Probability

226 Questions
2024 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 8th April Morning Shift

Three balls are drawn at random from a bag containing 5 blue and 4 yellow balls. Let the random variables $X$ and $Y$ respectively denote the number of blue and yellow balls. If $\bar{X}$ and $\bar{Y}$ are the means of $X$ and $Y$ respectively, then $7 \bar{X}+4 \bar{Y}$ is equal to ___________.

2024 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 6th April Evening Shift

From a lot of 12 items containing 3 defectives, a sample of 5 items is drawn at random. Let the random variable $X$ denote the number of defective items in the sample. Let items in the sample be drawn one by one without replacement. If variance of $X$ is $\frac{m}{n}$, where $\operatorname{gcd}(m, n)=1$, then $n-m$ is equal to _________.

2024 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 5th April Morning Shift

From a lot of 10 items, which include 3 defective items, a sample of 5 items is drawn at random. Let the random variable $X$ denote the number of defective items in the sample. If the variance of $X$ is $\sigma^2$, then $96 \sigma^2$ is equal to __________.

2024 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 4th April Evening Shift

In a tournament, a team plays 10 matches with probabilities of winning and losing each match as $\frac{1}{3}$ and $\frac{2}{3}$ respectively. Let $x$ be the number of matches that the team wins, and $y$ be the number of matches that team loses. If the probability $\mathrm{P}(|x-y| \leq 2)$ is $p$, then $3^9 p$ equals _________.

2024 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 30th January Morning Shift

A group of 40 students appeared in an examination of 3 subjects - Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. It was found that all students passed in atleast one of the subjects, 20 students passed in Mathematics, 25 students passed in Physics, 16 students passed in Chemistry, atmost 11 students passed in both Mathematics and Physics, atmost 15 students passed in both Physics and Chemistry, atmost 15 students passed in both Mathematics and Chemistry. The maximum number of students passed in all the three subjects is _________.

2024 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 27th January Morning Shift
A fair die is tossed repeatedly until a six is obtained. Let $X$ denote the number of tosses required and let

$a=P(X=3), b=P(X \geqslant 3)$ and $c=P(X \geqslant 6 \mid X>3)$. Then $\frac{b+c}{a}$ is equal to __________.
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.
$\frac{16}{27}$
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 10th April Evening Shift

Let a die be rolled $n$ times. Let the probability of getting odd numbers seven times be equal to the probability of getting odd numbers nine times. If the probability of getting even numbers twice is $\frac{k}{2^{15}}$, then $\mathrm{k}$ is equal to :

A.
15
B.
60
C.
30
D.
90
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 10th April Morning Shift

Let N denote the sum of the numbers obtained when two dice are rolled. If the probability that ${2^N} < N!$ is ${m \over n}$, where m and n are coprime, then $4m-3n$ is equal to :

A.
12
B.
6
C.
8
D.
10
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 8th April Evening Shift

If the probability that the random variable $\mathrm{X}$ takes values $x$ is given by $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=x)=\mathrm{k}(x+1) 3^{-x}, x=0,1,2,3, \ldots$, where $\mathrm{k}$ is a constant, then $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X} \geq 2)$ is equal to :

A.
$\frac{7}{18}$
B.
$\frac{20}{27}$
C.
$\frac{7}{27}$
D.
$\frac{11}{18}$
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 8th April Morning Shift

In a bolt factory, machines $A, B$ and $C$ manufacture respectively $20 \%, 30 \%$ and $50 \%$ of the total bolts. Of their output 3, 4 and 2 percent are respectively defective bolts. A bolt is drawn at random from the product. If the bolt drawn is found the defective, then the probability that it is manufactured by the machine $C$ is :

A.
$\frac{2}{7}$
B.
$\frac{9}{28}$
C.
$\frac{5}{14}$
D.
$\frac{3}{7}$
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 6th April Evening Shift

Three dice are rolled. If the probability of getting different numbers on the three dice is $\frac{p}{q}$, where $p$ and $q$ are co-prime, then $q-p$ is equal to :

A.
3
B.
4
C.
1
D.
2
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 6th April Morning Shift

A pair of dice is thrown 5 times. For each throw, a total of 5 is considered a success. If the probability of at least 4 successes is $\frac{k}{3^{11}}$, then $k$ is equal to :

A.
82
B.
164
C.
123
D.
75
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 1st February Evening Shift

Two dice are thrown independently. Let $\mathrm{A}$ be the event that the number appeared on the $1^{\text {st }}$ die is less than the number appeared on the $2^{\text {nd }}$ die, $\mathrm{B}$ be the event that the number appeared on the $1^{\text {st }}$ die is even and that on the second die is odd, and $\mathrm{C}$ be the event that the number appeared on the $1^{\text {st }}$ die is odd and that on the $2^{\text {nd }}$ is even. Then :

A.
A and B are mutually exclusive
B.
the number of favourable cases of the events A, B and C are 15, 6 and 6 respectively
C.
B and C are independent
D.
the number of favourable cases of the event $(\mathrm{A\cup B)\cap C}$ is 6
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 1st February Morning Shift

In a binomial distribution $B(n,p)$, the sum and the product of the mean and the variance are 5 and 6 respectively, then $6(n+p-q)$ is equal to :

A.
52
B.
50
C.
51
D.
53
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 31st January Morning Shift

A bag contains 6 balls. Two balls are drawn from it at random and both are found to be black. The probability that the bag contains at least 5 black balls is :

A.
$\frac{3}{7}$
B.
$\frac{5}{6}$
C.
$\frac{5}{7}$
D.
$\frac{2}{7}$
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 30th January Morning Shift

If an unbiased die, marked with $-2,-1,0,1,2,3$ on its faces, is thrown five times, then the probability that the product of the outcomes is positive, is :

A.
$\frac{27}{288}$
B.
$\frac{521}{2592}$
C.
$\frac{440}{2592}$
D.
$\frac{881}{2592}$
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 29th January Evening Shift

Let $\mathrm{S} = \{ {w_1},{w_2},......\} $ be the sample space associated to a random experiment. Let $P({w_n}) = {{P({w_{n - 1}})} \over 2},n \ge 2$. Let $A = \{ 2k + 3l:k,l \in N\} $ and $B = \{ {w_n}:n \in A\} $. Then P(B) is equal to :

A.
$\frac{3}{32}$
B.
$\frac{1}{32}$
C.
$\frac{1}{16}$
D.
$\frac{3}{64}$
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 29th January Morning Shift

Fifteen football players of a club-team are given 15 T-shirts with their names written on the backside. If the players pick up the T-shirts randomly, then the probability that at least 3 players pick the correct T-shirt is :

A.
$\frac{1}{6}$
B.
$\frac{2}{15}$
C.
$\frac{5}{24}$
D.
0.08
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 25th January Evening Shift

Let N be the sum of the numbers appeared when two fair dice are rolled and let the probability that $N-2,\sqrt{3N},N+2$ are in geometric progression be $\frac{k}{48}$. Then the value of k is :

A.
8
B.
16
C.
2
D.
4
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 25th January Morning Shift

Let M be the maximum value of the product of two positive integers when their sum is 66. Let the sample space $S = \left\{ {x \in \mathbb{Z}:x(66 - x) \ge {5 \over 9}M} \right\}$ and the event $\mathrm{A = \{ x \in S:x\,is\,a\,multiple\,of\,3\}}$. Then P(A) is equal to :

A.
$\frac{1}{3}$
B.
$\frac{1}{5}$
C.
$\frac{7}{22}$
D.
$\frac{15}{44}$
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 24th January Morning Shift

Let N denote the number that turns up when a fair die is rolled. If the probability that the system of equations

$x + y + z = 1$

$2x + \mathrm{N}y + 2z = 2$

$3x + 3y + \mathrm{N}z = 3$

has unique solution is ${k \over 6}$, then the sum of value of k and all possible values of N is :

A.
18
B.
21
C.
20
D.
19
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 24th January Morning Shift

Let $\Omega$ be the sample space and $\mathrm{A \subseteq \Omega}$ be an event.

Given below are two statements :

(S1) : If P(A) = 0, then A = $\phi$

(S2) : If P(A) = 1, then A = $\Omega$

Then :

A.
both (S1) and (S2) are true
B.
both (S1) and (S2) are false
C.
only (S2) is true
D.
only (S1) is true
2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 12th April Morning Shift

A fair $n(n > 1)$ faces die is rolled repeatedly until a number less than $n$ appears. If the mean of the number of tosses required is $\frac{n}{9}$, then $n$ is equal to ____________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 11th April Evening Shift

Let the probability of getting head for a biased coin be $\frac{1}{4}$. It is tossed repeatedly until a head appears. Let $\mathrm{N}$ be the number of tosses required. If the probability that the equation $64 \mathrm{x}^{2}+5 \mathrm{Nx}+1=0$ has no real root is $\frac{\mathrm{p}}{\mathrm{q}}$, where $\mathrm{p}$ and $\mathrm{q}$ are coprime, then $q-p$ is equal to ________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 31st January Evening Shift
Let A be the event that the absolute difference between two randomly choosen real numbers in the sample space $[0,60]$ is less than or equal to a . If $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A})=\frac{11}{36}$, then $\mathrm{a}$ is equal to _______.
2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 30th January Evening Shift
A bag contains six balls of different colours. Two balls are drawn in succession with replacement. The probability that both the balls are of the same colour is p. Next four balls are drawn in succession with replacement and the probability that exactly three balls are of the same colour is $q$. If $p: q=m: n$, where $m$ and $n$ are coprime, then $m+n$ is equal to :
2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 25th January Evening Shift

25% of the population are smokers. A smoker has 27 times more chances to develop lung cancer than a non smoker. A person is diagnosed with lung cancer and the probability that this person is a smoker is $\frac{k}{10}%$. Then the value of k is __________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 24th January Evening Shift

Three urns A, B and C contain 4 red, 6 black; 5 red, 5 black; and $\lambda$ red, 4 black balls respectively. One of the urns is selected at random and a ball is drawn. If the ball drawn is red and the probability that it is drawn from urn C is 0.4 then the square of the length of the side of the largest equilateral triangle, inscribed in the parabola $y^2=\lambda x$ with one vertex at the vertex of the parabola, is :

2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 29th July Evening Shift

Bag I contains 3 red, 4 black and 3 white balls and Bag II contains 2 red, 5 black and 2 white 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 black in colour. Then the probability, that the transferred ball is red, is :

A.
$\frac{4}{9}$
B.
$\frac{5}{18}$
C.
$\frac{1}{6}$
D.
$\frac{3}{10}$
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 29th July Morning Shift

Let $S=\{1,2,3, \ldots, 2022\}$. Then the probability, that a randomly chosen number n from the set S such that $\mathrm{HCF}\,(\mathrm{n}, 2022)=1$, is :

A.
$\frac{128}{1011}$
B.
$\frac{166}{1011}$
C.
$\frac{127}{337}$
D.
$\frac{112}{337}$
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 28th July Evening Shift

Let $\mathrm{A}$ and $\mathrm{B}$ be two events such that $P(B \mid A)=\frac{2}{5}, P(A \mid B)=\frac{1}{7}$ and $P(A \cap B)=\frac{1}{9} \cdot$ Consider

(S1) $P\left(A^{\prime} \cup B\right)=\frac{5}{6}$,

(S2) $P\left(A^{\prime} \cap B^{\prime}\right)=\frac{1}{18}$

Then :

A.
Both (S1) and (S2) are true
B.
Both (S1) and (S2) are false
C.
Only (S1) is true
D.
Only (S2) is true
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 28th July Morning Shift

Out of $60 \%$ female and $40 \%$ male candidates appearing in an exam, $60 \%$ candidates qualify it. The number of females qualifying the exam is twice the number of males qualifying it. A candidate is randomly chosen from the qualified candidates. The probability, that the chosen candidate is a female, is :

A.
$\frac{2}{3}$
B.
$\frac{11}{16}$
C.
$\frac{23}{32}$
D.
$\frac{13}{16}$
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 27th July Evening Shift

Let X have a binomial distribution B(n, p) such that the sum and the product of the mean and variance of X are 24 and 128 respectively. If $P(X>n-3)=\frac{k}{2^{n}}$, then k is equal to :

A.
528
B.
529
C.
629
D.
630
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 27th July Evening Shift

A six faced die is biased such that

$3 \times \mathrm{P}($a prime number$)\,=6 \times \mathrm{P}($a composite number$)\,=2 \times \mathrm{P}(1)$.

Let X be a random variable that counts the number of times one gets a perfect square on some throws of this die. If the die is thrown twice, then the mean of X is :

A.
$\frac{3}{11}$
B.
$\frac{5}{11}$
C.
$\frac{7}{11}$
D.
$\frac{8}{11}$
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 27th July Morning Shift

Let $S$ be the sample space of all five digit numbers. It $p$ is the probability that a randomly selected number from $S$, is a multiple of 7 but not divisible by 5 , then $9 p$ is equal to :

A.
1.0146
B.
1.2085
C.
1.0285
D.
1.1521
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 26th July Evening Shift

Let $X$ be a binomially distributed random variable with mean 4 and variance $\frac{4}{3}$. Then, $54 \,P(X \leq 2)$ is equal to :

A.
$\frac{73}{27}$
B.
$\frac{146}{27}$
C.
$\frac{146}{81}$
D.
$\frac{126}{81}$
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 26th July Morning Shift

The mean and variance of a binomial distribution are $\alpha$ and $\frac{\alpha}{3}$ respectively. If $\mathrm{P}(X=1)=\frac{4}{243}$, then $\mathrm{P}(X=4$ or 5$)$ is equal to :

A.
$\frac{5}{9}$
B.
$\frac{64}{81}$
C.
$\frac{16}{27}$
D.
$\frac{145}{243}$
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 26th July Morning Shift

Let $\mathrm{E}_{1}, \mathrm{E}_{2}, \mathrm{E}_{3}$ be three mutually exclusive events such that $\mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{E}_{1}\right)=\frac{2+3 \mathrm{p}}{6}, \mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{E}_{2}\right)=\frac{2-\mathrm{p}}{8}$ and $\mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{E}_{3}\right)=\frac{1-\mathrm{p}}{2}$. If the maximum and minimum values of $\mathrm{p}$ are $\mathrm{p}_{1}$ and $\mathrm{p}_{2}$, then $\left(\mathrm{p}_{1}+\mathrm{p}_{2}\right)$ is equal to :

A.
$\frac{2}{3}$
B.
$\frac{5}{3}$
C.
$\frac{5}{4}$
D.
1
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 25th July Evening Shift

If $A$ and $B$ are two events such that $P(A)=\frac{1}{3}, P(B)=\frac{1}{5}$ and $P(A \cup B)=\frac{1}{2}$, then $P\left(A \mid B^{\prime}\right)+P\left(B \mid A^{\prime}\right)$ is equal to :

A.
$\frac{3}{4}$
B.
$\frac{5}{8}$
C.
$\frac{5}{4}$
D.
$\frac{7}{8}$
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 25th July Morning Shift

If the sum and the product of mean and variance of a binomial distribution are 24 and 128 respectively, then the probability of one or two successes is :

A.
$ \frac{33}{2^{32}} $
B.
$\frac{33}{2^{29}}$
C.
$\frac{33}{2^{28}}$
D.
$\frac{33}{2^{27}}$
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 25th July Morning Shift

If the numbers appeared on the two throws of a fair six faced die are $\alpha$ and $\beta$, then the probability that $x^{2}+\alpha x+\beta>0$, for all $x \in \mathbf{R}$, is :

A.
$\frac{17}{36}$
B.
$ \frac{4}{9} $
C.
$\frac{1}{2}$
D.
$\frac{19}{36}$
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 30th June Morning Shift

If a random variable X follows the Binomial distribution B(5, p) such that P(X = 0) = P(X = 1), then ${{P(X = 2)} \over {P(X = 3)}}$ is equal to :

A.
1
B.
10
C.
25
D.
5
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 29th June Evening Shift

The probability that a relation R from {x, y} to {x, y} is both symmetric and transitive, is equal to :

A.
${5 \over {16}}$
B.
${9 \over {16}}$
C.
${11 \over {16}}$
D.
${13 \over {16}}$
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 29th June Morning Shift

The probability that a randomly chosen 2 $\times$ 2 matrix with all the entries from the set of first 10 primes, is singular, is equal to :

A.
${{133} \over {{{10}^4}}}$
B.
${{18} \over {{{10}^3}}}$
C.
${{19} \over {{{10}^3}}}$
D.
${{271} \over {{{10}^4}}}$
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 28th June Evening Shift

The probability that a randomly chosen one-one function from the set {a, b, c, d} to the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} satisfies f(a) + 2f(b) $-$ f(c) = f(d) is :

A.
${1 \over {24}}$
B.
${1 \over {40}}$
C.
${1 \over {30}}$
D.
${1 \over {20}}$