Probability

2024 Q201 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
Bag $A$ contains 3 white and 4 red balls, bag $B$ contains 4 white and 5 red balls and bag $C$ is contains 5 white and 6 red balls. If one ball is drawn at random from each of these three bags, then the probability of getting one white and two red balls is
A.
$\frac{268}{693}$
B.
$\frac{310}{693}$
C.
$\frac{38}{99}$
D.
$\frac{26}{63}$
2024 Q202 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
Two persons $A$ and $B$ throw a pair of dice alternately until one of them gets the sum of the numbers appeared on the dice as 4 and the person who gets this result first is declared as the winner. If $A$ starts the game, then the probability that $B$ wins the game is
A.
$\frac{11}{23}$
B.
$\frac{1}{2}$
C.
$\frac{5}{11}$
D.
$\frac{8}{17}$
2024 Q203 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
An urn contains 3 black and 5 red balls. If 3 balls are drawn at random from the urn, the mean of the probability distribution of the number of red balls drawn is
A.
$\frac{45}{28}$
B.
$\frac{15}{8}$
C.
$\frac{2}{5}$
D.
$\frac{3}{2}$
2024 Q204 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
If $X \sim B(5, p)$ is a binomial variate such that $P(X=3)=P(X=4)$, then $P(|X-3|<2)=$
A.
$\frac{242}{243}$
B.
$\frac{201}{243}$
C.
$\frac{200}{243}$
D.
$\frac{121}{243}$
2024 Q205 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
If 12 dice are thrown at a time, then the probability that a multiple of 3 does not appear on any dice is
A.
$\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{12}$
B.
$\left(\frac{1}{3}\right)^{12}$
C.
$\left(\frac{2}{3}\right)^{12}$
D.
$\left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^{12}$
2024 Q206 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
In a class consisting of 40 boys and 30 girls. $30 \%$ of the boy and $40 \%$ of the girls are good at Mathematics. If a student selected at random from that class is found to be a girl, then the probability that she is not good at Mathematics is
A.
$\frac{3}{5}$
B.
$\frac{2}{5}$
C.
$\frac{3}{10}$
D.
$\frac{7}{10}$
2024 Q207 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
A basket contains 12 apples in which 3 are rotten. If 3 apples are drawn at random simultaneously from it, then the probability of getting atmost one rotten apple is
A.
$\frac{34}{55}$
B.
$\frac{48}{55}$
C.
$\frac{21}{55}$
D.
$\frac{42}{55}$
2024 Q208 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
7 coins are tossed simultaneously and the number of heads turned up is denoted by random variable $X$. If $\mu$ is the mean and $\sigma^2$ is the variance of $X$, then $\frac{\mu \sigma^2}{P(X=3)}=$
A.
$\frac{56}{5}$
B.
$\frac{84}{5}$
C.
$\frac{112}{5}$
D.
$\frac{224}{5}$
2024 Q209 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
A manufacturing company noticed that $1 \%$ of its products are defective. If a dealer order for 300 items from this company, then the probability that the number of defective items is atmost one is
A.
$\frac{3}{e^3}$
B.
$\frac{2}{e^2}$
C.
$\frac{3}{e^2}$
D.
$\frac{4}{e^3}$
2024 Q210 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
If five-digit numbers are formed from the digits $0,1,2,3,4$ using every digit exactly only once. Then, the probability that a randomly chosen number from those numbers is divisible by 4 is
A.
$\frac{5}{16}$
B.
$\frac{3}{16}$
C.
$\frac{3}{8}$
D.
$\frac{7}{16}$
2024 Q211 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
Two natural numbers are chosen at random from 1 to 100 and are multiplied. If $A$ is the event that the product is an even number and $B$ is the event that the product is divisible by 4 , then $P(A \cap \bar{B})=$
A.
$\frac{25}{198}$
B.
$\frac{49}{198}$
C.
$\frac{25}{99}$
D.
$\frac{50}{99}$
2024 Q212 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
A box $P$ contains one white ball, three red ball and two black balls. Another box $Q$ contains two white balls, three red balls and four black balls. If one ball is drawn at random from each one of the two boxes, then the probability that the balls drawn are of different colour is
A.
$\frac{29}{54}$
B.
$\frac{25}{42}$
C.
$\frac{35}{54}$
D.
$\frac{39}{52}$
2024 Q213 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
A person is known to speak false once out of 4 times, If that person picks a card at random from a pack of 52 cards and reports that it is a king, then the probability that it is actually a king is
A.
$\frac{1}{37}$
B.
$\frac{1}{5}$
C.
$\frac{12}{37}$
D.
$\frac{25}{37}$
2024 Q214 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
For a binomial variate $X \sim B(n, p)$ the difference between the mean and variance is 1 and the difference between their square is 11 . If the probability of $P(x=2)=m\left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^n$ and $n=36$, then $m: n$
A.
$6: 5$
B.
$7: 10$
C.
$36: 1$
D.
$42: 25$
2024 Q215 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
The probability that a man failing to hit a target is $\frac{1}{3}$. If he fires 4 times, then the probability that he hits the target at least thrice is
A.
$\frac{16}{27}$
B.
$\frac{11}{27}$
C.
$\frac{8}{81}$
D.
$\frac{32}{81}$
2024 Q216 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

S is the sample space and $A, B$ are two events of a random experiment. Match the items of List $A$ with the items of List B

$
\text { List A }
$
$
\text { List B }
$
I $A, B$ are mutually exclusive events a. $
P(A \cap B)=P(B)-P(\bar{A})
$
II $
A, B \text { are independent events }
$
b. $
P(A) \leq P(B)
$
III $
A \cap B=A
$
c. $
P\left(\frac{\bar{A}}{B}\right)=1-P(A)
$
IV $
A \cup B=S
$
d. $
P(A \cup B)=P(A)+P(B)
$
e. $
P(A)+P(B)=2
$
A.
$(I-e)(I I-d)(I I I-c)(I V-b)$
B.
(l-a) (II-c) (III-e) (IV-b)
C.
$(I-d)(I I-c)(I I I-b)(I V-a)$
D.
$(\mathrm{I}-\mathrm{b})(\mathrm{II}-\mathrm{d})(\mathrm{III-a})(\mathrm{IV}-\mathrm{c})$
2024 Q217 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
$P(A \mid A \cap B)+P(B \mid A \cap B)=$
A.
1
B.
$P(A \cup B)$
C.
$P(A \cap B)$
D.
2
2024 Q218 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
Two digits are selected at random from the digits 1 through 9. If their sum is even, then the probability that both are odd, is
A.
$\frac{3}{8}$
B.
$\frac{1}{2}$
C.
$\frac{5}{8}$
D.
$\frac{3}{4}$
2024 Q219 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
A, B and C are mutually exclusive and exhaustive events of a random experiment and $E$ is an event that occurs in conjunction with one of the events $\mathrm{A}, \mathrm{B}$ and $C$. The conditional probabilities of $E$ given the happening of $A, \mathrm{~B}$ and C are respectively $0.6,0.3$ and 0.1. If $P(A)=0.30$ and $P(B)=0.50$, then $P(C / E)=$
A.
$\frac{2}{35}$
B.
$\frac{15}{35}$
C.
$\frac{18}{35}$
D.
$\frac{17}{35}$
2024 Q220 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
For the probability distribution of a discrete random variable $X$ as given below, then mean of $X$ is
X = x -2 -1 0 1 2 3
P(X = x) $
\frac{1}{10}
$
$
K+\frac{2}{10}
$
$
K+\frac{3}{10}
$
$
K+\frac{3}{10}
$
$
K+\frac{4}{10}
$
$
K+\frac{2}{10}
$
A.
$\frac{3}{5}$
B.
$\frac{4}{5}$
C.
$\frac{6}{5}$
D.
$\frac{8}{5}$
2024 Q221 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
In a random experiment, two dice are thrown and the sum of the numbers appeared on them is recorded. This experiment is repeated 9 times. If the probability that a sum of 6 appears atleast once is $P_1$ and a sum of 8 appears atleast once is $P_2$, then $P_1: P_2=$
A.
$4: 3$
B.
$3: 1$
C.
$1: 2$
D.
$1: 1$
2024 Q222 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
If 7 different balls are distributed among 4 different boxes, then the probability that the first box contains 3 balls is
A.
$\frac{35}{128}\left(\frac{3}{4}\right)^3$
B.
$\frac{35}{64}\left(\frac{3}{4}\right)^4$
C.
$\frac{7}{8}\left(\frac{3}{4}\right)^7$
D.
$\frac{5}{16}\left(\frac{3}{4}\right)^5$
2024 Q223 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
Out of first 5 consecutive natural numbers, if two different numbers $x$ and $y$ are chosen at random, then the probability that $x^4-y^4$ is divisible by 5 is
A.
$\frac{2}{5}$
B.
$\frac{4}{5}$
C.
$\frac{3}{5}$
D.
$\frac{1}{5}$
2024 Q224 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
A bag contains 2 white, 3 green and 5 red balls. If three balls are drawn one after the other without replacement, then the probability that the last ball drawn was red is
A.
$\frac{2}{3}$
B.
$\frac{3}{4}$
C.
$\frac{5}{9}$
D.
$\frac{1}{2}$
2024 Q225 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
There are 2 bags each containing 3 white and 5 black balls and 4 bags each containing 6 white and 4 black balls. If a ball drawn randomly from a bag is found to be black, then the probability that this ball is from the first set of bags is
A.
$\frac{25}{57}$
B.
$\frac{25}{41}$
C.
$\frac{2}{5}$
D.
$\frac{3}{5}$
2024 Q226 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
If two cards are drawn randomly from a pack of 52 playing cards, then the mean of the probability distribution of number of kings is
A.
$\frac{215}{221}$
B.
$\frac{2}{13}$
C.
$\frac{188}{221}$
D.
$\frac{13}{2}$
2024 Q227 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
In a consignment of 15 articles, it is found that 3 are defective. If a sample of 5 articles is chosen at random from it, then the probability of having 2 defective articles is
A.
$\frac{256}{625}$
B.
$\frac{64}{625}$
C.
$\frac{128}{625}$
D.
$\frac{512}{625}$
2024 Q228 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
If 5 letters are to be placed in 5 -addressed envelopes, then the probability that atleast one letter is placed in the wrongly addressed envelope, is
A.
$\frac{1}{5}$
B.
$\frac{1}{120}$
C.
$\frac{4}{5}$
D.
$\frac{119}{120}$
2024 Q229 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
A student writes an examination which contains eight true of false questions. If he answers six or more questions correctly, the passes the examination. If the student answers all the questions, then the probability that he fails in the examination, is
A.
$\frac{37}{256}$
B.
$\frac{19}{256}$
C.
$\frac{119}{256}$
D.
$\frac{219}{256}$
2024 Q230 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
The probabilities that a person goes to college by car is $\frac{1}{5}$, by bus is $\frac{2}{5}$ and by train is $\frac{3}{5}$, respectively. The probabilities that he reaches the college late if he takes car, bus and train are $\frac{2}{7}, \frac{4}{7}$ and $\frac{1}{7}$, respectively, If he reaches the college on time, then probability that he travelled by car is
A.
$\frac{6}{29}$
B.
$\frac{24}{29}$.
C.
$\frac{5}{29}$
D.
$\frac{23}{29}$
2024 Q231 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
$P, Q$ and $R$ try to hit the same target one after the other. If their probabilities of hitting the target are $\frac{2}{3}, \frac{3}{5}, \frac{5}{7}$ respectively, then the probability that the target is his by $P$ or $Q$ but not by $R$ is
A.
$\frac{26}{105}$
B.
$\frac{79}{105}$
C.
0
D.
$\frac{75}{105}$
2024 Q232 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
A box contains $20 \%$ defective bulbs. Five bulbs are chosen randomly from this box. Then, the probability that exactly 3 of the chosen bulbs are defective, is
A.
$\frac{32}{6 \%}$
B.
$\frac{32}{125}$
C.
$\frac{16}{625}$
D.
$\frac{16}{125}$
2024 Q233 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
If a random variable $X$ satisfies poisson distribution with a mean value of 5 , then probability that $X<3$ is
A.
$\frac{37}{2} e^5$
B.
$6 e^5$
C.
$6 e^{-5}$
D.
$\frac{37}{2} e^{-5}$
2024 Q234 BITSAT MCQ
11 Jun 2026
The probability of getting 10 in a single throw of three fair dice is
A.
$ \frac{1}{6} $
B.
$ \frac{1}{8} $
C.
$ \frac{1}{9} $
D.
$ \frac{1}{5} $
2024 Q235 BITSAT MCQ
11 Jun 2026
In a binomial distribution, the mean is 4 and variance is 3 . Then, its mode is
A.
5
B.
6
C.
4
D.
None of these
2023 Q236 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
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 Q237 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q238 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q239 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q240 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q241 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q242 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q243 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q244 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q245 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q246 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q247 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q248 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q249 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q250 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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.
$\frac{881}{2592}$