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PROBABLITY THEORY Question

This document contains 22 multiple choice questions about probability theory and calculations. It covers topics like the probability of outcomes from coin tosses, card draws, dice rolls, and other random events. The answers are also provided. Some key probabilities discussed are the 1/2 probability of getting one head when tossing two coins, the 4/52 probability of drawing a specific card from a standard deck, and the 2/7 probability of a leap year containing 53 Sundays.

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PROBABLITY THEORY Question

This document contains 22 multiple choice questions about probability theory and calculations. It covers topics like the probability of outcomes from coin tosses, card draws, dice rolls, and other random events. The answers are also provided. Some key probabilities discussed are the 1/2 probability of getting one head when tossing two coins, the 4/52 probability of drawing a specific card from a standard deck, and the 2/7 probability of a leap year containing 53 Sundays.

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PROBABLITY THEORY

1. The probability of getting exactly one head in tossing a pair of coins is


(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 1/3
(d)1/2
ANS-D
2. The probability of getting a spade card from a well shuffled deck of 52
cards is

ANS-B
3. The probability of getting less than 3 in a single throw of a die is

ANS-A
4. The total number of events of throwing 10 coins simultaneously is
(a) 1024
(b) 512
(c) 100
(d) 10
ANS-A
5. Which of the following can be the probability of an event?
(a) – 0.4
(b) 1.004
(c) 18/23
(d) 10/7
ANS-C
6. Three coins are tossed simultaneously. The probability of getting all
heads is

Ans-d
7. One card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. The probability
of getting a king of red colour is

Ans-a
8. One card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 playing cards. The
probability of getting a non-face card is

Ans-b
9. The letters of the word SOCIETY are placed at random in a row. The
probability of getting a vowel is

Ans-c
10. Cards bearing numbers 3 to 20 are placed in a bag and mixed
thoroughly. A card is taken out from the bag at random. The probability that
the number on the card taken out is an even number, is

Ans-d

11.The probability of getting a consonant from the word MAHIR is

Ans-b
12. A girl calculates that the probability of her winning the first prize in a
lottery is 8100. If 6,000 tickets are sold, how many tickets has she bought?
(a) 400
(b) 750
(c) 480
(d) 240

Ans-c
13.A box contains 5 green, 4 yellow and 3 white balls. Three balls are drawn at random.
What is the probability that they are not of same colour.

A 52/55
B 3/55
C 41/44
D 3/44
Ans-c

14.A speaks truth in 75% of cases and B in 80% of cases. In what percentage of cases are
they likely to contradict each other, narrating the same incident

A 30%
B 35%
C 40%
D 45%
Ans-B
15.What is the probability of getting 53 Mondays in a leap year?

(A) 1/7

(B) 53/366

(C) 2/7

(D) 7/366

Answer:  (C)
16.A game of chance consists of spinning an arrow which is equally likely to
come to rest pointing to one of the number 1,2,3……12 ,then the probability
that it will point to an odd number is:

(A) 1/6

(B) 1/12
(C) 7/12

(D) 5/12

Answer:  (A)
17. A game consists of tossing a one rupee coin 3 times and noting its
outcome each time. Aryan wins if all the tosses give the same result i.e.
three heads or three tails and loses otherwise. Then the probability that
Aryan will lose the game.
(A) 3/4

(B) 1/2

(C) 1

(D) 1/4

Answer:  (A)
18.A number x is chosen at random from the numbers -2, -1, 0 , 1, 2. Then
the probability that x2 < 2 is?
(A) 1/5

(B) 2/5

(C) 3/5

(D) 4/5

Answer:  (C)
19. A jar contains 24 marbles. Some are red and others are white. If a
marble is drawn at random from the jar, the probability that it is red is 2/3,
then the number of white marbles in the jar is:
(A) 10

(B) 6

(C) 8

(D) 7

Answer:  (C
20. A number is selected at random from first 50 natural numbers. Then the
probability that it is a multiple of 3 and 4 is:
(A) 7/50

(B) 4/25

(C) 1/25

(D) 2/25

Answer:  (D)

21. A ticket is drawn at random from a bag containing tickets numbered from 1
to 40. The probability that the selected ticket has a number which is a multiple
of 5 is

Ans-b
22   The probability of a leap year selected at random contain 53 Sunday is:
         (a) 53/ 366
(b) 1/7
(c) 2/7
(d) 53/365
Ans-a

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