PROBABILITY
1. A bag contains 3 red, 5yellow and 4 green balls.3 balls are
drawn randomly, what is the probability that the ball drawn
contains no yellow ball?
A. 9/44 B. 37/44 C. 43/44 D. 7/44
2. A bag contains 4 white, 5 red and 6 blue balls. Three balls
are drawn at random from the bag. The probability that all
of them are red, is:
A. 2/91 B. 1/22 C. 3/22 D. 2/77
3. There are 4 boys and 3 girls. they sit in a row randomly.
What is the probability that all girls are together?
A. 1/14 B. 2/14 C. 5/14 D. 3/14
4. If two fair dice are thrown simultaneously. then what is the
probability that sum of the numbers appearing on the top
faces of the dice is less than 4?
A. 6/14 B. 1/12 C. 3/18 D. none
5. If three coins are tossed together, then find out the
probability of getting at most two heads.
A.1/3 B.7/9 C.3/5 D.7/8
6. If a card is picked randomly from a set of 52 cards, find out
the probability of picking a queen?
A. 1/13 B. 7/13 C. 1/15 D. 1/26
7. If Adam randomly picks a card from a set of 52 cards, find
out the probability that it is a face card (King, Queen, or
Jack)?
A. 3/13 B. 1/13 C. 1/6 D. 4/13
8. A box contains 20 electric bulbs, out of which 4 are
defective. Two bulbs are chosen at random from this box.
The probability that at least one of these is defective, is:
A. 4/19 B. 7/19 C. 12/19 D. 21/95
9. In a class, 30% of the students offered English, 20%
offered Hindi and 10% offered both. If a student is selected
at random, what is the probability that he has offered
English or Hindi ?
A. 2/5 B. 3/4 C. 3/5 D. 3/10
P(A ∪ B) = P(A) + P(B) − P(A ∩ B)
10. If A and B are 2 independent events and P(A)=0.5 and
P(B) = 0.4, find P(A/B):
A. 0.5 B. 0.4 C. 0.88 D. None of these
P(A/B) = P(A ∪ B)/P(B)
11. If two unbiased dice are rolled together, then find out
the probability to get a number whose product is an even
number?
A. 1/2 B. 4/3 C. 2/5 D. ¾
12. What will be the probability of an even number
chosen randomly between the range {1, 2, 3, ….15}? A.
1/2 B. 7/15 C. 3/10 D. 6/14
13. If two unbiased dice are rolled together, find out the
probability to obtain two numbers with a sum is 6? A. 8/7
B. 5/36 C. 1/32 D. 7/9
14. If a dice is rolled once, then what is the probability of
obtaining a prime number? A. 1/21 B. 6/5 C. 3/2 D. ½
15. If a cardis drawn from a pack of 52 cards, then find
out the probability of getting a jack? A. 1/15 B. 1/2 C. 1/5
D. 1/13
16. If an unbiased dice is tossed, what will be the
probability of getting the sum of the numbers on both the
dice as a prime number? A. 1/2 B. 13/3 C. 15/36 D. none of
these
17. From a deck of 52 cards, if Lakshya selects two cards,
find out the probability that he draws two kings from the
pack of cards. A. 1/221 B. 6/981 C. 3/76 D. 1/321
18. There are 10 girls and 15 boys in a group. If the
teacher selects 3 students randomly, calculate the
probability of selecting 1 girl and 2 boys? A. 21/46 B. 1/6
C. 20/13 D. 4/7
19. From a set of 52 cards, if Alex draws two cards, then
find out the probability of them being the kings?
A. 1/324 B. 1/254 C. 1/220 D. 1/221
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