LEVEL # 2

Q.1

The probability of getting a number chosen

from 1, 2,.....100 as cube is(A) 1/25
(B)2/25
(C) 3/25
(D) 4/25

Q.2

The probability that a random arrangement of

letters i,i,i,t,t,n,n,o,a,v in row result in a word
Invitation is(A) 1/151200
(B) 1/1128800
(C) 1/24
(D) None of these

Q.3

Q.10

A committee consists of 9 experts taken from

three colleges, A, B and C; of which 2 are
from A,3 from B and 4 from C. If three experts
resign, then the probability that they belong
to different institutions is(A) 1/729 (B) 2/7
(C) 1/21
(D) 1/24

Q.11

A fair coin is tossed a fixed number of times.

If the probability of getting 7 heads is equal
to that of getting 9 heads, then the probability
of getting 3 heads is -

From a group of 5 boys and 3 girls three

persons are chosen at random. The probability
that there are more girls than boys is(A) 4/7
(B) 3/8
(C) 2/7
(D) 5/8

(A)
(C)

Q.4

Q.5

Q.6

Q.7

Q.8

Q.9

A fair coin is tossed n times. If the probability

that head occurs 6 times is equal to the
probability that head occurs 8 times, then n
is equal to (A) 15
(B) 14
(C) 12
(D) 7
5 persons A, B, C, D and E are in queue of
a shop. The probability that A and E always
together, is(A) 1/4
(B) 2/3
(C) 2/5
(D) 3/5
Three dice are thrown simultaneously. What is
the probability of obtaining a total of 17 or 18(A) 1/9
(B) 1/72
(C) 1/54
(D) None of these
If an integer is chosen at random from first
100 positive integers, then the probability that
the chosen number is a multiple of 4 or 6, is(A) 41/100
(B) 33/100
(C) 1/10
(D) None of these
Two dice are thrown together. The probability
of showing odd number on any one and
multiple of 3 on the other is(A) 13/36 (B) 11/36 (C) 1/4
(D) 2/3
A pack of cards contains 4 aces, 4 kings, 4
queens and 4 jacks. Two cards are drawn at
random. The probability that at least one of
them is an ace is(A) 1/5
(B) 3/16
(C) 9/20
(D) 1/9

35
12

2
7

212

(B)

35
214

(D) None of these

Q.12

There are 6 positive and 8 negative numbers.

Four numbers are chosen at random and
multiplied. The probability that a product is a
positive number is(A) 505/1001
(B) 420/1001
(C) 15/1001
(D) 70/1001

Q.13

If all letters of the word MISSISSIPPI are

arranged then the probability that all S come
together will be(A) 1/165
(B) 4/165
(C) 8/165
(D) None of these

Q.14

From the word POSSESSIVE, a letter is

chosen at random. The probability of it to be
S is(A) 3/10
(B) 4/10
(C) 3/6
(D) 4/6

Q.15

Three letters are selected at random from

the word SLEEPER. The probability that at
least two Es occur is(A) 12/35 (B) 13/35 (C) 14/35 (D)15/35

Q.16

The probability of occurring of two events A

and B are 0.21 and 0.49 respectively and of
occurring both simultaneously is 0.16, then
the probability that none of the two occur is(A) 0.30
(B) 0.46
(C) 0.14
(D) None of these

Q.17

Q.18

Q.19

Q.20

Q.21

If A1,A2,......,An are any n events, then(A) P (A1 A2 .... An) = P(A1) + P(A2)
+...+ P (An)
(B) P (A1 A2 .... An) > P(A1) + P(A2)
+...+ P (An)
(C) P (A 1 A 2 .... A n) P(A 1 )
+ P(A2) +...+ P (An)
(D) None of these
Two dice are thrown, the probability of getting
sum as neither 7 nor 11, is(A) 8/9
(B) 2/9
(C) 7/9
(D) 1/18
Three athlete A,B and C participate in a race
competition. The probability of winning A and
winning of B is twice of winning C. Then the
probability that the race win by A or B, is(A) 2/3
(B) 1/2
(C) 4/5
(D) 1/3
Two dice are thrown. What is the probability
that the sum of the numbers appearing on
the two dice is 11, if 5 appears on the first(A) 1/36
(B) 1/6
(C) 5/6
(D) None of these
A and B throw two dice, if A throws 8, the
probability that B will throw a higher number is(A) 5/18
(B) 3/18
(C) 7/18
(D) 1/18

Q.22

Two integers are selected from integers 1 to

11. If their sum is even then the probability
that both are odd will be(A) 2/5
(B) 3/5
(C) 4/5
(D) None of these

Q.23

A and B toss a coin alternatively on the

understanding that the first who obtains tail
wins. If A starts, what is his chance of winning
?
(A) 2/3
(B) 1/3
(C) 1/4
(D) 3/4

Q.24

A man alternately tosses a coin and throws

a dice beginning with the coin. The probability
that he gets a head in the coin before he
gets a 5 or 6 in the dice is (A) 3/4
(B) 1/2
(C) 1/3
(D) None of these

Q.25

Two dice are thrown thrice. The probability

that first throw shows 10, second 11 and
third 12 will be(A) 1/216
(B) 1/432
(C) 1/7776
(D) 1/648

Q.26

A draws two cards with replacement from a

well shuffled pack of cards and at the same
time B throws a pair of dice. The probability
that A gets two kings and B gets a doublet is(A) 1/69
(B) 175/1014
(C) 1/1014
(D) None of these

Q.27

Two coins and a die are tossed. The

probability that both coins fall heads and the
die shows a 3 or 6 is(A) 1/8
(B) 1/12
(C) 1/16
(D) None of these

Q.28

A bag contains 3 white and 3 black balls.

Balls are drawn one by one with out replacing
them in the bag. The probability that drawing
ball will be in alternate colours is(A) 1/10
(B) 5/21
(C) 1/2
(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
first time in fifth draw is(A) 1/56
(B) 3/56
(C) 4/56
(D) 5/56

Q.30

A box contains 2 black, 4 white and 3 red

balls. One ball is drawn at random from the
box and kept aside. From the remaining balls
in the box, another ball is drawn at random
and kept aside the first. This process is
repeated till all the balls are drawn from the
box. The probability that the balls drawn are in
the sequence of 2 black, 4 white and 3 red is(A) 1/1260
(B) 1/7560
(C) 1/126
(D) None of these

Q.31

Cards are drawn one after another till an ace

is obtained. The probability of not getting ace
in first 26 cards is(A) 46/153
(B) 109/53
(C) 23/27
(D) None of these

Q.32

A draws two cards with replacement from a

pack of 52 cards and B throws a pair of
dice what is the chance that A gets both
cards of same suit and B gets total of 6(A) 1/144
(B) 1/4
(C) 5/144
(D) 7/144

Q.38

Cards are drawn one-by-one at random from a

well shuffled pack of 52 playing cards until 2
aces are obtained for the first time. The
probability that 18 draws are required for this, is(A) 3/34
(B) 17/455
(C) 561/15925
(D) None of these

Q.33

The chance of winning a test match by India

against Westindies is 1/2. A series of 5 test
matches is played and the results of all test
matches are independent, then the probability
of second win by India is third test match is
(No match ends in draw) (A) 2/3
(B) 1/2
(C) 1/4
(D) 1/8

Q.39

A letter is taken out at random f rom

ASSISTANT and another is taken out from
STATISTICS. The probability that they are
the same letters is(A) 1/45
(B) 13/90
(C) 19/90
(D) None of these

Q.40

A six faced die is a biased one. It is thrice

more likely to show an odd number than show
an even number. It is thrown twice. The
probability that the sum of the numbers in
the two throws is even, is(A) 5/9
(B) 5/8
(C) 1/2
(D) None of these

Q.41

Two dice are tossed

probability that sum 7
four of the tosses is(A) 225/18442
(C) 125/15552

Q.34

Odds 8 to 5 against a person who is 40

years old living till he is 70 and 4 to 3 against
another person now 50 till he will be living
80. Probability that one of them will be alive
next 30 years(A) 59/91
(B) 44/91
(C) 51/91
(D) 32/91

Q.35

Let E and F be two independent events. The

probability that both E and F happens, is
1/12 and the probability that neither E nor F
happens is 1/2, then(A) P(E) = 1/3, P(F) = 1/4
(B) P(E) = 1/3, P(F) = 1/6
(C) P(E) = 1/6, P(F) = 1/2
(D) P(E) = 1/4, P(F) = 1/5

Q.36

Q.37

Q.42

A digit is chosen out of digits 1, 2, 3, 4 and

5. A second digit is chosen from the remaining
four digits, then the probability that an odd
digit will be selected both the times is(A) 1/10
(B) 3/10
(C) 3/200
(D) None of these
The items produced by a firm are supposed
to contain 5% defective items. The probability
that a sample of 8 items will contain less
than 2 defective items, is-

FG IJ
H K
153 F 1 I
G J
20 H 20 K

27 19
(A)
20 20

(C)

FG IJ
H K
35 F 1 I
G J
16 H 20 K

533 19
(B)
400 20
7

(D)

(B) 116/20003
(D) None of these

The probability that a bulb produced by a

factory will fuse after 150 days of use is 0.05.
What is the probability that out of 5 such
bulbs none will fuse after 150 days of use-

FG 19 IJ
H 20 K
F 3I
(C) G J
H 4K
(A) 1

Q.43

6 times. Then the

will show an exactly

FG 19 IJ
H 20 K
F 1I
(D) 90 G J
H 4K
5

(B)

In order to get at least once a head with

probability 0.9, the minimum number of times
a coin need to be tossed is(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) None of these

LEVEL # 3
Q.1

The probability that the birth days of six

persons will fall in exactly two calendar
months is(A) 1/6
(C)

Q.2

Q.3

12

C2

126

(D)

C2

26
12 6

341
125

1 4p 1 p 1 2p
are probabilities of three
,
,
4
4
2
mutually exclusive events, then-

(A)

1
1
p
3
2

(B)

(C)

1
1
p
6
2

(D) none of these

1
2
p
2
3

A bag contains 50 tickets numbered

1, 2, 3, ..., 50 of which five are drawn at
random and arranged in ascending order of
magnitude (x 1 < x 2 < x 3 < x 4 < x 5). The
probability that x3 = 30 is(A)

C2

(B)

50

C5

20

C 2 29 C2

(C)

50

C5

29

C2

50

C5

(C)

11

C6 (0.24 )5

(B)

11

C6 (0.6) 6 0.4 5

(D) none of these.

11

(A)

3p 2p 2
2

(B)

p 3p 2
2

(C)

3p p 2
2

(D)

3p 2p 2
4

1
0.1

2
3
4
5
6
0.24 0.19 0.18 0.15 0.14

If an even face has turned up, then the

probability that it is face 2 or face 4, is
(A) 0.25
(B) 0.42
(C) 0.75
(D) 0.9

If A and B are two ev ents such that

P (A) = 1/3, P(B) = 1/4 and P (A B)= 1/5,
B

then P
A
(A) 37/40 (B) 37/45

Q.8

(C) 23/40

(D) None

There are 9999 tickets bearing numbers

0001, 0002,...., 9999. If one ticket is
selected from these tickets at random, the
probability that the number on the ticket will
consist of all different digits, is(A) 5040 / 9999
(B) 5000 / 9999
(C) 5030 / 9999

(D) none of these

Q.9

All possible 6 letter words each containing

all the letters of the word EMHORT are
formed and are placed in a dictionary order.
10 consecutive words are now drawn at
random. The probability that the word
'MOTHER' will be among the drawn words, is
(A) 1/72
(B) 10/711 (C) 10/719 (D) none

Q.10

A number is chosen at random from the

numbers 10 to 99. By seeing the number a
man will laugh if product of digits is 12. If he
chooses three numbers with replacement
then the probability that he will laugh atleast
once is-

C6 (0.4) 6 0.6 5

A biased die is tossed and the respective

probabilities for various faces to turn up are-

Face
:
Probability:

Q.7

(D) none of these

A man takes a step forward with probability

0.4 and backward with probability 0.6.The
probability that at the end of eleven steps he
is one step away from the starting point is (A)

Q.5

26 1

12

For three events A, B and C, P (exactly one

of the events A or B occurs) = P (exactly
one of the ev ents B or C occurs) = P
(exactly one of the events C or A occurs)= p
and P (all the three ev ents occur
simultaneously) = p2 ,where 0 < p < 1/2.
Then the probability of atleast one of the
three events A,B and C occurring is-

If

20

Q.4

(B)

Q.6

3
(A) 1
5

4
(C) 1

25

43

(B)
45
3

43
(D) 1

45

(Q.11 to Q.13)

Q.12

Statement-I : The probability of being at least

Each of the questions given below consist of State-

one white ball selected from two balls drawn

ment I and Statement II. Use the following Key

simultaneously from the bag containing 7 black

to choose the appropriate answer.

(A)

(B)

and 4 white balls is

If both Statement- I and Statement- II are

34
.
55

true, and Statement - II is the correct ex-

Statement-II : Sample space = 11C2 = 55 No.

planation of Statement I.

of favourable cases = 4C1 7C1 + 4C2 7C0 = 34

If both Statement - I and Statement - II are

required probability =

true but Statement - II is not the correct

34
.
55

explanation of Statement I.
(C)

If Statement - I is true but Statement - II is

Statement-I : A lottery agent sells 100 tickets

and award 10 prizes. If Gopal buys 10 tickets,

false.
(D)

Q.13

210 1

If Statement - I is false but Statement - II is

the probability of his winning a prize is

true.

100

C10

Statement-II : If P(A) = 0.8, P(B) = 0.5, the

Q.11

Statement-I : Given Ei , i = 1,2,.........n are n

independent events, such that P ( Ei ) =

i
,
1 i

1 i n, then the probability that none of the

n events occur is

n
.
n1

Statement-II : Probability of occurence of all

independent events together is equal to the product of the probabilities of these events.

greatest value of P(AB) is 0.5.

ANSWER - KEY
LEVEL # 2
Q.No.

10

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40

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43

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LEVEL # 3
Q.No.

10

11

12

13

A ns.