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SECTION-A (MATHS)
7. The number of words that can be formed by
1. A fair coin is tossed repeatedly.The probability using the letters of the word MATHEMATICS
of getting a result in the fifth toss different from that start as well as end with T is
the those obtained in the first four tosses (a)80720 (b) 90720 (c) 20860 (d) 37528
8. A determinant is chosen at random from the
1 1 31 1 set of all determinants of matrices of order 2
(a) (b) (c) (d) with elements 0 and 1 only. The probability that
2 32 32 16 the determinant chosen is non-zero is
2. There is a point inside the circle .What is the 3 3 1
(a) 16 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) None
probability that this point is close to the circum-
ference than to the centre?
3 1
9. if P ( B )  , P( A  B  C )  and
3 1 1 1 4 3
(a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
1
3. A man has 5 coins, two of which are double- P( A  B  C )  , then P(B C) is
3
headed, one is double-tailed and two are nor-
mal. He shuts his eyes, picks a coin at ran- (a)1/12 (b) 1/6 (c) 1/15 (d) 1/9
dom, and tosses it. The probability that the lower 10. If a fair coin is tossed n times, then the prob-
face of the coin is a head is ability that the head comes odd number of
(a) 1/5 (b) 2/5 (c) 3/5 (d) 4/5 times is
1 1 1
4. A and B throw a die in succession to win a bet (a) (b) (c) (d) None
2 2n 2 n 1
with A starting first. Whoever throws ‘1’ first
wins an amount of Rs. 110. What are the re- 11. The number of different license plates that can
spective expectations of A and B ? be formed in the format 3 English letters (A.....Z)
(a)Rs. 70 and Rs. 40 (b) Rs. 60 and Rs. 50 followed by 4 digits (0, 1, .......9) with repeti-
tions allowed in letters and digits is equal to
(c)Rs. 75 and Rs. 35 (d) None of these (a) 26 3 10 4 (b) 26 3  10 4
(c)36 (d) 26 3
5. One hundred identical coins, each with prob-
ability p of showing up a head, are tossed. If 0 12. In how many different ways can the letters of
< p < 1 and if the probability of heads on ex- the word “CORPORATION” be arranged so
actly 50 coins is equal to that of heads on exctly that all the vowels always come together ?
51 coins then the value of p, is (a)810 (b) 1440 (c) 2880 (d) 50400

1 49 50 51 13. The number of ways in which 5 days can be

(a) 2 (b) 101 (c) 101 (d) 101 chosen from each of the 12 months of a non-
leap year is :

 C C C  C  C 
1
6. In a Poisson distribution if P [ X  3]  4 P [ X  4] (a) 30 4 31 7 28
(b) 30 6 31 6
5 5 5 5 5

(c)  C   C   C  (d)  C   C   C 
then P [ X  5]  kP [ X  7] where k equals to 7 31 4 28 5 31 6 28
30 30
5 5 5 5 5 5
1 21 128 21
(a) 7
(b) 128
(c) 21
(d) 256

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14. A is targeting B,B and C are targeting A. Prob-
(1  x)(1  y ) x y
ability of hitting the target by A, B and C are 2/ (c) (d)
3, 1/2, 1/3 respectively .If A is hit then the prob- xy  (1  x)(1  y ) xy  (1  x)(1  y )
ability that B hits the target and C does not ,is ?
21. In an entrance test there are multiple choice
(a)1/2 (b) 1/3 (c) 2/3 (d) 3/4 questions , with four possible answer to each
15. Out of 2n  1 tickets,Which are consecutively question of which one is correct , The prob-
ability that a student knows the answer to a
numbered ,three are drawn at random.Then the
question is 90% , If the student gets the cor-
probability that the numbers on them are in arith- rect answer to a question , then the is probabil-
metic progression is
ity that he was guessing is
n2 n (a)37/40 (b) 1/37 (c)36/37 (d) 1/9
(a) 2 (b)
4n  1 4n  1
2
22. Four persons independenty solve a certain
problem correctly with probabolities
3n 3 3n
(c) (d) 1 3 1 1
4n 2  1 4n 2  1 , , , . then the probability that the prob-
2 4 4 8
16. A box contains 2 blue caps , 4 red caps , 5 lem is solved correclty by atleast one of them
green caps and 1 yellow cap, If four caps are is
picked at random , the probability that none of (a)235/256 (b)21/256 (c)3/256 (d)253/256
them is green is
23. If A and B are events of a random experiment
(a) 7/ 99 (b) 7/12 (c) 5/99 (d) 5/12
such that
17. If three distinct number are choosen randomly
4 7 2
from the first 100 natural numbers , then the P(A  B)  , P ( A  B )  10 and P (B )  5 , then P
5
probability that all three of then are divisible by
both 2 and 3 , is (A) equals
(a)4/55 (b) 4/35 (c) 4/33 (d) 4/1155 9 8 7 3
(a) 10 (b) 10 (c) 10 (d) 5
18. 9 balls are toe be placed i 9 boxes and 5 of the
balls cannot fit into 3 small boxes. The number 24. If X is a binomial variate with the range {1, 2, 3,
of ways of arranging one ball in each of the 4, 5, 6} and P(X = 2) = 4 P (X = 4) , then the
boxes is parameter p of X is
(a) 18720 (b) 18270 (c) 17280 (d) 12780 1 1 2 3
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
19. There are 4 books on fairy tales , 5 novels and
3 plays . In how many ways can they be ar- 25. The number of words that can be formed by
ranged in the order ,books on fairy tales , nov- using the letters of the word MATHEMATICS
els and then plays so that books of same cat- that start as well as end with T is
egory are put together ? (a)80720 (b) 90720 (c) 20860 (d) 37528
(a)17280 (b) 103680 (c) 51840 (d) 360
26. How many words can be made with letters of
20. A and B are independent witnesses in a case, the word INTERMEDIATE if the positions of the
the chance that A speaks truth is x and B speaks vowels and con-sonants are preserved?
truth is y , If A and B agree on certain state- (a)151200 (b) 21600 (c) 43200 (d) 7200
ments , the probability that the statement is true
27. A hundred apples have to be divided between
is
25 peoples so that nobody gets an even num-
xy xy ber of apples.In how many ways can this be
(a) (b)
xy  (1  x)(1  y ) (1  x)(1  y ) done?
(a)100 (b) 25 (c) 1 (d) 0

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28. The total number of four - digit odd numbers 36. ‘A’ draws two cards with replacement from a
that can be formed using 0, 1, 2 , 3, 5 , and 7 pack of 52 cards and ‘B’ throws a pair of dice
(repetition allowed )is what is the chance that ‘A’ gets both cards of
same suit and ‘B’ gets total of 6
(a)216 (b)375 (c)400 (d)720
1 1 5 7
29. Five -digit numbers divisible by 3 are formed (a) 144 (b) 4 (c) 144 (d) 144
using 0, 1, 2 , 3, 4, 5 , without repetition . The
total number of such number is 37. The probability that a student passes in math-
(a) 312 (b) 3125 (c) 120 (d) 216 ematics is 4/9 and that he passes in physics is
2/5. Assuming that passing in mathematics and
30. If the letters of the word SACHIN are arranged physics are independent of each other, what is
in all possible ways and these words are writ- the probability that he passes in mathematics
ten out as in a disctionary , then the word but fails in physics?
SACHIN appears at serial number
(a)4/15 (b) 8/45 (c) 26/45 (d) 19/45
(a)601 (b)600 (c)603 (d) 602
38. From a pack of 52 cards, two cards are drawn,
31. The total number of number greater than 1000 the first beign replaced before the second is
but less than 4000 formed using the digit 0,1,2,3 drawn. What is the probability that the first is a
and 4 (repetition allowed ) is diamond and the second is a king?
(a)125 (b) 105 (c) 375 (d) 625 (a)1/4 (b) 4/13 (c) 1/52 (d) 4/15
32. Total number of books is 2n + 1. One is allowed
to select a minimum of the one book and a 39. What is the probability of having a king and a
maximum of n books. If total number of selec- queen when two cards are drawn from a pack
tions if 63, then value of n is : of 52 cards?
(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) none of (a)16/663 (b) 2/663 (c) 4/663 (d) 8/663
these 40. The number of ways in which nine different toys
33. A circket club has 15 members, of whom only can be
5 can bowl. If the names of 15 members are distributed among four children so that the
put into a box and 11 are drawn at random, then youngest child
probability of obtaining an eleven containing at
gets 3 toys and each of the other gets 2 toys is
least 3 bowlers is
(a)2520 (b) 5120 (c) 7560 (d)
(a)7/13 (b) 6/13 (c) 11/15 (d) 12/13
9072
34. A purse contains 4 copper coins and 3 silver
41. How many words can be formed using all the
coins, the second purse contains 6 copper
letters of the word ‘ NATION’ so that all the three
coins and 2 silver coins. If a coin is drawn out
vowels should never come together? (a)
of any purse, then the probability that it is a
354 (b) 348 (c) 288 (d) None
copper coin is
(a)4/7 (b) 3/4 (c) 37/56 (d) None 42. If P(77,31)  x and C (77,31)  y ,then which
35. A bag ‘A’ contains 2 white and 3 red balls and one of the following is correct?
bag ‘B’ contains 4 white and 5 red balls. One
ball is drawn at random from a randomly cho- (a) x  y (b) 2 x  y
sen bag and is found to be red. The probability
(c) 77 x  31 y (d) x  y
that it was drawn from bag ‘B’ was
5 5 5 25
(a) 14 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) 52

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43. If there are 4 candidates for the post of a lec-
P( A)  P( B' )
turer in Mathematics and one is to be selected (c) (d) None of the above
by votes of 5 men , then what is the number of 1  P( B )
ways in which the votes can be given ?
49. Two students X and Y appeared in an exami-
(a) 1048 (b) 1072 (c) 1024 (d) 625 nation .The probability that X will qualify the
examination is 0.05 and Y will qualify the ex-
44. Coefficients of quadratic equation ax 2  bx  c  0 amination is 0.10.The probability that both will
are chosen by tossing three fair coins where qualify the exam is 0.02.What is the probability
‘head’ means one and ‘tail’ means two. Then that only one of them will qualify the examina-
the probability that roots of the equation are tion ?
imaginary is
(a) 0.15 (b) 0.14 (c) 0.12 (d) 0.11
7 5 3 1
(a) 8
(b) 8
(c) 8
(d) 8 50. A bag contains 5 black and 3 white balls .Two
balls are drawn at random one after another
45. Using the digits 1,2,3,4 and 5 onlyonce,how without replcement.What is the probability that
many numbers greater than 41000 can be
formed? 1 1
both are white? (a) (b) (c)
(a) 41 (b) 48 (c) 50 (d) 55
28 14

46. A problem in statistics is given to three students 3

(d) None
A,B and C whose chances of solving it inde- 28
1 1 1
pendently are , , and , respectively .The
2 3 4
probability that the problem will be solved is

1 11 1 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
12 12 2 4
47. If A and B are two events such that
3 1 2
P( A  B )  , P( A  B )  and P ( A)  ,
4 4 3
then what is P(B ) equal to ?

1 2 1 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 8 9
48. Suppose A and B are two events .Event B has
occured and it is known that P(B)<1.What is
P( A / B' ) equal to ?

P ( A)  P ( B ) P ( A)  P ( AB )
(a) (b)
1  P( B ) 1  P( B )

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 ANSWER KEY (P & C , Probability -01)
1. (d) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (d) 6. (b) 7. (b) 8. (b) 9. (a) 10. (a)
11. (a) 12. (d) 13. (a) 14. (a) 15. (d) 16. (a) 17. (d) 18. (b) 19. (a) 20. (a)
21. (b) 22. (a) 23. (c) 24. (a) 25. (b) 26. (b) 27. (d) 28. (d) 29. (d) 30. (a)
31. (c) 32. (a) 33. (d) 34. (c) 35. (d) 36. (c) 37. (a) 38. (c) 39. (d) 40. (c)
41. (c) 42. (d) 43. (c) 44. (a) 45. (b) 46. (d) 47. (b) 48. (a) 49. (d) 50. (c)

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