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Probability Problems and Solutions

The document presents a series of probability problems involving coins, dice, and cards, asking for the probability of various outcomes. It includes multiple-choice answers for each question, covering scenarios such as tossing coins, drawing cards from a deck, and rolling dice. Additionally, it explores concepts like the addition theorem and multiplication theorem in probability.

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Probability Problems and Solutions

The document presents a series of probability problems involving coins, dice, and cards, asking for the probability of various outcomes. It includes multiple-choice answers for each question, covering scenarios such as tossing coins, drawing cards from a deck, and rolling dice. Additionally, it explores concepts like the addition theorem and multiplication theorem in probability.

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PROBABILITY

Type A Single event problems

Two coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of


getting:

1. No tails.
a) ¼
b) ½
c) ¾
d) None of these

2. At least one head.


a) ¼
b) ½
c) ¾
d) None of these

3. All not heads.


a) ¼
b) ½
c) ¾
d) None of these

4. Heads and tails will occur alternately.


a) ¼
b) ½
c) ¾
d) None of these

Three coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of


getting:

5. No Head.
a) 1/8
b) 6/8
c) 7/8
d) 4/8
6. At least one head.
a) 1/8
b) 6/8
c) 7/8
d) 4/8

7. Heads are the two extremes.


a) 2/8
b) 6/8
c) 1/8
d) 4/8

8. Heads will come in the 1st row.


a) 2/8
b) 6/8
c) 1/8
d) 4/8

9. Heads will exceed the number of tails in a particular throw.


a) 2/8
b) 6/8
c) 1/8
d) 4/8

A card is drawn from a well-shuffled pack of 52 cards. Find the


probability that:-

10. It is an Ace.
a) 2/13
b) 3/13
c) 1/13
d) 4/13

11. It is a spade.
a) 2/8
b) 6/8
c) 1/8
d) 4/8
12. It is neither a King nor a Knave.
a) 2/13
b) 11/13
c) 10/13
d) 4/13

13. It is a honor card.


a) 2/13
b) 11/13
c) 16/52
d) None

Two dices are rolled. Find the probability that,

14. Sum of the faces is 7.


a) ¼
b) 1/8
c) 1/6
d) None of these

15. It is neither 7 nor 11.


a) 5/9
b) 3/9
c) 7/9
d) None of these

16. Sum is an odd number more than 3.


a) 2/9
b) 4/9
c) 6/9
d) None of these

17. Sum is a multiple of 3.


a) 1/9
b) 2/9
c) 3/9
d) None of these
18. Sum is at least 8.
a) 4/12
b) 5/12
c) 6/12
d) None of these

19. The product of the faces is 12.


a) 3/9
b) 2/9
c) 1/9
d) None of these

20. The product of the faces less than 5


a) 3/9
b) 2/9
c) 1/9
d) None of these

Three dices are rolled. Find the probability that:

21. The faces will show three 5’s.


a) 2/216
b) 3/216
c) 1/216
d) None of these

22. The faces will show 2, 4 & 6.


a) 2/72
b) 1/33
c) 3/96
d) None of these

23. The faces will show 5, 6 & 6.


a) 2/72
b) 1/72
c) 3/72
d) None of these
In a family of three children. Find the probability that;
24. All are girls.
a) 1/8
b) 2/7
c) 2/8
d) 1/7

25. There are exactly 2 boys.


a) 1/8
b) 3/7
c) 2/8
d) 1/7

26. There is exactly 1 boy.


a) 1/8
b) 2/7
c) 3/7
d) 1/7

In a family of three children there is at least one girl. Find the


probability that;
27. All are girls.
a) 1/8
b) 2/7
c) 2/8
d) 1/7

28. There are at least two girls.


a) 4/7
b) 2/7
c) 2/8
d) 1/7

29. There is at most 1 boy.


a) 1/8
b) 4/7
c) 2/8
d) 1/7
Find the probability that a leap year selected at random will
contain;
30. 53 Sundays.
a) 2/7
b) 3/7
c) 1/7
d) 4/7

Find the probability that a year selected at random will contain


31. 53 Thursdays
a) 1/7
b) 3/7
c) 2/7
d) 4/7

TYPE B ADDITION THEOREM


CARDS
32. It is either a diamond or an Ace.
a) 2/13
b) 3/13
c) 1/13
d) none

33. It is either a King or a Knave.


a) 2/13
b) 11/13
c) 10/13
d) 4/13

34. It is either a red or a black


a) 2/13
b) 11/13
c) 1
d) 4/13
35 It is either a 4 number card or a black
a) 5/10
b) 2/13
c) 11/13
d) none

36 A spade or an Ace not of spade.


e) 2/13
f) 4/13
g) 1/13
h) 7/13

2 DICE
Two dices are rolled. Find the probability that,

35. Sum of the faces is 7. Or Sum less than 9


a) ¼
b) 1/8
c) 1/6
d) None of these

36. It is either 7 or 11.


a) 3/9
b) 5/9
c) 2/9
d) None of these

37. Sum is a multiple of 3. Or Even number


a) 1/9
b) 2/9
c) 3/9
d) None of these

38. Sum is a multiple of 5 or 4.


a) 5/19
b) 3/9
c) 7/9
d) None of these
39. The product of the faces is 12 or sum is less than 7
a) 3/9
b) 2/9
c) 1/9
d) None of these

FORMULA BASED QUESTION


If P(A) = 1/4 , P(B) = 2/5, P(A  B) = 1/2 . Find:

40. P(A  Bc)


a) 3/20
b) 1/10
c) ¼
d) ½

41. P(Ac  B)
a) 3/20
b) 1/10
c) ¼
d) ½

42. P(Ac  Bc)


a) 3/20
b) 1/10
c) ¼
d) ½

43. P(Ac  B)
a) 9/10
b) 7/10
c) 3/10
d) None of the above

44. P(A  Bc)


a) 2/5
b) 3/5
c) 1/5
d) None of the above
Number GAME
45. One counter is drawn at random from a bag containing 70
counters marked with the first 70 numerals. Find the chance
that it is a multiple of 8 or 9.
a) 1/14
b) 2/14
c) 4/14
d) 3/14

46

47

48
TYPE C
49 50

51

51

52
53

a) 2:4
b) 2:1
c) 3/10
d) None of the above

TYPE D MULTIPLICATION THEOREM


A WITH REPLACEMENT / WITHOUT REPLACEMENT
55
A bag contains 4 green and 6 red balls. 3 balls are drawn at
random find the probability that a green ball and 2 red balls
drawn without replacement?
e) 2/15
f) 2/13
g) 2/11
h) None of these
56

B ONE FROM EACH


57

a) BOTH ARE RED

b) BITH ARE BLACK


c) BOTH SAME COLOUR

d) BOTH DIFFERENT COLOUR

e) ONE RED AND ON BLACK

f) ONE RED AND ONE BLUE

58

59

C TRANSFER
60

a) Ball is white
61

62

D BAG SELECTION ITEM SELECTION


63
64

a} 123/345 b)1249/3024 c) 2/333 d)none

E FORMULA BASED
65

66

67
68

i. 1/8
ii. 1/4
iii. 3/8
iv. None of these

F INDEPENDENT EVENT

77 atleast one
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G SPECIAL PROBLEM
69

70

71

72
73
RANDOM VARIABLE
74

a) 6.60
b) 3.99
c) 7.90
d) none
75

(a) 44000
(b) 34900
(c) 32500
(d) 30000

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77

78

79

80
81

83

84

85
86

Find variance and standard deviation ?


87

88

a) 1
b) 1.5
c) 1.88
d) None

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90

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92

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94

95

96

97
98

99

Solution

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101

102

103

104

105
106

a) 3/2 b) 1/2 c) 1/6 d)


1/3
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109

110

111

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