbered 1 to 100, one card is drawn at random. The probability that the
number obtained on the card is divisible by 6 or 8 but not by 24 is:

(a) 6 25 (b) 1 4 (c) 1 6 (d) 4 5

Q14. There are two bags I and II. Bag I contains 4 white and 3 red balls while Bag II contains 3 white
and 7 red balls. One ball is drawn at random from one of the bags and is found to be white. The
probability that it was drawn from Bag I is:

(a) 30 61 (b) 40 61 (c) 29 61 (d) None of these

Q15. In a bolt factory, machines A, B and C manufacture 60% , 25% and 15% respectively. Of the total
of their output 1% , 2% and 1% are defective bolts. A bolt is drawn at random from the total production
and found to be defective. The probability that the defective bolt is manufactured by machine B is:

(a) 12 25 (b) 3 25 (c) 10 25 (d) None of these

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Q16. A man speaks 75% times the truth. He throws a die and reports that it is a six. The probability that it
is actual 6 is:

(a) 1 8 (b) 3 8 (c) 1 2 (d) 5 8

Q17. A box contains 4 red, 6 blue and 5 white balls. A man draws one ball at random. If he draws a red
ball, he gets Rs 6, if he draws a blue ball, he gets Rs. 3 , and he pays Rs. 3 if he gets a white ball. The
expected value of his gain is:

(a) 4 5 (b) 7 5 (c) 9 5 (d) None of these

Q18. A rifleman is firing at a distant target and has only 10% chance of hitting it. The least number of
rounds, he must fire in order to have more than 50% chance of hitting it at least twice is:

(a) 11 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) 5

Q19. A fair coin is tossed 99 times. If X is the number of times heads occur, then P  X  r  is maximum

when r is:

(a) 49, 50 (b) 50, 51 (c) 51, 52 (d) None of these

Q20. A fair coin is tossed a fixed number of times. If the probability of getting seven heads is equal to
that of getting nine heads, the probability of getting two heads is:

(a) 15 28 (b) 2 15 (c) 15 213 (d) None of these

Q21. The least number of times a fair coin must be tossed so that the probablilty of getting at least one
head is at least 0.8 is,

(a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 3

Q22. A fair dice is tossed eight times. The probability that a third six is observed in the eighth throw is:

C2  55
7
C2  55
7
C2  55
7
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
67 68 66

Q23. The mean and variance of a binomial distribution are 4 and 3 respectively, then the probability of
getting exactly six successes is:

10 6 6 10 6 6 6
1 3 1 3  1  3  1 3
(a) 16C6     (b) 16C6     (c) 12C6    (d) 12C6    
4 4 4 4  20  4  4 4
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Q24. Probability of guessing correctly at least 8 out of 10 answers on a true-false type examination is:

(a) 7 64 (b) 7 128 (c) 45 1024 (d) 7 41

Q25. A fair coin is tossed 6 times. The probability of getting at least 3 heads is:

11 21 1 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
16 32 18 64

Q26. A die is thrown 5 times. If getting an odd number is a success, the probability of getting at least 4
successes is:

4 7 3 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 16 16 20

Q27. A pair of dice is thrown 7 times. If getting a total of 7 is considered a success, the probability of
getting at most 6 successes is:

7 7 7
5 1 1
(a)   (b)   (c) 1    (d) None of these
6 6 6

Q28. The probability that a man can hit a target is 3 4 . He tries five times. The probability that he will
hit the target at least three times is:

459 291 371

(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
512 364 464

Q29. A box has 100 pens of which 10 are defective. The probability that out of a sample of 5 pens drawn
one by one with replacement at most one is defective is:

5 4 5 5 4
 9 1 9  1 9   9  1 9 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)     
 10  2  10  2  10   10  2  10 

Q30. The probability of selecting a male or a female is same. If the probability that in an office of n
3
persons  n 1 males being selected is , the value of n is:
210

(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 12

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ANSWERS

1. c 2. d 3. c 4. b 5. a 6. d 7. d 8. a 9. c 10. a 11. c 12. b 13. a 14. b

15. b 16. c 17. c 18. c 19. a 20. c 21. d 22. b 23. b 24. b 25. b 26. c 27. c 28. a

29. d 30. d

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