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Probability Sheet - With Right Options?

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CDS JOURNEY | PROBABILITY SHEET

Q.1. In a throw of two dice, find the probability of getting one prime and one composite number.

(a) 1/2

(b) 1/3

(c) 2/3

(d) 3/4

Q.2. If a dice is thrown twice, find the probability that the product of of the number on dices is at least 30?

(a) 1/12

(b) 1/18

(c) 2/6

(d) 3/4

Q.3. Two cards are drawn from a standard deck of 52 cards without replacement. Find the probability that both
cards are face cards.

(a) 210/221

(b) 1/20

(c) 11/221

(d) 3/221

Q.4. Three dice are rolled simultaneously. What is the probability that the sum of the numbers is exactly 10?

(a) 1/6

(b) 1/8

(c) 1/12

(d) 1/16

Q.5. A fair coin is tossed 4 times. Find the probability of getting exactly 2 heads.

(a) 1/2

(b) 1/4

(c) 5/16

(d) 3/8

Q.6. An unbiased dice is thrown. What is the probability of getting an even number.

(a) 1/2

(b) 1/3

(c) 2/3

(d) 3/4
Q.7. An unbiased dice is thrown. What is the probability of getting a multiple of 3.

(a) 1/2

(b) 1/3

(c) 2/3

(d) 3/4

Q.8. An unbiased dice is thrown. What is the probability of getting an even number or a multiple of 3.

(a) 1/2

(b) 1/3

(c) 2/3

(d) 3/4

Q.9. An unbiased dice is thrown. What is the probability of getting an even number & a multiple of 3.

(a) 1/2

(b) 1/3

(c) 2/3

(d) 1/6

Q.10. There are two bags containing white and black balls. In the first bag, there are 8 white and 6 black balls
and in the second bag, there are 4 white and 7 black balls. One ball is drawn at random from any of these two
bags. Find the probability of this ball being black.

(a) 40/77

(b) 41/77

(c) 37/77

(d) 43/77

Q.11. Suppose six coins are flipped at once, what is the probability of getting at least one head.

(a) 71/72

(b) 53/54

(c) 63/64

(d) 1/12

Q.12. What is the probability of choosing a leap year form the 11th century to present date?

(a) 251/1024

(b) 248/1024

(c) 249/1024

(d) 125/512
Q.13. A bag contains 5 red marbles, 4 blue marbles, and 3 green marbles. Two marbles are drawn at random.
Find the probability that Both marbles are red.

(a) 1/6

(b) 5/33

(c) 2/11

(d) 3/13

Q.14. A fair die is rolled 3 times. What is the probability of getting at least one "6"?

(a) 125/216

(b) 91/216

(c) 81/216

(d) 1/3

Q.15. Two events A and B are independent. The probability of A is 0.6, and the probability of B is 0.4. Find the
probability that Both A and B occur.

(a) 0.240
(b) 0.360
(c) 0.480
(d) 0.160

Q.16. Two events A and B are independent. The probability of A is 0.5, and the probability of B is 0.8. Find the
probability that At least one of A or B occurs.

(a) 0.9
(b) 0.8
(c) 0.2
(d) 0.5

Q.17. There are 9 oranges and 12 guavas in a box. If the two fruits are chosen at random, the probability that
one is an orange and other is a guava is

(a) 0.62

(b) 0.91

(c) 0.37

(d) 0.51

Q.18. Q.13. A bag contains 5 red marbles, 4 blue marbles, and 3 green marbles. Two marbles are drawn at
random. Find the probability that One marble is red and the other is blue.

(a) 22/66

(b) 10/33

(c) 4/11

(d) 6/11
Q.19. The three ships namely A, B, and C, sail from India to Africa. If the ratio of the ships reaching safely is 2: 5,
3: 7 and 6: 11, then find the probability of all of them arriving safely.

(a) 18/595

(b) 12/595

(c) 24/1190

(d) 18/1190

Q.20. A problem is given to three persons P, Q, R whose respective chances of solving it are 2/7, 4/7, 4/9
respectively. What is the probability that the problem is solved?

(a) 122/147

(b) 120/147

(c) 75/441

(d) 25/147

Q.21. Two dice are thrown together. What is the probability that the number obtained on one of the dice is
multiple of number obtained on the other dice?

(a) 7/18

(b) 11/18

(c) 5/36

(d) 10/18

Q.22. Find the probability that a leap year has 52 Sundays.

(a) 4/7

(b) 2/7

(c) 3/7

(d) 5/7

Q.23. Three bags contain 3 red, 7 black; 8 red, 2 black, and 4 red & 6 black balls respectively. 1 of the bags is
selected at random and a ball is drawn from it. If the ball drawn is red, find the probability that it is drawn from
the third bag.

(a) 4/30

(b) 4/15

(c) 8/15

(d) 7/15

Q.24. What is the probability of drawing an Ace or a Spade from a standard deck of 52 cards?

(a) 4/26

(b) 4/13

(c) 3/13

(d) 3/26
Q.25. What is the probability of drawing two cards of the same suit in two consecutive draws without
replacement?

(a)1/17

(b)4/17

(c)6/17

(d)2/17

Q.26. What is the probability of drawing a card that is neither a King nor a Queen from a standard deck?

(a)11/13

(b)5/13

(c)1/13

(d)3/13

Q.27. What is the probability of drawing two red cards in two consecutive draws without replacement?

(a) 13/51

(b)25/102

(c) 25/51

(d)5/26

Q.28. What is the probability of drawing two red heart cards in two consecutive draws without replacement?

(a)1/17

(b)4/17

(c)6/17

(d)2/17

Q.29. What is the probability that at least one ship out of three ships, A, B, and C, will reach safely, given that
the probability of A reaching safely is 4/7 , B's probability is 3/8, and C's probability is 5/9?

(a)5/42

(b)37/42

(c)12/42

(d)30/42

Q.30. The probability of ship A reaching safely is 4/7 , ship B is 5/9, and ship C is 2/3. What is the probability
that exactly one of the ships will reach safely?

(a)44/189

(b)16/189

(c)31/189

(d)55/189
Q.31. A father and daughter appear for the same job. The probability of the father being selected is 5/9 and
the probability of the daughter being selected is 4/7. What is the probability that both are selected?

(a)43/63

(b)20/63

(c)30/63

(d)33/63

Q.32. In an interview for a single position, the probability of the husband being selected is 5/8 and the
probability of the wife being selected is 3/7. If they both appear for the interview, what is the probability that
at least one of them will be selected?

(a)3/14

(b)2/14

(c)11/14

(d)12/14

Q.33. In an interview for two positions, the probability of the husband being selected is 7/10, the probability of
the wife being selected is 5/6. What is the probability that at least one of them is not selected and what is the
probability that both of them are not selected?

(a)5/12, 3/20

(b)2/3, 1/20

(c)5/12, 1/20

(d)2/3, 3/20

Q.34. A husband and wife are applying for two positions. The probability that the husband gets selected is 4/9
and the probability that the wife gets selected is 5/12. What is the probability that exactly one of them is
selected?

(a)53/108

(b)25/108

(c)7/27

(d)28/108

Q.35. A coin is tossed a fixed number of times. If the probability of getting 4 heads equals the probability of
getting 7 heads, then the probability of getting 2 heads is?

(a)50/2048

(b)25/2048

(c)55/2048

(d)28/1024
Q.36. A fair coin is tossed repeatedly. If tail appears for the first 4 times, then what is the probability of getting
head in the next attempt

(a)1/32

(b)2/32

(c)1/2

(d)1/16

Q.37. The probability of getting head and tail alternatively in three throws of a coin (or throw of three coins) is?

(a)1/8

(b)1/4

(c)3/8

(d)1/3

Q.38. One card is drawn from each of two ordinary packs of 52 cards. The probability that at least one of them
is an ace of heart, is?

(a) 103/2704

(b) 1/2704

(c) 2/52

(d) 2601/2704

Q.39. A dice is thrown twice and the sum of the appearing number is 6. Then the probability that the number 4
has appeared at least once is?

(a)1/4

(b)1/3

(c)2/5

(d)1/2

Q.40. 3 dice are thrown. If A appears on the first dice, B appears on the second dice and C appear on the third
dice. Find the probability of getting A<B<C?

(a)10/27

(b)5/54

(c)19/216

(d)7/105

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