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CTQ - 2023
CTQ : Concept Through Questions Year : 2023
Topic : Probability I

1. The probability that the 6th day of a randomly chosen month of a year is a Sunday, is
(a) 1/12 (b) 1/17
(c) 1/84 (d) None of these Video solution
2. If the letters of the word ‘REGULATIONS’ be arranged at random, the probability that there will be exactly
4 letters between R and E is
(a) 6/55 (b) 3/55
(c) 49/55 (d) None of these Video solution
3. Five different objects 𝐴1 , 𝐴2 , 𝐴3 , 𝐴4 , 𝐴5 are distributed randomly in 5 places marked 1,2,3,4,5. One
arrangement is picked at random. The probability that in the selected arrangement, none of the object
occupies the place corresponding to its number, is
(a) 119/120 (b) 1/15
(c) 11/30 (d) None of these Video solution
4. If M and N are any two events. The probability, that exactly one of them occurs, is
(a) P(M)+P(N)-P(M∩N) (b) P(M)+P(N)+P(M∩N)
(c) P(M)+P(N) (d) P(M)+P(N)-2P(M∩N) Video solution
5. The probability that the same number appear on throwing three dice simultaneously, is
(a) 1/36 (b) 5/36
(c) 1/6 (d) 4/13 Video solution
6. One hundred cards are numbered from 1 to 100. The probability that a randomly chosen card has a digit
5 is
(a) 1/100 (b) 9/100
(c) 19/100 (d) None of these Video solution
7. A and B stand in a ring with 10 other persons. If the arrangement of the persons is at random, then the
probability that there are exactly 3 persons between A and B is
(a) 2/11 (b) 9/11
(c) 1/11 (d) None of these Video solution
8. If the random variable X takes the values 𝑥1 , 𝑥2 , 𝑥10 with probability 𝑃(𝑋 = 𝑥1 ) = 𝑘𝑖, then the value of k
is equal to
(a) 1/10 (b) 1/4
(c) 1/55 (d) 7/12 Video solution
9. The chances to fail in physics are 20% and the chances to fail in mathematics are 10%. What are the
chances to fail in at least one object?
(a) 28% (b) 38%
(c) 72% (d) 82% Video solution

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10. Two friends A and B have equal number of daughters. There are three cinema tickets which are to be
distributed among the daughters of A and B. The probability that all the tickets got to daughters of A is
1/20. The number of daughters each of them have is
(a) 4 (b) 5
(c) 6 (d) 3 Video solution
11. Three of the six vertices of a regular hexagon are chosen at random. The probability that the triangle with
these three vertices is equilateral, equals
(a) 1/2 (b) 1/5
(c) 1/10 (d) 1/20 Video solution
12. If three students A,B,C can solve a problem with probabilities 1/3,1/4 and 1/5 respectively, then the
probability that the problem will be solved is
(a) 3/5 (b) 4/5
(c) 2/5 (d) 47/60 Video solution
13. An experiment has 10 equally likely outcomes. Let A and B be two non-empty events of the experiment. If
A consists of 4 outcomes, the number of outcomes that B must have so that A and B are independent, is
(a) 2,4 or 8 (b) 3,6 or 9
(c) 4 or 8 (d) 5 or 10 Video solution
14. The probability that at least one of the events A and B occurs is 0.6. If A and B occur simultaneously with
probability 0.2, then 𝑃(𝐴̅ ) + 𝑃(𝐵̅), is
(a) 0.4 (b) 0.8
(c) 1.2 (d) 1.4 Video solution
15. A bag contains 5 brown and 4 white socks. A man pulls out two socks without replacement. The
probability that these are of the same colour, is
(a) 5/108 (b) 18/108
(c) 30/108 (d) 48/108 Video solution
16. A five digits number is formed by writing the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 in a random order without repetitions.
Then the probability that the number is divisible by 4, is
(a) 3/5 (b) 18/5
(c) 1/5 (d) 6/5 Video solution
17. In an experiment the success is twice that of failure. If the experiment is repeated 6 times, the probability
that at least 4 times favorable is
(a) 64/729 (b) 192/729
(c) 240/729 (d) 496/729 Video solution
18. If P(A)=0.25, P(B)=0.50 and P(A∩B)=0.14 ,then P(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵̅) is equal to
(a) 0.61 (b) 0.39
(c) 0.48 (d) None of these Video solution
19. A random variable X has the probability distribution
X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
P(X) 0.15 0.23 0.12 0.10 0.20 0.08 0.07 0.05
For the events E={X is a prime number} and F={X<4},then P(E∪F) is
(a) 0.77 (b) 0.87
(c) 0.35 (d) 0.50 Video solution

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20. If X is a poisson variate such that P(X=1)=P(X=2), then P(X=4) is equal to
1 1
(a) (b)
2𝑒 2 3𝑒 2
2
(c) 3𝑒 2
(d) 1/𝑒 2 Video solution
21. A letter is known to have come from either TATANAGAR or CALCUTTA. On the envelope, just two
consecutive letters, TA, are visible. The probability that the letter has come from CALCUTTA is:
(a) 4/11 (b) 1/3
(c) 5/12 (d) None of these Video solution
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22. A six faced die is a biased one. It is thrice more likely to show an odd number than to show an even
number. It is thrown twice. The probability that the sum of the numbers in the two throw is even, is:
(a) 4/8 (b) 5/8
(c) 6/8 (d) 7/8 Video solution
[NIMCET 2008]
23. A bag contains 6 red and 4 green balls. A fair dice is rolled and a number of balls equal to that appearing
on the dice is chosen from the urn at random. The probability that all the balls selected are red is:
(a) 1/3 (b) 3/10
(c) 1/5 (d) None of these Video solution
[NIMCET 2008]
24. A letter is taken at random from the letters of the word ‘STATISTICS’ and another letter is taken at
random from the letters of the word ‘ASSISTANT’. The probability that they are same letter is:
(a) 1/45 (b) 13/90
(c) 19/90 (d) 5/8 Video solution
[NIMCET 2008]
25. A pair of unbiased dice is rolled together till a sum of either 5 or 7 is obtained. The probability that 5
comes before 7 is:
(a) 3/5 (b) 2/5
(c) 4/5 (d) None of these Video solution
[NIMCET 2008]
26. If two events A and B such that P(𝐴′)=0.3, P(B) = 0.5 and P(A ∩ B) = 0.3, then
P(B / A ∪ 𝐵′) is:
(a) 1/4 (b) 3/8
(c) 1/8 (d) None of these Video solution
[NIMCET 2008]
27. An anti-aircraft gun can take a maximum of four shots at an enemy plane moving away from it. The
probabilities of hitting the plane at first, second, third and fourth shot are 0.4, 0.3, 0.2 and 0.1
respectively. The probability that the gun hits the plane then is :
(a) 0.6972 (b) 0.6978
(c) 0.6976 (d) 0.6974 Video solution
[NIMCET 2009]

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28. Let A and B be two events such that 𝑃(𝐴 ̅̅̅̅̅̅̅
∪ 𝐵) = 1/6, 𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵) = 1/4 and 𝑃(𝐴̅ ) = 1/4. Where 𝐴̅ stands
for the complement of the event Then events A and B are?
(a) Independent but not equally likely
(b) mutually exclusive and independent
(c) equally likely and mutually exclusive
(d) equally likely but not independent Video solution
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29. A man has 5 coins, two of which are double-headed, one is double-tailed and two are normal. He shuts his
eyes, picks a coin at random, and tosses it. The probability that the lower face of the coin is a head is:
(a) 1/5 (b) 2/5
(c) 3/5 (d) 4/5 Video solution
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30. The probability that a man who is 85 yrs. old will die before attaining the age of 90 is 1/3. 𝐴1 , 𝐴2 , 𝐴3 and
𝐴4 are four persons who are 85 yrs. old. The probability that 𝐴1 will die before attaining the age of 90 and
will be the first to die is :
(a) 65/81 (b) 13/81
(c) 65/324 (d) 13/108 Video solution
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31. A and B are independent witnesses in a case. The probability that A speaks the truth is ‘x’ and that B
speaks the truth is ‘y’. If A and B agree on a certain statement, the probability that the statement is true is
:
𝑥𝑦 𝑥𝑦
(a) 𝑥𝑦+(1−𝑥)(1−𝑦) (b) 1−𝑥−𝑦+2𝑥𝑦
(1−𝑥)(1−𝑦) (1−𝑥)(1−𝑦)
(c) 𝑥𝑦+(1−𝑥)(1−𝑦) (d) 𝑥𝑦
Video solution
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32. A and B throw a die in succession to win a bet with A starting first. Whoever throws ‘1’ first wins an
amount of Rs. 110. What are the respectively expectations of A and B?
(a) Rs. 70 and Rs. 40 (b) Rs. 60 and Rs. 50
(c) Rs. 75 and Rs. 35 (d) None of these Video solution
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33. In a Poisson distribution if P[X = 3] = 1/4P[X = 4] then P[X = 5] = kP[X = 7] where k equal to:
(a) 1/7 (b) 21/128
(c) 128/21 (d) 21/256 Video solution
34. One hundred identical coins, each with probability p of showing up a head, are tossed. If 0 < p < 1 and if
the probability of heads showing on 50 coins is equal to that of heads showing on 51 coins, then the value
of p, is:
(a) 1/2 (b) 49/101
(c) 50/101 (d) 51/101 Video solution
[NIMCET 2012]
35. A coin is tossed three times. The probabilities of getting head and tail alternatively is:
(a) 1/11 (b) 2/3
(c) 3/4 (d) 1/4 Video solution

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Answer Key
Ques. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Ans. C A C D A C A C A D

Ques. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Ans. C A D C D C D D A C

Ques. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Ans. A B C C B B C A C C

Ques. 31 32 33 34 35

Ans. A B B D D

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