Probability

633 Questions
2026 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 28th January Evening Shift

The probability distribution of a random variable X is given below :

X4k$\frac{30}{7}k$$\frac{32}{7}k$$\frac{34}{7}k$$\frac{36}{7}k$$\frac{38}{7}k$$\frac{40}{7}k$6k
P(X)$\frac{2}{15}$$\frac{1}{15}$$\frac{2}{15}$$\frac{1}{5}$$\frac{1}{15}$$\frac{2}{15}$$\frac{1}{5}$$\frac{1}{15}$

If E(X) = $\frac{263}{15}$, then P(X < 20) is equal to :

A.

$\frac{3}{5}$

B.

$\frac{14}{15}$

C.

$\frac{8}{15}$

D.

$\frac{11}{15}$

2026 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 28th January Morning Shift

A bag contains 10 balls out of which $k$ are red and $(10-k)$ are black, where $0 \leq k \leq 10$. If three balls are drawn at random without replacement and all of them are found to be black, then the probability that the bag contains 1 red and 9 black balls is:

A.

$\frac{7}{110}$

B.

$\frac{7}{11}$

C.

$\frac{7}{55}$

D.

$\frac{14}{55}$

2026 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 24th January Morning Shift

From a lot containing 10 defective and 90 non-defective bulbs, 8 bulbs are selected one by one with replacement. Then the probability of getting at least 7 defective bulbs is

A.

$\frac{73}{10^8}$

B.

$\frac{67}{10^8}$

C.

$\frac{7}{10^7}$

D.

$\frac{81}{10^8}$

2026 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 23rd January Evening Shift

Bag A contains 9 white and 8 black balls, while bag B contains 6 white and 4 black balls. One ball is randomly picked up from the bag B and mixed up with the balls in the bag A . Then a ball is randomly drawn from the bag A . If the probability, that the ball drawn is white, is $\frac{\mathrm{p}}{\mathrm{q}}, \operatorname{gcd}(\mathrm{p}, \mathrm{q})=1$, then $\mathrm{p}+\mathrm{q}$ is equal to

A.

24

B.

22

C.

23

D.

21

2026 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 22nd January Morning Shift

Two distinct numbers $a$ and $b$ are selected at random from $1,2,3, \ldots, 50$. The probability, that their product $a b$ is divisible by 3 , is

A.

$\frac{272}{1225}$

B.

$\frac{561}{1225}$

C.

$\frac{664}{1225}$

D.

$\frac{8}{25}$

2026 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 22nd January Morning Shift

If a random variable $x$ has the probability distribution

$ \begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline x & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 \\ \hline \mathrm{P}(x) & 0 & 2 \mathrm{k} & \mathrm{k} & 3 \mathrm{k} & 2 \mathrm{k}^2 & 2 \mathrm{k} & \mathrm{k}^2+\mathrm{k} & 7 \mathrm{k}^2 \\ \hline \end{array} $

$ \text { then } \mathrm{P}(3 < x \leq 6) \text { is equal to } $

A.

0.34

B.

0.64

C.

0.22

D.

0.33

2026 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 21st January Morning Shift

Let the mean and variance of 7 observations $2,4,10, x, 12,14, y, x>y$, be 8 and 16 respectively. Two numbers are chosen from $\{1,2,3, x-4, y, 5\}$ one after another without replacement, then the probability, that the smaller number among the two chosen numbers is less than 4 , is :

A.

$\frac{4}{5}$

B.

$\frac{3}{5}$

C.

$\frac{2}{5}$

D.

$\frac{1}{3}$

2026 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 24th January Evening Shift

Let S be a set of 5 elements and $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{S})$ denote the power set of S . Let E be an event of choosing an ordered pair (A, B) from the set $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{S}) \times \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{S})$ such that $\mathrm{A} \cap \mathrm{B}=\emptyset$. If the probability of the event $E$ is $\frac{3^p}{2^q}$, where $p, q \in N$, then $p+q$ is equal to

2026 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 23rd January Morning Shift

From the first 100 natural numbers, two numbers first $a$ and then $b$ are selected randomly without replacement. If the probability that $\mathrm{a}-\mathrm{b} \geqslant 10$ is $\frac{\mathrm{m}}{\mathrm{n}}, \operatorname{gcd}(\mathrm{m}, \mathrm{n})=1$, then $\mathrm{m}+\mathrm{n}$ is equal to

$\_\_\_\_$ .

2026 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2026 Paper 2 Online

A bookshelf contains 6 distinct books of Mathematics and 5 distinct books of Physics. From these 11 books, 6 books are chosen at random. Let $X$ be the absolute value of the difference between the number of Mathematics books chosen and the number of Physics books chosen. If $\alpha$ is the mean of the random variable $X$, then the value of $77 \alpha$ is $\_\_\_\_$ .

2026 JEE Advanced MSQ
JEE Advanced 2026 Paper 1 Online

Suppose that Box I contains 6 red balls and 9 green balls, and Box II contains 8 red balls and 12 green balls. All the balls of Box I and Box II are mixed together and a ball is chosen at random from them. Let $E_1$ be the event that the ball chosen belonged to Box I and let $E_2$ be the event that the ball chosen belonged to Box II. Let $F_1$ be the event that the ball chosen is red and let $F_2$ be the event that the ball chosen is green.

Then which of the following statements is (are) TRUE?

A.

The events $E_1$ and $F_1$ are independent

B.

The events $E_2$ and $F_2$ are dependent

C.

The conditional probability $P(F_1|E_1)$ is equal to the conditional probability $P(F_1|E_2)$

D.

The conditional probability $P(F_1|E_1)$ is greater than the conditional probability $P(F_2|E_2)$

2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 8th April Evening Shift

If A and B are two events such that $P(A) = 0.7$, $P(B) = 0.4$ and $P(A \cap \overline{B}) = 0.5$, where $\overline{B}$ denotes the complement of B, then $P\left(B \mid (A \cup \overline{B})\right)$ is equal to

A.

$\frac{1}{3}$

B.

$\frac{1}{2}$

C.

$\frac{1}{4}$

D.

$\frac{1}{6}$

2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 7th April Evening Shift

A bag contains 19 unbiased coins and one coin with head on both sides. One coin drawn at random is tossed and head turns up. If the probability that the drawn coin was unbiased, is $\frac{m}{n}$, $\gcd(m, n) = 1$, then $n^2 - m^2$ is equal to :

A.

64

B.

80

C.

60

D.

72

2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 7th April Evening Shift

Let a random variable X take values 0, 1, 2, 3 with P(X=0)=P(X=1)=p, P(X=2)=P(X=3) and E(X2)=2E(X). Then the value of 8p−1 is :

A.

2

B.

0

C.

3

D.

1

2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 4th April Morning Shift

The probability, of forming a 12 persons committee from 4 engineers, 2 doctors and 10 professors containing at least 3 engineers and at least 1 doctor, is

A.
$\frac{129}{182}$
B.
$\frac{17}{26}$
C.
$\frac{19}{26}$
D.
$\frac{103}{182}$
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 4th April Morning Shift

A box contains 10 pens of which 3 are defective. A sample of 2 pens is drawn at random and let $X$ denote the number of defective pens. Then the variance of $X$ is

A.
$\frac{11}{15}$
B.
$\frac{2}{15}$
C.
$\frac{3}{5}$
D.
$\frac{28}{75}$
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 3rd April Evening Shift

If the probability that the random variable $X$ takes the value $x$ is given by

$P(X=x)=k(x+1) 3^{-x}, x=0,1,2,3 \ldots$, where $k$ is a constant, then $P(X \geq 3)$ is equal to

A.
$\frac{1}{9}$
B.
$\frac{8}{27}$
C.
$\frac{7}{27}$
D.
$\frac{4}{9}$
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 2nd April Evening Shift

$ \text { Given three indentical bags each containing } 10 \text { balls, whose colours are as follows : } $

$ \begin{array}{lccc} & \text { Red } & \text { Blue } & \text { Green } \\ \text { Bag I } & 3 & 2 & 5 \\ \text { Bag II } & 4 & 3 & 3 \\ \text { Bag III } & 5 & 1 & 4 \end{array} $

A person chooses a bag at random and takes out a ball. If the ball is Red, the probability that it is from bag I is p and if the ball is Green, the probability that it is from bag III is $q$, then the value of $\left(\frac{1}{p}+\frac{1}{q}\right)$ is:
A.
6
B.
9
C.
7
D.
8
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 29th January Evening Shift

Bag 1 contains 4 white balls and 5 black balls, and Bag 2 contains n white balls and 3 black balls. One ball is drawn randomly from Bag 1 and transferred to Bag 2. A ball is then drawn randomly from Bag 2. If the probability, that the ball drawn is white, is $ \frac{29}{45} $, then n is equal to:

A.

5

B.

6

C.

4

D.

3

2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 28th January Evening Shift

Bag $B_1$ contains 6 white and 4 blue balls, Bag $B_2$ contains 4 white and 6 blue balls, and Bag $B_3$ contains 5 white and 5 blue balls. One of the bags is selected at random and a ball is drawn from it. If the ball is white, then the probability that the ball is drawn from Bag $B_2$ is:

A.

$\frac{2}{5}$

B.

$\frac{4}{15}$

C.

$\frac{1}{3}$

D.

$\frac{2}{3}$

2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 28th January Evening Shift

Let S be the set of all the words that can be formed by arranging all the letters of the word GARDEN. From the set S, one word is selected at random. The probability that the selected word will NOT have vowels in alphabetical order is:

A.

$\frac{1}{4}$

B.

$\frac{1}{2}$

C.

$\frac{1}{3}$

D.

$\frac{2}{3}$

2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 28th January Morning Shift

Two number $\mathrm{k}_1$ and $\mathrm{k}_2$ are randomly chosen from the set of natural numbers. Then, the probability that the value of $\mathrm{i}^{\mathrm{k}_1}+\mathrm{i}^{\mathrm{k}_2},(\mathrm{i}=\sqrt{-1})$ is non-zero, equals

A.
$\frac{3}{4}$
B.
$\frac{1}{2}$
C.
$\frac{1}{4}$
D.
$\frac{2}{3}$
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 28th January Morning Shift

Three defective oranges are accidently mixed with seven good ones and on looking at them, it is not possible to differentiate between them. Two oranges are drawn at random from the lot. If $x$ denote the number of defective oranges, then the variance of $x$ is

A.
$26 / 75$
B.
$14/25$
C.
$18 / 25$
D.
$28 / 75$
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 24th January Evening Shift

Let $\mathrm{A}=\left[\mathrm{a}_{\mathrm{ij}}\right]$ be a square matrix of order 2 with entries either 0 or 1 . Let E be the event that A is an invertible matrix. Then the probability $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{E})$ is :

A.
$\frac{3}{8}$
B.
$\frac{1}{8}$
C.
$\frac{3}{16}$
D.
$\frac{5}{8}$
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 24th January Morning Shift

$A$ and $B$ alternately throw a pair of dice. A wins if he throws a sum of 5 before $B$ throws a sum of 8 , and $B$ wins if he throws a sum of 8 before $A$ throws a sum of 5 . The probability, that A wins if A makes the first throw, is

A.
$\frac{8}{19}$
B.
$\frac{9}{19}$
C.
$\frac{8}{17}$
D.
$\frac{9}{17}$
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 23rd January Evening Shift

A board has 16 squares as shown in the figure :

JEE Main 2025 (Online) 23rd January Evening Shift Mathematics - Probability Question 23 English

Out of these 16 squares, two squares are chosen at random. The probability that they have no side in common is :

A.
$\frac{3}{5}$
B.
$\frac{4}{5}$
C.
$\frac{23}{30}$
D.
$\frac{7}{10}$
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 23rd January Morning Shift

One die has two faces marked 1 , two faces marked 2 , one face marked 3 and one face marked 4 . Another die has one face marked 1 , two faces marked 2 , two faces marked 3 and one face marked 4. The probability of getting the sum of numbers to be 4 or 5 , when both the dice are thrown together, is

A.
$\frac{2}{3}$
B.
$\frac{3}{5}$
C.
$\frac{4}{9}$
D.
$\frac{1}{2}$
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 22nd January Evening Shift

If $A$ and $B$ are two events such that $P(A \cap B)=0.1$, and $P(A \mid B)$ and $P(B \mid A)$ are the roots of the equation $12 x^2-7 x+1=0$, then the value of $\frac{P(\bar{A} \cup \bar{B})}{P(\bar{A} \cap \bar{B})}$ is :

A.
$\frac{4}{3}$
B.
$\frac{7}{4}$
C.
$\frac{9}{4}$
D.
$\frac{5}{3}$
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 22nd January Morning Shift

A coin is tossed three times. Let $X$ denote the number of times a tail follows a head. If $\mu$ and $\sigma^2$ denote the mean and variance of $X$, then the value of $64\left(\mu+\sigma^2\right)$ is:

A.
64
B.
32
C.
51
D.
48
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 22nd January Morning Shift

Two balls are selected at random one by one without replacement from a bag containing 4 white and 6 black balls. If the probability that the first selected ball is black, given that the second selected ball is also black, is $\frac{m}{n}$, where $\operatorname{gcd}(m, n)=1$, then $m+n$ is equal to :

A.
4
B.
14
C.
11
D.
13
2025 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 4th April Evening Shift

A card from a pack of 52 cards is lost. From the remaining 51 cards, n cards are drawn and are found to be spades. If the probability of the lost card to be a spade is $\frac{11}{50}$, then n is equal to ________ .

2025 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 2nd April Morning Shift

Three distinct numbers are selected randomly from the set $\{1,2,3, \ldots, 40\}$. If the probability, that the selected numbers are in an increasing G.P., is $\frac{m}{n}, \operatorname{gcd}(m, n)=1$, then $m+n$ is equal to __________ .

2025 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2025 Paper 1 Online

Three students $S_1, S_2,$ and $S_3$ are given a problem to solve. Consider the following events:

U: At least one of $S_1, S_2,$ and $S_3$ can solve the problem,

V: $S_1$ can solve the problem, given that neither $S_2$ nor $S_3$ can solve the problem,

W: $S_2$ can solve the problem and $S_3$ cannot solve the problem,

T: $S_3$ can solve the problem.

For any event $E$, let $P(E)$ denote the probability of $E$. If

$P(U) = \dfrac{1}{2}$ , $P(V) = \dfrac{1}{10}$ , and $P(W) = \dfrac{1}{12}$,

then $P(T)$ is equal to

A.

$\dfrac{13}{36}$

B.

$\dfrac{1}{3}$

C.

$\dfrac{19}{60}$

D.

$\dfrac{1}{4}$

2025 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2025 Paper 2 Online

A factory has a total of three manufacturing units, $M_1, M_2$, and $M_3$, which produce bulbs independent of each other. The units $M_1, M_2$, and $M_3$ produce bulbs in the proportions of $2: 2: 1$, respectively. It is known that $20 \%$ of the bulbs produced in the factory are defective. It is also known that, of all the bulbs produced by $M_1, 15 \%$ are defective. Suppose that, if a randomly chosen bulb produced in the factory is found to be defective, the probability that it was produced by $M_2$ is $\frac{2}{5}$.

If a bulb is chosen randomly from the bulbs produced by $M_3$, then the probability that it is defective is __________.

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 4th May Evening Shift

Functions are formed from the set $A=\left\{a_1, a_2, a_3\right\}$ to another set $B=\left\{b_1, b_2, b_3, b_4, b_5\right\}$. If a function is selected at random, then probability, that it is a non-one function is

A.

$\frac{1}{2}$

B.

$\frac{13}{25}$

C.

$\frac{3}{5}$

D.

$\frac{12}{25}$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 4th May Evening Shift

$A$ and $B$ are two events of a random experiment such that $P(B)=0.4, P(A \cap \bar{B})=0.5, P(A \cup B)+P\left(\frac{B}{A \cup \bar{B}}\right)=1.15$ then $P(A)=$

A.

0.9

B.

0.8

C.

0.7

D.

0.25

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 4th May Evening Shift

There are two boxes each containing 10 balls. In each box, few of them are black balls and rest are white. A ball is drawn at random from one of the boxes and found that it is black. If the probability that the black ball drawn is from the second box is $\frac{1}{5}$, then number of black balls in the first box is

A.

5 or 10

B.

2 or 7

C.

4 or 8

D.

3 or 6 or 9

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 4th May Evening Shift

In a shelf there are three mathematics and two physics books. A student takes a book randomly. If he randomly takes, successively for three time by replacing the book already taken every time, then the mean of the number of mathematics books which is treated as random variable is

A.

$\frac{3}{2}$

B.

$\frac{129}{125}$

C.

$\frac{9}{5}$

D.

$\frac{174}{125}$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 4th May Evening Shift

In possion distribution, if $\frac{P(x=5)}{P(X=2)}=\frac{1}{7500}$ and $\frac{P(X=5)}{P(X=3)}=\frac{1}{500}$, then the mean of the distribution is

A.

$\frac{1}{15}$

B.

$\frac{1}{5}$

C.

$\frac{1}{25}$

D.

$\frac{1}{3}$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 4th May Morning Shift

If two smallest squares are chosen at random on a chess board, then the probability of getting these squares such that they do not have a side in common is

A.

$\frac{1}{18}$

B.

$\frac{5}{36}$

C.

$\frac{17}{18}$

D.

$\frac{7}{36}$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 4th May Morning Shift

Let $A$ and $B$ be two events in a random experiment . If $P(A \cap \bar{B})=0.1, P(\bar{A} \cap B)=0.2$ and $P(B)=0.5$, then $P(\bar{A} \cap \bar{B})=$

A.

0.6

B.

0.5

C.

0.4

D.

0.3

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 4th May Morning Shift

An urn contains 7 red, 5 white and 3 black balls. Three balls are drawn randomly one after the other without replacement. If it is known that first ball drawn is red and the second ball drawn is white, then the probability that the third ball drawn is not red is

A.

$\frac{10}{13}$

B.

$\frac{8}{13}$

C.

$\frac{12}{13}$

D.

$\frac{7}{13}$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 4th May Morning Shift

The range of a discrete random variable $X$ is $\{1,2,3\}$ and the probabilities of its elements are given by $P(X=1)=3 k^3, P(X=2)=2 k^2$ and $P(X=3)=7-19 \mathrm{k}$. Then, $P(X=3)=$

A.

$\frac{2}{3}$

B.

$\frac{2}{9}$

C.

$\frac{1}{9}$

D.

$\frac{4}{9}$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 4th May Morning Shift

Among every 8 units of a product, one is likely to be defective. If a consumer has order 5 units of that product, then the probability that atmost one unit is defective among them is

A.

$\frac{15}{8}\left(\frac{7}{8}\right)^6$

B.

$\frac{57}{8^8}$

C.

$\frac{36}{8^5}$

D.

$\frac{3}{2}\left(\frac{7}{8}\right)^4$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 3rd May Evening Shift

Out of the given 25 consecutive position integers, three integers are drawn. If the least integer among given 25 integers is an odd number, then the probability that the sum of the three integers drawn is an even number is

A.

$\frac{289}{575}$

B.

$\frac{286}{575}$

C.

$\frac{288}{575}$

D.

$\frac{287}{575}$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 3rd May Evening Shift

If three dice are thrown at a time, then the probability of getting the sum of the numbers on them as a prime number is

A.

$\frac{3}{8}$

B.

$\frac{73}{216}$

C.

$\frac{4}{27}$

D.

$\frac{5}{54}$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 3rd May Evening Shift

Three companies $C_1, C_2, C_3$ produce car tyres. A car manufacturing company buys $40 \%$ of its requirement from $C_1, 35 \%$ from $C_2$ and $25 \%$ from $C_3$. The company knows that $2 \%$ of the tyres supplied by $C_1, 3 \%$ by $C_2$ and $4 \%$ by $C_3$ are defective. If a tyre chosen random from the consignment received is found defective then, the probability that it was supplied by $C_2$ is

A.

$\frac{7}{19}$

B.

$\frac{12}{19}$

C.

$\frac{10}{57}$

D.

$\frac{26}{57}$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 3rd May Evening Shift

If the mean and variance of a binomial distribution are $\frac{4}{3}$ and $\frac{10}{9}$ respectively, then $P(X \geq 6)=$

A.

$\frac{41}{6^8}$

B.

$\frac{741}{6^8}$

C.

$1-\frac{741}{6^8}$

D.

$1-\frac{41}{6^8}$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 3rd May Morning Shift

If a number $x$ is drawn randomly from the set of numbers $\{1,2,3, \ldots ., 50\}$, then the probability that number $x$ that is drawn satisfies the inequation $x+\frac{10}{x} \leq 11$ is

A.

$\frac{4}{5}$

B.

$\frac{9}{50}$

C.

$\frac{4}{25}$

D.

$\frac{1}{5}$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 3rd May Morning Shift

If a coin is tossed seven times, then the probability of getting exactly three heads such that number two heads occur consecutively is

A.

$\frac{5}{64}$

B.

$\frac{5}{32}$

C.

$\frac{5}{128}$

D.

$\frac{35}{128}$