Quantitative Aptitude

QA-26
Probability
Class Exercise
Directions for Q.1-Q.3: There are 4 boys and 6 girls in a
class. If a team of two members is to be formed among these Q.13 What is the probability of exactly one of them passes
ten students, the find the test?
(a) 0.9 (b) 0.1
Q.1 What is the probability that, both the team members that (c) 0.45 (d) 0.55
are selected are girls?
10 Q.14 What is the probability that either Aditya or Bharat
(a) 10! (b)
25 passes the test?
1 25
(c) (d) (a) 0.9 (b) 0.1
3 10
(c) 0.45 (d) 0.55
Q.2 What is the probability that among the selected
members there is exactly 1 girl?
12 15 Directions for Q.15 - Q.17:
(a) (b) A test was conducted in a class in which probability of
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8 18 getting pass of Aditya, Bharat and Ekta is 0.75, 0.6 and 0.4
(c) (d) respectively.
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Q.3 What is the probability that among the selected Q.15 What is the probability that all three pass the test?
members there is at least 1 girl? (a) 1.352 (b) 0.06
5 12 (c) 0.405 (d) 0.18
(a) (b)
9 45
14 11
(c) (d)
25 15 Q.16 What is the probability that either Aditya or Bharat or
Directions for Q.4-Q8: Three cards are drawn from a pack Ekta fails?
of 52 cards. Find the probability that:- (a) 0.30 (b) 0.82
(c) 0.55 (d) 0.45
Q.4 Exactly one of the selected cards is an ace.
Q.17 What is the probability that Bharat passes and exactly
Q.5 All the three selected cards are of same suit. one of Aditya and Ekta fails?
(a)0.24 (b)0.59
(c)0.50 (d)0.33
Q.6 At least one of the selected cards is a spade.
Directions for Q.18 - Q.21 :- In a match between India and
Q.7 Neither of the selected cards is a face card nor is a Australia, odds in favour of India winning the match is 3:5.
diamond. In a tournament, 3 matches are played between India and
Australia. Find the probability that

Q.8 Exactly one of the selected card is a face card and none Q.18 All 3 matches of the tournament are won by India.
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of the cards is a club. (a) (b)
512 512
27 81
Directions for Q.9-Q11: All the four digit numbers are (c) (d)
125 512
formed using either 1,2,3,4 or 5. Find the probability that:
Q.19 Exactly one of the match in the tournament is won by
Q.9 The number formed is divisible by 4 and all the digits of Australia.
the number are distinct. 45 72
(a) (b)
512 512
27 135
Q.10 The odd places of the number formed have odd digits (c) (d)
125 512
and none of the digits of the number is same..
Q.20 At least 1 of the match in the tournament is won by
India.
Q.11 The number is an odd number and is greater than 2000. 227 72
(a) (b)
512 512
427 387
Directions for Q.12-Q.14:- A test was conducted in a class. (c) (d)
512 512
The probability that Aditya passes the test is 0.75 and the
probability that Bharat passes the test is 0.6. Q.21 India wins the tournament.
162 72
(a) (b)
Q.12 What is the probability that both of them passes the 512 512
test? 27 81
(c) (d)
(a) 0.9 (b) 0.1 125 512
(c) 0.45 (d) 0.55
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Directions for Q.22 -Q.25: 5 coins are tossed together. Q.32 What is the probability that exactly one of the number
is a multiple of 3?
Q.22 What is the probability to get tails on all the coins? 1 2
1 (a) (b)
(a) (b) 1 4 9
2 4
1 1 (c) (d) None of the above
(c) (d) 9
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Directions for Q.33 - Q.35: A bag contains 4 blue, 6 white
Q.23 What is the probability of getting exactly one head?
1 3 and 10 green balls. 2 balls are drawn from this bag one after
(a) (b) the other with replacement.
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5 5
(c) (d) Q.33 What is the probability that exactly 1 of the two balls
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drawn is white.
Q.24 What is the probability of getting exactly 2 heads? (a) 0.38 (b) 0.25
5 1 (c) 0.42 (d) 0.51
(a) (b)
32 3
5 Q.34 What is the probability that at least one of the balls
(c) (d)None of these drawn is blue.
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(a) 0.36 (b) 0.25
Q.25 What is the probability of getting majority heads? (c) 0.42 (d) 0.51
1
(a) (b) 1
2
1 1 Q.35 What is the probability that both the balls drawn are of
(c) (d) same color.
32 16
Directions for Q.26 - Q.30: Rahul rolled two dices together (a) 0.38 (b) 0.25
and noticed the number that appears on the top of each of (c) 0.42 (d) 0.51
the two dices.
Q.26 What is the probability of getting different number on
both dices? Answer Key (Class Exercise):
5 1
(a) (b)
6 2 1. C 2. C 3. D
1 1
(c) (d)
4 9
4. (4 * 48C2) / 52C3 5. (4 * 13C3) / 52C3
Q.27 What is the probability that exactly one of the number
is a composite number?
1 2 6. (52C3 - 39C3) / 52C3 7. 30C3 / 52C3
(a) (b)
4 9
4 7 24
(c)
9
(d)
4 8. (9 * 30C2) / 52C3 9.
625
Q.28 What is the probability that at least one of the number 36 12
is a multiple of 3? 10. 11.
20 5 625 25
(a) (b)
27 9
130 12. C 13. C 14. A 15. D 16. B 17. D
(c) (d)None of these
216 18. A 19. D 20. D 21. A 22. C 23. C
24. C 25. A 26. A 27. C 28. B 29. C
Q.29 What is the probability that the product of the two 30. D 31. A 32. C 33. C 34. A 35. A
numbers is an even number?
7 4
(a) (b)
8 5
3 2
(c) (d)
4 3

Q.30 What is the probability to get sum of the numbers less

than 6
4 8
(a) (b)
36 36
5 5
(c) (d)
36 18

Directions for Q.31 - Q.32: Three dices were rolled

together and the number that appears on the top of each of
the three dice was noticed.
Q.31 What is the probability that the same number appeared
on the top of each dice.
1 8
(a) (b)
36 36
5 25
(c) (d)
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(a) (b)
Home Exercise 126 7
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(c) (d) None of these
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1. There are two positive integers a and b. What is the
probability that a + b is odd? 11. The probability that A, B and C will live for more than
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) 1 60 years is 2, 3 and 4 respectively. What is the probability
4
1 3 that at least one of them will be alive after 60 years of age?
(c) (d) 5 5
2 4
(a) 12 (b) 6
2. There are 6 men and 7 women in a committee. 2 people 1 3
(c) (d)
need to be selected as representatives of this committee. 24 4
What is the probability that out of these 2 people, 1 is a man
and another is a woman? 12. A coin and a die are tossed. What is the probability that
(a) 13C1 × 12C1 (b) 2 we will get a head and an even number?
1 1
13C2 13C2 (a) 4 (b) 2
(c) 6C1× 7C1 (d) 1 (c) 1 (d)
1
13C2 13C2 3

Directions for Q.13-Q.16: Answer the questions on the

3. From the decade 1991-2000, one year is selected at
basis of the information given below.
random .What is the probability that it is a leap year?
3 1 A husband and wife appear in an interview for two
(a) 10 (b) 5
vacancies in the same post. The probability of husband’s
2 3 1 1
(c) 5 (d) 5 selection is and that of wife’s is .
7 5

4. The probability that a leap year selected at random will 13. What is the probability that only one of them will be
contain 53 Sundays, is selected?
1 2 2 5
(a) 7 (b) 7 (a) 7 (b) 7
7 26 4 6
(c) 366 (d) 183 (c) 35 (d) 35

5. A number is selected at random from the numbers 14. What is the probability that both of them will be
1,2,...50. What is the probability that the number is a selected?
2 1
multiple of either 6 or 9? (a) 35 (b) 35
11 1
(a) 50 (b) 20 12 34
(c) 35 (d) 35
7 2
(c) 25 (d) 25
15. What is the probability that none of them will be
6. In a box containing 100 bulbs, 10 bulbs are defective. The selected?
6 4
probability out of a sample of 5 bulbs, none is defective, is (a) 7 (b) 5
1 9 5
(a) 105 (b)(10) (c)
24
(d)
11
35 35
1
(c) 90C5 (d)
95 16. What is the probability that at least one of them will be
100
C5
selected?
5 2
7. What is the probability that when 3 cards are pulled from (a) 7 (b) 35
a pack of cards without replacement, we get 1 king, 1 queen 34 11
(c) 35 (d) 35
and 1 jack?
16 16
(a) (b)
35139 5525 17. Three dice are thrown simultaneously. Find the
1 16 probability that the sum of the numbers on top face of each
(c) 2179 (d) 2179 dice is 16.
1 5
8. Three coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the (a) (b)
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1 1
probability of getting at least one head and one tail. (c) 36 (d) 27
1 1
(a) 2 (b) 4
3 1 18. A 5-digit number is formed by the digits 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
(c) 4 (d) 8
without repetition. What is the probability that the number
formed is a multiple of 4?
9. The probability of getting at least a tail, when 3 coins are
tossed once, is (a)
3
(b)
1
1 7 5 5
(a) 3 (b) 8 7 24
(c) 25 (d) 119
3 1
(c) 4 (d) 2
10. A bag contains 2 white, 3 green and 4 red balls. If 5 balls Directions for Q.19-Q.20: Answer the questions on the
are drawn at random, then what is the probability that 2 are basis of the information given below.
red, 2 are green and 1 is white?

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There are three shooters A, B and C hitting the same target.
3 1 4
Probability of A hitting the target is , of B is and of C is
5 3 7

19. Find the probability that only one of them will hit the
target.
6 2
(a) 35 (b) 35
8 16
(c) (d)
21 105

20. Find the probability that two of them will hit the target.
3 41
(a) 35 (b) 105
8 8
(c) 35 (d) 105

21. One card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. Find the

probability that the card drawn is either a red or a king.
1 7
(a) (b)
2 13
2 14
(c) 3 (d) 23

22. If two dice are thrown simultaneously, then the

probability of getting ‘a sum of 8’, is
5 7
(a) (b)
36 36
1 2
(c) 6 (d) 9

Directions for Q.23-Q.25: Answer the questions on the

basis of the information given below.

A basket contains 8 white, 4 red and 6 blue balls.

23. If three balls are drawn at random, then what is the

probability that all are white?
1 7
(a) 6 (b) 102
3 7
(c) 8 (d) 204

24. If three balls are drawn at random, then what is the

probability that 2 are blue and 1 is red?
5 17
(a) 34 (b) 408
19 5
(c) 816 (d) 68

25. If three balls are drawn at random, then what is the

probability that 1 of each color is drawn?
4 3
(a) 17 (b) 136
13 2
(c) 24 (d) 5
Answer Key (Home Exercise):
1 c 2 c 3 a 4 b 5 a
6 c 7 b 8 c 9 b 10 d
11 d 12 a 13 a 14 b 15 c
16 d 17 c 18 b 19 c 20 b
21 b 22 a 23 b 24 d 25 a

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