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Pea-305 l24 Probability

The document presents various probability problems related to cards, balls/marbles, and conditional probability. It includes multiple-choice questions on calculating probabilities for different scenarios, such as drawing cards from a deck and selecting balls from bags. The content is structured into sections focusing on specific types of problems, providing a comprehensive overview of probability concepts.

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Pea-305 l24 Probability

The document presents various probability problems related to cards, balls/marbles, and conditional probability. It includes multiple-choice questions on calculating probabilities for different scenarios, such as drawing cards from a deck and selecting balls from bags. The content is structured into sections focusing on specific types of problems, providing a comprehensive overview of probability concepts.

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Probability

Lecture 24
Content

1. Problem based on cards


2. Problem based on balls/marbles in a
bags
3. Conditional probability problems
Cards
1. There are four Suits in a deck of
Card viz. Spade, Diamond,
Heart, Club.

2. Red card=26 (13 Diamonds+


13 Hearts)

3. 3. Black Card= 26 (13


Clubs+13 Spades)

4. Every suit contains 13 cards viz.


Ace, 2 to 10, Jack, Queen, King
Face cards and Honored Card

Note: When ace is included in Face cards the


combination is called Honored card.
Question 1: One card is drawn at random from the well
shuffled pack of 52 cards. What is the probability of
picking a black card?

[A] 1/3
[B] 1/2
[C] 1/4
[D] 1/13
Question 2: One card is drawn at random from the well
shuffled pack of 52 cards. What is the probability of
picking a Ace of spades or the jack of diamonds?

[A] 1/52
[B] 1/26
[C] 1/13
[D] 1/4
Question 3: One card is drawn at random from the well
shuffled pack of 52 cards. What is the probability of
picking an ace?

[A] 1/13
[B] 1/52
[C] 1/26
[D] 1/4
Question 4: One card is drawn at random from the well
shuffled pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that
the card is either a red card or a King?

[A] 5/13
[B] 7/13
[C] 9/13
[D] 1/52
Question 5: One card is drawn at random from the well
shuffled pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that it
is neither club nor queen?

[A] 4/13
[B] 5/13
[C] 7/13
[D] 9/13
Problem based on Balls/marbles
in Bags
Questions 6: . An urn contains 4 red balls, 5 green
balls and 6 white balls, if one ball is drawn at random,
find the probability that it is neither red nor white.

[A] 1/3
[B] 1/4
[C] 1/5
[D] 2/3
Questions 7: In a bag there are 4 white, 4 red and 2
green balls. Two balls are drawn at random. What is the
probability that at least one ball is of red color?

[A] 4/3
[B] 7/3
[C] 1/3
[D] 2/3
Questions 8: A basket contains 5 red 4 blue 3 green
marbles. If three marbles picked up random, What is the
probability that either all are green or all are red?

[A] 1/20
[B] 7/20
[C] 3/20
[D] 9/20
Questions 9: . A bag contains 2 red caps, 4 blue caps, 3
yellow caps and 5 green caps. If three caps are picked at
random, what is the probability that none is green?

[A] 2/13
[B] 3/13
[C] 1/13
[D] 5/13
Conditional Probability problems
Questions 10: .A bag contains 5 red balls and 7 blue
balls. Two balls are drawn at random without
replacement and then find the probability of that one is
red and other is blue.

[A] 33/65
[B] 35/66
[C] 37/66
[D] 41/65
Questions 11: . A bag contains 6 red balls and 7 white
balls. Another bag contains 5 red balls and 3 white
balls. One ball is selected from each. Find the
probability that one ball is red, and one is white?

[A] 53/104
[B] 47/104
[C] 63/104
[D] 51/104
Questions 12: A bag contains 5 red and 7 white balls.
Four balls are drawn out one by one and not replaced.
What is the probability that they are alternatively of
different colors?

[A] 7/99
[B] 11/99
[C] 14/99
[D] 19/99
Questions 13: A bag contains 3 red balls and 8 black
balls, and another bag contains 5 red balls and 7 black
balls, one ball is drawn at random from either of the
bag, find the probability that the ball is red.

[A] 93/264
[B] 95/264
[C] 91/264
[D] 97/264
Miscellaneous Questions:
Questions 14: A fair dice is rolled twice. The
probability that an odd number will follow on even
number is? GATE-2005

[A] 1/2
[B] 1/6
[C] 1/3
[D] 1/4
Questions 15: An examination consists of two papers,
Paper1 and 2. The probability of failing in Paper1 is 0.3
and that in paper 2 is 0.2. Given that a student has
failed in paper2, the probability of failing in paper 1 is
0.6. the probability of failing in both the papers is?
GATE-2007

[A] 0.5
[B] 0.18
[C] 0.12
[D] 0.06
Question 16 : A card from a pack of 52 cards is lost.
From the remaining cards of the pack, two cards are
drawn and are found to be both hearts. Find the
probability of the lost card being a heart?

[A] 12/50
[B] 8/50
[C] 11/50
[D] 9/50
Question : Find the probability of getting sum 9 exactly
two in three times with a pair of dice.

Answer= 8/243

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