Chapter-20

PROBABILITY

PRACTICE SHEET
1. From past experience it is known that an investor 8. In throwing of two dice, what is the number of
will invest in security A with a probability of 0.6, exhaustive events?
will invest in security B with a probability 0.3 and (a) 6 (b) 12
will invest in both A and B with a probability of (c) 36 (d) 18
0.2. What is the probability that an investor will
9. What is the probability of getting five heads and
invest neither in A nor in B?
seven tails in 12 flips of a balanced coin?
(a) 0.7 (b) 0.28
(a) C(12, 5)/(25) (b) C(12, 5)/(27)
(c) 0.3 (d) 0.4
(c) C(12, 5)/(212) (d) C(12, 7)/(26)
2. Five coins whose faces are marked 2, 3 are
thrown. What is the probability of obtaining a total 10. In a lottery, 16 tickets are sold and 4 prizes are
awarded. If a person buys 4 tickets, what is the
of 12?
(a) 1/16 (b) 3/16 probability of his winning a prize?
(c) 5/16 (d) 7/16 4 175
(a) (b)
3. A coin is tossed three times. What is the 16 4 256
probability of getting head and tail (HTH) or tail 1 81
and head (THT) alternatively? (c) (d)
(a) 1/4 (b) 1/5 4 256
(c) 1/6 (d) 1/8
11. If A and B are any two events such that (A  B)
4. The probability that a student passes in =3/4, P ( A  B) = ¼ and P(Ā) = 2/3, where Ā
mathematics is 4/9 and that he passes in physics stands for the complementary event of A, then
is 2/5. Assuming that passing in mathematics and what is P(B)?
physics are independent of each other, what is the (a) 1/3 (b) 2/3
probability that he passes in mathematics but fails (c) 1/9 (d) 2/9
in physics?
12. A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards and a
4 8 gambler bets that it is a spade or an ace. Which
(a) (b)
15 45 one of the following are the odds against his
26 19 winning this bet?
(c) (d) (a) 13 to 4 (b) 4 to 13
45 45 (c) 9 to 4 (d) 4 to 9
5. From a pack of 52 cards, two cards are drawn, the 13. A can hit a target 4 times in 5 shots:
first being replaced before the second is drawn. B can hit a target 3 times in 4 shots:
What is the probability that the first is a diamond C can hit a target 2 times in 3 shots:
and the second is a king? All the three fire a shot each. What is the
1 4 probability that two shots are at least hit?
(a) (b)
4 13 (a) 1/6 (b) 3/5
(c) 5/6 (d) 1/3
1 4
(c) (d) 14. A box contains 10 identical electronic components
52 15
of which 4 are defective. If 3 components are
6. What is the probability of having a knave and a selected at random from the box in succession,
queen when two cards are drawn from a pack of without replacing the units already drawn, what is
52 cards? the probability that two of the selected
16 2 components are defective?
(a) (b) (a) 1/5 (b) 5/24
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(c) 3/10 (d) 1/40
4 8
(c) (d) 15. Each of A and B tosses two coins. What is the
663 663 probability that they get equal number of heads?
7. Consider the following statement: 3 5
(a) (b)
“The mean of a binomial distribution is 3and 16 16
variance is 4.”
Which of the following is correct regarding the
4 6
(c) (d)
statement? 16 16
(a) It is always true
(b) It is sometimes true 16. Six text books numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are
(c) It is never true arranged at random. What is the probability that
(d) No conclusion can be drawn the text books 2 and 3 will occupy consecutive
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 (a) 1/2 (b) 1/3 (a) A  B  C (b) A  B  C
(c) 1/4 (d) 1/6
(c) A  B  C (d) A  B  C
17. What is the probability that in a family of 4
children there will be at least one boy? 26. By Baye’s theorem, which one of the following
15 3 probabilities is calculated?
(a) (b) (a) Prior probability
16 8 (b) Likelihood probability
(c)
1
(d)
7 (c) Posterior probability
16 8 (d) Conditional probability

18. In a school there are 40% science students and 27. Given that P(A) = 1/3, P (B) = 1/4, P (A/B) = 1/6,
the remaining 60% are arts students. It is known then what is P (B / A) equal to?
that 5% of the science students are girls and 10% (a) 1/ 4 (b) 1 / 8
of the arts students are girls. One student selected (c) 3 / 4 (d) 1 / 2
at random is a girl. What is the probability that 28. If A and B are two mutually exclusive and
she is an arts student? exhaustive events with P(B) = 3P (A), then what is
(a) 1/3 (b) 3/4
the value of P ( B ) ?
(c) 1/5 (d) 3/5
(a) 3/4 (b) 1/4
5 1 (c) 1/3 (d) 2/3
19. Given P (A  B) = , P (A  B) = and P( B )
6 3 29. Two dice are thrown. What is the probability that
1 the sum of the face equals or exceeds 10?
= . What is P ( A )? (a) 1/12 (b) 1/4
2 (c) 1/3 (d) 1/6
(a) 1/6 (b) 1/3
(c) 2/3 (d) 1/2 30. When a card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of
cards, what is the probability of getting a Queen?
20. The outcomes of 5 tosses of a coin are recorded in (a) 2/13 (b) 1/13
a single sequences as H (head) and T (tail) for each (c) 1/26 (d) 1/52
toss. What is the number of elementary events in
the sample space? 31. What is the probability of having 53 Sundays or 53
(a) 5 (b) 10 Mondays in a leap year?
(c) 25 (d) 32 (a) 2/7 (b) 3/7
(c) 4/7 (d) 5/7
21. Which of the following numbers is nearest to the
probability that three randomly selected persons 32. Three digital numbers are formed using the digits
are born on three different days of the week? 0,2,4,6,8, A number is chosen at random out of
(a) 0.7 (b) 0.6 these numbers. What is the probability that the
(c) 0.5 (d) 0.4 number has the same digit?
(a) 1/16 (b) 1/25
22. The chance of winning the race of the horse A is (c) 16/25 (d) 1/645
1/5 and that of horse B is 1/6. What is the
probability that the race will be won by A or B? 33. A lot of 4 white and 4 red balls is randomly divided
(a) 1/30 (b) 1/3 into two halves. What is the probability that there
(c) 11/30 (d) 1/15 will be 2 red and 2 white balls in each half?
(a) 18/35 (b) 3/35
23. What is the probability of two persons being born (c) 1/2 (d) 2/25
on the same day (ignoring date)?
(a) 1/49 (b) 1/365 34. Two balls are selected from a box containing 2
(c) 1/7 (d) 2/7 blue and 7 red balls. What is the probability that
at least one ball is blue?
24. Consider the following statements related to the
2 7
nature of Bayes’ theorem (a) (b)
1.Bayes’ theorem is a formula for computation of 9 9
a conditional probability. 5 7
2.Bayes’ theorem modifies an assumed probability (c) (d)
12 12
of an event in the light of a related event which is
observed. x
Which of the statements given abve is / are 35. The probability of guessing a correct answer is
correct? 12
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only . If the probability of not guessing the correct
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 2
answer is , then what is x equal to?
3
25. If A, B, C are any three arbitrary events, then
which one of the following expressions shows that (a) 2 (b) 3
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36. An observed event B can occur after one of the 39. Three letters are randomly selected from the 26
three events, A1, A2, If P(A1) = P(A2) = 0.4, P(A3) = capital letters of the English alphabet. What is the
0.2 and P(B/A1) = 0.25, P(B/A2) = 0.4, P(B/A3) = probability that the letter ‘A’ will not be included in
0.125, what is the probability of A1 after observing the choice?
B? (a) 1/2 (b) 23/26
1 6 (c) 12/13 (d) 25/26
(a) (b)
3 19 40. A coin is tossed 10 times. The number of heads
20 2 minus the number of tails in 10 tosses is
(c) (d) considered as the outcome of the experiment.
57 5 What is the number of points in the sample space?
37. The probability distribution of random variable X (a) 10 (b) 11
with two missing probabilities p1 and p2 is given (c) 21 (d) 99
below:
X P(X) 41. The probabilities of two events A and B are given
1 K as P(A)=0.8 and P(B)=0.7. What is the minimum
2 P1 value of P(AB)?
3 4k (a) 0 (b) 0.1
4 P2 (c) 0.5 (d) 1
5 2k 42. Two numbers X and Y are simultaneously drawn
It is further given that P(x  2) = 0.25 and P(x  4) from the set {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}. What is the
= 0.35. conditional probability of exactly one of the two
Consider the following statements. numbers X and Y being even, given (X+Y)=15?
I. p1 = p2 II. p2 + p2 = P (X=3) (a) 1 (b)3/4
Which of the above statements is/are correct? (c) 1/2 (d) 1/4
(a) Only I (b) Only II
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II 43. If P(A)=1/3, P(B) =3/4 and P(AB)=11/12, then
what is P(B/A)?
38. The mean and variance of a binomial distribution (a) 1/6 (b) 4/9
are 8 and 4 respectively. What is P(X=1) equal to? (c) 1/2 (d) 1/3
1 1
(a) (b) 44. For a binomial distribution B(n,p), np=4 and
212 28 variance npq=4/3. What is the probability P(x  5)
1 1 equal to?
(c) 6 (d) 4
2 2 (a) (2/3)6 (b) 25/36
(c) (1/3)6 (d) 28/36

ANSWER KEY

1. c 2. c 3. a 4. a 5. c 6. c 7. c 8. c 9. c 10. c
11. b 12. c 13. c 14. c 15. b 16. b 17. a 18. b 19. b 20. b
21. b 22. c 23. b 24. c 25. b 26. d 27. b 28. b 29. d 30. b
31. b 32. b 33. a 34. a 35. c 36. c 37. d 38. a 39. b 40. b
41. c 42. a 43. c 44. d

Solutions
Sol.1. (c) (3, 3, 2, 2, 2), (3, 2, 3, 2, 2), (3, 2, 2, 3, Sol.3. (a)
As given P (A) = 0.6, P (B) = 0.3 and P 2) Total possible outcomes, S = {HHH,
(A  B) = 0.2 (3, 2, 2, 2, 3), (2, 3, 2, 3, 2), (2, 3, 2, 2, HHT, HTH, THT, TTH, THH, TTT, HTT}
P (A  B) = P (A) + P (B)  P (A  B) 3) and desired outcomes E = {HTH, THT}
= 0.6 + 0.3  0.2 = 0.9  0.2 = 0.7 (2, 2, 3, 2, 3)  n(E) = 2 and n (S) = 8
So, P (neither in A nor in B)=1P(A B) n (E) = 10 Hence, required probability =
= 1  0.7 = 0.3 Sample space contains total possibility n(E) 2 1
=25 = 32 P(E)   
Sol.2. (c) n(S) 8 4
Hence, n (s) = 32
Let E be the event of total of 12. Sol.4. (a)
E=(2, 2, 2, 3, 3),(2, 2, 3, 3, 2),(2, 3, 3, 2, So, P (E) = n(E)  10  5 Probability of passing in
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Probability of passing in physics =2/3 2 1 Sol.16. (b)
Probability of failure in physics = P(A)  1  P(A)   P(A)  Total number of possible arrangements
3 3
2 3 n (s) = 6!
1  We know that
Since 2 and 3 occupy consecutive
5 5 P(A  B) = P (A) + P (B)  P (A  B)
places so, they are grouped together.
Given that both the events are 3 1 1 So, there will be 5! Such arrangements.
independent.    P(B) 
4 3 4 But 2 and 3 can be arranged in
Required probability = 4  3  4 1 2 themselves in 2! Ways
1   P(B)   P(B)
9 5 15 3 3
Required Probability =
5! 2! 2 1
Sol.5. (c)  
Sol.12. (c) 6! 6 3
Probability of getting a diamond,
13 Sol.17. (a)
13 1 Probability of getting a spade = Total possibility of 4 children, either girl
P(D)   52
52 4 or boy is 24 = 16.Out of these there is
13 1 4 one possibility in which there will be no
and probability to king P(k)   Probability of an ace = boy and only girls. So, total possibility
52 4 52
of at-least one boy is16  1 = 15
So, required probability = P (D). P(K) and probability of getting a spade ace =
1 1 1 1 15
    P (at least one boy) =
4 13 52 52 16
Sol.6. (c)  Required probability
Sol.18. (b)
4 4 Let there be 100 students.
Required probability   13 4 1 16 4 So, there are 40 students of science and
52 51 =    
52 52 52 52 13 60 students of arts.
[Since, card is not replaced after first Odds against his winning 5% of 40 = 2 science students (girls)
draw] 10% of 60 = 6 science students (girls)
4 9
4 4 1 Total girls students = 8
  = 13  13  9
13  51 663 If a girl is chosen then P (arts)=6/8=3/4
4 4 4
Sol.7. (c) Sol.19. (b)
13 13
Given, that np = 3 and npq = 4
Sol.13. (c) As given: P (AB)=5/6, P (AB)=1/3
Where p is the probability of success in
one trial and q is the probability of Probability of no one hitting the target

and P B 
1
failure and n is the number of trials 1 1 2
= 
q
4 and this is not possible. 5  4  3 60  1 1
P(B) = 1–P B  1  
2 2
3 Probability of one hitting the target
Thus, the given statement is never true.
=
43 2 9 P(AB) = P(A) + P(B) – P (AB)
Sol.8. (c) 
A dice has six faces. So, in throwing of
60 60 5/6 = P(A) + 1/2 – 1/3
two dice, the number of exhaustive  Probability of maximum one hit 5/6 =1– P A  + 1/2 – 1/3
P A  =1+ 1/2 – 1/3 – 5/6
events is 6 × 6 = 36. 1 9 10 1
=   
Sol.9. (c) 60 60 60 6
Number of ways of selecting 5 heads cut Probability that two shots are hit at 6 3 2 5 2 1
=  
of total 12 flips = 12C least is the required probability = 6 6 3
5
Probability of getting one head in a coin 1 5 Sol.20. (b)
1  A coin has two faces and is tossed 5
=1/2 6 6 times. So, number of elements in the
Also, probability of getting one tail in a
Sol.14. (c) sample space = 10.
coin=1/2
5
Total number of selecting 3 components Sol.21. (b)
Probability of getting 5 head =  1  out of 10 = 10C . Out of 3 selected There are 7 days in a week. If 1st
2 3
person’s birth day falls on any day out
components two defective pieces can be
7 of 7. So, probability is 7/7. Since
Probability of getting 7 tails =  1  selected in 4C ways and one non  birthday of second person will fall on
2 2
any of the remaining six days then its
So, required probability defective piece will be selected in 6C1 probability =6/7. And, birthday of 3rd
5
1 1
7
1 12C 12
ways, hence, person will fall on any of the remaining
 12C5      12C5    125 Required probability 5 days so, its probability =5/7.
2 2 2 2  Probability that all three persons will
= C1  C2  6  6  6  3
6 4
Sol.10. (c) have different day as their birthday.
16 tickets are sold and 4 prizes are 10C3 10  9  8 10
7 6 5 30
awarded. A person buys 4 tickets, then Sol.15. (b)      0.612  0.60
required probability 7 7 7 49
1 1

4 1
 If both get one head then it is  and Sol.22. (c)
16 4 4 4 Let P (A) be the probability that the race
Sol.11. (b) 1 1 will be won by A and P(B) be the
if both get two heads then it is  probability that the race will be won by
3 1 2 2
As given, P(A B)  , P(A B)  B.
4 4  Prob (getting same number of heads)
1 1
and P(A)  2 1 1 1 1 = 1  1  5
P(A)  and P(B) 
   5 6
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Probability that the race will be won Let E be the sum of the faces equals or p2=0.352k p1≠p2
by exceeds and p1 + p2 = 0.25  k + 0.35  2k = 0.6
1 1 11 Then, E = {(5,5), (4,6), (6,4), (5,6), (6,5),  3k
A or B  P(A)  P(B)    (6,6)} (X = 3)
5 6 30  n(E) = 6 Hence, neither I nor II is correct.
Sol.23. (b) n(E) 6 1 Sol.38. (a)
Hence, P(E)   
365 1 1 Here, np = 8 and npq = 4
Re quired probability    n(S) 36 6
365 365 365 Sol.30. (b) npq 4 1
q=  
Sol.24. (c) Since, n (S) = 52 and n(E) = 4 np 8 2
Baye’s theorem says n(E) 4 1
If A1, A2, ....An are (n) mutually exclusive  P(E)    and p + q = 1
and exhaustive events in sample space n(S) 52 13 1 1
S and E is any event is S intersecting p=1 
Sol.31. (b) 2 2
events. A leap year has 366 days, in which 2
Ai (iz 1, 2 ....., n) such that P(E)  0 then 1
8
days may be any one of the following n 
PE / A1  pairs. 2
P(Ai/E)=
P(E) (Sunday, Monday), (Monday, Tuesday),  n = 16
(Tuesday, Wednesday), (Wednesday, 1 16 1
Thursday), (Thursday, Friday), (Friday, Now, P(X=1)= 10C1 1 1
PA i P E / A i  Saturday), (Saturday, Sunday)
   
2 2
=
n Sol.32. (b)
 PA i PE / A i  Favorable numbers = {222, 444, 666, =
16

1
|2|
888} 215.2 212
Thus, both statement 1 and 2 are Total digit numbers = 455 Sol.39. (b)
correct. 4 1 25
 Required probability = C3 23

Sol.25. (b) Required probability = 4  25 25 26
C3 26
If A, B, C are any three arbitrary events
Sol.33. (a) Sol.40. (b)
then only expression A  B  C will 4
C2 4 C2 36 18 {(10,0),(9,1),(8,2),(7,3),(6,4),(5,5),(4,6),
show that both A and B occur but not   (3,7)(2,8)(1,9)(0,10)}
2 C0 C4  24 C14 C3  4 C 2 4 C 2 70 35
4 4
C. total 11 point in sample space
Sol.26. (d) Sol.34. (a) Sol.41. (c)
By Baye’s theorem, we know that, Required probability
Since, P(AB)  1
conditional probability is calculated. =P(One balls is blue) + P(both balls are
blue) P(A) + P(B)  P (AB)  1
Sol.27. (b)
0.8+0.7P(AB)  1
A 1 = 2  7  2  1  14  2  16  2
Given, P(A)=1/3, P(B)=1/4, P    9 8 9 8 72 72 72 9 P(AB)  1.5 1
B 6 P(AB)  0.5
Sol.35. (c)
 A  PA  B Sol.42. (a)
But P    x 2
B PB  =1 X + Y = odd number
12 3
 1  PA  B
it is only possible when one of them is
x = 4 odd and other is even
6 1
Sol.36. (c) so probability is 1
4 Required probability = P(A1/B) Sol.43. (c)
P(AB)=  B  PA  B PA  PB  PA  B
1 =
P  
24 P(A1 ) P(B/ A1 )
A PA PA
 B  PA  B 1 / 24 1 P  A1  P  B/A1   P(A 2 ) P  B/A 2   P  A3  P  B/A3 
P      1 3 11 2
A PA  1/ 3 8 0.4  0.25  
= 3 4 12  12 
1
0.4  0.25  0.4  0.4  0.2  0.125 =
Sol.28. (b) 1 1 2
A and B are mutually exclusive and 0.1 0.1 20 2 3
exhaustive events with =  
P (A  B) = 0, P (A  B) = 1
0.1  0.16  0.025 0.285 57 Sol.44. (d)
Sol.37. (d) np = 4 , npq = 4/3
We know that
P(X  2)=0.25 q = 1/3 than p = 2/3 and n = 6
P ( A  B) = P(A) + P (B)  P (A  B)
5 1 6 0
 1 = P (A) + 3P (A) P(X=1)P+P(X=2)=0.25 2 1 2 1
P X  5  6 C 3      6 C 6   . 
P(A)=1/4 (B)=3/4 k+p1=0.25 p1=0.25k  3 3  3 3
And P(X  4)=0.35

Hence, P B  1  PB  1  
3 1
4 4
P(X=4)+P(X=5)=0.35 =6
25

26
3
26

26
4
26

28
p2+2k=0.35 36 36 36 36 36 36
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1. A experiment consists of flipping a coin and then (c) 1/4 (d) 1/3
flipping it a second time if head occurs. If a tail [NDA (II) - 2011]
occurs on the first flip, then a six-faced die is 9. In a class of 125 students 70 passed in
tossed once. Assuming that the outcomes are mathematics, 55 passed in statistics and 30
equally likely. What is the probability of getting passed in both. What is the probability that a
one head and one tail? student selected at random from the class has
1 1 passed in only one subject?
(a) (b) 12 13
4 36 (a) (b)
1 1 25 25
(c) (d) 17 8
6 8 (c) (d)
[NDA (I) - 2011] 25 25
2. If A and B are events such that P(AB)=0.5, P B  [NDA (II) - 2011]
10. A husband and wife appear in an interview for
=0.8 and P(A/B)=0.4, then what is P(AB)equal two vacancies in the same post. The probability of
to: husband’s selection is 1/5 and that of wife
(a) 0.08 (b) 0.02 selection is 1/3. What is the probability that only
(c) 0.8 (d) 0.2 one of them will be selected?
[NDA (I) - 2011] (a) 1/5 (b) 2/5
3. A box contains 6 distinct dolls. From this box, (c) 3/5 (d) 4/5
three dolls are randomly selected one by one with [NDA (II) - 2011]
replacement. What is the probability of selecting 11. In a random arrangement of the letters of the
3 distinct dolls? word UNIVERSITY. What is the probability that
(a) 5/54 (b) 12/25 two I’s do not come together?
(c) 1/20 (d) 5/9 (a) 4/5 (b)1/5
[NDA (I) - 2011] (c) 1/10 (d) 9/10
4. There are 4 letters and 4 directed envelopes. [NDA (II) - 2011]
These 4 letters are randomly inserted into the 4 12. Three dice are thrown. What is the probability
envelopes. What is the probability that the letter that the same number will appear on each of
are inserted into the corresponding envelopes? them?
(a) 11/12 (b) 23/24 (a) 1/6 (b) 1/18
(c) 1/24 (d) none of these (c) 1/24 (d) 1/36
[NDA (I) - 2011] [NDA-2012(1)]
5. In an examination, there are 3 multiple-choice 13. What is the probability that a leap year selected
questions and each question has 4 choices. If a at random contains 53 Mondays?
student randomly. Select an answer for all the (a) 1/7 (b) 2/7
three question, what is the probability that the (c) 7/366 (d) 26/183
students will not answer all the three questions [NDA-2012(1)]
correctly? 14. If four dice are thrown together, then what is the
(a) 1/64 (b) 63/64 probability that the sum of the numbers
(c) 1/12 (d) 11/12 appearing on them is 25?
[NDA (I) - 2011] (a) 0 (b) 1/2
6. If A and B are two mutually exclusive events, (c) 1 (d) 1/1296
then what is P{AB} equal to? [NDA-2012(1)]
(a) 0 (b) P(A)+P(B) 15. If P(E) denotes the probability of an event E, then,
(c) P(A) P(B) (d) P(A)P(B|A) E is called certain event, if
[NDA-2011(1)] (a) P(E)=0 (b) P(E) = 1
7. Two letters are drawn at random from the word (c) P(E) is either 0 or 1 (d) P(E) = ½
‘HOME’. What is the probability that both the [NDA (II) - 2012]
letters are vowels? 16. If A and B are two events, such that P(AB)=

 
(a) 1/6 (b) 5/6 3 1 2
(c) 3/5 (d) 1/3 , P  A  B   and P A  , where A is the
4 4 3
[NDA (II) - 2011]
complement of A, then what is the value of P(B)?
8. There is a point inside a circle. What is the
(a) 1/3 (b) 2/3
probability that this point is close to the
(c) 1/9 (d) 2/9
circumference than to the center?
[NDA (II) - 2012]
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17. Three coins are tossed simultaneously. What is 26. Consider a random experiment of throwing
the probability that they will fall two heads and together a die and two coins. The associated
one tail? sample space has?
(a) 1/3 (b) 1/2 (a) 8points (b) 12points
(c) 1/4 (d) 3/8 (c) 24points (d) 36points
[NDA (II) - 2012] [NDA (I) - 2013]
18. Which one of the following is correct? 27. If A and B are two events such that P(A) = 0.4, P
(a)An event having no sample point is called an
elementary event  B  0.3, P(AB) = 0.9, then what is the value of
(b)An event having one sample point is called an P  A  B ?
elementary event.
(c)An event having two sample points is called an (a) 0.2 (b) 0.5
elementary event. (c) 0.6 (d) 0.7
(d)An event having many sample points is called [NDA (I) - 2013]
an elementary event. 28. A fair coin is tossed repeatedly. The probability of
[NDA (II) - 2012] getting a result in the fifth toss different from
19. What is the most probable number of successes those obtained in the first four tosses is:
in 10 trials with probability of success 2/3? (a) 1/2 (b) 1/32
(a) 10 (b) 7 (c) 31/32 (d) 1/16
(c) 5 (d) 4 [NDA (I) - 2013]
[NDA (II) - 2012] 29. What is the probability of getting a sum of 7 with
Direction (20 to 21): An urn contains one black two dice?
ball and one green ball. A second urn contains (a) 1/6 (b) 1/3
one white and one green ball. One ball is drawn (c) 1/12 (d) 5/36
at random from each urn. [NDA (I) - 2013]
20. What is the probability that both balls are of 30. Four coins are tossed simultaneously. What is
same colour? the probability of getting exactly 2 heads?
(a) 1/2 (b) 1/3 (a) 1/2 (b) 1/4
(c) 1/4 (d) 2/3 (c) 1/8 (d) 3/8
[NDA (II) - 2012] [NDA (I) - 2013]
21. What is the probability of getting at least one 31. A bag contains 5 black and 3 white balls. Two
green ball? balls are drawn at random one after the other
(a) 1/2 (b) 1/3 without replacement. What is the probability that
(c) 2/3 (d) 3/4 both are white?
[NDA (II) - 2012] (a) 1/28 (b) 1/14
Direction (for next two): Two dice each (c) 3/28 (d) 1/21
numbered from 1 to 6 are thrown together. Let A [NDA (I) - 2013]
and B be two events given by: 32. If X follows a binomial distribution with
A: Even number on the first die. parameters n=100 and p=13, then P(X=r) is
B: Number on the second die is greater than 4. maximum when:
22. What is the value of P(AB)? (a) r = 16 (b) r = 32
(a) 1/2 (b) 1/4 (c) r = 33 (d) r = 34
(c) 2/3 (d) 1/6 [NDA-2013(1)]
[NDA (II) - 2012] 33. Two numbers are successively drawn from the set
23. What is the value of P(AB)? U={1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}, the second being drawn
(a) 1/2 (b) 1/4 without replacing the first. The number of
(c) 2/3 (d) 1/6 elementary events in the sample is:
[NDA (II) - 2012] (a) 64 (b) 56
24. What is the probability that a leap year selected (c) 32 (d) 14
at random will contain 53 Mondays? [NDA-2013(1)]
(a) 2/5 (b) 2/7 34. The binomial distribution has:
(c) 1/7 (d) 5/7 (a) only one parameter (b) two parameter
[NDA (II) - 2012] (c) three parameter (d) four parameter
25. In throwing a six faced die, let A be the event that [NDA-2013(1)]
an even number and B be the event that an odd 35. In a binomial distribution, the occurrence and
number occurs and C be the event that a number the non-occurrence of an event are equally likely
greater than 3 occurs. Which one of the following and the mean is 6. The number of trails required
is correct? is:
(a) A and C are mutually exclusive (a) 15 (b) 12
(b) A and B are mutually exclusive (c) 10 (d) 6
(c) B and C are mutually exclusive [NDA (II) - 2013]
(d) A,B and C are mutually exclusive 36. A die is tossed twice. What is the probability of
[NDA (I) - 2013] getting a sum of 10?

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 1 1 (c) 1/60 (d) 1/120
(a) (b) [NDA-2013(2)]
18 6
46. It has been found that, if A and B play a game 12
1 5 times, A wins 6 times, B wins 4 times and they
(c) (d)
12 12 draw twice. A and B take part in a service of 3
[NDA (II) - 2013] games. The probability that they win alternately,
37. Three dice are thrown. What is the probability of is:
getting as triplet? 5 5
(a) (b)
1 1 12 36
(a) (b)
6 18 19 5
(c) (d)
1 1 27 27
(c) (d)
36 72 [NDA (I) - 2014]
[NDA (II) - 2013] 47. A box contains 3 white and 2 black balls. Two
38. What is the number of outcomes when a coin is balls are drawn at random one after the other. If
tossed and then a die is rolled only in case of the balls are not replaced, what is the probability
head is shown on the coin? that both the balls are black?
(a) 6 (b) 7 (a) 2/5 (b) 1/5
(c) 8 (d) 5 (c) 1/10 (d) None of these
[NDA (II) - 2013] [NDA (I) - 2014]
39. Which one of the following may be the parameter Direction (for next four): Number X is randomly
of a binomial distribution? selected from the set of odd numbers and Y is
3 randomly selected from the set of even numbers
(a) np = 2, npq = 4 (b) n= 4, p = of the set (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7). Let, Z = (X + Y).
2 48. What is P(Z = 5) equal to?
(c) n = 8, p =1 (d) np = 10, npq = 8 (a) 1/2 (b) 1/3
[NDA (II) - 2013] (c) 1/4 (d) 1/6
40. If A and B are independent events such that P(A)= [NDA (I) - 2014]
1
5
P(AB)=
7
10
 
, then what is P B equal to?
49. What is P(Z = 10) equal to?
(a) 0 (b) 1/2
(a) 2/7 (b) 3/7 (c) 1/3 (d) 1/5
(c) 3/8 (d) 7/9 [NDA (I) - 2014]
[NDA (II) - 2013] 50. What is P(Z > 11) equal to ?
41. Consider the following statements (a) 0 (b) 1/4
I.If A and B are exhaustive events, then their (c) 1/6 (d) 1/12
union is the sample space. [NDA (I) - 2014]
II.If A and B are exhaustive events, then their 51. What is P(Z is the product of two prime numbers)
intersection must be an empty event. equal to?
Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) 0 (b)1/2
(a) Only I (b) Only II (c) 1/4 (d) None of these
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II [NDA (I) - 2014]
[NDA (II) - 2013] 52. Suppose A and B are two events. Event B has
occurred and it is known that P(B) <1. What is
2 2 2
42. If P(A)= , P  B   and P(AB)  P(AB)= , then P(A/B’) equal to?
3 5 5 P  A   P  B P  A   P  AB
what is P(AB) equal to? (a) (b)
(a) 3/5 (b) 5/11 1  P  B 1  P  B
(c) 1/3 (d) 3/11 P  A   P  B'
[NDA (II) - 2013] (c) (d)None of these
43. If three events, A, B, C are mutually exclusive, 1  P  B
then which one of the following is correct? [NDA (II) - 2014]
(a) P(ABC)=0 (b) P(ABC)=1 53. The probability that in a random arrangement of
(c) P(ABC)=0 (d) P(ABC)=1 the letters of the word ‘UNIVERSITY’ , the two I’s
[NDA-2013(2)] do not come together is:
44. What is the probability that there are 5 Mondays (a) 4/5 (b)1/5
in the month of February 2016? (c)1/10 (d)9/10
(a) 0 (b) 1/7 [NDA (II) - 2014]
(c) 2/7 (d) none of the above 54. There are 4 white and 3 black balls in a box. In
[NDA-2013(2)] another box, there are 3 white and 4 black balls.
45. In a relay race, there are six teams A, B, C, D, E An unbiased die is rolled. If it shows a number
and F. What is the probability that A, B, C finish less than or equal to 3, then a ball is drawn from
first, second, third respectively? the second box, otherwise from the first box. If
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 the balls drawn is black, then the probability that 61. For any two events A and B, which one of the
the ball was drawn from the first box, is: following holds?
(a) 1/2 (b) 6/7 (a) P(AB)  P(A)  P(AB)P(A)+P(B)
(c) 4/7 (d) 3/7 (b) P(AB)  P(A)  P(AB)P(A)+P(B)
[NDA (II) - 2014] (c) P(AB)  P(B)  P(AB)P(A)+P(B)
55. Two students X and Y appeared in an (d) P(AB)  P(B)  P(A)+P(B)P(AB)
examination. The probability that X will qualify [NDA-2014(2)]
the examination is 0.05 and Y will qualify the 62. Two similar boxes Bi (i=1,2) contain (i+ 1) red and
examination is 0.10. The probability that both (5i1) black balls. One box is chosen at random
will qualify the examination is 0.02. What is the and two balls are drawn randomly. What is the
probability that only one of them will qualify the probability that both the balls are of different
examination? colours?
(a) 0.15 (b) 0.14 (a) 1/2 (b) 3/10
(c) 0.12 (d) 0.11 (c) 2/3 (d) 3/5
[NDA (II) - 2014] [NDA (I) - 2015]
56. A fair coin is tossed four times. What is the 63. In an examination, the probability of a candidate
probability that at most three tails occur? solving a question is 1/2. Out of given 5
(a) 7/8 (b) 15/16 questions in the examination, what is the
(c) 13/16 (d) 3/4 probability that the candidate was able to solve at
[NDA (II) - 2014] least 2 question?
For the next four (04) items that follow: (a) 1/64 (b) 3/16
Consider events A, B, C, D, E of the sample space (c) 1/2 (d) 13/16
S={n:n is an integer such that 10  n 20} given [NDA (I) - 2015]
by: 64. If A  B, then which one of the following is not
A is the set of all even numbers correct?
B is the set of all prime numbers
P A
C={15}
D is the set of all integers 16
 
(a) P A  B  0 (b) P (A|B)=
P  B
E is the set of all double digit numbers
P  B P A
expressible as a power of 2. (c) P(B|A)= (d)P(A|(AB))=
57. A, B and D are: P A P  B
(a)Mutually exclusive events but not exhaustive [NDA (I) - 2015]
events 65. The mean and the variance in a binomial
(b)Exhaustive events but not mutually exclusive distribution are found to be 2 and 1 respectively.
events The probability P(X = 0)is:
(c)Mutually exclusive and exhaustive events (a) 1/2 (b) 1/4
(d)Elementary events (c) 1/8 (d) 1/16
[NDA-2014(2)] [NDA (I) - 2015]
58. A, B and C are: 66. Two men hit at a target with probabilities 1/2
(a)Mutually exclusive events but not exhaustive and 1/3, respectively. What is the probability that
events exactly one of them hits the target?
(b)Exhaustive events but not mutually exclusive (a) 1/2 (b) 1/3
events (c) 1/6 (d) 2/3
(c)Mutually exclusive and exhaustive events [NDA (I) - 2015]
(d)Elementary events 67. If A and B are two events such that P(AB)=3/4,
[NDA-2014(2)]
59. B and C are:
(a)Mutually exclusive events but not exhaustive
P(AB)=1/4 and P A    2
3
, then what is P(B)

events equal to?

(b)Exhaustive events but not mutually exclusive (a) 1/3 (b) 2/3
events (c) 1/8 (d) 2/9
(c)Mutually exclusive and exhaustive events [NDA (I) - 2015]
(d)Elementary events 68. In throwing of two dice, the number of exhaustive
[NDA-2014(2)] events that ‘5’ will never appear on any one of the
60. C and E are dice is?
(a)Mutually exclusive events but not exhaustive (a) 5 (b) 18
events (c) 25 (d) 36
(b)Exhaustive events but not mutually exclusive [NDA (I) - 2015]
events 69. Two cards are drawn successively without
(c)Mutually exclusive and exhaustive events replacement from a well shuffled pack of 52
(d)Elementary events cards. The probability of drawing two aces is:
[NDA-2014(2)]  1
(a) (b)
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 4 1 (a) 99 (b) 102
(c) (d) (c) 103 (d) 104
223 13
[NDA (II) - 2015]
[NDA (I) - 2015] 78. A coin tossed five times. What is the probability
70. An unbiased coin is tossed until the first head that heads are observed more than three times?
appears or until four tosses are completed, (a) 3/16 (b) 5/16
whichever happens earlier. Which of the following (c) 1/2 (d) 3/32
statements is/are correct? [NDA (II) - 2015]
1. The probability that no head is observed is 79. If x[0,5], then what is the probability that x2 
1/16.
3x + 2  0?
2. The probability that the experiment ends with
(a) 4/5 (b) 1/5
three tosses is 1/8.
(c) 2/5 (d) 3/5
Select the correct answer using the codes given
[NDA (II) - 2015]
below:
80. An insurance company insured 2000 scooter
(a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
drivers, 4000 car drivers and 6000 truck drivers.
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
The probabilities of an accident involving a
[NDA (II) - 2015]
scooter driver, car driver and a truck driver are
71. A bag contains 4 white and 2 black balls and
0.01, 0.03 and 0.15 respectively. One of the
another bag contains 3white and 5 black balls. If
insured persons meets with an accident. The
one ball is drawn from each bag, then the
probability that the person is a scooter driver is:
probability that one ball is white and one ball is
(a) 1/52 (b) 3/52
black is:
(c) 15/52 (d) 19/52
(a) 5/24 (b) 13/24
[NDA (II) - 2015]
(c) 1/4 (d) 2/3
81. A coin is tossed 5 times. The probability that tail
[NDA (II) - 2015]
appears an odd number of times, is:
72. A problem in statistics is given to three students
(a) 1/2 (b) 1/3
A, B and C whose chances of solving it
(c) 2/5 (d) 1/5
1 1 1 [NDA (II) - 2015]
independently are , and respectively. The
2 3 4 82. A point is chosen at random inside a rectangle
probability that the problem will be solved is: measuring 6 inches by 5 inches. What is the
(a) 1/12 (b) 11/12 probability that the randomly selected point is at
(c) 1/2 (d) 3/4 least one inch from the edge of the rectangle?
[NDA (II) - 2015] 2 1
73. What is the probability that the sum of any two (a) (b)
3 3
different single digit natural numbers is a prime
number? 1 2
(c) (d)
(a) 5/27 (b) 7/18 4 5
(c) 1/3 (d) None of these [NDA (I) - 2016]
[NDA (II) - 2015] 83. A fair coin is tossed 100 times. What is the
74. Three digits are chosen at random from 1, 2, 3, 4, probability of getting tails an odd number of
5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 without repeating any digit. What times?
is the probability that the product is odd? (a) 1/2 (b) 3/8
2 7 (c) 1/4 (d) 1/8
(a) (b) [NDA-2016(1)]
3 48
84. Three dice are thrown simultaneously. What is
5 5 the probability that the sum on the three faces is
(c) (d)
42 108 at least 5?
[NDA (II) - 2015] 17 53
75. Two events A and B are such that P(not B) = 0.8, (a) (b)
18 54
P (AB) = 0.5 and P(A|B) = 0.4. Then P(A) is
equal to: 103 215
(c) (d)
(a) 0.28 (b) 0.32 108 216
(c) 0.38 (d) None of these [NDA (I) - 2016]
[NDA (II) - 2015] 1
76. If mean and variance of a Binomial variate X are 85. Two independent events A and B have P(A)=
2 and 1 respectively, then the probability that X
3
takes a value greater than 1 is: 3
and P(B)= . What is the probability that exactly
(a) 2/3 (b) 4/5 4
(c) 7/8 (d) 11/16 one of the two events A or B occurs?
[NDA (II) - 2015] 1 5
77. Seven unbiased coins are tossed 128 times. In (a) (b)
how many throws would you find at least three 4 6
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 5 7 [NDA (II) - 2016]
(c) (d) 93. A special dice with numbers 1, 1, 2, 2, 0 and 3
12 12
is thrown thrice. What is the probability that the
[NDA (I) - 2016]
sum of the numbers occurring on the upper face
86. A coin is tossed three times. What is the
is zero?
probability of getting head and tail alternately?
1 1
1 1 (a) (b)
(a) (b) 72 8
8 4
7 25
1 3 (c) (d)
(c) (d) 12 216
2 4
[NDA (I) - 2016] [NDA (II) - 2016]
87. A card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 94. There is 25% chance that it rains on any
cards. What is the probability that it is queen of particular day. What is probability that there is at
spade? least one rainy day within a period of 7days?
7 7
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (a) 1   (b)  
52 13 4 4
7 7
(c)
1
(d)
1 3 3
(c)   (d) 1  
4 8 4 4
[NDA (I) - 2016] [NDA (II) - 2016]
88. If two dice are thrown, then what is the 95. A student appears for tests I, II and III. The
probability that the sum on the two faces is student is considered successful if he passes in
greater than or equal to 4? test 1, II or I, III or all the three. The probabilities
13 5 of the student passing in test I, II and III are m, n
(a) (b)
18 6 1
and respectively. If the probability of the
11 35 2
(c) (d)
12 36 1
student to be successful is , then which one of
[NDA (I) - 2016] 2
89. A certain type of missile hits the target with the following is correct?
probability p = 0.3. What is the least number of (a) m(1+n)=1 (b) n(1+m)=1
missiles should be fired so that there is at least (c) m =1 (d) mn=1
an 80% probability that the target is hit? [NDA (II) - 2016]
(a) 5 (b) 6 96. Three candidates solve a question. Odds in favour
(c) 7 (d) None of these of the correct answer are 5:2, 4:3 and 3:4
[NDA (I) - 2016] respectively for the three candidates. What is the
90. For two mutually exclusive events A and B, P(A) = probability that at least two of them solve the
  
0.2 and P A  B =0.3. What is P A |  A  B   question correctly?
209 134
equal to? (a) (b)
243 343
1 2
(a) (b) 149 60
2 5 (c) (d)
343 343
2 2
(c) (d) [NDA (II) - 2016]
7 3 97. A medicine is known to be 75% effective to cure a
[NDA (I) - 2016] patient. If the medicine is given to 5 patients,
91. What is the probability of 5 Sunday in the month what is the probability that at least one patient is
of December? cured by this medicine?
1 2 1 243
(a) (b) (a) (b)
7 7 1024 1024
3 149 781
(c) (d) None of these (c) (d)
7 1024 1024
[NDA (I) - 2016] [NDA (II) - 2016]
92. A salesman has a 70% change to sell a product to 3
any customer. The behaviour of successive 98. For two events, A and B, it is given that P(A)= ,
customers is independent. If two customers A 5
and B enter, what is the probability that the 3 2
salesman will sell the product to customer A and P(B)= and P(A|B)= . If A and B are the
10 3
B?
complementary events of A and B, then what is P
(a) 0.98 (b) 0.91
(c) 0.70 (d) 0.49 
A | B equal to? 

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 3 3 104. A card is drawn from a well-shuffled ordinary
(a) (b) deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that it is
7 4 an ace?
1 4 1 2
(c) (d) (a) (b)
3 7 13 13
[NDA (II) - 2016]
99. A machine has three parts, A, B and C, whose 3 1
(c) (d)
chances of being defective are 0.02, 0.10 and 13 52
0.05 respectively. The machine stops working if [NDA (I) - 2017]
any one of the parts becomes defective. What is 105. Consider the following statements:
the probability that the machine will not stop 1.Two events are mutually exclusive if the
working? occurrence of one event prevents the occurrence
(a) 0.06 (b) 0.16 of the other.
(c) 0.84 (d) 0.94 2.The probability of the union of two mutually
[NDA (II) - 2016] exclusive events is the sum of their individual
100. Three independent events, A1, A2 and A3 occur probabilities.
1 Which of the above statements is/are correct?
with probabilities P(Ai)= , i=1, 2, 3. What is (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
1 i
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
the probability that at least one of the three
[NDA (I) - 2017]
events occurs?
106. If two fair dice are thrown, then what is the
1 2 probability that the sum is either 8 or 9?
(a) (b)
4 3 1 1
(a) (b)
3 1 6 4
(c) (d)
4 24 3 5
[NDA (II) - 2016] (c) (d)
4 6
101. In a series of 3 one-day cricket matches between
teams A and B of a college, the probability of [NDA (I) - 2017]
107. Let A and B are two mutually exclusive events
1 1
team A winning or drawings are and 1 1
3 6 with P(A)= and P(B)= . What is the value of P
3 4
respectively. If a win, lose or draw gives 2, 0 and
1 point respectively, then what is the probability
that team A will score 5 points in the series?
 A  B ?
17 11 1 1
(a) (b) (a) (b)
18 12 6 4
1 1 1 5
(c) (d) (c) (d)
12 18 3 12
[NDA (II) - 2016] [NDA (I) - 2017]
102. Let the random variable X follow B(6,p). If 108. A committee of two persons is constituted from
16P(X=4) = P(X=2), then what is the value of p? two men and two women. What is the probability
that the committee will have only women?
1 1
(a) (b) 1 1
3 4 (a) (b)
6 3
1 1
(c) (d) 1 2
5 6 (c) (d)
[NDA (II) - 2016]
2 3
103. For two dependent events A and B, it is given that [NDA (I) - 2017]
P(A) = 0.2 and P(B) = 0.5. If A  B, then the 109. A question is given to three students A, B and C
values of conditional probabilities P (A|B) and 1 1 1
whose chances of solving it are , and
P(B|A) are respectively: 2 3 4
2 3 respectively. What is the probability that the
(a) , question will be solved?
5 5
1 1
2 (a) (b)
(b) ,1 24 4
5
3 23
2 (c) (d)
(c) 1, 4 24
5 [NDA (I) - 2017]
(d) Information is insufficient
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110. A point is chosen at random inside a circle. What 1 1
is the probability that the point is closer to the (c) (d)
8 10
centre of the circle than to its boundary?
[NDA (II) - 2017]
1 1
(a) (b) 2
5 4 117. In a binomial distribution, the mean is and the
3
1 1
(c) (d) 5
3 2 variance is . What is the probability that X = 2?
9
[NDA (I) - 2017]
111. The mean and standard deviation of a binomial 5 25
(a) (b)
distribution are 12 and 2 respectively. What is 36 36
the number of trials? 25 25
(a) 2 (b) 12 (c) (d)
(c) 18 (d) 24 216 54
[NDA-2017(1)] [NDA (II) - 2017]
112. Let the sample space consists of non negative 118. The probability that a ship safety reaches a port
integers up to 50, X denote the numbers which 1
are multiples of 3 angle Y denote the odd is . The probability that out of 5 ships, at least
3
numbers. Which of the following is/are correct?
4 ships would arrive safely is:
1. P(X) = 8/25
2. P(Y) = ½ 1 10
(a) (b)
Select the correct answer using the code given 243 243
below: 11 13
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) (d)
(c) both 1 and 2 (d) neither 1 nor 2 243 243
[NDA-2017(2)] [NDA (II) - 2017]
113. Five sticks of length 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 feet are 119. What is the probability that at least two persons
given. Three of these sticks are selected at out of a group of three persons were born in the
random. What is the probability that the selected same month (disregard years)?
sticks can form a triangle? 33 17
(a) (b)
(a) 0.5 (b) 0.4 144 72
(c) 0.3 (d) 0
[NDA (II) - 2017] 1 2
(c) (d)
114. A committee of two persons is selected from two 144 9
men and two women. The probability that the [NDA (II) - 2017]
committee will have exactly one women is: 120. If P(B)=

(a)
1
6
(b)
2
3
3
4
  1
3
 1

, P A  B  C  and A  B  C  ,then what
3
1 1 is P  B  C  equal to?
(c) (d)
3 2 1 3
[NDA (II) - 2017] (a) (b)
12 4
1
115. For two events A and B, P(A) = let P (AB) = 1 1
2 (c) (d)
15 9
2
3
1

and P(AB) = . What is P A  B equal to?
6
 [NDA (II) - 2017]
121. Let a die be loaded in such a way that even faces
1 1 are twice likely to occur as the odd faces. What is
(a) (b) the probability that a prime number will show up
6 4
when the die is tossed?
1 1 1 2
(c) (d) (a) (b)
3 2 3 3
[NDA (II) - 2017]
4 5
1 1 (c) (d)
116. Let A and B be two events with P(A) = , P(B)= 9 9
3 6
[NDA (II) - 2017]
1

and P(AB)= . What is P B | A equal to?
12
 122. In a multiple choice test, an examinee either
knows the correct answer with probability p, or
1 1 guesses with probability 1-p. The probability of
(a) (b) 1
5 7 answering a question correctly is , if he or she
m
merely guesses. If the examinee answers a

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 question correctly, the probability that he or she (c) 1/90
really knows the answer is: (d) None of the above
mp mp [NDA (I) - 2018]
(a) (b) 130. If A and B are two events such that 2P(A) = 3P(B),
1  mp 1   m  1 p where 0 < P(B) < P(A) < 1, then which of the
 m  1 p  m  1 p following is correct?
(c) (d) (a) P(A|B) < P(B|A) < P(AB)
1   m  1 p 1  mp (b) P(AB) <P(B|A) < P(A|B)
[NDA (II) - 2017] (c) P(B|A) < P(A|B) < P(AB)
123. In a Binomial distribution, the mean is three (d) P(AB) <P(A|B) < (B|A)
times its variance. What is the probability of [NDA (I) - 2018]
exactly 3 successes out of 5 trials? 131. Two fair dice are rolled. What is the probability of
(a) 80/243 (b) 40/243 getting a sum of 7?
(c) 20/243 (d) 10/243 (a) 1/36 (b) 1/6
[NDA-2018(1)] (c) 7/12 (d) 5/12
124. Consider the following statements: [NDA (I) - 2018]
1. PA  B  PA  PB  PA  B 132. Three dice having digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 on
2. PA  B  PB  PA  B their faces are marked I, II and III and rolled. Let
x, y and z represent the number on die-I die-II
3. PA  B  PBPA | B
and die-III respectively. What is the number of
Which of the above statements are correct? possible outcomes such that x > y > z?
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 1 and 3 only (a) 14 (b) 16
(c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 (c) 18 (d) 20
[NDA-2018(1)] [NDA (II) - 2018]
125. The probabilities that a student will solve 133. Two integers x and y are chosen with replacement
question A and question B are 0.4 and 0.5 from the set (0, 1, 2, ……,10). The probability that
respectively. What is the probability that he |xy|  5 is:
solves at least one of the two questions?
(a) 0.6 (b) 0.7 6 35
(a) (b)
(c) 0.8 (d) 0.9 11 121
[NDA-2018(1)] 30 25
126. A committee of three has to be chosen from a (c) (d)
121 121
group of 4 men and 5 women. If the selection is
[NDA (II) - 2018]
made at random, what is the probability that
134. If the probability of simultaneous occurrence of
exactly two members are men?
two events A and B is p and the probability that
(a) 5/14 (b) 1/21
exactly one of A, B occurs is q, then which of the
(c) 3/14 (d) 8/21
following is/are correct?
[NDA (I) - 2018]
127. Consider the following in respect of two events A    
I.P A  P B  2  2p  q
and B.
I.P(A occurs but not B) = P(A)  P(B) if C  A  
II.P A  B =1pq
II.P(A alone or B alone occurs) = P(A) + P(B) Select the correct answer using the code given
P(AB) below:
III.P(AB) = P(A) + P(B) if A and B are mutually (a) I only (b) II only’
exclusive. (c) Both I and II (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Which of the above is/are correct? [NDA (II) - 2018]
(a) I only (b) I and III only 135. Three groups of children contain 3 girls and 1
(c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1 and 2 only boy; 2 girls and 2 boys; 1 girl and 3 boys. One
[NDA (I) - 2018] child is selected at random from each group. The
128. One bag contains 3 white and 2 black balls, probability that the three selected consists of 1
another bag contains 5 white and 3 black balls, if girl and 2 boys is:
a bag is chosen at random and a ball is drawn
13 9
from it, what is the chance that it is white? (a) (b)
(a) 3/8 (b) 49/80 32 32
(c) 8/13 (d) 1/2 3 1
[NDA (I) - 2018] (c) (d)
32 32
129. A box has ten chits numbered 0,1,2,3 …..,9.
First, one chit is drawn at random and kept [NDA (II) - 2018]
aside. From the remaining, a second chit is 136. 8 coins are tossed simultaneously. The
drawn at random. What is the probability that the probability of getting at least 6 heads is:
second chit drawn is “9”? 7 57
(a) (b)
(a) 1/10 64 64
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 37 229 1 1
(c) (d) (c) (d)
256 256 5 6
[NDA (II) - 2018] [NDA (I) - 2019]
137. In a bolt factory, machines X, Y, Z manufacture 143. Two symmetric dice flipped with each dice
bolt that are respectively 25%, 35% and 40% of having two sides painted red, two painted
the factor’s total output. The machines X, Y, Z black, one painted yellow and the other painted
respectively produce 2%, 4% and 5% defective white, What is the probability that both land on
bolts. A bolt is drawn at random from the product the same colour?
and is found to be defective. What is the 3 2
probability that it was manufactured by machine (a) (b)
X? 18 9
5 11 5 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
39 39 18 3
20 34 [NDA (I) - 2019]
(c) (d) 144. There are n socks in a drawer, of which 3 socks
39 39 are red. If 2 of the socks are chosen randomly
[NDA (II) - 2018] and the probability that both selected socks are
138. Let A, B and C be three mutually exclusive and
exhaustive events associated with a random
1
red is , then what is the value of n?
experiment. If P(B) = 1.5 P(A) and P(C) = 0.5P(B), 2
then P(A) is equal to: (a) 3 (b) 4
3 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
(a) (b) [NDA (I) - 2019]
4 13 145. Two cards are chosen at random from a deck of
2 1 52 playing cards. What is the probability that
(c) (d)
3 2 both of them have the same value?
[NDA (II) - 2018] 1 3
(a) (b)
139. If two dice are thrown and at least one of the dice 17 17
shows 5, then the probability that the sum is 10
or more is: 5 7
(c) (d)
1 4 17 17
(a) (b) [NDA (I) - 2019]
6 11
146. In eight throws of a die, 5 or 6 is considered a
3 2 success. The mean and standard deviation of
(c) (d)
11 11 total number of successes is respectively given
[NDA (II) - 2018] by
140. If A, B, C are three events, then what is the 8 16 8 4
probability that at-least two of these events (a) , (b) ,
3 9 3 3
occur together?
(a)P(A ∩ B) + P(B ∩ C ) + P(C ∩ A) 4 4 4 16
(c) , (d) ,
(b)P(A∩B) + P(B∩C ) + P(C∩A) - P(A∩B∩C) 3 3 3 9
(c)P(A∩B) + P(B∩C ) + P(C∩A) - 2P(A∩B∩C) [NDA (I) - 2019]
(d)P(A∩B) + P(B∩C ) + P(C∩A) - 3P(A∩B∩C) 147. A and B are two events such that A' and B' are
[NDA (I) - 2019] mutually exclusive. If P(A) = 0.5 and P(B) = 0.6 ,
141. Two independent events A and B are such that then what is the value of P(A/B)?
P(A∪B) = 2/3 , and P(A∩B) = 1/6 . If P(B) < P(A)
, then what is P(B) equal to ? 1 1
(a) (b)
1 1 5 6
(a) (b) 2 1
4 3 (c) (d)
1 1 5 3
(c) (d) [NDA (I) - 2019]
2 6
148. What is the probability that an interior point in
[NDA (I) - 2019] a circle is closer to the centre than to the
142. If two fair dice are rolled then what is the circumference?
conditional probability that the first dice shows
6 given that the sum of numbers on the dice is
1
(a)
8. 4
1 1 1
(a) (b) (b)
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 3 156. A bag contains 20 books out of which 5 are
(c) defective. If 3 of the books are selected at
4 random and removed from the bag in
(d) It cannot be determined
succession without replacement, then what is
[NDA (I) - 2019]
the probability that all three books are
149. If A and B are two events, then what is the
defective?
probability of occurrence of either A or event B?
(a) 0.009 (b) 0.016
(a) P(A) + P(B) (b) P(A ∪ B)
(c) 0.026 (d) 0.047
(c) P(A ∩ B) (d) P(A)P(B)
[NDA (II) - 2019]
[NDA (I) - 2019]
157. If a coin is tossed till the first head appears,
150. From a deck of cards, cards are taken out with
then what will be the sample space?
replacement. What is the probability that the
(a) {H}
fourteenth card taken out is an ace?
(b) {TH}
1 4 (c) {T,HT,HHT,HHHT, ...}
(a) (b)
51 51 (d) {H, TH, TTH, TTTH, ..........}
1 1 [NDA (II) - 2019]
(c) (d) 158. Two dices are thrown simultaneously. What is
52 13 the probability that the sum of the numbers
[NDA (I) - 2019] appearing on them is a prime number?
151. If A and B are two events such that P(A) = 0.5 , (a) 5/12 (b) 1/2
P(B) = 0.6 and P(A ∩ B) = 0.4 , then what is (c) 7/12 (d) 2/3
 A  B equal to ? 159.
[NDA (II) - 2019]
If 5 of a company's 10 delivery trucks do not
(a) 0.9 (b) 0.7 meet emission standards and 3 of them are
(c) 0.5 (d) 0.3 chosen for inspection, then what is the
[NDA (I) - 2019] probability that none of the trucks chosen will
152. A person is given to three students A, B and C meet emission standards?
whose probabilities of solving the problem are (a) 1/8 (b) 3/8
1/2, 3/4 and 1/4 respectively. What probability (c) 1/12 (d) 1/4
that the problem will be they all solve the [NDA (II) - 2019]
problem independently 160. There are three coins in a box. One is a two-
29 27 headed; another is a fair coin; and third is
(a) (b)
32 32 biased coin that comes up heads 75% of time.
When one of the three coins is selected at
25 23 random and flipped, it shows heads. What is
(c) (d)
32 32 the probability that it was the two-headed coin?
[NDA (I) - 2019] (a) 2/9 (b) 1/3
153. A pair of fair dice is rolled. What is the (c) 4/9 (d) 5/9
probability that the second dice lands on a [NDA (II) - 2019]
higher value than does the first? 161. Consider the following statements:
1 1 I. If A and B are mutually exclusive events,
(a) (b) then it is possible that P(A) =P(B) =0.6
4 6 II. If A and B are any two events such that
5 5
(c) (d) P(A/B) =1, then P(B / A)  1.
12 18 which of the above statement is/are corrects?
[NDA (I) - 2019] (a) 1 only (b) 2 only
154. A fair coin is tossed and an unbiased dice rolled (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
together. What is the probability of getting a 2 [NDA (II) - 2019]
or 4 or 6 along with head? 162. If a fair die is rolled 4 times, then what is the
1 1 probability that there are exactly 2 sixes ?
(a) (b) (a) 5/216 (b) 25/216
2 3
(c) 125/216 (d) 175/216
1 1 [NDA (II) - 2019]
(c) (d)
4 6 163. What is the probability that February of a leap
[NDA (I) - 2019] year selected at random, will have five
155. A coin is biased so that heads comes up thrice Sundays?
as likely as tails. For three independent tosses (a) 1/5 (b) 1/7
of a coin, what is the probability of getting at (c) 2/7 (d) 1
most two tails. [NDA 2020]
(a) 0.16 (b) 0.48 164. A husband and wife appear in an interview for
(c) 0.58 (d) 0.98 two vacancies for the same The post.
[NDA (II) - 2019] Probability of the husband's selection is 1/7
and that of the wife's selection is 1/5. If the

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 events are independent, then the probability of 172. If P(A∪B) = 5/6 , P(A∩B) = 1/3 and P(not
which one of the following is 11/35? A)=1/2 , then which one of the following is not
(a) At least one of them will be selected correct ?
(b) Only one of them will be selected (a) P(B) = 2/3
(c) None of them will be selected (b) P(A∩B) = P(A)P(B)
(d) Both of them will be selected (c) P(A∪B) > P(A) + P(B)
[NDA 2020] (d) P(not A and not B) = P(not A)P(not B)
165. A dealer has a stock of 15 gold coins out of [NDA 2020]
which 6 are counterfeits. A person randomly
picks 4 of the 15 gold coins. What is the 173. Let two events A and B be such that P(A) = L
probability that all the coins picked will be and P(B) = M. Which one of the following is
counterfeits? correct?
(a) 1/91 (b) 4/91 L  M 1
(c) 6/91 (d) 15/91 (a) P ( A / B ) 
[NDA 2020] M
166. A committee of 3 is to be formed from a group
L  M 1
of 2 boys and 2 girls. What is the probability (b) P ( A / B ) 
that the committee consists of 2 boys and 1 M
girls?
L  M 1
(a) 2/3 (b) 1/4 (c) P ( A / B ) 
(c) 3/4 (d) ½ M
[NDA 2020]
L  M 1
(d) P ( A / B ) 
167. In a lottery of 10 tickets numbered 1 to 10, two
tickets are simultaneously. What is the M
probability that both the tickets drawn have [NDA (I) 2021]
prime numbers?
(a) 1/15 (b) 1/2 5 1 1
174. If P(A∪B) = , P(A∩B) = and P ( A) = , then
(c) 2/15 (d) 1/5 6 3 2
[NDA 2020]
which of the following is/are correct ?
168. Consider a random variable X which follows
1. A and B are independent events.
Binomial distribution with parameters n = 10
2. A and B are mutually exclusive events.
and P = 1/5. Then Y = 10 - X follows Binomial
Select the correct answer using the code given
distribution with parameters n and P
below.
respectively given by
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(a) 5, 1/5 (b) 5, 2/5
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
(c) 10, 3/5 (d) 10, 4/5
[NDA (I) 2021]
[NDA 2020]
175. A coin is tossed twice. If E and F denote
169. If A and B are two events such that P(A) = 0.6,
occurrence of head on first toss and second toss
P(B) = 0.5 and P(A ∩ B) = 0.4, then consider the
respectively, then what is P(E∪F) equal to ?
following statements :
(a) 1/4 (b) 1/2
1. P ( A  B )  0.9 (c) 3/4 (d) 1/3
2. P( B / A)  0.6 [NDA (I) 2021]
176. In a binomial distribution, the mean is 2/3 and
Which of the above statements is/are correct? variance is 5/9. What is the probability that
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only random variable X = 2?
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (a) 5/36 (b) 25/36
[NDA 2020] (c) 25/54 (d) 25/216
170. Three cooks X, Y and Z bake a special kind of [NDA (I) 2021]
cake, and with respective probabilities 0.02, 177. If A and B are two events such that P(A) = 3/4
0.03 and 0.05, it fails to rise. In the restaurant and P(B) = 5/8 , then consider the following
where they work, X bakes 50%, Y bakes 30% statements :
and Z bakes 20% of cakes. What is the 1. The minimum value of P(A∪B) is 3/4
proportion of failures caused by X? 2. The maximum value of P(A∩B) is 5/8
(a) 9/29 (b) 10/29 Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(c) 19/28 (d) 28/29 (a) 1 only (b) 2 only
[NDA 2020] (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
171. If three dice are rolled under the condition that [NDA (I) 2021]
no two dice show the same face then what is 178. Consider the following relations for two events E
the probability that one of the faces is having and F.
the number 6? 1. P(EF)P(E)+P(F)–1
(a) 5/6 (b) 5/9 2. P(EF)=P(E)+P(F)+P(EF)
(c) 1/2 (d) 5/12
3. P(EF)P(E) + P(F)
[NDA 2020]
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 (a) 1 only (b) 3 only probability that the last digit in the product
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 appears as 0?
[NDA (II) 2021] (a)
1
(b)
1
10 5
179. If P(A|B)<P(A), then which one of the following is 2 4
correct? (c) 5
(d) 5
(a) P(B|A)<P(B) (b) P(B|A)>P(B) [NDA (I) 2022]
(c) P(B|A)=P(B) (d) P(B|A)>P(A) Consider the following data for the next three
[NDA (II) 2021] (03) items that follow:
180. A problem is given to three students A, B and C, There are 90 applications for the job. Some of
whose probabilities of solving the problem them are graduates. Some of them have less than
1 3
independently are , and p respectively. If the three years experience.
2 4
29 Number of Number of
probability that the problem can be solved is 32
, graduate non-
then what is the value of p? s gradua
tes
2 2
(a) (b) At least 3 18 9
5 3
years
1 1 Experience
(c) (d)
3 4 Less than 3 36 27
[NDA (II) 2021] years
181. In a cricket match, a batsman hits a six 8 times experienc
out of 60 balls he plays. What is the probability e
that on a ball played he does not hit a six?
2 1
(a) (b) Let G be the event that the first applicant
3 15
interviewed is a graduate and T be the event that
2
(c) 15
13
(d) 15 first applicant interviewed has at least 3 yeas
experience.
[NDA (II) 2021] 187. What is P (𝐺 ∩ 𝑇̅ ) equal to?
182. 3-digit numbers are formed using the digit 1, 3, 7 1 2
without repetition of digits. A number is (a) 5 (b) 5
3 4
randomly selected. What is the probability that (c) 5 (d) 5
the number is divisible by 3? [NDA (I) 2022]
1
(a) 0 (b) 3 188. What is P(𝐺|𝑇̅) equal to?
2 3
(a) (b)
1 1 7 7
(c) 4 (d) 8 4
(c) 7
5
(d) 7
[NDA (II) 2021] [NDA (I) 2022]
183. What is the probability that the roots of the 189. What is P(𝑇̅ |𝐺̅) equal to?
equation x2 + x + n = 0 are real, where nN and n 1 1
(a) 4 (b) 3
< 4?
3 3
(a) 0
1
(b) 4 (c) (d)
5 4
[NDA (I) 2022]
1
(c) 3
1
(d) 2 Consider the following data for the next three
(03) items that follow:
[NDA (II) 2021] The incidence of suffering from a disease among
7
184. If A and B are two events such that P(not A)= , workers in an industry has a chance of 33 3 %.
1
10
3 3
P(not B)= 10 and P(A|B)= 14 , then what is P(B|A) 190. What is the probability that exactly 3 out of 6
equal to? workers suffer from a disease?
11 9 80 10
(a) (b) (a) 729 (b) 81
14 14
10 160
(c) (d)
1 1 243 729
(c) (d) [NDA (I) 2022]
4 2
[NDA (II) 2021] 191. What is the probability that no one out of 6
185. Seven white balls and three black balls are workers suffers from a disease?
665 64
randomly placed in a row. What is the probability (a) 729 (b) 729
that no two black balls are placed adjacently? 4 1
7 8 (c) 243 (d) 729
(a) (b)
15 15 [NDA (I) 2022]
11 13
192. What is the probability that at least one out of 6
(c) (d) workers suffer from a disease?
15 15
728 665
[NDA (II) 2021] (a) (b)
729 729
186. Two digits out of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 are chosen at 653 596
random and multiplied together. What is the (c) 729 (d) 729

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193. What is the probability of getting a composite (c) (d)
216 54
number in the list of natural numbers from 1 to [NDA 2022 (II)]
50? 201. The probability that a person hits a target is 0.5.
7 17 What is the probability of at least one hit in 4
(a) (b)
10 25 shots?
18 33 1 1
(c) (d) (a) (b)
25 50 8 16
[NDA 2022 (II)] 15 7
194. If n > 7, then what is the probability of C(n, 7) is a (c) (d)
16 8
multiple of 7? [NDA 2022 (II)]
1 202. A box contains 2 white balls, 3 black balls and 4
(a) 0 (b)
7 red balls. What is the number of ways of drawing
1 3 balls from the box with at least one black ball?
(c) (d) 1 (a) 84 (b) 72
2
[NDA 2022 (II)] (c) 64 (d) 48
195. Two numbers x and y are chosen at random from [NDA 2022 (II)]
a set of first 10 natural numbers. What is the 203. During war one ship out of 5 was sunk on an
probability that (x+y) is divisible by 4? average in making a certain voyage. What is the
probability that exactly 3 out of 5 ships would
1 2
(a) (b) arrive safely?
5 9
8 7 16 32
(c) (d) (a) (b)
45 45 625 625
[NDA 2022 (II)] 64 128
196. A number x is chosen at random from first n (c) (d)
natural numbers. What is the probability that the 625 625
[NDA 2022 (II)]
1
number chosen satisfies x+  2? 204. A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. A
x gambler bets that it is either a spade or an ace.
1 1 The odds against his winning are:
(a) (b)
n 2n  (a) 9:4 (b) 35:17
(c) 17:35 (d) 4:9
(c)
n  1
(d) 1 [NDA 2022 (II)]
n 205. The completion of a construction job may be
[NDA 2022 (II)] delayed due to strike. The probability of strike is
197. Three fair dice are tossed once. What is the 0.6. The probability that the construction job gets
probability that they show different numbers that completed on time if there is no strike is 0.85 and
are in AP? the probability that the construction job gets
(a)
1
(b)
1 completed on time if there is a strike is 0.35.
12 18 What is the probability that the construction job
1 1 will not be completed on time?
(c) (d) (a) 0.35 (b) 0.45
36 72
(c) 0.55 (d) 0.65
[NDA 2022 (II)]
[NDA 2022 (II)]
198. If P(A) = 0.5, P(B) = 0.7 and P(A  B) = 0.3., then 206. One bag contains 3 white and 2 black balls,
what is the value of P(A'  B')+P(A'B) +P(AB')? another bag contains 2 white and 3 black balls.
(a) 0.6 (b) 0.7 Two balls are drawn from the first bag and put it
(c) 0.8 (d) 0.9 into the second bag and then a ball is drawn from
[NDA 2022 (II)] the second bag. What is the probability that it is
199. Five coins are tossed once. What is the white?
probability of getting at most four tails? 6 33
31 15 (a) (b)
(a) (b) 7 70
32 16
29 7 3 1
(c) (d) (c) (d)
32 8 10 70
[NDA 2022 (II)] [NDA – 2023 (1)]
200. Three fair dice are thrown. What is the probability 207. Three dice are thrown. What is the probability
of getting a total greater than or equal to 15? that each face shows only multiples of 3?
19 1 1 1
(a) (b) (a) (b)
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(c) (d) 214. Three dice are thrown. What is the probability of
27 3
getting a sum which is a perfect square?
[NDA – 2023 (1)] (a) 17/108 (b) 5/108
208. What is the probability that the month of (c) 19/108 (d) 23/108
December has 5 Sundays? [NDA-2023 (2)]
1 215. A, B, C and D are mutually exclusive and
(a) 1 (b)
4 exhaustive events.
3 2 If 2P(A)=3P(B)=4P(C)=5P(D), then what is 77P(A)
(c) (d) equal to?
7 7 (a) 12 (b) 15
[NDA – 2023 (1)] (c) 20 (d) 30
209. A natural number n is chosen from the first 50 [NDA-2023 (2)]
natural numbers. What is the probability that n + 216. Two distinct natural numbers from 1 to 9 are
50 picked at random. What is the probability that
< 50?
n their product has 1 in its units place?
(a) 1/81 (b) 1/72
23 47
(a) (b) (c) 1/18 (d) 1/36
25 50 [NDA-2023 (2)]
24 49
(c) (d) 217. Two dice are thrown. What is the probability that
25 50
difference of numbers on them is 2 or 3?
[NDA – 2023 (1)]
(a) 7/36 (b) 7/18
210. Let A and B be two independent events such that
 
  (c) 5/18 (d) 11/36
P A  0.7, P B  k, PA  B  0.8 . What is the [NDA-2023 (2)]
value of k? 218. The probability that a person recovers from a
5 4 disease is 0.8. What is the probability that exactly
(a) (b) 2 persons out of 5 will recover from the disease?
7 7 (a) 0.55512 (b) 0.02048
2 1 (c) 0.2048 (d) 0.0512
(c) (d)
7 7 [NDA-2023 (2)]
[NDA – 2023 (1)] 219. Suppose that there is a chance for a newly
211. A biased coin with the probability of getting head constructed building to collapse, whether the
1 design is faulty or not. The chance that the
equal to is tossed five times. What is the design is faulty is 10%. The chance that the
4
probability of getting tail in all the four tosses building collapses is 95% if the design is faulty,
followed by head? otherwise it is 45%. If it is seen that the building
81 81 has collapsed, then what is the probability that it
(a) (b) is due to faulty design?
512 1024 (a) 0.10 (b) 0.19
81 27 (c) 0.45 (d) 0.95
(c) (d)
256 1024 [NDA-2023 (2)]
[NDA – 2023 (1)] 220. A fair coin is tossed 6 times. What is the
212. A coin is biased so that heads comes up thrice as probability of getting a result in the 6 th toss which
likely as tails. In four independent tosses of the is different from those obtained in the first five
coin, what is probability of getting exactly three tosses?
heads? (a) 7/16 (b) 1/16
81 27 (c) 1/32 (d) 1/64
(a) (b) [NDA-2023 (2)]
256 64
221. In a class, there are n students including the
27 9 students P and Q. What is the probability that P
(c) (d)
256 256 and Q sit together if seats are assigned
[NDA – 2023 (1)] randomly?
213. Let X and Y be two random variables such that X (a) 1/n (b) 2/n
+ Y = 100. If X follows Binomial distribution with (c) 4/n (d) 1/2n
4 [NDA-2023 (2)]
parameters n = 100 and p = , what is the
5 222. In a Binomial distribution B(n, p), n=6 and
variance of Y? 9P(X=4)=P(X=2). What is p equal to?
1 (a) 1/4 (b) 1/2
(a) 1 (b) (c) 3/4 (d) 4/5
2 [NDA-2023 (2)]
1 Consider the following for the next (05) items
(c) 16 (d)
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 Three boys P, Q, R and three girls S, T, U are to 226. What is the probability that P and Q take the two
be arranged in a row for a group photograph. end positions?
223. What is the probability that all three boys sit (a) 1/15 (b) 7/15
together? (c) 14/15 (d) 11/15
(a) 1/5 (b) 1/4 [NDA-2023 (2)]
(c) 1/3 (d) 1/12 227. What is the probability that Q and U sit together?
[NDA-2023 (2)] (a)2/3 (b) 1/4
224. What is the probability that boys and girls sit (c) 5/6 (d) 1/3
alternatively? [NDA-2023 (2)]
(a) 4/5 (b) 1/10
(c) 5/6 (d) 1/7
[NDA-2023 (2)]
225. What is the probability that no two girls sit
together?
(a) 2/3 (b) 3/5
(c) 1/18 (d) 1/5
[NDA-2023 (2)]

ANSWER KEY

1. d 2. a 3. d 4. c 5. b 6. a 7. a 8. a 9. b 10. b

11. a 12. d 13. b 14. a 15. c 16. b 17. d 18. b 19. b 20. c

21. d 22 c 23. d 24. b 25. b 26. c 27. c 28. d 29. a 30. d

31. c 32. c 33. b 34. b 35. b 36. c 37. c 38. b 39. d 40. c

41. a 42. c 43. a 44. b 45. d 46. b 47. c 48. d 49. a 50. d

51. c 52. b 53. a 54. d 55. d 56. b 57. b 58. c 59. a 60. d

61. a 62. d 63. d 64. c 65. d 66. a 67. b 68. c 69. b 70. c

71. b 72. d 73. b 74. c 75. c 76. d 77. a 78. a 79. a 80. a

81. a 82. d 83. a 84. b 85. d 86. b 87. a 88. c 89. d 90. b

91. c 92. b 93. d 94. d 95. a 96. a 97. c 98. a 99. c 100. c

101. d 102. c 103. b 104. a 105. c 106. b 107. d 108. a 109. c 110. b

111. c 112. c 113. c 114. b 115. a 116. c 117. c 118. c 119. b 120. a

121. b 122. b 123. a 124. b 125. b 126. a 127. b 128. b 129. c 130. b

131. b 132. d 133. c 134. c 135. a 136. c 137. a 138. b 139. c 140. c

141. b 142. c 143. c 144. d 145. a 146. b 147. b 148. a 149. b 150. d

151. d 152. a 153. c 154. c 155. d 156. d 157. d 158. a 159. c 160. c

161. b 162. b 163. b 164. b 165. a 166. d 167. c 168. d 169. a 170. b

171. c 172. c 173. c 174. a 175. c 176. d 177. c 178. d 179. a 180. d

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181. d 182. a 183. a 184. d 185. a 186. b 187. b 188. c 189. d 190. d

191. b 192. b 193. b 194. d 195. c 196. c 197. b 198. b 199. a 200. d

201. c 202. c 203. d 204. a 205. b 206. b 207. c 208. c 209. b 210. c

211. b 212. b 213. c 214. a 215. c 216. d 217. a 218. d 219. b 220. b

221. b 222. a 223. a 224. b 225. d 226. a 227. d

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