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Probability MCQ

1) The document contains 20 multiple choice questions about probability concepts. 2) Key concepts covered include events, mutually exclusive events, impossible events, independent events, and conditional probability. 3) Questions involve calculating probabilities of outcomes from experiments involving coins, dice, cards, balls in boxes, and calendar events.

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Probability MCQ

1) The document contains 20 multiple choice questions about probability concepts. 2) Key concepts covered include events, mutually exclusive events, impossible events, independent events, and conditional probability. 3) Questions involve calculating probabilities of outcomes from experiments involving coins, dice, cards, balls in boxes, and calendar events.

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Probability (MCQ)

1) The set of one or more than one outcomes from an experiment is called as
(a) Z value (b) Arithmetic mean (c) Event (d) None of the above

2) If one event occurs, another event cannot happen, i.e. the events that cannot occur simultaneously are called as
(a) Exhaustive events (b) mutually Exclusive events (c) Equally likely events (d) Independent events

3) An event in the probability that will never be happened is called as


(a) Unsure event (b) sure event (c) Possible event (d) Impossible event

4) The probability of getting two tails when two coins are tossed is
(a) 1/6 (b) 1/2 (c) 1/3 (d) 1/4

5) What is the probability of getting a sum as 5 if two dice are thrown?


(a) 2/18 (b) 1/18 (c) 4 (d) 1/36

6) If A and B are mutually exclusive events and P(A) = 0.43, P(AB) = 0.7 then find P(B)
(a) 0.30 (b) 0.25 (c) -0.2 (d) 0.27

7) If P(A) = 2/3, P(B) = 12/25 and A and B are independent, Find P(A’  B’)
(a) 0.62 (b) 0.60 (c) 0.68 (d) 0.45

8) If P(A) = 0.5, P(B) = 0.4 and P(A  B ) = 0.7 find P(A/ B’)
(a) 0.25 (b) 0.33 (c) 0.50 (d) 0.60

9) A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. What is the probability of getting a king of a black suit?
(a) 1/26 (b) 1/52 (c) 3/26 (d) 7/52

10) What will be the number of events if 10 coins are tossed simultaneously?
(a) 512 (b) 90 (c) 1000 (d) 1024

11) If two dice are thrown together, what is the probability of getting an even number on one dice and an odd
number on the other dice?
(a) 1/4 (b) 3/5 (c) 3/4 (d) 1/2

12) In a box, there are 8 orange, 7 white and 6 blue balls if a ball is picked up randomly, what is the probability
that it is neither orange nor blue?
(a) 1/3 (b) 1/2 (c) 2/21 (d) 5/21

13) If a number is selected at random from the first 50 natural numbers, what will be the probability that the
selected number is a multiple of 3 or 4?
(a) 7/50 (b) 4/25 (c) 12/25 (d) none of the above

14) There are 5 defective bulbs in a lot of 50 bulbs. 2 bulbs are randomly taken from it. Find the probability that
both the bulbs are good.
(a) 198/245 (b) 145/245 (c) 50/240 (d) 100/240

15) Which one of the following is true?


(a) 0 < P(A) < 1 (b) 0  P(A)  1 (c) -1  P(A)  1 (d) None of the above
Probability (MCQ)
16) Probability of happening A when it is given that B has happened. This is known as
(a) P(B/A) (b) P( A) (c) P( A/B) (d) Both (a) & (c)

17) If two events A and B are said to be independent then P(A  B) is______
(a) P(A) * P(B) (b) P(A)/ P(B) (c) P(A) + P(B) (d) None

18) A box contains 4 red, 3 black and 3 white balls. If three balls are taken one after the other with replacement.
Find the probability that they are red, black and white respectively.
(a) 0.0005 (b) 0.5 (c) 0.005 (d) 0.05

19) If P(A) = 1/3 , P(B’) = ¼ and P(A  B) = 1/6. Find P( A’/ B’)
(a) 4/3 (b) 2/3 (c) 1/3 (d) 5/3

20) What is the probability of 53 Sunday in a leap year?


(a) 2/5 (b) 1/5 (c) 1/7 (d) 2/7

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