DPP 5 Multiplication Rule balls drawn are in the sequence of 2 black, 4

white and 3 red is

1 1
1. From a pack of 52 cards two are drawn with (a,) (b)
replacement. The probability, that the first is a 1260 7560
diamond and the second is a king, is 1
(c) (d) None of these
1 17 126
(a) (b) 8. From a pack of 52 cards, two cards are drawn one
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by one without replacement. The probability that
1
(c,) (d) None of these first drawn card is a king and second is a queen,
52 is [MP PET 1997]
2. The probability that an event will fail to happen is 2 8
(a) (b)
0.05. The probability that the event will take 13 663
place on 4 consecutive occasions is 4 103
(a) 0.00000625 (b) 0.18543125 (c,) (d)
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(c) 0.00001875 (d,) 0.81450625 9. Two cards are drawn one by one from a pack of
3. A bag contains 3 white, 3 black and 2 red balls. cards. The probability of getting first card an ace
One by one three balls are drawn without and second a coloured one is (before drawing
replacing them. The probability that the third ball second card first card is not placed again in the
is red, is [MNR 1994] pack) [UPSEAT 1999; 2003]
1 1 1 5
(a) (b) (a) (b)
2 3 26 52
2 1 5 4
(c) (d,) (c,) (d)
3 4 221 13
4. A box contains 3 white and 2 red balls. A ball is 10. In a box of 10 electric bulbs, two are defective.
drawn and another ball is drawn without Two bulbs are selected at random one after the
replacing first ball, then the probability of second other from the box. The first bulb after selection
ball to be red is [Roorkee 1995] being put back in the box before making the
8 2 second selection. The probability that both the
(a) (b,) bulbs are without defect is [MP PET 1987]
25 5
9 16
3 21 (a) (b,)
(c) (d) 25 25
5 25
4 8
5. The probability of India winning a test match (c) (d)
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against West Indies is . Assuming independence 11. Assuming that for a husband-wife couple the
2
from match to match, the probability that in a 5 chances of their child being a boy or a girl are the
match series India's second win occurs at the same, the probability of their two children being
third test, is [IIT 1995; Pb. CET 2003]
a boy and a girl is
[MP PET 1998]
2 1
(a) (b) 1
3 2 (a) (b) 1
4
1 1
(c,) (d) 1 1
4 8 (c,) (d)
2 8
6. A bag contains 3 black and 4 white balls. Two
balls are drawn one by one at random without
replacement. The probability that the second
drawn ball is white, is
[MP PET 1995]
4 1
(a) (b)
49 7
4 12
(c,) (d)
7 49
7. A box contains 2 black, 4 white and 3 red balls.
One ball is drawn at random from the box and
kept aside. From the remaining balls in the box,
another ball is drawn at random and kept aside
the first. This process is repeated till all the balls
are drawn from the box. The probability that the