Probability

144 Questions
2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 21st May Evening Shift

The probability that a student gets distinction in a Mathematics test is $\frac{2}{3}$. If five such tests are conducted over a certain period of time, then the probability that he gets distinction in atleast 3 tests is

A.

$\frac{112}{243}$

B.

$\frac{17}{81}$

C.

$\frac{131}{243}$

D.

$\frac{64}{81}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 21st May Morning Shift

If $A$ and $B$ are events of a random experiment such that $P(A \cup B)=\frac{3}{4}, P(A \cap B)=\frac{1}{4}, P(\overline{\mathrm{~A}})=\frac{2}{3}$, then $P(\overline{\mathrm{~A}} \cap \mathrm{~B})=$

A.

$\frac{5}{8}$

B.

$\frac{5}{12}$

C.

$\frac{3}{8}$

D.

$\frac{2}{5}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 21st May Morning Shift

Two cards are drawn at random from a pack of 52 playing cards. If both the cards drawn are found to be black in colour, then the probability that atleast one of them is face card is

A.

$\frac{3}{13}$

B.

$\frac{3}{5}$

C.

$\frac{9}{65}$

D.

$\frac{27}{65}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 21st May Morning Shift

A person is known to speak the truth in 3 out of 4 occasions. If he throws a die and reports that it is six, then the probability that it actually six is

A.

$\frac{3}{8}$

B.

$\frac{2}{7}$

C.

$\frac{1}{9}$

D.

$\frac{4}{5}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 21st May Morning Shift

$70 \%$ of the total employees of a factory are men. Among the employees of that factory 30\% of men and $15 \%$ of women are technical assistants. If an employee chosen at random is found to be a technical assistant, then the probability that this employee is a man is

A.

$\frac{9}{23}$

B.

$\frac{3}{17}$

C.

$\frac{14}{17}$

D.

$\frac{14}{23}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 21st May Morning Shift

If a discrete random variable $X$ has the probability distribution $P(X=x)=k \frac{2^{2 x+1}}{(2 x+1)!}, x=0,1,2 \ldots \infty$, then $k=$

A.

$\sinh 2$

B.

sec2

C.

$\operatorname{cosech} 2$

D.

$\cosh 2$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 21st May Morning Shift

A random variable $X$ follows a binomial distribution in which the difference between its mean and variance is 1. if $2 P(x=2)=3 P(x=1)$, then $n^2 P(x>1)=$

A.

13

B.

11

C.

15

D.

12

2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 23th May Morning Shift
When two dice are thrown the probability of getting the sum of the values on them as 10 or 11 is
A.
$\frac{7}{36}$
B.
$\frac{5}{36}$
C.
$\frac{5}{18}$
D.
$\frac{7}{18}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 23th May Morning Shift
It is given that in a random experiment events $A$ and $B$ are such that $P(A)=\frac{1}{4}, P(A / B)=\frac{1}{2}$ and $P(B / A)=\frac{2}{3}$, then $P(B)$ is equal to
A.
$1 / 3$
B.
$2 / 3$
C.
$1 / 2$
D.
$1 / 6$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 23th May Morning Shift

The probability that $A$ speaks truth is $75 \%$ and the probability that $B$ speaks truth is $80 \%$. The probability that they contradict each other when asked to speak on a fact is

A.
$\frac{3}{20}$
B.
$\frac{4}{20}$
C.
$\frac{7}{20}$
D.
$\frac{5}{20}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 23th May Morning Shift
Bag $A$ contains 2 white and 3 red balls and bag $B$ contains 4 white and 5 red balls. If one ball is drawn at random from one of the bags and is found to be red, then the probability that it was drawn from the bag $B$ is
A.
$\frac{23}{54}$
B.
$\frac{25}{51}$
C.
$\frac{25}{52}$
D.
$\frac{27}{55}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 23th May Morning Shift

If the probability distribution of a random variable $X$ is as follows, then $k$ is equal to

$ \begin{array}{c|l|l|l|l} \hline X=x & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\ \hline P(X=x) & 2 k & 4 k & 3 k & k \\ \hline \end{array} $

A.
$\frac{1}{10}$
B.
$\frac{2}{10}$
C.
$\frac{3}{10}$
D.
$\frac{4}{10}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 23th May Morning Shift
In a binomial distribution $B(n, p)$ the sum and product of the mean and the variance are 5 and 6 respectively, then $6(n+p-q)$ is equal to
A.
50
B.
53
C.
52
D.
51
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 22th May Evening Shift
If each of the coefficients $a, b$ and $c$ in the equation $a x^2+b x+c=0$ is determined by throwing a die, then the probability that the equation will have equal roots, is
A.
$\frac{1}{36}$
B.
$\frac{1}{72}$
C.
$\frac{7}{216}$
D.
$\frac{5}{216}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 22th May Evening Shift
$A$ and $B$ throw a pair of dice alternately and they note the sum of the numbers appearing on the dice. $A$ wins if he throws 6 before $B$ throws 7 and $B$ wins if he throws 7 before $A$ throws 6 . If $A$ begins then, the probability of his winning is
A.
$\frac{15}{61}$
B.
$\frac{21}{61}$
C.
$\frac{30}{61}$
D.
$\frac{36}{61}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 22th May Evening Shift

$E_1$ and $E_2$ are two independent events of a random experiment such that $P\left(E_1\right)=\frac{1}{2}$ and $P\left(E_1 \cup E_2\right)=\frac{2}{3}$. Then, match the items of List I with the items of List II.

$ \begin{array}{lll} \hline & \text { List I } & \text { List II } \\ \hline \text { (A) } & P\left(E_2\right) & \text { (i) }1/2 \\ \hline \text { (B) } & P\left(E_1 / E_2\right) & \text { (ii) } 5 / 6 \\ \hline \text { (C) } & P\left(E_2 / E_1\right) & \text { (iii) } 1 / 3 \\ \hline \text { (D) } & P\left(E_1 \cup E_2\right) & \text { (iv) } 1 / 6 \\ \hline & & \text { (v) } 2 / 3 \\ \hline \end{array} $

The correct match is
A.
A-iii B-iv C-i D-v
B.
A-iii B-i C-v D-ii
C.
A-i B-v C-ii D-iv
D.
A-v B-i C-iii D-ii
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 22th May Evening Shift

A bag contains 4 red and 5 black balls. Another bag contains 3 red and 6 black balls. If one ball is drawn from first bag and two balls from the second bag at random. The probability that out of the three, two are black and one is red, is

A.
$\frac{20}{27}$
B.
$\frac{17}{18}$
C.
$\frac{25}{54}$
D.
$\frac{25}{108}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 22th May Evening Shift

If a random variable $X$ has the following probability distribution, then its variance is nearly

$ \begin{array}{clllllll} \hline X=x & -3 & -2 & -1 & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 \\ \hline P(X=x) & 0.05 & 0.1 & 2 K & 0 & 0.3 & K & 0.1 \\ \hline \end{array} $

A.
2.8875
B.
2.9875
C.
2.7865
D.
2.785
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 22th May Evening Shift
A radar system can detect an enemy plane in one out of 10 consecutive scans. The probability that it cannot detect an enemy plane at least two times in four consecutive scans, is
A.
0.9477
B.
0.9523
C.
0.9037
D.
0.9063
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 22th May Morning Shift

    Three numbers are chosen at random from 1 to 20 , then the probability that the sum of three numbers is divisible by 3 is

A.
$\frac{1}{114}$
B.
$\frac{147}{342}$
C.
$\frac{16}{47}$
D.
$\frac{32}{95}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 22th May Morning Shift
Two persons $A$ and $B$ throw three unbiased dice one after the another. If $A$ gets the sum 13, then the probability that $B$ gets higher sum is
A.
$\frac{5}{216}$
B.
$\frac{4}{27}$
C.
$\frac{35}{216}$
D.
$\frac{20}{216}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 22th May Morning Shift

8 teachers and 4 students are sitting around a circular table at random, then the probability that no two students sit together is

A.
$\frac{7}{88}$
B.
$\frac{14}{33}$
C.
$\frac{8}{33}$
D.
$\frac{7}{33}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 22th May Morning Shift

A bag contains 6 balls. If three balls are drawn at a time and all of them are found to be green, then the probability that exactly 5 of the balls in the bag are green is

A.
$\frac{4}{35}$
B.
$\frac{5}{35}$
C.
$\frac{2}{7}$
D.
$\frac{1}{7}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 22th May Morning Shift

In a binomial distribution the difference between the mean and standard deviation is 3 and the difference between their squares is 21 , then $P(x=1): P(x=2)=$

A.
$2: 1$
B.
$1: 2$
C.
$1: 3$
D.
$3: 1$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 22th May Morning Shift

When an unfair dice is thrown the probability of getting a number $k$ on it is $P(X=k)=k^2 P$, where $k=1,2,3,4,5,6$ and $X$ is the random variable denoting a number on the dice, then the mean of X is

A.
25
B.
5
C.
$\frac{441}{9}$
D.
$\frac{441}{91}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 21th May Evening Shift
If all the letters of the word 'SENSELESSNESS' are arranged in all possible ways and an arrangement among them is chosen at random, then the probability that all the E's come together in that arrangement is
A.
$\frac{1}{990}$
B.
$\frac{2}{143}$
C.
$\frac{1}{120}$
D.
$\frac{1}{429}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 21th May Evening Shift
If two numbers $x$ and $y$ are chosen one after the other at random with replacement from the set of number $\{1,2,3, \ldots \ldots 10\}$. Then, the probability that $\left|x^2-y^2\right|$ is divisible by 6 is
A.
$\frac{8}{25}$
B.
$\frac{6}{25}$
C.
$\frac{3}{10}$
D.
$\frac{13}{50}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 21th May Evening Shift
Bag $A$ contains 3 white and 4 red balls, bag $B$ contains 4 white and 5 red balls and bag $C$ is contains 5 white and 6 red balls. If one ball is drawn at random from each of these three bags, then the probability of getting one white and two red balls is
A.
$\frac{268}{693}$
B.
$\frac{310}{693}$
C.
$\frac{38}{99}$
D.
$\frac{26}{63}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 21th May Evening Shift
Two persons $A$ and $B$ throw a pair of dice alternately until one of them gets the sum of the numbers appeared on the dice as 4 and the person who gets this result first is declared as the winner. If $A$ starts the game, then the probability that $B$ wins the game is
A.
$\frac{11}{23}$
B.
$\frac{1}{2}$
C.
$\frac{5}{11}$
D.
$\frac{8}{17}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 21th May Evening Shift
An urn contains 3 black and 5 red balls. If 3 balls are drawn at random from the urn, the mean of the probability distribution of the number of red balls drawn is
A.
$\frac{45}{28}$
B.
$\frac{15}{8}$
C.
$\frac{2}{5}$
D.
$\frac{3}{2}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 21th May Evening Shift
If $X \sim B(5, p)$ is a binomial variate such that $P(X=3)=P(X=4)$, then $P(|X-3|<2)=$
A.
$\frac{242}{243}$
B.
$\frac{201}{243}$
C.
$\frac{200}{243}$
D.
$\frac{121}{243}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 21th May Morning Shift
If 12 dice are thrown at a time, then the probability that a multiple of 3 does not appear on any dice is
A.
$\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{12}$
B.
$\left(\frac{1}{3}\right)^{12}$
C.
$\left(\frac{2}{3}\right)^{12}$
D.
$\left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^{12}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 21th May Morning Shift
In a class consisting of 40 boys and 30 girls. $30 \%$ of the boy and $40 \%$ of the girls are good at Mathematics. If a student selected at random from that class is found to be a girl, then the probability that she is not good at Mathematics is
A.
$\frac{3}{5}$
B.
$\frac{2}{5}$
C.
$\frac{3}{10}$
D.
$\frac{7}{10}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 21th May Morning Shift
A basket contains 12 apples in which 3 are rotten. If 3 apples are drawn at random simultaneously from it, then the probability of getting atmost one rotten apple is
A.
$\frac{34}{55}$
B.
$\frac{48}{55}$
C.
$\frac{21}{55}$
D.
$\frac{42}{55}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 21th May Morning Shift
7 coins are tossed simultaneously and the number of heads turned up is denoted by random variable $X$. If $\mu$ is the mean and $\sigma^2$ is the variance of $X$, then $\frac{\mu \sigma^2}{P(X=3)}=$
A.
$\frac{56}{5}$
B.
$\frac{84}{5}$
C.
$\frac{112}{5}$
D.
$\frac{224}{5}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 21th May Morning Shift
A manufacturing company noticed that $1 \%$ of its products are defective. If a dealer order for 300 items from this company, then the probability that the number of defective items is atmost one is
A.
$\frac{3}{e^3}$
B.
$\frac{2}{e^2}$
C.
$\frac{3}{e^2}$
D.
$\frac{4}{e^3}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 20th May Evening Shift
If five-digit numbers are formed from the digits $0,1,2,3,4$ using every digit exactly only once. Then, the probability that a randomly chosen number from those numbers is divisible by 4 is
A.
$\frac{5}{16}$
B.
$\frac{3}{16}$
C.
$\frac{3}{8}$
D.
$\frac{7}{16}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 20th May Evening Shift
Two natural numbers are chosen at random from 1 to 100 and are multiplied. If $A$ is the event that the product is an even number and $B$ is the event that the product is divisible by 4 , then $P(A \cap \bar{B})=$
A.
$\frac{25}{198}$
B.
$\frac{49}{198}$
C.
$\frac{25}{99}$
D.
$\frac{50}{99}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 20th May Evening Shift
A box $P$ contains one white ball, three red ball and two black balls. Another box $Q$ contains two white balls, three red balls and four black balls. If one ball is drawn at random from each one of the two boxes, then the probability that the balls drawn are of different colour is
A.
$\frac{29}{54}$
B.
$\frac{25}{42}$
C.
$\frac{35}{54}$
D.
$\frac{39}{52}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 20th May Evening Shift
A person is known to speak false once out of 4 times, If that person picks a card at random from a pack of 52 cards and reports that it is a king, then the probability that it is actually a king is
A.
$\frac{1}{37}$
B.
$\frac{1}{5}$
C.
$\frac{12}{37}$
D.
$\frac{25}{37}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 20th May Evening Shift
For a binomial variate $X \sim B(n, p)$ the difference between the mean and variance is 1 and the difference between their square is 11 . If the probability of $P(x=2)=m\left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^n$ and $n=36$, then $m: n$
A.
$6: 5$
B.
$7: 10$
C.
$36: 1$
D.
$42: 25$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 20th May Evening Shift
The probability that a man failing to hit a target is $\frac{1}{3}$. If he fires 4 times, then the probability that he hits the target at least thrice is
A.
$\frac{16}{27}$
B.
$\frac{11}{27}$
C.
$\frac{8}{81}$
D.
$\frac{32}{81}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 20th May Morning Shift

S is the sample space and $A, B$ are two events of a random experiment. Match the items of List $A$ with the items of List B

$
\text { List A }
$
$
\text { List B }
$
I $A, B$ are mutually exclusive events a. $
P(A \cap B)=P(B)-P(\bar{A})
$
II $
A, B \text { are independent events }
$
b. $
P(A) \leq P(B)
$
III $
A \cap B=A
$
c. $
P\left(\frac{\bar{A}}{B}\right)=1-P(A)
$
IV $
A \cup B=S
$
d. $
P(A \cup B)=P(A)+P(B)
$
e. $
P(A)+P(B)=2
$
A.
$(I-e)(I I-d)(I I I-c)(I V-b)$
B.
(l-a) (II-c) (III-e) (IV-b)
C.
$(I-d)(I I-c)(I I I-b)(I V-a)$
D.
$(\mathrm{I}-\mathrm{b})(\mathrm{II}-\mathrm{d})(\mathrm{III-a})(\mathrm{IV}-\mathrm{c})$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 20th May Morning Shift
$P(A \mid A \cap B)+P(B \mid A \cap B)=$
A.
1
B.
$P(A \cup B)$
C.
$P(A \cap B)$
D.
2
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 20th May Morning Shift
Two digits are selected at random from the digits 1 through 9. If their sum is even, then the probability that both are odd, is
A.
$\frac{3}{8}$
B.
$\frac{1}{2}$
C.
$\frac{5}{8}$
D.
$\frac{3}{4}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 20th May Morning Shift
A, B and C are mutually exclusive and exhaustive events of a random experiment and $E$ is an event that occurs in conjunction with one of the events $\mathrm{A}, \mathrm{B}$ and $C$. The conditional probabilities of $E$ given the happening of $A, \mathrm{~B}$ and C are respectively $0.6,0.3$ and 0.1. If $P(A)=0.30$ and $P(B)=0.50$, then $P(C / E)=$
A.
$\frac{2}{35}$
B.
$\frac{15}{35}$
C.
$\frac{18}{35}$
D.
$\frac{17}{35}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 20th May Morning Shift
For the probability distribution of a discrete random variable $X$ as given below, then mean of $X$ is
X = x -2 -1 0 1 2 3
P(X = x) $
\frac{1}{10}
$
$
K+\frac{2}{10}
$
$
K+\frac{3}{10}
$
$
K+\frac{3}{10}
$
$
K+\frac{4}{10}
$
$
K+\frac{2}{10}
$
A.
$\frac{3}{5}$
B.
$\frac{4}{5}$
C.
$\frac{6}{5}$
D.
$\frac{8}{5}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 20th May Morning Shift
In a random experiment, two dice are thrown and the sum of the numbers appeared on them is recorded. This experiment is repeated 9 times. If the probability that a sum of 6 appears atleast once is $P_1$ and a sum of 8 appears atleast once is $P_2$, then $P_1: P_2=$
A.
$4: 3$
B.
$3: 1$
C.
$1: 2$
D.
$1: 1$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 19th May Evening Shift
If 7 different balls are distributed among 4 different boxes, then the probability that the first box contains 3 balls is
A.
$\frac{35}{128}\left(\frac{3}{4}\right)^3$
B.
$\frac{35}{64}\left(\frac{3}{4}\right)^4$
C.
$\frac{7}{8}\left(\frac{3}{4}\right)^7$
D.
$\frac{5}{16}\left(\frac{3}{4}\right)^5$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 19th May Evening Shift
Out of first 5 consecutive natural numbers, if two different numbers $x$ and $y$ are chosen at random, then the probability that $x^4-y^4$ is divisible by 5 is
A.
$\frac{2}{5}$
B.
$\frac{4}{5}$
C.
$\frac{3}{5}$
D.
$\frac{1}{5}$