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Probability

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Balls marked 1 to 15 are mixed up and put in a bucket. Then one ball is drawn at random. What is the probability that the ball drawn has a number which is a multiple of 2 or 3?

  1. 1/3

  2. 2/3

  3. 1

  4. 4/3

  5. 5/3


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Here, total possibilities, S = {1, 2, 3, ...,15} or n(S) = 15

Let E = event of getting a multiple of 2 or 3 = {2,3,4, 6 ,8, 9,10, 12,14, 15}or n(E) = 10.

Then, the required probability, P(E) = n(E)/n(S) = 10/15 = 2/3.

A kid is carrying 15 identical but differently colored crayons in his pocket, out of these 5 are blue, 7 green and 3 yellow. If he takes out two crayons randomly from his pocket, what is the probability that they are green and yellow?

  1. 1/5

  2. 2/5

  3. 3/5

  4. 4/5

  5. 1


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

2 crayons can be drawn out of 15 in 15C2 = 105 ways.  One green crayon and one yellow crayon separately can be drawn in 7C1 = 7 and 3C1 = 3 ways, respectively. Since they are exclusive and independent events, taking one green and one yellow crayon together will make the favourable number of ways equal to 7C1 x 3C1 = 21 ways. Hence, required probability, P = 7C1 x 3C1/(15C2) = 21/105 = 1/5

An urn contains 3 yellow, 2 green and 2 blue playing marbles. Two marbles are drawn at random. What is the probability that none of the marbles drawn is blue?

  1. 3/7

  2. 5/7

  3. 4/21

  4. 5/21

  5. 10/21


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Total number of marbles = (3 + 2 + 2) = 7 Let S be the sample space. Then, n(S) = Number of ways of drawing 2 marbles out of 7 = 7C2 = (7 x 6)/(2 x 1) = 21 Let E be the event of drawing 2 marbles, none of which is blue (i.e. either yellow or green marble is drawn).

Therefore, n(E) = Number of ways of drawing 2 marbles out of (2 green + 3 yellow) marbles = 5C2 = (5 x 4)/(2 x 1) = 10 P(E) = n(E)/n(S) = 10/21

A dice is thrown twice. What is the probability of getting number 1 or 5 on the first throw, irrespective of the result of the second throw?

  1. 1/3

  2. 2/3

  3. 1

  4. 4/3

  5. 5/3


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Probability of getting a 1 on the first throw = 1/6 Probability of getting a 5 on the first throw = 1/6 Therefore, using Addition theorem of probability, the probability of getting number 1 or 5 on the first throw irrespective of the result of second throw = (1/6) + (1/6) = 1/3

A dice is thrown twice. What is the probability of getting number 1 or 5 in the first as well as the second throw?

  1. 1

  2. 7/9

  3. 5/9

  4. 1/3

  5. 1/9


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In two rolls of a dice, total number of possibilities, i.e. n(S) = (6 x 6) = 36. Let E be an event of getting number 1 or 5 in both the throws = {(1, 1), (1, 5), (5, 1), (5, 5)} or n(E) = 4. Then, the required probability, P(E) = n(E)/n(S) = 4/36 = 1/9 Incorrect answer

From a group of 10 male and 12 female dancers, 2 dancers are selected at random. What is the probability of selecting 1 male and 1 female dancer?

  1. 1/11

  2. 10/77

  3. 12/77

  4. 40/77

  5. 1/22


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Required probability, P(E) = n(E)/n(S) =120/231 = 40/77

A box contained 5 identical sized cubes out of which 3 were green and 2 were yellow. Two random draws of one cube each were made, such that the first cube was replaced into the box before making the second draw. What is the probability that first drawn cube was green and the second was yellow?

  1. 2/25

  2. 3/25

  3. 4/25

  4. 1/5

  5. 6/25


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The probability of the first drawn cube being green are 3/5. As the first cube is replaced back into the box, the probability of second drawn cube being yellow is 2/5. Since both the events are independent of each other, the combined probability, using Multiplication theorem of probability is (3/5)x(2/5) = 6/25.

A kid has 3 identical shaped cards in his pocket, two of them have T printed on one side and H on the other whereas the third one has H printed on both the sides. He takes one card out of his pocket randomly and finds H printed on one side of the card, what is the probability that the drawn card is the one with H printed on both the sides?

  1. 1/2

  2. 2/5

  3. 3/5

  4. 4/5

  5. 1


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

If all the three cards are considered, then originally they had 4 Hs and 2 Ts. Since one H has already been revealed, now the probability of getting one more H out of 3 Hs and 2 Ts is to be found OR (3 Hs)/(3 Hs + 2 Ts) = 3/5

In four independent tosses of an unbiased coin, what is the probability of getting at least one head?

  1. 1/4

  2. 3/4

  3. 15/16

  4. 11/16

  5. 3/16


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Let S be the sample space, i.e. possible outcomes of four independent tosses of an unbiased coin. Then, n(S) = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 16 Out of these 16 outcomes, there is only one possible outcome where one gets all the four tails. In all the remaining (16 - 1 = 15) cases, there will be at least one head. Therefore, Required probability = 15/16

Three cards are drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that all are the cards of diamond?

  1. 11/850

  2. 9/850

  3. 3/850

  4. 3/52

  5. 3/4


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Let S be the sample space and E be the event of selecting 3 cards of diamonds. Number of ways of drawing 3 cards out of 52 = n(S) = 52C3 Number of ways of drawing 3 cards of diamonds out of 13 = n(E) = 13C3 Then, required probability P(E) = n(E)/n(S) = 13C3 / 52C3 = 11/850

An urn contains 80 blue and 3 yellow balls. Two balls are drawn without replacement. What is the probability that the second ball is yellow, if it is known that the first ball drawn was blue?

  1. 80C3

  2. 83C2

  3. 3/80

  4. 3/82

  5. 3/83


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

If all the 83 balls are considered, then originally there were 80 blue and 3 yellow balls. Since one of the blue ball has already been revealed, now the probability of getting one yellow ball out of 3 yellow and remaining (80 - 1) or 79 blue balls = 3/(3+79) = 3/82

In a draw of lottery, tickets numbered 1 to 50 were thoroughly shuffled and put in an urn. Then three tickets were drawn randomly from the urn, what is the probability that there is at least one ticket with one digit number in the drawn tickets?

  1. 41C3

  2. 50C3

  3. 1 - (41C3)/(50C3)

  4. (41C3)x(50C3)

  5. 1 - (41C3)x(50C3)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Number of ways of drawing 3 tickets out of 50 = 50C3 Number of two-digit tickets = 50 - 9 = 41 (since number of one-digit tickets, i.e. tickets marked 1 to 9 = 9)
Number of ways of drawing 3 tickets out of 41 = 41C3 Therefore, probability of getting two-digit numbered ticket = (41C3)/(50C3) Probability of getting at least 1 one-digit numbered ticket = 1 - probability of getting two-digit numbered ticket So, required probability = 1 - (41C3)/(50C3)

Five cards are drawn simultaneously from a pack of 52 playing cards. What is the probability of drawing 2 cards of hearts and 3 black cards?

  1. 13C2x26C3

  2. (13C2)x(26C3)/(52C5 )

  3. 26C5

  4. 52C5

  5. (13C2)x(52C5 )/(26C3)x(52C5 )


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

As the cards are drawn simultaneously, there is no replacement made. Let S be the sample space and E1 be the event of selecting 2 hearts and E2 be the event of selecting 3 black cards. Number of ways of drawing 5 cards out of 52= n(S) = 52C5 Number of ways of drawing 2 hearts out of 13 = n(E1) = 13C2 Number of ways of drawing 3 black out of 26 = n(E2) = 26C3 Since both the events are independent of each other, then the probability of drawing 2 hearts and 3 black cards = P(E) = n(E1)x n(E2)/n(S) = (13C2)x(26C3) / (52C5 )

In a confectionery container, there are 66 identically shaped and coloured candies, out of which 30 are strawberry, 20 are vanilla and 16 are chocolate flavoured. One candy is picked up randomly by a kid. What is the probability that it is neither strawberry nor vanilla flavoured?

  1. 1/3

  2. 5/11

  3. 8/33

  4. 7/33

  5. 5/33


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Let S be the sample space. Then, n(S) = Total number of candies = (30 + 20 + 16) = 66 Let E be the event that the candy drawn is neither strawberry nor vanilla flavoured = Event that the candy drawn is chocolate flavoured. Then, n(E) = Number of chocolate flavored candies = 16 P(E) = n(E)/n(S) = 16/66 = 8/33

A shopkeeper received 3 differently sized vests to be delivered to 3 different customers. His helper delivered them randomly to the customers without worrying about their respective sizes. What is the probability that at least one of them received the right sized vest?

  1. 1/3

  2. 2/3

  3. 1

  4. 3/4

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Let the order of correct sizes be (1, 2, 3). The vests can be delivered to the customers in the following ways: (1, 2, 3), (1, 3, 2), (2, 1, 3), (2, 3, 1), (3, 1, 2) and (3, 2,1) = 6 ways. The cases (1, 2, 3), (1, 3, 2), (2, 1, 3) and (3, 2, 1) correspond to at least one right sized delivery OR 4 ways. Therefore, the required probability = 4/6 = 2/3

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