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question_answer1)
A coin is tossed and a dice is rolled. The probability that the coin shows the head and the dice shows 6 is
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\[\frac{1}{6}\] done
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\[\frac{1}{12}\] done
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\[\frac{1}{24}\] done
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question_answer2)
A fair die is thrown twenty times. The probability that on the tenth throw the fourth six appears is
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\[\frac{^{20}{{C}_{10}}\times {{5}^{6}}}{{{6}^{20}}}\] done
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\[\frac{120\times {{5}^{7}}}{{{6}^{10}}}\] done
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\[\frac{84\times {{5}^{6}}}{{{6}^{10}}}\] done
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question_answer3)
Assume that each born child is equally likely to be a boy or a girl. If a family has two children, then the conditional probabilities that both are girls given that (i) the youngest is a girl, (ii) at least one is a girl are
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\[\frac{1}{2}and\frac{1}{4}\] done
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\[\frac{1}{3}and\frac{1}{2}\] done
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\[\frac{1}{3}and\frac{1}{4}\] done
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\[\frac{1}{2}and\frac{1}{3}\] done
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question_answer4)
Probability that India will win against Pakistan in a cricket match is 2/3, in series of 5 matches what is the probability that India will win the series?
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\[161/81\] done
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\[192/243\] done
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\[172/243\] done
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None of these done
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question_answer5)
In a test, an examinee either guesses or copies or knows the answer to a multiple choice question with four choices. The probability that he makes a guess is \[\frac{1}{3}.\]The probability that he copies is \[\frac{1}{6}\] and the probability that his answer is correct given that he copied it is \[\frac{1}{8}.\] The probability that he knew the answer to the question given that he correctly answered it, is
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\[\frac{24}{29}\] done
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\[\frac{1}{4}\] done
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\[\frac{3}{4}\] done
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question_answer6)
One ticket is selected at random from 100 tickets numbered 00, 01, 02,?.98, 99, if, \[{{x}_{1}}\] and \[{{x}_{2}}\] denotes the sum and product of the digits on the tickets, then \[P({{x}_{1}}=9/{{x}_{2}}=0)\] is equal to
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19/100 done
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question_answer7)
There are four machines and it is known that exactly two of them are faulty. They are tested, one by one, in a random order till both the faulty machines are identified. Then the probability that only two tests are needed is
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\[\frac{1}{3}\] done
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\[\frac{1}{6}\] done
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\[\frac{1}{2}\] done
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\[\frac{1}{4}\] done
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question_answer8)
A die is rolled three times. Let \[{{E}_{1}}\] denote the event of getting a number larger than the previous number each time and \[{{E}_{2}}\] denote the event that the numbers (in order) form an increasing AP then
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\[P({{E}_{2}})\ge P({{E}_{1}})\] done
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\[P({{E}_{2}}\cap {{E}_{1}})=\frac{3}{10}\] done
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\[P({{E}_{2}}/{{E}_{1}})=\frac{1}{36}\] done
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\[P({{E}_{1}})=\frac{10}{3}P({{E}_{2}})\] done
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question_answer9)
A student appears for tests I, II and III. The student is successful if he passes either in tests I and II or tests I and IV. The probabilities of the student passing in tests I, II, III are p, q and \[\frac{1}{2}\] respectively. The probability that the student is successful is \[\frac{1}{2}\] then the relation between p and q is given by
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\[pq+p=1\] done
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\[{{p}^{2}}+q=1\] done
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\[pq-1=p\] done
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question_answer10)
A pair of fair dice is thrown independently three times. The probability of getting a score of exactly 9 twice is
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8/729 done
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question_answer11)
In a class 30% students like tea, 20% like coffee and 10% like both tea and coffee. A student is selected at random then what is the probability that he does not like tea if it is known that he likes coffee?
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question_answer12)
Abhay speaks the truth only 60%. Hasan rolls a dice blindfolded and asks abhay to tell him if the outcome is a ?Prime?. Abhay says, ?No?. What is the probability that the outcome is really ?Prime??
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0.75 done
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0.6 done
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question_answer13)
n letters to each of which corresponds on addressed envelope are placed in the envelop at random. Then the probability that n letter is placed in the right envelope, will be:
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\[\frac{1}{1!}-\frac{1}{2!}+\frac{1}{3!}-\frac{1}{4!}+...{{(-1)}^{n}}\frac{1}{n!}\] done
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\[\frac{1}{2!}+\frac{1}{3!}+\frac{1}{4!}-\frac{1}{5!}+...\frac{1}{n!}\] done
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\[\frac{1}{2!}-\frac{1}{3!}+\frac{1}{4!}-\frac{1}{5!}+...{{(-1)}^{n}}\frac{1}{n!}\] done
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question_answer14)
In a sequence of independent trials, the probability of success on each trial is ¼. The probability that the second success occurs on the fourth or later trial, if the trials continue up to the second success only, is
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\[\frac{5}{32}\] done
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\[\frac{27}{32}\] done
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\[\frac{23}{32}\] done
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\[\frac{9}{32}\] done
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question_answer15)
Rajesh doesn't like to study. Probability that he will study is 1/3. If the studied then probability that he will fail is1/2 and if he didn?t study then probability that he will fail is 3/4 if in result Rajesh failed then what the probability that he didn't studies is.
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question_answer16)
A die marked 1, 2, 3 in red and 4, 5, 6 in green is tossed. Let A be the event, "the number is even", and B be the event, "the number is red" then;
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\[P(A)P(B)=\frac{1}{6}\] done
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question_answer17)
Two dice are thrown n times in succession. The probability of obtaining a double - six at least once is
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\[{{\left( \frac{1}{36} \right)}^{n}}\] done
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\[1-{{\left( \frac{35}{36} \right)}^{n}}\] done
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\[{{\left( \frac{1}{12} \right)}^{n}}\] done
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question_answer18)
If the random variable X takes the values \[{{x}_{1}},{{x}_{2}},{{x}_{3}}...{{x}_{10}}\] with probabilities \[P(X={{x}_{i}})=ki,\]then the value of k is equal to
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\[\frac{1}{10}\] done
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\[\frac{1}{55}\] done
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question_answer19)
6 coins are tossed together 64 times, if throwing a hand is considered as a success then the ex-pected frequency of at least 3 successes is
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question_answer20)
Rahul has to write a project, probability that he will get a project copy is ?P?, probability that he will get a blue pen is ?q? and probability that he will get a black pen is 1/2, if he can complete the project either with blue or with black pen or with both and probability that he completed the project is 1/2 then \[P(1+q)\]is
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1 done
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\[\frac{1}{4}\] done
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2 done
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question_answer21)
A bag contains p white and q black ball. Two players A and B alternately draw a ball from the bag, replacing the balls each time after the draw till one of them draws a white ball and wins the game. If A begins the game and the probability of A winning the game is three times chat of B, then the ratio p:q is:
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question_answer22)
A box contains 20 identical balls of which 10 are blue and 10 are green. The balls are drawn at random from the box. One at a time with replacement. The probability that a blue ball is drawn 4th time on the 7th draw is
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\[\frac{27}{32}\] done
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\[\frac{5}{64}\] done
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\[\frac{5}{32}\] done
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\[\frac{1}{2}\] done
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question_answer23)
The probability of a man hitting a target is 1/4. The number of times he must shoot so that the probability he hits target, at least once is more than 0.9, is [use \[\log 4=0.602\,\,and\,\,\log 3=0.477\]]
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question_answer24)
Let \[{{E}^{c}}\] denote the complement of an event E. let E, F, G be pairwise independent events with \[P(G)>0\] and \[P(E\cap F\cap G)=0\]. Then \[P({{E}^{c}}\cap {{F}^{c}}/G)\] equals
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\[P({{E}^{c}})+P({{F}^{c}})\] done
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\[P({{E}^{c}})-P({{F}^{c}})\] done
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question_answer25)
The mean and the variance of binomial distribution are 4 and 2 respectively. Then the probability of 2 successes is
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\[\frac{28}{256}\] done
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\[\frac{219}{256}\] done
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\[\frac{128}{256}\] done
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question_answer26)
The probability of the simultaneous occurrence of two events A and B is p. if the probability that exactly one of the events occurs is q, then which of the following is not correct?
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\[P(A')+P(B')=2+2q-p\] done
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\[P(A')+P(B')=2-2p-q\] done
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\[P(A'\cap B')=1-p-q.\] done
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question_answer27)
In a binomial distribution \[B\left( n,p=\frac{1}{4} \right)\], if the probability of at least one success is greater than or equal to \[\frac{9}{10}\], then n is greater than:
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\[\frac{1}{{{\log }_{10}}4-{{\log }_{10}}3}\] done
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question_answer28)
A father has 3 children with at least one boy. The probability that he has 2 boys and 1 girl is
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\[2/3\] done
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question_answer29)
A man is known to speak the truth 3 out of 4 times. He throws a die and reports that it is a six. The probability that it is actually a six is
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\[\frac{3}{4}\] done
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\[\frac{1}{2}\] done
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question_answer30)
The probability that a particular day in the month of July is a rainy day is ¾. Two person whose credibility are 4/5 and 2/3. Respectively, claim that 15 July was rainy day. The probability that it was really a rainy day is
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\[\frac{12}{13}\] done
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\[\frac{24}{25}\] done
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\[\frac{29}{30}\] done
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question_answer31)
The probability of India winning a test match against Westinies is \[\frac{1}{2}\]assuming independence from match to match the probability that in a 5 match series India?s second win occurs at the third test, is.
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question_answer32)
If \[{{E}_{1}}\] and \[{{E}_{2}}\] are two events such that \[P({{E}_{1}})=1/4,P({{E}_{2}}/{{E}_{1}})=1/2\] and \[P({{E}_{1}}/{{E}_{2}})=1/4\], then choose the incorrect statement.
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\[{{E}_{1}}and{{E}_{2}}\] are independent done
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\[{{E}_{1}}\] and \[{{E}_{2}}\] are exhaustive done
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\[{{E}_{2}}\] is twice as likely to occur as \[{{E}_{1}}\] done
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Probabilities of the events\[{{E}_{1}}\cap {{E}_{2}}\], \[{{E}_{1}}\] and \[{{E}_{2}}\] are in GP. done
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question_answer33)
A fair die is tossed eight times. The probability that a third six is observed on the eighth throw is
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\[^{7}{{C}_{2}}\frac{{{5}^{5}}}{{{6}^{8}}}\] done
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\[^{7}{{C}_{3}}\frac{{{5}^{3}}}{{{6}^{8}}}\] done
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question_answer34)
Probability that a man who is 40 year old, living till 75 years is 5/16, and another man who is 35 years old living till 70 years is 3/7 then what is the probability that at least one of them will be alive till 35 years hence?
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17/28 done
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question_answer35)
Let A and B be two events such that \[P(A\cap B')=0.20,P(A'\cap B)=0.15,\]\[P(A'\cap B')=0.1,\] Then \[P(A/B)\] is equal to
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question_answer36)
Three letters are written to three different persons and addresses on the three envelopes are also written. Without looking in the addresses, the letters are kept in these envelopes. The probability that all the letters are not placed into their right envelopes is
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question_answer37)
A man and a woman appear in an interview for two vacancies in the same post. The probability of man?s selection is ¼ and that of the woman?s selection is 1/3. Then the probability that none of them will be selected is.
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question_answer38)
If X follows a binomial distribution with parameter n=8 and \[p=\frac{1}{2}\], then \[P(\left| X-4 \right|\le 2)\] is
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\[\frac{119}{128}\] done
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\[\frac{119}{228}\] done
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\[\frac{18}{128}\] done
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question_answer39)
A random variable has the following probability distribution
X: | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
P(x) | 0 | 2p | 2p | 3p | \[{{p}^{2}}\] | \[2{{p}^{2}}\] | \[7{{p}^{2}}\] | 2p |
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question_answer40)
Two aeroplane I and II bomb a target in succession. The probabilities of I and II scoring a hit correctly are 0.3 and 0.2, respectively. The second plane will bomb only if the first misses the target. The probability that the target is hit by the second plane is
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question_answer41)
A boy is throwing stones at a target. The probability of hitting the target at any trial is \[\frac{1}{2}\]. The probability of hitting the target 5th time at the 10th throw is:
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question_answer42)
There are n letters and n addressed envelopes, the probability that all the letters are not kept in the right envelope, is
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question_answer43)
Given two independent events, if the probability that exactly one of them occurs is \[\frac{26}{49}\] and the probability that none of them occurs is \[\frac{15}{49},\] then the probability of more probable of the two events is:
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question_answer44)
A man has bunch of 10 keys out of which only one can open the door. He chooses a key at random for opening the door. If at each trial the wrong key is discarded, then the probability that the door is opened on fifth trial is
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\[\frac{5!}{10!}\] done
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question_answer45)
If A and B are two events such that \[P(A)\ne 0\] and \[P(B)\ne 1,\] then \[P\left( \frac{\overline{A}}{\overline{B}} \right)=\]
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question_answer46)
The mode of the binomial distribution for which mean and standard deviation are 10 and \[\sqrt{5}\] respectively is
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question_answer47)
For k=1, 2, 3 the box \[{{B}_{k}}\] contains k red balls and \[(k+1)\] white balls. Let \[P({{B}_{1}})=\frac{1}{2},P({{B}_{2}})=\frac{1}{3}\]and \[P({{B}_{3}})=\frac{1}{6}.\] A box is selected at random and a ball is drawn from it, if a red ball is drawn, then the probability that it has come from box \[{{B}_{2}}\], is
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question_answer48)
3 friends A, B and C play the game ?Pahle hum pahle tum? in which they throw a die one after the other and the one who will get a composite number 1st will be announced as winner, if A started the game followed by B and then C then what is the ratio of their winning probabilities?
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question_answer49)
A is one of 6 horses entered for a race, and is to be ridden by one of two jockeys B and C. it is 2 to 1 that B rides A, in which case all the horses are equally likely to win. If C rides A, his chance of winning is trebled. What are the odds against winning of A?
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question_answer50)
An anti-aircraft gun can take a maximum of four shots at any plane moving away from it. The probabilities of hitting the plane at the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th shots are 0.4, 0.3, 0.2 and 0.1 respectively. What is the probability that at least one shot hits the plane?
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0.72 done
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question_answer51)
A fair coin is tossed a fixed number of times. If the probability of getting seven heads is equal to that of getting nine heads, the probability of getting two heads is
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question_answer52)
For two events A and B it is given that \[P(A)=P\left( \frac{A}{B} \right)=\frac{1}{4}\] and \[P\left( \frac{B}{A} \right)=\frac{1}{2}.\] Then,
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question_answer53)
One hundred identical coins, each with probability P of showing up heads, are tossed. If 0<p<1 and the probability of heads showing on 50 cons is equal to that of heads showing on 51 cons. The value of p is
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question_answer54)
In from each of the three boxes containing 3 white and 1 black, 2 white and 2 black, 1 white and 3 black balls, one ball is drawn at random, then the probability that 2 white and 1 black ball will be drawn is
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question_answer55)
In praxis business school Kolkata, 50% students like chocolate, 30% students like cake and 10% like booth. If a student is selected at random then what is the probability that he likes chocolates if it is known that he likes cake?
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question_answer56)
The probability of guessing correctly at least 8 out of 10 answers on a true-false examination is
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question_answer57)
An urn contains five balls. Two balls are drawn and found to be white. The probability that all the balls are white is
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question_answer58)
In an organization number of women are \[\mu \]times than that of men. If n things are distributed among them and the probability that the number of things Received by men are odd is\[\frac{1}{2}-{{\left( \frac{1}{2} \right)}^{n+1}}\], then \[\mu \] equal to
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question_answer59)
Let \[0<P(A)<1,0<P(B)<1\] and \[P(A\cup B)=P(A)+P(B)-P(A)P(B,)\] then:
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\[P(B/A)=P(B)-P(A)\] done
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\[P(A'\cup B')=P(A')+P(B')\] done
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\[P(A\cap B)=P(A')P(B')\] done
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question_answer60)
A fair coin is tossed 99 times. If X is the number of times head occurs, \[P(X=r)\] is maximum when r is
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question_answer61)
A box contains N cons, m of which are fair and the rest are biased. The probability of getting a head when a fair coin is tossed is \[\frac{1}{2},\] while it is \[\frac{2}{3}\] when a biased coin is tossed. A coin is drawn from the box at random and it tossed twice. Then the probability that the coin drawn is fair, is
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\[\frac{9m}{8N+m}\] done
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question_answer62)
By examining the chest X-ray, the probability that TB is detected when a person is actually suffering is 0.99. The probability of an healthy person diagnosed to have TB is 0.001. in a certain city, 1 in 1000 people suffers from TB, A person is selected at random and is diagnosed to have TB. Then, the probability that the person actually has TB is
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\[\frac{110}{221}\] done
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\[\frac{2}{223}\] done
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question_answer63)
In a book of 500 pages, it is found that there are 250 typing errors. Assume that Poisson law holds for the number of errors per page. Then, the probability that a random sample of 2 pages will contain no error, is
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question_answer64)
A problem in mathematics is given to three students, A, B, C and their respective probability of solving the problem is\[\frac{1}{2}\], \[\frac{1}{3}\]and\[\frac{1}{4}\]. Probability that the problem is solved is
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A and B are two independent witnesses (i.e there in no collision between them) in a case. The probability that A will speak the truth is x and the probability that B will speak the truth is y. A and B agree in a certain statement. The probability that the statement is true is
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\[\frac{x-y}{x+y}\] done
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\[\frac{x-y}{1-x-y+2xy}\] done
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\[\frac{xy}{1-x-y+2xy}\] done
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question_answer66)
A bag contains n+1 cons. It is known that one of these coins shows heads on both sides, whereas the other coins are fair. One coin is selected at random and tossed. If the probability that toss results in heads is\[\frac{7}{12}\], then the value of n is.
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question_answer67)
Abhay speaks the truth only 60%. Hasan rolls a die blindfolded and asks abhay to tell him if the outcome is a prime abhay says, YES what is the probability that he outcome is really prime?
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0.6 done
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question_answer68)
A coin is tossed thrice. If E be the event of showing at least two heads and F be the event of showing head in the first throw, then find \[P\left( \frac{E}{F} \right)\]
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\[\frac{4}{3}\] done
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\[\frac{3}{4}\] done
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\[\frac{1}{2}\] done
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question_answer69)
A man takes a step forward with probability 0.4 and backward with probability 0.6. The probability that at the end of eleven steps he is one step away from the starting point is
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\[\frac{{{2}^{5}}{{.3}^{5}}}{{{5}^{10}}}\] done
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\[462\times {{\left( \frac{6}{25} \right)}^{5}}\] done
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\[231\times \frac{{{3}^{5}}}{{{5}^{10}}}\] done
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question_answer70)
For a biased dice, the probability for the different faces to turn up are
Face | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
P | 0.01 | 0.32 | 0.21 | 0.15 | 0.05 | 0.147 |
The dice is tossed and it is told that either the face 1 or face 2 has shown up, then the probability that it is face, 1, is
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\[\frac{16}{21}\] done
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\[\frac{1}{10}\] done
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\[\frac{5}{16}\] done
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\[\frac{5}{21}\] done
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