PROBABILITY

Total No.of questions in Probability are -

Level # 1 .................................................................................. 106

Level # 2 ........................................ ........................................ 43
Level # 3 ........................................ ........................................ 13
Level # 4 ........................................ ........................................ 35

Total No. of questions ............................................................ 197

 LEVEL # 1
Questions
based on Mathematical Definition of Probability Q.10 Three cards are drawn from a pack of 52
cards. The probability that they are of the
Q.1 The probability P (A) of an event is a - same colour is-
(A) real number (A) 4/17 (B) 22/225
(B) positive real number (C) 3/17 (D) 2/17
(C) non- negative real number
Q.11 A bag contains 6 blue, 4 white and 6 red
(D) non- negative real number  1 balls. Two balls are drawn at random. The
probability that both the balls are red is-
Q.2 Winning a game by a player is-
(A) 1/3 (B) 1/6 (C) 1/8 (D) 2/9
(A) an experiment
(B) an event Q.12 A bag contains 20 tickets numbered with 1
to 20. Three tickets are drawn. The probability
(C) experiment and event both
that ticket number 7 is definitely included
(D) None of these and ticket number 18 is not included is-
(A) 51/380 (B) 1/20
Q.3 In tossing a coin getting a head or tail is -
(C) 3/20 (D) None of these
(A) experiment (B) exclusive event
(C) joint event (D) None of these Q.13 From a lottery of 30 tickets, marked 1, 2, 3,....,
30, four tickets are drawn. The chance that
Q.4 The correct statement for any event A is - those marked 1 and 2 are among them is-
(A) 413/145 (B) 2/145
(A) 0  P(A)  1 (B) 0  P(A)  1
(C) 1/145 (D) 4/145
(C) P (A) = 1 (D) P(A) < 0
Q.14 The probability that a non leap year will have
Q.5 A coin is tossed three times. The probability 53 Saturdays is-
that in the second toss head does not occur, is- (A) 1/7 (B) 2/7 (C) 6/7 (D) 5/7

(A) 1 (B) 1/2 (C) 1/3 (D) 1/4 Q.15 The probability that a non leap year will have
52 Fridays is-
Q.6 The probability of coming up an even (odd) (A) 1/7 (B) 2/7 (C) 5/7 (D) 6/7
number in the throw of a die is-
Q.16 The probability that a leap year will have 52
(A) 1/6 (B) 1/2 (C) 1/3 (D) 2/3 Sundays is-
Q.7 From a pack of playing cards three cards are (A) 1 (B) 5/7
(C) 2/7 (D) None of these
drawn simultaneously. The probability that
these are one king, one queen and one jack Q.17 There are 13 men and 2 women in a party. They
is- are seated round a circular table. The probability
(A) 64/5525 (B) 16/5525 that the two women will sit together is-
(A) 2/105 (B) 1/105
(C) 128/5525 (D) 64/525
(C) 1/14 (D) 1/7
Q.8 The probability of getting difference of number Q.18 A bag contains two pairs of shoes. Two shoes are
as 5, when two dice are tossed together is- drawn from it. The probability that it is a pair is-
(A) 1/9 (B) 1/18 (C) 1/12 (D) 5/36 (A) 1/3 (B) 1/2 (C) 1/4 (D) 2/3
Q.19 If out of 20 consecutive whole numbers two
Q.9 The probability of drawing a black king from are chosen at random, then the probability
a pack of 52 cards is- that their sum is odd, is-
(A) 1/13 (B) 1/26 (C) 2/13 (D) 4/13 (A) 5/19 (B) 10/19
(C) 9/19 (D) None of these
Q.20 If the probabilities of boy and girl to be born Q.28 Two dice are thrown, the probability that the
are same, then in a 4 children family the total score is a prime number is-
probability of being at least one girl, is- (A) 1/6 (B) 5/12
(A) 14/16 (B) 15/16 (C) 1/8 (D) 3/8 (C) 1/2 (D) None of these

Q.21 If 4 cards are drawn one by one from a pack Q.29 A box contains 25 tickets numbered 1,
of 52 cards, the probability that one will be 2,....25. If two tickets are drawn at random
from each suit, is- then the probability that the product of their
numbers is even, is -
13 13 13 13
(A) × × × (A) 11/50 (B) 13/50
52 39 26 13
(C) 37/50 (D) None of these
13 13 13 13
(B) × × × ×24
52 51 50 49 Q.30 A bag contains 8 white and 6 red balls. 5 balls
13 13 13 13 are drawn from the bag at random. The
(C) × × × ×24 probability that 3 or more balls are white will be-
52 39 26 13
(A) 658/1001 (B) 317/1001
13 13 13 13 (C) 205/1001 (D) 210/1001
(D) × × ×
52 51 50 49
Q.31 Out of 13 applicants for a job, there are 5
Q.22 The probability that two persons have same women and 8 men. It is desired to select 2
date of birth is (in non-leap year) persons for the job, the probability that at
(A) 0 (B) 1 least one of the selected persons will be a
(C) 1/365 (D) 364/365 women is-
(A) 25/39 (B) 14/39
Q.23 Two coins are tossed together. The (C) 5/13 (D) 10/13
probability of getting two heads is-
(A) 1/2 (B) 1/4 (C) 1/8 (D) 1/3 Questions
based on Odds of an event
Q.24 Two dice are thrown together. The probability Q.32 The odd against throwing 10 with two dice in
that the sum of their two numbers be 10 is- a throw are-
(A) 1/6 (B) 1/12 (C) 2/3 (D) 1/4
(A) 9 : 1 (B) 10 : 1
(C) 11 : 1 (D) 12 : 1
Q.25 An urn contains 5 white and 3 black balls
and 4 balls are drawn at random. The Q.33 From a pack of well shuffled cards, one card
probability of getting white and black balls is drawn randomly. A gambler bets that it is
equal in number is- either a diamond or a king. The odds in favour
(A) 1/7 (B) 2/7 of his winning the bet is-
(C) 3/7 (D) None of these (A) 4 : 7 (B) 4 : 9
(C) 9 : 4 (D) None of these
Q.26 From a book containing 100 page one page
is selected randomly. The probability that the Q.34 A bag contains 4 red and 4 white balls. Three
sum of the digits of the page number of the balls are drawn at random. The odd against
selected page is 11, is- these balls being all white are-
(A) 2/25 (B) 9/100 (A) 1 :13 (B) 13 : 1
(C) 11/100 (D) None of these (C) 12 : 1 (D) 14 : 1

Q.35 One of the two events must occur. If the

Q.27 A bag contains 20 tickets marked with chance of one is 2/3 of the other, then odds
numbers 1 to 20. Two tickets are drawn, the in favour of the other are-
probability that both numbers are prime is- (A) 2 : 3 (B) 1 : 3
(A) 4/95 (B) 7/95 (C) 3 : 1 (D) 3 : 2
(C) 14/95 (D) 1/10
Q.36 If odds in favour of A is m : n then P(A) Q.44 For any two events A and B, P (A+B)-
equals- (A) is always equal to P (A) + P (B)
(A) m/n (B) m – n (B) never equals to P (A) + P (B)
(C) m / (m + n) (D) m / (m – n) (C) equals P(A) + P(B) If A and B are
independent
Q.37 A dice is thrown then the odds against of (D) equals P (A) + P (B) If A and B are
getting the digit 6 is- disjoint
(A) 5 : 1 (B) 4 : 1
(C) 6 : 1 (D) None of these Q.45 If two dice are thrown, then the probability of
getting the sum of digits even or less than 5 is-
Q.38 If one card is drawn from a pack of card then (A) 1/2 (B) 1/6 (C) 2/3 (D) 5/9
the odds in favour of getting Ace is-
Q.46 Two dice are thrown together. The probability
(A) 1 : 3 (B) 3 : 1
that the sum of their numbers be at least 5 is-
(C) 1 : 2 (D) 1 : 12
(A) 1/6 (B) 5/6
Q.39 A bag contains 3 black and 2 white balls. (C) 4/6 (D) None of these
What are the odds in favour of drawing a
white ball? Q.47 Two dice are thrown then the probability of
coming an odd number on one dice and an
(A) 3 : 2 (B) 2 : 5
even number on other dice is-
(C) 2 : 3 (D) 3 : 5
(A) 1/3 (B) 1/6
Questions
(C) 1/2 (D) None of these
based on Addition theorem of Probability
Q.48 A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. The
Q.40 If A and B be any two events, then P (A  B) probability that the card drawn is neither a
equals- heart nor a king is-
(A) P(A) – P (B) (A) 35/52 (B) 9/13 (C) 17/52 (D) 4/13

(B) P (A) + P(B) + P (A  B) Q.49 A bag is containing 20 balls, which are

(C) P (A) + P(B) – P (A  B) arranged in order of their numbers. If one ball
(D) P (A) P (B) is drawn at random, then the probability that
its number is multiple of 3 or 5 is-
Q.41 P (A + B) means- (A) 9/20 (B) 1/20
(A) Probability of event A and B (C) 3/50 (D) None of these
(B) Probability of event A or B
(C) Probability of event B after happening of Q.50 The odds in favour of winning a race by three
event A boys are 1:3, 1:5 and 1:4 respectively. The
probability of winning the race by only one of
(D) None of these
them is-
Q.42 If P (A) + P (B) = P (A + B) then events A (A) 7/20 (B) 47/120 (C) 17/60 (D)37/60
& B are-
Q.51 If P(A) = 0.25, P(B) = 0.50 and P (A  B) =
(A) Independent 0.14, then the probability that neither A nor B
(B) Mutually exclusive occurs is-
(C) Dependent (A) 0.39 (B) 0.25
(D) None of these (C) 0.11 (D) None of these

Q.43 If A and B are two events, then P (neither A Q.52 A, B and C are three mutually exclusive and
nor B) equals- 3
exhaustive events and P(B) = P (A),
(A) 1 – P (A  B) 2
1
(B) P ( A ) + P ( B ) P(C) = P(B) then the value of P (A) is-
3
(C) 1 – P (A) – P (B) (A) 1/3 (B) 1/2
(D) None of these (C) 1/6 (D) None of these
Q.53 A card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of Q.61 If A and B are two independent events, then the
52 cards. Its probability of being an ace or probability that only one of A and B occur is-
a king or a queen or a jack is - (A) P (A) + P (B) – 2P (A  B)
(A) 1/13 (B) 2/13
(B) P (A) + P(B) – P (A  B)
(C) 3/13 (D) 4/13
(C) P (A) + P (B)
Questions
(D) None of these
based on Conditional probability
Q.62 For two given events A and B, the relation P
Q.54 Let P (A) = 0.4 and P (B/A) = 0.5. The (AB) = P (A) P(B) implies that A and B are-
(A) Independent
probability P ( A  B ) is equal to-
(B) Mutually exclusive
(A) 0.8 (B) 0.7
(C) Dependent
(C) 0.6 (D) None of these
(D) None of these
Q.55 A pair of dice is thrown. If 5 appears on at
least one of the dice, then the probability Q.63 If p1 and p2 are the probabilities of two
that the sum is 10 or greater, is- independent events then (1 – p1 – p2 + p1p2)
(A) 11/36 (B) 2/9 is the probability of -
(C) 3/11 (D) 1/12 (A) Their joint occurrence
Q.56 A pair of dice is thrown. If the two numbers (B) Occurrence of at least one
appearing on them are dif f erent, the (C) Occurrence of None of these
probability that the sum is 6, is- (D) Occurrence of only one
(A) 2/15 (B) 1/9
Q.64 A coin is tossed three times. The probability
(C) 5/36 (D) 1/12
of getting all heads or tails only is-
Q.57 Two dice are thrown together. If 3 appears (A) 0 (B) 1/2 (C) 1/4 (D) 1
on at least one of the dice, then what is the
probability that the sum is greater than 9- Q.65 A coin is tossed four times then the
(A) 1/4 (B) 3/11 probability of obtaining at least one tail is -
(C) 5/11 (D) zero (A) 1/16 (B) 14/16 (C) 15/16 (D) 1/4

Q.58 In a certain town, 40% of the people have brown Q.66 The probability of getting head and tail
hair, 25% have brown eyes and 15% have both alternatively in three throws of a coin (or in a
brown hair and brown eyes. If a person selected throw of three coins) is-
at random has brown hair, the probability that (A) 1/3 (B) 1/4 (C) 1/5 (D) 3/5
he also has brown eyes is-
(A) 2/5 (B) 1/4 (C) 1/2 (D) 3/8 Q.67 The probability of not getting tail in the first
two times and getting a tail in the third time
Q.59 A bag contains 7 red and 3 black balls. Three
by tossing a coin continuously is-
balls are drawn at random from the bag one
(A) 1/4 (B) 1/8 (C) 3/8 (D) 7/8
after the other. The probability that the first
two are red and the third is black is-
Q.68 From a pack of 52 cards two cards are drawn
(A) 21/40 (B) 1/5 (C) 7/50 (D) 7/40 in succession the first having been replaced
Questions before the second is drawn. The probability
based on Multilplication theorem of Probability that the first is a diamond and the second is
a king, is-
Q.60 If A and B are two independent events then (A) 1/52 (B) 1/13
P (A  B) equals- (C) 1/4 (D) 4/13
(A) P(A) + P (B)
(B) P (A) . P (B) Q.69 If two cards are drawn from a pack of card
(C) P (A/B) one by one. If first drawn card is replaced
(D) None of these then the probability of getting two jacks is-
(A) 1/221 (B) 1/169 (C) 12/221 (D)4/663
Q.70 A bag contains 6 black and 5 white balls, Q.77 A man and a woman appear in an interview
while the second bag contains 7 black and 4 for two vacancies in the same post. The
white balls. Two balls are drawn one from each probability of man’s selection is 1/4 and that
bag, the probability of both being black is- of the woman’s selection is 1/3. What is the
(A) 2/11 (B) 11/13 probability that none of them will be selected-
(C) 20/121 (D)42/121 (A) 1/2 (B) 1/12
(C) 1/4 (D) None of these
Q.71 The probability that A will pass in a
examination is 2/5 and the probability that B Q.78 If the probabilities of three persons A, B & C
will fail in the same examination is 3/4. The hitting a target are 3/5, 2/5 and 3/4
probability that only one of them will pass in respectively. If they hit at a time then the
the examination is- probability that two persons hit the target is-
(A) 3/20 (B) 3/10 (A) 9/50 (B) 9/20
(C) 9/20 (D) None of these (C) 11/20 (D) 41/50

Q.72 For solving a problem, odds against to A are

4 : 3 and odds in favour to B are 7: 5. The Q.79 A bag contains 4 black and 3 white balls.
probability that the problem will not be solved Two- two balls are drawn two times. If balls
are not replace once it is drawn then the
is-
probability that first two balls are black and
(A) 16/21 (B) 5/21 second two balls are white is-
(C) 43/84 (D)45/84 (A) 4/49 (B) 2/35 (C) 1/35 (D) 3/35
Q.73 The probability of solving a problem by A and
Q.80 The probability that Krishna will be alive 10
B are 1/4 and 2/3 respectively. If A and B work
years hence is 7/15 and Hari will be alive is
independently, then the probability that the
7/10. The probability that both Krishna and
problem will be solved by both of them is-
Hari will be dead 10 years hence is-
(A) 1/6 (B) 3/4 (A) 21/150 (B) 24/150
(C) 1/3 (D)11/12 (C) 49/150 (D) 56/150

Q.74 The probabilities that three boys will pass an Q.81 From the records of a hospital, it is found
examination are 1/6, 1/4 and 1/3 respectively. that 20% patients died with the disease
The probability that exactly one boy will pass cancer. If two patients with cancer are
the examination is - admitted to hospital; then probability that at
(A) 31/72 (B) 7/12 least one patient will be cured, is-
(C) 41/72 (D) 11/12 (A) 16/25 (B) 24/25
(C) 9/25 (D) None of these
Q.75 If A and B are any two events such that
P (A + B) = 5/6, P (AB) = 1/3, P ( B ) = 1/2, Q.82 A draws two cards one by one (replacing
then the events A and B are- previous one) from a pack of cards and B
(A) independent throws two dice together. The probability that
both cards of A are of the same suit and the
(B) dependent
sum of digits of B is 6, will be-
(C) mutually exclusive
(A) 1/4 (B) 1/44 (C) 5/144 (D)7/144
(D) exhaustive
Q.76 A card is drawn from a pack of playing cards. Q.83 India plays two matches each with West
It is replaced in the pack and the pack is Indies and Australia. In any match the
shuffled, and again a card is drawn. This probability to get 0,1 and 2 point by India are
process as repeated six times, then 0.45, 0.05 and 0.50 respectively. If the results
probability of getting in sequence are independent, then the probability that
2 heart, 2 diamond and 2 black cards is - India gets at least 7 points is-
(A) (1/4)4 (B) (1/4)5 (A) 0.8750 (B) 0.0875
(C) (1/4)6 (D) None of these (C) 0.6250 (D) 0.0250
Q.84 The probability that a man will remain alive Q.90 A box of 100 bulbs has 90 bulbs right then
f or the next 25 years is 4/5 and the in a sample of 8 bulbs, the probability that
probability that his wife will remain alive for at least one bulb is defective is-
the same 25 years is 3/4. The probability
F9 I
(A) 1 – G J
8
F9 I
(B) G J
8
that at least one of them will be alive
25 years hence, is-
H10 K H10 K
(A) 19/20 (B) 3/5 F1 I
(C) G J
8
F1 I
(D) 1– G J
8

(C) 3/20 (D) None of these H10 K H10 K

Q.85 A piece of equipment will function only when Q.91 The odds in favour of escape of an enemy
all the three components A, B and C are ship are 4 : 1 . The probability that at least
working. the probability of A failing during one one ship out of three ships gets destroyed is-
year is 0.15, that of B is 0.05 and that of C (A) 1/125 (B) 16/125
is 0.10. The probability that the equipment (C) 61/125 (D) 64/125
will fail before the end of the year is-
(A) 0.72675 (B) 0.27325 Q.92 If X is binomial variate with parameters n and
(C) 1 (D) 0.95 P(X  r)
p, where 0 < p <1 such that P ( X  n  r )
Q.86 A box contains 15 tickets numbered 1, 2,...., i s i n d e p e n d e n t o f n a n d r, t h e n p
15. Seven tickets are drawn at random one equals-
af ter the other with replacement. The (A) 1/2 (B) 1/3
probability that every time the greatest number (C) 1/4 (D) none of these
on a drawn ticket is 9, is-
(A) (9/10)6 (B) (8/15)7
Q.93 Let X denote the number of times heads
(C) (3/5)7 (D) None of these occur in n tosses of a f air coin.
If P (X = 4), P (X = 5) and P (X = 6) are
Questions in AP; the value of n is-
based on Binomial probability distribution
(A) 7 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 8
Q.87 The probability that an event A happens in
one trial of an experiment is 0.4. Three
Q.94 If X follows a binomial distribution with
independent trails of the experiment are parameters n = 8 and p = 1/ 2,
performed. The probability that the event A then P (| X – 4 | < 2) equals-
happens at least once is-
(A) 0.936 (B) 0.784 118 119 117
(A) (B) (C) (D) none
(C) 0.904 (D) None of these 128 128 128

Q.88 A pair of dice is thrown four times. If getting Q.95 A random v ariable has the f ollowing
the same number on both dice is considered probability distribution-
as a success, the probability of getting two
success is- X : 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
(A) 20/216 P(X): 0 2p 2p 3p p2 2p2 7p2 2p
(B) 25/216 The value of p is
(C) 19/216 (A) 1/10 (B) –1
(D) None of these
(C) –1/10 (D) none of these

Q.89 A cube is thrown 6 times, then probability of

Q.96 A random variable X has the distribution-
getting the digits 2 and 4 exactly three times
each is- X 2 3 4
(A) 1/5184 (B) 5/11664 P(X = x) 0.3 0.4 0.3
(C) 1/46656 (D) 3/11664 Then, variance of the distribution is
(A) 0.6 (B) 0.7 (C) 0.77 (D) 1.55
Q.97 A fair die is thrown twenty times. The Q.102 A man is known to speak the truth 3 out of
probability that on the tenth throw the fourth 4 times. He throws a die and reports that it
six appears is- is a six. The probability that it is actually a
20 six, is-
C10  5 6 120  5 7
(A) (B) (A) 3/8 (B) 1/5
6 20 610 (C) 3/4 (D) None of these
84  5 6
(C) (D) none of these
610 Q.103 The probability of defective screws in three
1 1 1
Questions
based on Compound events boxes A,B,C are , , respectively. A box
5 6 7
is selected at random and a screw drawn from
Q.98 A bag contains 4 tickets numbered 1, 2, 3, it at random is found to be defective. Then the
4 and another bag contains 6 tickets probability that it came from box A is-
numbered 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9. One bag is chosen (A) 16/29 (B) 1/15
and a ticket is drawn. The probability that (C) 27/59 (D) 42/107
the ticket bears the number 4 is-
(A) 1/48 (B) 1/8 Questions
Dearrangement
based on
(C) 5/24 (D) None of these
Q.104 Three letters are written to three different
Q.99 The chance of India winning toss is 3/4. If persons and their addresses are written of
it wins the toss, then its chance of victory is three envelopes. The probability that letters
4/5 otherwise it is only 1/2. Then chance of are placed in right envelopes without seeing
India’s victory is- the addresses is -
(A) 1/5 (B) 3/5 (A) 1/27 (B) 1/6
(C) 3/40 (D) 29/40 (C) 1/9 (D) None of these
Q.105 3 letters are placed in 3 envelopes randomly.
Q.100 Three groups A, B, C are competing for
The probability that all letters are not in right
positions of dthe Board of Directors of a
envelopes is-
company. The probabilities of their winning
(A) 1/6 (B) 1/2 (C) 1/3 (D) 5/6
are 0.5, 0.3, 0.2 respectively. If the group A
wins, the probability of introducing a new
product is 0.7 and the corresponding Q.106 There are n letters and n addressed
probabilities for group B and C are 0.6 and envelopes. The probability that all the letters
0.5 respectively. The probability that the new are not kept in the right envelope, is-
product will be introduced, is- 1 1
(A) (B) 1–
(A) 0.18 n! n!
(B) 0.35 1
(C) 1 – (D) None of these
(C) 0.10 n
(D) 0.63
Questions
based on Baye’s theorem

Q.101 A bag A contains 2 white and 3 red balls and

bag B contains 4 white and 5 red balls. One
ball is drawn at random from a randomly
chosen bag and is found to be red. The
probability that it was drawn from bag B was-
(A) 5/14
(B) 5/16
(C) 5/18
(D) 25/52
 LEVEL # 2
Q.1 The probability of getting a number chosen Q.10 A committee consists of 9 experts taken from
from 1, 2,.....100 as cube is- three colleges, A, B and C; of which 2 are
(A) 1/25 (B)2/25 (C) 3/25 (D) 4/25 from A,3 from B and 4 from C. If three experts
resign, then the probability that they belong
Q.2 The probability that a random arrangement of to different institutions is-
letters i,i,i,t,t,n,n,o,a,v in row result in a word (A) 1/729 (B) 2/7 (C) 1/21 (D) 1/24
“Invitation” is-
(A) 1/151200 (B) 1/1128800 Q.11 A fair coin is tossed a fixed number of times.
(C) 1/24 (D) None of these If the probability of getting 7 heads is equal
to that of getting 9 heads, then the probability
Q.3 From a group of 5 boys and 3 girls three of getting 3 heads is -
persons are chosen at random. The probability 35 35
that there are more girls than boys is- (A) 12 (B)
2 214
(A) 4/7 (B) 3/8 (C) 2/7 (D) 5/8 7
(C) (D) None of these
212
Q.4 A fair coin is tossed n times. If the probability
that head occurs 6 times is equal to the
Q.12 There are 6 positive and 8 negative numbers.
probability that head occurs 8 times, then n
Four numbers are chosen at random and
is equal to -
multiplied. The probability that a product is a
(A) 15 (B) 14 (C) 12 (D) 7
positive number is-
(A) 505/1001 (B) 420/1001
Q.5 5 persons A, B, C, D and E are in queue of (C) 15/1001 (D) 70/1001
a shop. The probability that A and E always
together, is-
Q.13 If all letters of the word ‘MISSISSIPPI’ are
(A) 1/4 (B) 2/3 (C) 2/5 (D) 3/5
arranged then the probability that all S come
together will be-
Q.6 Three dice are thrown simultaneously. What is
(A) 1/165 (B) 4/165
the probability of obtaining a total of 17 or 18-
(C) 8/165 (D) None of these
(A) 1/9 (B) 1/72
(C) 1/54 (D) None of these
Q.14 From the word ‘POSSESSIVE’, a letter is
chosen at random. The probability of it to be
Q.7 If an integer is chosen at random from first S is-
100 positive integers, then the probability that
(A) 3/10 (B) 4/10 (C) 3/6 (D) 4/6
the chosen number is a multiple of 4 or 6, is-
(A) 41/100 (B) 33/100
Q.15 Three letters are selected at random from
(C) 1/10 (D) None of these
the word ‘SLEEPER’. The probability that at
least two E’s occur is-
Q.8 Two dice are thrown together. The probability
(A) 12/35 (B) 13/35 (C) 14/35 (D)15/35
of showing odd number on any one and
multiple of 3 on the other is-
(A) 13/36 (B) 11/36 (C) 1/4 (D) 2/3 Q.16 The probability of occurring of two events A
and B are 0.21 and 0.49 respectively and of
occurring both simultaneously is 0.16, then
Q.9 A pack of cards contains 4 aces, 4 kings, 4 the probability that none of the two occur is-
queens and 4 jacks. Two cards are drawn at (A) 0.30
random. The probability that at least one of (B) 0.46
them is an ace is- (C) 0.14
(A) 1/5 (B) 3/16 (C) 9/20 (D) 1/9 (D) None of these
Q.17 If A1,A2,......,An are any n events, then- Q.25 Two dice are thrown thrice. The probability
(A) P (A1  A2  ....  An) = P(A1) + P(A2) that first throw shows 10, second 11 and
+...+ P (An) third 12 will be-
(B) P (A1  A2  ....  An) > P(A1) + P(A2) (A) 1/216 (B) 1/432
+...+ P (An) (C) 1/7776 (D) 1/648
(C) P (A 1  A 2  ....  A n)  P(A 1 )
Q.26 A draws two cards with replacement from a
+ P(A2) +...+ P (An)
well shuffled pack of cards and at the same
(D) None of these
time B throws a pair of dice. The probability
that A gets two kings and B gets a doublet is-
Q.18 Two dice are thrown, the probability of getting (A) 1/69 (B) 175/1014
sum as neither 7 nor 11, is-
(C) 1/1014 (D) None of these
(A) 8/9 (B) 2/9
(C) 7/9 (D) 1/18 Q.27 Two coins and a die are tossed. The
probability that both coins fall heads and the
Q.19 Three athlete A,B and C participate in a race die shows a 3 or 6 is-
competition. The probability of winning A and (A) 1/8 (B) 1/12
winning of B is twice of winning C. Then the (C) 1/16 (D) None of these
probability that the race win by A or B, is-
(A) 2/3 (B) 1/2 Q.28 A bag contains 3 white and 3 black balls.
(C) 4/5 (D) 1/3 Balls are drawn one by one with out replacing
them in the bag. The probability that drawing
ball will be in alternate colours is-
Q.20 Two dice are thrown. What is the probability
(A) 1/10 (B) 5/21
that the sum of the numbers appearing on
the two dice is 11, if 5 appears on the first- (C) 1/2 (D) None of these
(A) 1/36 (B) 1/6
(C) 5/6 (D) None of these Q.29 A bag contains 5 black and 3 blue balls.
Balls are drawn (without replacement) one
by one. The probability of getting blue ball
Q.21 A and B throw two dice, if A throws 8, the first time in fifth draw is-
probability that B will throw a higher number is-
(A) 1/56 (B) 3/56 (C) 4/56 (D) 5/56
(A) 5/18 (B) 3/18
(C) 7/18 (D) 1/18
Q.30 A box contains 2 black, 4 white and 3 red
balls. One ball is drawn at random from the
Q.22 Two integers are selected from integers 1 to box and kept aside. From the remaining balls
11. If their sum is even then the probability in the box, another ball is drawn at random
that both are odd will be- and kept aside the first. This process is
(A) 2/5 (B) 3/5 repeated till all the balls are drawn from the
(C) 4/5 (D) None of these box. The probability that the balls drawn are in
the sequence of 2 black, 4 white and 3 red is-
Q.23 A and B toss a coin alternatively on the (A) 1/1260 (B) 1/7560
understanding that the first who obtains tail (C) 1/126 (D) None of these
wins. If A starts, what is his chance of winning
? Q.31 Cards are drawn one after another till an ace
(A) 2/3 (B) 1/3 (C) 1/4 (D) 3/4 is obtained. The probability of not getting ace
in first 26 cards is-
Q.24 A man alternately tosses a coin and throws (A) 46/153
a dice beginning with the coin. The probability (B) 109/53
that he gets a head in the coin before he
(C) 23/27
gets a 5 or 6 in the dice is -
(D) None of these
(A) 3/4 (B) 1/2
(C) 1/3 (D) None of these
Q.32 ‘A’ draws two cards with replacement from a Q.38 Cards are drawn one-by-one at random from a
pack of 52 cards and ‘B’ throws a pair of well shuffled pack of 52 playing cards until 2
dice what is the chance that ‘A’ gets both aces are obtained for the first time. The
cards of same suit and ‘B’ gets total of 6- probability that 18 draws are required for this, is-
(A) 1/144 (B) 1/4 (A) 3/34 (B) 17/455
(C) 5/144 (D) 7/144 (C) 561/15925 (D) None of these

Q.33 The chance of winning a test match by India Q.39 A letter is taken out at random f rom
against Westindies is 1/2. A series of 5 test ‘ASSISTANT’ and another is taken out from
matches is played and the results of all test ‘STATISTICS’. The probability that they are
matches are independent, then the probability the same letters is-
of second win by India is third test match is
(No match ends in draw) - (A) 1/45 (B) 13/90
(A) 2/3 (B) 1/2 (C) 19/90 (D) None of these
(C) 1/4 (D) 1/8
Q.40 A six faced die is a biased one. It is thrice
more likely to show an odd number than show
Q.34 Odds 8 to 5 against a person who is 40 an even number. It is thrown twice. The
years old living till he is 70 and 4 to 3 against
probability that the sum of the numbers in
another person now 50 till he will be living
80. Probability that one of them will be alive the two throws is even, is-
next 30 years- (A) 5/9 (B) 5/8
(A) 59/91 (B) 44/91 (C) 1/2 (D) None of these
(C) 51/91 (D) 32/91
Q.41 Two dice are tossed 6 times. Then the
Q.35 Let E and F be two independent events. The probability that sum 7 will show an exactly
probability that both E and F happens, is four of the tosses is-
1/12 and the probability that neither E nor F (A) 225/18442 (B) 116/20003
happens is 1/2, then-
(C) 125/15552 (D) None of these
(A) P(E) = 1/3, P(F) = 1/4
(B) P(E) = 1/3, P(F) = 1/6
Q.42 The probability that a bulb produced by a
(C) P(E) = 1/6, P(F) = 1/2
factory will fuse after 150 days of use is 0.05.
(D) P(E) = 1/4, P(F) = 1/5
What is the probability that out of 5 such
Q.36 A digit is chosen out of digits 1, 2, 3, 4 and bulbs none will fuse after 150 days of use-
5. A second digit is chosen from the remaining F
G 19 I
5
F19 I
5
four digits, then the probability that an odd
digit will be selected both the times is-
(A) 1–
H20 JK (B) G
H20 JK
(A) 1/10 (B) 3/10 F3 I
(C) GJ
5
F1 I
(D) 90 GJ
5

(C) 3/200 (D) None of these H4 K H4 K

Q.37 The items produced by a firm are supposed
to contain 5% defective items. The probability Q.43 In order to get at least once a head with
that a sample of 8 items will contain less probability  0.9, the minimum number of times
than 2 defective items, is- a coin need to be tossed is-
F
27 19
G IJ7
F
533 19
G IJ 6 (A) 3 (B) 4
(A)
HK
20 20
(B)
HK
400 20
(C) 5 (D) None of these

153 F1 I 35 F1 I
7 6
(C) G20 JK
20 H
(D) G20 JK
16 H
 LEVEL # 3
Q.1 The probability that the birth days of six Q.6 For three events A, B and C, P (exactly one
persons will fall in exactly two calendar of the events A or B occurs) = P (exactly
months is- one of the ev ents B or C occurs) = P
(exactly one of the events C or A occurs)= p
12 26 and P (all the three ev ents occur
(A) 1/6 (B) C2 
12 6 simultaneously) = p2 ,where 0 < p < 1/2.
6 341 Then the probability of atleast one of the
12 2 1
(C) C2  (D) three events A,B and C occurring is-
12 6 125
3p  2p 2 p  3p 2
(A) (B)
1 4p 1 p 1  2p 2 2
Q.2 If , , are probabilities of three
4 4 2 3p  p 2 3p  2p 2
(C) (D)
mutually exclusive events, then- 2 4
1 1 1 2
(A) p (B) p Q.7 If A and B are two ev ents such that
3 2 2 3
P (A) = 1/3, P(B) = 1/4 and P (A  B)= 1/5,
1 1
(C) p (D) none of these B
6 2  
then P   
A
Q.3 A bag contains 50 tickets numbered
1, 2, 3, ..., 50 of which five are drawn at (A) 37/40 (B) 37/45 (C) 23/40 (D) None
random and arranged in ascending order of
Q.8 There are 9999 tickets bearing numbers
magnitude (x 1 < x 2 < x 3 < x 4 < x 5). The
0001, 0002,...., 9999. If one ticket is
probability that x3 = 30 is-
selected from these tickets at random, the
20 29 probability that the number on the ticket will
C2 C2
(A) 50 (B) 50 consist of all different digits, is-
C5 C5
(A) 5040 / 9999 (B) 5000 / 9999
20
C 2 29 C2 (C) 5030 / 9999 (D) none of these
(C) 50
(D) none of these
C5
Q.9 All possible 6 letter words each containing
Q.4 A man takes a step forward with probability all the letters of the word EMHORT are
0.4 and backward with probability 0.6.The formed and are placed in a dictionary order.
probability that at the end of eleven steps he 10 consecutive words are now drawn at
is one step away from the starting point is - random. The probability that the word
11
(A) C6 (0.24 )5 (B) 11
C6 (0.4) 6 0.6 5
'MOTHER' will be among the drawn words, is
(A) 1/72 (B) 10/711 (C) 10/719 (D) none
(C) 11
C6 (0.6) 6 0.4 5 (D) none of these.
Q.10 A number is chosen at random from the
numbers 10 to 99. By seeing the number a
Q.5 A biased die is tossed and the respective man will laugh if product of digits is 12. If he
probabilities for various faces to turn up are- chooses three numbers with replacement
then the probability that he will laugh atleast
Face : 1 2 3 4 5 6 once is-
Probability: 0.1 0.24 0.19 0.18 0.15 0.14 3 3
3  43 
If an even face has turned up, then the (A) 1    (B)  
5  45 
probability that it is face 2 or face 4, is 3
3
(A) 0.25 (B) 0.42 (C) 0.75 (D) 0.9  4   43 
(C) 1    (D) 1   
 25   45 
(Q.11 to Q.13) Q.12 Statement-I : The probability of being at least
Each of the questions given below consist of State- one white ball selected from two balls drawn
ment – I and Statement – II. Use the following Key simultaneously from the bag containing 7 black
to choose the appropriate answer. 34
and 4 white balls is .
(A) If both Statement- I and Statement- II are 55

true, and Statement - II is the correct ex- Statement-II : Sample space = 11C2 = 55 No.

planation of Statement– I. of favourable cases = 4C1 × 7C1 + 4C2 × 7C0 = 34

(B) If both Statement - I and Statement - II are 34

required probability = .
55
true but Statement - II is not the correct
explanation of Statement – I.
Q.13 Statement-I : A lottery agent sells 100 tickets
(C) If Statement - I is true but Statement - II is
and award 10 prizes. If Gopal buys 10 tickets,
false.
(D) If Statement - I is false but Statement - II is 210  1
the probability of his winning a prize is 100
true. C10
Statement-II : If P(A) = 0.8, P(B) = 0.5, the
Q.11 Statement-I : Given Ei , i = 1,2,.........n are n greatest value of P(AB) is 0.5.
i
independent events, such that P ( Ei ) = ,
1 i
1  i  n, then the probability that none of the
n
n events occur is .
n1
Statement-II : Probability of occurence of all
independent events together is equal to the prod-
uct of the probabilities of these events.
 LEVEL # 4
(Question asked in previous AIEEE & IIT-JEE)
SECTION - A tion :

Q.1 If the probability of solving a problem by three

students are 1/2, 2/3 and 1/4 then probability For the events E = {X is a prime number} and
that the problem will be solved- F= {X < 4}, the probability P(E  F) is-
(C) 7/8 (A) 0.87 (B) 0.77
(D) 1/8 (C) 0.35 (D) 0.50

Q.8 The mean and the variance of a binomial distri-

Q.2 If P (A  B) = 3/4 and P ( A ) = 2/3 then
bution are 4 and 2 respectively. Then the prob-
P ( A B) equals - ability of 2 successes is-
(A) 1/12 (B) 7/12 37 219
(A) (B)
(C) 5/12 (D) 1/2 256 256

Q.3 A pair of dice is thrown. If 5 appears on at least 128 28

(C) (D)
one of the dice, then the probability that the sum 256 256
is 10 or greater, is- Q.9 Three houses are available in a locality. Three
(A) 11/36 (B) 2/9 persons apply for the houses. Each applies for
one house without consulting others. The
(C) 3/11 (D) 1/12
probability that alll the three apply for the same
house is -
Q.4 Events A, B, C are mutually exclusive events 2 1 8 7
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3x  1 1 x 9 9 9 9
such that P(A) = , P(B) = and
3 4
1 2x Q.10 Let A and B be two events such that P ( A  B ) =
P(C) = . The set of possible values of x
2 1 1 1
are in the interval- , P (A  B) = and P ( A ) = , where A
6 4 4
 1 1 stands for complement of event A. Then events
(A) [0, 1] (B)  ,  A and B are -
3 2
(A) equally likely and mutually exclusive
 1 2  1 13 
(C)  ,  (D)  ,  (B) equally likely but not independent
3 3 3 3  (C) independent but not equally likely
(D) mutually exclusive and independent
Q.5 Five horses are in a race. Mr. A selects two of
the horses at random and bets on them. The Q.11 A pair of fair dice is thrown independently three
probability that Mr. A selected the winning horse times. The probability of getting a score of
exactly 9 twice is-
is- (A) 1/729 (B) 8/9
(A) 2/5 (B) 4/5 (C) 8/729 (D) 8/243
(C) 3/5 (D) 1/5
Q.12 Two aeroplanes I and II bomb a target in
succession. The probabilities of I and II
Q.6 The probability that A speaks truth is 4/5, while scoring a hit correctly are 0.3 and 0.2,
this probability for B is 3/4. The probability that respectively. The second plane will bomb only
they contradict each other when asked to speak if the first misses the target. The probability
that the target is hit by the second plane is-
on a fact is-
(A) 3/20 (B) 1/5 (A) 0.06 (B) 0.14
(C) 7/20 (D) 4/5 (C) 0.2 (D) 0.7
Q.7 A random variable X has the probability distribu- Q.13 A die is thrown. Let A be the event that the num-
 ber obtained is greater than 3. Let B be the event probability that both E and F happen is
that the number obtained is less than 5. Then 1/12 and the probability that neither E nor F
P(A  B) is happens is 1/2 .Then -
(A) p(E) = 1/3, p(F) = 1/4
2 3
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) (D) (B) p(E) = 1/2, p(E) = 1/6
5 5 (C) p(E) = 1/6, p(F) = 1/2
Q.14 It is given that the events A and B are such that (D) None of these
1 1 2 Q.3 You are given a box with 20 cards in it. 10
P(A) = , P(A|B) = and P(B|A) = . Then
4 2 3 of these cards have letter I printed on them.
P(B) is The other ten have the letter T printed on the.
If you pick up 3 cards at random and keep
1 2 1 1 them in same order, the probability of mak-
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 2 6 ing the word I.I.T. is-
 1 9 1 4 5
Q.15 In a binomial distribution B  n, p   , if the (A) (B) (C) (D)
 4 80 8 27 38
probability of at least one success is greater Q.4 Three identical dice are rolled. The
9 probability that the same number will appear
than or equal to , then n is greater than : on each of them is-
10
1 1 1 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 36 18 28
1 9 Q.5 Three of the six vertices of a regular hexagon
(A) 4 3 (B)
log10  log10 log10  log10 3
4
are chosen at random. The probability that
4 1 the triangle with these vertices is equilateral,
(C) 4 3 (D) equals -
log10  log10 log10  log10 3
4

(A) 1/2 (B) 1/5 (C) 1/10 (D) 1/20

Q.6 Three numbers are chosen at random with-

Q.16 One ticket is selected at random from 50 tickets
out replacement from {1, 2, 3,....10}. The
numbered 00, 01, 02, ......., 49. Then the
probability that the minimum of the chosen
probability that the sum of the digits on the
selected ticket is 8, given that the product of numbering is 3 or their maximum is 7,
these digits is zero, equals :
(A) 7/40 (B) 5/40
(C) 11/40 (D) None of these
1 5 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
7 14 50 14 Q.7 Seven white balls and three black balls are
randomly placed in a row. The probability that
SECTION - B
no two black balls are placed adjacently
Q.1 An unbiased die with faces marked 1,2,3,4,5 equals -
and 6 is rolled four times.Out of four face (A) 1/2 (B) 7/15 (C) 2/15 (D) 1/3
values obtained, the probability that the mini-
mum face value is not less than 2 and the
maximum face value is not greater than 5 is Q.8 If from each of the three boxes containing 3
then - white and 1 black, 2 white and 2 black, 1
(A) 16/81 white and 3 black balls, one ball is drawn at
(B) 1/81 random, then the probability that 2 white and
(C) 80/81 1 black ball will be drawn is -
(D) 65/81 (A) 13/32 (B) 1/4 (C) 1/32 (D) 3/16
Q.2 Let E and F be two independent events.The
Q.9 There are four machines and it is known out replacement) from the set of numbers
that exactly two of them are faulty. They are A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} The probability that
tested, one by one, in a random order till minimum value of chosen number is less
than 4 is
both the faulty machines are identified. Then
the probability that only two tests are (A) 1/15 (B) 14/15
(C) 1/5 (D) 4/5
needed is -
(A) 1/3 (B) 1/6 Q.15 Three distinct numbers are chosen randomly
(C) 1/2 (D) 1/4 from first 100 natural number, then the
probability that all are divisible by 2 and 3
Q.10 A fair coin is tossed repeatedly. If tail ap- both is
pears on first four tosses, then the probabil- (A) 4/33 (B) 4/35
ity of head appearing on fifth toss equals - (C) 4/25 (D) 4/1155

(A) 1/2 (B) 1/32 Q.16 While throwing a dice getting one in even no.
(C) 31/32 (D) 1/5 of throws has probability P, then P is equal to

Q.11 The probabilities that a student passes in (A) 1/6 (B) 5/36
Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry are m (C) 6/11 (D) 5/11
, p and c, respectively. Of these subjects the
student have a 75% chance of passing in Q.17 One Indian and four American men and their
atleast one , a 50% chance of passing in wives are to be seated randomly around a
atleast two, and a 40% chance of passing in circular table. Then the conditional probability
exactly two. Which of the following relations that the Indian man is seated adjacent to his
are true ? wife given that each American man is seated
(A) p + m + c = 19/20 adjacent to his wife is -
(B) p + m + c = 27/20 2 1
(C) (D)
(C) pmc = 1/4 5 5
(D) None of these
Q.18 Let Ec denote the complement of an event E.
Q.12 A coin has probability p of showing head when Let E, F, G be pairwise independent events
tossed. It is tossed n times. Let pn denote with P(G) > 0 and P (E  F  G) = 0. Then
the probability that no two (or more) con- P (Ec F c|G) equals-
secutive heads occurs, then (A) P(Ec ) + P(Fc )
(A) p1 = 1 (B) P(Ec ) –P(Fc )
(B) p2 = 1 – p2 (C) P(Ec ) – P(F)
(C) pn = (1 – p)pn–1+p(1– p) pn–2 for all n  3 (D) P(E) – P(Fc )
(D) All of these
Q.19 An experiment has 10 equally likely
outcomes. Let A and B be two non-empty
Q.13 Given that P (B) = 3/4 , P (A  B  C ) = events of the experiment. If A consists of 4
1/ 3, P ( A  B  C ) = 1/3 then find outcomes, the number of outcomes that B
must have so that A and B are independent,
probability of B  C, when A , B , C are is
negotiations of A, B , C respectively, is (A) 2, 4 or 8 (B) 3, 6 or 9
(C) 1/15 (C) 4 or 8 (D) 5 or 10
(D) 1/4

Q.14 Two numbers are chosen, one by one (with

 ANSWER - KEY
LEVEL # 1
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. D B B B B B B B B A C A B A D B D A B B
Q.No. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Ans. B C B B C A C B C A A C B B D C A D C C
Q.No. 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Ans. B B A D D B C B A D A A D A C A D D D B
Q.No. 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
Ans. A A C C C B B A B D C B A A A B A B D B
Q.No. 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
Ans. B C B A B C B B B A C A A B A A C C D D
Q.No. 101 102 103 104 105 106
Ans. D A D B D B

LEVEL # 2
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. A A C B C C B B C B A A B B B B C C C B
Q.No. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Ans. A B A A C C B A B A D C C B A B A C C B
Q.No. 41 42 43
Ans. C B B

LEVEL # 3
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
A ns. D D C A C A A A B D D A B

LEVEL # 4
SECTION - A
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Ans. C C C B A C B D B C D B B A D D

SECTION - B
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Ans. A A D B C C B A A A B D B D D D C C D