Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology,Pollachi – 642 003.

Autonomous Institution- Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai.

Course code and Name : 19MABG1401- Probability and Statistics

UNIT 1 – Probability and Random Variable

Part A
1. Two coins are thrown at the same time. The probability of getting both heads is ____
(A) ¾ (B) ¼
(C) ½ (D) 0
2. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability of getting a sum of 9 is _____
(A) 1/10 (B) 3/10
(C) 1/9 (D) 4/9
3. A bag contains 5 red balls and some blue balls .If the probability of drawing a blue ball is double
that of a red ball, then the number of blue balls in a bag is:
(A) 5 (B) 10
(C) 15 (D) 20
4. A card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting a king of
red suit.
(A) 1/26 (B) 3/26
(C) 7/52 (D) 1/13
5. If P(E) = 0.07, then what is P(𝑬 ̅ )?
(a)0.93 (b)0.95
(c)0.89 (d)0.90
6. If A and B are two mutually exclusive events with P(~A) = 5⁄6 and P(B) = 1⁄3 then P(A /~B) is
equal to
(a) 1⁄4 (b)1⁄2
(c) 0, since mutually exclusive (d) 5⁄18
7. If A and B are two events such that P(A) = 0.2, P(B) = 0.6 and P(A /B) = 0.2 then the value of
P(AUB) is
(a) 0.2 (b) 0.5
(c) 0.6 (d) ⁄3
1

8. A number is selected at random from first 50 natural numbers. Then the probability that it is a
multiple
of 3 and 4 is:
(A) 7/50 (B) 4/25
(C) 1/25 (D) 2/25
9. Let X be a random variable with probability distribution function
f (x)= 0.2 for |x|<1
= 0.1 for 1 < |x| < 4
= 0 otherwise The probability P (0.5 < x < 5) is _____

a) 0.3 b) 0.5
c) 0.4 d) 0.8
10. A probability density function f(x) for the continuous random variable X is denoted as _______
a) ∫ f(x)dx = ∞, -1<=x<=1 b) ∫ f(x)dx = 1, -∞<=x<=∞
c) ∫ f(x)dx = 0, -∞<=x<=∞ d) ∫ f(x+2)dx = .5, -∞<=x<=∞
11. The sum of probabilities of a discrete random variable is
a) 0 b) 2
c) 1 d) 4
12. A variable which can assume each and every value within a given range is called
a) Discrete variable b) Random variable
c) Qualitative variable d) Continuous variable

13.Let A and B be two events such that 𝑃(𝐴) = 0.5, 𝑃(𝐵) = 0.3 𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵) = 0.15 compute
𝑃(𝐴̅ ∩ 𝐵).

a)0.15 b)0.30 c)0.46 d)0.75

14.A bag contains 8 white and 4 black balls. If 5 balls aredrawn at random, the probability that 3 are
white and 2 are black is?

a)0.586 b)0.954 c)0.4242d)0.753

1 3 1
15.Let A and B be two events such that P(A)= ,P(B)= and 𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵) = . Compute P(A/B)?
3 4 4

1 1 1 1
a)6 b)8 c)10d)3

̅̅̅ ?
16.If A and B are mutually exclusive events P(A)= 0.29 P(B)=0.43 then find P(𝐴)

a) 0.81 b)0.52c)0.72d)0.41

17. An urn B1 contains 2 white and 3 black chips and another urn B2 contains 3 white and 4 black
chips. One urn is selected at random and a chip is drawn from it. If the chip drawn is found black,
The probability that the urn chosen was B1 is

a) 4⁄7
b) 3⁄7
c) 20⁄41
d) 21⁄41

18.The probability of an impossible event is?

a) 0b)1c)infinity d)None
1 1
19.If A and B are independent and 𝑃(𝐴) = 3,𝑃(𝐵) = 4 find 𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵).

1 1 1 1
a)2 b)6 c)12 d)4

20. A variable that can assume any value between two given points is called ___________

a) Continuous random variable

b) Discrete random variable
c) Irregular random variable
d) Uncertain random variable
21.Two unbiased coins are tossed. The probability of getting at most one headis ?
a) 1⁄2
b) 1⁄3
c) 1⁄6
d) 3⁄4

22.A box contain 4 bad and 6 good tubes. Two are drawn out from the box at a time.One of them is
tested and found to be good. The probability that the other one is also good is?
1 1 1 1
a)6 b)8 c)10 d)3

23.Let A and B be two events such that P(A) = 1⁄5 While P(A or B) = 1⁄2. Let P(B) = P. For what
values of P are A and B independent?

a) 1⁄10 and 3⁄10

b) 3⁄10 and 4⁄5
c) 3⁄8 only
d) 3⁄10

24.Theprobability that the political party A does a particular work is 30% and the political party B
doing the same work is 40%. Then find the probability that the work is completed if the probability
of choosing the political party A is 40% and that of B is 60%.

a) 0.12
b) 0.24
c) 0.36
d) 0.48

Part- B
1. Husband and wife apply for two vacant spots in a company. If the probability of wife getting
selected and husband getting selected are 3/7 and 2/3 respectively, what is the probability that
neither of them will be selected?
(a) 2⁄7 (b) 5/7 (c) 4/21 (d) 17/21
2. The probability of getting 53 Mondays in a leap year?

(A) 1/7 (B) 53/366 (C) 2/7 (D) 7/366

3. If X is the random variable assuming the values 0,1,2,3 and 4 , and F(x) is the cumulative
distribution function, then P(1  x  3) is equal to ______________
(a) F (3)  F (1) (b) F (3)  F (2) (c) F (1)  F (3) (d) F (1)  F (3)

4. The probability mass function of a random variable X is zero, except at the points 0,1 and 2.at these
points it has the probabilities P( X  0)  3k 2 , P( X  1)  2k 2 and P( X  2)  4k 2 for some k  0.
then the value of K is____________.
(a)9 (b) 1/3 (c) 3 (d) None of these
1  x 3
 e ,x  0
5. If X is the random variable having the probability density function f ( x)   3 then the
 0, otherwise
value of P(X>3)is ______________.
 (a) 1/e (b) 1/e2 (c) 1/3 (d) 0.75

6. If x is a discrete random variable with the following probability distribution

x: 1 2 3 4
then the value of P(2<X<4) is----
p( x) a 2a 3a 4a
(a) 9a (b) 2a (c) 3a (d) 4a

7. 100 cards are numbered from 1 to 100, then the probability of getting a prime number is

(A) ¾ (B) 27/50 (C) ¼ (D) 29/100

8. Company A produces 10% defective products, Company B produces 20% defective products and
C produces 5% defective products. If choosing a company is an equally likely event, then find the
probability that the product chosen is defective.
a)0.22 b)0.12 c)0.11 d)0.21
𝑥
9.If the probability density function of a random variable X is 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 2 in 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2, find
𝑋>1.5
𝑃( ).
𝑋>1

a)0.859 b)0.3895 c)0.5833 d) 0.9547

𝐾𝑒 −𝑥 , 𝑥 > 0
10.If𝑓 (𝑥 ) = { is a p.d.f of a random variable X then the value of K is ___________
0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒

a) 2 b)3 c)5 d)1

1 1 1
11.A problem in mathematics is given to 3 students A,B,C whose chances of solving it are , ,
2 3 4
respectively. The probability that the problem will be solved is________?
1 1 1 3
a)6 b)8 c)10 d)4

12.Find the probability of drawing a queen and a king from a pack of cards in two consecutive draws,
the cards drawn not being replaced.
1 1 1 4
a)663 b)889 c)100d)663

13.A coin is tossed thrice. The chance of getting all heads is?
1 1 1 1
a)6b)8 c)10d)3

1
14.The probability that machine A will be performing an usual function in 5 years time is while
4
1
the probability that machine B will still be operating usefully at the end of the same period is 3. Find
the probability that both machines will be performing an usual function.
1 1 1
a)96b)3 c)4 d)12
15.A bag contains 8 white and 10 black balls.Two balls are drawn in succession. The probability that
first is white and second is black is?
22 11 1 20
a)81 b)81 c)10 d)81

16.Let 5 men out of 100 and 25 women out of 1000 are colourblind .Acolour blind person is chosen
at random. What is the probability of this being male.(Assume that males and females are in equal
proportion).
22 11 1 20
a)21 b)21 c)21d)21