ASSIGNMENT

ASSIGNMENT-01 ( PROBABILITY )
(1.) If two events A and B are such that P  Ac   0.3 , P  B   0.4 and P  A  Bc   0.5 , then
P  B /  A  B c  is equal to

3
(a)
4
1
(b)
4
1
(c)
2
2
(d)
3
(2.) The probability of the simultaneous occurrence of two events A and B is p . If the probability that
exactly one of A, B occurs is q , then
(a) P  A   P  B   1  2q  p
(b) P  A   P  B   1  2q  p
P
(c) P  A  B / A  B 
pq

(d) P A  B  2  p  q
1 1
(3.) For two events A and B , it is given that P  A   P  A / B   and P  B / A  . Then,
4 2
(a) A and B are mutually exclusive events
(b) A and B are dependent events
3
(c) P A / B  
4
(d) All are true
2 1
(4.) If A and B two independent events such that P  A  B   and P  A  B   , then P  B  is
15 6
1 4
(a) and
6 5
1 4
(b) or
6 5
2
(c)
5
(d) None of above

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(5.) A is one of 6 horses entered for a race and is to be ridden by one of two jockeys B and C . It is 2:1
that B rides A , in which case all the horses are equally likely to win. If C rides A , his chance of
winning is trebled. What are the odds against winning of A ?
(a) 5:13
(b) 5:18
(c) 13:5
(d) None of these
(6.) An urn contains m white and n black balls. A ball is drawn at random and is put back into the urn
along with k additional balls of the same colour as that of a ball drawn. A ball is again drawn at
random. Then, the probability that the ball drawn now is white, is
n
(a)
mn
m
(b)
mn
2n
(c)
mn
(d) None of these
(7.) A box contains N coins, m of which are fair and the rest are biased. The probability of getting a
head when a fair coin is tossed is 1 / 2 , while it is 2 / 3 when a biased coin is tossed. A coin is drawn
from the box at random and is tossed and get Head. Then, the probability that the coin drawn is fair,
is
9m
(a)
8N  m
9m
(b)
8N  m
9m
(c)
8m  N
(d) None of above
(8.) Let P  x  denotes the probability of the occurrence of event x . Then, all those points
3 1 3
 x, y    P  A , P  B   , in a plane which satisfy the conditions, P  A  B  and  P  A  B  
4 8 8
implies
11
(a) P  A  P  B  
8
11
(b) P  A  P  B  
8
7 11
(c)  P  A  P  B  
8 8
(d) None of the above

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(9.) Two dice are thrown simultaneously to get the coordinates of a point on XY -plane. Then, the
probability that this point lies inside or on the region bounded by x  y  3 , is
3
(a)
14
2
(b)
3
1
(c)
12
4
(d)
14
(10.) Suppose f  x   x 2  ax 2  bx  c , where a, b and c are chosen respectively by throwing a die three
times. Then, the probability that f  x  is an strictly increasing function, is
4
(a)
9
3
(b)
8
2
(c)
5
16
(d)
34
(11.) For a student to qualify, he must pass atleast two out of three exams. The probability that he will
pass the 1st exam is p . If the fails in one of the exams, then the probability of his passing in the next
p
exam is , otherwise it remain the same. Then, the probability that will quality, is
2
(a) 2 p2  p

(b) 2 p2  2 p

(c) 2 p2  2 p3
(d) None of these
(12.) A die is thrown 2n  1 times, n  N . Then probability that face with even numbers show odd
numbers of times, is
2n  1
(a)
4n  3
1
(b) less than
2
1
(c) greater than
2
(d) None of these

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(13.) An ordinary die is rolled in a certain number of times. The probability of getting an odd number 2
times is equal to the probability of getting an even number 3 times. Then, the probability of getting
an odd number an odd number of times, is
1
(a)
32
5
(b)
16
1
(c)
2
(d) None of these
(14.) If a   20,0 , then the probability that the equation 16 x 2  8  a  5  x  7 a  5  0 has imaginary roots,
is
13
(a)
20
20
(b)
13
13
(c)
24
15
(d)
20
(15.) A, B and C are contesting the election for the post of secretary of a club which does not allow ladies
1 2 4
to become members.
mbers. The probabilities of A, B and C winning the election are , and ,
3 9 9
respectively. The probabilities of introducing the clause of admitting lady member to the club by
A, B and C are 0.6, 0.7,and 0.5 respectively. The probability that ladies will not be taken as members
in the club after the election, is
26
(a)
45
5
(b)
9
19
(c)
45
(d) None of these

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(16.) Six faces of a die are marked with the numbers 1,-1, 0, -2, 2 and 3. The die is thrown thrice. The
probability that the sum of the numbers thrown is six, is
1
(a)
72
1
(b)
12
5
(c)
108
1
(d)
36
(17.) Given that the sum of two nonnon-negative
negative Integers is 200, the probability that their product is not less
than 3 / 4 times their greatest product value, is
7
(a)
16
100
(b)
200
9
(c)
16
10
(d)
16
(18.) Let X be a set containing n elements. If two subsets A and B of X are picked at random, the
probability that A and B have the same number of elements is
2n
Cn
(a)
22 n
1
(b) 2n
Cn
1.3.5...  2n  1
(c)
2n n!
3n
(d)
4n
1
(19.) A1 , A2 ,..., An are n independent events with P  A j   1  j  n  . The probability that none of
1 j
A1 , A2 ,..., An occur, is
1
(a)
 n  1
n
(b)
 n  1
1
(c)
 n  1!
(d) None of these

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(20.) Two numbers b and c are chosen at random with replacement from the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
and 9. The probability that x 2  bx  c  0 , x  R , is
10
(a)
27
31
(b)
81
32
(c)
81
11
(d)
27
(21.) A bag contains n  1 coins. It is known that one of these coins shows heads on both sides, whereas
the other coins are fair. One coin is selected at random and tossed. If the probability that toss results
7
in heads is , then the value of n is
12
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) None of these
(22.) An experiment has 10 eqallly likely outcomes. Let A and B be two non-empty
empty events of the
experiment. If A consists of 4 outcomes, the number of outcomes that B must have so that A and B
are independent, is equal to
(a) 2,4, or 8
(b) 3,6 or 9
(c) 4 or 8
(d) 5 or 10
(23.) If two cards are drawn successively with replacement from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards, then the
mean of the number of aces is
1
(a)
13
3
(b)
13
2
(c)
13
(d) None of these

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(24.) A second order determinanat is written down at random using the numbers 1 and -1, as elements.
The probability that the value of the determinant is non
non-zero, is
1
(a)
2
3
(b)
8
5
(c)
8
1
(d)
3
(25.) A card selected at random from cards numbered as 00, 01, 02, ..., 99. An event is said to have
occurred. If product of digits of the card number is 16. If card is selected 5 times with replacement
each time, then the probability that the event occurs exactly three times, is
2 3
 3   97 
(a) 5
C3    
 100   100 
4 0
 3   97 
(b) 5
C3    
 100   100 
4 3
 0.3   9.7 
(c) 5
C3    
 100   100 

(d) 10  0.033  0.97 2

(26.) The probabilities that a student passes in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry are m, p and c
respectively. Of these subject, a student has a 75% chance of passing in atleast one, a 50% chance of
passing in atleast
east two and a 40% chance of passing in exactly two subjects. Which of the following
relations are true?
19
(a) pmc
20
27
(b) pmc
20
3
(c) pmc 
10
1
(d) pmc 
4
(27.) A coin is tossed repeatedly. A and B call alternately for winning a prize of Rs. 30. One whoe get
head first wins the prize. A starts the call. Then, the expectation of geting
(a) A is Rs. 10
(b) B is Rs. 30
(c) A is Rs. 20
(d) B is Rs. 20

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(28.) If A and B are two events such that P  B   1,B c denotes the even complementary to B , then
P  A  P  A  B 
(a) P  A / Bc  
1 PB

(b) P  A   P A  B  according as P  A B   P  A
c

 P A
 B  B 
P A
c
(c) c 1 c

(d) All of above

(29.) For any two events A and B defined on a sample space,
P  A  P  B   1
(a) P  A / B  , P  B   0 is always true.
P  B
(b) P  A  B   P  A  P  A  B 
(c) P  A  B   1  P  Ac   P  B c  , if A and B .
(d) all of above
1 E  1 E  1
(30.) If E1 and E2 are two events such that P  E1   , P  2   and P  1   , then
4  E1  2  E2  4
(a) E1 and E2 are independent
(b) E1 and E2 are exhaustive
(c) E1 is twice as likely to occur as E2
(d) Probabilities of the events E1  E2 , E1 and E2 are in AP
(31.) If A and B are two events such that 0  P  A  , p  B   1 then which of the following is true.

 A  A 3
(a) P   P  
B B 2
 A  P A  B
(b) P  
B P  B
(c) PB  P A  B  P A  B
(d) all of above.
(32.) A card is drawn from a well shuffled ordinary deck of 52 playing cards. Let A be the event that
‘card drawn is an ace’ and B be the event that ‘card drawn is a spade’. Then, which of the following
is true
(a) A and B are independent
(b) A and B are exhaustive
(c) A and B are dependent
(d) none of above

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(33.) Consider, a natural number x is chosen at random from the first 100 natural numbers. The
  
probability that x  10 x  50  0 is
 x  30 
(a) 0.69
(b) 0.50
(c) 1.00
(d) none of above
(34.) If 12 coins are thrown simultaneously, then probability of appearing exactly five head is equal to
probability of appearing exactly
(a) 7 heads
(b) 6 heads
(c) 4 heads
(d) none of above
(35.) There are four boxes A1 , A2 , A3 and A4 . Box Ai has i card and on each card a number is printed, the
i
numbers are from 1 to i . A box is selected randomly, the probability of selection of box Ai is
10
A 
and then a card is drawn. Let Ei represents the event that a card with number i is drawn then P  3 
 E2 
is equal to
1
(a)
4
1
(b)
3
1
(c)
2
2
(d)
3
(36.) Unbiased coin is tossed 6 times. The probability of getting atmost 4 heads, is
7
(a)
64
57
(b)
64
21
(c)
32
11
(d)
32

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(37.) One ball is drawn from a bag containing 4 balls and is found to be white. The events that the bag
contains ‘1 white’, ‘2 white’, ‘3 white’ and ‘4 white’ are equally likely. If the probability that all the
P
balls are white , then thee value of p is
15
(a) 6
(b) 8
(c) 9
(d) none of none of above
(38.) A bag contains some white and some black balls, all combinatons being equally likely. The total
number of balls in the bag is 12. Four balls are drawn at random from the bag at random without
replacement. which of the following is true.
(a) Probability that all the four balls are black, is 1/5
(b) If the bag contains 10 black and 2 white balls, then the probability that all four balls are
black, is 14/33
(c) If all the four balls are black, then the probability, that the bag contains 10 black balls, is
70/429
(d) All of above
1 1
(39.) Let A and B be two independent events such that P  A   and P  B   , then
3 4
1
(a) P  A  B  is equal to
12
 A  1
(b) P  is equal to
 A B  2

 A  2
(c) P  is equal to
 A  B  3

 A  2
(d) P   is equal to

B  3
a
(40.) A die is thrown 7 times. If the probability that an odd number turns up atleast 4 times, is , then
b
 a  b  is
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) None of above

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(41.) If m things are distributed among ‘a’ men and ‘b’ women, the probability that the number of things
1    m     
m

received by men is odd, is   , then is
2   b  a m  2b

(a) 1
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) none of above
(42.) A die is weighted such that the probability of rolling the face numbered n is proportional to
n 2  n  1, 2,3,4,5,6  . The die is rolled twice, yielding the number a and b .The twice, yielding the
2
numbers a and b . The probability a  b is p , then the value of   , where   represents the
 p
greatest integer function, is
(a) 5
(b) 1
(c) 0
(d) none of above

If A and B are two events such that P  A   0.6 and P  B   0.8 and the greatest value that P  
A
(43.)
B
can have, is p , then the value of 8 p is,

(a) 3
(b) 6
(c) 5
(d) none of above
(44.) If P  A  0.65,P  B   0.08 , then P  A  B  lies in the interval

(a) 0.30,0.80
(b) 0.35,0.75
(c) 0.4,0.70
(d) 0.45,0.65

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 1 1
For two events A and B , if P  A  P    and P    , then
A B
(45.)
B 4  A 2
(a) A and B are independent
 A  3
(b) P  
B 4
 B  1
(c) P  
 A  2
(d) All of the above
(46.) Let E and F be two independent events such that P  E   P  F  . The probability that both E and F
1 1
happen, is and the probability that neither E nor F happen, is , then
12 2
1 1
(a) PE  ,PF  
3 4
1 1
(b) PE  , PF  
2 6
1
(c) P  E   1, P  F  
12
1 1
(d) PE  ,PF  
3 2
 
(47.) If A and B are two events such that P  A   0, P  B   1 , then P  A  is equal to
B
 A
(a) 1 P 
B
 A
(b) 1 P 
B
1 P A  B
(c)
PB
P  A
(d)
PB
(48.) In a hurdle race, a runner has probability p of jumping over a specific hurdle. Given that in 5 trials,
the runner succeeded 3 times, the conditional probability that the runner had succeeded in the first
trial, is
3
(a)
5
2
(b)
5
1
(c)
5
(d) none of these

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(49.) Three numbers are chosen at random without replacement from the set A   x |1  x  10, x   . The
probability that the minimum of the chosen numbers is 3 and maximum is 7, is
1
(a)
12
1
(b)
15
1
(c)
40
(d) None of these
(50.) If E1 denotes the events of coming sum 6 in throwing two dice and E1 is the event of coming 2 in
 E2 
any one of the two, then P  
 E1 
(a) 1/ 5
(b) 4/5
(c) 3/5
(d) 2/5
ANSWER KEY
QUESTION ANSWER QUESTION ANSWER QUESTION ANSWER
1 C 21 C 41 A
2 C 22 D 42 A
3 C 23 D 43 B
4 B 24 A 44 D
5 C 25 D 45 D
6 B 26 B 46 A
7 A 27 A 47 C
8 A 28 C 48 A
9 C 29 A 49 C
10 A 30 A 50 D
11 C 31 C
12 D 32 C
13 C 33 B
14 A 34 D
15 A 35 B
16 C 36 B
17 B 37 A
18 C 38 C
19 B 39 D
20 C 40 A

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