Probability

633 Questions
2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 22nd May Morning Shift
The probability that a person $A$ completes a work in a given time is $\frac{2}{3}$ and the probability that another person $B$ completes the same work in the same time is $\frac{3}{4}$. If both $A$ and $B$ start doing this work at the same time, then the probability that the work is completed in the given time is
A.

$\frac{11}{12}$

B.

$\frac{1}{2}$

C.

$\frac{5}{12}$

D.

$\frac{8}{9}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 22nd May Morning Shift

If $l, m$ represent any two elements (identical or different) of the set $\{1,2,3,4,5,6,7\}$, then the probability that $l x^2+m x+1>0 \forall x \in R$ is

A.

$\frac{12}{{ }^7 C_2}$

B.

$\frac{22}{7^2}$

C.

$\frac{10}{{ }^7 C_2}$

D.

$\frac{36}{7^2}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 22nd May Morning Shift

$A$ and $B$ are playing chess game with each other. The probability that $A$ wins the game is 0.6 . the probability that he loses is 0.3 and the probability its draw is 0.1 . If they played three games, then the probability that $A$ wins atleast two games is

A.

$\frac{54}{125}$

B.

$\frac{81}{125}$

C.

$\frac{18}{25}$

D.

$\frac{9}{25}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 22nd May Morning Shift

$U_1, U_2, U_3$ are three urns. $U_1$ contains 5 red, 3 white, 2 back balls: $U_2$ contains 4 red 4 white, 2 black balls and $U_3$ contains 3 red. 4 white, 3 black balls. If a ball is chosen at random from an urn chosen at random, then the probability of not getting a black ball is

A.

$\frac{7}{30}$

B.

$\frac{23}{30}$

C.

$\frac{2}{5}$

D.

$\frac{11}{30}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 22nd May Morning Shift

If the probability distribution of a random variable $X$ is as follows, then $P(X \leq 2)=$

$ \begin{array}{cccccc}\hline x_i & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\ \hline P\left(X=x_i\right) & 3 k & 5 k & 3 k^2 & 4 k^2+k & 3 k^2 \\ \hline \end{array} $

A.

$\frac{14}{25}$

B.

$\frac{23}{32}$

C.

$\frac{41}{49}$

D.

$\frac{83}{100}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 22nd May Morning Shift

If $X$ follows poisson distribution with variance 2 , then $P(X \geq 3)=$

A.

$\frac{5}{e^2}$

B.

$\frac{e^2-5}{e^2}$

C.

$5+\frac{2}{e^2}$

D.

$\frac{5-e^2}{4}$

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

A problem in Algebra is given to two students $A$ and $B$ whose chances of solving it are $\frac{2}{5}$ and $\frac{3}{4}$ respectively.

The probability that the problem is solved if both of them try independently is

A.

$\frac{17}{20}$

B.

$\frac{3}{20}$

C.

$\frac{1}{2}$

D.

$\frac{13}{20}$

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

Three dice are thrown simultaneously and the sum of the numbers appeared on them is noted. If $A$ is the event of getting a sum greater than 14 and $B$ is the event of getting a sum which is a multiple of 3 , then $P(A \cap \bar{B})+P(\bar{A} \cap B)=$

A.

$\frac{35}{108}$

B.

$\frac{17}{54}$

C.

$\frac{45}{108}$

D.

$\frac{5}{54}$

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

A manufacturing company of bulbs has 3 units $A, B$ and $C$ which produce $25 \%, 35 \%$ and $40 \%$ of the bulbs respectively. Out of the bulbs produced by $A, B, C$ units, $5 \%, 4 \%$ and $2 \%$ are defective, respectively. If a bulb is chosen at random and found to be defective, then the probability that it is produced by unit $B$ is

A.

$\frac{28}{69}$

B.

$\frac{28}{71}$

C.

$\frac{29}{67}$

D.

$\frac{25}{69}$

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

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

$ \begin{array}{ccccccc} \hline X & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 \\ \hline P\left(X=x_i\right) & \alpha & \alpha & \alpha & \beta & \beta & 0.3 \\ \hline \end{array} $

If $\mu$ and $\sigma^2$ represent the mean and variance of $X$ and $\mu=4.2$, then $\sigma^2+\mu^2=$

A.

20.4

B.

10.8

C.

16.4

D.

21.4

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 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.
$\frac{5}{715}$
2024 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 9th April Morning Shift

Let $\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b}$ and $\mathrm{c}$ denote the outcome of three independent rolls of a fair tetrahedral die, whose four faces are marked $1,2,3,4$. If the probability that $a x^2+b x+c=0$ has all real roots is $\frac{m}{n}, \operatorname{gcd}(\mathrm{m}, \mathrm{n})=1$, then $\mathrm{m}+\mathrm{n}$ is equal to _________.

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 __________.
2024 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2024 Paper 1 Online

A student appears for a quiz consisting of only true-false type questions and answers all the questions. The student knows the answers of some questions and guesses the answers for the remaining questions. Whenever the student knows the answer of a question, he gives the correct answer. Assume that the probability of the student giving the correct answer for a question, given that he has guessed it, is $\frac{1}{2}$. Also assume that the probability of the answer for a question being guessed, given that the student's answer is correct, is $\frac{1}{6}$. Then the probability that the student knows the answer of a randomly chosen question is :

A.
$\frac{1}{12}$
B.
$\frac{1}{7}$
C.
$\frac{5}{7}$
D.
$\frac{5}{12}$
2024 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2024 Paper 2 Online
A bag contains $N$ balls out of which 3 balls are white, 6 balls are green, and the remaining balls are blue. Assume that the balls are identical otherwise. Three balls are drawn randomly one after the other without replacement. For $i=1,2,3$, let $W_i, G_i$, and $B_i$ denote the events that the ball drawn in the $i^{\text {th }}$ draw is a white ball, green ball, and blue ball, respectively. If the probability $P\left(W_1 \cap G_2 \cap B_3\right)=\frac{2}{5 N}$ and the conditional probability $P\left(B_3 \mid W_1 \cap G_2\right)=\frac{2}{9}$, then $N$ equals ________.
2024 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2024 Paper 1 Online

Let $X$ be a random variable, and let $P(X=x)$ denote the probability that $X$ takes the value $x$. Suppose that the points $(x, P(X=x)), x=0,1,2,3,4$, lie on a fixed straight line in the $x y$-plane, and $P(X=x)=0$ for all $x \in \mathbb{R}-\{0,1,2,3,4\}$. If the mean of $X$ is $\frac{5}{2}$, and the variance of $X$ is $\alpha$, then the value of $24 \alpha$ is _____________.

2024 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2024 (Online) 11th May Morning Shift
The numbers $2,3,5,7,11,13$ are written on six distinct paper chits. If 3 of them are chosen at random, then the probability that the sum of the numbers on the obtained chits is divisible by 3 , is
A.
$\frac{7}{20}$
B.
$\frac{6}{20}$
C.
$\frac{5}{20}$
D.
$\frac{1}{5}$
2024 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2024 (Online) 11th May Morning Shift
If two dice are rolled, then the probability of getting a multiple of 3 as the sum of the numbers appeared on the top faces of the dice, if it is known that their sum is an odd number, is
A.
$\frac{1}{6}$
B.
$\frac{11}{36}$
C.
$\frac{1}{3}$
D.
$\frac{7}{18}$
2024 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2024 (Online) 11th May Morning Shift

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

X = x 1 3 5 2
P(X = x) $3 K^2$ K $K^2$ 2K
A.
$\frac{9}{4}$
B.
$\frac{25}{8}$
C.
$\frac{27}{16}$
D.
$\frac{15}{16}$
2024 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2024 (Online) 11th May Morning Shift
The mean and variance of a binomial variate $X$ are $\frac{16}{5}$ and $\frac{48}{25}$ respectively. IfP $(X > 1)=1-K\left(\frac{3}{5}\right)^{7}$, then $5 K=$
A.
19
B.
3
C.
2
D.
11