NEW MASTERMINDS JUNIOR COLLEGE
BADANGPET, HYDERABAD
Date : 03-04-2024
CA-FOUNDATION TEST
PROBABILITY Subject : STATISTICS
DAILY EXAM Max : 30 Marks
Time : 60Min
1. An urn contains 9 balls two of which are red, respectively. A, B and C prepared 20, 10 and
three blue and four black. Three balls are 40 statements respectively. The expected
drawn at random. The probability that they number of correct statements in all is:
are of same colour is: (a) 32 (b) 45
(c) 42 (d) 25
(a) (b)
6. From a pack of cards, two are drawn, the first
(c) (d) None
being replaced before the second is drawn.
The chance / that the first is a diamond and
the second is king is:
2. A card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of
52 cards. Let E1 "a king or a queen is drawn" (a) (b)
& E2 "a queen or a jack is drawn", then:
(a) E1 and E2 are not independent
(c) (d)
(b) E1 and E2 are mutually exclusive
(c) E1 and E2 are independent
(d) None of these 7. The theory of compound probability states
that for any two events A and B:
3. In a non - leap year, the probability of getting (a) P (A B) = P(A) P(B)
53 Sundays or 53 Tuesdays or 53 Thursdays (b) P (A B) = P(A) P(B/A)
is: (c) P (A B) = P(A) P(B/A)
(a) (b) (d) P (A B) = P(A) + P(B) - P (A B)
(c) (d) 8. The probability of getting qualified in IIT-
JEE and AIEEE by a student are respectively
4. If A and-B are two events and P(A) = 3/8,
and . The probability that the student
P(B) = ½ , P(A B)= ¼ then the value of
P(A' B') is: gets qualified for one of the these tests is:
(a) (b) (a) (b)
(c) (d) (c) (d)
9. Amitabh plays a game of tossing a dice. If the
5. The probability that there is at least one error number less than 3 appears, he is getting Rs.a,
in an account statement prepared by A is 0.3 otherwise he has to pay Rs.10. If the game is
and for B and C, they are 0.4 and 0.45 fair, find a:
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(a) 25 (b) 20 that probability of defect in A is 0.08 and that
(c) 22 (d) 18 B is 0.05. What is the probability that the
assembled product will not have any defect?
10. Suppose E and F are two events of a random (a) 0.934 (b) 0.864
experiment. If the probability of occurrence of (c) 0.85 (d) 0.874
E is 1/5 and the probability of occurrence of F
given E is 1/10, then the probability of non- 16. Daily demand for calculators is having the
occurrence of at least one of the events E and following probability distribution:
F is:
Demand: 1 2 3 4 5 6
(a) (b)
Probability 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.18 0.12
:
(c) (d)
Determine the variance of the demand.
(a) 2.54 (b) 2.93
11. A bag contains 8 red and 5 white balls. Two
(c) 2.22 (d) 2.19
successive draws of 3 balls are made without
replacement. The probability that the first
draw will produce 3 white balls and second 3 17. If 10 men, among whom are A and B, stand in
red balls is: a row, what is the probability that there will
be exactly 3 men between A and B ?
(a) (b) (a) 1.1/15 (b) 4 / 15
(c) 1 / 15 (d) 2 / 15
(c) (d)
18. The probability of an event can assume any
value between:
12. A box contains 12 electric lamps of which 5
(a) 0 and 1 (b) -1 and 0
are defectives. A man selects three lamps at
random. What is the expected number of (c) -1 and 1 (d) None of these
defective lamps in his selection?
(a) 1.25 (b) 2.50 19. The odds are 9 : 5 against a person who is 50
(c) 1.05 (d) 2.03 years living till he is 70 and 8 : 6 against a
person who is 60 living till he is 80. Find the
probability that at least one of them will be
13. Three identical dice are rolled. The alive after 20 years:
probability that the same number will appear
on each of them is: (a) (b)
(a) 1/6 (b) 1/12
(c) 1/36 (d) 1 (c) (d)
14. Among the examinees in an examination
30%, 35% and 45% failed in Statistics, in 20. An urn contains 6 white and 4 black balls. 3
Mathematics and in atleast one of the subjects balls are drawn without replacement. What is
respectively. An examinee is selected at the expected number of black balls that will
random. Find the probability that he failed in be obtained?
Mathematics only: (a) 6/5 (b) 1/5
(a) 0.245 (b) 0.25 (c) 7/5 (d) 4/5
(c) 0.254 (d) 0.55
21. If P(A) = p and P (B) = q, then:
15. An article consists of two parts A and B. The (a) P(A / B) < q / p (b) P(A / B) > p / q
manufacturing process of each part is such
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(c) P(A / B) < p / q (d) P(A / B) > q / p (c) 1/36 (d) 1/22
22. The probability that a trainee will remain with 28. P(A) = 2/3; P (B) = 3/5; P(A B) = 5/6. Find
a company is 0.8. The probability that an
employee earns more than Rs.20,000 per P (B/A)
month is 0.4. The probability that an (a) 11/20 (b) 13/20
employee, who was a trainee and remained (c) 13/18 (d) None
with the company or who earns more than
Rs.20,000 per month is 0.9. What is the
probability that an employee earns more than 29. If P (A B) = P (A) P (B), then the events
Rs.20,000 per month given that he is a are:
trainee, who stayed with the company? (a) Independent events
(a) 5/8 (b) 3/8 (b) Mutually exclusive events
(c) 1/8 (d) 7/8 (c) Exhaustive events
(d) Mutually inclusive events
23. A random variable X has the following
probability distribution: 30. E (XY) is also known as:
(a) E(X) + E(Y) (b) E(X) E(Y)
X: -2 3 1
(c) E(X) - E(Y) (d) E(X) E(Y)
P (X = x): 1/3 1/2 1/6
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Find E (X ) and E (2X + 5).
(a) 6 and 7 respectively
(b) 5 and 7 respectively
(c) 7 and 5 respectively
(d) 7 and 6 respectively
24. The limiting relative frequency of probability
is:
(a) Axiomatic (b) Classical
(c) Statistical (d) Mathematical
25. If:
X: -2 3 1
P (X): 1/3 1/2 1/6
then find E (2x + 5)
(a) 7 (b) 6
(c) 9 (d) 4
26. If A and B are two independent events and
P(A B) = 2/5; P(B) = 1/3. Find P(A).
(a) 2/9 (b) -1/3
(c) 2/10 (d) 1/10
27. A bag contains 12 balls of which 3 are red 5
balls are drawn at random. Find the
probability that in 5 balls 3 are red.
(a) 3/132 (b) 5/396
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