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PROBABILITY MCQs
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B
The number of ways to arrange 7 white an 3 black balls in a row
10!7!.3!=10.9.81.2.3=120
Numbers of blank places between 7 balls are 6. There is 1 place before first ball and 1 place after last ball. Hence total number of places are 8.
Hence 3 black balls are arranged on these 8 places so that no two black balls are together in number of ways.
=8C3=8×7×61×2×3=56
So required probability = 56120=715
Urn A contains 6 red and 4 black balls and urn B contains 4 red and 6 black balls. One ball is drawn at random from urn A and placed in urn B. Then one ball is drawn at random from urn B and placed in urn A. If one ball is now drawn at random from urn A, the probability that it is found to be red, is
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D
Let the events are
R1 = A red ball is drawn from urn A and placed in B
B1 = A black ball is drawn from urn A and placed in B
R2 = A red ball is drawn from urn A and placed in A
B2 = A black ball is drawn from urn A and placed in B
R = A red ball is drawn in the second attempt from A
Then the required probability
=P(R1R2R)+(R1B2R)+P(B1R2R)+P(B1B2R)
=P(R1)P(R2)P(R)+P(R1)P(B2)P(R)+P(B1)P(R2)P(R)+P(B1)P(B2)P(R)
=610×511×610×610×611×510×410×411×710+410×711×610
=3255
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D
Let p be the probability of the other event, then the probability of the first event is 23 p. Since two events are totally exclusive, we have p+(23)p=1⇒p=35
Hence odds in favour of the other are 3 : 5 – 3, i.e, 3 : 2.
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D
We have P(A∪B)≥ max. {P(A),P(B)}=23
P(A∩B)≤ min. {P(A),P(B)}=12
and P(A∩B)=P(A)+P(B)−P(A∪B)≥P(A)+P(B)−1=16
⇒16≤P(A∩B)≤12
P(A′∩B)=P(B)−P(A∩B)
Hence 23−12≤P(A′∩B)≤23−16
⇒16≤P(A′∩B)≤12
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C
A leap year consists of 366 days comprising of 52 weeks and 2 days. There are 7 possibilities for these 2 extra days.
(i) Sunday, Monday
(ii) Monday, Tuesday
(iii) Tuesday, Wednesday
(iv) Wednesday, Thursday
(v) Thursday, Friday
(vi) Friday, Saturday
(vii) Saturday, Sunday
Let us consider two events :
A : the leap year contains 53 Sundays
B : the leap year contains 53 Mondays.
Then we have P(A)=27,P(B)=27,P(A∩B)=17
∴ Required probability = P(A∪B)
=P(A)+P(B)−P(A∪B)=27+27−17=37
Urn A contains 6 red and 4 black balls and urn B contains 4 red and 6 black balls. One ball is drawn at random from urn A and placed in urn B. Then one ball is drawn at random from urn B and placed in urn A. If one ball is now drawn at random from urn A, the probability that it is found to be red, is
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A
Let the events are
R1 = A red ball is drawn from urn A and placed in B
B1 = A black ball is drawn from urn A and placed in B
R2 = A red ball is drawn from urn B and placed in A
B2 = A black ball is drawn from urn B and placed in A
R = A red ball is drawn in the second attempt from A
Then the required probability
= P(R1R2R)+(R1B2R)+P(B1R2R)+P(B1B2R)
= P(R1)P(R2)P(R)+P(R1)P(B2)P(R)+P(B1)P(R2)P(R)+P(B1)P(B2)P(R)
=610×511×610+610×611×510+410×411×710+410×711×610
=3255
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D
Let p be the probability of the other event, then the probability of the first event is 23 p. Since two events are totally exclusive, we have p+(23)p=1⇒p=35
Hence odds in favour of the other are 3 : 5 – 3, i.e, 3 : 2.
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A
Let n be the least number of bombs required and x the number of bombs that hit the bridge. Then x follows a binomial distribution with parameter n and p=12
Now, P(X≥2)>0.9⇒1−P(X<2)>0.9
⇒P(X=0)+P(X=1)<0.1
⇒nC0(12)n+nC1(12)n−1(12)<0.1⇒10(n+1)<2n
This gives n≥8
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B
P(¯¯¯¯A∩¯¯¯¯B)=P(¯¯¯¯A∪¯¯¯¯B)−1−P(A∪B)
Since A and B are mutually exclusive,
P(A∪B)=P(A)+P(B)
Hence required probability =1–(0.5+0.3)=0.2
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A
Since m and n are selected between 1 and 100, hence sample space = 100×100.
Also 71=7,72=49,73=343,74=2401,75=16807 etc. Hence 1, 3, 7 and 9 will be the last digits in the powers of 7. Hence for favorable cases
n m→ ↓1,1 1,2 1,3.... 1,1002,1 2,2 2,3... 2,100...........................................100,1 100,2 100,3 100,100
For m = 1; n = 3, 7, 11….. 97
∴ Favorable cases = 25
Similarly for every m, favorable n are 25.
∴ Total favourable cases = 100×25
Hence required probability = 100×25100×100=14