Probability

365 Questions
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 10th January Evening Slot
If the probability of hitting a target by a shooter, in any shot, is ${1 \over 3}$, then the minimum number of independent shots at the target required by him so that the probability of hitting the target atleast once is greater than ${5 \over 6}$ is :
A.
4
B.
6
C.
5
D.
3
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 10th January Morning Slot
An unbiased coin is tossed. If the outcome is a head then a pair of unbiased dice is rolled and the sum of the numbers obtained on them is noted. If the toss of the coin results in tail then a card from a well-shuffled pack of nine cards numbered 1, 2, 3, ……, 9 is randomly picked and the number on the card is noted. The probability that the noted number is either 7 or 8 is :
A.
${{19} \over {36}}$
B.
${{15} \over {72}}$
C.
${{13} \over {36}}$
D.
${{19} \over {72}}$
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 9th January Evening Slot
An urn contains 5 red and 2 green balls. A ball is drawn at random from the urn. If the drawn ball is green, then a red ball is added to the urn and if the drawn ball is red, then a green ball is added to the urn; the original ball is not returned to the urn. Now, a second ball is drawn at random from it. The probability that the second ball is red, is :
A.
${{21} \over {49}}$
B.
${{27} \over {49}}$
C.
${{26} \over {49}}$
D.
${{32} \over {49}}$
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 9th January Morning Slot
Two cards are drawn successively with replacement from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Let X denote the random variable of number of aces obtained in the two drawn cards. Then P(X = 1) + P (X = 2) equals :
A.
$25 \over 169$
B.
$49\over 169$
C.
$24 \over 169$
D.
$52 \over 169$
2018 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2018 (Online) 16th April Morning Slot
Let A, B and C be three events, which are pair-wise independent and $\overrightarrow E $ denotes the completement of an event E. If $P\left( {A \cap B \cap C} \right) = 0$ and $P\left( C \right) > 0,$ then $P\left[ {\left( {\overline A \cap \overline B } \right)\left| C \right.} \right]$ is equal to :
A.
$P\left( {\overline A } \right) - P\left( B \right)$
B.
$P\left( A \right) + P\left( {\overline B } \right)$
C.
$P\left( {\overline A } \right) - P\left( {\overline B } \right)$
D.
$P\left( {\overline A } \right) + P\left( {\overline B } \right)$
2018 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2018 (Online) 16th April Morning Slot
Two different families A and B are blessed with equal numbe of children. There are 3 tickets to be distributed amongst the children of these families so that no child gets more than one ticket. If the probability that all the tickets go to the children of the family B is ${1 \over {12}},$ then the number of children in each family is :
A.
3
B.
4
C.
5
D.
6
2018 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2018 (Offline)
A bag contains 4 red and 6 black balls. A ball is drawn at random from the bag, its colour is observed and this ball along with two additional balls of the same colour are returned to the bag. If now a ball is drawn at random from the bag, then the probability that this drawn ball is red, is :
A.
${3 \over 4}$
B.
${3 \over 10}$
C.
${2 \over 5}$
D.
${1 \over 5}$
2018 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2018 (Online) 15th April Evening Slot
A player X has a biased coin whose probability of showing heads is p and a player Y has a fair coin. They start playing a game with their own coins and play alternately. The player who throws a head first is a winner. If X starts the game, and the probability of winning the game by both the players is equal, then the value of 'p' is :
A.
${1 \over 5}$
B.
${1 \over 3}$
C.
${2 \over 5}$
D.
${1 \over 4}$
2018 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2018 (Online) 15th April Morning Slot
A box 'A' contains $2$ white, $3$ red and $2$ black balls. Another box 'B' contains $4$ white, $2$ red and $3$ black balls. If two balls are drawn at random, without eplacement, from a randomly selected box and one ball turns out to be white while the other ball turns out to be red, then the probability that both balls are drawn from box 'B' is :
A.
${9 \over {16}}$
B.
${7 \over {16}}$
C.
${9 \over {32}}$
D.
${7 \over {8}}$
2017 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2017 (Online) 9th April Morning Slot
Let E and F be two independent events. The probability that both E and F happen is ${1 \over {12}}$ and the probability that neither E nor F happens is ${1 \over {2}}$, then a value of ${{P\left( E \right)} \over {P\left( F \right)}}$ is :
A.
${4 \over 3}$
B.
${3 \over 2}$
C.
${1 \over 3}$
D.
${5 \over 12}$
2017 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2017 (Online) 9th April Morning Slot
From a group of 10 men and 5 women, four member committees are to be formed each of which must contain at least one woman. Then the probability for these committees to have more women than men, is :
A.
${{21} \over {220}}$
B.
${{3} \over {11}}$
C.
${{1} \over {11}}$
D.
${{2} \over {23}}$
2017 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2017 (Online) 8th April Morning Slot
An unbiased coin is tossed eight times. The probability of obtaining at least one head and at least one tail is :
A.
${{255} \over {256}}$
B.
${{127} \over {128}}$
C.
${{63} \over {64}}$
D.
${{1} \over {2}}$
2017 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2017 (Online) 8th April Morning Slot
Three persons P, Q and R independently try to hit a target. I the probabilities of their hitting the target are ${3 \over 4},{1 \over 2}$ and ${5 \over 8}$ respectively, then the probability that the target is hit by P or Q but not by R is :
A.
${{21} \over {64}}$
B.
${{9} \over {64}}$
C.
${{15} \over {64}}$
D.
${{39} \over {64}}$
2017 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2017 (Offline)
A box contains 15 green and 10 yellow balls. If 10 balls are randomly drawn, one-by-one, with replacement, then the variance of the number of green balls drawn is :
A.
6
B.
4
C.
${6 \over {25}}$
D.
${{12} \over 5}$
2017 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2017 (Offline)
If two different numbers are taken from the set {0, 1, 2, 3, ........, 10}; then the probability that their sum as well as absolute difference are both multiple of 4, is :
A.
${{12} \over {55}}$
B.
${{14} \over {45}}$
C.
${{7} \over {55}}$
D.
${{6} \over {55}}$
2017 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2017 (Offline)
For three events A, B and C,

P(Exactly one of A or B occurs)
= P(Exactly one of B or C occurs)
= P (Exactly one of C or A occurs) = ${1 \over 4}$
and P(All the three events occur simultaneously) = ${1 \over {16}}$.

Then the probability that at least one of the events occurs, is :
A.
${7 \over {16}}$
B.
${7 \over {64}}$
C.
${3 \over {16}}$
D.
${7 \over {32}}$
2016 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2016 (Online) 10th April Morning Slot
An experiment succeeds twice as often as it fails. The probability of at least 5 successes in the six trials of this experiment is :
A.
${{240} \over {729}}$
B.
${{192} \over {729}}$
C.
${{256} \over {729}}$
D.
${{496} \over {729}}$
2016 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2016 (Online) 9th April Morning Slot
If A and B are any two events such that P(A) = ${2 \over 5}$ and P (A $ \cap $ B) = ${3 \over {20}}$, hen the conditional probability, P(A $\left| {} \right.$(A' $ \cup $ B')), where A' denotes the complement of A, is equal to :
A.
${1 \over 4}$
B.
${5 \over 17}$
C.
${8 \over 17}$
D.
${11 \over 20}$
2016 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2016 (Offline)
Let two fair six-faced dice $A$ and $B$ be thrown simultaneously. If ${E_1}$ is the event that die $A$ shows up four, ${E_2}$ is the event that die $B$ shows up two and ${E_3}$ is the event that the sum of numbers on both dice is odd, then which of the following statements is $NOT$ true?
A.
${E_1}$ and ${E_2}$ are independent.
B.
${E_2}$ and ${E_3}$ are independent.
C.
${E_1}$ and ${E_3}$ are independent.
D.
${E_1},$ ${E_2}$ and ${E_3}$ are independent.
2015 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2015 (Offline)
If $12$ different balls are to be placed in $3$ identical boxes, then the probability that one of the boxes contains exactly $3$ balls is :
A.
$220{\left( {{1 \over 3}} \right)^{12}}$
B.
$22{\left( {{1 \over 3}} \right)^{11}}$
C.
${{55} \over 3}{\left( {{2 \over 3}} \right)^{11}}$
D.
$55{\left( {{2 \over 3}} \right)^{10}}$
2014 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2014 (Offline)
Let $A$ and $B$ be two events such that $P\left( {\overline {A \cup B} } \right) = {1 \over 6},\,P\left( { {A \cap B} } \right) = {1 \over 4}$ and $P\left( {\overline A } \right) = {1 \over 4},$ where $\overline A $ stands for the complement of the event $A$. Then the events $A$ and $B$ are :
A.
independent but not equally likely.
B.
independent and equally likely.
C.
mutually exclusive and independent.
D.
equally likely but not independent.
2013 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2013 (Offline)
A multiple choice examination has $5$ questions. Each question has three alternative answers of which exactly one is correct. The probability that a student will get $4$ or more correct answers just by guessing is :
A.
${{17} \over {{3^5}}}$
B.
${{13} \over {{3^5}}}$
C.
${{11} \over {{3^5}}}$
D.
${{10} \over {{3^5}}}$
2012 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2012
Three numbers are chosen at random without replacement from $\left\{ {1,2,3,..8} \right\}.$ The probability that their minimum is $3,$ given that their maximum is $6,$ is :
A.
${3 \over 8}$
B.
${1 \over 5}$
C.
${1 \over 4}$
D.
${2 \over 5}$
2011 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2011
Consider $5$ independent Bernoulli's trials each with probability of success $p.$ If the probability of at least one failure is greater than or equal to ${{31} \over 32},$ then $p$ lies in the interval :
A.
$\left( {{3 \over 4},{{11} \over {12}}} \right]$
B.
$\left[ {0,{1 \over 2}} \right]$
C.
$\left( {{11 \over 12},1} \right]$
D.
$\left( {{1 \over 2},{{3} \over {4}}} \right]$
2011 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2011
If $C$ and $D$ are two events such that $C \subset D$ and $P\left( D \right) \ne 0,$ then the correct statement among the following is :
A.
$P\left( {{C \over D}} \right)$$ \ge P\left( C \right)$
B.
$P\left( {{C \over D}} \right)$$ < P\left( C \right)$
C.
$P\left( {{C \over D}} \right)$$ = {{P\left( D \right)} \over {P\left( C \right)}}$
D.
$P\left( {{C \over D}} \right)$$ = P\left( C \right)$
2010 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2010
An urn contains nine balls of which three are red, four are blue and two are green. Three balls are drawn at random without replacement from the urn. The probability that the three balls have different colours is :
A.
${2 \over 7}$
B.
${1 \over 21}$
C.
${1 \over 23}$
D.
${1 \over 3}$
2010 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2010
Four numbers are chosen at random (without replacement) from the set $\left\{ {1,2,3,....20} \right\}.$

Statement - 1: The probability that the chosen numbers when arranged in some order will form an AP is ${1 \over {85}}.$

Statement - 2: If the four chosen numbers form an AP, then the set of all possible values of common difference is $\left( { \pm 1, \pm 2, \pm 3, \pm 4, \pm 5} \right).$

A.
Statement - 1 is true, Statement - 2 is true; Statement - 2 is not a correct explanation for Statement - 1.
B.
Statement - 1 is true, Statement - 2 is false.
C.
Statement - 1 is false, Statement -2 is true.
D.
Statement - 1 is true, Statement - 2 is true; Statement - 2 is a correct explanation for Statement - 1.
2009 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2009
One ticket is selected at random from $50$ tickets numbered $00, 01, 02, ...., 49.$ Then the probability that the sum of the digits on the selected ticket is $8$, given that the product of these digits is zer, equals :
A.
${1 \over 7}$
B.
${5 \over 14}$
C.
${1 \over 50}$
D.
${1 \over 14}$
2009 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2009
In a binomial distribution $B\left( {n,p = {1 \over 4}} \right),$ if the probability of at least one success is greater than or equal to ${9 \over {10}},$ then $n$ is greater than :
A.
${1 \over {\log _{10}^4 + \log _{10}^3}}$
B.
${9 \over {\log _{10}^4 - \log _{10}^3}}$
C.
${4 \over {\log _{10}^4 - \log _{10}^3}}$
D.
${1 \over {\log _{10}^4 - \log _{10}^3}}$
2008 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2008
A die is thrown. Let $A$ be the event that the number obtained is greater than $3.$ Let $B$ be the event that the number obtained is less than $5.$ Then $P\left( {A \cup B} \right)$ is :
A.
${3 \over 5}$
B.
$0$
C.
$1$
D.
${2 \over 5}$
2008 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2008
It is given that the events $A$ and $B$ are such that
$P\left( A \right) = {1 \over 4},P\left( {A|B} \right) = {1 \over 2}$ and $P\left( {B|A} \right) = {2 \over 3}.$ Then $P(B)$ is :
A.
${1 \over 6}$
B.
${1 \over 3}$
C.
${2 \over 3}$
D.
${1 \over 2}$
2007 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2007
A pair of fair dice is thrown independently three times. The probability of getting a score of exactly $9$ twice is :
A.
$8/729$
B.
$8/243$
C.
$1/729$
D.
$8/9.$
2007 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2007
Two aeroplanes ${\rm I}$ and ${\rm I}$${\rm I}$ bomb a target in succession. The probabilities of ${\rm I}$ and ${\rm I}$${\rm I}$ scoring a hit correctly are $0.3$ and $0.2,$ respectively. The second plane will bomb only if the first misses the target. The probability that the target is hit by the second plane is :
A.
$0.2$
B.
$0.7$
C.
$0.06$
D.
0.32
2006 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2006
At a telephone enquiry system the number of phone cells regarding relevant enquiry follow Poisson distribution with an average of $5$ phone calls during $10$ minute time intervals. The probability that there is at the most one phone call during a $10$-minute time period is :
A.
${6 \over {{5^e}}}$
B.
${5 \over 6}$
C.
${6 \over 55}$
D.
${6 \over {{e^5}}}$
2005 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2005
Three houses are available in a locality. Three persons apply for the houses. Each applies for one house without consulting others. The probability that all the three apply for the same house is :
A.
${2 \over 9}$
B.
${1 \over 9}$
C.
${8 \over 9}$
D.
${7 \over 9}$
2005 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2005
Let $A$ and $B$ two events such that $P\left( {\overline {A \cup B} } \right) = {1 \over 6},$ $P\left( {A \cap B} \right) = {1 \over 4}$ and $P\left( {\overline A } \right) = {1 \over 4},$ where ${\overline A }$ stands for complement of event $A$. Then events $A$ and $B$ are :
A.
equally likely and mutually exclusive
B.
equally likely but not independent
C.
independent but not equally likely
D.
mutually exclusive and independent
2005 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2005
A random variable $X$ has Poisson distribution with mean $2$.
Then $P\left( {X > 1.5} \right)$ equals :
A.
${2 \over {{e^2}}}$
B.
$0$
C.
$1 - {3 \over {{e^2}}}$
D.
${3 \over {{e^2}}}$
2004 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2004
The probability that $A$ speaks truth is ${4 \over 5},$ while the probability for $B$ is ${3 \over 4}.$ The probability that they contradict each other when asked to speak on a fact is :
A.
${4 \over 5}$
B.
${1 \over 5}$
C.
${7 \over 20}$
D.
${3 \over 20}$
2004 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2004
The mean and the variance of a binomial distribution are $4$ and $2$ respectively. Then the probability of $2$ successes is :
A.
${28 \over 256}$
B.
${219 \over 256}$
C.
${128 \over 256}$
D.
${37 \over 256}$
2003 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2003
Five horses are in a race. Mr. A selects two of the horses at random and bets on them. The probability that Mr. A selected the winning horse is :
A.
${{2 \over 5}}$
B.
${{4 \over 5}}$
C.
${{3 \over 5}}$
D.
${{1 \over 5}}$
2003 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2003
The mean and variance of a random variable $X$ having binomial distribution are $4$ and $2$ respectively, then $P(X=1)$ is :
A.
${1 \over 4}$
B.
${1 \over 32}$
C.
${1 \over 16}$
D.
${1 \over 8}$
2003 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2003
Events $A, B, C$ are mutually exclusive events such that $P\left( A \right) = {{3x + 1} \over 3},$ $P\left( B \right) = {{1 - x} \over 4}$ and $P\left( C \right) = {{1 - 2x} \over 2}$ The set of possible values of $x$ are in the interval.
A.
$\left[ {0,1} \right]$
B.
$\left[ {{1 \over 3},{1 \over 2}} \right]$
C.
$\left[ {{1 \over 3},{2 \over 3}} \right]$
D.
$\left[ {{1 \
3},{13 \over 3}} \right]$
2002 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2002
A problem in mathematics is given to three students $A,B,C$ and their respective probability of solving the problem is ${1 \over 2},{1 \over 3}$ and ${1 \over 4}.$ Probability that the problem is solved is :
A.
${3 \over 4}$
B.
${1 \over 2}$
C.
${2 \over 3}$
D.
${1 \over 3}$
2002 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2002
A dice is tossed $5$ times. Getting an odd number is considered a success. Then the variance of distribution of success is :
A.
$8/3$
B.
$3/8$
C.
$4/5$
D.
$5/4$
2002 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2002
$A$ and $B$ are events such that $P\left( {A \cup B} \right) = 3/4$,$P\left( {A \cap B} \right) = 1/4,$
$P\left( {\overline A } \right) = 2/3$ then $P\left( {\overline A \cap B} \right)$ is :
A.
$5/12$
B.
$3/8$
C.
$5/8$
D.
$1/4$
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

$\_\_\_\_$ .

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 __________ .

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 _________.