The Locus

By-Umesh sir Total Marks : 60

Probability

SECTION A

* Choose The Right Answer From The Given Options.[1 Marks Each] [60]

1. Choose the correct answer from the given four options.

If P(A) =
3

10
, P(B) =
2

5
and P(A ∪ B) =
3

5
, then P(
B

A
) + P(
A

B
) equas:

(A) 1

4
(B) 1

3
(C) 15

12
(D) 7

2. Choose the correct answer from the given four options.

P(
B

A
) is equal to:

(A) 1

5
(B) 3

10
(C) 1

2
(D) 3

3. In each of the following choose the correct answer:

1
If P(A) = , P(B) = 0, then P(A|B) is :
2

(A) 0 (B) (C) not defined (D) 1

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1

4. Choose the correct answer from the given four options.

Let A and B be two events such that 3 5
and 3
Then
H

P(A) = , P(B) = P(A ∪ B) = .

8 8 4
ES

P(
A

B
) ⋅ P(
A'

B
) is equal to:

(A) (B) (C) (D)

UM

2 3 3 6

5 8 20 25

5. Choose the correct answer from the given four options:

If A and B are such events that and then equals to:

′
A
P(A) > 0 P(B) ≠ 1, P( ′
)
B

(C)
′ 1−P(A∪B)
(A) 1 − P( (B) 1 − P( (D)
A A P(A )
) ) ′ ′
B B P(B ) P(B )

6. If A and B are two independent events with P(A) =

3
and P(B) =
4
, then
5 9

equals,
¯
¯¯¯ ¯
¯¯¯
P(A ∩ B)

(A) 4

15
(B) 8

45
(C) 1

3
(D) 2

7. A bag containe 5 black, 4white balls and 3 red balls. if a ball is selected
randomwise, the probability that it is black or red ball is,
(A) 1

3
(B) 1

4
(C) 5

12
(D) 2

8. A and B are two events such that P(A) = 0.25 and P(B) = 0.50. The probability pf
both happening together is 0.14. The probability of both A and B hot happening
is.
(A) 0.39 (B) 0.25 (C) 0.11 (D) None of these.

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 9. In a class, 40% of the students study math and science. 60% of the students
study math. What is the probability of a student studying science given he/she is
already studying math?
(A) 0.43 (B) 0.40 (C) 0.67 (D) 0.60
10. Choose the correct answer from the given four options.
Three persons, A, B and C, fire at a target in turn, starting with A. Their
probability
of hitting the target are 0.4, 0.3 and 0.2 respectively. The probability of two hits
is:
(A) 0.024 (B) 0.188 (C) 0.336 (D) 0.452

11. If in a binomial distribution n = 4, P(X = 0) =

16
, then P(X = 4) equals:
81

(A) 1

16
(B) 1

81
(C) 1

27
(D) 1

12. If A and B are two independent events such that P(A) = 0.3 and
P(A ∪ B) = 0.5, then P(A|B) - P(B|A) =
(A) 2

7
(B) 3

35
(C) 1

70
(D) 1

13. If A and B are two events such that P(A) =

4
, and P(A ∩ B) =
7
, then P(B|A) =
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5 10

(A) 1

10
(B) 1

8
(C) 7

8
(D) 17

20

14. If A and B are two events such that P(A) =

1
, P(B) =
1
, P(A|B) =
1
, then
H

2 3 4

¯
¯¯¯ ¯
¯¯¯
equals.
ES

P(A ∩ B)

(A) 1
(B) 3
(C) 1
(D) 3
UM

12 4 4 16

15. A box contains 10 good articles and 6 with defects. One item is drawn at
random. The probability that it is either good or has a defect is,
(A) 64

64
(B) 49

64
(C) 40

64
(D) 24

64

16. Associated to a random experiment two events A and B are such that
P(B) =
3

5
, P(A|B) =
1

2
and P(A ∪ B) =
4

5
. The value pf P(A) is
(A) 3

10
(B) 1

2
(C) 1

10
(D) 3

17. Choose the correct answer from the given four options:

let P(A) =
7

13
, P(B) =
9

13
and P(A ∪ B) =
4

13
. Then P(
A'

B
) is equal to:

(A) 6

13
(B) 4

13
(C) 4

9
(D) 5

18. If A and B are two independent events with P(A) =

1
and P(B) =
1
, then
3 4

P(B'|A) is equal to:

(A) 1

4
(B) 1

3
(C) 3

4
(D) 1

19. Choose the correct answer from the given four options.
If A and B are two events and A ≠ ϕ, B ≠ ϕ, then:

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 (A) P( A

B
) = P(A) ⋅ P(B)

P(A∩B)
(B) P( A

B
) =
P(B)

(C) P( A

B
) ⋅ P(
B

A
) = 1

(D) P( A

B
) = P(
A

B
)

20. If A and B are two events such that P(A|B) = p, P(A) = p, P(B) =
1
and
3

P(A ∪ B) =
5

9
, then p =
(A) 2

3
(B) 3

5
(C) 1

3
(D) 3

21. If A and B are two events associated to a random experiment such that
P(A ∩ B) =
7

10
and P(B) =
17

20
, then P(A|B) =
(A) 14

17
(B) 17

20
(C) 7

8
(D) 1

22. If the events A and B are independent, then P(A ∩ B) is equal to,
(A) P(A) + P(B) (B) P(A) - P(B) (C) P(A) P(B) (D)
P(A)

P(B)

23. If X is a random variable with probability distribution as given below:

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X = xi 0 1 2 3
P(X = Xi) k 3k 3k k
H

The value of k and its variance are:

ES

(A) 1

8
,
22

27
(B) 1

8
,
23

27
(C) 1

8
,
24

27
(D) 1

8
,
3

4
UM

24. Choose the correct answer from the given four options.

You are given that A and B are two events such that P(B) =
3

5
, P(
A

B
) =
1

2
and

P(A ∪ B) =
4

5
, then P(A) equals:
(A) 10
3
(B) 1

5
(C) 1

2
(D) 3

25. Probability that A speaks truth is . A coin is tossed. A reports that a head 4

appears. The probability that actually there was head is

(A) 4

5
(B) 1

2
(C) 1

5
(D) 2

26. Choose the correct answer from the given four options.

If A and B are two events such that P(A) =

1

2
, P(B) =
1

3
, P(
A

B
) =
1

4
, then
′
P(A ∩ B )
′
equals:
(A) 12
1
(B) 3

4
(C) 1

4
(D) 3

16

27. For the following probability distribution:

X: -4 -3 -2 -1 0
P(X): 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2

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 The value of E(X) is:
(A) 0 (B) -1 (C) -2 (D) -1.8

28. If A and B are two events, then ¯

¯¯¯
P(A ∩ B) =

(A) P(A) P(B)

¯
¯¯¯ ¯
¯¯¯

(B) 1 − P(A) − P(B)

(C) P(A) + P(B) − P(A ∩ B)
(D) P(B) − P(A ∩ B)
29. Let A and B be two events such that P(A) = 0.6, P(B) = 0.2, P(A|B) = 0.5. Then
¯
¯¯¯ ¯
P(A|B)
¯¯¯
equals.
(A) 1

10
(B) 3

10
(C) 3

8
(D) 6

30. If P(A ∪ B) = 0.8 and P(A ∩ B) = 0.3 then

¯
¯¯¯
P(A) = P(B) =
¯
¯¯¯

(A) 0.3 (B) 0.5 (C) 0.7 (D) 0.9

31. Choose the correct answer from the given four options.
A and B are two students. Their chances of solving a problem correctly are
1
and 1
respectively. If the probability of their making a common error is,
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,
3 4

20
and they obtain the same answer, then the probability of their answer to be
correct is:
H

(A) 1
(B) 1
(C) 13
(D) 10
ES

12 40 120 13

32. If P(B) =
3
, P(A|B) =
1
and P(A ∪ B) =
4
, then
¯
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
P(A ∩ B ) + P(A ∩ B) =
¯
¯¯¯
UM

5 2 5

(A) 1

5
(B) 4

5
(C) 1

2
(D) 1

33. A bag A contains 4 green and 6 red balls. Another bag B contains 3 green and 4
red balls. If one ball is drawn from each bag, find the probability that both are
green:
(A) 13

70
(B) 1

4
(C) 6

35
(D) 8

35

34. Choose the correct answer from the given four options.

If and then is equas:

′ ′
2 3 1 A B
P(A) = , P(B) = P(A ∩ B) = , P( ′
) ⋅ P( ′
)
5 5 5 B A

(A) 5

6
(B) 5

7
(C) 25

42
(D) 1

35. If A and B are independent events such that P(A) > 0 and P(B) > 0, then.
(A) P(A ∪ B) = P(A). P(B)
(B) P(A ∩ B) = P(A). P(B)
(C) P( A

B
) = P(A)

(D) P( B

A
) = P(B)

36. The probability distribution of a discrete random variable X is given below:

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 X : 2 3 4 5

5 7 9 11
P(X) :
k k k k

The value of k is:

(A) 8 (B) 16 (C) 32 (D) 48

37. Two events A and B will be independent, if

(A) A and B are mutually exclusive
(B) P(A B ) = [1 − P(A)][1 − P(B)]
′ ′

(C) P(A) = P(B)

(D) P(A) + P(B) = 1
38. If A and B are such that P(A ∪ B) =
5
and ¯
¯¯¯ ¯
¯¯
P(A ∪ B) =
¯ 2
, then ¯
¯¯¯
P(A) + P(B) =
¯
¯¯¯

9 3

(A) 10
9
(B) 10

9
(C) 8

9
(D) 9

39. Choose the correct answer from the given four options.
Two events E and F are independent. If P(E) = 0.3, P(E ∪ F) = 0.5, then

P(
E

F
) − P(
F

E
) equal:

(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 1
(D) 1
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7 35 70 7

40. The probability distribution of a discrete random variable X is given below:

X : 1 2 3 4
H

1 1 3 2
P(X) :
ES

10 5 10 5

The value of E(X2) is:

UM

(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 10

41. If A and B are two events such that P(A) ≠ 0 and P(B) ≠ 1, then
¯
¯¯¯ ¯
P(A|B) =
¯¯¯

(A) 1 − P(A|B) (B) 1 − P(A|B)

¯
¯¯¯

(C)
1−P(A∪B) ¯
¯¯¯

(D) =
P(A )
¯
¯¯¯
P(B ) ¯
¯¯¯
P(B )

42. A coin is tossed 4 times. The probability that at least one head turns up is:
(A) 16
1
(B) 2

16
(C) 14

16
(D) 15

16

43. An urn contains 9 balls two of which are red, three blue and four black. Three
balls are drawn at random. The probability that they are of the same colour is,
(A) 5

84
(B) 3

(C) 3

7
(D) 7

17

44. A bag contains 5 brown and 4 white socks. A man pulls out two socks. The
probability that these are of the sane colour is.
(A) 108
5
(B) 18

108
(C) 108
30
(D) 48

108

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45. Choose the correct answer from the given four options.
If the events A and B are independent, then P(A ∩ B) is equal to:
(A) P(A) + P(B)
(B) P(A) − P(B)
(C) P(A) ⋅ P(B)

(D)
P(A)

P(B)

46. If A and B are two events such that P(A) =

3
, P(B) =
5
. and
¯
¯¯¯
P(A|B) × P(A ∩ B) is
8 4

equals to.
(A) 2

5
(B) 3

8
(C) 20
3
(D) 6

25

47. A five-digit number is written down at raddom. The probability that the number
is divisible by 5, and no two consecutive digits are identical, is:
(A) 1

5
(B) 1
(
9
)
3

5 10

(C) ( 3
)
4
(D) None of these
5

48. Choose the correct answer from the given four options.
X -4 -3 -2 -1 0
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P(X) 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2
For the following probability distribution E(X) is equal to:
H

(A) 0 (B) -1 (C) -2 (D) -1.8

ES

49. Choose the correct answer from the given four options.
UM

If A and B are two independent events with P(A) =

3

5
and P(A) =
4

9
, then
P(A' ∩ B') equals:
(A) 4

15
(B) 8

45
(C) 1

3
(D) 2

50. Choose the correct answer from the given four options.
X 1 2 3 4

1 1 3 2
P(X)
10 5 10 5

For the following probability distribution E(X2) is equal to:

(A) 3. (B) 5. (C) 7. (D) 10.
51. Let E be an event of a sample space S of an experiment then P (S ∣ E) =

(A) P (S ∩ E) (B) P (E) (C) 1 (D) 0

52. If A and B are events such that P (A/B) = P (B/A) ≠ 0 , then

(A) A ⊂ B , but A ≠ B (B) A = B
(C) A ∩ B = 0 (D) \(P(A)=P(B)

53. A family has 2 children and the elder child is a girl. The probability that both
children are girls is:
 (A) 1

4
(B) 1

8
(C) 1

2
(D) 3

54. If P (
A
) = 0.3, P (A) = 0.4 and P (B) = 0.8 , then P (
B
) is equal to:
B A

(A) 0.6 (B) 0.3 (C) 0.06 (D) 0.4

55. For two events A and B , if P (A) = 0.4, P (B) = 0.8 and P (B/A) = 0.6 , then P (A ∪ B)

is
(A) 0.24 (B) 0.3 (C) 0.48 (D) 0.96

56. If for any two events A and B , P (A) = 4

and P (A ∩ B) =
7
, then P (B/A) is
5 10

(A) 10
1
(B) 1

8
(C) 7

8
(D) 17

20

57. If A and B are two independent events with P (A) =

1
and P (B) =
1
, then
3 4

P (B
′
∣ A) is equal to
(A) 1

4
(B) 1

3
(C) 3

4
(D) 1

58. The probability distribution of a random variable X is:

X 0 1 2 3 4

P(X) 0.1 0.1

k 2k k
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where k is some unknown constant.
The probability that the random variable X takes the value 2 is:
H

(A) 1

5
(B) 2

5
(C) 4

5
(D) 1
ES

59. M and N are two events such that P (M ∩ N ) = 0 . Which of the following is equal
to ?
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P (M ∣ (M ∪ N ))

(A) (B)
P (M ) P (M ∪N )

P (N ) P (M ∪N )

(C) (D)
P (M ) P (M )

P (M )+P (N ) P (M )×P (N )

60. A problem in Mathematics is given to three students whose chances of solving it

are , , respectively. If the events of their solving the problem are
1

2
1

3
1

independent then the probability that the problem will be solved, is

(A) 1

4
(B) 1

3
(C) 1

2
(D) 3

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