PROBABILITY

1) A number X is chosen at random from the numbers -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3. What is the probability that |X|<2
a)5/7 b)3/7 c)1/3 d)3/5
2) Two brother X and Y appeared for an exam. Let A be the event that X is selected and B is the event that Y is selected.The probability
of A is 17 and that of BB is 29. Find the probability that both of them are selected.
a)1/63 b)2/35 c)2/63 d)9/14
3) An urn contains 6 red, 5 blue and 2 green marbles. If 2 marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that both are red?
a)6/13 b)5/26 c)5/13 d)7/26
4) Four dice are thrown simultaneously. Find the probability that all of them show the same face.
a) 1/216 b)1/36 c)4/216 d)3/216
5) A bag contains 12 white and 18 black balls. Two balls are drawn in succession without replacement.What is the probability that first
is white and second is black?
a) 18/145 b) 18/29 c)36/135 d)36/145
6) A bag contains 6 white and 4 black balls .2 balls are drawn at random. Find the probability that they are of same colour.
a) ½ b) 7/15 c) 8/15 d)  1/9
7) A man and his wife appear in an interview for two vacancies in the same post. The probability of husband's selection is (1/7) and the
probability of wife's selection is (1/5). What is the probability that only one of them is selected ?
a) 2/7 b) 1/7 c) ¾ d) 4/5
8) Two cards are drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards.what is the probability that either both are black or both are queen?
a) 52/221 b) 55/190 c) 55/221 d) 19/221
9) In a lottery, there are 10 prizes and 25 blanks. A lottery is drawn at random. What is the probability of getting a prize?
a) 2/7 b) 5/7 c) 1/5 d) ½
10) Two dice are tossed. The probability that the total score is a prime number is:
a)  5/12 b) 1/6 c) ½ d)  7/9
11) What is the probability that a number selected from numbers 1,2,3,...,30, is prime number, when each of the given numbers is
equally likely to be selected?
a) 9/30 b) 8/30 c) 11/30 d) 10/30
12) A bag contains 21 toys numbered 1 to 21. A toy is drawn and then another toy is drawn without replacement.Find the probability
that both toys will show even numbers.
a) 5/21 b) 9/42 c) 11/42 d) 4/21
13) A five-digit number is formed by using digits 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 without repetition. What is the probability that the number is divisible
by 4?
a)1/5 b)5/6 c)4/5 d)none of these
14) A speaks truth in 75% of cases and B in 80% of cases. In what percent of cases are they likely to contradict each other in narrating
the same event?
a)15% b)25% c)35% d)40%
15) Tickets numbered 1 to 20 are mixed up and then a ticket is drawn at random. What is the probability that the ticket drawn has a
number which is a multiple of 3 or 5?
a) ½ b) 3/5 c) 9/20 d)  8/15
16) Two dice are thrown together .What is the probability that the sum of the number on the two faces is divided by 4 or 6.
a) 7/18 b) 14/35 c)  8/18 d) 7/35
17) A problem is given to three students whose chances of solving it are 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4 respectively. What is the probability that the
problem will be solved?
a) ¼ b) ½ c) ¾ d)  7/12
18) In a class, there are 15 boys and 10 girls. Three students are selected at random. The probability that 1 girl and 2 boys are selected,
a)  21/46 b) 1/5 c)  3/25 d)  1/50
19) The odds against an event are 5:3 and the odds in favour of another independent event are 7:5. Find the probability that at least one
of the two events will occur.
a) 52/96 b) 13/96 c) 69/96 d) 71/96
20) In a class, 30% of the students offered English, 20% offered Hindi and 10% offered both. If a student is selected at random, what is
the probability that he. has offered English or Hindi ?
a) ½ b) ¾ c) 4/5 d)  2/5
21) If two letters are taken at random from the word HOME, what is the probability that none of the letters would be vowels?
a) 1/6 b) ½ c) 1/3 d) ¼
22) A speaks truth in 75% of cases and B in 80% of cases. In what percentage of cases are they likely to contradict each other, narrating
the same incident
a) 30/100 b) 35/100 c) 45/100 d) 50/100
23) Two cards are drawn together from a pack of 52 cards. The probability that one is a spade and one is a heart, is:
a) 3/20 b) 29/34 c) 47/100 d) 13/102
24) You toss a coin AND roll a die. What is the probability of getting a tail and a 4 on the die?
a) ½ b) 1/6 c) 1/8 d) 1/12
25) Derek throws three dice in a special game. If he knows that he needs 15 or higher in this throw to win, then find the chance of his
winning the game.
a) 5/54 b) 17/216 c) 13/216 d) 15/216
26) Four cards are drawn at random from a pack of 52 plating cards. Find the probability of getting all the four cards of the same suit.
a) 13/270725 b) 91/190 c) 178/20825 d) 44/4165
27) What is the probability of getting 53 Mondays in a leap year?
a)  1/7 b) 3/7 c)  2/7 d)1
28) Two dice are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability of getting two numbers whose product is even?
a)  ¾ b) 3/8 c) 5/16 d) 2/7
29) A word consists of 9 letters; 5 consonants and 4 vowels.Three letters are choosen at random. What is the probability that more than
one vowel will be selected ?
a) 13/42 b) 17/42 c) 5/42 d) 3/14
30) In a simultaneous throw of pair of dice. Find the probability of getting the total more than 7.
a) ½ b) 5/12 c)  7/15 d) 3/12
31) There are four hotels in a town. If 3 men check into the hotels in a day then what is the probability that each checks into a different
hotel?
a) 6/7 b) 1/8 c) 3/8 d) 5/9
32) Two teams Arrogant and Overconfident are participating in a cricket tournament. The odds that team Arrogant will be champion is
5 to 3, and the odds that team Overconfident will be the champion is 1 to 4. What are the odds that either Arrogant or team
Overconfident will become the champion?
a) 3 to 2 b) 5 to 2 c) 6 to 1 d) 33 to 7
33) If x is chosen at random from the set {1,2,3,4} and y is to be chosen at random from the set {5,6,7}, what is the probability
that xy will be even?
a) 5/6 b) 1/6 c) ½ d) 2/3
34) A box contains 100 balls, numbered from 1 to 100. If three balls are selected at random and with replacement from the box, what is
the probability that the sum of the three numbers on the balls selected from the box will be odd?
a) ½ b) ¾ c) 3/8 d) 1/8
35) Three houses are available in a locality. Three persons apply for the houses. Each applies for one house without consulting others.
The probability that all the three apply for the same house is :
a) 2/9 b) 1/9 c) 8/9 d)  7/9
36) In a box, there are 8 red, 7 blue and 6 green balls. One ball is picked up randomly. What is the probability that it is neither red nor
green?
a)  1/3 b) 3/5 c) 8/21 d)  7/21
37) A basket contains 10 apples and 20 oranges out of which 3 apples and 5 oranges are defective. If we choose two fruits at random,
what is the probability that either both are oranges or both are non defective?
a) 136/345 b) 17/87 c) 316/435 d) 158/435
38) In a race, the odd favour of cars P,Q,R,S are 1:3,1:4,1:51:3,1:4,1:5 and 1:61:6 respectively. Find the probability
that one of them wins the race.
a) 9/17 b) 114/121 c) 319/420 d) 27/111
39) Out of 17 applicants 8 boys and 9 girls. Two persons are to be selected for the job. Find the probability that at
least one of the selected persons will be a girl.
a) 27/34 b) 25/34 c) 19/34 d) 21/34
40) A bag contains 7 green and 5 black balls. Three balls are drawn one after the other. The probability of all three
balls being green, if the balls drawn are not replaced will be:
a) 343/1728 b) 21/36 c)12/35 d)7/44