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Mathematics : PROBABILITY

Practice Paper – 01
1. A coin is tossed n times. The probability of getting head at least once is greater
than 0.8. Then the least value of n is
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) Not defined
2. A and B throw a coin alternately till one of them gets a ‘head’ & wins the
game. If A has the first threw, then the probabilities of winning for A and B are
respectively.

1 1  1 n  1 n
(A) , (B) 2 , 1 (C) 1 , 2 (D) 1   , 
2 2 3 3 3 3  2   2 

3. If the probabilities that A&B will die within a year are x & y respectively, then
the probability that exactly one of them will be alive at the end of the year is
(A) x + y – 2xy (B) xy (C) (1–x)(1–y) (D) 1–xy
4. Two integers are selected at random from integers 1 to 11. If the sum is even,
find the probability that both the numbers are odd.
3 3 2
(A) (B) 1 (C) (D)
11 5 5
5. A letter is known to have come either from TATANAGAR or from
CALCUTTA. On the envelope just two consecutive letters TA are visible.
What is the probability that the letters came from TATANAGAR?
7 4 24 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
11 11 29 11
6. There are 5% defective items in a large bulk of items. What is the probability
that a sample of 10 items will include not more than one defective item?
 19 10 1  19 
9
 19 9  19 9 29
(A)   (B)   (C) 10  (D)   .
 20  2  20   20   20  20

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7. Six boys and six girls sit in a row at random. Then the probability that six girls
sit together is
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
132 32 360 36
8. The probability for a randomly chosen month to have its 10th day as Sunday is
1 10
(A) (B) 1 7 (C) 10 12 (D)
84 84
9. A person writes 4 letters and addresses 4 envelopes. If the letters are placed in
the envelopes at random, then the probability that all letters are not placed in
the right envelope is
(A) 1 24 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) 23/24

10. A bag contains 5 brown and 4 white socks. A man pulls out 2 socks. The
probability that they are of the same colour is:

(A) 5 (B) 4 9 (C) 2 9 (D) 5/9

108
11. From a group of 5 boys and 3 girls, 3 persons are chosen at random. Then the
probability that there are more girls than boys is:
(A) 15/28 (B) 15/56 (C) 1 (D) 2/7
12. Out of 15 tickets marked 1, 2, 3, ... 15, three are drawn at random. The chance
that numbers on them are in AP is
(A) 7/65 (B) 8/455 (C) 9/15 (D) 9/39
13. Vishnu, Tarun and Amit in order toss a coin. One who throws head first, wins
the game. Their respective chances of winning are:
2 1 1 1 1 4 2 1
(A) , ,0 (B) , , (C) , , (D) None of these
3 3 3 3 3 7 7 7
14. Three of the six vertices of a regular hexagon are chosen at random. The
probability that the triangle with these vertices is equilateral is:
(A) 3/20 (B) 1/20 (C) 1/10 (D) 1/60
15. A bag contains 50 tickets numbered 1, 2, 3 ... 50, of which five are drawn at
random and arranged in ascending order of magnitude (x1< x2< x3< x4< x5), the
probability that x3 = 30 is
29
C2 .20 C2 30
C2 .20 C2 20
C2 29
C2
(A) 50
(B) 50
(C) 50
(D) 50
C5 C5 C5 C5

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16. In a competition; A, B, C are participating. The probability that A wins is twice
that of B and the probability that B wins is twice that of C. The probability that
A loses is
(A) 1/7 (B) 3/7 (C) 2/7 (D) 4/7
17. A speaks truth in 75% cases and B speaks truth in 80% cases. The probability
that they contradict each other in a statement is
1 7 3 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 20 20 100
18. A purse contains 4 copper and 3 silver coins; and a second purse contains 6
copper and 2 silver coins. If a coin is taken from one of the two purses, then the
probability that it is a copper coin is
3 19 37 19
(A) (B) (C) (D)
7 28 56 56
19. A die is thrown three times. If the first throw is a four, find the choice of
getting 15 as the sum
1 5 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
18 18 36 108
20. Suppose a girl throws a die. If she gets a 5 or 6, she tosses a coin three times
and notes the number of heads. If she gets 1, 2, 3 or 4. She losses a coin once
and notes whether a head or tail is obtained. If she obtained exactly one head,
what is the probability that she threw 1, 2, 3 or 4 with the die?
8 3 3
(A) 2/5 (B) (C) (D)
11 5 11
4
21. Probability that A speaks truth is . A coin is tossed, a reports that a head
5
appears. The probability that actually there was head is
1 1 4
(A) 1 (B) (C) (D)
2 5 5
22. Bag I contains 3 red and 4 black balls and bag II contains 4 red and 5 blacks’
balls. One ball is transferred from Bag I to Bag II and then a ball is drawn from
Bag II. The ball so drawn is found to be red. Find the probability that the
transferred ball is black
16 15 3 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
31 31 8 8

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23. A card from a pack of 52 cards is lost. From the remaining cards of the pack,
two cards are drawn and are found to be both diamonds. Find the probability
that the lost card was a diamond:
144 11 39 11
(A) (B) (C) (D)
169 50 50 24
24. In answering a question on a multiple choice test, a student either knows the
answer or guesses. Let 3/4 be the probability that he knows the answer and 1/4
be the probability that he guesses. Assuming that a student who guesses at the
answer will be correct with probability 1/4. What is the probability that the
student knows the answer given that he answered it correctly?
1 3 9 12
(A) (B) (C) (D)
13 7 13 13
25. On a multiple choice examination with three possible answers for each of the
five questions, what is the probability that a candidate would get four or more
correct answers just by guessing?
1 10 11 10
(A) (B) (C) (D)
243 (243) 2 243 243
26. Words from the letters of the word PROBABILITY are formed by taking all
letters at a time. The probability that both B’s are not together and both I’s are
not together is
(A) 52/55 (B) 53/55 (C) 54/55 (D) none of these
27. In a n-sided regular polygon, the probability that the two diagonal chosen at
random will intersect inside the polygon is
nn1
2 n C2 C2 n
C4
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
 n C n
2 C  n C n
2 C  n C n
2 C
2 2 2

28. A coin is tossed 7 times. Then the probability that at least 4 consecutive heads
appear is
(A) 3/16 (B) 5/32 (C) 3/16 (D) 1/8
29. The probability that a random chosen three-digit number has exactly 3 factor is
(A) 2/225 (B) 7/900 (C) 1/800 (D) none of these
30. Five different games are to be distributed among 4 children randomly. The
probability that each child get atleast one game is
(A) 1/4 (B) 15/64 (C) 21/64 (D) none of these

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