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PROBABILITY JEE WEEKLY TEST

JEE main - Mathematics
Time Allowed: 1 hour Maximum Marks: 100

1. A purse contains two 50 paise coins, four 25 paise coins and six 10 paise coins. 5 coins are taken out from the [4]
purse (at random). The probability that the sum taken out is atleast ₹ 1.50 is:

a) b)
40 42
12 12
C5 C5

c) 12
41
d) 42
C5

[4]
¯
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
¯
2. Let A and B be two events such that P (A ∪ B ) =
1

6
, P (A ∩ B) =
1

4
and P (A
¯
) =
1

4
, where A
¯
stands for the
complement of the event A. Then, the events A and B are

a) independent and equally likely b) independent but not equally likely

c) equally likely but not independent d) mutually exclusive and independent

3. Let A and B be two events such that the probability that exactly one of them occurs is and the probability that [4]
2

A or B occurs is 1

2
, then the probability of both of them occur together is:

a) 0.10 b) 0.20

c) 0.02 d) 0.01
4. The probability of India winning a test match against West Indies is 1

2
. Assuming independence from match to [4]
match the probability that in a 5 match series, India's second win occurs at the 3rd test is:

a) b)
1 2

8 3

c) 1

2
d) 1

5. A person throws two fair dice. He wins Rs.15 for throwing a doublet (same numbers on the two dice), wins [4]
Rs.12 when the throw results in the sum of 9, and loses Rs.6 for any other outcome on the throw. Then, the
expected gain/loss (in Rs.) of the person is

a) 2 gain b) 1

4
loss

c) 1

2
gain d) 1

2
loss

6. Two cards are drawn successively with replacement from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. Let X denote the [4]
random variable of number of aces obtained in the two drawn cards. Then, P(X = 1) + P(X = 2) equals

a) 25

169
b) 49

169

c) d)
52 24

169 169

7. The probability distribution of the random variable X is given by: [4]

X 0 1 3 5

P(X) 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.1

Then, 4E(X2) - Var (X) is equal to:

a) 19.2 b) 2.24

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 c) 16.96 d) 14.96
8. Let n ∈ N. A box contains non-congruent triangular pieces with integer side lengths from n + 1 to 2n inclusive. [4]
A piece is taken out, given that it has two equal sides, the probability that the triangle is an equilateral triangle is:

a) 1

n
b) n+2
n

C3

c) n+2
n
d) 1

2
C3 n

9. Let A and B be two non-null events such that A ⊂ B . Then, which of the following statements is always [4]
correct.

a) P(A/B) ≥ P{A) b) P(A/B) = P(B) - P(A)

c) P(A/B) ≤ P(A) d) P(A/B) = 1

¯
¯¯¯
10. X and Y are events such that P (X ∪ Y ) , P(X ∩ Y) , then P (X ∩ Y¯) is: [4]
4 1 2
= = , P( Y) =
5 6 3

a) b)
19 11

30 30

c) d)
7 11

15 15

11. Seven white balls and three black balls are randomly placed in a row. The probability that no two black balls are [4]
placed adjacently, equals

a) b)
2 7

15 15

c) 1

2
d) 1

12. There are four machines and it is known that exactly two of them are faulty. They are tested, one by one, in a [4]
random order till both the faulty machines are identified. Then, the probability that only two tests are needed, is

a) 1

4
b) 1

c) d)
1 1

3 2

13. Let S be the sample space of all five digit numbers. If p is the probability that a randomly selected number from [4]
S, is a multiple of 7 but not divisible by 5, then 9p is equal to

a) 1.0146 b) 1.1521

c) 1.0285 d) 1.2085
14. One hundred management students who read at least one of the three business magazines are surveyed to study [4]
the readership pattern. It is found that 80 read Business India, 50 read Business world and 30 read Business
Today. Five students read all the three magazines. A student was selected randomly. The probability that he
reads exactly two magazines, is:

a) 1

2
b) 3

c) d)
1 3

3 8

15. Out of 11 consecutive natural numbers if three numbers are selected at random (without repetition), then the [4]
probability that they are in A.P. with a positive common difference, is:

a) 10

99
b) 5

33

c) 15

101
d) 5

101

16. A bag contains 6 white and 4 black balls. A die is rolled once and the number of balls equal to the number [4]
obtained on the die are drawn from the bag at random. The probability that all the balls drawn are white is:

2/4
 a) b)
1 9

5 50

c) 1

4
d) 11

50

17. Two cards are drawn one by one without replacement from a deck of 52 cards. The probability that the second [4]
card is higher in rank than the first card, is:
(Ranks in increasing order can be taken from Ace to King.)

a) 8

17
b) 16

17

c) d)
9 1

17 17

18. If two different numbers are taken from the set {0, 1, 2, 3, ......,10}, then the probability that their sum as well as [4]
absolute difference are both multiple of 4, is

a) 7

55
b) 14

55

c) 6

55
d) 12

55

19. A team of 8 couples (husband and wife) attend a lucky draw in which 4 persons picked up for a prize. The [4]
probability that there is at least one couple is:

a) b)
12 11

39 39

c) 14

39
d) 15

39

2x
, x = 1, 2, … , n [4]
20. The Probability mass function of a random variable X is P(x) = { n(n+1)

0, otherwise.
Then, E(X) =
n+1 2n+1
a) 3
b) 3

n+2 2n−1
c) 3
d) 3

21. Let two fair six-faced dice A and B be thrown simultaneously. If E1 is the event that die A shows up four, E2 is [4]
the event that die B shows up two and E3 is the event that the sum of numbers on both dice is odd, then which of

the following statements is not true?

a) E2 and E3 are independent b) E1 and E3 are independent

c) E1, E2 and E3 are independent d) E1 and E2 are independent

22. From a group of 10 men and 5 women, four-member committees are to be formed each of which must contain at [4]
least one woman. Then the probability for these committees to have more women than men, is:

a) 3

11
b) 1

11

c) d)
21 2

220 23

23. Two dice are thrown independently. Let A be the event that the number appeared on the 1st die is less than the [4]

number appeared on the 2nd die, B be the event that the number appeared on the 1st die is even and that on the

second die is odd, and C be the event that the number appeared on the 1st die is odd and that on the 2nd is. even.
Then

a) B and C are independent b) A and B are mutually exclusive

c) The number of favourable cases of the d) The number of favourable cases of the event
events A, B and C are 15, 6 and 6 (A ∪ B) ∩ C is 6

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24. Two cards are drawn from a well shuffled pack of 52 playing cards one by one without replacement. If: [4]
A : the event that the second card drawn is an ace and
B : the event that the first card drawn is an ace card, then which of the following is true?

a) P(A) = 4

17
; P (B) = 1

13
b) P(A) = 1

13
; P(B) = 1

17

c) P(A) = ; P(B) = d) P(A) = ; P(B) =

16 4 1 1

221 51 13 13

25. The probabilities of three events A, B and C are given by P(A) = 0.6, P(B) = 0.4 and P(C) = 0.5. If P (A ∪ B) = [4]
0.8, P (A ∩ C) = 0.3, P (A ∩ B ∩ C ) = 0.2, P (B ∩ C ) = β and P (A ∪ B ∪ C ) = α, where 0.85 ≤ α ≤ 0.95,
then β lies in the interval:

a) [0.25, 0.35] b) [0.36, 0.40]

c) [0.20, 0.25] d) [0.35, 0.36]

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