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1. There are 15 boys and 10 girls in a class. If three c. 4/13

students are selected at random, what is the d. 3/13
probability that 1 girl and 2 boys are selected? e. None of these
a. 1/40 4. 16 persons shake hands with one another in a
b. 1/ 2 party. How many shake hands took place?
c. 21/46 a. 124
d. 7/ 41 b. 120
e. None of these c. 165
2. Two friends Harish and Kalyan appeared for an d. 150
exam. Let A be the event that Harish is selected and B e. None of these
is the event that Kalyan is selected. The probability of 5. Srinaya forgot the last digit of an 11 digit land line
A is 2/5 and that of B is 3/7. Find the probability that number. If she randomly dials the final 2 digits after
both of them are selected. correctly dialing the first nine, then what is the
a. 35/36 chance of dialing the correct number?
b. 5/35 a. 1/10
c. 5/12 b. 1/100
d. 6/35 c. 1/1000
e. None of these d. 1/11
3. A card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of 52 e. None of these
cards. What is the probability of getting queen or 6. A bag contains 6 pink and 5 yellow balls. One ball
club card? is drawn randomly. What is the probability that the
a. 17/52 ball drawn is Pink?
b. 15/52 a. 5/11
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b. 1/2 10.A bag contains 5 yellow and 2 green and 3 red

c. 3/11 colour dice. If one dice from the bag are choosen at
d. 6/11 random, what is the probability that dice is either
e. None of these yellow or red colour?
7. 2 dice are thrown simultaneously. What is the a. 3/4
probability that the sum of the numbers on the faces b. 4/5
is divisible by either 3 or 5? c. 3/10
a. 7/36 d. 7/10
b. 19/36 e. None of these
c. 9/36 11.An integer is chosen at random from the first fifty
d. 2/7 integers. What is the probability that the integer
e. None of these chosen is a prime or multiple of 4?
8. Two cards are drawn from pack of 52 cards. What a. 14/25
is the probability that both are kings, when first b. 3/5
drawn card is replaced? c. 3/5
a. 1/169 d. 27/50
c. 3/676 12.2 cards are drawn together at random from a pack
d. 4/676 of 52 cards. What is the probability of both the cards
e. None of these being jack?
9.From a pack of 52 cards one card is drawn at a. 25 / 57
random. What is the probability that the card drawn b. 53/256
is a six or a diamond? c. 4/221
a. 17/52 d. 1/221
c. 9/52 13.Tickets numbered from 1 to 40 are in a bag and
d. 3/13 one ticket is drawn at random. What is the
e. None of these probability that ticket drawn is a multiple of 3 or 7?
a. 15/30
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c. 17/30 17.A basket contains x black, 4 red and 5 green
d. 18/30 colour balls. One ball is taken randomly and the
e. None probability of getting a green colour ball is 1/3, and
14.A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. The card then finds the no. of balls in the basket
is drawn at random. What is the probability that it is a. 12
neither a heart nor a king? b. 14
a. 4/13 c. 15
b. 7/13 d. 18
c. 9/13 e. 20
d. 11/13 18.Two dice are thrown simultaneously. What is the
e. None of these difference between probabilities of getting sum of the
15.A box contains 15 tube lights, out of which 6 are dice is divisible by 5 and the difference of the dice is
repair. 3 tube lights are chosen at random from this divisible by 2?
box. Find the probability that at least one of these is a. 7/36
repair? b. 1/3
a. 53/65 c. 1/18
b. 62/45 d. 1/9
c. 84/65 e. 5/36
d. 73/45 19.When 4 fair coins are tossed together what is the
e. None of these probability of getting at least 3 heads?
16.Bag A contains 3 green and 7 blue balls. While bag a. 1/4
B contains 10 green and 5 blue balls. If one ball is b. 3/4
drawn from each bag, what is the probability that c. 5/16
both are green? d. 3/8
a. 29/30 e. None of these
b. 1/5 20.In how many different ways can the letters of word
c. 1/3 „POPULAR‟ be arranged?
d. 1/30 a. 1650
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b. 1780 c. 1950
c. 6800 d. 2190
d. 5220 e. 2280
e. None of these 24.Two cards are drawn from a pack of cards without
21.In a box, there are 5 yellow pens, 3 green pens and replacement, what is the probability of getting an odd
4 pink pens. In how many ways can 2 yellow pens, 2 number card in red colour and an even number card
green pens and 2 pink pens can be chosen? in black colour?
a. 160 a. 4/663
b. 170 b. 3/220
c. 180 c. 7/663
d. 190 d. 5/663
e. 200 e. None of these
22.Bucket A contains x green and x+5 black balls and 25.Bucket P contains 4 green, x black and 5 red
Bucket B contains (x-2) green and (2x-4) black colour colour balls and probability of getting one black
balls. Find the total number of balls in the bucket B if colour ball is 2/5. Bucket Q contains (x+2) black,
one ball is taken from bucket A and the probability of (x+3) pink and (x-3) red colour balls, if two balls are
getting one green ball is 1/3 taken from bucket Q then find the probability of
a. 8 getting at least one is pink colour ball
b. 9 a. 3/38
c. 6 b. 11/38
d. 5 c. 27/38
e. 12 d. 25/38
23.In a language, there are six different words. A e. 23/38
sentence can be formed by at least 2 words. If order 26.How many 3 - letter words with or without
of words is changed in a sentence, we get a different meaning, can be formed out of the letters of the word,
sentence. How many different sentences can be 'LOGARITHMS', if repetition of letters is not
formed in this language? allowed?
a. 1870 a. 720
b. 1970 b. 420
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c. 5040 30.In how many different ways can the letters of the
d. 120 word WINDOW be arranged in such a way that the
e. None of these vowels never come together?
27. Two dice thrown simultaneously, what is the ratio a. 350
of the probability of getting sum of the dice is more b. 250
than 10 to the sum of the dice is divisible by 3? c. 720
a. 1:3 d. 300
b. 1:2 e. None of these
c. 1:4 31.A card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of 52
d. 2:3 cards. What is the probability of not choosing Ace of
e. 2:5 club or king of heart?
28. There are 2 shirts, 3 jeans, 3 socks and 2 skirts. In a. 1/45
how manys ways a shopkeeper can arrange these b. 1/26
things so that all the socks come together and all the c. 9/26
skirts come together? d. 25/26
a. 2520 e. None of these
b. 5040 32. If two dice are thrown then what is the probability
c. 4690 that the sum of the faces of dice are not square
d. 3260 number?
e. None of these a. 5/36
29.A person can hit a target 4 out of 7 shots. If he b. 13/36
fixes 10 shots, what is the probability that he hit the c. 1/3
target twice? d. 7/36
a. 1672/100000 e. none of these
b. 1879/100000 33. Two cards are drawn at random from a pack of
c. 1659/100000 52 cards. What is the probability that either both are
d. 1748/100000 black or both are jacks?
e. None a. 62/221
b. 21/312
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c. 5/21 What is the probability that the selected group

d. 55/221 contains 1 boy and 2 girls?
e. None of these a. 279/1309
34.Three unbiased dice are thrown at random. What b. 900 /1309
is the probability that all three dice show different c. 329/1309
numbers? d. 211/1309
a. 1/9 e. None of these
b. 1/3 38.From the pack of 52 cards .you have choose 2
c. 5/9 cards. what is the probability taking black king or
d. 7/9 Red card?
e. none of these a. 153/663
35.From 4 men and 5 women, the committee has to be b. 174 /663
formed with 5 people and it contain at least one man. c. 163/663
In how many ways the committee can be formed? d. 203/663
a. 360 e. None of these
b. 252 39.How many different ways the letters can be
c. 125 formed “HINDUSTAN” so that all the vowels never
d. 330 come together?
e. None of these a. 335600
36.Anil placed a deck of 52 cards. If you pick two b. 332550
cards what is the probability that both are aces? c. 332640
a. 1/169 d. 362310
c. 1/338 40.In a box there 4 hats in blue , 6 hats in yellow, 3
d. 4/663 hats in red color and we have to take 3 hats and what
e. None is the probability taking all hats in same colour ?
37.The ratio of boys and girls in class 5:2 and total a. 25/286
count is 35 .A group of 4 students should be formed. b. 23/286
c. 29 /286
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d. 33/286 sock randomly to wear. Now he draws another sock

e. None of these from the drawer then what is the probability he
41.In how many different ways can the letters of the draws a sock of same color?
“PRODUCTION” are to be arranged so that the a. 1/5
vowels should come together? b. 1/6
a. 15120 c. 1/30
b. 30240 d. 11/30
c. 60480 e. None
d. 120960 45.There are 12 students in a class. If a group of 5
e. None of these students has to be selected from the class in such way
42. Find the number of ways in which the letters of that one student is always included, in how many
the word ARRANGE can be arranged such that both different ways the selection can be done?
R do not come together. a. 245
a. 950 b. 330
b. 800 c. 410
c. 900 d. 220
d. 750 e. None of these
e. 920 46.In a box containing ten toys, two are defective.
43.A box contains dozen of egg out which 3 are What is the probability that among 5 toys chosen at
rotten. Two eggs are taken out. What is the random none is defective?
probability of one egg is rotten and another one is a. 1/3
good? b. 2/9
a. 7/22 c. 2/3
b. 9/22 d. 5/84
c. 13/22 e. None of these
d. 3/22 47.From a pack of 52 cards, 2 cards are drawn at
e. None of these random. What is the probability that either both
44.Six individual sock are present in a drawer- Two cards are black card or both are heart card?
Red, Two Black and Two White. Pradeep picked one a. 31/102
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b. 21/73 a. 19/46
c. 1/5 b. 25/51
d. 17/100 c. 44/77
e. 3/10 d. 21/46
48.A bag contains balls numbered 1 to 30. One ball is e. None of these
taken out randomly. What is the probability of that 50.Find the total ways of arrangement in a word
ball number is a multiple of 4 or 7? ”PROBABILITY” that the letter P and Y should
a. 11/30 come at end?
b. 1/3 a. 15120
c. 7/30 b. 30240
d. 1/30 c. 60480
e. None of these d. 120960
49.A box contains 25 bulbs out of which 5 are e. None of these
defective. 3 bulbs are to be delivered to a customer.
What is the probability that he get one defective
bulb?
Answer Key with Detailed Solution
1. C 21
=
Total number of ways of selecting 3 students from 25 46
students = 25C3 Hence, option C is correct.
Number of ways of selecting 1 girl and 2 boys = 2. D
selecting 2 boys from 15 boys and 1 girl from 10 girls Given, A be the event that Harish is selected and
⇒ Number of ways in which this can be done = 15C2 × B is the event that Kalyan is selected.
10C1 P(A)= 2/5
(15C2 × 10C1) P(B)=3/7
⇒ Required probability =
(25C3) Let C be the event that both are selected.
P(C)=P(A)×P(B) as A and B are independent events:
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P(C) = 2/5*3/7
P(C) =6/35 7. B
The probability that both of them are selected is 6/35 Clearly n(s) = 6*6 = 36
3. C Let E be the event that the sum of the numbers on the 2
The probability of getting queen card = 4/52 faces is divisible by either 3 or 5. Then
The probability of getting club card = 13/52 E = {(1,2), (1,4), (1,5), (2,1), (2,3), (2,4), (3,2), (3,3),
The club card contains already a queen card, therefore (3,6), (4,1), (4,2), (4,5), (4,6), (5,1), (5,4), (5,5), (6,3),
required probability (6,4), (6,6)}
is, 4/52 + 13/52 – 1/52 = 16/52 = 4/13 n(E) = 19
Hence P(E) = n(E) / n(s)
4. B = 19/ 36
Total possible ways = 16C2 8. A
16 × 15 The probability of getting king card = 4/52
= = 120
2×1 The first card is replaced so that, it doesn’t affect the
Hence, option B is correct. second drawn card.
5. B Hence, probability of getting 2nd king card = 4/52
It is given that last two digits are randomly dialed. ∴ Required Probability = 4/52 × 4/52 = 1/169
Then each of the digits can be selected out of 10 digits in 9. B
10 ways. Here n(S) = 52
Hence required probability There are 13 diamond cards (including one six) and also
=(1/10)2 3 more sixes are there.
=1/100 Let E = event of getting a six or a diamond
6. D Then n(E) = 13 +3
6
C1 n(E) = 16
Probability of 1 Pink Ball = 11
C1 Therefore P(E) = n(E) / n(S)
=16 / 52
6 P(E) = 4/13
=
11 10. B
Hence, option D is correct. Probability of 1 yellow dice = 5C1
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10
C1 P(E) = n(E)/n(S) = 6/1326
3
C1 =1/221
Probability of 1 red dice = 10
C1 13. C
Multiples of 3: (3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27,30,33,36,39) =
5 3
C1
C1 13
Total outcomes = 10 + 10
C1 C1 Multiples of 7: (7, 14, 21, 28, 35) = 5
Probability = 13+5-1/30 = 17/30
5 3 14. C
= +
10 10 There are 13 heart and 3 king
Probability of getting heart or a king:
8 4 = (13+3)/52
= =
10 5 =16/52
=4/13
11. D So probability of getting neither hearts nor a king:

There are 15 prime numbers in the first 50 integers i.e. 2, =1- 4/13
3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43 and 47. =9/13
There are 12 integers are multiples of 4 i.e 4, 8, 12, 16, 15. A
20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44 an 48 P(none is repair) = 9C3 / 15C3
∴ required probability= 15/50 + 12/50 = 27/50 = (9*8*7 / 3*2*1) / (15*14*13 / 3*2*1)
12. D = (504/6) / (2730 / 6)
Let s be the sample space = 504/6 * 6/2730
Then n (S) = 52C2 = 504/2730
=52*51/2*1 = 12/65
=2652/2 P(at least one is repair) = 1 – 12/65
=1326 = 53/65
Let E = event of getting 2 jack cards out of 4 16. B

n(E) = 4C2 = 4*3 / 2*1 The required probability = 3C1/10C1 × 10C1/15C1
=12/2 = 3/10 × 10/15 = 1/5
=6 17. C
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Given, = 7 × 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 = 2520.
Total no. of probability = 9+x Hence, option E is correct.
Required probability = 5/(9+x)=1/3 21. C
=>9+x=15=>x=6====>6+9=15 Number of ways of choosing 2 yellow pens from 5
18. E yellow pens = 5C2 = 10
Possibilities of getting sum of the dice divisible by 5 Number of ways of choosing 2 green pens from 3 green
=> (1,4) (2,3) (3,2) (4,1) (4,6) (5,5) (6,4) =7 pens = 3C2 = 3
Possibilities of getting difference of the dice is divisible Number of ways of choosing 2 pink pens from 4 pink
by 2 pens = 4C2= 6
=> (1,3) (1,5) (2,4) (2,6) (3,1) (3,5) (4,2) (4,6) (5,1) (5,3) 2 yellow pens, 2 green pens, and 2 pink pens can be
(6,2) (6,4)=12 chosen in 10×3×6 =180 ways
Required difference = (12/36)-(7/36)= 5/36 22. B
19. C Probability of getting one green ball in bucket A =
When 4 fair coins are tossed simultaneously, the total x/(2x+5)=1/3
number of outcomes is 24 = 16 X=5
At least 3 heads implies that one can get either 3 heads or Required no of ball in bucket B = 3+6=9
4 heads. 23. C
One can get 3 heads in 4C3 = 4 ways and can get 4 heads Here, different order gives different sentence. So,
in 4C4 = 1 ways. permutations are needed to make sentences.
∴ Total number of favorable outcomes = 4 + 1 = 5 ⇒ Different sentences that can be formed = 6P2 + 6P3 +
1 6P4 + 6P5 + 6P6 = 30 + 120 + 360 + 720 + 720 = 1950
∴ The required probability =
4 24. D
Hence, option C is correct. Required probability = 4/52*5/51=5/663
20. E 25. C
The total no. of letters in the word POPULAR is 7 where Probability of getting one black colour ball in bucket P =
P appears twice x/(9+x)=2/5
7! =>3x=18=>x=6
Reqd no. of ways =
2! Required probability in bucket Q = 1-11c2/20c2=1-
11/38=27/38
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26. A There is one Ace in club and one king in heart

The word 'LOGARITHMS'' has 10 different alphabets So the probability is, 2/52
Hence, the number of 3-letter words (with or without Total probability = 1/26
meaning) formed by using these letters = (10P3) Not choosing = 1- (1/26) = 25/26
= 10 × 9 × 8 = 720 32. D
27. C Possibility of square:
Possibilities of sum of the dice is more than 10 (5,6) The sum may be 4, 9.
(6,5) (6,6) = 3 4can be obtained in 3 ways = (1, 3), (2, 2), (3, 1).
Possibilities of sum of the dice is divisible by 3 (1,2) 9can be obtained in 4 ways = (3,6) ,(4,5),(5,4) ,(6,3)
(1,5) (2,1) (2,4) (3,3) (3,6) (4,2) (4,5) (5,1) (5,4) (6,3) So total favorable ways = 3+4 = 7 ways
(6,6)=12 Total outcomes =6*6=36
Required ratio = 3:12=1:4 P (E) = 7/36.
28. B 33. E
We will count 3 socks as 1 socks and 2 skirts as 1 skirt.
Total ways = 7!
= 7 × 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 = 5040
29. A
P = 4/7
Failure = 1-(4/7) = 3/7
34.C
P (hit the target twice) = 10C2 (4/7)2 (3/7)8
When 3 dice are thrown outcomes = 6^3 =216
= 45 ((4/7)*(4/7)) (9/49)*(9/49)*(9/49)*(9/49))
Probability of all showing different number
= 1672/100000
=(6/6)*(5/6)*(4/6) =5/9
30. D
35. C
Total ways = 6! / 2! = 360
(4C1 * 5C4 ) + (4C2 * 5C3) +(4C3 *5C2) +(4C4 *5C1)
ways when all the vowels always come together = 5! / 2!
=60+60+40+5
= 60
=125
Ways when all the vowels never come together = 360 –
36. B
60 = 300
4/52*3/51
31. D
37. B
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Committee should contain one boy and 2 girls = 10C2 In the first draw, he picks anyone sock. Now he is left
*25C1 *32C1 with 5 socks he has to pick one from them of the same
Committee can be formed by student (total probability) color so 1/5
=35C4 45. B
So the probability =900 /1309 1 is permanent. We have to choose other from 11
38.C =11C4 = 330
2/52 * 1/51 =(1/1326) 46. B
26 /52 * 25/51 = 25 / 102 The required probability = 8C5 / 10C5 = 8C3 / 10C5 = 2/9
Probability = 163 /663 47. A
39. C
All the come together = 7! 3!
Total choices = 9!
All vowels never come together =9! -7! 3! =332640
40. A
4C3 +6C3 +3C3 =25
13C3 =286 48. B
41. C Multiple of 4 = 4, 8, 12, 16,20,24,28.
PRODUCTION = 7!4! / 2! =60480 Multiple of 7 = 7,14,21,28.
42. C Probability (4 or 7) = (7+4-1)/30 = 10/30 =1/3
49. A
50. C
43. B Total letters =11
Probability = 3c1 *9c1 / 12c2 = 3*9 /66 = 9/22 Total possibility = 9!2! / 2! 2! = 60480
44. A
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(Easy Level Part-1)

1. There are 15 boys and 10 girls in a class. If three c. 4/13

b. 1/2 10.A bag contains 5 yellow and 2 green and 3 red

b. 16/30 e. None of these

c. 5/21 What is the probability that the selected group

d. 33/286 sock randomly to wear. Now he draws another sock

Answer Key with Detailed Solution

11. D So probability of getting neither hearts nor a king:

12. D = (504/6) / (2730 / 6)

Let s be the sample space = 504/6 * 6/2730

Then n (S) = 52C2 = 504/2730

=2652/2 P(at least one is repair) = 1 – 12/65

Let E = event of getting 2 jack cards out of 4 16. B

=12/2 = 3/10 × 10/15 = 1/5

26. A There is one Ace in club and one king in heart

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