Probability
A coin is tossed until a head appears or it has been tossed thrice. Given that head doesn’t appear on the first toss, the probability that coin tossed thrice is
Box-I contains 3 cards bearing numbers 1, 2, 3 , Box II contains 5 cards bearing numbers 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5 and Box III contains 7 cards bearing numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. One card is drawn at random from each of the boxes. If $x_i$ be the number on the card drawn from the $i$ th box, $i=1,2,3$, then the probability that $x_1+x_2+x_3$ is odd is equal to
The range of a random variable $X$ is $\{1,2,3, \ldots\}$ and $P(X=x)=\frac{C^x}{x !}$. for $x=1,2,3$, ... Then, the value of $C$ is
Tom and Jerry play a game of alternately throwing an unfair coin. First one to get head wins. If Tom starts the game, he has 62.5% chance of winning the game. Suppose this coin is tossed 5 times, then the probability of getting exactly 3 head is
One card is selected at random from 27 cards numbered form 1 to 27. What is the probability that the number on the card is even or divisible by 5.
Nine balls one drawn simultaneously from a bag containing 5 white and 7 black balls. The probability of drawing 3 white and 6 black balls is
The probabilities that $A$ and $B$ speak truth are $\frac{4}{5}$ and $\frac{3}{4}$ respectively. The probability that they contradict each other when asked to speak on a fact is
The mean and variance of a binomial variable X are 2 and 1 respectively. The probability that X takes values greater than 1 is
P speaks truth in 70% of the cases and Q in 80% of the cases. In what percent of cases are they likely to agree in stating the same fact
If $A$ and $B$ are two events with $P(A \cap B)=\frac{1}{3}, P(A \cup B)=\frac{5}{6}$ and $P\left(A^C\right)=\frac{1}{2}$, then the value of $P\left(B^C\right)$ is
A coin is tossed 2020 times. The probability of getting head on 1947th toss is
A discrete random variable X takes values 10, 20, 30 and 40. with probability 0.3, 0.3, 0.2 and 0.2 respectively. Then the expected value of X is
Let $X$ be a random variable which takes values $1,2,3,4$ such that $P(X=r)=K r^3$ where $r=1,2,3,4$ then
12 balls are distributed among 3 boxes, then the probability that the first box will contain 3 balls is
A random variable X has the probability distribution
| X | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P(X) | 0.15 | 0.23 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.08 | 0.07 |
For the events E = {X is a prime number} and F = {X < 4}, then P(E $\cup$ F) is
A die is tossed thrice. If event of getting an even number is a success, then the probability of getting at least 2 successes is
P(A) = 0.6, P(B) = 0.4 and P(C) = 0.5.
If P(A$ \cup $B) = 0.8, P(A$ \cap $C) = 0.3, P(A$ \cap $B$ \cap $C) = 0.2, P(B$ \cap $C) = $\beta $
and P(A$ \cup $B$ \cup $C) = $\alpha $, where 0.85 $ \le \alpha \le $ 0.95, then $\beta $ lies in the interval :
and P(E1 $ \cap $ E2 $ \cap $ E3) = 0.
Then P($E_2^C \cap E_3^C/{E_1}$) is equal to :
| X: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P(X): | K2 | 2K | K | 2K | 5K2 |
Then P(X > 2) is equal to :
P(A) = ${1 \over 3}$ and P(B) = ${1 \over 6}$.
Then, which of the following is TRUE?
Explanation:
at least 2 bombs should hit.
P(x > 2) $ \ge $ 0.99
$ \Rightarrow $ 1 - p(x < 2) $ \ge $ 0.99
$ \Rightarrow $ 1 - (p(x = 0) + p(x = 1)) $ \ge $ 0.99
$ \Rightarrow $ 1 - nC0${\left( {{1 \over 2}} \right)^0}{\left( {{1 \over 2}} \right)^n}$ - nC1.${\left( {{1 \over 2}} \right)^1}{\left( {{1 \over 2}} \right)^{n - 1}}$ $ \ge $ 0.99
$ \Rightarrow $ 1 - ${1 \over {{2^n}}}$ - ${n \over {{2^n}}}$ $ \ge $ ${{99} \over {100}}$
$ \Rightarrow $ ${1 \over {100}}$ $ \ge $ ${{n + 1} \over {{2^n}}}$
$ \Rightarrow $ 2n $ \ge $ 100(n + 1)
Now checking for value of n, we get
n = 11
Explanation:
$ \Rightarrow 1 - {\left( {{9 \over {10}}} \right)^n} > {1 \over 4}$
$ \Rightarrow {3 \over 4} > {\left( {{9 \over {10}}} \right)^n} \Rightarrow n \ge 3$
Explanation:
Now, according to the question, let the minimum number of missiles required to fired is n, so
$^n{C_3}{p^3}{q^{n - 3}}{ + ^n}{C_4}{p^4}{q^{n - 4}} + ...{ + ^n}{C_n}{p^n}\, \ge \,0.95$
$ \Rightarrow 1 - \left\{ {^n{C_0}{{\left( {{1 \over 4}} \right)}^n}{ + ^n}{C_1}\left( {{3 \over 4}} \right){{\left( {{1 \over 4}} \right)}^{n - 1}}{ + ^n}{C_2}{{\left( {{3 \over 4}} \right)}^2}{{\left( {{1 \over 4}} \right)}^{n - 2}}} \right\}\, \ge \,0.95$
$ \Rightarrow 1 - {{95} \over {100}}\, \ge \,{1 \over {{4^n}}} + {{3n} \over {{4^n}}} + {{n(n - 1)} \over 2}{9 \over {{4^n}}}$
$ \Rightarrow {{{4^n}} \over {20}}\, \ge \,{{2 + 6n + 9{n^2} - 9n} \over 2}$
$ \Rightarrow 10(9{n^2} - 3n + 2)\, \le \,{4^n}$
Now, at n = 3, LHS = 720, RHS = 64
at n = 4, LHS = 1340, RHS = 256
at n = 5, LHS = 2120, RHS = 1024
at n = 6, LHS = 3080, RHS = 4096
Hence, n = 6 missiles should be fired.
Explanation:
E = {(1, 3), (2, 2), (3, 1), (3, 6), (4, 5), (5, 4), (6, 3)}
and an event F of sum of outputs are prime numbers
(i.e., 2, 3, 5, 7, 11) so
F = {(1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 1), (1, 4), (2, 3), (3, 2), (4, 1), (1, 6), (2, 5), (3, 4), (4, 3), (5, 2), (6, 1), (5, 6), (6, 5)}
and event T of sum of outputs are odd numbers
(i.e., 3, 5, 7, 9, 11)
T = {(1, 2), (2, 1), (1, 4), (2, 3), (3, 2), (4, 1), (1, 6), (2, 5), (3, 4), (4, 3), (5, 2), (6, 1), (3, 6), (4, 5), (5, 4), (6, 3), (5, 6), (6, 5)}
Now, required probability $p = P(T/E)$
$ = {{P(T \cap E)} \over {P(E)}}$
where, ${P(T \cap E)}$ = probability of occurring perfect square odd number before prime
$ = \left( {{4 \over {36}}} \right) + \left( {{{14} \over {36}}} \right)\left( {{4 \over {36}}} \right) + {\left( {{{14} \over {36}}} \right)^2}\left( {{4 \over {36}}} \right) + ....\infty $
$ = {{{4 \over {36}}} \over {1 - {{14} \over {36}}}} = {4 \over {22}} = {2 \over {11}}$
and P(E) = probability of occurring perfect square before prime
$ = \left( {{7 \over {36}}} \right) + \left( {{{14} \over {36}}} \right)\left( {{7 \over {36}}} \right) + {\left( {{{14} \over {36}}} \right)^2}\left( {{7 \over {36}}} \right) + ....\infty $
$ = {{{7 \over {36}}} \over {1 - {{14} \over {36}}}} = {7 \over {22}}$
$ \therefore $ $P(T/E) = {{{2 \over {11}}} \over {{7 \over {22}}}} = {4 \over 7} = p \Rightarrow 14p = 8$
4-digit numbers are formed using the digits 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 allowing repetition of the given digits. If a number is chosen at random from those numbers thus formed, then the probability that it is exactly divisible by 3 is
$7 / 36$
$5 / 18$
$5 / 6$
$1 / 3$
If $E_1, E_2 \ldots, E_n$ are an independent events such that $P\left(E_r\right)=\frac{1}{1+r},(r=1,2, \ldots, n)$, then the probability that atleast one of $E_1, E_2, \ldots, E_n$ happens is
$\frac{1}{n+1}$
$\frac{n+1}{n(2 n+1)}$
$\frac{n}{n+1}$
$\frac{1}{2 n+1}$
An urn contains five balls. Two balls are drawn at random and they are found to be white. The probability that all the balls in the urn are white, is
$1 / 2$
$3 / 8$
$2 / 5$
$2 / 3$
If the probability function of a random variable $X$ is given by $P(X=n)=\frac{k(n+1)}{3 n}$ for $n \in \mathbf{N} \cup\{0\}$ where $k$ is a constant, then $P(X<2)=$
$20 / 27$
$20 / 81$
$2 / 27$
$8 / 81$
An observer counts 240 vehicles per hour at a specific location on a highway. Assuming that the arrival of vehicles at the location follows Poisson distribution, the probability that more than two vehicles arrive over a 30 sec time interval is
$\frac{e^2-5}{e^2}$
$\frac{e^2-2}{e^2}$
$\frac{1}{12 e^2}$
$\frac{12-e^2}{e^2}$
If a man throws a die until he gets a number bigger than 3 , then the probability that he gets a 5 in his last throw is
$1 / 3$
$1 / 4$
$3 / 5$
$2 / 3$
A diagnostic test has the probability 0.95 of giving a positive result when applied to a person suffering from a certain disease and a probability 0.10 of giving a positive result when given to a non-sufferer. It is estimated that $0.5 \%$ of the population are suffering from the disease. If this test is now administered to a person from this population about whom there is no information relating to the incidence of this disease and the test gives a positive result, then the probability that he is a sufferer, is
0.9545
0.2194
0.0455
0.9499
Consider the following statements
Assertion (A) If $P_1, P_2, P_3$ are probability of happening of three independent events, then probability of happening of atleast one of them is $1-\left[\left(1-P_1\right)\left(1-P_2\right)\left(1-P_3\right)\right]$
Reason (R) For any three independent events $A, B$ and $C$
$ \begin{array}{r} P(A \cup B \cup C)=P(A)+P(B)+P(C)-P(A) P(B)-P(A) P(C) -P(B) P(C)+P(A) P(B) P(C) \end{array} $
The correct option among the following is
(A) is true, (R) is true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A)
(A) is true, (R) is true but (R) is not the correct explanation for (A)
(A) is true but (R) is false
(A) is false but (R) is true
If probability function of a discrete random variable $X$ is $P(X=r)=r / k, r=1,2,3,4,5$, then $P\left(X=2\right.$ or $\left.X=\frac{k}{3}\right)$, is
$P(X=1$ or $X=6)$
$P\left(X=4\right.$ or $\left.X=\frac{k}{5}\right)$
$P\left(X=\frac{k}{5}\right.$ or $\left.X=5\right)$
$P\left(X=\frac{k}{3}\right.$ or $\left.X=0\right)$
If the probability that an individual will suffer a reaction from an injection of a drug is 0.001 , then the probability that out of 2000 individuals having that injection, more than 2 individuals will suffer a reaction, is
$\frac{5}{e^2}$
$1-\frac{5}{e^2}$
$1-\frac{4}{e^2}$
$\frac{4}{e^2}$
If $A_1, A_2, \ldots, A_{15}$ are the events of a random experiment, then which one of the following is true?
$P\left(\bigcap_{i=1}^{15} A_i\right) \leq \sum_{i=1}^{15} P\left(A_i\right)-15$
$P\left(\bigcap_{i=1}^{15} A_i\right) \geq \sum_{i=1}^{15} P\left(A_i\right)-14$
$P\left(\bigcup_{i=1}^{15} A_i\right) \geq \sum_{i=1}^{15} P\left(A_i\right)$
$ P\left(\bigcup_{i=1}^{15} A_i\right) < \sum_{i=1}^{15} P\left(A_i\right)-\sum_{1 \leq i < j<15} P\left(A_i \cap A_j\right) $
In an examination there are four Yes/No type of questions. The probability that the answer by the student to a question without guess to be correct is $2 / 3$. The probability that a student guesses a correct answer is $1 / 2$. A student writes the examination either by without guessing answers to all the 4 questions or by guessing answers to all 4 questions. The probability that he attempt the exam by guessing answers to all questions is $3 / 7$. Given that a student answered at least 3 questions correctly, the probability that he answered all the questions without guessing is
$\frac{13}{15}$
$\frac{405}{1429}$
$\frac{1024}{1429}$
$\frac{2}{15}$
Four boxes $A, B, C$ and $D$ contain 5000, 3000, 2000 and 1000 fuses respectively. The percentages of defective fuses in these boxes are $3 \%, 2 \%, 1 \%$ and $0.5 \%$ respectively. If a fuse selected at random from one of the boxes is found to be defective, then the probability that it has come from box $D$ is
$\frac{1}{13}$
$\frac{4}{65}$
$\frac{1}{65}$
$\frac{2}{13}$
A die is thrown thrice. If getting 1 or 6 in a single throw is considered as success, then the variance of the number of successes is
1
$\frac{5}{3}$
$\frac{2}{3}$
$\frac{2}{9}$
In a hospital, on an average if there are 35 births in a weak, then the probability that there will be less than 3 births in a day, is
$\frac{118}{e^{35}}$
$\frac{37}{2 e^5}$
$\frac{6}{2 . e^{35}}$
$1-\frac{118}{3 e^5}$

