Probability

2024 Q151 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

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 Q152 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

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 Q153 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

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 Q154 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

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 Q155 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026
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 Q156 JEE Advanced MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q157 JEE Advanced Numerical
14 Mar 2026
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 Q158 JEE Advanced Numerical
14 Mar 2026

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 Q159 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026
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 Q160 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026
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 Q161 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026

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 Q162 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026
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
2024 Q163 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026
If three numbers are randomly selected from the set $\{1,2,3, \ldots \ldots 50\}$, then the probability that they are in arithmetic progression is
A.
$\frac{3}{50}$
B.
$\frac{3}{98}$
C.
$\frac{3}{49}$
D.
$\frac{3}{25}$
2024 Q164 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026
The probability that exactly 3 heads appear in six tosses of an unbiased coin, given that first three tosses resulted in 2 or more heads is
A.
$\frac{3}{16}$
B.
$\frac{5}{16}$
C.
$\frac{1}{4}$
D.
$\frac{9}{16}$
2024 Q165 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026
A student has to write the words ABILITY, PROBABILITY, FACILITY, MOBILITY. He wrote one word and erased all the letters in it except two consecutive letters. If 'LI' is left after erasing then the probability that the boy wrote the word PROBABILITY is
A.
$\frac{21}{116}$
B.
$\frac{72}{116}$
C.
$\frac{3}{5}$
D.
$\frac{2}{3}$
2024 Q166 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026
Two cards are drawn at random one after the other with replacement from a pack of playing cards. If $X$ is the random variable denoting the number of ace cards drawn, then the mean of the probability distribution of X is
A.
2
B.
$\frac{2}{13}$
C.
1
D.
$\frac{1}{13}$
2024 Q167 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026
If two dice are thrown, then the probability of getting co-prime numbers on the dice is
A.
$\frac{23}{36}$
B.
$\frac{13}{36}$
C.
$\frac{5}{6}$
D.
$\frac{1}{6}$
2024 Q168 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026
If two cards are drawn at random simultaneously from a well shuffled pack of 52 playing cards, then the probability of getting a cards having a composite number and a card having a number which is a multiple of 3 is
A.
$\frac{94}{663}$
B.
$\frac{62}{663}$
C.
$\frac{102}{663}$
D.
$\frac{64}{663}$
2024 Q169 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026
Bag $P$ contains 3 white, 2 red, 5 blue balls and bag $Q$ contains 2 white, 3 red, 5 blue balls. A ball is chosen at random from $P$ and is placed in $Q$. If a ball is chosen from bag $Q$ at random, then the probability that it is a red ball is
A.
$\frac{9}{50}$
B.
$\frac{13}{45}$
C.
$\frac{16}{55}$
D.
$\frac{12}{35}$
2024 Q170 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026
If the probability distribution of a random variable $X$ is as follow, then the variance of $X$ is
$X=x$ 2 3 5 9
$P(X=x)$ $k$ $2 k$ $3 k^2$ $k$
A.
$\frac{61}{4}$
B.
$\frac{7}{2}$
C.
12
D.
3
2024 Q171 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026
Among the 5 married couples, if the names of 5 men are matched with the names of their wives randomly, then the probability that no man is matched with name of his wife is
A.
$\frac{9}{20}$
B.
$\frac{1}{5}$
C.
$\frac{11}{30}$
D.
$\frac{17}{60}$
2024 Q172 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026
If 3 dice are thrown, the probability of getting 10 as the sum of the three numbers that appeared on the top faces of the dice is
A.
$\frac{1}{9}$
B.
$\frac{7}{72}$
C.
$\frac{5}{36}$
D.
$\frac{1}{8}$
2024 Q173 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026
Three similar urns $A, B, C$ contain 2 red and 3 white balls; 3 red and 2 white balls; 1 red and 4 white balls respectively. If a ball selected at random from one of the urns is found to be red, then the probability that it is drawn from urn $C$ is
A.
$\frac{1}{6}$
B.
$\frac{1}{3}$
C.
$\frac{1}{2}$
D.
$\frac{2}{9}$
2024 Q174 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026
If a random variable X has the following probability distribution, then the mean of $X$ is $ \begin{array}{c|c|c|c|c} X=x_1 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 5 \\ \hline p\left(X=x_i\right) & 2 k^2 & k & k & k^2 \end{array} $
A.
$\frac{26}{9}$
B.
$\frac{22}{9}$
C.
$\frac{24}{9}$
D.
$\frac{28}{9}$
2024 Q175 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026
A A fair coin is tossed a fixed number of times. If the probability of getting 5 heads is equal to the probability of getting 4 heads, then the probability of getting 6 heads is
A.
$\frac{7}{64}$
B.
$\frac{9}{32}$
C.
$\frac{21}{128}$
D.
$\frac{35}{256}$
2024 Q176 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026
When 2 dice are thrown, it is observed that the sum of the numbers appeared on the top faces of both the dice is a prime number. Then, the probability of having a multiple of 3 among the pair of numbers thus obtained is
A.
$\frac{8}{15}$
B.
$\frac{11}{36}$
C.
$\frac{5}{9}$
D.
$\frac{5}{12}$
2024 Q177 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026
If 2 cards are drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of 52 playing cards from the same suit, then the probability of getting a face card and a card having a prime number is
A.
$\frac{8}{13}$
B.
$\frac{2}{13}$
C.
$\frac{8}{221}$
D.
$\frac{32}{221}$
2024 Q178 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026
A dealer gets refrigerators from 3 different manufacturing companies $C_1, C_2$ and $C_3 .25 \%$ of his stock is from $C_1, 35 \%$ from $C_2$ and $40 \%$ from $C_3$. The percentages of receiving defective refrigerators from $C_1, C_2$ and $C_3$ are $3 \% 2 \%, 1 \%$ respectively. If a refrigerator sold at random is found to be defective by a customer, then the probability that it is from $\mathrm{C}_2$ is
A.
$\frac{29}{37}$
B.
$\frac{8}{37}$
C.
$\frac{14}{37}$
D.
$\frac{15}{37}$
2024 Q179 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026
If the probability that a student selected at random from a particular college is good at mathematics is 0.6 , then the probability of having two students who are good at Mathematics in a group of 8 students of that college standing in front of the college, is
A.
$\frac{2^6 \times 3^2 \times 7}{5^8}$
B.
$\frac{2^6 \times 3^2 \times 7}{5^6}$
C.
$\frac{2^8 \times 3^2 \times 7}{5^6}$
D.
$\frac{2^8 \times 3^2 \times 7}{5^8}$
2024 Q180 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026
If on an average 4 customers visit a shop in an hour, then the probability that more than 2 customers visit the shop in a specific hour is
A.
$\frac{e^4-13}{e^4}$
B.
$\frac{4}{e^4}$
C.
$\frac{8}{e^4}$
D.
$\frac{e^4-21}{e^4}$
2024 Q181 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
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 Q182 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
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 Q183 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

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 Q184 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
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 Q185 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

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 Q186 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
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 Q187 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
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 Q188 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
$A$ 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 Q189 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

$E_1$ 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 Q190 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

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 Q191 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

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 Q192 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
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 Q193 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

    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 Q194 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
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 Q195 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

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 Q196 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

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 Q197 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

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 Q198 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

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 Q199 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
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 Q200 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
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.
$\frac{13}{50}$