WORK SHEET-1

1. In a non-leap year, the probability of getting 53 Sundays or 53 Tuesdays or 53

Thursdays is

A) B) C) D)

2. Six coins are tossed simultaneously. The probability of getting atleast 4 heads is

A) B) C) D)

3. An unbiased coin is tossed five times. The odds in favour of getting atleast one
tail is
A) 1:31 B) 31:1 C) 31:32 D) 1:32

4. Three dice are rolled simultaneously. The probability that the sum of the
numbers on them is 16 is

A) B) C) D)

5. Six faces of a die are marked with numbers and the die is thrown
thrice. The probability that the sum of the numbers thrown is six, is

A) B) C) D)

6. A six face die is so biased that it is twice as likely to show an odd number as an
even number when rolled. The probability that the sum of the numbers on the
upturned faces is even when the die is thrown twice is

A) B) C) D)

7. A die is loaded so that the probability of a face i is proportional to

. The probability of an even number occurring when die is rolled
is

A) B) C) D)

8. Three six faced dice are tossed together, then the probability that exactly two
of the three numbers are equal is

A) B) C) D)

9. If three dice are thrown, the probability that they show the numbers in A.P. is

A) B) C) D)

10. If m is a natural number such that , then the probability that the quadratic

equation has real roots is

 A) B) C) D)

11. While shuffling a pack of 52 playing cards, 2 are accidentally dropped. The
probability ability of the two missing cards to be of different colours (colours
may be taken as red and black) is

A) B) C) D)

12. If 5 cards are drawn from a pack, then the probability of selecting the cards of
which four of them have same face value is

A) B) C) D)

13. A bag contains 50 tickets numbered 1, 2, 3,…, 50 of which five are drawn at
random and arranged in ascending order of magnitude .
The probability that is

A) B) C) D)

14. Seven balls are drawn simultaneously from a bag containing 5 white balls and 6
green balls. The probability of drawing 3 white and 4 green balls is

A) B) C) D)

15. In a bag there are infinitely many red, white and black balls which are identical.
If Ten balls are selected at random then the probability that selection includes
atleast one ball from each colour is

A) B) C) D)

16. A single letter is selected at random from the word PROBABILITY. The
probability that it is a vowel is

A) B) C) D)

17. The letters of the word “QUESTION” are arranged in a row at random. The
probability that there are exactly 2 letters between Q and S is

A) B) C) D)

18. Using {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} four digited numbers are formed without repetition at
random. The probability that the number is divisible by 4 is

A) B) C) D)
19. A number n is chosen at random from {1, 2, 3,…, 1000}. Then the probability
that n is a number which leaves a remainder ‘1’ when divided by 7 is

A) B) C) D)

20. If 100 boys are arranged at random along a circle then the odds against to
arrange two specified boys of those 100 come together is
A) 2:97 B) 97:2 C) 2:98 D) 98:2

21. 5 boys and 5 girls sit in a row at random. The probability that the boys and girls
sit alternatively is

A) B) C) D)

22. A set A contains 10 elements. A function from A to itself is formed. The

probability that the function so formed is on-to is

A) B) C) D)

23. S is a set containing n elements. If two subsets A and B of S picked at random

from the set of all subsets of S. Then the probability that A and B have no
common element.

A) B) C) D)

24. There are 5 letters and 5 addressed envelope. If the letters are put at random in
the envelops, the probability that atleast one letter may be placed in wrongly
addressed envelope is

A) B) C) D)

25. If 6 letters are placed at random in 6 addressed envelopes. Then the odds in
favour of arranging them such that no letter goes into correct envelope is
A) 53:91 B) 91:53 C) 97:64 D) 64:97

26. . A one-one mapping is selected at

random from the set of mappings from A to B, the probability that it satisfies
the condition is

A) B) C) D)

27. The probability that in a group of n people, atleast two of them will have the
same date of birth of a non leap year (Assuming a year is having 365 days)

A) B) C) D)
28. Out of 21 tickets marked with numbers 1 to 21, three are drawn at random
without replacement, then the probability that the three numbers on them are
in AP.
A) 0.1 B) 10/133 C) <0.001 D) 0.70

29. Various injective functions f are defined from set

and a function among them is chosen
randomly. If it is found to be strictly increasing then the probability that
is

A) B) C) D)

30. Seven digits from the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are written in random
order. The probability that the seven digit number so formed is divisible by 9 is

A) B) C) D)

KEY:

1. C 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. C 6. A 7. C

8. D 9. B 10. C 11. D 12. A 13. C 14. C

15. B 16. B 17. A 18. A 19. B 20. B 21. C

22. D 23. C 24. A 25. A 26. B 27. A 28. B

29. D 30. C
 WORK SHEET-2
Passage – (1 to 4)

There are 10 pairs of shoes in a cup board from which 4 shoes are picked at
random.
1. The probability that there is atleast one pair is

A) B) C) D)

2. The probability that there is exactly one pair is

A) B) C) D)

3. The probability that there is no pair is

A) B) C) D)

4. The probability that there are two pairs is

A) B) C) D)

5. Two squares of unit size are chosen at random from a chessboard. The
probability that they have a side common is
A) 1/16 B) 1/17 C) 1/18 D) 1/19

6. Three of the six vertices of a regular hexagon are chosen at random. The
probability that he triangle with these vertices in equilateral is

A) B) C) D)

7. Using the vertices of a polygon having 12 sides a triangle is constructed at

random. The probability that the triangle so formed is such that no side of the
polygon is side of the triangle is

A) B) C) D)

8. Three electric lamps are fitted in a room. 3 bulbs are chosen at random from 10
bulbs having 6 good bulbs. The probability that the room is lighted is

A) B) C) D)

9. If a number x is selected from natural numbers 1 to 100, then the probability for

is

A) B) C) D)
10. The numbers 1, 2, 3, …, n are arranged in a random order. The probability that
the digits 1, 2, 3, …, appear as neighbours is

A) B) C) D)

11. Suppose A and B are two events such that and .

Then

A) B) C) D)

12. In a town 40% people read a news paper A, 30% people read another news
paper B and 20% people read both. A person is chosen at random from the
town. The probability that the person chosen read only one paper is

A) B) C) D)

13. , then

A) B) C) D)

14. If and , then the value of

A) B) C) D)

15. If A, B, C are mutually exclusive and exhaustive events such that

, then

A) B) C) D)

16. Let A, B, C be three events such that

. If , then
A) B)
C) D)

17. If , then the interval in which lies is

A) B) C) D)
18. Events A, B, C are mutually exclusive events such that

and . The set of possible values of x are in the interval

A) B) C) D)

19. In a swimming competition, only 3 students A, B and C are taking part. The
probability of A’s winning or the probability of B’s winning is three times the
probability of C’s winning. The probability of the event either B or C to win is

A) B) C) D)

20. The probability that a man will live 10 more years is and the probability that

his wife will live 10 more years is . Then the probability that neither will be
alive in 10 more years is

A) B) C) D)

21. If , then is equal to

A) B) C) D)

22. The odds against an event are 5 to 2 and the odds in favour of another disjoint
event are 3 to 5. Then the probability that one atleast of the event will happen
is

A) B) C) D)
23. Three groups of children contain 3 girls and one boy; 2 girls and 2 boys; one girl
and 3 boys. One child is selected at random from each group. The probability
that the three selected consist of 1 girl and 2 boys is

A) B) C) D)

24. If two events A and B are such that and .

Then, is

A) B) C) D)

25. If and , then is

 A) 1/12 B) 1/6 C) 1/15 D) 1/9

26. The probabilities that a student passes in mathematics, physics and chemistry
are m, p and c respectively. Of these subjects, a student has a 75% chance of
passing in at least one, a 50% chance of passing in at least two, and a 40%
chance of passing in exactly two subjects. Which of the following relations are
true?

A) B)

C) D)
27. Three horses A, B and C run a race. If the probability of A’s win is twice that of B
and the probability of B’s win is thrice that of C then the probabilities of their
winning are

A) B) C) D)

28. A has 3-shares in a lottery containing 3 prizes and 9-blanks, B has 2-Shares in a
lottery containing 2 prizes and 6 – blanks then ratio of their success is
A) 952:715 B) 715:259 C) 265:233 D) 125: 752

29. A six faced biased die when thrown shows an even number twice as compared
to an odd number. If the die is thrown twice, the probability that the sum of the
two numbers is even is

A) B) C) D)

30. Three numbers a, b, c are chosen randomly from the set of natural numbers.
The probability that is divisible by 7 is

A) B) C) D)

KEY:

1. A 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. C 6. C 7. B

8. A 9. C 10. B 11. A 12. D 13. A 14. B

15. B 16. A 17. A 18. D 19. D 20. B 21. A

22. D 23. A 24. C 25. A 26. B 27. A 28. A

29. A 30. D