PROBABILITY
1. A bag contains 20 balls; 8 balls are green, 7 are white and 5 are red. What is the minimum
number of balls that must be picked up from the bag blindfolded (without replacing any
of it), to be assured of picking at least one ball of each colour?
(a) 17
(b) 16
(c) 13
(d) 11
2. There are six different letters and six correspondingly addressed envelopes. If the letters
are randomly put in the envelopes, what is the probability that exactly 5 letters go into
the correctly addressed envelopes?
(a) 1/5
(b) 1/3
(c) 1/6
(d) Zero
3. A complete cycle of a traffic light takes 60 seconds. During each cycle, the light is green
for 25 seconds, yellow for 5 seconds and red for 30 seconds. At a randomly chosen time,
what is the probability that the light will not be green?
(a) 1/3
(b) 1/4
(c) 5/12
(d) 7/12
4. Two dice are tossed. The probability that the total score is a prime number is:
(a) 5/12
(b) 1/6
(c) 1/2
(d) 7/9
5. A man and his wife appear in an interview for a vacancy on the same post. The probability
of husband’s selection is 1/5 and that of wife is 1/7. What is the probability that only one
of them is selected in the interview?
(a) 2/7
(b) 4/5
(c) 34/35
(d) 3/14
6. What is the probability of getting 53 Mondays in the year 2024?
(a) 1/7
(b) 2/7
(c) 52/365
(d) 3/366
7. When three coins are tossed together, the probability that all coins have the same face
up, is
(a) 1/3
(b) 1/4
(c) 1/8
(d) 1/12
8. Two packs of cards are thoroughly mixed and shuffled and two cards are drawn at random
one after the other. What is the probability that both of them are jacks?
(a) 1/13
(b) 2/13
(c) 7/1339
(d) 1/169
9. There are 4 red, 3 green and 2 blue balls in a box. If 2 balls are taken out from the box
one after the other, then what is the probability that there is no green ball?
(a) 5/12
(b) 3/4
(c) 1/4
(d) 7/12
10. From a group of 7 men and 4 women, a committee of 6 persons is formed. What is the
probability that the committee will consist exactly 2 women?
(a) 5/11
(b) 4/27
(c) 2/11
(d) 6/55
11. A table has three drawers. It is known that one of the drawers contains two silver coins,
another contains two gold coins and the third one contains a silver coin and a gold coin.
One of the drawers is opened at random and a coin is drawn. It is found to be a silver
coin. What is the probability that the other coin in the drawer is a gold coin?
(a) 0.25
(b) 1.00
(c) 0.50
(d) 0.60
12. A problem is given to three students whose chances of solving it are 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4
respectively. What is the probability that the problem is solved?
(a) 1/4
(b) 1/2
(c) 3/4
(d) 7/12