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EXERCISE-2
Q.l Tue~ are 2 gr~ups of subjects one of which consists of5 science subjects & 3 engg. subjects &o1!1er
cons1Sts of3 science & 5 engg. subjects . An unbiased die is cast. Ifthe nwnbe~ up a subJect

tsetse
is sele~t~d at random from ~rst group, otl~ rwise the subject is sel~ted_fr_Qrrt~ group · Fiod the
Probabibtythat an engg. s~b' ectIBSetet ed• . . ix.1 -
' I T "-1:1" .....-.lA--,- -" -+,C"IH,
l.~ , i @·'. . J: } · ~--::-'~ · 0 .__,,
Q.2 Players A and ~ ~ ~ lyoss a biased coin, with Agoing first. Awins ifAtosses a Tail before B tosses
a Head; otherwise B WlllS. lfthe probability ofa ad is p, find the value of p for which the game is faif3 f '1 d- ,...,

FfEEBBEfo_thg
to both players. • · · 1 \ "1 1 ~. _ o<1 ..rt l < \--1
\ -
+--: : i~ µi\ \\in
~\),~{,~\-~{/ \
-f.lo: \-\1 'I

Q.3 ~I
The entries in a two-by-two detenninant J: are integers that are chosen randomly and inde~ dently, l
seests
(!,JJ~--;--t--;-'~ ; - : , ' -
and, for each entry, the probability that the entry is odd is p. If the proo i 1 that th value o th~
°"'\
age
detenninantisevenis 1/2,thenfindthevalueofp.

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C)
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Q.4
.
EEEEE
. _.l.~ ( ~ -~)C\_~ _t, -\-i)\,l) a U .. eJ,[l
Let an ordmaryfarr dice 1s thro~ for five tunes. If P = b expressed in lowest form be the probab1h~ y .
'\ . b~'9

THREE
-;:~b .

top
that ~ 1;,tcome of the~~hr~ as already thrown, then find the value of (a+ b). . ----;;~
\ - (;,~ t,..~\,-==\~, -~ ,::: \ .... \t,,,,
Q.5 Abomber wants to destroy a bridge. Two bombs are sufficientto destro it. ~b'l,-\
Iffour bombs are dropped, what is the pro 1 ~~ lS estroyed, if?3f ~ an~ of a l;>omb hitting the f {,
targetis0.4. l.\r
'C
~ -1.\f co.qq;_ t Series
4(~ ·4)' ~ -C.) +-~~-'9 fo'#-4 4 - 4 ~
..: _.:.--- f,~F)
Q.6 The chance of one event happening is the square ofthe chance of a 2nd event, but odds against the first
, o,Q.. are the cubes ofthe odds against the 2nd . Find the chances ofj ach. (Assume that both events are neith_;r I b

Eh W-::.
ESEEAE
/." ,~ sure nor impos~ibl~ . _ / !_:!"\ 3' , ll 6 i,.t _ a. I b +- O:i
--/
r:f"
~Lf,_) / ~CJ...tf ¢ --
!t
An aircraft gun can take a maximum o~fourshots atan enemy's planemo~'awayfrom Thepro~ility .
ofhittingthe plane at first, second, third & fourth shots are 0.4, 0.3, 0.2 & 0.1 respectively. What 1s the
probabilitythatthe gun hits the plane. o ·'-t 1- o.c, ,c._b ·b 4- -~',(,,~, 'l t
g"--. 6~~l(• ~i~·l () ·
BootRE
Taggg
'= O ·" D +0 .\ +- () . o i4 ..\- 0. o ?)'>JC,
Q.y In a batch of 1Oarticles, 4 articles are defect~ve. 6 articles are ~en ~rom th~ batch for inspection. ~
/ Ifmorethan a_artic~ in thisbat~ l\f~ bve, th';-"fh,te.~ ch1s reJectedFmd the probabilityth~
thebatchwillberejected.
tyg
lo~/~"'-=- L ~ -z:.

bye
Q.9 \O~bab·1·
An author writes a good book with a pro 11ty o
fl/2 If" . drt· . bl' ~\~
. it 1s goo 1s pu 1sned with a probability of '-t
2/3. Ifit is not, it is published with a probability of 1/4. Find the probability that he will get atleast one É
book published ifhe writes ~o. c\'P-' es-1-
Q.l O Auniform unbiased die is constructed in the shape of a regular tetrahedron with faces numbered 2, 2, 3
and 4 and the score is taken from the face on which the die lands. Iftwo such dice are thrown together
fmdtheprobabilityofscoring.
(i)
J \.{l~ 3
exactly 6 on each of3 successive throws.
o -,j. ·, t'\\ .,1 ftl
0] .., \_.l..) '-U
'
(n) morethan4onatleastoneofthethreesuccessivethrows. ~)
Q.11 Two cards are drawn from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. Find the prob~ ility that one of them
is a red card & the other is a queen ..- 9- b(e
.. ,_r,. - - · -- • - • '• ~' .; a ' " ~~ J u · ~ • •-~};l.
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s
Let A & B be two events defined on a sample space . Given P(A) = 0.4
PROBABILITY

P(B) = 0.80 and

Is P (Am) = 0.10. Then find ; (i) P(AuB) & P l(AnB }_;(AnB )j.
½•Find
of
q /N fair coins are flipped once. The probability that at most 2 ofthe coins show up as heads is

r valueofN.

q_/ A coin is tossed 9 times. Ifthat the probability of at least 5 consecutive heads is (where P and q are

in their lowest form), then find the value of (p + q).

Q.15 The ratio ofthe number oftrucks along a highway, on which a petrol pump is loc~ to ~e number of
cars running along the same highway is 3 : 2. It is known that an average ofone truck m thirty trucks and
two cars in fifty cars stop at the petrol pump to be filled up with the fuel. Ifa vehicle stops at the petrol
pump to be filled up with the fuei find the probability that it is a car. ·

Q.16 During a power blackout, 100 persons are arrested on suspect oflooting. Each is given a polygraph
test. From past experience it is known that the polygraph is 90% reliable when administered to a guilty
person and 98% reliable when given to some one who is innocent. Suppose that ofthe 100 persons
taken into custody, only 12 were actually involved in any wrong doing. Ifthe probability that a given
suspect is innocent given that the polygraph says he is guilty is a/b -where a and b are relatively prime,
fmd the value of (a+ b).

Q.17 - A biased coi.Q. which comes up heads three times as often as tails is tossed. If it shows heads, a chip is
drawn from um-I which contains 2 white chips and 5 red chips. If the coin comes up tails, a chip is
drawn from um-II which contains 7 white and 4 red chips. Given that a red chip was drawn, what is the
probability'that the coin came up heads?

Q.18 A box contains three coins two ofthem are fair and one two - headed. A coin is selected at random and
tossed. Ifthe head appears the coin is tossed aga_in, if a tail appears, then another coin is selected from
the remaining coins and tossed.
(i) Find the probability that head l\ppears twice.
(ii) Ifthe same coin is tossed twice, find the probability that it is two headed coin.
l ., ,; (iii) ~~d~eprobabtlity~at~"pearsnvice._ , ,
.'
see
To
... • • '' ... • J •• ' ;,;.

Q.19 There are two packs A and B of 52 playing cards. All the four aces from tlie pack A are removed
whereas from the pack B, one ace, one king, one queen and one jack is removed. One of these two
packs is selected randomly and two cards are drawn simultaneously from it, and found to be a pair ·
(i.e. both hav~ same rank e.g. two 9's or two king etc). Find t~e.probabilitythat the pack A was
· selected.

Q. 20 A doctor is called to see a sick child. The doctor knows (prior to the visit) that 90% ofthe sick children
in that neighbowhood are sick with the flu,;d~noted by F; while 10% are sick with the measles denoted
byM. ' '
well_known sympto1? of measles is a rash, de_noted by~- The probability of having a rash for a child
sick ~•th the meas_l~s IS 0.95. However, occas1onally children with the flu also develop a rash, with
conditional probability 0.08. -
Upon examining the child, the doctor finds a rash. What is the probabilitythat the child has the measles?
Ifthe,Probabilitycan be expressed in the form of p/q where p, q e N and are in their lowest form,
find(p+q). '
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SECTION-A ()J e ------ -\-0
(JEE-ADVANCED Previous Year's Questions)
1
·y,:::
Q\.~"t ,');.,--
Ql(a) An expe~ent has Oequally likely outcomes. Let A and B be two non-empty events ofthe experiment.
IfAconststs of 4 outcomes, the number of outcomes that B must have so that A and Bare independent,
book -fa
.

IS
(A) 2, 4 or 8 (B) 3, 6, or 9 (C) 4 or 8 (D)5orlo ·

test G' V' l r

(b) Consider the system of equations
(1,.,,..
·
7
V\ '/°
,;1_,,,_ Y\1.,-
06
. 3 '6of
ax+ by= 0, ex+ dy = 0, where a, b, c, d e {0, 1}. t,.-\1\). '
.
STATEMENT-I : The probability that the system of equations has a unique solution is
and
STATEMENT-2 : The probability that the system of equations has a solution is 1.
Bez
"'\ . ti
v,,/::;.. \
8
.

(A) Statement-I is True, Statement-2 is True ~statement-2 is a correct explanationforstatement-1

(B) Statement-I is True, Statement-2 is True ; statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for statement-I
(C) Statement-I is True, Statement-2 is False Jo .
(D) Statement-I is False Statement-2 is True (\_ -::- :.-::- [JEE 2008, 3+3]
) -- u- c..~-\

Bobbett
( 1.-.L \" );,-e-\ 1
I

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~\I ,,.
Comprehension (3 questions)
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t (>.;
0
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Q.2 A fair dice is tossed repeatedly until a six is obtained. Let X denote the number of tosses requrred.
. o·
(}..¢ I

(a) The probabilitythatX = 3 equals

25 25 5 125
(A) 216 (B) 36 (C) 36 (D) 216

(b) The probability that X 3 equals

125 25 5 25
(A) 216 (B) 36 (C) 36 (D) 216

(C) ..
The cond1tional probabil"1tythat x >
- 6 given X > 3 equals
125 • 25 5 25
(B) 216 (C) 36 (D) 36
(A) 216
P .EE 2009, 4+4+4]

Q3() · robe a complex

· a 4!t · cube root of unrty· withro* l.Afairdiceisthrownthreetimes.lfr1,r2 andr3 arethe
ab Tty that ror1 + ror2 + rorJ = 0 is
numbers obtained on the dice, then the prob 1 1
. 1 1 2 1
(A) 18 (B)- .
9
(C) 9 (D) 36
 PROBABILITY

4 l · 1 . . dbYstati on A and
A signal which can be green or red with probability
(b)
5 and 5 respective Y, is receive
3
then transmitted to station B. The probability of each station receiving the signal correctly is . Ifthe
4
signal received at station B is green, then the probability that the original signal was green is
3 6 20 D
(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 23 ( ) 20
[JEE 2010, 3 + 5]
Paragraph for Question Nos. 4 and 5
Let U 1 and U2 be two urns such that U 1 contains 3 white and 2 red balls, and U 2 contains only 1 white
ball. A fair coin is tossed. If head appears then 1 ball is drawn at random from U 1 and put into U2.
However, iftail appears then 2 balls are drawn at random from U 1 and put into U 2. Now 1 ball is drawn
at random from U 2 • .

Q.4 Theprobabilityofthe drawn ball from U2 being white is

13 23 19 11
(A) 30 (B) 30 (C) 30 (D) 30

Q. 5 Given that the drawn ball from U 2 is white, the probability that head appeared on the coin is
17 11 15 12
W.n ~n ~23 . ~n
[JEE 2011, 3+3]

Q.6 Let E and F: be two independent events. The probability that exactly one ofthem occurs is ~! and the

2 ' '
probability ofnone ofthem occurring is . IfP(T) denotes the probability of occurrence ofthe event
25
T,then
4 3 1 2
(A)P(E) =
5 , P(F) = 5 (B) P(E) =
5 , P(F) =
5
2 1 3 4
(C) P(E) =
5 , P(F) = 5 (D) P(E) =
5 , P(F) =
5
[JEE 2011, 4]
Q.7 Four f~ir dice DP D2' D3, and D4 each having six faces numbered 1 2 3 4 5 d 6 11 d
· 1 I Th bah" , , , , an are ro e
simu _taneous y. e pro ihtythat D4 shows a number appearing on one ofD D dD ·
. . . l' 2 an 3 is
. A 91 108 125 1 . 27
( ) 216 · (B) 216 (C) 216 (D) -
216
[JEE 2012, 3]
 -
Q.8 A ship is fitted with three en · E E . ·
PROBABILITY
.
gmes 1• 2 and E3. The engines function independently of each other with
respecti.ve pro b ab·1· . -1 -1 d 1 F th
i ities . . . . .
2 ' 4 an 4 • or e ship to be operational at least two of its engmes must
function. Let X denotes the event that th hi · • · 1
es p 1s operational and let X 1 and X denotes respective y
the events that the engines E E and E fun • • Whi ' · ) ?
1• 2 3 are ct1orung. chofthefo11owmgis(are true

(A) P [ x; IX ] = 1~ (B) P (Exactly two engines ofthe ship are fimctioning IX] ~ i
7
(D)P [XI Xl] = 16
[JEE 2012, 4]
Q.9
Fourpersons independently solve a certain problem correctly with probabilities .!., I,!,_! Then the
2 4 4 8"
probability that the problem is solved correctly by atleast one ofthem is
235 21 3
253
(A) 256 (B) 256 (C) 256 (D) 256
[JEE Adv. 2013, 2]
Q.10 Of the three independent events El' E2 and E3, the probability that only E occurs is a, only E occurs
1 2
is Pand only E3 occurs is y. Let the probability p that none of events E , E or E occurs satisfy the
1 2 3
equations (a.-2P) p = a.p and (P-3y) p = 2py.
All the given probabilities are assumed to lie in the interval (0, 1).
Probability of occurence of E1 =
Then
Probability of occurence of E3 [JEE Adv. 2013, 4]

Paragraph for Questions 11 & 12

( A box B 1 contains 1 white ball, 3 red balls and 2 black balls. Another box B2 contains 2 white balls,
3 red balls and 4 black balls. Athird box B3 contains 3 white balls, 4 red balls.and 5 black balls.
Q.11 If 2 balls are drawn (without replacement) from a randomly selected box and one ofthe balls is white
and th~ other ball is red, the probability that these 2 balls are drawn from box B is
2
116 126 65 55
w ·181 ~181 ~181

Q.12 Ifl ball is drawn from each ofthe boxes B1, B2 andB 3, the probabilitythatall 3 drawn balls are ofthe
same colour is
82 90 558 566
(A) 648 (B) 648 (C) 648 (D) 648
[JEEAdv. 2013, 3 +3]
Q.13 Three boys and two girls stand in a queu~. The probabili~, that the number of boys ahead ofevery girl
is at least one more than the number of girls ahead ofher, IS
(A) 1/2 (B) 1/3 (C) 2/3 (D) 3/4
[JEE Adv. 2014, 3]
 Paragraph for Questions 14 and 15
Box 1 contains three cards bearing numbers 1, 2, 3; box 2 contains five cards bearingnwnbers 1, 2, 3,
PROBABILITY
-
4, 5; and box 3 contains seven cards bearing numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. A card is drawn from each of
the boxes. Let~ be the number on the card drawn from th~ ith box, i = 1, 2, 3.
Q.14 Theprobabilitythat x 1 +x 2 +x is odd, is
3
29 53 57 1
(A) 105 (B) 105 (C) 105 (D)-
2
Q.15 The probability that x 1, Xz, x3 are inan arithmetic progression, is
A _2_ 10 11 7
( ) 105 (B) 105 (C) 105 (D) 105
[JEEAdv. 2014, 3]

Q.16 The minimum number oftimes a fair coin needs to be tossed, so that the probability ofgetting at least two
headsisatleast0.96 is [JEEAdv. 2015,4]
Pta
Paragraph for Questions 17 and 18
Let n and Oz be the number of red and black balls, respectively, in box I. Let n and n be the number
1
3 4
of red and black balls, respectively, in box II.
Q.17 One ofthe two boxes, box I and box II, was selected at random and a ball was drawn randomly out of

this box. the ball was found to be red. Ifthe probability that this red ball was drawn from box II is 1 ,
3
then the correct option(s) with the possible values ofnl' nz,
and n is(are)
nz
(A) n 1 = 3, = 3, = 5, n4 = 15 nz
4
(B) n 1 = 3, = 6, n = 10, n = 50
(C) n 1 = 8,nz = 6, = 5, n4 = 20
3 4
(D) n 1 = 6, n2 = 12, n = 5, n = 20
3 4

Q.18 - A ball is drawn at random from box I and transferred to box II. Ifthe probability ofdrawing a red ball
. 1
from box L after this transfer, is 3 , then the correct option(s) with the possible values ofn andnz
1
is(are)
(A) n 1 = 4 and nz
= 6 (B) n 1 = 2 and = 3 nz
(C) n 1 = 10 and n 2 = 20 (D) n = 3 and
1 =6 nz
[JEEAdv. 2015,4+4]

Q.19 A ,c oniputerproducingfactoryhas only two plants T1 and T2. Plant T produces 200/4 and plant T
1
produces 80% ofthe total computers produced. 7% ofcomputers produced in the factory turn out to be2
defective. It is known that
p (computer turns out to be defective given that it is produced in plant T )
1
= 10 p (computer twns out to be defective given that it is produced in plant Tz),
where P(E) denotes the probability of an event E. A computer produced in the factory is randomly
selected and it does not tum out to be defective. Then the probability that it is produced in plant T is
2
36 47 78 75
(A)73 (B)79 (C)93 (D)83

[JEE Adv. 2016, 3)

-
- Paragraph for Questions 20 and 21
PROBABILITY

Football teams T1 ~d T2 have to play two_g~es against each other. It is assumed that the outco~es of
see
the two games are mdependent. The pro1Ja6ilities ofT winning, drawing and losing a game against T2
1
1 1 1
are 2 , 6 and 3 ,respectively. Each team gets 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and Opoint for a
loss in a game. Let X and Y denote the total points scored byteams T and T respectively, aftertwo
games. 1 2

Q.20 P(X >Y)is

tftitdraw.DK
PAT
(A)-
4
1
(B) 12
5
I t
t t1
(C) - t t t I 7
2 (D) 12
Q.21 P(X =Y) is
11
(A) 36
1
(B)-
t 13 1
3 (C) 36 (D) 2.
[JEE Adv. 2016, 3]
Q.22 Let X and Y be two events such that P(X) = 1 , P(XIY) = 1 and P(YIX) = 2 . Then
3 2 5
1 4 1
(A) P(X "Y) = (B)P(Y)= - .. 2
5 15 (C) P(X'IY) = -
2
(D) P(X uY)=
5
[JEE Adv. 2017, 4]
Q.23 Three randomly chosen non-negative integers x, y and z are found to satisfy the equation x + y + z = 10.
Then the probability that z is even, is
5 1
(A) U (B) 2 (C) 11
6 36
(D) 55
I [JEEAdv. 2017, 4]
SECTION-B
(JEE-MAIN Previous Year's Questions)
Q.1 Adie is thrown. Let A be the event that the number obtained is greater than 3. Let B be the event that the
number obtained is less than 5. Then P(A u B) is [AIEEE 2008]

(1)0 (2) 1 (3) ¾ (4) ¾

Q.2 Itis given that the eventsAandBare suchthatP(A)= ¼, P(AIB)= ½andP(BIA)~ ¾. ThenP(B)is
(3) _!_ (4) _!_
2 6 [AIEEE 2008]

Q.3 In a binomial distribution s( p *), ifthe probability ofat least one success is greater than or equal
n, = to

~,
10 then n is b""
OTP.aterthan : [AIEEE 2009]
1 9 4 1
(1) 4 3 (2) . 4 3 (3) 4 3 ( 4) 4 3
10910 + 10910 10910 -10910 10910 -10910 10910 -10910
rowan
tf
 f 311UUJJJ c::IJJU <U. ""' .1.vu.1 .u .... ""-' ...., ...., . . . - •---~ · _ __ ..

· dY Pl tXmanufactures 70%ofmoto1'M1cl
Q. 16 Amotorcycle manufactunng factory has two plants, X an · an
and plant Y manufactures 30%. At plant X, 80% ofthe motorcycles are r~? . kc d
0 f standard uar · - J es

plant Y 90°/4 ofthe motorcycles are rated ofstandard quality. Amotorcyc e is pie e up ran om and
and at J i
is found
to be of standard quality. What is the probability that it has come from plant Y?
Let X denote the number ofcolleges, where you will apply after your results and P(X = x) denotes your
Q. 17
probability ofgetting admission in X number ofcollges. It is given that

if kx x=0orl
P(X=x)= { 2kx if x=2 k is positive constant.
k(5-x) if x =3or4
(a) Findthevalueofk. ?
(b) What is the probability that you wiH get admission in exactly two collges ·
(c) Find the mean and variance of probability distribution.
Q.18 A letter is mown to have come either from TATANAGAR or CALCUTIA. On the envelope just two
consecutive letter TA are visible. What is the probability that letter has come from (i) CALCUTTA(ii)
TATANAGAR. .
Q.19 1\vo bags A and B contain 4 white, 3 black balls and 2 white, 2 black balls respectively. From bag A,
two balls are transferred to bag B. Find the probability of drawing
(a) 2 white balls from bag B.
(b) 2 black balls from bag B.
(c) 1 white and 1 black ball from bag B.
Q. 20 There are three urns A, Band C. Urn A contains 4 white balls and 5 blue balls. Urn B contains 4 white balls
and 3 blue balls. Urn C contains 2 white balls and 4 blue balls. One ball is drawn from each ofthese urns.
What is the probabilitythat out ofthese three balls drawn, two are white balls and one is a blue ball?

EXERCISE-5 (Rank Booster)-· · .

. 1

Ba
Consider 4 independent trials in which an event A occurs with probability 3 . The event B will o~ur
with probability 1 ifthe event A occurs atleast twice, it can not occur ifthe event A does not occtfand
1
it occurs with a probability if the event A occurs once. If the probability P of the occurrence of
2
m
vent B can be expressed as -;;-- , find the least value of (rn + n), where m, n e N. .

na
A pers_on flips 4 fair co~ and discai:ds th_ose which turn up tails. He again flips the remaining coin and
then discards those which turn up tails. Fmd the probability that he discards atleast 3 coins.
Big
/:

Three shots are fired independently at a target in succession. The probabilities~ the target is hit in the
. 1 . 2 . . 3
first shot is , m the second and m the third shot is .In case of exactly one hit, the probability of
2 3 4
1 7
destroying the target is and in the case of exactly two hits, and in the case ofthree hits is 1.0.
3 11
Find the probability ofdestroying the target in three shots.
 PROBABILITY
16 players take part in a tennis tournament The order ofthe matches is chosen at random. There is
of always a player better than another one, the better wins. Find
(a) The probability that all the 4 best players reach the semifinals. .
(b) The probability that the sixth best reaches the semifinals.

Jartaindrug,
6 manufactured by a Company is tested chemically for its toxic nature. I.et the event "nm
DRUG IS TOXIC" be denoted by Hand the event "THE CHEMICAL TEST REVEALS THAT THE DRUG IS TOXIC"

be denoted by S. Let P(H)= a, P(S/H)=P(s /H) = 1-a. Then show that the probability that the
drug is not toxic given that the chemical test reveals that it is toxic, is free from 'a'.

Q.6 ff two whole numbers x and y are randomly selected from the set of natural numbers, then find the
probability that x3 + y3 is divisible by 8.

a2
~ unter's chance of shooting an animal at a distance 'r' is 2 (r>a). Hefireswhenr=2aand
r
ifhe misses he-reloads & fires when r = 3a, 4a, ..... If he misses at a distance 'na', the animal escapes.
Find the odds against the hunter.
,:__J.
To
O. 8 /4
an hotel International, 40% English and 60% Americans people are staying. English and American
too
(.,/' spellings for the same word are 'RIGOUR' and 'RIGOR', respectively. Arandomlychosen man staying
at a Nigerian hotel writes this word, and a letter taken at random from his spelling was found to be a
vowel. Then the probability that the writer is an Englishman, can be expressed as (p/q), p, q e N,
find the least value of (p + q).

~1ournament, team X, plays with each ofthe 6 otherteams once. For each match the probabilities of
a win, draw and loss are equal. Find the probabilitythat the team X, finishes with more wins than losses.

~ r e s p e c t t o a particular question on amuhiple choicetest(having 4 alternatives with only I correct)

a student knows the answer and therefore can eliminate 3 ofthe 4 choices from consideration with

probability can eliminate 2 ofthe 4 choices from consideration with probability .!_ , can eliminate
3' 6 ·

1 choice from consideration with probability ¼, and can eliminate none with probability / 8 . Ifthe
t
student knows the answer, he answers correctly, otherwise he guesses from among the choices not
eliminated.

ffthe answer given by the student was found correct, then the probability that he knew the answer is t
where a and b are relatively prime. Find the value of (a + b).
 PROBABILITY

I ANS1NER. KEY I
EXERCISE-1
SPECIAL DPP-1
Q.1 A Q.2 A Q.3 A Q.4 D Q.5 A
Q.6 B Q.7 A Q.8 A Q.9 C Q.10 B
Q.11 B Q.12 23/168 Q.13 5: 1
Q.14 (A) R, (B) S, (C) Q, (D) P; (E) R

SPECIAL DPP-2
Q.l (i) 0.18, (ii) 0.12, (iii) 0.42, (iv) 0.28, (v) 0.72 Q.2 2/3
Q.3 3/4, 1/4; 15/16 Q.4 3/5 Q.5 D Q.6 A
Q.7 B Q.8 B Q.9 C Q.10 A Q.11 B
Q.12 BCD Q.13 BC Q.14 12/25

SPECIAL DPP-3
Q.l D Q.2 D Q.3 A Q.4 C Q.5 D
Q.6 B Q.7 A Q.8 C Q.9 D Q.10 c ·
Q.11 D. Q.12 A Q.13 ACD Q.14 AD
Q.15 ABCD Q.16 155 . Q.17 17/105 Q.18 209/343

SPECIAL DPP-4
Q.1 C Q.2 D 'Q.3 C Q.4 C Q.5 A
Q.6 B Q.7 C Q.8 B Q.9 C Q.10 ' C
Q.11 A Q.12 B Q.13 B Q.14 D Q.15 BCD
Q.16 ABD Q.17 13to 5 Q.18 0190

SPECIAL DPP-5
Q.1 B Q.2 B Q.3 B Q.4 C Q.5 C
Q.6 A Q.7 B Q.8 C Q.9 D
Q.11 B Q.12 A Q.10 B
Q.13 D Q.14 C
Q.16 D Q.17 B Q.15 B
Q.18 c · Q.19
Q.21 ABC ABC Q.20 ACD
SPECIAL DPP-6
Q.l C Q.2 C Q.3 C Q.4 D
Q.6 C Q.7 B Q.8 Q.5 A
B Q.9 D
Q.11 BC Q.12 CD Q.13 CD Q.10 A
Q.14 27

Q.l A Q.2 SP~-7

B
BE
Q.3 D Q.4
Q.6 C Q.7 (a) A {b) C (c) D D Q.5 C
Q.10 AD Q.11 ABCD Q.8 BCD Q.9 BCD
Q.12 5
Q.13 4 Q.14 3
- EXERCISE-2
PROBABILITY

Q. l 13/24 Q.2
2 Q.3
2 Q.4 1967
328
Q.5 1 1
625 Q.6
9'3 Q.7 0.6976 Q.8 19/42
Q.9 407/576 125 63
Q.10 (i) 163 ; (ii) 64 Q.11 101/1326
Q.12 ·(i) 0.82, (ii)0.76
Q.13 5
---- Q.14 35 Q.15 4/ 9
Q.16 179
Q.17 165/193 12
Q.18 1/2,1/2,1/12 Q.19 23
Q.20 262

EXERCISE-3 I

Q.1 SECTION-A
(a) D, (b) B Q.2
Q.4 (a) A, (b) B, (c) D Q.3 (a) C; (b) C
B Q.5 D
Q.9 Q.6 AD Q.7
A Q.10
A Q.8 BD
6 Q.11 D
Q.14 B Q.12 A Q.13 A
Q.15 C Q.16 8
Q.19 C Q.17 A,B Q.18 C,D
Q.20 B Q.21 C Q.22 BC Q.23 C
SECTION-B
Q.l 2 Q.2 1 Q.3 4 Q.4 4
Q.6 3 Q.7 Q.5 2
3 Q.8 2 Q.9
Q.11 4 4 Q.10 2
Q.12 3 Q.13 1
Q. 16 Q.14 2 Q.15 1
1
EXERCISE-4
SECTION-A

Q.l 625
9/17 Q.2 1/52 Q.3 Q.4
3x65 (i) 3/5 (ii) 7/15
Q.5 2/9 Q.6 4/5, 16/25 Q.7 5/17 Q.8 231/551
Q.9 (i) 1/3 (ii) 1/2 Q.10 9 24
40/61 Q.11 3/5 Q.12
7' 49
Q.13 11/243 Q.14 35/68 Q.15 (i) 1/10 (ii)3/10 (iii) 17/100 (iv)3/10

Q.16 1/4 Q.17 3/8 Q.18 4/9 Q.19 25

Mean= 1 variance = -
' 51
8 26 459
Q.10
11
Q.21 -
49
Q.22
{ti' t1}
Q.23
512

Q2
. 4
£
510
UC
5 Q.25
8
11

Q.26 Possible value of x are 0, 1, 2 . . th le space ofthe random experiment

the
yes, x is a random variable since its domain 18 e samp
mean=4/7
Variance= 50/147
hr=
 -..,
PROBABILITY

11 21 63
9 12 Q.29
Q.27 -17 Q.28 P( 'A' wins)=
23
, P ('B' wins)= -23 4' 80

63
Q.30 Not independent Q.31
112

SECTION-B
1 1 1 Q.3 k=0.2
Q.1 -x-=- Q.2 A and Bare independent events
6 6 36
Q.4 1/4 Q.5 1/3 Q.6 ll/24
Q.7 11/216 Q.8 21/50 Q.9 1/51

Q.10 2, 1 Q.11 Binomial distribution is (q +Pl= (14 + 43)"

X=xi 0 1 2 3 4
Q.12 625 125 25 5 1 Q.13 0.0425
p.
1 -- - - - --
1296 324 216 324 1296
Q.14 12/13 Q.15 11/50 Q.16 27/83
4 7
Q.17 (i) 1/8 1/2 (iii) 47/64 Q.18 Q.19 (a)5/21 (b)4/21 (c)4/7
ii'ii
Q.20 64/189

EXERCISE-5
189 5
Q.1 130 Q.2 Q.3 -
256 ··,8

TFW
64 24 5
P(1vs),;,, 112
Di
Q.4 (a) 455 (b) 91 Q.5 Q.6
16

Q.7 n+l: n-1 Q.8 16 98

Q.9
243
Q.10 317