Complete Probability Sheet 463603 Crwill
Complete Probability Sheet 463603 Crwill
(a) 0 (b) 1 (a) P(A) + P(B) < 0 (b) P(A) + P(B) > 0
1 (c) P(A) + P(B) = 1 (d) P(A) + P(B) = 0
(c) (d) No-Existent
2 8. If probability of happening of an event A is 0.46.
2. The probability of an impossible event is./ What will be the probability of not happening of
the event A?
A 0.46 A
(a) 0 (b) 1
1
(c) (d) No-Existent (a) 0.46 (b) 0.54 (c) 0.44 (d) 0.64
2
9. In a T.T match between Geeta and Ritu, the prob-
3. Which of the following cannot be the probability of ability of the winning of Ritu is 0.73. Find the prob-
occurrence of an event ? ability of winning of Geeta:/
T.T
3
(a) (b) 2.7 (c) 43% (d) 0.35 (a) 0.48 (b) 0.54 (c) 0.46 (d) 0.56
5
11. Two players, Sangeeta and Reshma, play a tennis
match. It is known that the probability of Sangeeta
5. Probability of any event is always./ winning the match is 0.62. What is the probability
of Reshma winning the match? /
(a) non negative but less than or equal to one/
(b) a real number less than 1/ 1 (a) 0.28 (b) 0.38 (c) 0.42 (d) 0.48
(c) lies between – 1 and 1/ – 1 1 12. The probability that two boys do not have the same
(d) lies between 0 and 1/ 0 1 birthday is 0.897. What is the probability that the
two boys have the same birthday?
6. If P(E) = 0.05, then P(E)’ = / P(E) = 0.05 P(E)’ =
(a) 0.05 (b) 0.005 (c) 15% (d) 0.95
2. 2.When two coins are tossed then probability of At least 2 tail/ Tail =
getting.
S = {H H , T T , H T , T H}
At most two heads/ Heads =
Two Heads =
At most two tails/ Tail =
Two Tails =
6. If 3 coins are tossed simultaneously then find the
One Head =
Probability of getting:
At least one Head =
(3, 1), (3, 2), (3, 3), (3, 4), (3, 5), (3, 6)
(4, 1), (4, 2), (4, 3), (4, 4), (4, 5), (4, 6)
3 1 1 4 (5, 1), (5, 2), (5, 3), (5, 4), (5, 5), (5, 6)
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 4 3 3
S = {HHH, TTT, HTT, THT, TTH, THH, HTH, HHT} (6, 1), (6, 2), (6, 3), (6, 4), (6, 5), (6, 6)
3. A pair of dice is thrown. Find the probability of get-
ting a sum of 10 or more, if 5 appears on the first
1. If a dice is thrown then the probability of getting
S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, } dice./
1. Even no. =
1 11 4 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
18 12 9 9
2. Odd no. =
(1, 1) , (1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4), (1, 5), (1, 6)
3. Prime no. = (2, 1), (2, 2), (2, 3), (2, 4), (2, 5), (2, 6)
(3, 1), (3, 2), (3, 3), (3, 4), (3, 5), (3, 6)
4. No. multiple of 3 =
(4, 1), (4, 2), (4, 3), (4, 4), (4, 5), (4, 6)
5. No. More than 3 =
(5, 1), (5, 2), (5, 3), (5, 4), (5, 5), (5, 6)
6. No. Less than 3 = (6, 1), (6, 2), (6, 3), (6, 4), (6, 5), (6, 6)
4. Two dice are rolled together. Find the probability
of getting a multiple of 2 on one die and an odd
7. No. Less than 4 =
number of on the other die:
1 1 1 4
(a) (b) (c) (d)
9. No. More than 4 = 2 4 3 5
2. If two dice are thrown simultaneously then the 5. Two dice are thrown at the same time. Find the
probability of getting/ probability that the sum of the two numbers ap-
pearing on the top of the dice is 13:/
3 as the sum =
(1, 1) , (1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4), (1, 5), (1, 6)
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
8 12 6 9
9. A dice is rolled thrice. What is the probability of • Card of spade = • Black king =
the sum of the numbers shown on them is at least
17?/
• Black jack =
4 3 5 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6³ 6³ 6³ 6²
10. When three dice are rolled together, what is the 2. A card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of 52
probability of getting the sum as 10? cards. Find the probability that the card drawn is:/
1. A card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of 52 • Not a red card = •A card with number less than 8 =
cards. Find the probability that the card drawn is:/
• Not a heart card =
3 7 4 8
(a) (b) (c) (d)
• Not a face card • Spade or an Ace 11 11 11 11
2. The odds against an event E are 3 : 4. The prob-
• Not a black face card • Neither an ace nor a king ability of occurrence of the event E is
E
• 5 of heart or diamont
3 4 1 2
• Neither a red card nor a queen (a) (b) (c) (d)
7 7 7 7
5. Seven cards: the eight, the nine, the ten, jack, 3. One of the two events must occur. If the chance of
queen, king and ace of diamonds are well shuffled. one is 2/3 of the other, then odds in favour of the
One card is then picked up at random. If the king other are/
is drawn and put aside, what is the probability that
the second card picked up is an ace?:
(a) 1 : 3 (b) 3 : 1 (c) 2 : 3 (d) 3 : 2
3 13 16 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
10 16 3 13
6. The odds of event are 15 : 9 in against. What is
2 5 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) P(A) = ?
3 6 6 7
6. From a pack of 52 playing cards, all cards whose 15 2 9 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
numbers are multiples of 3 are removed. A card is 24 5 24 3
now drawn ar random. What is the probability that
7. In the wallet of Rakesh Yadav, he has 14 check.
the card drawn is: an even numbered red card?
Seven are Rs. 10 lakh, two are Rs. 50 lakh, four
are Rs. 1 cr and one is Rs. 2 cr. he passes seeking
donations for the Indian Army and decides to se-
lect one bill at random from her wallet and give it
to the Indian Army. Determine/
2 5 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 6 6 5
7. All the three face cards of spade are removed from
a well-shuffled pack 52 cards. A card is then drawn
at random from the remaining pack. Find the prob-
ability of getting a black face card:/ (a) The odds in favor of his selecting a check of 50 lack
(b) 1 : 6 (c) 1 : 7 (d) 6 : 7
8. A box contains 9 red and 2 blue marbles and 3
yellow marbles. If you select one at random from
the box, determine the odds against selecting a
blue marbles.
3 25 3 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
49 49 52 13
1 2
(a) A heart = P (A) = , P (B) =
4 5
(b) A seven =
1
(c) A seven or a queen = A B = P A B
Deck of Cards 2
10. A cards is picked from a deck of cards. Find the
1 3 1 1
odds in favor of selecting: (a) (b) (c) (d)
4 20 7 5
1
(a) A seven and a heart = 4. If E and F are two events such that P (E) = , P (F)
4
(b) The three of spades =
(c) A red king =
1 1
= and P (E and F) = , find P (E or F).
11. A pair of dice is rolled then\
2 8
(a) Find the odds in favor of the sum being 7.\ 1 1
E F P (E) = , P (F) =
4 2
(b) Find the odds against the first dice showing at 5.
1
P (E F) = P (E F)
8
(c) Find the odds against rolling a double.
5 3 1 7
(a) (b) (c) (d)
12. One person is selected at random from a class of 8 8 5 8
16 men and 14 women. Find the odds against se-
lecting. 1
5. If S is the sample space and P (A) = P (B) and S =
3
A B , where A and B are two mutually exclusive
(a) A women (b) A man events, then P (A) =
1. A and B are two mutually exclusive events of an ex- 1
S P (A) = P (B) S = AB
periment. If P A = .65, P A B = 0.65 and
3
A B P (A) =
P(B) = p, find the value of p.\A B
(a) 1/4 (b) 1/2 (c) 3/4 (d) 3/8
P A = .65, P A B = 0.65
7. The probability of two events A and B are 0.25 and
P(B) = p p 0.50 respectively. The probability of their simulta-
neous occurrence is 0.14. Find the probability that
neither A nor B occurs.
(a) 0.30 (b) 0.40 (c) 0.35 (d) 0.20 A B
2. P(X) = 0.15, P(Y) = 0.25 P(Y) = 0.25 P(X Y) = 0.10 A B
then P (X Y) is
P(X) = 0.15, P(Y) = 0.25, P (X Y) = 0.10 (X Y) (a) 0.39 (b) 0.21 (c) 0.14 (d) 0.28
, P A B =
(a) 0.10 (b) 0.20 (c) 0.30 (d) 0.40 5 13
3. A and B are two non-mutually exclusive events. If 8. If P(AUB) = A B = , P (A)
9 24
2 1 5 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 8 8
1. Three coins are tossed then what is the probability
1 1 2 10
of getting at least two tails given that first one is (a) (b) (c) (d)
head. 43 10 43 43
1. The conditional probability of B given A is\A
B
1 1 3 1 P A B P A B
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 3 4 2 (a) (b)
P(B) P(B)
1. A family has two children. What is the probability
that both the children are boys given that at least P A B P A B
one of them is a boy\ (c) (d)
P(A) P(A)
2 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 2 6
4. If P(A) = 0.8, P(B) = 0.5 and P(B/A) = 0.4 ,
1 1 1 16
(a) (b) (c) (d)
16 32 5 25
6 5 7 1 25 25 25
5. If P(A) = , P(B) = and P(A B) = find (a)
2
(b)
51
(c)
102
(d)
52
11 11 11
6. Two cards are drawn at random and without re-
P(B/A) placement from a pack of 52 playing cards. Find
the probability of getting a king and a queen.
1 2 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 5 6
3 1
1. If P(A) =
5
and P(B) =
5
, find P(A B). If A and B
16 8
(a) (b)
are independent events. 2652 51
3 1 16 1
P(A) = P(B) = , A B (c) (d)
5 5 51 169
Miscellaneous
P(A B)
1. A bag contains 3 white 5 black and 2 red balls, all
3 3 4 1 of the same shape and size. A ball is drawn from
(a) (b) (c) (d) the bag without looking into it, find the probability
25 20 5 3
that the ball drawn is a red ball:/
1
3. If A and B be independent events with P(A) = ,
4
1 1
P(B)=
2
and P(A B) =
8
.
2 5 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Find P (not A and not B)./ A B 3 6 5 7
1 1 1 2. A bag contains 16 coloured balls. 6 are green, 7
P(A) =
4
, P(B)=
2
P(A B) =
8
p (A are red and 3 are white. A ball is choosen without
looking into the bag. Find the probability that the
B =? ball choosen is not white:/
3 5 1 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
8 8 8 5
4. If A and B are independent events with P(A) = 0.3 5 13 7 9
and P(B) = 0.4 then find P(A/B) = ? (a) (b) (c) (d)
16 16 16 16
A B P(A) = 0.3 P(B) = 0.4
3. A and B are friends. Ignoring the leap year, find
P(A/B) = ? the probability that both friends will have the same
(a) 0.4 (b) 0.6 (c) 0.3 (d) 0.2 birthday./A B
1 3 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
24 22 4 11 2 10 3 10
(a) (b) (c) (d)
25 25 5 13 11. A letter of English alphabet is chosen at random,
Probability of getting a vowel is-
7. A box contains 150 bulbs out of which 15 are de-
fective. It is not possible to just look at a bulb and
tell whether or not it is defective. One bulb is taken
out are random from this box. Calculate the prob-
ability that the bulb taken out is a good one: 5 5 1 6
(a) (b) (c) (d)
26 21 4 25
12. What is the probability that a two digit number is
not a prime number when a number is chosen at
random./
1 1 3 9
(a) (b) (c) (d) 7 23 21 67
10 5 10 10
(a) (b) (c) (d)
8. 12 defective pens are accidentally mixed with 132 30 30 90 90
good ones. It is not possible to just look at a pen
13. A book contains 85 pages. A page is chosen at ran-
and tell whether or not it is defective. One pen is dom. What is the probability that the sum of the
taken out at random from this lot. Determine the
digits on the page is 8 ?/
probability that the pen taken out is a good one.
1 2 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
20 5 5 4
15. There are 20 balls in a bag which are numbered 1,
2, 3 ….. 20. Find the probability that the number
marked on the ball taken out of the bag is divisible
by 3 or 5.
1 9 2 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
10 20 5 2