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Independent events:

1. If three coins are tossed and found that 2nd coin is showing head
then what is the probability of getting 2 heads_____
2. If 4 coins are tossed and found that 4th coin is head then the
probability of number of heads greater than number of tails _____
3. If two dice are thrown then the probability of getting
a) sum on two dice is 9 _____
b) first die is even and sum is 7 _____
c) maximum number as multiple of 3 ____
d) odd number follows even number ____
e) sum divisibility by 4 ____
f) sum is 8 or minimum number is odd ____
g) not getting prime sum____
h) second number divisible by 1st number____
i) first number less than second number____
S={(1,1), (1,2), (1,3), (1,4), (1,5), (1,6)

(2,1), (2,2), (2,3), (2,4), (2,5), (2,6)

(3,1), (3,2), (3,3), (3,4), (3,5), (3,6)

(4,1), (4,2), (4,3), (4,4), (4,5), (4,6)

(5,1), (5,2), (5,3), (5,4), (5,5), (5,6)

(6,1), (6,2), (6,3), (6,4), (6,5), (6,6)}


4. The probability of two students A & B qualifying in GATE is 0.8 & 0.7
respectively. What is the probability of both the students not qualified in GATE
2022 is ____
Permutations:
Combinations:
5. In a class, 7 boys and 5 girls are arranged in a row. What is the probability of
arranging
a) all girls together___
b) no two girls together _____
6. The letters of the word PROBABILITY are rearranged. What is the probability that
a) all B's together ____
b) 2 B's and 2 I's together _____
7. In a class of 7 boys and 5 girls, if 4 members committee was selected then what
is the probability of committee consists of
a) 3 girls ____
b) atleast 3 girls ____
c) atmost 3 girls ____
8. In 3x3 chess board two squares are selected at random. What is the probability
of the selected squares have one side in common_____
9. Box-1 contains the cards numbered as 3,6,9,12,15. Box-2 contains the cards
numbered as 5,10,14,20,25, 28. If two cards are selected at random one from each box
and multiplied the numbers on it then what is the probability that the
multiplication give even number___
10. A fair coin tossed 'n' times. The probability that the difference
between the number of heads and tails is (n-3) is ____
11. A bag contains 6 green balls and 4 black balls. If three balls are selected at
random from the bag then odds against 3 balls being green is ____
12. If 4 dice are thrown then the probability of getting sum 22 is ______
13. A box contains 25 apples of which 10 are defective. If three apples are
selected at random then what is the probability of selected apples are not
defective _____
14. The probability that the number selected at random between 100 and 999
(both inclusive) will not contain digit 7 is _____
15) 7 car accidents occured in a week. What is the probability that they all
occured on the same day_____
16. If A and B are two independent events such that P(A)=P(B) & P(AUB)=1
then P(A)= _____
17. Two players A and B are tossing a coin, whoever gets the heads first will
win the game and game will be closed. If B starts the game, what is the
probility of A wins the game is ____
18. If P(A)=3/8, P(B)=1/2, P(A∩B)=1/4 then which of the following is FALSE?
a) P(A'UB')=3/4 b) P(A'∩B')=3/8 c) P(A∩B')=1/8 d) P(B∩A')=5/8

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