PROBABILITY
Probability-only Practice Test Paper
Total Questions: 30 | Marks: 60 | Time: 36 Minutes
Q1. If a coin is tossed 5 times then the probability of getting Tail and Head occurring alternatively is:
(A) 1/8
(B) 1/16
(C) 1/32
(D) 1/64
Q2. The probability that a leap year has 53 Wednesdays is:
(A) 2/7
(B) 3/5
(C) 1/7
(D) 2/3
Q3. The probability that a card drawn at random from a pack of playing cards may be either a queen or an ace is:
(A) 2/13
(B) 11/13
(C) 9/13
(D) None of these
Q4. Daily demand for calculators is having the following probability distribution:
Demand: 1 2 3 4 5 6
Probability: 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.18 0.12
Determine the variance of the demand.
(A) 2.54
(B) 2.93
(C) 2.22
(D) 2.19
Q5. A random variable X has the following probability distribution: X: -2, 3, 1; P(X=x): 1/3, 1/2, 1/6. Find E(X^2) and
E(2X+5).
(A) 6 and 7 respectively
(B) 5 and 7 respectively
(C) 7 and 5 respectively
(D) 7 and 6 respectively
Q6. Among the examinees in an examination 30%, 35% and 45% failed in Statistics, in Mathematics and in at least one of the
subjects respectively. An examinee is selected at random. Find the probability that he failed in Mathematics only:
(A) 0.245
(B) 0.25
(C) 0.254
(D) 0.55
Q7. A bag contains 5 white and 10 black balls. Three balls are taken out at random. Find the probability that all three balls
drawn are black.
(A) 16/91
(B) 42/91
(C) 24/91
(D) None of these
Q8. P(A) = 2/3; P(B) = 3/5; P(A∪B) = 5/6. Find P(B/A)
(A) 11/20
(B) 13/20
(C) 13/18
(D) None of these
Q9. If an unbiased coin is tossed once, then the two events Head and Tail are:
(A) Mutually exclusive
(B) Exhaustive
(C) Equally likely
(D) All these
Q10. Ram is known to hit a target in 2 out of 3 shots whereas Shyam is known to hit the same target in 5 out of 11 shots. What
is the probability that the target would be hit if they both try?
(A) 9/11
(B) 6/11
(C) 10/33
(D) 3/11
Q11. The probability of getting two heads together if three coins are tossed simultaneously
(A) 1/4
(B) 1/6
(C) 3/8
(D) 5/8
Q12. A random variable X has the distribution: X: -2, 3, 1; P(X): 1/3, 1/2, 1/6. Then find E(2X + 5)
(A) 7
(B) 6
(C) 9
(D) 4
Q13. A card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of playing cards. Find the probability that it is a king or a Queen
(A) 2/13
(B) 1/4
(C) 1/13
(D) 2/4
Q14. From the first 50 natural numbers, a number is selected at random. What is the probability that the number is a multiple of
3 and 4?
(A) 7/50
(B) 2/25
(C) 3/25
(D) 7/25
Q15. If A, B and C are mutually exclusive and exhaustive events then what is the probability that they occur simultaneously?
(A) 1
(B) 0.50
(C) 0
(D) Any value between 0 and 1
Q16. Two balls are drawn from a bag containing 5 white and 7 black balls at random. What is the probability that they would
be of different colours?
(A) 35/66
(B) 30/66
(C) 12/66
(D) None of these
Q17. What is the chance of throwing at least 7 in a single cast with 2 dice?
(A) 5/12
(B) 7/12
(C) 1/4
(D) 17/36
Q18. What is the chance of getting at least one defective item if 3 items are drawn randomly from a lot containing 6 items of
which 2 are defective items?
(A) 0.30
(B) 0.20
(C) 0.80
(D) 0.50
Q19. If two unbiased dice are rolled together, what is the probability of getting no difference of points?
(A) 1/2
(B) 1/3
(C) 1/5
(D) 1/6
Q20. If A, B and C are mutually exclusive, independent and exhaustive events then what is the probability that they occur
simultaneously?
(A) 1
(B) 0.50
(C) 0
(D) Any value between 0 and 1
Q21. There are 10 balls numbered 1 to 10 in a box. If one of them is selected at random, what is the probability that the number
printed on the ball would be an odd number greater than 4?
(A) 0.50
(B) 0.40
(C) 0.60
(D) 0.30
Q22. Following are the wages of 8 workers in rupees: 50, 62, 40, 70, 45, 56, 32, 45. If one of the workers is selected at random,
what is the probability that his wage would be lower than the average wage?
(A) 0.625
(B) 0.500
(C) 0.375
(D) 0.450
Q23. A, B and C are three mutually exclusive and exhaustive events such that P(A) = 2P(B) = 3P(C). What is P(B)?
(A) 6/11
(B) 3/11
(C) 1/6
(D) 1/3
Q24. For two events A and B, P(B) = 0.3, P(A but not B) = 0.4 and P(not A) = 0.6. The events A and B are:
(A) exhaustive
(B) independent
(C) equally likely
(D) mutually exclusive
Q25. A bag contains 12 balls which are numbered from 1 to 12. If a ball is selected at random, what is the probability that the
number of the ball will be a multiple of 5 or 6?
(A) 0.30
(B) 0.25
(C) 0.20
(D) 1/3
Q26. Given that for two events A and B, P(A) = 3/5, P(B) = 2/3 and P(A∪B) = 3/4, what is P(A/B)?
(A) 0.655
(B) 13/60
(C) 31/60
(D) 0.775
Q27. For two independent events A and B, what is P(A+B), given P(A) = 3/5 and P(B) = 2/3?
(A) 11/15
(B) 13/15
(C) 7/15
(D) 0.65
Q28. If P(A) = p and P(B) = q, then:
(A) P(A/B) ≤ p/q
(B) P(A/B) < p/q
(C) P(A/B) ≤ q/p
(D) None of these
Q29. If P(A̅ ∪B̅ ) = 5/6, P(A) = 1/2 and P(B̅ ) = 2/3, what is P(A∪B)?
(A) 1/3
(B) 5/6
(C) 2/3
(D) 4/9
Q30. If for two independent events A and B, P(A∪B) = 2/3 and P(A) = 2/5, what is P(B)?
(A) 4/15
(B) 4/9
(C) 5/9
(D) 7/15
ANSWER KEY
1. B 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. A
6. A 7. C 8. B 9. D 10. A
11. A 12. A 13. A 14. B 15. C
16. A 17. B 18. C 19. D 20. C
21. D 22. B 23. B 24. D 25. D
26. D 27. B 28. A 29. C 30. B