Probability
Let E1 and E2 be two events such that the conditional probabilities $P({E_1}|{E_2}) = {1 \over 2}$, $P({E_2}|{E_1}) = {3 \over 4}$ and $P({E_1} \cap {E_2}) = {1 \over 8}$. Then :
A random variable X has the following probability distribution :
| X | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P(X) | k | 2k | 4k | 6k | 8k |
The value of P(1 < X < 4 | X $\le$ 2) is equal to :
Bag A contains 2 white, 1 black and 3 red balls and bag B contains 3 black, 2 red and n white balls. One bag is chosen at random and 2 balls drawn from it at random, are found to be 1 red and 1 black. If the probability that both balls come from Bag A is ${6 \over {11}}$, then n is equal to __________.
If a random variable X follows the Binomial distribution B(33, p) such that
$3P(X = 0) = P(X = 1)$, then the value of ${{P(X = 15)} \over {P(X = 18)}} - {{P(X = 16)} \over {P(X = 17)}}$ is equal to :
The sum and product of the mean and variance of a binomial distribution are 82.5 and 1350 respectively. Then the number of trials in the binomial distribution is ____________.
Explanation:
Given $n p+n p q=82.5$
and $n p(n p q)=1350$
$ \therefore $ Quadratic equation is
$ x^{2}-82.5 x+1350=0$
$\Rightarrow x^{2}-22.5 x-60 x+1350=0$
$\Rightarrow x-(x-22.5)-60(x-22.5)=0$
Mean $=60$ and Variance $=22.5$
$ n p=60, n p q=22.5 $
$ \Rightarrow q=\frac{9}{24}=\frac{3}{8}, p=\frac{5}{8} $
$ \therefore \quad n \frac{5}{8}=60 \quad \Rightarrow n=96 $
A bag contains 4 white and 6 black balls. Three balls are drawn at random from the bag. Let $\mathrm{X}$ be the number of white balls, among the drawn balls. If $\sigma^{2}$ is the variance of $\mathrm{X}$, then $100 \sigma^{2}$ is equal to ________.
Explanation:
$X = $ Number of white ball drawn
$P(X = 0) = {{{}^6{C_3}} \over {{}^{10}{C_3}}} = {1 \over 6}$
$P(X = 1) = {{{}^6{C_2} \times {}^4{C_1}} \over {{}^{10}{C_3}}} = {1 \over 2},$
$P(X = 2) = {{{}^6{C_1} \times {}^4{C_2}} \over {{}^{10}{C_3}}} = {3 \over {10}}$
and $P(X = 3) = {{{}^6{C_0} \times {}^4{C_3}} \over {{}^{10}{C_3}}} = {1 \over {30}}$
Variance $ = {\sigma ^2} = \sum {{P_i}X_i^2 - {{\left( {\sum {{P_i}{X_i}} } \right)}^2}} $
${\sigma ^2} = {1 \over 2} + {{12} \over {10}} + {3 \over {10}} - {\left( {{1 \over 2} + {6 \over {10}} + {1 \over {10}}} \right)^2}$
$ = {{56} \over {100}}$
$100{\sigma ^2} = 56.$
The probability distribution of X is :
| X | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P(X) | ${{1 - d} \over 4}$ | ${{1 + 2d} \over 4}$ | ${{1 - 4d} \over 4}$ | ${{1 + 3d} \over 4}$ |
For the minimum possible value of d, sixty times the mean of X is equal to _______________.
Explanation:
| X | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $P(x)$ | ${{1 - d} \over 4}$ | ${{1 + 2d} \over 4}$ | ${{1 - 4d} \over 4}$ | ${{1 + 3d} \over 4}$ |
We know, $0 \le P(x) \le 1$
$\therefore$ $0 \le {{1 - d} \over 4} \le 1$
$ \Rightarrow 0 \le 1 - d \le 4$
$ \Rightarrow - 1 \le - d \le 3$
$ \Rightarrow 1 \ge d \ge - 3$
Also,
$0 \le {{1 + 2d} \over 4} \le 1$
$ \Rightarrow 0 \le 1 + 2d \le 4$
$ \Rightarrow - 1 \le 2d \le 3$
$ \Rightarrow - {1 \over 2} \le d \le {3 \over 2}$
Also,
$0 \le {{1 - 4d} \over 4} \le 1$
$ \Rightarrow 0 \le 1 - 4d \le 4$
$ \Rightarrow - 1 \le - 4d \le 3$
$ \Rightarrow 1 \ge 4d \ge - 3$
$ \Rightarrow {1 \over 4} \ge d \ge - {3 \over 4}$
And,
$0 \le {{1 + 3d} \over 4} \le 1$
$ \Rightarrow 0 \le 1 + 3d \le 4$
$ \Rightarrow - 1 \le 3d \le 3$
$ \Rightarrow - {1 \over 3} \le d \le 1$

Common range is $ = - {1 \over 3}$ to ${1 \over 4}$
$\therefore$ $d\, \in \left[ { - {1 \over 3},{1 \over 4}} \right]$
$\therefore$ Minimum value of $d = - {1 \over 3}$
We know, mean
$E(x) = \sum {x\,.\,P(x)} $
$ = 0 \times {{1 - d} \over 4} + 1 \times {{1 + 2d} \over 4} + 2 \times {{1 - 4d} \over 4} + 3 \times {{1 + 3d} \over 4}$
$ = {{1 + 2d + 2 - 8d + 3 + 9d} \over 4}$
$ = {{6 + 3d} \over 4}$
For $d = - {1 \over 3}$, $E(x) = {{6 + 3 \times - {1 \over 3}} \over 4} = {5 \over 4}$
$\therefore$ $60E(x) = 60 \times {5 \over 4} = 75$
Let S = {E1, E2, ........., E8} be a sample space of a random experiment such that $P({E_n}) = {n \over {36}}$ for every n = 1, 2, ........, 8. Then the number of elements in the set $\left\{ {A \subseteq S:P(A) \ge {4 \over 5}} \right\}$ is ___________.
Explanation:
Here $P({E_n}) = {n \over {36}}$ for n = 1, 2, 3, ......, 8
Here $P(A) = {{Any\,possible\,sum\,of\,(1,2,3,\,...,\,8)( = a\,say)} \over {36}}$
$\because$ ${a \over {36}} \ge {4 \over 5}$
$\therefore$ $a \ge 29$
If one of the number from {1, 2, ......, 8} is left then total $a \ge 29$ by 3 ways.
Similarly by leaving terms more 2 or 3 we get 16 more combinations.
$\therefore$ Total number of different set A possible is 16 + 3 = 19
If the probability that a randomly chosen 6-digit number formed by using digits 1 and 8 only is a multiple of 21 is p, then 96 p is equal to _______________.
Explanation:
Total number of numbers from given
Condition = n(s) = 26.
Every required number is of the form
A = 7 . (10a1 + 10a2 + 10a3 + .......) + 111111
Here 111111 is always divisible by 21.
$\therefore$ If A is divisible by 21 then
10a1 + 10a2 + 10a3 + ....... must be divisible by 3.
For this we have 6C0 + 6C3 + 6C6 cases are there
$\therefore$ n(E) = 6C0 + 6C3 + 6C6 = 22
$\therefore$ Required probability = ${{22} \over {{2^6}}} = p$
$\therefore$ ${{11} \over {32}} = p$
$\therefore$ $96p = 33$
In an examination, there are 10 true-false type questions. Out of 10, a student can guess the answer of 4 questions correctly with probability ${3 \over 4}$ and the remaining 6 questions correctly with probability ${1 \over 4}$. If the probability that the student guesses the answers of exactly 8 questions correctly out of 10 is ${{{{27}k}} \over {{4^{10}}}}$, then k is equal to ___________.
Explanation:
Student guesses only two wrong. So there are three possibilities.
(i) Student guesses both wrong from 1st section
(ii) Student guesses both wrong from 2nd section
(iii) Student guesses two wrong one from each section
Required probabilities
$ = {}^4{C_2}{\left( {{3 \over 4}} \right)^2}{\left( {{1 \over 4}} \right)^2}{\left( {{1 \over 6}} \right)^6} + {}^6{C_2}{\left( {{3 \over 4}} \right)^2}{\left( {{1 \over 4}} \right)^4}{\left( {{3 \over 4}} \right)^4} + {}^4{C_1}\,.\,{}^6{C_1}\left( {{3 \over 4}} \right)\left( {{1 \over 4}} \right){\left( {{3 \over 4}} \right)^3}{\left( {{1 \over 4}} \right)^5}$
$ = {1 \over {{4^{10}}}}\left[ {6 \times 9 + 15 \times {9^4} + 24 \times {9^2}} \right]$
$ = {{27} \over {{4^{10}}}}\left[ {2 + 27 \times 15 + 72} \right]$
$ = {{27 \times 479} \over {{4^{10}}}}$
Box-I contains 8 red, 3 blue and 5 green balls,
Box-II contains 24 red, 9 blue and 15 green balls,
Box-III contains 1 blue, 12 green and 3 yellow balls,
Box-IV contains 10 green, 16 orange and 6 white balls.
A ball is chosen randomly from Box-I; call this ball $b$. If $b$ is red then a ball is chosen randomly from Box-II, if $b$ is blue then a ball is chosen randomly from Box-III, and if $b$ is green then a ball is chosen randomly from Box-IV. The conditional probability of the event 'one of the chosen balls is white' given that the event 'at least one of the chosen balls is green' has happened, is equal to
Two players, $P_{1}$ and $P_{2}$, play a game against each other. In every round of the game, each player rolls a fair die once, where the six faces of the die have six distinct numbers. Let $x$ and $y$ denote the readings on the die rolled by $P_{1}$ and $P_{2}$, respectively. If $x>y$, then $P_{1}$ scores 5 points and $P_{2}$ scores 0 point. If $x=y$, then each player scores 2 points. If $x < y$, then $P_{1}$ scores 0 point and $P_{2}$ scores 5 points. Let $X_{i}$ and $Y_{i}$ be the total scores of $P_{1}$ and $P_{2}$, respectively, after playing the $i^{\text {th }}$ round.
| List-I | List-II |
|---|---|
| (I) Probability of $\left(X_{2} \geq Y_{2}\right)$ is | (P) $\frac{3}{8}$ |
| (II) Probability of $\left(X_{2}>Y_{2}\right)$ is | (Q) $\frac{11}{16}$ |
| (III) Probability of $\left(X_{3}=Y_{3}\right)$ is | (R) $\frac{5}{16}$ |
| (IV) Probability of $\left(X_{3}>Y_{3}\right)$ is | (S) $\frac{355}{864}$ |
| (T) $\frac{77}{432}$ |
The correct option is:
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 ____________.
Explanation:
Person had symptom of cough $=n(\mathrm{C})=220$
Person had symptom of breathing $=n(\mathrm{~B})=220$
Person had symptom of fever or cough
$ =n(\mathrm{~F} \cup \mathrm{C})=330 $
Person had symptom of cough or breathing
$ =n(\mathrm{C} \cup \mathrm{B})=350 $
Person had symptom of fever or breathing
$ =n(\mathrm{~F} \cup \mathrm{B})=340 $
Person had symptom of fever, cough and breathing $=n(\mathrm{~F} \cap \mathrm{C} \cup \mathrm{B})=30$
So $n(\mathrm{~F} \cap \mathrm{C})=n(\mathrm{~F})+n(\mathrm{C})-n(\mathrm{~F} \cup \mathrm{C})$
$=190+220-330$
$=80$
and
$ n(\mathrm{F} \cap \mathrm{B}) =n(\mathrm{~F})+n(\mathrm{~B})-n(\mathrm{~F} \cup \mathrm{B}) $
$ =190+220-340 $
$ =70 $
and $ n(\mathrm{C} \cap \mathrm{B}) =n(\mathrm{C})+n(\mathrm{~B})-n(\mathrm{C} \cap \mathrm{B}) $
$ =220+220-350 $
$ =90$
Number of people having at most one symptom
$ =70+80+90+480 =720 $
Required probability $=\frac{720}{900}=0.80$
The probability of getting a king and a spade card when two cards are drawn simultaneously from a pack of 52 playing card is
$\frac{1}{26}$
$\frac{8}{221}$
$\frac{2}{51}$
$\frac{1}{52}$
Two cards are drawn from a pack of 52 playing cards one after the other. If $p_1$ is the probability of getting a queen in the first draw and a diamond card in the second draw when the first card drawn is replaced and $p_2$ is the probability of the same event when the first card drawn is not replaced. Then $\frac{p_1}{p_2}=$
1
2
3
4
Bag $A$ contains 4 white and 2 black balls, bag $B$ contains 3 white and 3 black balls and bag $C$ contains 2 white and 4 black balls. If a bag is chosen at random and a ball is chosen at random from it, then the probability that the ball drawn is black is
$\frac{1}{3}$
$\frac{3}{4}$
$\frac{1}{2}$
$\frac{2}{3}$
A random variable $X$ has the following probability distribution
$ \begin{array}{llllllllll} \hline X=\mathbf{x}_i & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 & 9 \\ \hline P\left(X=\mathbf{x}_i\right) & 10 k & 9 k & 8 k & 8 k & 6 k & 5 k & 4 k & 3 k & k \\ \hline \end{array} $
where $k$ is a real number.
If $A=\left\{x_i \mid x_i\right.$ is a prime number $\}$ and $B=\left\{x_i \mid x_i>5\right\}$ are two events, then $P(A \cup B)=$
$\frac{2}{3}$
$\frac{4}{9}$
$\frac{1}{27}$
$\frac{5}{6}$
If $X$ is a Poisson variate such that $\frac{5}{3} k=P(X=2) =P(X=3)$, then $P(X=5)=$
$k$
$\frac{1}{4} k$
$\frac{1}{2} k$
$\frac{3}{4} k$
A bag contains 9 identical black balls numbered 1 to 9 . and 4 identical white balls numbered 1 to 4 . If 3 balls are drawn at a time randomly from that bag, then the probability of getting atleast one white ball is
$\frac{101}{143}$
$\frac{7}{143}$
$\frac{72}{143}$
$\frac{42}{143}$
The probabilities of two persons to hit a target are $1 / 4$ and $1 / 5$ respectively. The probability that the target is being hit when both of them attempt independently is
$\frac{1}{2}$
$\frac{3}{5}$
$\frac{2}{5}$
$\frac{7}{10}$
When 3 dice are thrown at a time, the sum of the numbers appeared on 3 dice were found to be 15 . Then, the probability that the number 5 does not appear on any one of the dice is
$\frac{3}{16}$
$\frac{3}{10}$
$\frac{4}{15}$
$\frac{2}{5}$
If the probability distribution of a random variable $X$ is given by
$ \begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline X=x & 0 & 2 & 4 & 6 & 8 & 10 \\ \hline P(X=x) & 0 & k & 2 k & 5 k^2 & 2 k^2 & 3 k \\ \hline \end{array} $
then the mean of $X$ is
$\frac{384}{121}$
$\frac{60}{13}$
$\frac{163}{25}$
$\frac{326}{49}$
The probability of getting a success in a trail is five times that of a failure. The probability of getting atmost one success in 5 trails, is
$\frac{25}{6^5}$
$\frac{26}{6^5}$
$\left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^5$
$2\left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^5$
A bag contains 3 white and 6 red balls. Four balls are drawn at a time randomly. Then, the probability of getting at least two red balls is
$\frac{8}{27}$
$\frac{5}{14}$
$\frac{60}{63}$
$\frac{1}{2}$
$A$ and $B$ are two independent events $P(A)=\frac{2}{5}, P(B)=\frac{1}{3}$.
Match the following :
| $ \text { List I } $ |
$ \text { List II } $ |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| (A) | $\quad P(\bar{A} \cup B)$ | I. | $ \frac{11}{15} $ |
| (B) | $P\left(\frac{A}{\bar{B}}\right)$ | II. | $ \frac{3}{5} $ |
| (C) | $P(A \cup B)$ | III. | $ \frac{2}{3} $ |
| (D) | $p\left(\frac{\bar{B}}{A}\right)$ | IV. | $ \frac{2}{5} $ |
| V. | $ \frac{1}{3} $ |
||
The correct match is
| A | B | C | D |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | III | IV | II |
| A | B | C | D |
|---|---|---|---|
| II | IV | V | I |
| A | B | C | D |
|---|---|---|---|
| II | IV | III | V |
| A | B | C | D |
|---|---|---|---|
| II | IV | III | I |
Two players $A$ and $B$ are alternately throwing a coin and a die together. $A$ player who first throws head and 6 wins the game. If $A$ starts the game, then the probability that $B$ wins the game is
$\frac{12}{23}$
$\frac{11}{23}$
$\frac{5}{119}$
$\frac{12}{119}$
If two dice are thrown and if $X$ denotes the sum of the numbers that show up on the faces of the dice, then the mean of the random variable $X$ is
$\frac{27}{4}$
$\frac{35}{6}$
$\frac{41}{3}$
7
In a university campus, the probability that a person chosen at random is an engineering student is $\frac{1}{5}$. The probability of having atmost two engineering students in a sample of 8 people is
$45 \times \frac{4^6}{5^8}$
$17 \times \frac{4^7}{5^8}$
$27 \times \frac{4^6}{5^8}$
$19 \times \frac{4^7}{5^8}$
When two dice are thrown, the probability of getting an ordered pair $(x, y)$ such that $x^2+y^2 \leq 25$ where $x$ and $y$ are numbers that show up on the two dice, is
$\frac{4}{9}$
$\frac{25}{36}$
$\frac{7}{12}$
$\frac{5}{12}$
If two cards are drawn simultaneously from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards, then the probability of getting a card having a prime number and a card having a number which is a multiple of 5 is
$\frac{94}{663}$
$\frac{62}{663}$
$\frac{30}{663}$
$\frac{64}{663}$
If $A$ and $B$ are two events of a random experiment such that $P(\bar{A})=\frac{2}{3}, P(B)=\frac{4}{15}$ and $P(A \cap \bar{B})=\frac{1}{5}$, then $\sqrt{195[P(B \mid(A \cup \bar{B}))+P(A \cup B)]}=$
9
11
13
15
A random variable $X$ has the range $\{0,1,2, \ldots$.$\} . If P(X=r)=k(1+r) 3^{-r}$, for $r=0,1,2, \ldots$ where $k>0$ is a real number, then $P(X=0)+P(X=1)+P(X=2)=$
$4 / 9$
$8 / 9$
$2 / 3$
$1 / 3$
In an experiment a person gets success $\alpha$ times out of $\beta$ trails. If the experiment consists of $n$ trials, then the probability that he fails at least $(n-1)$ times is
$\frac{\alpha^{n-1}}{\beta^n}(n \beta-n \alpha+\alpha)$
$\frac{(\beta-\alpha)^{n-1}}{\beta^n}(n \alpha+\beta-\alpha)$
$\frac{\alpha^n}{\beta^n}(n \alpha+\beta)$
$\left(\frac{\beta-\alpha}{\beta}\right)^n(n \beta+n \alpha+1)$
When two dice are thrown, the probability of getting a prime number on die and a composite number on the other is
$1 / 3$
$1 / 4$
$1 / 2$
$1 / 6$
Let $A, B, C$ be three pairwise independent events of a random experiment. If $P(\bar{B} \cup \bar{C})=\frac{1}{2}, P(A)>0, P(B)=b$ and $P(C)=c, P((\bar{B} \cap \bar{C} \mid A)=$
$1+$ b - c
$2+b-c$
$\frac{3}{2}-b-c$
$2-b-c$
Two dice are thrown and the sum of the numbers appearing on the dice is observed to be a multiple of 4 . If $p$ is the conditional probability that number 4 has appeared atleast once, then $3 p+2=$
$\frac{25}{12}$
$\frac{1}{6}$
$\frac{7}{3}$
$\frac{5}{2}$
In a random experiment of throwing 5 coins, the number of heads is defined as a random variable. The mean of the random variable is
$\frac{2}{3}$
$\frac{3}{2}$
$\frac{7}{9}$
$\frac{5}{2}$
The variance of a Poisson variate $X$ is 2 . Then, $P(X \geq 3)=$
$\frac{e^2-7}{e^2}$
$\frac{e^2-3}{e^2}$
$\frac{e^2-5}{e^2}$
$1-\frac{4}{e^2}$
A cube having edge of length 5 cm is painted on all faces and then it is cut into equal cubes of unit volume. A small cube is selected at random and found that a face of it is painted, then the probability that two more faces of it are also painted is
$\frac{27}{125}$
$\frac{4}{49}$
$\frac{1}{8}$
$\frac{8}{125}$
A pair of dice is thrown twice in succession. The probability of getting prime number on both the dice in first throw and composite numbers on both the dice in second throw is
$\frac{1}{216}$
$\frac{1}{16}$
$\frac{1}{36}$
$\frac{1}{9}$
3 balls are drawn one after the other without replacement from an urn containing 4 red, 5 blue and 6 yellow balls. The probability of getting three different coloured balls is
$\frac{12}{91}$
$\frac{24}{91}$
$\frac{8}{225}$
$\frac{8}{75}$
Two balls are drawn at random from a bag containing 5 black balls and 3 white balls. If the random variable $X$ denotes the number of white balls drawn, then the mean of $X$ is
$\frac{1}{2}$
$\frac{5}{8}$
$\frac{3}{4}$
$\frac{3}{8}$
If the mean and variance of a binomial distribution are 4 and $\frac{4}{3}$ respectively, then $P(X=2)=$
$\frac{20}{243}$
$\frac{40}{243}$
$\frac{28}{729}$
$\frac{8}{27}$
The probability of getting a sum 9 when two dice are thrown is
If $A$ and $B$ are two events such that $P(B) \neq 0$ and $P(B) \neq 1$, then $P(\bar{A} \mid \bar{B})$ is
Two brothers $X$ and $Y$ appeared for an exam. Let $A$ be the event that $X$ has passed the exam and $B$ is the event that $Y$ has passed. The probability of $A$ is $\frac{1}{7}$ and of $B$ is $\frac{2}{9}$. Then, the probability that both of them pass the exam is
A bag contains 4 red and 3 black balls. A second bag contains 2 red and 3 black balls. One bag is selected at random. If from the selected bag, one ball is drawn at random, then the probability that the ball drawn is red, is
In a Binomial distribution, if '$n$' is the number of trials and the mean and variance are 4 and 3 respectively, then $2^{32} p\left(X=\frac{n}{2}\right)=$
For a Poisson distribution, if mean $=l$, variance $=m$ and $l+m=8$, then $e^4[1-P(X>2)]=$
In a box, there are 8 red, 7 blue and 6 green balls. One ball is picked randomly. The probability that it is neither red nor green is

