Probability

365 Questions
2011 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2011 Paper 1 Offline

The probability of the drawn ball from ${U_2}$ being white is

A.
${{13} \over {30}}$
B.
${{23} \over {30}}$
C.
${{19} \over {30}}$
D.
${{11} \over {30}}$
2010 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2010 Paper 1 Offline
Let $\omega $ be a complex cube root of unity with $\omega \ne 1.$ A fair die is thrown three times. If ${r_1},$ ${r_2}$ and ${r_3}$ are the numbers obtained on the die, then the probability that ${\omega ^{{r_1}}} + {\omega ^{{r_2}}} + {\omega ^{{r_3}}} = 0$ is
A.
${1 \over 18}$
B.
${1 \over 9}$
C.
${2 \over 9}$
D.
${1 \over 36}$
2010 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2010 Paper 2 Offline
A signal which can be green or red with probability ${4 \over 5}$ and ${1 \over 5}$ respectively, is received by station A and then transmitted to station $B$. The probability of each station receving the signal correctly is ${3 \over 4}$. If the signal received at atation $B$ is green, then the probability that the original signal was green is
A.
${3 \over 5}$
B.
${6 \over 7}$
C.
${20 \over 23}$
D.
${9 \over 20}$
2009 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2009 Paper 1 Offline
The probability that X = 3 equals
A.
${{25} \over {216}}$
B.
${{25} \over {36}}$
C.
${{5} \over {36}}$
D.
${{125} \over {216}}$
2009 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2009 Paper 1 Offline

The probability that $X\ge3$ equals :

A.
${{125} \over {216}}$
B.
${{25} \over {36}}$
C.
${{5} \over {36}}$
D.
${{25} \over {216}}$
2009 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2009 Paper 1 Offline

The conditional probability that $X\ge6$ given $X>3$ equals :

A.
${{125} \over {216}}$
B.
${{25} \over {216}}$
C.
${{5} \over {36}}$
D.
${{25} \over {36}}$
2008 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2008 Paper 2 Offline

An experiment has 10 equally likely outcomes. Let A and B be two non-empty events of the experiment. If A consists of 4 outcomes, the number of outcomes that B must have so that A and B are independent is :

A.
2, 4 or 8
B.
3, 6 or 9
C.
4 or 8
D.
5 or 10
2008 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2008 Paper 1 Offline
Consider the system of equations $ax+by=0; cx+dy=0,$
where $a,b,c,d$ $ \in \left\{ {0,1} \right\}$

STATEMENT - 1 : The probability that the system of equations has a unique solution is ${3 \over 8}.$ and

STATEMENT - 2 : The probability that the system of equations has a solution is $1.$
A.
STATEMENT - 1 is True, STATEMENT - 2 is True; STATEMENT - 2 is a correct explanation for STATEMENT - 1
B.
STATEMENT - 1 is True, STATEMENT - 2 is True; STATEMENT - 2 is NOT a correct explanation for STATEMENT - 1
C.
STATEMENT - 1 is True, STATEMENT - 2 is False.
D.
STATEMENT - 1 is False, STATEMENT - 2 is True.
2007 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2007 Paper 2 Offline
Let ${E^c}$ denote the complement of an event $E.$ Let $E, F, G$ be pairwise independent events with $P\left( G \right) > 0$ and $P\left( {E \cap F \cap G} \right) = 0.$ Then $P\left( {{E^c} \cap {F^c}|G} \right)$ equals
A.
$P\left( {{E^c}} \right) + P\left( {{F^c}} \right)$
B.
$P\left( {{E^c}} \right) - P\left( {{F^c}} \right)$
C.
$P\left( {{E^c}} \right) - P\left( F \right)$
D.
$P\left( E \right) - P\left( {{F^c}} \right)$
2007 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2007 Paper 1 Offline

One Indian and four American men and their wives are to be seated randomly around a circular table. Then the conditional probability that the Indian man is seated adjacent to his wife given that each American man is seated adjacent to his wife is

A.
$\frac{1}{2}$
B.
$\frac{1}{3}$
C.
$\frac{2}{5}$
D.
$\frac{1}{5}$
2007 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2007 Paper 1 Offline

Let H$_1$, H$_2$, ..., H$_n$ be mutually exclusive and exhaustive events with P(H$_i$) > 0, i = 1, 2, ..., n. Let E be any other event with 0 < P(E) < 1.

Statement 1 : P(H$_i$ | E) > P(E | H$_i$). P(H$_i$) for $i=1,2,...,n$.

Statement 2 : $\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {P({H_i}) = 1} $.

A.
Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is True, Statement 2 is a CORRECT explanation for Statement 1
B.
Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is True, Statement 2 is NOT a CORRECT explanation for Statement 1
C.
Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is False
D.
Statement 1 is False, Statement 2 is True
2006 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2006

If $\mathrm{P}\left(u_{i}\right) \propto i$, where $i=1,2,3, \ldots n$, then $\lim_\limits{n \rightarrow \infty} \mathrm{P}(w)$ is equal to:

A.
1
B.
$\frac{2}{3}$
C.
$\frac{3}{4}$
D.
$\frac{1}{4}$
2006 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2006

If $\mathrm{P}\left(u_{i}\right)=c$, where $c$ is a constant then $\mathrm{P}\left(u_{n} / w\right)$ is equal to:

A.
$\frac{2}{n+1}$
B.
$\frac{1}{n+1}$
C.
$\frac{n}{n+1}$
D.
$\frac{1}{2}$
2006 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2006

If $n$ is even and E denotes the event of choosing even numbered urn $\left(\mathrm{P}\left(u_{i}\right)=\frac{1}{n}\right)$, then the value of $\mathrm{P}(w / \mathrm{E})$ is :

A.
$\frac{n+2}{2 n+1}$
B.
$\frac{n+2}{2(n+1)}$
C.
$\frac{n}{n+1}$
D.
$\frac{1}{n+1}$
2005 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2005 Screening
A six faced fair dice is thrown until $1$ comes, then the probability that $1$ comes in even no. of trials is
A.
$5/11$
B.
$5/6$
C.
$6/11$
D.
$1/6$
2005 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2005 Mains

A person goes office either by car, scooter, bus or train, proability of which being $\frac{1}{7}, \frac{3}{2}, \frac{2}{7}$ and $\frac{1}{7}$, respectively. Probability that he reaches office late, if he takes car, scooter, bus or train is $\frac{2}{9}, \frac{1}{9}, \frac{4}{9}$ and $\frac{1}{9}$, respectively. Given that he reached office in time, then what is the probability that he travelled by a car?

A.
$\frac{1}{7}$
B.
$\frac{1}{8}$
C.
$\frac{3}{7}$
D.
$\frac{3}{8}$
2004 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2004 Screening
If three distinct numbers are chosen randomly from the first $100$ natural numbers, then the probability that all three of them are divisible by both $2$ and $3$ is
A.
$4/25$
B.
$4/35$
C.
$4/33$
D.
$4/1155$
2003 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2003 Screening
Two numbers are selected randomly from the set $S = \left\{ {1,2,3,4,5,6} \right\}$ without replacement one by one. The probability that minimum of the two numbers is less than $4$ is
A.
$1/15$
B.
$14/15$
C.
$1/5$
D.
$4/5$
2003 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2003 Screening
If $P\left( B \right) = {3 \over 4},P\left( {A \cap B \cap \overline C } \right) = {1 \over 3}$ and
$P\left( {\overline A \cap B \cap \overline C } \right) = {1 \over 3},\,\,$ then $P\left( {B \cap C} \right)$ is
A.
$1/12$
B.
$1/6$
C.
$1/15$
D.
$1/9$
1999 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1999
If the integers $m$ and $n$ are chosen at random from $1$ to $100$, then the probability that a number of the form ${7^m} + {7^n}$ is divisible by $5$ equals
A.
$1/4$
B.
$1/7$
C.
$1/8$
D.
$1/49$
1998 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1998
Seven white balls and three black balls are randomly placed in a row. The probability that no two black balls are placed adjacently equals
A.
$1/2$
B.
$7/15$
C.
$2/15$
D.
$1/3$
1998 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1998
There are four machines and it is known that exactly two of them are faulty. They are tested, one by one, in a random order till both the faulty machines are identified. Then the probability that only two tests are needed is
A.
$1/3$
B.
$1/6$
C.
$1/2$
D.
$1/4$
1998 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1998
A fair coin is tossed repeatedly. If the tail appears on first four tosses, then the probability of the head appearing on the fifth toss equals
A.
$1/2$
B.
$1/32$
C.
$31/32$
D.
$1/5$
1998 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1998
If $E$ and $F$ are events with $P\left( E \right) \le P\left( F \right)$ and $P\left( {E \cap F} \right) > 0,$ then
A.
occurrence of $E$ $ \Rightarrow $ occurrence of $F$
B.
occurrence of $F$ $ \Rightarrow $ occurrence of $E$
C.
non-occurrence of $E$ $ \Rightarrow $ non-occurrence of $F$
D.
none of the above implications holds
1998 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1998
If from each of the three boxes containing $3$ white and $1$ black, $2$ white and $2$ black, $1$ white and $3$ black balls, one ball is drawn at random, then the probability that $2$ white and $1$ black ball will be drawn is
A.
$13/32$
B.
$1/4$
C.
$1/32$
D.
$3/16$
1996 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1996
For the three events $A, B,$ and $C,P$ (exactly one of the events $A$ or $B$ occurs) $=P$ (exactly one of the two events $B$ or $C$ occurs)$=P$ (exactly one of the events $C$ or $A$ occurs)$=p$ and $P$ (all the three events occur simultaneously) $ = {p^2},$ where $0 < p < 1/2.$ Then the probability of at least one of the three events $A,B$ and $C$ occurring is
A.
${{3p + 2{p^2}} \over 2}$
B.
${{p + 3{p^2}} \over 4}$
C.
${{p + 3{p^2}} \over 2}$
D.
${{3p + 2{p^2}} \over 4}$
1995 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1995 Screening
The probability of India winning a test match against West Indies is $1/2$. Assuming independence from match to match the probability that in a $5$ match series India's second win occurs at third test is
A.
$1/8$
B.
$1/4$
C.
$1/2$
D.
$2/3$
1995 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1995 Screening
Three of six vertices of a regular hexagon are chosen at random. The probability that the triangle with three vertices is equilateral, equals
A.
$1/2$
B.
$1/5$
C.
$1/10$
D.
$1/20$
1994 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1994
Let $A, B, C$ be three mutually independent events. Consider the two statements ${S_1}$ and ${S_2}$
${S_1}\,:\,A$ and $B \cup C$ are independent
${S_2}\,:\,A$ and $B \cap C$ are independent
Then,
A.
Both ${S_1}$ and ${S_2}$ are true
B.
Only ${S_1}$ is true
C.
Only ${S_2}$ is true
D.
Neither ${S_1}$ nor ${S_2}$ is true
1993 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1993
An unbiased die with faces marked $1,2,3,4,5$ and $6$ is rolled four times. Out of four face values obtained, the probability that the minimum face value is not less than $2$ and the maximum face value is not greater than $5,$ is then:
A.
$16/81$
B.
$1/81$
C.
$80/81$
D.
$65/81$
1992 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1992
India plays two matches each with West Indies and Australia. In any match the probabilities of India getting, points $0,$ $1$ and $2$ are $0.45, 0.05$ and $0.50$ respectively. Assuming that the outcomes are independent, the probability of India getting at least $7$ points is
A.
$0.8750$
B.
$0.0875$
C.
$0.0625$
D.
$0.0250$
1988 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1988
One hundred identical coins, each with probability, $p,$ of showing up heads are tossed once. If $0 < p < 1$ and the probability of heads showing on $50$ coins is equal to that of heads showing on $51$ coins, then the value of $p$ is
A.
$1/2$
B.
$49/101$
C.
$50/101$
D.
$51/101.$
1986 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1986
A student appears for tests, $I$, $II$ and $III$. The student is successful if he passes either in tests $I$ and $II$ or tests $I$ and $III$. The probabilities of student passing in tests $I$, $II$ and $III$ are $p, q$ and ${1 \over 2}$ respectively. If the probability that the student is successful is ${1 \over 2}$, then
A.
$p=q=1$
B.
$p = q = {1 \over 2}$
C.
$p=1,$ $q=0$
D.
$p = 1,q = {1 \over 2}$
1986 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1986
The probability that at least one of the events $A$ and $B$ occurs is $0.6$. If $A$ and $B$ occur simultaneously with probability $0.2,$ then $P\left( {\overline A } \right) + P\left( {\overline B } \right)$ is
A.
$0.4$
B.
$0.8$
C.
$1.2$
D.
$1.4$
1984 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1984
A box contains $24$ identical balls of which $12$ are white and $12$ are black. The balls are drawn at random from the box one at a time with replacement. The probability that a white ball is drawn for the $4$th time on the $7$th draw is
A.
$5/64$
B.
$27/32$
C.
$5/32$
D.
$1/2$
1984 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1984
Three identical dice are rolled. The probability that the same number will appear on each of them is
A.
$1/6$
B.
$1/36$
C.
$1/18$
D.
$3/28$
1983 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1983
Fifteen coupons are numbered $1, 2 ........15,$ respectively. Seven coupons are selected at random one at a time with replacement. The probability that the largest number appearing on a selected coupon is $9,$ is
A.
${\left( {{9 \over {16}}} \right)^6}$
B.
${\left( {{18 \over {15}}} \right)^7}$
C.
${\left( {{3 \over {5}}} \right)^7}$
D.
none of these
1982 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1982
If $A$ and $B$ are two events such that $P\left( A \right) > 0,$ and $P\left( B \right) \ne 1,$ then $P\left( {{{\overline A } \over {\overline B }}} \right)$ is equal to
A.
$1 - P({A \over B})$ (Here $\overline A $ and $\overline B $ are complements of $A$ and $B$ respectively).
B.
$1 - P({{\overline A } \over B})$ (Here $\overline A $ and $\overline B $ are complements of $A$ and $B$ respectively).
C.
${{1 - P\left( {A \cup B} \right)} \over {P\left( {\overline B } \right)}}$ (Here $\overline A $ and $\overline B $ are complements of $A$ and $B$ respectively).
D.
${{P\left( {\overline A } \right)} \over {P\left( {\overline B } \right)}}$ (Here $\overline A $ and $\overline B $ are complements of $A$ and $B$ respectively).
1980 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1980
Two events $A$ and $B$ have probabilities $0.25$ and $0.50$ respectively. The probability that both $A$ and $B$ occur simultaneously is $0.14$. Then the probability that neither $A$ nor $B$ occurs is
A.
$0.39$
B.
$0.25$
C.
$0.11$
D.
none of these
1980 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1980
The probability that an event $A$ happens in one trial of an experiment is $0.4.$ Three independent trials of the experiment are performed. The probability that the event $A$ happens at least once is
A.
$0.936$
B.
$0.784$
C.
$0.904$
D.
none of these
1979 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1979
Two fair dice are tossed. Let $x$ be the event that the first die shows an even number and $y$ be the event that the second die shows an odd number. The two events $x$ and $y$ are:
A.
Mutually exclusive
B.
Independent and mutually exclusive
C.
Dependent
D.
None of these.
2025 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2025 Paper 2 Online

A factory has a total of three manufacturing units, $M_1, M_2$, and $M_3$, which produce bulbs independent of each other. The units $M_1, M_2$, and $M_3$ produce bulbs in the proportions of $2: 2: 1$, respectively. It is known that $20 \%$ of the bulbs produced in the factory are defective. It is also known that, of all the bulbs produced by $M_1, 15 \%$ are defective. Suppose that, if a randomly chosen bulb produced in the factory is found to be defective, the probability that it was produced by $M_2$ is $\frac{2}{5}$.

If a bulb is chosen randomly from the bulbs produced by $M_3$, then the probability that it is defective is __________.

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 _____________.

2023 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2023 Paper 2 Online
Let $X$ be the set of all five digit numbers formed using 1,2,2,2,4,4,0. For example, 22240 is in $X$ while 02244 and 44422 are not in $X$. Suppose that each element of $X$ has an equal chance of being chosen. Let $p$ be the conditional probability that an element chosen at random is a multiple of 20 given that it is a multiple of 5 . Then the value of $38 p$ is equal to :
2023 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2023 Paper 2 Online
Let $p_i$ be the probability that a randomly chosen point has $i$ many friends, $i=0,1,2,3,4$. Let $X$ be a random variable such that for $i=0,1,2,3,4$, the probability $P(X=i)=p_i$. Then the value of $7 E(X)$ is :
2023 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2023 Paper 2 Online
Two distinct points are chosen randomly out of the points $A_1, A_2, \ldots, A_{49}$. Let $p$ be the probability that they are friends. Then the value of $7 p$ is :
2022 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2022 Paper 1 Online
In a study about a pandemic, data of 900 persons was collected. It was found that

190 persons had symptom of fever,

220 persons had symptom of cough,

220 persons had symptom of breathing problem,

330 persons had symptom of fever or cough or both,

350 persons had symptom of cough or breathing problem or both,

340 persons had symptom of fever or breathing problem or both,

30 persons had all three symptoms (fever, cough and breathing problem).

If a person is chosen randomly from these 900 persons, then the probability that the person has at most one symptom is ____________.
2021 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2021 Paper 2 Online
A number of chosen at random from the set {1, 2, 3, ....., 2000}. Let p be the probability that the chosen number is a multiple of 3 or a multiple of 7. Then the value of 500p is __________.
2021 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2021 Paper 1 Online
Three numbers are chosen at random, one after another with replacement, from the set S = {1, 2, 3, ......, 100}. Let p1 be the probability that the maximum of chosen numbers is at least 81 and p2 be the probability that the minimum of chosen numbers is at most 40.

The value of ${{625} \over 4}{p_1}$ is ___________.