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Option A
Solution: Option A
Required probability=1 – no one got Solution:
selected – 1 got selected From 1 to 16, there are 4 numbers which
No one got selected = (1-0.4) x (1-0.5) x are multiple of 4
(1-0.6) x (1-0.8) = 0.024 1st 2 are multiple of 4, and one any other
1 got selected= 0.4 x ((1-0.5) x (1-0.6) x (1- number from (16-4) = 12 tickets
0.8) ) + 0.5 x ((1-0.4) x (1-0.6) x (1-0.8)) 4c2*12c1/16c3 = 72/560
+0.6 x ((1-0.4) x (1-0.5) x (1-0.8)) + 0.8 x 2nd all are multiples of 4.
((1-0.4) x (1-0.5) x (1-0.6)) 4c3/16c3=4/560
= 0.016 + 0.024 + 0.036 + 0.096 = 0.17 Add both 72/560+4/560.=76/560
So, Required probability = 1 – 0.024 – 0.17
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4. One 5 letter word is to be formed taking all Directions (6-8): There are 3 bags containing 3
letters – S, A, P, T and E. What is the colored balls – Red, Green and Yellow.
probability that this the word formed will Bag 1 contains:
contain all vowels together? 24 green balls. Red balls are 4 more than blue
A) 2/5 balls. Probability of selecting 1 red ball is 4/13
B) 3/10
C) 7/12 Bag 2 contains:
D) 3/5 Total balls are 8 more than 7/13 of balls in bag
E) 5/12 1. Probability of selecting 1 red ball is 1/3. The
ratio of green balls to blue balls is 1 : 2
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Bag 3 contains:
Option A Red balls equal total number of green and blue
Solution: balls in bag 2. Green balls equal total number of
Total words that can be formed is 5! = 120 green and red balls in bag 2. Probability of
Now vowels together: selecting 1 blue ball is 3/14.
Take: S, P, T and AE
So their arrangement is 4! * 2! = 48 6. 1 ball each is chosen from bag 1 and bag 2,
So required probability = 48/120 = 2/5 What is the probability that 1 is red and
other blue?
5. One 5-digit number is to be formed from
A) 15/128
numbers – 0, 1, 3, 5, and 6 (repetition not
B) 21/115
allowed). What is the probability that
C) 17/135
number formed will be even?
D) 25/117
A) 8/15
E) 16/109
B) 7/16
C) 7/15 View Answer
D) 3/10
E) 13/21 Option D
Solution:
View Answer Let red = x, so blue = x-4
So
Option B x/(24+x+(x-4)) = 4/13
Solution: Solve, x = 16
Two cases:
So bag 1: red = 16, green = 24, blue = 12
Case 1: 0 at last place
NEXT:
So 4 choices for 1st digit, 3 for 2nd, 2 for
bag 2: total = 8 + 7/13 * 52 = 36
3rd and 1 for 4th. So numbers = 4*3*2*1 =
green and blue = y and 2y. Let red balls = z
24
So z + y + 2y = 36…………………(1)
Case 2: 6 at last place
Now Prob. of red = 1/3
For 5-digit number 0 cannot be placed at
So z/36 = 1/3
1st place or cannot be 1st digit
Solve, z = 12
So 3 choices (1, 3, 5) for 1st digit, 3 for
From (1), y = 8
2nd, 2 for 3rd and 1 for 4th. So numbers =
So bag 2: red = 12, green = 8, blue = 16
3*3*2*1 = 18
NEXT:
So total choices = 24+18 = 42
bag 3: red = 8+16 = 24, green = 12+8 = 20
Number total 5-digit numbers that can be
Blue prob. = 3/14
formed from 0, 1, 3, 5, and 6
So a/(24+20+a) = 3/14
0 not allowed at 1st place, so 4 choices for
Solve, a = 12
1st place, 4 for 2nd, 3 for 3rd, 2 for 4th and
So bag 3: red = 24, green = 20, blue = 12
1 for 5th. Sp total = 4*4*3*2*1 = 96
Now probability that 1 is red and other
So required probability = 42/96 = 7/16
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7. Some green balls are transferred from bag 1 9. What is the probability that B will speak
to bag 3. Now probability of choosing a truth for a particular question asked?
blue ball from bag 3 becomes 3/16. Find A) 7/18
the number of remaining balls in bag 1. B) 14/33
A) 60 C) 4/15
B) 58 D) 9/28
C) 52 E) 10/33
D) 48
E) 44 View Answer
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Directions (1-3): An urn contains some balls Option E
colored white, blue and green. The Solution:
probability of choosing a white ball is 4/15 There are 30 balls in the urn.
and the probability of choosing a green ball is Multiples of 2 up to 30 = 30/2 = 15
2/5. There are 10 blue balls. Multiples of 3 up to 30 = 30/3 = 10 (take
only whole number before the decimal
1. What is the probability of choosing one part)
blue ball? Multiples of 6 (2×3) up to 30 = 30/6 = 5
A) 2/7 So total such numbers are = 15 + 10 – 5 =
B) 1/4 20
C) 1/3 So required probability = 20/30 = 2/3
D) 2/5
E) 3/7 4. There are 2 brothers A and B. Probability
that A will pass in exam is 3/5 and that B
will pass in exam is 5/8. What will be the
View Answer probability that only one will pass in the
exam?
Option C
A) 12/43
Solution:
B) 19/40
Probability of choosing one blue ball = 1 –
C) 14/33
(4/15 + 2/5) = 1/3
D) 21/40
2. What is the total number of balls in the E) 9/20
urn?
A) 45
B) 34 View Answer
C) 40 Option B
D) 30 Solution:
E) 42 Only one will pass means the other will fail
Probability that A will pass in exam is 3/5.
So Probability that A will fail in exam is 1
View Answer – 3/5 = 2/5
Option D Probability that B will pass in exam is 5/8.
Solution: So Probability that B will fail in exam is 1
Probability of choosing one blue ball is 1/3 – 5/8 = 3/8
And total blue balls are 10. So with 10/30 So required probability = P(A will
we get probability as 1/3 pass)*P(B will fail) + P(B will pass)*P(A
So total balls must be 30 will fail)
So probability that only one will pass in the
3. If the balls are numbered 1, 2, …. up to exam = 3/5 * 3/8 + 5/8 * 2/5 = 19/40
number of balls in the urn, what is the
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Option B A) 2/7
Solution: B) 6/15
Let 2 events A and B C) 4/13
Odds against A are 2 : 3 D) 1/8
So probability of occurrence of A = 3/(2+3) E) 17/52
= 3/5. And non-occurrence of A = 2/5
Odds in favor of B are 3 : 4 View Answer
So probability of occurrence of B = 3/(3+4) Option C
= 3/7. And non-occurrence of B = 4/7 Solution:
Probability that at least one occurs In 52 cards, there are 13 diamond cards and 4
Case 1: A occurs and B does not occur queens.
So probability = 3/5 * 4/7 = 12/35 1 card is chosen at random
Case 2: B occurs and A does not occur For 1 diamond card, probability = 13/52
So probability = 3/7 * 2/5 = 6/35 For 1 queen, probability = 4/52
Case 3: Both A and B occur For cards which are both diamond and queen,
So probability = 3/5 * 3/7 = 9/35 probability = 1/52
So probability that at least 1 will occur = So required probability = 13/52 + 4/52 – 1/52 =
12/35 + 6/35 + 9/35 = 27/35 16/52 = 4/13
10. The odds against an event are 1 : 3 and the From a pack of 52 cards, 1 card is drawn at
odds in favor of another independent event random. What is the probability of the card
are 2 : 5. Find the probability that one of being red or ace?
the event will occur. A) 5/18
A) 17/28 B) 7/13
B) 5/14 C) 15/26
C) 11/25 D) 9/13
D) 9/14 E) 17/26
E) 19/28
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Option B
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Solution:
Option A In 52 cards, there are 26 red cards and 4 ace and
Solution: there 2 such cards which are both red and ace.
Let 2 events A and B 1 card is chosen at random
Odds against A are 1 : 3 For 1 red card, probability = 26/52
So probability of occurrence of A = 3/(1+3) For 1 ace, probability = 4/52
= 3/4. And non-occurrence of A = 1/4 For cards which are both red and ace, probability
Odds in favor of B are 2 : 5 = 2/52
So probability of occurrence of B = 2/(2+5) So required probability = 26/52 + 4/52 – 2/52 =
= 2/7. And non-occurrence of B = 5/7 28/52 = 7/13
Case 1: A occurs and B does not occur
There are 250 tickets in an urn numbered 1 to
So probability = 3/4 * 5/7 = 15/28
250. One ticket is chosen at random. What is the
Case 2: B occurs and A does not occur
probability of it being a number containing a
So probability = 2/7 * 1/4 = 2/28
multiple of 3 or 8?
So probability that one will occur = 15/28 +
A) 52/125
2/28 = 17/28
B) 53/250
C) 67/125
From a pack of 52 cards, 1 card is chosen at D) 101/250
random. What is the probability of the card E) 13/25
being diamond or queen?
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Find the probability that Yellow ball is from persons for the job. The probabilty that
a box of the first group? atleast one of selected persons will be a
A. 42/61 Woman is?
B. 45/61 A. 77/91
C. 51/61 B. 54/91
D. 52/61 C. 45/91
E. None of these D. 40/91
Answer & Explanation E. None of these
Answer – B. 45/61 Answer & Explanation
Explanation : Answer – A. 77/91
Probability = (3/5 * 5/8)/([3/5 * 5/8] + [2/5 * Explanation :
1/3]) = 45/61 Man only = 8C2 = 14
Probability of selecting no woman = 14/91
A fruit basket contains 10 Guavas and 20 Probability of selecting atleast one woman = 1 –
Bananas out of which 3 Guavas and 5 14/91 = 77/91
Bananas are defective. If two fruits selected at
random, what is the probability that either Three Bananas and three oranges are kept
both are Bananas or both are non-defective? in a box. If two fruits are chosen at random,
A. 315/435 Find the probability that one is Banana and
B. 313/435 another one is orange?
C. 317/435 A. 1/5
D. 316/435 B. 3/5
E. None of these C. 4/5
Answer & Explanation D. 2/5
Answer – D. 316/435 E. None of these
Explanation : Answer & Explanation
P(A) = 20c2 / 30c2, P(B) = 22c2 / 30c2 Answer – B. 3/5
P(A∩B) = 15c2 / 30c2 Explanation :
P(A∪B) = P(A) + P(B) – P(A∩B) => Total probability = 6C2 = 15
(20c2/30c2)+(22c2/30c2)-(15c2/30c2)=316/435 Probability that one is Banana and another one is
orange = 3C1 * 3C1 = 9
A committee of five persons is to be chosen probability = 9/15 = 3/5
from a group of 10 people. The probability
that a certain married couple will either serve A basket contains 6 White 4 Black 2 Pink
together or not at all is? and 3 Green balls. If three balls picked up
A. 54/199 random, What is the probability that all three
B. 52/195 are White?
C. 53/186 A. 4/91
D. 51/126 B. 5/93
E. None of these C. 7/97
Answer & Explanation D. 8/92
Answer – D. 51/126 Answer & Explanation
Explanation : Answer – A. 4/91
Five persons is to be chosen from a group of 10 Explanation :
people = 10C5 = 252 Total Balls = 15
Couple Serve together = 8C3 * 2C2 = 56 Probability = 6c3 / 15c3 = 4/91
Couple does not serve = 8C5 = 56
Probability = 102/252 = 51/126 A basket contains 6 White 4 Black 2 Pink
and 3 Green balls. If three balls are picked at
Out of 14 applicants for a job, there are 6 random, what is the probability that two are
women and 8 men. It is desired to select 2 Black and one is Green?
A. 22/355 C. 14
B. 15/381 D. 18
C. 10/393 Answer & Explanation
D. 14/455 Answer – D. 18
E. 18/455 Explanation :
Answer & Explanation Blue marble – x
Answer – E. 18/455 xc1/27c1 = 1/3
Explanation : x/27=1/3 —> x=27/3=9
Total Balls = 15 No of green marbles = Total – Blue marble =27-
Probability = 4c2 * 3c1/ 15c3 = 18/455 9=18
A basket contains 6 White 4 Black 2 Pink In a bag there are 4 white, 4 red and 2
and 3 Green balls. If four balls are picked at green balls. Two balls are drawn at
random, what is the probability that atleast random.What is the probability that at least
one is Black? one ball is of red colour?
A. 69/91 A. 4/3
B. 80/91 B. 7/3
C. 21/91 C. 1/3
D. 55/91 D. 2/3
E. None of these Answer & Explanation
Answer & Explanation Answer – D. 2/3
Answer – A. 69/91 Explanation :
Explanation : Total Balls =10
Total Balls = 15 Other than red ball = 6c2
Probability = 11c4/15c4 = 22/91 6c2/10c2=1/3 —> 1-1/3 = 2/3
One is black = 1 – 22/91 = 69/91
Sahil has two bags (A & B) that contain
A basket contains 6 White 4 Black 2 Pink green and blue balls.In the Bag ‘A’ there are
and 3 Green balls.If two balls are picked at 6 green and 8 blue balls and in the Bag ‘B’
random, what is the probability that either there are 6 green and 6 blue balls. One ball is
both are Pink or both are Green? drawn out from any of these two bags. What
A. 2/105 is the probability that the ball drawn is blue?
B. 4/105 A. 15/28
C. 8/137 B. 13/28
D. 5/137 C. 17/28
E. None of these D. 23/28
Answer & Explanation Answer & Explanation
Answer – B. 4/105 Answer – A. 15/28
Explanation : Explanation :
Probability both are Pink = 1/15C2 Total balls in A bag = 14, Total balls in A bag =
Probability both are Green = 3/15C2 12
Required Probability = 4/15C2 = 4/105 A bag = 1/2(8c1/14c1) = 2/7
B bag = 1/2(6c1/12c1) = 1/4 —> total
Probability = 2/7 + 1/4 =15/28
A box contains 27 marbles some are blue and
others are green. If a marble is drawn at In an examination, there are three sections
random from the box, the probability that it namely Reasoning, Maths and English.
is blue is 1/3. Then how many number of Reasoning part contains 4 questions. There
green marbles in the box? are 5 questions in maths section and 6
A. 10 questions in English section. If three
B. 15 questions are selected randomly from the list
are alternatively of different colours? A box contains 4 red, 5 black and 6 green
a) 7/99 balls. 3 balls are drawn at random. What is
b) 11/99 the probability that all the balls are of same
c) 14/99 colour?
d) 19/99 a) 33/455
e) None of these b) 34/455
Answer & Explanation c) 44/455
Answer – c) 14/99 d) 47/455
Explanation : e) None of these
Balls are picked in two manners – RWRW or Answer & Explanation
WRWR Answer – b) 34/455
So probability = (5/12)*(7/11)*(4/10)*(6/9) + Explanation :
(7/12)*(5/11)*(6/10)*(4/9) = 14/99 (4c3 + 5c3 + 6c3)/15c3 = 34/455
P and Q are sitting in a ring with 11 other An apartment has 8 floors. An elevator
persons. If the arrangement of 11 persons is starts with 4 passengers and stops at 8 floors
at random, then the probability that there are of the apartment. What is the probability that
exactly 4 persons between them? all passengers travels to different floors?
a) 1/3 a) 109/256
b) 1/4 b) 135/256
c) 1/5 c) 105/256
d) 1/6 d) 95/256
e) None of these e) None of these
Answer & Explanation Answer & Explanation
Answer – d) 1/6 Answer – c) 105/256
Explanation : Explanation :
Fix the position of P, then Q can be sit in 12 Total outcomes = 8*8*8*8
positions, so total possible outcome = 12 Favourable outcomes = 8*7*6*5 (first person
Now, exactly 4 persons are sitting between having 8 choices, after that second person have 7
them. This can be done in two ways as shown in choices and so on)
figure, so favourable outcomes = 2 So, probability = 105/256
So, probability = 2/12 = 1/6
A speak truth in 60% cases and B in 80%
10 persons are seated around a round cases. In what percent of cases they likely to
table. What is the probability that 4 contradict each other narrating the same
particular persons are always seated incident?
together? a) 9/25
a) 1/21 b) 7/25
b) 4/21 c) 11/25
c) 8/21 d) 13/25
d) 11/21 e) None of these
e) None of these Answer & Explanation
Answer & Explanation Answer – c) 11/25
Answer – a) 1/21 Explanation :
Explanation : P(A) = 3/5 and P(B) = 4/5. Now they are
Total outcomes = (10 -1)! = 9! contradicting means one is telling truth and other
Favourable outcomes = 6!*4! (4 person seated telling the lie. So,
together and 6 other persons seated randomly, so Probability = (3/5)*(1/5) + (2/5)*(4/5)
they will sit in (7-1)! Ways and those 4 persons
can be arranged in 4! ways) A box contains 30 electric bulbs, out of
So probability = 1/21 which 8 are defective. Four bulbs are chosen
A box contains 50 balls, numbered from 1 Find the probability that in a random
to 50. If three balls are drawn at random with arrangement of the letter of words in the
replacement. What is the probability that word ‘PROBABILITY’ the two I’s come
sum of the numbers are odd? together.
a) 1/2 a) 2/11
b) 1/3 b) 1/11
c) 2/7 c) 3/11
d) 1/5 d) 4/11
e) None of these e) None of these
Answer & Explanation Answer & Explanation
Answer –a) 1/2 Answer –a) 2/11
Explanation : Explanation :
There are 25 odd and 25 even numbers from 1 Total outcomes = 11!/(2!*2!)
to 50. favourable outcomes = (10!*2!)/(2!*2!)
Sum will be odd if = odd + odd + odd, odd + p = 2/11
even + even, even + odd + even, even+ even +
odd In a race of 12 cars, the probability that
P= (1/2)*(1/2)*(1/2) + (1/2)*(1/2)*(1/2) + car A will win is 1/5 and of car B is 1/6 and
(1/2)*(1/2)*(1/2) + (1/2)*(1/2)*(1/2) that of car C is 1/3. Find the probability that
=4/8 = ½ only one of them won the race.
a) 2/7
From a pack of cards, if three cards are b) 7/10
drawn at random one after the other with c) 9/10
replacement, find the probability that one is d) 3/7
ace, one is jack and one is queen? e) None of these
a) 16/7725 Answer & Explanation
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