DAILY CONCEPT EVALUATION TEST -1

1. Two card are drawn successively with replacement from a pack of 52 cards. The probability of
drawing two aces is
1 1 1 4
(*a) (b) (c) (d)
169 221 2652 663

2. In a single throw of two dice, the probability of getting more than 7 is

7 7 5 5
(a) (b) (*c) (d)
36 12 12 36

3. The probability of drawing a white ball from a bag containing 3 black balls and 4 white balls, is
4 3 1
(*a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
7 7 7
5. A single letter is selected at random from the word “PROBABILITY”. The probability that the
selected letter is a vowel is
2 3 4
(a) *(b) (*c) (d) 0
11 11 11
6. There are n letters and n addressed envelopes. The probability that all the letters are not kept in
the right envelope, is
1 1 1
(a) (*b) 1 − (c) 1− (d) None of these
n! n! n
7. Two cards are drawn one by one at random from a pack of 52 cards. The probability that both of
them are king, is
2 1 1 30
(a) (b) (c*) (d)
13 169 221 221
8. From a pack of 52 cards two are drawn with replacement. The probability, that the first is a diamond
and the second is a king, is
1 17 1
(a) (b) (c*) (d) None of these
26 2704 52
9. Two cards are drawn from a pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that at least one of the cards
drawn is an ace
33 188 1 21
(a*) (b) (c) (d)
221 221 26 221
10. One card is drawn from each of two ordinary packs of 52 cards. The probability that at least one of
them is an ace of heart, is
103 1 2 2601
(*a) (b) (c) (d)
2704 2704 52 2704
11. A box contains 6 nails and 10 nuts. Half of the nails and half of the nuts are rusted. If one item is
chosen at random, what is the probability that it is rusted or is a nail
3 5 11 14
(a) (b) (c*) (d)
16 16 16 16
12. The probability of getting at least one tail in 4 throws of a coin is
15 1 1
(*a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
16 16 4

13. Three letters are to be sent to different persons and addresses on the three envelopes are also
written. Without looking at the addresses, the probability that the letters go into the right envelope
is equal to
1 1 4 1
(a) (b) (c) (*d)
27 9 27 6
27. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability of obtaining a multiple of 2 on one of
them and a multiple of 3 on the other
5 11 1 1
(a) (b*) (c) (d)
36 36 6 3

28. A card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of cards. The probability of getting a queen of club or king
of heart is
1 1 1
(a) (*b) (c) (d) None of these
52 26 18

29. A pair of numbers is picked up randomly (without replacement) from the set
{1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 12, 13, 17, 19}. The probability that the number 11 was picked given that the sum
of the numbers was even, is nearly:
(A*) 0.1 (B) 0.125 (C) 0.24 (D) 0.18

30. A quadratic equation is chosen from the set of all the quadratic equations which are unchanged by
squaring their roots. The chance that the chosen equation has equal roots is :
(*A) 1/2 (B) 1/3 (C) 1/4 (D) 2/3

31. If four coins are tossed, find the chance that there should be two heads and two tails. [Ans. 3/8]

32. Consider a function f (x) that has zeroes 4 and 9. Given that Mr. A randomly selects a number from
the set {– 10, – 9, – 8, ..... 8, 9, 10}, what is the probability that Mr. A chooses a zero of f (x 2)?
4
[Ans. ]
21

33. A fair die is tossed. If the number is odd, find the probability that it is prime. [Ans. 2/3]

34. A coin is biased so that heads is three times as likely to appear as tails. Find P (H) and P (T).

[Ans. ¾, 1/4]

35. Three fair coins are tossed. If both heads and tails appear, determine the probability that exactly
one head appears.

36. A determinant is chosen at random from the set of all determinants of order 2 with elements 0 to 1
only. The probability that the determinant chosen is non-zero is
(A) 3/16 (*B) 3/8 (C) 1/4 (D) 1/8