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(1)
When a coin is tossed 8 times getting a head is a success. Then the probability that at least 2 heads will occur is
[A]
247/265
[B]
73/256
[C]
247/256
[D]
27/256
(2)
The probability of getting the number 6 at least once in a regular die if it can roll it 6 times?
[A]
1 – (5/6)6
[B]
1 – (1/6)6
[C]
(5/6)6
[D]
(1/6)6
(3)
A certain company sells tractors which fail at a rate of 1 out of 1000. If 500 tractors are purchased from this company, what is the probability of 2 of them failing within first year
[A]
e-1/2/2
[B]
e--1/2/4
[C]
e--1/2/8
[D]
none of these
(4)
Three houses are available in a locality. Three persons apply for the houses. Each applies for one house without consulting others. The probability that all the three apply for the same house is
[A]
2/9
[B]
1/9
[C]
8/9
[D]
7/9
(5)
Two dice are thrown the events A, B, C are as follows A: Getting an odd number on the first die. B: Getting a total of 7 on the two dice. C: Getting a total of greater than or equal to 8 on the two dice. Then AUB is equal to
[A]
15
[B]
17
[C]
19
[D]
21
(6)
The probability that in a random arrangement of the letters of the word INSTITUTION the three T are together is
[A]
0.554
[B]
0.0554
[C]
0.545
[D]
0.0545
(7)
Two unbiased dice are thrown. The probability that neither a doublet nor a total of 10 will appear is
[A]
3/5
[B]
2/7
[C]
5/7
[D]
7/9
(8)
A bag contains 5 brown and 4 white socks . A man pulls out two socks. The probability that both the socks are of the same colour is
[A]
9/20
[B]
2/9
[C]
3/20
[D]
4/9
(9)
The probability of getting 53 Sundays in a leap year is
[A]
1/7
[B]
2/7
[C]
3/7
[D]
None of these
(10)
The probability that when a hand of 7 cards is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards, it contains 3 Kings is
[A]
1/221
[B]
5/716
[C]
9/1547
[D]
None of these
(11)
A couple has two children. The probability that both children are females if it is known that the elder child is a female is
[A]
0
[B]
1
[C]
1/2
[D]
1/3
(12)
Two cards from a pack of 52 cards are lost. One card is drawn from the remaining cards. If drawn card is diamond then the probability that the lost cards were both hearts is
[A]
143/1176
[B]
143/11760
[C]
143/11706
[D]
134/11760
(13)
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
[A]
1/3
[B]
1/6
[C]
1/2
[D]
1/4
(14)
Let A and B are two mutually exclusive events and if P(A) = 0.5 and P(B ̅) = 0.6 then P(A∪B) is
[A]
0
[B]
1
[C]
0.6
[D]
0.9
(15)
Three identical dice are rolled. The probability that the same number will appear on each of them is
[A]
1/6
[B]
1/36
[C]
1/18
[D]
3/28
(16)
If four whole numbers taken at random are multiplied together, then the chance that the last digit in the product is 1, 3, 5, 7 is
[A]
16/25
[B]
16/125
[C]
16/625
[D]
none of these
(17)
Two numbers are chosen from {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} one after another without replacement. Find the probability that the smaller of the two is less than 4.
[A]
4/5
[B]
1/15
[C]
1/5
[D]
14/15
(18)
A certain company sells tractors which fail at a rate of 1 out of 1000. If 500 tractors are purchased from this company, what is the probability of 2 of them failing within first year
[A]
e-1/2/2
[B]
e-1/2/4
[C]
e-1/2/8
[D]
none of these
(19)
A random variable X has poison distribution with mean 2. Then, P (X > 1.5) equals
[A]
1 – 3/e²
[B]
2/e²
[C]
3/e²
[D]
0
(20)
On his vacation, Rahul visits four cities (A, B, C, and D) in a random order. The probability that he visits A first and B last is
[A]
1/2
[B]
1/6
[C]
1/10
[D]
1/12
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