Probability

226 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.

$\frac{1}{3}$

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
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 9th April Evening Shift

If an unbiased dice is rolled thrice, then the probability of getting a greater number in the $i^{\text {th }}$ roll than the number obtained in the $(i-1)^{\text {th }}$ roll, $i=2,3$, is equal to

A.
5/54
B.
2/54
C.
1/54
D.
3/54
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 8th April Evening Shift

There are three bags $X, Y$ and $Z$. Bag $X$ contains 5 one-rupee coins and 4 five-rupee coins; Bag $Y$ contains 4 one-rupee coins and 5 five-rupee coins and Bag $Z$ contains 3 one-rupee coins and 6 five-rupee coins. A bag is selected at random and a coin drawn from it at random is found to be a one-rupee coin. Then the probability, that it came from bag $\mathrm{Y}$, is :

A.
$\frac{1}{2}$
B.
$\frac{1}{3}$
C.
$\frac{5}{12}$
D.
$\frac{1}{4}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 8th April Morning Shift

Let the sum of two positive integers be 24 . If the probability, that their product is not less than $\frac{3}{4}$ times their greatest possible product, is $\frac{m}{n}$, where $\operatorname{gcd}(m, n)=1$, then $n$-$m$ equals

A.
10
B.
11
C.
9
D.
8
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 6th April Evening Shift

If three letters can be posted to any one of the 5 different addresses, then the probability that the three letters are posted to exactly two addresses is :

A.
$\frac{18}{25}$
B.
$\frac{12}{25}$
C.
$\frac{6}{25}$
D.
$\frac{4}{25}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 6th April Morning Shift

A company has two plants $A$ and $B$ to manufacture motorcycles. $60 \%$ motorcycles are manufactured at plant $A$ and the remaining are manufactured at plant $B .80 \%$ of the motorcycles manufactured at plant $A$ are rated of the standard quality, while $90 \%$ of the motorcycles manufactured at plant $B$ are rated of the standard quality. A motorcycle picked up randomly from the total production is found to be of the standard quality. If $p$ is the probability that it was manufactured at plant $B$, then $126 p$ is

A.
54
B.
66
C.
56
D.
64
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 5th April Evening Shift

The coefficients $\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b}, \mathrm{c}$ in the quadratic equation $\mathrm{a} x^2+\mathrm{bx}+\mathrm{c}=0$ are from the set $\{1,2,3,4,5,6\}$. If the probability of this equation having one real root bigger than the other is p, then 216p equals :

A.
38
B.
76
C.
57
D.
19
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 5th April Morning Shift

The coefficients $a, b, c$ in the quadratic equation $a x^2+b x+c=0$ are chosen from the set $\{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8\}$. The probability of this equation having repeated roots is :

A.
$\frac{1}{128}$
B.
$\frac{1}{64}$
C.
$\frac{3}{256}$
D.
$\frac{3}{128}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 4th April Evening Shift

If the mean of the following probability distribution of a radam variable $\mathrm{X}$ :

$\mathrm{X}$ 0 2 4 6 8
$\mathrm{P(X)}$ $a$ $2a$ $a+b$ $2b$ $3b$

is $\frac{46}{9}$, then the variance of the distribution is

A.
$\frac{581}{81}$
B.
$\frac{566}{81}$
C.
$\frac{151}{27}$
D.
$\frac{173}{27}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 4th April Morning Shift

Three urns A, B and C contain 7 red, 5 black; 5 red, 7 black and 6 red, 6 black balls, respectively. One of the urn is selected at random and a ball is drawn from it. If the ball drawn is black, then the probability that it is drawn from urn $\mathrm{A}$ is :

A.
$\frac{4}{17}$
B.
$\frac{5}{16}$
C.
$\frac{5}{18}$
D.
$\frac{7}{18}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 1st February Evening Shift
Let Ajay will not appear in JEE exam with probability $\mathrm{p}=\frac{2}{7}$, while both Ajay and Vijay will appear in the exam with probability $\mathrm{q}=\frac{1}{5}$. Then the probability, that Ajay will appear in the exam and Vijay will not appear is :
A.
$\frac{9}{35}$
B.
$\frac{3}{35}$
C.
$\frac{24}{35}$
D.
$\frac{18}{35}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 1st February Morning Shift
A bag contains 8 balls, whose colours are either white or black. 4 balls are drawn at random without replacement and it was found that 2 balls are white and other 2 balls are black. The probability that the bag contains equal number of white and black balls is :
A.
$\frac{2}{5}$
B.
$\frac{2}{7}$
C.
$\frac{1}{7}$
D.
$\frac{1}{5}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 31st January Evening Shift

A coin is biased so that a head is twice as likely to occur as a tail. If the coin is tossed 3 times, then the probability of getting two tails and one head is

A.
$\frac{1}{9}$
B.
$\frac{2}{9}$
C.
$\frac{1}{27}$
D.
$\frac{2}{27}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 31st January Morning Shift

Three rotten apples are accidently mixed with fifteen good apples. Assuming the random variable $x$ to be the number of rotten apples in a draw of two apples, the variance of $x$ is

A.
$\frac{57}{153}$
B.
$\frac{40}{153}$
C.
$\frac{37}{153}$
D.
$\frac{47}{153}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 31st January Morning Shift

Two marbles are drawn in succession from a box containing 10 red, 30 white, 20 blue and 15 orange marbles, with replacement being made after each drawing. Then the probability, that first drawn marble is red and second drawn marble is white, is

A.
$\frac{4}{25}$
B.
$\frac{2}{3}$
C.
$\frac{2}{25}$
D.
$\frac{4}{75}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 30th January Evening Shift

Bag A contains 3 white, 7 red balls and Bag B contains 3 white, 2 red balls. One bag is selected at random and a ball is drawn from it. The probability of drawing the ball from the bag A, if the ball drawn is white, is

A.
1/4
B.
1/3
C.
3/10
D.
1/9
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 30th January Morning Shift

Two integers $x$ and $y$ are chosen with replacement from the set $\{0,1,2,3, \ldots, 10\}$. Then the probability that $|x-y|>5$, is :

A.
$\frac{31}{121}$
B.
$\frac{60}{121}$
C.
$\frac{62}{121}$
D.
$\frac{30}{121}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 29th January Evening Shift

An integer is chosen at random from the integers $1,2,3, \ldots, 50$. The probability that the chosen integer is a multiple of atleast one of 4, 6 and 7 is

A.
$\frac{8}{25}$
B.
$\frac{9}{50}$
C.
$\frac{14}{25}$
D.
$\frac{21}{50}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 29th January Morning Shift

A fair die is thrown until 2 appears. Then the probability, that 2 appears in even number of throws, is

A.
$\frac{5}{11}$
B.
$\frac{5}{6}$
C.
$\frac{1}{6}$
D.
$\frac{6}{11}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 27th January Evening Shift

An urn contains 6 white and 9 black balls. Two successive draws of 4 balls are made without replacement. The probability, that the first draw gives all white balls and the second draw gives all black balls, is :

A.
$\frac{3}{256}$
B.
$\frac{5}{256}$
C.
$\frac{3}{715}$
D.
$\frac{5}{715}$
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 15th April Morning Shift
A bag contains 6 white and 4 black balls. A die is rolled once and the number of balls equal to the number obtained on the die are drawn from the bag at random. The probability that all the balls drawn are white is :
A.
$\frac{1}{4}$
B.
$\frac{9}{50}$
C.
$\frac{1}{5}$
D.
$\frac{11}{50}$
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 13th April Evening Shift

The random variable $\mathrm{X}$ follows binomial distribution $\mathrm{B}(\mathrm{n}, \mathrm{p})$, for which the difference of the mean and the variance is 1 . If $2 \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=2)=3 \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=1)$, then $n^{2} \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}>1)$ is equal to :

A.
15
B.
12
C.
11
D.
16
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 13th April Morning Shift

A coin is biased so that the head is 3 times as likely to occur as tail. This coin is tossed until a head or three tails occur. If $\mathrm{X}$ denotes the number of tosses of the coin, then the mean of $\mathrm{X}$ is :

A.
$\frac{81}{64}$
B.
$\frac{37}{16}$
C.
$\frac{21}{16}$
D.
$\frac{15}{16}$
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 12th April Morning Shift

Two dice A and B are rolled. Let the numbers obtained on A and B be $\alpha$ and $\beta$ respectively. If the variance of $\alpha-\beta$ is $\frac{p}{q}$, where $p$ and $q$ are co-prime, then the sum of the positive divisors of $p$ is equal to :

A.
48
B.
31
C.
72
D.
36
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 11th April Morning Shift

Let $S=\left\{M=\left[a_{i j}\right], a_{i j} \in\{0,1,2\}, 1 \leq i, j \leq 2\right\}$ be a sample space and $A=\{M \in S: M$ is invertible $\}$ be an event. Then $P(A)$ is equal to :

A.
$\frac{47}{81}$
B.
$\frac{49}{81}$
C.
$\frac{50}{81}$
D.
$\frac{16}{27}$