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Quiz Time

Two coins are thrown at the same time. Find the


probability of getting both heads.

(A) 3/4

(B) 1/4

(C) 1/2

(D) 0
Answer: (B)

Explanation: Since two coins are tossed, therefore total


number of cases = 22 = 4

Therefore, probability of getting heads in both coins is:

∴ P (head) = 1/4
Quiz Time

Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability of


getting a sum of 9 is

(A) 1/10

(B) 3/10

(C) 1/9

(D) 4/9
Answer: (C)

Explanation: Total cases = 36

Total cases in which sum of 9 can be obtained are:

(5, 4), (4, 5), (6, 3), (3, 6)

∴ P (9) = 4/36 = 1/9


The probability of getting less than 3 in a single throw
of a die is
(a) 1/3
(b) 1/2
(c) 1/4
(d) 2/3
Answer: a

Explaination: Here S = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]


∴ n(S) = 6
E = (Less than 3) = [1, 2]
∴ P(Less than 3) =2/6=1/3
Probability

Q. A coin is tossed twice. What is the probability that at least 1 head


occurs?
Probability
Probability
Probability

A die is loaded in such a way that an even number is twice as likely to occur
as an odd number. If E is the event that a number less than 4 occurs on a
single toss of the die, find P(E).
Probability
If the density function of a continuous RV X is given by

f(x)= ax, 0≤x ≤1


=2a, 1≤x ≤2
=3-ax, 2≤x ≤3
= 0, otherwise

Find the value of a


If the density function of a continuous RV X is
given by
f(x)= ax, 0≤x ≤1
=a, 1≤x ≤2
=3a-ax, 2≤x ≤3
= 0, otherwise
A card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards.
Find the probability of getting a queen of black suit.

(A) 1/26

(B) 3/26

(C) 7/52

(D) 1/13
Answer: (A)

There are total 4 kings in 52 cards, 2 of red colour and 2


of black colour

Therefore, Probability of getting a king of red suit is:

P (King of red suit) = 2/52

⇒ P (King of red suit) = 1/26


Quiz Time

100 cards are numbered from 1 to 100. Find the


probability of getting a prime number

(A) 3/4

(B) 27/50

(C) 1/4

(D) 29/100
Answer: (C)

Explanation: Total prime numbers from 1 to 100 are:

2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53,
59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97

That means 25 out of 100

So probability is P (prime) = 25/100

⇒ P (prime) = 1/4
A bag contains 5 red balls and some blue balls. If the
probability of drawing a blue ball is double that of a red
ball, then the number of blue balls in a bag is

(A) 5

(B) 10

(C) 15

(D) 20
Answer: (B)

Explanation: Let the number of blue balls be x

Then total number of balls will be 5 + x.

According to question,

x/(5 + x) = 2 (5/5+x)

⇒ x = 10
Quiz Time

A box of 600 bulbs contains 12 defective bulbs. One


bulb is taken out at random from this box. Then the
probability that it is non-defective bulb is

(A) 143/150

(B) 147/150

(C) 1/25

(D) 1/50
Answer: (B)

P (non-defective bulb) = 1 – P (Defective bulb)

= 1 – (12/600)

= (600 – 12)/600

= 588/600

= 147/150
What is the probability of getting 53 Mondays in a leap
year?

(A) 1/7

(B) 53/366

(C) 2/7

(D) 7/366
Answer: (C)

Explanation: With 366 days, the number of weeks in a year is

366/7 = 52 (2/7)
i.e., 52 complete weeks which contains 52 Mondays,

Now 2 days of the year are remaining.

These two days can be

(Sunday, Monday), (Monday, Tuesday), (Tuesday, Wednesday),


(Wednesday, Thursday), (Thursday, Friday), (Friday, Saturday), (Saturday,
Sunday)

i.e., there are 7 pairs, in which Monday occurs in 2 pairs,

P (53 Monday) = 2/7

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