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Probability
(MCQ)
Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology
Level -1
22.1 Types of events 1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(Algebra of events, Concept of Probability) 18 12 6 36
1. The probability of an impossible event is 11. If in a lottery there are 5 prizes and 20 blanks,
1 then the probability of getting a prize is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) (d) 0
2 1 2
(a) (b)
2. The probability of a sure event is 5 5
1 4
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) (d) 0 (c) (d) None of these
2 5
3. If E is any event associated with an experiment, then 12. A number is chosen at random from first ten
(a) P ( E ) 0 (b) P ( E ) 1 natural numbers. The probability that number
(c) P ( E ) 0 (d) 0 P ( E ) 1 is odd and perfect sqaure is
4. For any event A 2 2 3 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) P ( A) P A 0
9 5 7
13. A single letter is selected at random from the
5
(b) P ( A) P A 1
word “PROBABILITY”. The probability that
the selected letter is a vowel is
(c) P ( A) 1 (d) P ( A) 1 2 3 4
(a) (b) (c) (d) 0
11 11 11
5. If A is a sure event, then P A is
14. Three mangoes and three apples are in a box.
(a) 0 (b) -1 (c) 1 (d) 2 If two fruits are chosen at random, then find
6. 4 coins are tossed. The probability that they are all the probability that one is a mango and other
heads is is an apple
1 2 3 4 2 3 1 2
(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)
16 9 10 15 3 5 3 15
7. A card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of cards. 15. From a group of 5 boys and 3 girls, three
The probability of getting a queen of club or king of persons are chosen at random. Find the
heart is probability that there are more girls than boys
1 1 1 2 3 4 5 2
(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)
52 26 13 13 8 7 8 7
8. A card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. 16. From 10,000 lottery tickets numbered from 1
The probability that the drawn card is a jack, a to 10,000, one ticket is drawn at random. What
queen or a king , is is the probability that the number marked on
3 3 4 3 the drawn ticket is divisible by 20
(a) (b) (c) (d)
52 13 13 26 1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
9. The chance of getting a same number on 2 dice is 100 50 20 10
2 1 5 5 17. The probability that an ordinary or a non-leap
(a) (b) (c) (d) year has 53 sundays, is
3 6 6 36
10. Two dice are thrown. The probability that the sum 2 1 3
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
of numbers appearing is more than 10, is 7 7 7
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18. Three letters are written to different persons, along simultaneously is 0.14. Find the probability
with their addresses on three envelopes. Without that neither A nor B occurs
looking at the letters, the probability that letters go (a) 0.39 (b) 0.41 (c) 0.4 (d) 0.31
into right envelopes is
1 1 23 9 26. The probability that at least one of A or B
(a) (b) (c) (d) occurs is 0.6. If A and B occur simultaneously
24 6 24 2
19. There are n letters and n addressed envelopes. The with probability 0.3, then P ( A ') P( B ') is
probability that all the letters are not kept in the (a) 0.9 (b) 1.15 (c) 1.1 (d) 1.2
right envelope, is
1 1 27. The probabilities of a student getting first
(a) (b) 1 class or second class or third class in an
n! n!
2 3 1
1 1 1 (1) n examination are , , respectively. The
(c) 1 (d) ..... 7 5 10
n 2! 3! n! probability that the student fails is
20. Six dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability
that all of them show the same face, is 6 11 3 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
70 70 35 70
1 1 1
(a) 6 (b) 5 (c) (d) 6 28. The probability that a card drawn at random
6
6 6 6 from a pack of 52 cards is a king or a heart is
22.2 Addition theorem and Conditional
Probability 1 1 1 16
(a) (b) (c) (d)
13 52 4 52
1 1 5 29. A coin is tossed twice. If events A and B are
21. If P ( A) , P ( B ) , P ( A B ) , then
4 2 8 defined as :
P ( A B ) is equal to A = head on first toss, B = head on second
3 1 2 5 toss. Then the probability of A B
(a) (b) (c) (d) 1 1 1 3
8 8 8 8
(a) (b) (c) (d)
22. If P ( A) 0.4, P ( B ) x, P ( A B ) 0.7 and the 4 2 8 4
events A and B are mutually exclusive, then x 30. If A and B are two independent events, then
3 1 2 1 A and B are
(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) Not independent
10 2 5 5
(b) Also independent
23. Two events A and B have probabilities 0.25 and 0. 5
(c) Mutually exclusive
respectively. The probabilities that A and B occur
(d) None of these
simultaneously is 0.15. Then the probability that A
31. If A and B are any two events associated with
or B occurs is
an experiment, then
(a) 0.6 (b) 0.7 (c) 0.61 (d) 0.72
24. If A and B are two events such that (a) P ( A B ) P ( A) P ( B ) if A and B are
independent
5 1 1
P ( A B ) , P ( A B ) and P B , then
6 3 3
(b) P ( A B ) 1 P ( A ') P ( B ') if A and B
are independent
P A (c) P ( A B ) P ( A) P ( B ) if A and B are
1 1 1 2 exclusive
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 3 2 3 (d) P ( A B ') P ( A) P( A B )
25. Two events A and B have probability 0.28 and 0.55 32. Events A and B are independent if
respectively. The probability that A and B occur (a) P ( A B ) P ( A / B ) P ( B )
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(b) P ( A B ) P ( B / A) P ( A) What is the probability that none of them will
be selected
(c) P ( A B ) P ( A) P ( B )
1 1 1 2
(d) P ( A B ) P ( A) P ( B ) (a) (b) (c) (d)
3 12 4 3
33. If the events A and B are mutually exclusive, then
22.3 Baye’s theorem and Odds
P (A/B) =
40. A bag X cantains 2 white and 3 black balls
(a) 0 (b) 1
and another bag Y contains 4 white and 2 black
P( A B) P( A B) balls. One bag is selected at random and a
(c) (d) ball is drawn from it. Then the probability for
P ( A) P( B)
the ball chosen to be white is
34. A and B are two events such that
P ( A) 0.8, P ( B ) 0.6 and P ( A B ) 0.5, then 2 7 8 14
(a) (b) (c) (d)
the value of P ( A / B ) is 15 15 15 15
41. If the odds against an event be 2 : 3, then the
5 5 9 6 probability of its occurrence is
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6 8 10 5 1 2 3
35. If A and B are two events such that (a) (b) (c) (d) 1
5 5 5
3 5 3 A 42. For an event, odds against is 6 : 5. The
P ( A) , P ( B ) and P ( A B ) , then P
8 8 4 B probability that event does not occur, is
2 2 3 5 5 6 5 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)
5 3 5 2 6 11 11 6
43. In solving any problem, odds against A are
1 1 1
36. If P ( A) , P ( B ) and P ( A B ) then 4 to 3 and in favour of B in solving the same
2 3 4 is 7 to 5. The probability that problem will be
P (B / A) =
solved is
1 1
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) (d) 5 16 15 69
2 3 (a) (b) (c) (d)
21 21 84 84
37. If P ( A B ) 0.15, P ( B ') 0.10, then P (A / B) = is Level - 2
1 1 1 1 22.1 Types of events
(a) (b) (c) (d) (Algebra of events, Concept of Probability)
3 4 5 6
1. Two coins are tossed. What is the probability
38. If A and B are two events such that
of getting 2 heads or 2 tails?
A 1 1 1 3
P ( A) 0 and P ( B ) 1, then P (a) (b) (c) (d)
B
2 3 4 4
2. A card is drawn at random from a pack of 52
A A cards. The probability of getting red queen is
(a) 1 P (b) 1 P
B B 1 1 1 7
(a) (b) (c) (d)
1 P( A B) P ( A) 3 26 2 13
(c) (d) 3. From a book containing 100 pages, one page
P( B) P( B)
is selected randomly. The probability that the
39. A man and a women appear in an interview for two sum of the digits of the page number of the
vacancies in the same post. The probability of man’s selected page is 11, is
1 1 2 9 11 1
selection is and that of the woman’s selection is . (a) (b) (c) (d)
2 3 25 100 100 100
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4. A digit is selected at random from either of the two 13 25
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) (d)
sets 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 1, 2,3, 4, 5,6,7,8,9 . 36 36
What is the chance that the sum of the digits selected 13. Three horses H1, H2 and H3 are in a race which
is 10? is won by one of them. If H1 is twice as likely
to win as H2 and H2 is twice as likely to win
1 10 10 1 as H3, then their respective probabilities of
(a) (b) (c) (d)
9 81 18 81 winning are
5. Six dice are thrown. The probability that different 4 2 1 2 4 1
numbers will turn up is equal to (a) , , (b) , ,
7 7 7 7 7 7
5 5 3 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) 1 2 4
36 324 324 324 (c) , , (d) None of these
7 7 7
6. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability
14. The letters of the word FATHER are written on
of getting the sum 2 or 8 or 12 is
separate cards, two cards are drawn at random.
5 7 7 5 Probability that both are vowels is
(a) (b) (c) (d)
18 36 18 36
2 1 3 1
7. Probability of getting a number between 1 and 100, (a) (b) (c) (d)
15 25 15 15
which is divisible by 1 and itself only, is
15. A box contains 10 sample watches, 2 of which
1 25 are defective. If 2 are selected at random, the
(a) (b)
4 99 probability that both selected are defective is,
25 2 9 1 1
(c) (d) None of these (a) (b) (c) (d)
98 25 20 25 45
8. There is an objective type question with 4 answer 16. A drawer contains 5 black socks and 4 blue
choices exactly one of which is correct. A student socks well mixed. A person pulls out 2 socks
has not studied the topic on which the question has at random from drawer. The probability that
been set. The probability that the student guesses the they match is
correct answer, is 5 4 5 41
1 1 1 (a) (b) (c) (d)
8 9 9 81
(a) (b) (c) (d) 4
2 4 8 17. From a pack of 52 cards, the cards are drawn
9. The probability that a leap year selected at random till an ace appears. Probability that an ace
will contain 53 Sundays is does not come in first 26 cards is,
1 2 2 3 4
C1 4
C1
(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) 52 (b) 48
7 7 9 7 C26 C26
10. A coin is tossed once. If a head comes up, then it is
48
tossed again and if a tail comes up, a dice is thrown 1 C26
The number of points in the sample space of (c) 52
C26 (d) 52
C26
experiment is
18. A cricket club has 16 members out of which 6
(a) 24 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
can bowl. If a team of 11 members is selected.
Find the probability that the team will contain
11. Two dice are thrown. The number of sample points
exactly four bowlers
in the sample space when six does not appear on
either dice is 5 7
(a) (b)
(a) 11 (b) 30 (c) 18 (d) 25 146 1456
12. In a single throw of two dice, what is the probabiliy 5 75
of getting a total 13 (c) (d)
1456 182
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19. From 4 children, 2 women and 4 men, 4 are selected. 26. A group of 4 boys and 3 girls are arranged at
probability that there are exactly 2 children among the random, one after the other. Probability that
selected is, girls and boys occupy alternate seats is,
2 3 10 2 1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)
7 7 21 10 34 35 33 32
20. An organization consists of 25 members including 4 27. Mr. A gave his telephone number to Mr. B.
doctors. A committee of 4 is to be formed at random. Mr. B remembers that the first two digits
The probability that the committee contains at least 3 were 40 and the remaining four digits were
doctors is two 3s , and 6 and one 8. He is not certain
17 4 about the order of the digits. Mr. B dials
(a) (b) 403638. The probability that he will get A’s
2530 2300
house is
1 1
(c) (d) 1 1 1 1
12640 2300 (a) (b) (c) (d)
21. A person draws two cards with replacement from a 2 4 8 12
pack of 52 cards. What is the chance that he gets 28. Three identical dice are rolled. The probability
both cards of the same suit? that the same number will appear on each of
them is
1 3 1 2
(a) (b) (c) (d) 1 1 1 3
4 13 16 13 (a) (b) (c) (d)
22. Five persons entered the lift cabin on the ground floor 6 36 18 28
of an 8-floor house. Suppose that each of them 29. All the letters of the word HAMSANANDI
independently and with equal probability can leave are placed at random in a row. The probability
the cabin at any floor beginning with the first. The that the word ANAND occurs without getting
probability of all five persons leaving at different split is
floors, is 1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
7
C 7
C5 5! 42 60 420 329
(a) 55 (b) 30. A car is parked by an owner amongst 25 cars
7 57
in a row, not at either end. On his return he
7
C5 5! 5! finds the exactly 15 places are still occupied.
(c) (d) 5
7 5
7 The probability that both the neighbouring
23. A fair coin is tossed three times. The probability that places are empty is
there is atleast one tail is 15 15 15 15
(a) (b) (c) (d)
1 1 3 7 99 92 184 25
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 3 8 8 31. Three different numbers are selected at
24. Three persons work independently on a problem. If random from the set A 1, 2,...,10 . The
the respective probabilities that they will solve it are
probability that the product of two of the
1/3, 1/4 and 1/5, then the probability that none can
numbers is equal to third is
solve it is
3 1 1 39
2 3 1 (a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these 4 40 8 40
5 5 3
32. In shuffling a pack of plying cards, four cards
25. Three numbers are chosen from 1 to 30. The probabi
are accidently dropped. The probability that
lity that they are not consecutive, is
the missing cards should be one from each suit is
142 144 143 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) 1 4
145 145 145 145 (a) (b)
256 20825
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2197 4 (a) 28% (b) 38%
(c) (d)
20825 52 (c) 72% (d) 82%
22.2 Addition theorem and Conditional
Probability 41. The probability that a leap year will have 53
33. If P ( A) 0.4, P ( B ) x, P ( A B ) 0.7 and the Fridays or 53 Saturdays, is
events A and B are independent, then x = 2 3 4 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
1 1 2 7 7 7 7
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these 42. Three athletes A, B and C participate in a
3 2 3
race competition. The probability of
34. If A and B are two events such that
winning for A and B is twice of winning for
7 C. Then the probability that the race is won
P ( A B ) P ( A B ) and P(A) = 2P(B), then
8 by A or B, is
P(A) = 2 1 4 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
7 7 5 17 3 2 5 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
12 24 12 24 43. There are two childrens in a family. The
35. If A and B are two mutully exclusive events such that probability that both of them are boys is
P ( B ) 2 P ( A) and A B S , then P ( B ) is 1 1 1 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 1 2 1 2 3 4 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 3 3 2
44. You are given a box with 20 cards in it. 10 of
36. The probability that in a throw of two dice we get, an
these cards have the letter I printed on them.
even sum or sum less than 5 is,
The other ten have the letter T printed on
1 1 2 5 them. If you pick up 3 cards at ramdom and
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 6 3 9 keep them in the same order, the probability
37. A die is thrown. Let A be the event that the number of making the word IIT is
obtained is greater than 3. Let B be the event that the 9 1 4 5
number obtained is less than 5. Then, P ( A B ) is (a) (b) (c) (d)
80 8 27 38
2 3 45. A letter is taken from the word MULTIPLE
(a) 1 (b) (c) (d) 0 and another letter is taken from the word
5 5
38. The event A is independent of itself if and only if P(A)= CHOICE, the probability that both letters
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 0, 1 (d) 1, 1 chosen are vowels is
5 1 1 3
(a) 5 (b) (c) (d)
39. If two events A and B are such that 8 2 6 16
5 1 1 46. In a single throw of two dice, the probability
P ( A B ) , P ( AB ) and P ( A) , then the
6 3 2 of getting a total of 7 or 9 is
events A and B are 4 1 5 1
(a) Independent (a) (b) (c) (d)
18 3 18 18
(b) Mutually exclusive 47. There are two boxes. One box contains 3
(c) Mutually exclusive and independent white balls and 2 black balls. The other box
(d) None of these contains 7 yellow balls and 3 black balls. If a
box is selected at random and from it, a ball is
40. The chances to fail in Physics are 20% and the chances drawn, the probability that the ball is black is
to fail in Mahtematics are 10% .What are the
chances to fail in at least one subject 7 1 3 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
20 5 20 3
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48. A class consists of 80 students 25 of them are girls 55. The probability that a man will live 10 more
and 55 boys. If 10 are rich and remaining poor and 1
also 20 of them are intelligent, then the probability of years is and the probability that his wife will
4
selecting intelligent rich girls is,
1
5 25 5 5 live 10 more years is . Then the probability
(a) (b) (c) (d) 3
128 128 512 64
that neither will be alive in 10 years is,
3
49. If A and B are two events and P ( A) , 5 1 7 11
8 (a) (b) (c) (d)
12 2 12 12
1 1 56. If the probabilities that A and B will die within
P ( B ) , P ( A B ) , then P ( A ' B ')
2 4 a year are p and q respectively, then probability
3 3 1 5 that only one of them will be alive at the end
(a) (b) (c) (d) of the year is,
8 4 4 8
(a) p q (b) p q 2 pq
1 1
50. If P ( A B ) and P ( A ' B ') , P ( A) p and (c) p q pq (d) p q pq
2 3
57. A speaks truth in 60% of the cases and B in
P ( B ) 2 p, then the value of P is 90% Percentage of cases in which they are
7 1 4 1 likely to contradict each other, while stating
(a) (b) (c) (d) the same fact, is
18 3 9 9
(a) 36 (b) 48 (c) 42 (d) 30
51. If A and B are two events. The probability that
exactly one of them occurs is equal to
58. Let E and F be two independent events. The
(a) P ( A) P ( B ) 2 P ( A B ) probability that both E and F happens is
(b) P ( A) P ( B ) P ( A B ) 1 1
(c) P ( A) P ( B ) and probability that neither happens is .
12 2
(d) P ( A) P ( B ) P ( A B ) Then,
52. Two events A and B have probabilities 0.25 and 0.50 1 1
respectively. The probability that both A and B occur (a) P ( E ) , P( F )
13 4
simultaneously is 0.14. Then the probability that
neither A nor B occurs is 1 1
(b) P ( E ) , P ( F )
(a) 0.39 (b) 0.375 2 6
(c) 0.49 (d) 0.59 1 1
(c) P ( E ) , P ( F )
6 12
53. Out of 80 students in a class, 30 passed in
Mathematics, 20 in Electronics and 10 in both. If one 1 1
(d) P ( E ) , P ( F )
student is selected at random. The probability that he 4 3
has passed in none of the subject is 59. If A and B are two independent events, then
3 1 3 1 A
(a) (b) (c) (d) P
5 4 2 2 B
54. If P ( E1 ) p1 and P ( E2 ) p2 and E1 and E2 are (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) P ( A) (d) P ( B )
independent, then P ( neither E1 nor E2 ) 60. If A and B are two events such that
17. (b) 18. (b) 19. (b) 20. (b) 21. (b) 22. (a) 23. (a) 24. (c)
25. (d) 26. (c) 27. (d) 28. (d) 29. (d) 30. (b) 31. (b) 32. (d)
33. (a) 34. (a) 35. (a) 36. (c) 37. (d) 38. (c) 39. (a) 40. (c)
41. (c) 42. (b) 43. (b)
Level - 2
17. (d) 18. (d) 19. (b) 20. (a) 21. (a) 22. (c) 23. (d) 24. (a)
25. (b) 26. (b) 27. (d) 28. (b) 29. (c) 30. (b) 31. (b) 32. (c)
33. (b) 34. (a) 35. (c) 36. (d) 37. (a) 38. (c) 39. (a) 40. (a)
41. (b) 42. (c) 43. (c) 44. (d) 45. (d) 46. (c) 47. (a) 48. (c)
49. (b) 50. (a) 51. (a) 52. (a) 53. (d) 54. (a) 55. (b) 56. (b)
57. (c) 58. (d) 59. (c) 60. (b) 61. (a) 62. (b) 63. (b) 64. (c)
65. (a) 66. (a) 67. (b) 68. (b) 69. (d) 70. (c) 71. (d) 72. (b)
Level - 3
17. (a) 18. (b) 19. (a) 20. (d) 21. (d) 22. (b) 23. (d) 24. (a)
25. (c) 26. (b) 27. (b) 28. (b) 29. (c) 30. (b) 31. (a) 32. (b)
33. (d) 34. (c) 35. (a) 36. (c) 37. (c) 38. (a) 39. (a) 40. (c)
41. (b) 42. (a) 43. (b) 44. (d) 45. (b) 46. (b) 47. (b) 48. (b)
49. (c) 50. (a) 51. (b) 52. (b) 53. (d) 54. (c) 55. (a) 56. (c)
57. (c) 58. (c) 59. (c) 60. (c) 61. (c) 62. (d) 63. (a) 64. (b)
65. (d) 66. (a) 67. (a) 68. (b) 69. (d) 70. (d) 71. (c) 72. (a)
73. (a) 74. (a) 75. (c) 76. (a) 77. (d) 78. (a) 79. (c) 80. (a)
81. (d) 82. (c) 83. (c) 84. (c) 85. (a) 86. (a) 87. (a) 88. (b)
89. (c)