PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
1.If A and B are mutually exclusive , and P(A) = 0.3, P(B) = 0.6, then
P(AUB) is:
A) 0.9
B) 0.1
C) 0.18
D) 0.24
2.Events A and B are independent, P(A) = 0.7, P(B) = 0.5. What is
P(A⋂B)?
A) 0.2
B) 0.35
C) 0.12
D) 0.85
3.Which of the following is always true for mutually exclusive
events?
A) P(A⋂ B) = 0
B) P(AUB) = P(A) • P(B)
C) Events A and B are independent
D) P(A⋂B) = P(A) + P(B)
4.Three events A, B, and C have the following probabilities:
P(A) = 0.5, P(B) = 0.4, P(C) = 0.3,
P(A⋂B) = 0.2, P(A⋂C) = 0.1,P(B⋂C) = 0.05,P(A⋂B⋂C) = 0.02
What is P(AU BUC)?
A) 0.98
B) 1.03
C) 0.88
D) 0.87
5.In a company, 60% of employees are male. 70% of the male
employees and 40% of the female employees have completed
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advanced training. An employee is selected at random, and it is
known that the person has completed advanced training. What is the
probability that the employee is male, given that they have
completed advanced training?
A) 0.724
B) 0.6
C) 0.5
D) 0.68
6.In a university:30% of students are in the Science stream (S), 50% in
Commerce (C), and 20% in Arts (A).70% of Science students passed a
certain test, 60% of Commerce students passed, and 90% of Arts
students passed.If a student is selected at random and is known to
have passed the test, what is the probability that the student is from
the Arts stream?
A) 0.18
B) 0.26
C) 0.225
D)0.281
7.A die is rolled once. Given that the number obtained is even, what is
the probability that it is greater than 3?
A)1/3
B)1/2
C)2/3
D)1/6
8.Two cards are drawn without replacement. What is the probability
that both are aces?
A)1/221
B)1/169
C)1/1326
D)1/13
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9.One card is drawn. What is the probability that it is a black face
card?
A)3/13
B)5/52
C)1/13
D)3/26
10. Two cards are drawn without replacement. What is the probability
that the first is a face card and the second is a number card?
A)12/52 x 36/51
B)36/52 x 12/51
C)12/52 x 40/51
D)12/52 x 39/51
11.A bag contains 5 red balls and 3 green balls. Two balls are drawn
one after another without replacement. What is the probability that
both balls are red?
A)25/64
B)5/14
C)15/56
D)2/5
12.A box has 4 pens: 2 black, 1 blue, and 1 red. Two pens are drawn
without replacement. What is the probability that one
is black and the other is blue?
A)1/6
B)1/2
C)2/3
D)1/3
13.If the odds in favour of selecting a red ball from a bag are 5 : 4,
what is the probability of not selecting a red ball?
A)4/9
B)5/9
C)4/5
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14. The probability that a dice shows a number greater than 4 is. What
are the odds against getting a number greater than 4?
A) 3:1
B) 1:2
C) 2:1
D) 1:3
15.A box contains red and blue balls. The odds in favour of drawing a
red ball are 7: 5. Two balls are drawn without replacement. What is the
probability that both balls are red?
A)49/144
B)42/132
C)35/132
D)7/22
16.If the odds against an event are x : 3 and the probability of the
event is 1/4 , find x
A) 1
B) 2
C) 12
D) None of these
17. people are seated randomly around a circular table. What is the
probability that Person A and Person B sit next to each other?
A) 2/3
B) 1/5
C) 1/3
D) 2/7
18.One box contains cards numbered 1 to 5. Another box contains
cards numbered 6 to 10. A box is selected at random, and a card is
drawn. What is the probability that the number is greater than 4?
A)3/5
B)7/10
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C)6/10
D)3/6
19.A person selects one of two biased coins. The first coin shows
heads with probability 3/4 , the second with probability 1/2. One coin
is picked at random and tossed. What is the probability that it shows
heads?
A)5/8
B)3/4
C)1/2
D)5/6
20.Two fair dice are thrown together. What is the probability that the
sum of the outcomes is a multiple of 6?
A)1/36
B)1/18
C)1/12
D)1/6
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ANSWERS :
1.A
2.B
3.A
4.D
5.A
6.B
7.C
8.A
9.D
10.A
11.B
12.D
13.A
14.C
15.B
16.D
17.C
18.C
19.A
20.D
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1.The range of a set of data is 76 . If the highest observation is 202,
find the lowest observation.
A) 278
B) 240
C) 139
D) 126
2.The mean of a set of observations is p. If each observation is
multiplied by 7 and then increased by p, find the new mean.
A) 9+p
B) 8p
C) 10p
D) 9p
3. What is the mean of the squares of the first 20 natural numbers?
A) 143.5
B) 154
C) 287
D) 123.5
4.Mean of X = 100, SD of X = 10; Mean of Y = 50, SD of Y = 5;
Correlation r = 0.8. Predict Y when X = 120.
A) 60
B) 61
C) 62
D) 65
5. In a moderately skewed distribution, the median is 52 and the
mode is 48. What is the mean?
A) 50
B)54
C) 53
D) 56
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6. A dataset has the following five values: 70, 80, 90, 100, 110
Mean = 90 , Mean deviation about the mean = 12
Calculate the standard deviation (SD) and then find the coefficient of
variation (CV).
A) SD = 15, CV = 16.67%
B) SD = 18, CV = 20%
C) SD = 12, CV = 13.33%
D) SD =14.14, CV = 15.7%
7.For data set 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, the standard deviation is
approximately:
A) 10.0
B) 9.5
C) 8.2
D) 7.5
8.If the mean is 80 and standard deviation 8, after adding 5 to all
values, the new coefficient of variation (CV) is:
A) 10%
B) 8%
C) 12%
D) 15%
9.For Q1 = 25, Q2 = 35, and Q3 = 45, the skewness using quartiles is:
A) 0 (Symmetrical)
B) Positive skewness
C) Negative skewness
D) Cannot be determined
10.The marks scored by 10 students are: 45, 50, 52, 55, 60, 62, 65, 70,
72, 75. Calculate the mean, median, and mode of the data
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11.Compare datasets A = {2, 6, 10} and B = {102, 106, 110}. Which has
the greater standard deviation
A) A
B) B
C) Both same
D) Cannot say
12.Which of the following best describes negative scatter diagram?
A) As X increases, Y increases
B) As X increases, Y remains constant
C) As X increases, Y decreases
D) The points are randomly scattered with no pattern
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ANSWERS :
1.D
2.B
3.B
4.A
5.C
6.D
7.A
8.B
9.A
10.MEAN : 60.6
MEDIAN : 61
MODE : NO MODE
11.C
12.C
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