SZ1_JEE-MAIN_WTM-1_Exam.Dt.

25-05-19

TOPICS
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Present Week (100%):
MATHS "probability: conditional probability", conditional probability, multiplication theorem,
independent events, related problems

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61. E1, E 2 are events of a sample space such that

1 E  1 E  1  E1 
P  E1   , P  2   , P  1   . Then P  
4  E1  2  E2  4  E2 
1 1 2 3
1) 2) 3) 4)
3 4 3 4
1 1
62. If A and B are two independent events, and P A  , P B   then,
4 3
P  A  B   B  A  
5 7 11 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
12 12 12 3
63. The odds against A solving a certain problem are 4 to 3 and the odds in favour of
B solving the same problem are 7 to 5. If both of them try independently, the
probability that the problem will be solved is
11 13 16 8
1) 2) 3) 4)
21 21 21 21
64. One ticket is selected randomly from the set of 100 tickets numbered as
00,01,02,03,04,05,.......,98,99 . E1 and E 2 denote the sum and product of
 E1  9 
the digits of the number of the selected ticket. The value of P   is
 E2  0 
1 2 3 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
19 19 1918
1 1
65.
6
 
Let A and B to be two events such that P A  B  , P  A  B  
4
and

1
 
P A  . Then events A and B are
4
1) equally likely, but not independent
2) equally likely and mutually exclusive
3) mutually exclusive and independent
4) independent but not equally likely
66. A candidate takes three tests in succession and the probability of passing the first
p
test is p. The probability of passing each succeeding test is p or according
2
as he passes or fails in the preceding one. The candidate is selected if he
passes at least two tests. The probability that the candidate is selected is
1) p  2  p  2) p  p 2  p 3 3) p 2 1  p  4) p 2  2  p 

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67. A biased coin with probability P ,  0  p  1 of heads is tossed until a head

appear for the first time. If the probability that the number of tosses
2
required is even is then P 
5
2 3 2 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
5 5 3 3
68. Three cards are drawn successively without replacement from a pack of 52 well
shuffled cards, then the probability that first two cards are kings and the third
card drawn is an ace is
2 1 2 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
5525 5125 5255 5152
69. A piece of equipment will function when all the three components A, B ,C are
working. The probability of A failing during one year is 0.15 that of B is 0.05
and that of C is 0.10. The probability that the equipment will fail before the
end of the year is
1) 0.72675 2) 0.27325 3) 1 4) 0.95
70. For a biased die, the probability for different faces to turn up are given below:
Face: 1 2 3 4 5 6
Probability: 0.10 0.32 0.21 0.15 0.05 0.17
Such a die is tossed once and you are told that face 1 or 2 has turned up. The
probability that it is face 1 is
16 5 4 3
1) 2) 3) 4)
21 21 7 7
71. Let two fair sex-faced dice A and B be thrown simultaneously. If E1 is the
event that die A shows up four, E 2 is the event that die B shows up two
and E 3 is the event that the sum of numbers on both dice is odd, then
which of the following statement is NOT true?
1) E 2 and E 3 are independent 2) E1 and E 3 are independent
3) E1, E 2 and E 3 are independent 4) E1 and E 2 are independent
72. Three numbers are chosen at random without replacement from 1,2,3,...,8 . The
probability that their minimum is 3, given that their maximum is 6, is
1 2 3 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
4 5 8 5

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X  1 Y  1 1
73. Let X and Y be two events, such that P    , P    and P  X  Y   .
Y  2 X  3 6
Which of the following is correct?
1
1) P  X  Y   2) X and Y are independent
3
1
3) X and Y are not independent 4) P  X c  Y  
3
74. Let A, B and C are pairwise independent events with P C   0 and
  Ac  B c  
P  A  B  C   0. Then, P   is
 C 
 
1) P  Ac   P  B  2) P  A   P  B c 

3) P  A c   P  B c  4) P  A c   P  B c 
75. Let E and F be two independent events. The probability that exactly one of
11 2
them occurs is and the probability of none of them occurring is . If
25 25
P T  denotes the probability of occurrence of the event T , then
4 3 1 2
1) P  E   , P F   2) P  E   , P F  
5 5 5 5
2 1 2 4
3) P  E   , P F   4) P  E   , P F  
5 5 5 5
76. One Indian and four American men and their wives are to be seated randomly
around a circular table. Then, the conditional probability that the Indian man is
seated adjacent to his wife given that each American man is seated adjacent to
his wife, is
1 1 2 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 3 5 5
77. Three students appear in an examination of mathematics. The probabilities of
1 1 1
their success are , and respectively. If the probability of success of at
3 4 5

least two is , then the value of  is
12
1
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4)
2

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78. It has been found that if A and B play a game 12 times, A wins 6 times, B
wins 4 times and they draw twice. A and B take part in a series of 3 games.
The probability that they will win alternately is:
5 5 19 7
1) 2) 3) 4)
72 36 27 19
A
79. If A and B are such events that P  A   0 and P  B   1, then P   is equal
B 
to:

1) 1  P 
A
2) 1  P 
A
3)
1  P A  B 
4)
 
P A
 
B  B   
P B P B 
1 3
80. If the probability of A to fail in an examination is and that of B is ,
5 10
then the probability that either A or B fails is:
1 11 19
1) 2) 3) 4) None of these
2 25 50
81. In a certain city 40% of the people have brown hair, 25% have brown eyes and
15% have brown eyes as well as brown hair. If a person selected at room has
brown hair, the probability that he has also brown eyes, is equal to:
2 1 1 3
1) 2) 3) 4)
5 4 2 8
82. If A and B are two independent events, the probability that both A and B
1 3
occur is and the probability that neither of them occurs is . If the
8 8
1
probability of the occurrence of A is p, then the greatest value of is
p
1) 4 2) 2 3) 6 4) 8
83. One dice is thrown three times and the sum of the thrown numbers is 15. The
probability for which number 4 appears in first throw is
1 1 1 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
12 9 15 18
84. A box contains 10 mangoes out of which 4 are rotten. Two mangoes are taken out
together. If one of them is found to be good, then the probability that the other is
also good is
5 5 7 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
13 18 13 13

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85. A man and a women appear in an interview for two vacancies in the same post.
1 1
The probability of man’s selection is and that of the woman’s selection is .
4 3
The probability that none of them will be selected is
1 1 1 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
3 2 4 7
86. Let A and B be two events. Suppose P  A   0.4, P  B   p, and
P  A  B   0.7. The value of p for which A and B are independent is
1 1 1 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
3 4 2 5
87. A man has 3 pairs of black socks and 21 pairs of brown socks kept together in a
box. If he dresses hurriedly in the dark, the probability that after he has put on a
black sock, he will then put on another black sock is
1 2 3 2
1) 2) 3) 4)
3 3 5 15

88. Let A and B be two events such that P A  B '  0.20,   

P A'  B  0.15,

  A
P A'  B '  0.1, then P   is equal to
B 
11 2 2 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
14 11 7 7
89. Suppose A and B are two events with P  A   0.5 and P  A  B   0.8. Let

P  B   p if A and B are mutually exclusive and P  B   q if A and B are

q
independent events, then the value of is
p
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 5
90. A father has 3 children with at least one boy. The probability that he has 2 boys
and 1 girl is
1 1 2 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
4 3 3 2

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